Hearing this, although Luca knew Tony was changing the subject...
He didn't plan to keep being an eyesore here. He decisively snatched Haro back from Tony's hands and walked toward the workbench.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood by the workbench, the idle Tony Stark actually slid over directly on his wheeled chair.
Seeing this, Luca was speechless.
"Aren't you going to rest yet? Mr. Ein-Stark?"
In fact, Luca knew that the current Iron Man, due to anxiety symptoms following the Battle of New York, usually found it very difficult to sleep normally. He could only rely on heavy workloads to distract himself. So, after a casual remark, he ignored him.
Tony, hearing Luca's somewhat sarcastic words, didn't get angry. He just rolled his eyes and continued to lean in. He said quite arrogantly:
"I'm here to give you some pointers. Most people don't get such a great learning opportunity."
Hearing this, Luca felt a pang of tension. On the surface, he acted as if nothing was wrong, gently tapped the head of Haro next to him, and gave a soft command.
"Haro, connect to the glasses!"
"Connect glasses, connect glasses!"
Red lights flashed in the eyes of the hopping Haro, and a large amount of data immediately appeared on Luca's lenses.
This time, Tony didn't look at the very active Haro. Instead, he stared with great interest at Luca's glowing lenses.
"Oh ho~ You made this yourself too?"
"A genius idea~"
In fact, Tony himself had had similar ideas, but because he had been busy with other things lately, he hadn't put them into practice yet. He didn't expect to see something similar on this kid.
"Can I borrow them to take a look?"
Tony, his interest piqued, wanted to use the glasses to understand Luca's level and perhaps give some pointers based on his own ideas.
Unexpectedly, Luca, who was busy sorting materials, didn't even look up and just replied:
"No!"
Tony: "..."
He never expected to get such an answer.
However, what he didn't know was that Luca was actually panicking inside.
Why do you have to see the Tracking Glasses of all things?
You see, Luca was currently relying entirely on the Tracking Glasses connected to Haro to pretend he was following instructions to complete the work. For Luca, this thing was like a simplified operation guide for a building game.
If the glasses ended up in Tony's hands for him to play with...
It would be fine if the work just stopped. But if Stark asked him some technical questions or about the manufacturing process of the glasses, Luca would be exposed instantly. He couldn't exactly tell Stark:
This isn't actually scientific manufacturing; it's alchemy? Draw a circle, bury some dirt, count to five, and then—pop—the finished product comes out?
However, Tony, whose stubborn streak was triggered, wasn't annoyed by the rejection. He just felt that this kid, a fellow genius, had his own pride. He immediately shifted his attention to the materials Luca had sorted on the lab table.
After a moment of thought, he said directly:
"Are you planning to build a remote-controlled machine? A humanoid robot?"
Hearing this, Luca looked back at Tony with a quite surprised expression.
Since most of the components required modification or were even hand-crafted by him and Haro, the materials were actually quite messy. There wasn't even a basic mechanical skeleton or transmission device. If it weren't for the fact that Stark's lab was indeed fully equipped, Luca wouldn't even have had such an idea.
Right now, there was no frame and no blueprints. Tony had guessed his intention based solely on these scraps.
Can only say, as expected of a true genius?
Seeing Luca's shocked gaze, Tony naturally knew he had guessed correctly. A smug look appeared on his face, and he continued decisively:
"However, looking at these materials, it seems the robot you're building won't have flight capabilities?"
"Or have you already mastered anti-gravity technology? Or are you planning to hand-craft it right now?"
Hearing this, the veins on Luca's forehead throbbed.
Actually, he did have an item with anti-gravity functions—he was wearing it right now. However, the anti-gravity function on the [Tuxedo] was black-tech of the highest order. Let alone putting it into practice, Luca had even used Haro and Baymax's "Combined Skill" to analyze it, and they couldn't find a single component related to anti-gravity.
But hearing Tony's teasing inquiry, Luca really wanted to just press the switch, fly to the ceiling, and give him a fright.
Quickly suppressing the impulse, Luca said with a dark face:
"I don't know how!"
"Huh?"
"I'm saying, I haven't mastered the technology to make a robot fly yet. Naturally, there's no preparation for that in what I'm building!"
In reality, the most complete robotic technology Luca currently possessed came from Baymax. However, while Baymax's data was very comprehensive, many parts were marked as "purchased." Furthermore, Baymax wasn't originally designed for combat.
Luca naturally had to rely on Haro's internal "Gundam Data," "Auxiliary Maintenance Mecha Data," and the existing public data of this world to make improvements and adjustments.
This task was something Luca had been working on with Haro ever since he unlocked Haro's manufacturing capabilities. It was a joint effort: Luca provided the ideas and vision, and Haro used its knowledge to make it a reality.
They were indeed working hard together!
However, neither Baymax nor the maintenance mecha possessed flight capabilities. And for the 00-series Gundams, flight relied entirely on the unscientific anti-gravity effects of the "GN Particle" theory.
Currently, Luca truly had no way to create a robot capable of flight.
However, when Tony heard Luca say "I don't know how," he was stunned for a moment, then immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, 'don't know how'! Hahaha~ Kid, are you trying to kill me with laughter?"
"I thought you were going to make a helicopter propeller to install on the robot's head to make it fly?"
"And then you say you don't know how? Hahaha~~"
Looking at Tony laughing until he was doubled over, Luca's head was full of black lines. He raised his hand and pointed, ordering Haro:
"Haro! Hit him!"
Receiving the order, Haro became instantly excited.
"Haro attack, Haro attack!"
It pressed its body downward, flattening itself into a small oval pancake. Then it leaped violently, heading straight for Tony Stark.
The result?
Tony, who had been laughing joyfully, suddenly moved his hands quickly in a circle. He actually caught Haro in his arms with ease.
With a mischievous grin, he looked at Luca and said:
"Hey, kid, Uncle Tony has practiced Wing Chun~"