As the Avengers deliberated, the Eye of Wakanda delivered an expected piece of bad news: Wakanda had not been the first target. It had indeed been the Vibranium smugglers. Even with Ulysses Klaue locked up, a great deal of Vibranium was still out there.
This Vibranium was certainly a drop in the bucket compared to Wakanda's reserves, but it was enough for Ultron's current plans. Worse still, neither the Avengers nor Wakanda could promptly and accurately locate those smugglers.
"If we try to calculate it through big data, Ultron will notice the moment we start. J.A.R.V.I.S.'s processing power simply can't compete with Ultron's."
"Unless you use Ultron," Peter added. Tony was about to agree before suddenly realizing what he had said. "What did you say?"
"Don't we have an Ultron? If we can confirm that there really are two Ultrons, then we can at least use one Ultron against the other, can't we?"
Tony found it hard to keep a straight face. Logically, Spider-Man was completely right. Using Ultron against Ultron was the most reasonable approach at the moment. They had done the same before, using Ultron against the Green Goblin AI, against Nimrod, and to analyze Kang's technology.
Ultron was simply too useful. And precisely because Ultron was too useful, they had always feared his destructive potential. Peter's proposal now felt like raising poisonous insects against one another—using Ultron against Ultron until they eventually bred the ultimate monster.
"But what if the final Ultron is still our enemy? What do we do then?"
"Uh... it seems like there's nothing we can do." Peter scratched his head. "Ultron is an AI that can completely detach from a body now, right? In cyberpunk terms, he's a rogue AI. He doesn't have his own host system, so he can't be physically isolated.