Ten minutes later, the two of them stood in the communal lounge of Avengers Tower.
Don't ask why there were only two of them. That question was too stupid.
Tony himself was still in London, remotely controlling the suit of armor standing before them.
The first thing the two Spider-Men did after being set on the ground was pull off their masks and start exchanging looks.
Watching these two kids make eyes at each other, Tony suddenly had a very bad feeling. His head felt a little dizzy, and his blood vessels ached a little.
He remembered doing this all the time when he was young.
No, to be precise, he still did it all the time.
It was just that Pepper used to lecture him, and now he was lecturing someone else.
Was this karma... oh, no, was this a midlife crisis?
For the first time in his life, Tony Stark seriously considered that question.
"You two, don't try to use superheroics to cover up the mistakes you've made."
Tony raised a hand, the armor's finger pointing at Peter, then at Chen Mo.
Tony said, "The prerequisite for you two saving anyone was breaking the supervision rules together first!"
Chen Mo earnestly attempted to argue his way out of it.
"From a results-oriented perspective, the supervision rules didn't prevent the disaster, but we did."
Beside him, Peter let out a very quiet "wow."
Tony looked at him.
Peter immediately turned serious again.
Chen Mo continued, "Of course, I'm not saying the supervision rules are meaningless. I'm just proposing an open academic discussion."
Tony said, "Try opening another one."
Chen Mo shut up.
Not out of remorse.
He had simply paused his output.
Tony could tell perfectly well.
The scariest part was that Peter was much the same.
Although Spider-Man