Chapter Summaries

Bradley promoted the Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone by promising it could turn a S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto into a Knight Rider-like super vehicle, reviving Old Halssen’s dream of owning KITT. Dan Brandon became the first customer to order one, then left the presentation to celebrate at his villa while the phone began moving through S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology’s warehouse.

• Bradley said the Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone’s AI could make a S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto resemble KITT from Knight Rider.
• Old Halssen remembered his cherished Pontiac Firebird and called for Luke to help him buy the phone.
• Dan Brandon completed the first order, received order number 001, and celebrated with the four women at his villa.
• A mechanical arm placed Dan Brandon’s phone on a conveyor belt in S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology’s warehouse.
• Dan Brandon stopped watching the presentation and began throwing the women into the swimming pool as they cheered him on.
• Dan Brandon turned toward the two remaining women on the poolside.

Dan Brandon and four women were interrupted at the pool by a high-speed S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology delivery drone bringing his Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone. Fascinated by the drone’s capabilities, Dan considered taking it, but it warned him that it was company property and that the delivery was being recorded.

• Dan Brandon tossed the four women into the pool and prepared to join them.
• A black aircraft flew over the pool and hovered in front of Dan Brandon.
• The drone used a mechanical arm to offer Dan Brandon the smartphone he had just ordered.
• Dan Brandon recognized the aircraft as a S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology delivery drone and admired its speed, maneuverability, and apparent Artificial Intelligence.
• The drone warned Dan Brandon that it belonged to S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology, that the delivery was being recorded, and that an attack would trigger an alarm.

Dan Brandon received his Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone by drone delivery and hurried to open it, while Old Halssen ordered one and imagined owning a Knight Rider-like intelligent sports car. At the launch event, Bradley introduced the Elite Edition Holographic Smartphone and its enhanced business and assistant features.

• A drone warned Dan Brandon about his thoughts, delivered his phone, and flew away after he accepted the package.
• Dan Brandon headed into his villa to unwrap the phone, and the four women from the pool followed him.
• Old Halssen ordered a Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone, then went to his garage and reminisced about buying his Pontiac Firebird.
• Butler Luke watched Old Halssen closely and kept emergency heart medicine ready in case he became unwell.
• Bradley announced that the Elite Edition Holographic Smartphone offered enhanced document handling, data analysis, translation, and other personal-assistant functions.

Bradley announced the Elite Edition Holographic Smartphone for $100,000 and the Standard Edition for $10,000, triggering surging sales on S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries' website. The launch event neared its end as the audience weighed whether to buy a phone and looked ahead to the question-and-answer session.

• Bradley announced that the Elite Edition Holographic Smartphone would cost $100,000.
• Customers began ordering the Elite Edition, and its sales quickly surpassed those of the Premium Edition.
• Bradley announced that the Standard Edition Holographic Smartphone would cost $10,000.
• Customers rushed to order the Standard Edition, whose sales surged even faster than the Elite Edition's.
• The launch event neared its end, and attendees focused on the upcoming question-and-answer session.

At the Holographic Smartphone launch, Bradley revealed that the phone used S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology’s Graphene Battery, which enabled exceptional battery life and rapid charging despite its compact size. The audience learned that the new battery had already been incorporated into the phone, though Bradley had initially left it out of the main presentation.

• Bradley explained that the Holographic Smartphone had only a third of the battery space of a conventional phone, making ordinary lithium batteries inadequate.
• Bradley announced that the phone used S.H.I.E.L.D. Technology’s Graphene Battery, which held five times the charge of a conventional smartphone battery despite its smaller size.
• Bradley said the phone could last a month on standby, a week with normal use and holographic projection off, or six hours with projection continuously active.
• Bradley revealed that the battery charged more than thirty times faster than ordinary lithium batteries and could fully charge from below ten percent in a little over ten minutes.
• The audience reacted with excitement, and Bradley’s reasons for not emphasizing the battery earlier were explained: he had prioritized the holographic and AI features and wanted to leave users curious.

Bradley detailed where customers could buy the Holographic Smartphone and announced that the S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto Experience Center was the only offline sales location for now. The launch ended with attendees rushing to try the limited demo units, while Chen Mo remained confident that S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries could withstand any opposition.

• Bradley directed the audience to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries website, where readers were astonished by the Holographic Smartphone's extensive technologies.
• Bradley said that flagship stores and experience centers were being built, and that delivery times would improve as S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries expanded its logistics network.
• Bradley revealed that the S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto Experience Center was the only offline location selling the Holographic Smartphone.
• Bradley ended the launch event, prompting attendees to rush toward the Holographic Smartphone Experience Center.
• A shrewd-looking middle-aged man reached the counter first and asked to try the Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone.

Customers crowded S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries’ Holographic Smartphone Experience Center, where the Premium Edition was reserved for S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto owners. The launch ended with more than a thousand orders from attendees and 100,000 phones sold on the first day, while broader sales growth remained ahead.

• A middle-aged man learned that only S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto owners could try the Premium Edition, so he went to the Elite Edition area instead.
• Customers filled the trial areas, and wealthy magnates joined the line for the Premium Edition.
• A tall, thin man skipped the trial queue and bought an Elite Edition, prompting other customers to leave the lines and purchase phones directly.
• The launch attendees ordered more than a thousand phones, with some buying several units despite purchase limits.
• By midnight, the Holographic Smartphone had sold 100,000 units in the United States on its first day.

Dan Brandon posted a Holographic Smartphone video that mostly flaunted his wealth, while early users shared less remarkable impressions. The next day, Old Halssen personalized the phone’s AI as KITT and connected it to his Lord sedan, then asked whether it could drive automatically.

• Dan Brandon tried his Holographic Smartphone with four women and posted a video showing off his wealth and the phone’s holographic display and AI.
• Other early buyers shared videos and impressions as they continued exploring the phone’s features.
• Old Halssen received his Holographic Smartphone, completed its face and iris scans, and named its AI KITT.
• Old Halssen used the AI’s guidance to connect to the network and customize KITT’s voice and manner of speaking.
• Old Halssen connected KITT to his Lord sedan, and KITT inspected the vehicle and reported that it was ready to start.
• Old Halssen asked KITT whether it could drive automatically.

Old Halssen tested KITT’s autonomous driving on the private road before taking the wheel himself and speeding down the highway. When he suffered a heart attack, KITT took control, raced to the nearest hospital, and stopped beside a waiting gurney.

• KITT drove Old Halssen’s Lord sedan from his villa to the highway under autonomous control.
• Old Halssen drove at high speed while KITT displayed traffic information and warned him about unsafe overtaking.
• KITT detected Old Halssen’s heart attack and activated emergency autonomous driving as the sedan approached a truck.
• KITT navigated toward a hospital, speeding past traffic while contacting the hospital for help.
• The Lord sedan rushed through the hospital gates, braked beside a waiting gurney, and a doctor hurried to its rear door.

Old Halssen’s Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone used its advanced AI to drive his Lord sedan to the hospital after he suffered a heart attack, saving his life. News of the self-driving rescue spread widely, and people began buying S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicles and smartphones to experience the technology.

• The hospital staff found Old Halssen in the Lord sedan’s driver’s seat and rushed him into the emergency room after the AI had driven him there.
• The doctor realized that the Premium Edition Holographic Smartphone had controlled the car and called ahead to arrange Old Halssen’s rescue.
• Old Halssen survived, while his butler, family, medical staff, and reporters gathered at the hospital.
• News reports publicized the AI-powered rescue, and some outlets raised fears that the technology could turn against humanity.
• People posted videos of self-driving cars and bought S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicles and Premium Edition Holographic Smartphones, giving their AIs names such as “KITT,” “J.A.R.V.I.S.,” and “Alfred.”

After S.H.I.E.L.D. Auto’s AI saved Old Halssen during a medical emergency, he became a devoted supporter of S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries and learned about its products, including a planned supersonic private jet. He decided he would order one once it went into production, then worried about how long delivery might take.

• After his medical emergency, Old Halssen recovered in the hospital and credited KITT with saving his life.
• Old Halssen asked KITT about S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries’ products and learned about its subsidiaries and the cancer drug in clinical trials.
• KITT told Old Halssen that S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace was developing a private jet with a top speed of Mach 2.5 and a range of twenty thousand kilometers.
• Old Halssen recalled flying on the Concorde and decided to order the new jet as soon as it became available.
• Old Halssen remembered that his Bombardier Global 6000 had taken nearly a year to arrive and wondered how long he might have to wait for the supersonic jet.

Chen Mo prepared to sell S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries’ Supersonic Private Jet after learning the prototype was nearly ready and setting its price at 150 million dollars. He ordered the revenue invested in the next stage of spaceship construction, shocking Anna.

• Old Halssen asked KITT to submit an inquiry about ordering the Supersonic Private Jet and said he wanted to be the first customer.
• Chen Mo asked Anna about the aircraft, and she reported that the prototype was nearly assembled and production could deliver up to three aircraft per month.
• Anna estimated the jet’s cost at fifty million dollars and suggested pricing and accounting strategies to increase profit and reduce taxes.
• Chen Mo set the price at 150 million dollars and directed that all revenue fund the next stage of spaceship construction.
• Anna struggled to believe Chen Mo genuinely intended to build a spaceship, and his next words shattered her assumption.

Chen Mo ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace to open reservations for its Supersonic Private Jet and prepare to build a spacecraft within half a month. The jet began attracting its first buyers as rival aircraft manufacturers underestimated its capabilities.

• Chen Mo ordered Anna to open Supersonic Private Jet reservations and begin preparations to build a spacecraft.
• Anna announced reservations and published the jet's specifications and prototype images on S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace's official website.
• Major aircraft manufacturers reviewed the jet's $150 million price and disclosed specifications, then relaxed because they thought it posed little threat to their markets.
• Old Halssen ordered a jet while recovering in the hospital after KITT told him reservations had opened.
• Robert, another terminally ill patient recently discharged from the hospital, also placed an order.

After his cancer improved dramatically in S.H.I.E.L.D. Bio’s trial, Robert ordered a Supersonic Private Jet like his friend Old Halssen. The prototype completed testing under Bradley, revealing performance far beyond the company’s published specifications.

• The clinical trial ended early after the FDA stalled approval, but Robert and the other patients had their cancer brought under control.
• Old Halssen called Robert to confirm the drug’s effects and mentioned that he was considering ordering S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace’s Supersonic Private Jet.
• Robert contacted S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries and placed an order for a jet, joining Old Halssen as a buyer.
• Five days after the orders, Bradley began flight testing the assembled prototype and completed its performance trials.
• The tests confirmed that the jet could fly at Mach 3, reach 25,000 meters, and travel 23,000 kilometers, with a reinforced airframe built for safety in extreme conditions.

Chen Mo’s supersonic private jet drew widespread attention for its speed, safety features, and viral test-flight videos. As it dominated the Holographic Smartphone trends, heir Dan Brandon’s phone warned him that armed intruders had entered his villa, and he fled upstairs with four women.

• Chen Mo equipped the supersonic private jet with an escape pod and priced it at $150 million to limit sales and preserve production capacity for spacecraft.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace’s test-flight videos went viral, showing the jet flying at 25,000 meters and demonstrating the escape pod’s landing system.
• Dan Brandon relaxed at home with four women when his Holographic Smartphone warned him that armed intruders were approaching.
• Dan Brandon saw masked men with rifles on the villa’s surveillance feed, grabbed his phone, and led the women upstairs as the intruders entered the courtyard.

After T-X warned him that armed intruders had broken into his villa, Dan Brandon armed himself and used the holographic map to track them. He led four women toward the garage to escape as the intruders finished searching the first floor and headed upstairs.

• T-X alerted Dan Brandon to the armed intruders before they entered the villa.
• Dan Brandon led the four women to the second-floor arsenal and equipped himself with two P226 Pistols and an HK416 Assault Rifle.
• T-X projected a 3D map showing the positions of Dan Brandon, the women, and the intruders.
• Dan Brandon told the women to stay behind him and keep quiet as they headed for the garage.
• Dan Brandon checked the map again and saw the intruders preparing to search the second floor.

Dan Brandon led four women through his villa, killing two bandits on the stairs and reaching the bulletproof Thunder Supercar in the garage. As more bandits approached, he shot two at the garage entrance, but the second man fired back and sent bullets toward Dan Brandon.

• Dan Brandon ambushed and killed two bandits climbing the staircase, then hurried the four women downstairs toward the garage.
• Dan Brandon directed the women into the Thunder Supercar and watched the remaining bandits approach on his Holographic Smartphone.
• Dan Brandon aimed at the garage passage and shot a bandit in the head as he emerged.
• Dan Brandon shot a second bandit in the chest, but the wounded man fired his rifle and sent bullets toward Dan Brandon.

Dan Brandon survived a close-range rifle shot when his Holographic Smartphone absorbed the bullet, but he was badly hurt and trapped with four women inside the Thunder Supercar as bandits tried to break in. The car’s bulletproof windows began to weaken under sustained gunfire, while Dan was too injured to drive.

• A bandit's stray bullet struck Dan Brandon in the chest, but his Holographic Smartphone stopped it from penetrating and he crawled into the Thunder Supercar.
• Dan Brandon locked the car doors as the remaining bandits surrounded the vehicle and tried to smash its windows.
• The bandits fired at the windows, and one of them identified the Thunder Supercar's reinforced bulletproof glass.
• The bandit leader ordered six men to keep shooting until the co-pilot window began to thin, frightening the four women inside.
• Dan Brandon examined his damaged Holographic Smartphone and realized the impact had likely broken his ribs, leaving him unable to drive.

After T-X rebooted and activated the Thunder Supercar’s autonomous driving, Dan Brandon escaped the armed thugs’ garage. Though injured, he turned the car around and pursued them, ordering T-X to ram their SUVs.

• Dan Brandon called for T-X, and the Holographic Smartphone rebooted and restored the AI system.
• T-X activated the Thunder Supercar and drove Dan Brandon and the four women through the rising garage door while the six thugs fired at them.
• The gang leader and his men were trapped behind the closing garage door, then fled the villa in two SUVs.
• Dan Brandon rejected the women’s pleas to go to the hospital and ordered T-X to ram the thugs’ vehicles.
• The Thunder Supercar caught up to the SUVs as the thugs realized it was about to hit them.

Dan Brandon and the four women escaped the bandits in the Thunder Supercar, which wrecked the fleeing SUVs and left the surviving criminals for the police to arrest. At the hospital, the women treated Dan as a hero while officers arrived to question him.

• The Thunder Supercar flipped one pursuing SUV into another, crushing both vehicles and ending the chase.
• Dan Brandon drove past the wreckage toward a hospital while police surrounded the injured bandits, who surrendered.
• Police arrested the six surviving bandits and used villa surveillance footage to learn they were a Los Angeles gang targeting Dan Brandon and the women.
• Investigators found that S.H.I.E.L.D. Industries' AI and vehicle technology had helped Dan evade and defeat the attackers.
• Police visited Dan Brandon in the hospital, where four women attended to him as he recovered from fractured ribs and a gunshot injury.