"What? What did you say?"
"Say that again, Leon. What did you and JARVIS do?"
Tony unbuttoned his crisp suit jacket, pulled it off, and tossed it onto the desk.
He looked ready to challenge Leon to a gentleman's duel.
"Calm down, Tony. Don't make that smug face. Isn't that why I came to tell you?"
Leon pressed down Tony's hand, which had already started loosening his tie.
Only two days had passed since the battle between the Avengers, Professor X, and the others in the S Universe.
Today, Tony was dressed in a sharp suit and looked full of vigor.
He had originally been representing the Avengers at a Security Council meeting.
He had gone there to explain the crisis Earth had faced before.
But as soon as the meeting ended, he and Pepper had barely stepped out of the United Nations building, chatting and laughing—
When Leon intercepted them and brought them back to Avengers Base.
After hearing Leon lay out his plan to save the universe with an expression that practically said, "I'm taking you into the big leagues,"
Tony had nearly exploded.
"When you found the problem, you didn't come to me. When you looked for a solution, you didn't come to me. Now that it's time to wrap things up, you come to me?"
Tony's eyes widened, and he was so anxious it looked like someone had lit a torch under his ass.
"Why didn't you wait until the Multiverse had only our universe left before coming to me!?"
"You missed out, Leon! I'm telling you, you missed out on your brother's top-tier genius brain!"
"Your plan must be full of holes. Now, hurry! Before you screw everything up, take me to save this world!"
Tony took out an Arc Reactor and pressed it to