Following Lu Qi into the elevator, after the cameras confirmed Lu Qi's identity, he directly pressed the button for the highest floor the elevator could reach.
"Taking me straight up there... won't Mr. Stark be angry?"
Little Spider had assumed Lu Qi would take him to see JARVIS, but he never expected Lu Qi to press the button leading to the top floor.
According to the news reports, that should have been Tony Stark's office.
"JARVIS is there too, right? JARVIS?"
Lu Qi suddenly raised his voice for the latter half, catching Little Spider off guard.
Then an electronic voice came through the elevator speakers. "You don't need to speak so loudly. I am now intelligent enough to tell whether you are speaking to me."
"See?"
Lu Qi turned and smiled at Little Spider, who froze for a moment. "JARVIS is an artificial intelligence?"
"Well, that depends on how you define artificial intelligence. If you mean an artificially created intelligent life-form, then I agree. But if you mean a logical program made of code, then I am not one."
JARVIS began chatting with Little Spider, and upon hearing his explanation, Little Spider's eyes lit up.
"Cool! A superhero organization and super-advanced intelligent machinery—it's exactly like the comics!"
"Then I hope you'll like the Defenders."
JARVIS said with a smile. Based on the Spider-Man-related videos he had gathered online, he had determined that Little Spider was kind-hearted, morally upright, and fairly capable. He fully met the Defenders' selection standards.
This interview was only to verify whether Little Spider was truly like he appeared in those videos, rather than putting on an act.
"Then if he already made an appointment with you, why did you leave him waiting down there? Was that part of the test?"
"It was not. My appointment with