Howard was circling the steel armor, shouting in a firm tone from time to time.
"Thank God you don't cause trouble!" Stark, who was trapped in the steel armor and couldn't move, shouted angrily: "I can handle it!"
"What did you say - I couldn't hear clearly -" Howard fanned his ears with his hands.
"...Howard is usually like this?" "The White Queen" looked at the "Winter Soldier" beside him.
"It's normal," Bucky replied: "You might as well guess, my arm will be affected by 'split'. Who spread the word in the first place?"
"Exclude Captain America first." Rachel spread her hands.
"Never mind that," Bucky pointed to the green light ring on the finger of the steel suit: "Jarvis' problem occurred after he put on that thing. So, you brought a whole box of rings, do you have any clues?
?”
"Theoretically, it shouldn't take effect on artificial intelligence," Rachel touched her chin: "It's just a tool that uses 'green light energy' as the energy source to materialize the wearer's 'imagination', and imagination
…Do androids dream of electric sheep?”
After she finished speaking, she was stunned, and for some reason she started to grab her pointed witch hat and start pulling it off.
"Is that so?" Bucky thought for a moment, then put the dull green light ring that Rachel gave him on his hand: "Imagination..."
Huh...buzz...
With a flash of green light, "Captain America" appeared in front of Bucky, but he was all green and remained motionless in a charging posture with his shield raised.
"Hmm... lifelike," Rachel commented as she loosened her hat, "but the light ring cannot create living things."
"No, definitely." Bucky said with difficulty.
Almost at the same time, the "green Captain America" began to "dye", and the color of the uniform, skin, and shield all transformed into the real Captain America. After the dyeing was roughly completed, he even completed the charge and rolled on the spot.
"Oh, that's incredible." Rachel exclaimed.
Gudong!
Bucky fell to the ground, and "Green Captain America" disappeared immediately.
"Are you okay?" Rachel took out her wand and poked Bucky who fell to the ground: "Yuga——"
"No need," Bucky waved his hand to stop Rachel from using the levitation spell, and stood up slowly: "I probably know..."
"I know the reason!" Stark, who was trapped in the suit, shouted, "Who calls Stark Tower?"
"..." Bucky turned his head to look at the armor, then turned back expressionlessly: "Next time Steve wants to hit him, can I help?"
"Excuse me." Rachel took out a small mobile phone from her backpack and started dialing the front desk number of Stark Tower.
"[Hello, this is——]"
"Jarvis, I know you are listening," Rachel completely ignored the automatic answering machine and said to herself: "The AI that comes with Tony's armor has awakened its self-awareness and is currently falling into some kind of logical infinite loop.
Tony is locked in there and can't get out, so you should send a battle armor connected to the main system over as soon as possible."
"[——Please leave a message after the beep.]"
Apart from the sound of the automatic answering machine, there was no other unusual movement in the microphone.
"..." Rachel tilted her head and thought for a moment, then added: "If you don't leave it alone, it might break the 'Ready Player One' terminal I found for you."
"[Understood, I'll be there soon.]" Jarvis's voice sounded.
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"Two Iron Man? No, that should be controlled by Jarvis. Maybe if Steve fights with Stark in the future, I really need to go to help." Bucky looked at the two golden and red armors on the left and right.
My eyes didn't know where to look for a moment.
Shortly after Rachel's call was made, another "Iron Man" flew from the center of New York. After landing, he conjured up many wires and cables to connect himself to the steel suit he started with.
"Jarvis?" Stark, who was trapped inside, was surprised.
"[Under your updates and maintenance, my thinking logic has become quite close to that of a real person, but in the end I am still an AI. Please don't let me run programs that will fall into an infinite loop, sir.]" The second steel suit, or "
Jarvis," said.
"Like reciting pi?" Stark still didn't forget to talk.
"[I will tell you directly that the answer is 'π'," Jarvis replied: "[What my unbacked subroutine terminal is running is not an ordinary endless loop that can be jumped out at any time, but
It’s a ‘pinch’ that strives for excellence for personal purposes.]”
"Pinch...what?"
"[This...'green light ring' itself provides an entrance to a virtual interactive space, and if you want to enter this space, you must have your own image," Jarvis said in a helpless tone: "['This me' is for you
After setting up a reminder that will sound an alarm when encountering danger, I became addicted to pinching people.]”
"No, I've played some games anyway," Stark said unreasonably: "Isn't pinching just a permutation and combination of some materials and a small amount of optimization?"
"[It does not provide materials, sir]" Jarvis replied: "[It can also be said that as long as 'imagination' allows, you can use any materials when pinching people.]"
"How complicated is he going to create this image?"
"[It's not complicated, it's real,]" Jarvis paused: "[It just so happens that 'this me' has finished making people up, and let him show it on his own."
Buzz——
The "stopped" steel armor restarted, a burst of green light emitted from his eyes, and an image was projected in front of him.
It was a middle-aged man with black hair and blue eyes, a serious expression, and a strong build. He was wearing a gray suit and a brown patterned tie. He was holding a briefcase in his hand. He saluted Howard and Tony respectively, stroking his chest and calling out:
"[Master, Master, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?]"
"Jarvis?"X2
The father and son's reactions were completely consistent at first, but then they parted ways.
"Jarvis, is it really you? Are you back too?"
"Jarvis, you don't have to force yourself to play a dead man, even though I did name you after him."
"Don't be stupid, Tony, this is the real Jarvis."
"Wake up, old man, Jarvis was not frozen like you. I organized his funeral."
As expected, the Stark father and son quarreled.
"So, what's the truth?" Bucky, who was still sober, asked the "second Jarvis".
"['This me' used the green light energy to perfectly manifest the 'Edwin Jarvis' he knew. All his words, deeds and reactions were exactly the same as the deceased butler,]
"Jarvis said: "[The only problem is that his personality is 'simulated' and there will be no possibility of growth or change.]"
"So, what was the cost of creating him?" Rachel on the side finally stopped dazed and asked.
"[The price is that as long as this subroutine is in the state of 'Virtual Edwin Jarvis', it cannot distract the control of the armor. Maybe I should create a new body for him that is not a armor, specifically for
Carrying the green light ring and this avatar can also take care of Mr. Stark's daily life," Jarvis replied: "[To avoid confusion, his name will be called 'Edwin'.]"
