Before Ultron was "born."
In a dream.
"You mean dreaming? Aether, is your third method really just having everyone lie down and sleep?"
The Aranara versions of the Avengers sat in a circle and quietly listened to Nahida and the Traveler's proposal. The first to raise a question was Iron Man, whose scientific understanding had been taking one blow after another.
The Tony Aranara shook his "little hat." "Setting aside whether we can collect experimental data in a dream, dreaming is actually a form of neural activity in the human brain."
"Nahida's power can affect you, me, and even Wanda, but Ultron...?"
Tony shook his head.
"Ultron doesn't have a brain."
"He's just a mass of data. Even if he controls a robot and gains a so-called 'body,' can he dream? Can there be people in his dreams?"
"I programmed him to protect all humanity. If there aren't any people, what the hell is he supposed to protect?"
Although the others said nothing, their thoughts were much the same as Tony's.
If they wanted to simulate every possibility after the Ultron Initiative succeeded, both the environment and the humans in the dream would have to respond as they did in reality. Only then would Ultron fail to notice anything. The more they thought about it, the more they wondered whether this method was actually feasible.
Everyone felt uneasy.
"Tch. Frogs in a well."
Tony immediately rolled his eyes at that remark. He pointed a stubby little hand at Wanderer, who was approaching them from behind. "Hey! You didn't finish elementary school, did you? We're obviously mushrooms, not frogs."
Tony had long since grown accustomed to Wanderer's mockery. He knew the kid simply couldn't speak nicely. Personal feelings aside, though, A Scaramouche's remarks weren't unfounded. Perhaps these friends from the magical