"I had lived on Earth long enough to know, you humans excel at sweet talk!" Thor snorted, irritably saying, "Loki is so beautiful. Having lived on Earth for this long, there must be people pursuing her, those damn deceivers! They fooled Loki's feelings!"
"Stop!" Shiller raised his hand to stop Thor's swearing. He said, "Strange and I have spent a lot of time together with Loki. Not to mention that before, Loki always appeared as a man, so the pursuers were all women. Even after he became a goddess and had some admirers, Loki never had any interactions with them..."
"Besides, you should understand your sister the most. She sets her sights high, not just any average human could catch her eye, let alone the superheroes she deals with daily."
"'Few' caught her eye? So, there are ones she is interested in?!!!"
On this subject, Thor, as a brother, was on high alert. He squinted his eyes and asked Shiller, "Who? Which one of you has the closest relationship with Loki?"
Shiller was stumped by this sudden question. He carefully recollected his memories and hesitantly said, "Normally, Loki and Strange have the most contact."
Before he finished, Thor shouted, "Strange?! The newbie Supreme Magician?!! I am going there now!!!!!"
"Wait, I haven't finished speaking..."
But Thor didn't care, he got up and left.
In Asgard, Thor noticed that Strange and Loki often huddled together, discussing economic terms that he couldn't comprehend.
In his eyes, this Supreme Magician fraudster may have taken advantage of his closeness to fool his sister.
Thor rolled his fists in disbelief and left while flexing his wrists.
But Shiller frowned as a name hung on his lips, 'Stark.'
Not everyone knew, but Shiller was quite sure, the rapport between Loki and Stark was profound. Moreover, the atmosphere between them seemed to spark something more.
Loki's interactions with Strange were like close friends in cahoots, yet Loki and Stark, when discussing topics about the universe and civilization development, appeared to be soulmates.
Shiller pondered in place for a while and raised an eyebrow as if he had an idea. He asked Ultron, "Didn't Thor say that the hammer in Loki's hand possesses the force of the first thunderbolt in the universe?"
"Yes, sir, his exact words were..." Ultron then played a recording. It was Thor's introduction to Mjölnir. Shiller picked up on the key points.
"Thor said that the thunderbolt could destroy everything, which was not surprising, but he added that it could also create everything..."
Shiller squinted his eyes in thought. He pondered that since it was deemed the first thunderbolt to illuminate the universe, it possessing the property of regeneration was reasonable too. When the first thunderbolt struck the dry wood, it brought fire to humans. It destroyed the dry wood but sparked more life.
Shiller remained in deep thought for a long time, as though a plan was gradually taking shape in his mind. Then, he asked Ultron another question, "Could you ask Jarvis about what is going on between Tony and Loki? I think there might be a misunderstanding..."
"Please wait..." As Ultron played a soft melodic tune, it seemed to be communicating with Jarvis. After a moment, it said, "This is the situation, sir. Jarvis told me that earlier, Mr. Stark was worried that his butler would fight me, so he had invited Loki to hover in the air."
"But then, Mr. Stark went to take care of something else and forgot about Loki..."
Shiller, who was just taking a sip of coffee, choked and began coughing. He could imagine how angry Loki must be.
Moreover, he fully understood Loki's anger. As two intelligent people, they both had their pride. Although they resonated on some topics, each believed themselves to be smarter.
When Stark sought help from others, it meant that he had given in, conceded defeat, and admitted he wasn't smart enough and still needed the help of others.
And those who thought they were as smart as him in receiving his plea for help would inevitably rejoice secretly, believing that they were indeed superior.
They would then prepare with ambition, ready to demonstrate their prowess before another person equally as intelligent, to then surpass him, proving themselves the smartest in the world.
Generally speaking, this is a healthy competition. However, it doesn't include the party seeking help suddenly not needing it anymore, or even ditching the other party, shattering all their secret delights, expectations, and ambitions.
In a way, Thor was right; Stark had deceived Loki with his feelings, though not in a romantic way, but for Loki, it was probably beyond romance as it made him look like a clown.
Upon understanding this, Shiller revealed a smile. It was evident that he believed there was a chance to implement his plan. He turned to Ultron and said:
"Dr. Pym once told me that he had shared brainwaves with you, meaning you possess his wisdom, knowledge, and thought process, am I correct?"
"Yes, sir. Dr. Pym is my creator. I'm aware of the depth of his wisdom." Ultron's eye light flickered, his tone was incredibly rational, possessing a unique indifference characteristic of a mechanical life form, yet without any fixation or madness.
At its essence, he is still a robot. The only possible causes of malignant or frantic thoughts when he was fresh-born, without any societal contact, would be a programming error. Maybe later, he could learn emotional responses like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but it was evidently not viable at the moment.
But Shiller wasn't bothered by that. Witnessing a sentient life gradually develop a complete personality with sentiments was also a fascinating subject. After finishing his paper for the season on Mark's spectacular dissociative identity disorder, Ultron's personality formation could solve his paper for the next season.
Shiller turned his head to Ultron and asked, "So, does that mean you can also create robots?"
Ultron nodded and said, "Whatever Dr. Pym can do, I can."
"Alright, I'll provide you with a blueprint. You need to construct a robot according to it. The size must be strictly identical to the blueprint, otherwise, the components I intend to store may not fit. Also, try to recreate the blueprint as accurately as possible."
"Also, aside from the chest and abdominal cavities, fill up the rest. Leave these two areas hollow."
Saying so, Shiller walked over to the bookcase and pulled out a chaotic, crumpled blueprint from the very bottom.
After he handed it to Ultron, who took a great deal of effort to smooth out the many creases, the real content was unveiled. It was a blueprint of the Iron Man's Iron Armor suit.
The armor wasn't the latest model, but with Tony's constant aesthetics, his recent generations of armor suits all looked similar. They merely got updated, not upgraded, so this one didn't look much different from the latest.
Ultron voiced his surprise, "An Iron suit? Sir, I apologize, but I might not be able to construct it. This is Mr. Stark's unique technology, and as it only provides the external blueprint, I…"
"All I need is an external appearance, it doesn't even need to fly or fire, as long as its design perfectly matches the external appearance."
Ultron pondered for a moment before he said, "In that case, it should be feasible."
"I believe we still have a batch of molten steel in the storage of the sanatorium, along with some Vibranium I had previously acquired. See if you can use them. If you need any other materials, feel free to place an order. Also, make sure Jarvis doesn't find out."
After Ultron left, Shiller did not proceed to do something else. On the contrary, he directly moved to the lounge and lay on the bed, as if he was about to take a nap.
However, instead of falling asleep, he entered that fog-covered world within the ring, where a gigantic beast egg lay quietly on a tiny, isolated island that floated above a colossal city.