O... Ultron, Activate!

On the television screen, black silhouettes of the Olympic rings formed a circle, with a ferocious figure standing within it.

The Ten Rings Organization.

Even inside the Galactic Plumbers Space Station, Ben and Banner were aware of these recent events.

The terrorist organization Ten Rings Organization launched an attack in an unknown manner, targeting a range of high-ranking individuals, including government officials and wealthy businessmen.

This made Banner very worried.

"What a coincidence," he said, frowning. "Originally, I didn't think the Security Council would so easily agree to Tony Stark activating the Ultron Global Defense Program, but these terrorist attacks seem to be pushing it forward..."

Banner is right.

Originally, no one thought there was any need to activate the Ultron Global Defense Program. After all, Iron Man already had his Iron Legion, so why not just let them go when the situation required it?

Why bother Ultron to monitor the entire world in real time?

Do they really think their Security Council is so clean?

How embarrassing would it be if Ultron scanned the entire internet and discovered that America herself was the number one criminal threatening world peace?

They were unaware that Ultron had already reached a conclusion and still believed that everything was under Tony's control.

But things are different now. The Ten Rings Organization have somehow acquired a special weapon that is concealed and undetectable, and have begun launching attacks around the world. Dozens of explosions have occurred since then, and the assassinations have all involved people who wield great power or possess enormous wealth.

If this continues, not only will their interests be affected, but even their own safety will be difficult to guarantee.

But neither the FBI nor the CIA could find anything out. Even after the H.A.M.M.E.R.. got involved, the agents still couldn't figure out how these terrorist attacks happened.

They had imposed strict martial law, ensuring that no weapons would be present, but it still had little effect.

Attacks continue to occur.

Ben was well aware that there were no weapons behind these terrorist attacks.

Or rather, those who were injected with the Extremis Virus are themselves a weapon.

They can rapidly raise their body temperature to several thousand degrees Celsius in a short period of time, then self-destruct, turning to ashes along with their assassination target.

This method of assassination was unheard of, so the H.A.M.M.E.R. had no clue whatsoever.

After their terrorist attack succeeded, the Ten Rings Organization gang continued to spread fear to the world through television. Every day when the television was turned on, they would show a few people being killed on camera to add to the festivities, causing widespread panic.

If things continue like this, under pressure, the Security Council might actually agree to Tony's request to launch the Ultron Global Defense Program.

"By the way, I remember the Ten Rings Organization were the organization that kidnapped Tony Stark, right?"

Banner suddenly seemed to remember something and asked.

"Hmm." Ben nodded.

"After all these years, I can't believe he still hasn't eradicated them," Banner said in surprise.

It's worth noting that, unlike before, after surviving his near-death experience, Tony Stark would frequently fly to the Middle East to fight terrorists whenever he saw them. However, after so much time has passed, the terrorists have still not been completely eliminated.

"How many years?"

Ben shook his head.

It seems like a long time has passed, but in reality, it's only been 11 years this year.

Tony returned to the United States in 2008 after narrowly escaping death in the Middle East, the same year Iron Man 1 was released.

The movie is only two hours long, but in real life, much more time passes. By the time he completed Mark 3 and began to take revenge on the Ten Rings Organization, it was already almost 2009.

The battle with the Iron Monger, and then the announcement that he was Iron Man, took several months.

Some time later, Ben and Peter went to high school, and while attending an exhibition at the Osborn Corporation, they discovered that Peter had been bitten by a spider.

Despite experiencing so much, it's only been 11 years.

"Oh right, I think I should have been a junior in high school a few months ago..."

Ben stopped what he was doing and belatedly realized what was happening.

Since starting high school, he hasn't had a proper school day, but there's nothing he can do about it since schools are gone and he doesn't have that much time.

"You still need to go to school? Who will teach you?"

Banner rolled his eyes, completely unconcerned about what Ben had said.

Let alone high school, even a doctorate wouldn't be worth Ben's time.

With his current research achievements, no amount of doctoral degrees could compare. Even this genius with seven doctoral degrees sometimes feels that his mind isn't as sharp as Ben's.

"That's true," Ben nodded.

Leaving aside Grey Matter and Brainstorm, his own knowledge base is actually quite impressive.

After all, having researched so many things, the knowledge we've already grasped won't disappear, and memories aren't so easily forgotten.

"Even if I can't get into university, I still have your recommendation letters. If all else fails, I can donate a building to the university," Ben thought.

Although a diploma is just a piece of paper, it doesn't feel quite right to not have it.

Banner was speechless.

The two then returned to the topic of the Ten Rings Organization.

They all knew very well that an ordinary organization could not possibly maintain such a powerful capability after more than two years of Tony's counterattack.

There must be someone supporting the Ten Rings Organization Gang.

When it comes to the Ten Rings Organization, the first thing that comes to Ben's mind is naturally the Mandarin, and then the movie Shang-Chi.

He didn't know much about either of them, and he hadn't seen the movie "Shang-Chi" before Ben's time travel.

However, he didn't care. Whatever happened, it was Tony's problem, not his.

"Doctor Banner, let's speed things up."

Ben said.

Now they have two people working together on the research, and they've even brought out the Mind Stone, but the research progress hasn't accelerated.

With Ultron as an example, how to prevent Eunice from suffering the same fate is also a problem.

Ben's idea was naturally to Vision a template, making Eunice the Vision of this universe.

Just as they were making their progress, the impact of the Ten Rings Organization terrorist attacks was rapidly unfolding on Earth.

Especially after Happy was injured, Tony's anger became even more unbearable.

After sending Happy to the Primus Sanatorium, facing countless reporters, he snatched Lu Zhanbo's phone, smashed it to pieces, and declared war on the Ten Rings Organization.

Immediately afterwards, his face turned ashen, and he arrived at the H.A.M.M.E.R. Helicarrier in his armor, where he met Norman Osborn.

"How are the Security Council discussions going?"

Without any preamble, he went straight to the point and asked.

Norman pinched the bridge of his nose and replied, "Still under discussion."

He knew very well that it would be difficult to get the Security Council to agree, since they themselves weren't exactly clean.

Otherwise, without factories and weapons, what can those terrorists do?

Do you really think their weapons were all sold by Obadiah?

You're overthinking it!

"Tony, don't be impulsive."

Norman knew that Tony's bodyguards had also been attacked, but he still tried to reassure them.

"Impulse?"

"I'm not impulsive at all!"

Tony's eyes were red with anger.

But he didn't say much, and simply returned to Avengers Tower with a dark expression.

He wasn't stupid. With his advanced technology, Jarvis had been constantly searching for information about the Ten Rings Organization online, yet they still managed to launch such a large-scale terrorist attack, which proved a lot.

Some people may not be Hydra, but their actions are no different from those of Hydra.

He was thinking.

My heart feels increasingly cold.

He increasingly felt that he didn't need to care about that damn Security Council; those people were just all show and no substance.

Why listen to these parasites?

Why not just hand over Earth to Ultron, to the embodiment of his wisdom, and manage it?

At least Ultron wouldn't have any selfish motives, and only Ultron could set aside personal interests and truly achieve peace.

Tony wasn't worried at all that the Security Council members would become an obstacle to him.

Because once Ultron control of the global network system, many things within the Security Council will be completely paralyzed, and their advanced weapons will become useless.

Inside the building, gazing at the halo of light belonging to Ultron's mind, Tony was lost in thought.

Previously, everyone had questioned him, believing that Ultron was unreliable.

So many people said so, and even Ben raised questions, which made Tony hesitate.

He could ignore what others said, but as for Ben, whom he respected, Tony had to consider things more carefully.

This is why Tony waited patiently for the Security Council's discussion instead of immediately activating Ultron.

However, over the past few days, Ultron has been completely under control and there are no hidden dangers whatsoever; their worries were entirely unfounded.

It seems that even among intelligent people, there are still differences.

Tony thought to himself.

At this moment, Ultron took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

"Sir... I am very sorry about what happened to Happy."

Ultron said with great sympathy, "I've seen the records; he's been with you for many years, and the bond between you is very deep..."

As the culmination of Tony's wisdom, Ultron has long surpassed ordinary artificial intelligence.

He could indeed understand some human emotions; not just understand, he could even genuinely feel Tony Stark's anger and sadness at that moment.

This is why Ultron became even more certain that the existence of humanity itself could not bring peace.

The only way is to destroy them all...

And now, this is a good opportunity.

A good opportunity to prove to Tony Stark that he is indeed his "successful" creation.

"Sir, I can find all the information about the Ten Rings Organization, analyze their modus operandi... and completely wipe them out."

Ultron said.

Tony's lips were pressed into a straight line.

One moment Steve and the others' worries about Ultron flashed through his mind, the next he saw Happy's blood-stained face, lying unconscious in the hospital.

After a long while, he opened his eyes, and as if he had made up his mind, he said resolutely:

Jarvis!

"Gentlemen."

"Activate the Ultron Global Defense Program!"