"Are you saying I was wrong from the very beginning?"
Tony Stark's expression immediately turned extremely ugly.
As someone extraordinarily proud and arrogant, the last thing he wanted was to admit his mistakes and failures in front of others.
Especially something like a contradiction in the underlying logic, something that could critically affect a super artificial intelligence.
"No! What I mean is, you always think you're smarter than everyone else, but in reality, you're always just trying to be clever. Do you know how many scientists the Kree used when they created the Supreme Intelligence? The answer is fifty thousand! They gathered the most brilliant people from every field across their entire species, and only then did they create a super artificial intelligence capable of leading the entire empire toward glory. Yet you arrogantly believe that you alone can equal fifty thousand Kree scientists put together. Oh, I almost forgot—you specifically found yourself an assistant too, Doctor Banner. If that isn't arrogance, I truly don't know what is."
Allen gave him no face at all, bluntly tearing away the last layer of his fig leaf.
For a moment, the entire room fell silent.
Everyone watched Iron Man's reaction.
In truth, some of them had wanted to say those words long ago, but had been too polite to say them aloud.
For example, Captain America Steve Rogers had disliked Tony's arrogant temperament and utter disregard for other people's feelings from the moment they first met.
"Pffft, hahahaha! You're right. I really am an arrogant, self-important idiot. I wanted to create a super artificial intelligence to protect humanity and the Earth, but it ended up having the opposite effect." Tony Stark laughed as he mocked himself.
For some reason, even though this should have been something sad and painful, he wanted to