Aldrich Killian heard Pepper Potts's praise and said with a smug look,
"Thank you. That's my brain!"
"What?"
Pepper Potts turned to Aldrich Killian with a look of surprise.
Aldrich Killian raised a hand and gestured toward the projection of neural electrical currents that filled the entire room like a starry sky, his face full of pride.
"You're in my mind right now, like a live broadcast."
As he spoke, Aldrich Killian tilted his head and pointed to the fingertip-sized device he had just attached behind his ear. Seeing that Pepper Potts was still confused, he immediately rose from the sofa, stepped onto the wide coffee table before them, and held out his hand to her.
"Come up. I'll prove it to you!"
Pepper Potts was extremely curious about the technology Aldrich Killian wanted to show her, so she did not refuse. She stood up at once, took his hand, and stepped onto the coffee table.
"Now pinch me."
Aldrich Killian raised one arm and held it out before Pepper Potts.
"I can take it. Go ahead."
Seeing that Aldrich Killian did not seem to be joking, Pepper Potts finally reached out and pinched his arm.
As Pepper Potts's fingers tightened, a section of the blue "starry sky" projected around them suddenly turned yellow, spreading outward like a network before returning to normal moments later.
"What is that?"
Pepper Potts asked in surprise.
"This is the primary somatosensory cortex, the brain's pain center."
Hearing Aldrich Killian's explanation and recalling the change she had just witnessed, Pepper Potts finally believed that the beautiful points of light before her, like a starry sky, were a projection of Aldrich Killian's brain.
Aldrich Killian saw Pepper Potts's expression and smiled faintly before raising his hand to manipulate the air.
"But this is what I