Peter continued darting wildly around the room.
But he quickly realized that he couldn't keep dodging blindly like this.
When there had only been one Iron Man Armor, he had actually been handling it quite easily.
Although the Iron Man Armor was controlled by an artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence relied on "algorithms" and lacked some of the flexibility of a human being.
With Peter's perception and Spider-Sense, it had been easy to deal with.
So he hadn't been nervous at all. He had even found time amid the chaos to pour himself a glass of water—he had been running and jumping around so much that he was a little thirsty.
But that had been before.
Now, three Iron Man Armors were working together against him under the control of the intelligent system.
They coordinated with each other, greatly increasing their power.
If the difficulty of dealing with one armor had been two to the first power, or two, then three armors were two to the third power, or eight!
Their power had increased eightfold!
It was downright terrifying.
Under these circumstances, if he kept dodging without doing anything else, he would only become more and more passive.
I have to find a way to restrain two of them! Peter thought as he sprang into action.
As he passed through a relatively narrow area, Peter left behind a severing web.
The severing web burst at its designated point and turned into a tripwire.
One of the Iron Man Armors chasing behind him was moving too fast and was tripped immediately.
At that moment, the delayed web bombs Peter had left on either side of the tripwire suddenly activated.
Bang!
Several web bombs exploded at incredibly tiny intervals, wrapping the Iron Man Armor layer upon layer.
That Iron Man Armor was wrapped directly into a cocoon, much like the "hunting wrap" a spider used to bind its prey in webbing.
With one armor removed from the encirclement, Peter immediately felt the pressure ease considerably.
So he didn't stop. He continued running through the room along the walls and ceiling.
The other two Iron Man Armors kept chasing him.
Then, at one point, he abruptly came to a stop and fired webs from both hands at once, sticking them to the two Iron Man Armors.
The intelligent system detected his deceleration and immediately ordered the armors to slow down, turn around, and pursue him, but that was exactly how they fell for Peter's trick.
Peter yanked hard on the webs, and the two Iron Man Armors crashed directly into each other, clattering to the floor in pieces.
Peter was startled. "Damn, I didn't dismantle Mr. Stark's armors, did I?"
"You brat, sneaking into my office and dismantling my armors?" A voice suddenly rang out.
Then the elevator nearby stopped, and two people appeared inside.
Peter knew both of them.
One was Iron Man, Tony Stark, whom Peter had met before.
The other was a mature woman: Stark's rumored girlfriend and the CEO of Stark Industries, Pepper Potts.
Of course, Peter had never met her. He simply followed Stark Industries regularly, so he often saw her on the company's official website and in interviews, allowing him to recognize her at a glance.
"Kid, some people out there value each of my Iron Man Armors at 560 million dollars. I'll round it off for you—1.7 billion will do. How are you planning to pay? Card or cash? Or how about working for me for the rest of your life?" Tony Stark looked at Peter with an extremely serious expression.
Seeing the two of them, Peter awkwardly jumped down from the ceiling, removed his Spider-Man mask, and said helplessly, "I-I'm sorry, Mr. Stark, Ms. Potts. I, um, I..."
Pepper Potts lightly patted Tony Stark's arm and shot him an admonishing look. "You scared the child."
Tony Stark shrugged and snapped his fingers.
Clack, clack, clack—
The armor fragments on the floor trembled, then flew into the air one after another. Within a few breaths, they had reassembled themselves.
Meanwhile, flames sprayed from the armor bound in webbing, burning away all the webs on its surface.
Before long, the three spotless armors flew back to where the armors were stored.
Only the mess in the room showed what Peter had just done here.
Only then did Peter realize that this thick-browed, big-eyed Stark had actually been teasing him!
That made sense. He had barely used any force at all, relying on clever techniques throughout. How could he possibly have damaged armors made of a titanium-gold alloy?
And now that he thought about it carefully, if each armor was worth 560 million, then three would be 1.68 billion, wouldn't they?
How had it become 1.7 billion?
Who even rounded up like that?
What an evil capitalist!
But after figuring all that out, Peter relaxed as well.
This showed that Tony Stark really had been joking with him.
"Come on, kid. Come sit over here," Pepper Potts said as she walked over to Peter, took his hand, and led him to the sofa.
Tony Stark, meanwhile, had already seated himself there with great swagger.
"Tell me, Mr. Pajama Baby. Instead of doing your community service, what are you doing here?"
"I'm not Pajama Baby." Peter argued on principle, but when he saw the mess in the office, his voice unconsciously softened.
Fortunately, Tony Stark got down to business, giving Peter a way out.
He picked up his backpack and took out a test tube and a sealed bag.
The test tube contained web optical microscope lenses. Since they would deteriorate and become unusable if kept outside a sterile environment for too long, he could only store them in a test tube filled with sterile water.
The sealed bag contained SPC-120703 polymer biomass fiber material. Although it was a biomass fiber, it was essentially the same as other polymer fibers, so it did not have strict storage requirements.
Peter placed both items on the table, then pushed them, along with his proposal and research report, toward Tony Stark.
Tony Stark picked up one of the documents with interest.
Pepper Potts took two drinks from the refrigerator and brought them over, giving one each to Tony and Peter.
Tony was initially absent-minded, but gradually became a little more serious.
Seeing his expression, Pepper became curious too.
At that point, Pepper got herself another drink and sat down beside Tony.
Tony handed her the document he had finished reading. "Here, take a look too. It's pretty interesting."
Pepper set her drink on the table and began reading the research report and proposal.
Watching the two of them, Peter felt incredibly nervous.
It was a lot like when he had interviewed to get into Midtown High.
That time had been for school.
This time, it was for investment—for him to devote himself to being a superhero more effectively, and for Aunt May to have a better life!
A few minutes later, Tony and Pepper had finished reading both documents Peter had given them.
Tony looked at Peter in surprise. "Did you make this yourself?"
Peter hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Although he had developed it in the world of Amazing Spider-Man while merged with Amazing Spider-Man, it still counted as something he had developed, right?
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