Chapter 234 This will be a city without heroes!
Chapter 234 This will be a city without heroes!
Tony was taken aback by these words, and couldn't help but feel puzzled: "What you're saying is fine. Ultron was created by me to deal with the Skrulls, and it uses your Mind Stone as its core, so ownership is naturally yours. But what do you mean by putting this final shackle on it?"
"If you're worried that it might rebel like Skynet in Terminator, I think you don't need to worry at all. I'll teach it the Three Laws of Robotics ahead of time."
Upon hearing this, Toby looked at Tony with a cryptic smile and shook his head.
"The Three Laws of Robotics? Tony, intelligent life and artificial intelligence are different, especially intelligent life born from forces outside the rules. Your Three Laws of Robotics have absolutely no binding force on it!"
"Only magic can defeat magic, do you understand, Tony..."
Only the Mind Stone can contain the intelligent life that arises from it.
Just like in the original story, only Vision, who possessed the Mind Stone, could trap Ultron in a robot's body.
However, Vision's application of the Mind Stone was still too immature at the time, or rather, Vision himself was not qualified to use the true power of the Mind Stone. Like Ultron, he was only a part of the Mind Stone, not its master.
If Vision had truly possessed the Mind Stone, he wouldn't have just trapped Ultron in a robot body; he could have directly modified Ultron's underlying code and turned him into an obedient puppy!
This time, Toby plans to turn Ultron into a well-behaved dog that only listens to him!
Ignoring Tony, who was deep in thought, Toby stood up and clapped his hands:
"Alright, the method for finding the lurking Skrulls has been confirmed. It will be Ultron, the super-intelligent life form developed under Tony's leadership, who will find them one by one. Now, after announcing this last matter, the meeting can be adjourned..."
Upon hearing this, everyone focused their attention on Toby, waiting for him to announce the last thing.
Toby surveyed all the members of the Spider Family, his voice turning cold as he said, "One last thing: for the next period of time, please be mentally prepared. Many fabricated dirts about you will soon be exposed, and you will face unprecedented cyberbullying..."
Everyone was startled, but some quick-witted people immediately realized what was happening:
"Boss, are you saying the Skrulls will transform into our appearances and cause trouble everywhere, thus ruining our reputation?"
Toby nodded slightly, confirming their guess:
"That's right. Otherwise, what do you think those two Skrulls were trying to do by impersonating me and Gwen? Weren't they trying to undermine us from within?"
"They're just too stupid; they have no idea what spider-sense is..."
Our friendly neighbor Peter Parker, hearing that his reputation was about to be ruined, was the first to stand up anxiously: "Toby, how should we prevent this from happening?"
Upon hearing this, the others also turned their anxious gazes toward Toby.
After all, their spider family's reputation is currently at its peak, and no one wants to suddenly fall from grace at this zenith.
Reputation can motivate a person to persevere in doing something.
But fame can also trap and limit a person.
The current spider family members are too concerned about their reputation.
This time, Toby is going to desensitize them directly!
Toby's gaze turned indifferent: "Prevention? Before Ultron was created, before our counterattack against the Skrulls officially began, we couldn't prevent all of the hundreds of thousands of Skrulls who had gone into hiding, nor did we need to..."
Peter became even more anxious upon hearing this: "But if we don't take precautions, won't these guys ruin the reputation our spider family has built up over the years?"
At this point, Chief Stacy, who had been listening in, spoke up: "Perhaps I could have the NYPD issue a statement to explain things to the public on behalf of your Spider family?"
Toby looked at Chief Stacy: "Explain? How do we explain it? Just say that a shapeshifting race is lurking among us humans, and that they framed our spider family?"
"If this is announced directly, not to mention whether the Skrulls will immediately retaliate and choose to fight to the death with humanity, even within humanity itself, there will probably be a crisis of trust where everyone feels insecure."
Chief Stacy thought about it and realized it was true!
If the existence of the Skrulls were announced before thorough preparations were made to deal with them, given the already poisoned free spirit in America, people would probably immediately pick up guns and even take to the streets to kill people under the guise of hunting aliens!
Peter slammed his fist on the table in frustration, saying, "Are we just supposed to do nothing and watch them, in their guise, completely destroy the reputation we've worked so hard to build?"
The others also looked dejected, completely unable to think of a way to prevent the Spider Family's reputation from being affected...
Seeing that their focus remained solely on the Spider Family and his own reputation, Toby shook his head in disappointment.
"Reputation, reputation, reputation, everyone, you're not celebrities, you don't need fame to boost yourselves. Are you helping people just to increase your own fame?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Yes, they're not packaged celebrities; they're superheroes. They help people not for money or fame, but because they live by Tobey Maguire's motto, "With great power comes great responsibility," which is why they selflessly help innocent people...
When did they become so concerned about empty fame?
Seeing the expressions of reflection on everyone's faces, Toby said again in a disappointed tone, "I'm disappointed in you all, and disappointed in this city. You rely too much on your so-called reputation, and this city relies too much on the Spider Family..."
"Perhaps this Skrull incident isn't entirely a bad thing. At least you spiders who grew up in a greenhouse can now truly experience the dark side of this world..."
"And the people of this city will now know what New York would be like without the protection of the Spider Family..."
"Therefore, I am issuing a new order: until Ultron is created, all of you must suspend your actions as superheroes. No matter what the Skrulls do in your likeness, you are not allowed to interfere..."
"Those who disobey will be kicked out of the Spider Family."
After saying this, Toby took one last deep look at all the members of the Spider Family present, then turned and left the meeting room.
In the past, when New York was invaded by aliens several times, weren't there many trolls both in real life and online who were very dissatisfied with the destruction caused by him and the Spider Family when they fought against the aliens?
And they're still standing on the moral high ground, saying things like, "Why didn't they come sooner? Why didn't they stop them in advance? Their Spider Family didn't protect anything. They even put their Spider Family on the same table as those aliens who were actually destroying the city!"
Although most of what the trolls said about Toby was true, Toby was still very unhappy!
I save you out of a sense of kinship as fellow human beings, but if I don't, that's my own choice, and no one can use morality to force me to do what I want!
This time, he wanted to show New York, a city that had been invaded by aliens countless times, just how miserable and helpless a city without superheroes would be when faced with an alien invasion!
Next, New York will be a city without heroes!
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