2008, New York.
A triumphant Tony Stark stood at the podium, facing countless reporters from various newspapers. They held up their hefty cameras and snapped away at the man who considered himself a dashing charmer.
Happy, Obadiah Stane, and even Pepper Potts beside him were completely ignored.
There was only one star of the show: Tony Stark.
Tony Stark proudly introduced his latest creation.
"The Jericho Missile is the first missile system to incorporate our proprietary repulsor technology..."
Before Tony Stark could finish, however, a reporter interrupted him-and set his temper flaring in an instant.
Because the reporter mentioned one particular person.
"Mr. Stark, the genius scientist Li Wei says your weapons are already outdated, and that future warfare should be far more intelligent and automated."
It was an obvious attempt to stir things up.
But Tony Stark fell for it anyway, immediately bristling.
Happy and the others beside him sensed trouble, but it was already too late to stop him.
Even the reporter's long, wavy blond hair couldn't cool Tony's temper. He spoke into the microphone. "Genius scientist? He's a fraud!"
"Let him turn his PowerPoint slides into reality first! He should stop copying those Indian guys who do nothing but make presentations and fool everyone!"
"I graduated from MIT at fifteen! He's just some bumpkin who crawled out of nowhere!"
"..."
"Tony, Tony, calm down!"
Happy hurriedly grabbed him from behind and dragged him aside.
The reporters were delighted, snapping furiously as Tony Stark lost his composure.
Sure enough, mentioning that name in front of Tony Stark always made for a big story.
The reporter with the wavy blond hair kept calling out. "Mr. Stark, I hear Li Wei is preparing to develop artificial intelligence. Do you have any related plans?"
"Artificial intelligence? I'm making androids!"
Tony Stark immediately retorted, "I told you he's a fraud! Those are all my plans! He's just an attention-seeking clown!"
Then Happy dragged Tony away.
"Happy, I'm really worked up right now. Set me up with that reporter."
Tony Stark grumbled.
As a playboy, even at a moment like that, he still made sure to note the reporter's looks and measurements.
She was very much his type.
"Tony Stark, how did you know I was making androids?"
Li Wei, just twenty years old, sat on a sofa with a glass of champagne over ice in his hand, amused by the sight of Tony Stark completely losing it on television.
A year earlier, he had transmigrated into the Marvel Universe, bringing a [Scientist System] with him.
As long as he earned reputation points, he could draw or redeem all kinds of technological blueprints, then manufacture them through a very "magical" process.
And so Li Wei had started picking fights with Tony Stark.
What choice did he have? The man was so high-profile and drew so much attention.
Li Wei set up his company, Future Technology, right beside Stark Industries and kept showing Tony Stark up. Whatever he made was always better than Tony's.
All sorts of little gadgets, high-tech weapons, and the like kept coming.
Before long, the arrogant Tony Stark's pride took a crushing hit, and he began mocking Li Wei in front of reporters. Li Wei refused to indulge him and fired insults straight back.
The public had already seen scenes like the one just now countless times.
But they still loved watching rich men tear into each other.
Li Wei checked everything. The materials were ready.
Then he opened his system.
[Name: Li Wei.] [Age: 20.] [Preference: women.] [Current reputation points: 156,000.] [Draw: 100,000 reputation points per draw; 1,000,000 for ten draws (guaranteed gold blueprint).] [Shop: ...]
He only had that much because he had spent quite a lot, and had just redeemed a blueprint with the reputation points he had saved.
[YoRHa Type B Smart Android blueprint (also known as Night Blade No. 2 Type B, YoRHa No. 2 Type B).]
Of course, her most familiar name was still the lovely 2B.
Li Wei had wanted her for ages. As the president of a company, he had only one junior assistant beside him, without anyone to attend to his personal needs. Was that acceptable?
So the moment he had enough reputation points, he redeemed her blueprint.
He continued reading.
[Height: 168 cm (including heels).] [Weight: 148.8 kg.] [Measurements: 84/56/88 cm.] [Required materials: 100 kg of water, 200 kg of fiber, 50 kg of metal, and an electrical power supply...] [Upon completion, she will obey the host unconditionally.]
Tony Stark wasn't wrong. Li Wei was a fake scientist.
After all, if anyone actually followed the blueprint the system provided, they probably wouldn't be able to make a thing.
But what could anyone do about it? Li Wei had a system.
All he had to do was prepare the materials and let the system build her!
If Tony Stark was so capable, he could go get a system of his own!
With the materials ready, Li Wei left the manufacturing to the system.
Then his blueprint vanished, replaced by a progress bar.
[Manufacturing in progress. Please wait patiently!]
"What the hell? It's a single-use blueprint!"
Li Wei's dream of making an entire legion of lovely 2Bs shattered.
The damn blueprint was single-use!
No wonder the shop had so many similar blueprints.
For example, the [A2 blueprint], [7th Airborne Squad Eve blueprint (Stellar Blade)], [7th Airborne Squad Swift blueprint], [5th Airborne Squad Lily blueprint], [2nd Airborne Squad Raven blueprint], and [Dragon Ball Android 18 blueprint]...
They were all "androids," with characters from the NieR and Stellar Blade universes, as well as Android 18 from Dragon Ball.
But after thinking it over, Li Wei still preferred the lovely 2B, so he redeemed her first.
After all, who didn't love glossy thighs?
2B belonged to the mechanized infantry force "YoRHa." She was a combat android.
But in reality, she was a 2E android-an executioner.
In her world, Earth had already been reduced to ruins and invaded by a horde of machine lifeforms. 2B fought for humanity, so she regarded humans as her masters.
She knew perfectly well that she was an android, unlike Eve and the others who considered themselves human. That was why Li Wei decided to make 2B first.
Soon, the progress bar before him gradually filled.
A burst of light appeared, and the materials in front of him slowly took on a human form.
She had short white hair and a black blindfold, wore a Gothic dress, and had black, over-the-knee leather boots with high heels on her feet.
Tall and perfectly proportioned, she looked like the creator's most flawless creation.
This was the lovely 2B!
The moment she saw Li Wei, 2B lunged straight toward him. "A human!"
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