In Tony's villa in Malibu, California, Li Yue suddenly appeared in the living room.
"Welcome, Mr. Li Yue."
Jarvis's voice rang out, welcoming Li Yue's arrival. Although it didn't understand why Li Yue would suddenly appear in the villa, it had grown accustomed to his sudden appearances.
"Hello, Jarvis. What's Tony busy with?"
Li Yue didn't stand on ceremony. He grabbed a can of soda from the villa's fridge, settled into the soft sofa, and began to drink it, while asking what Tony was up to.
Li Yue had been cultivating at Kamar-Taj for the past month. While it wasn't exactly arduous, it did involve a simple diet, as Kamar-Taj was a place for spiritual cultivation.
"Mr. Li Yue, Mr. Stark and Ms. Potts are in the underground laboratory, discussing some issues, though their discussion seems rather heated."
Jarvis's voice came through. Truly the most emotional AI, it even knew to save Tony's face.
"Shall I inform Mr. Stark of your arrival?"
Jarvis asked Li Yue, who was sitting on the sofa.
"No need, Jarvis. I'll just wait for them here."
Li Yue told Jarvis not to inform Tony.
"Jarvis, project a game. It's quite boring just waiting."
Li Yue sat up straight and asked Jarvis to project a game onto the table. He then started playing... Li Yue waited for over ten minutes, playing several rounds of the game, before Tony and Pepper came up from the underground lab.
Pepper had a slight smile on her face. As soon as Tony came up, he spotted Li Yue playing a game on the sofa.
"Oh, it's been a month. You finally decided to come back? Jarvis, why didn't you tell me Li Yue was here?"
Tony first teased Li Yue, then asked Jarvis.
"Sir, Mr. Li Yue said..."
"It's alright, Tony. I told Jarvis not to disturb you two."
Seeing Tony and Pepper come up, Li Yue stopped playing the game. With a wave of his hand, Jarvis intelligently turned off the virtual projection.
Li Yue stood up from the sofa and approached Tony and Pepper.
"Ms. Potts, long time no see."
Li Yue didn't speak to Tony first, but instead extended his hand to Pepper and greeted her.
"Mr. Li Yue, long time no see."
Pepper also extended her hand and shook Li Yue's, then released it.
Because Li Yue had once saved Pepper, their relationship was quite good.
"Alright, Li Yue and Tony, you two chat. I have company matters to attend to, so I'll be busy."
After greeting Li Yue, Pepper, understanding the situation, found an excuse to leave, leaving Li Yue and Tony alone. (Why does that feel a bit strange?)
After Pepper left, the atmosphere between Li Yue and Tony became much more relaxed. They were now very close friends. In fact, Li Yue's position in Tony's heart might even surpass that of Colonel Rhodes.
"Li Yue, what exactly were you doing this past month? And you didn't let anyone disturb you."
Tony and Li Yue sat on separate sofas, and Tony was the first to ask Li Yue.
"Didn't I tell you? I went to learn magic."
"Are you kidding me? You tell me there are aliens in this world, and I can barely believe that. Magic? What is that?"
Tony's face was full of disbelief after hearing Li Yue's words.
"Alright, it seems I'll have to give you an eye-opener."
Li Yue directly pressed his hands downwards, and the entire villa seemed to shatter into blocks like toy building bricks, slowly splitting and reassembling. Walls and ceilings began to flip and fold at will. The ground beneath Li Yue and Tony's feet slowly transformed, and the distance between them grew further and further apart.
"I believe it! I believe it! Stop it now!
My villa!"
Watching the villa literally shatter into pieces by Li Yue's actions, seeing himself get further and further away from Li Yue, and the ground beneath his feet seemingly extending infinitely, Tony was already stunned by everything before his eyes. He hastily told Li Yue to stop, or his villa would become ruins.
Li Yue looked at Tony's expression and couldn't help but burst into laughter. It was the first time he had seen Tony like this, and Li Yue found it very amusing. However, he still stopped casting the Mirror Dimension magic, restoring the villa to its original state.
"Li Yue, next time, please warn me beforehand. I can't handle such sudden attacks. But, Li Yue, how did you do that? I clearly saw the villa about to be destroyed by you, but in the blink of an eye, it was back to normal?"
Tony looked at the perfectly restored villa and couldn't help but pat his fragile little heart.
However, Tony was Tony after all. Although he was incredibly shocked, he quickly suppressed the fear in his heart and curiously asked Li Yue how he had done it.
"That's magic, the result of my studies this past month."
Li Yue picked up his soda, took a sip, and replied.
"That's magic? That's so cool! Where did you learn it? Give me the address, I want to learn too! I'll pay whatever it costs!"
Tony, in a display of his wealth, expressed his desire to learn such cool magic.
"Forget it. You should stick to researching your Iron Man suits. The path of technology isn't inferior to magic, and it suits you better."
Li Yue decisively rejected Tony. He didn't want Tony to abandon the path of technology to learn magic.
Although Tony had become the Sorcerer Supreme in the comics of his previous life, Li Yue couldn't guarantee that the Tony in front of him could also become the Sorcerer Supreme. So, it was better to let him stick to the path of technology.
"Alright, you're right. As a genius scientist, of course, I should use technology to save the world."
Tony had just said that casually. Of course, he wasn't really interested in learning magic. He still preferred upgrading his Iron Man suits; the sense of accomplishment was incomparable.
However, Tony was still quite interested in magic. If he could incorporate magic into his suit, it would definitely be even more powerful. Tony thought to himself.
"Alright, Tony, I'm back for something important. Do you remember my warning to be careful before I left?"
"Of course, I remember. Because of that, I even had Happy carry a portable suit at all times. But I haven't encountered any danger this past month. What's up?"
Tony asked curiously.
"To be honest with you, I saw some fragments of your future, including this time. Someone is secretly preparing to attack you, and he has successfully created an Arc Reactor, albeit a rather primitive one."
"Impossible. Only I know the Arc Reactor technology. How could anyone else possibly create it? Absolutely impossible."
Tony's face was filled with disbelief, and he immediately denied it firmly. He didn't believe anyone could research Arc Reactor technology.
"If you don't believe me, you can look up Ivan Vanko and Anton Vanko."
Li Yue didn't refute Tony, but instead gave two names.
"Jarvis, did you hear what Li Yue said? Search for Ivan Vanko, and... wait, Anton Vanko? I think I've seen that name somewhere before."
Tony suddenly felt that the name was somewhat familiar, and then slowly recalled in his mind where he had seen it.
"That's right, I saw that name among the belongings my father left me."
Tony suddenly slapped his forehead, remembering where he had seen the name.
At the same time, Jarvis's search results also came out...