It was seven thirty in the evening.
Outside the Malibu villa.
A black Audi R8 came to a smooth stop in the driveway.
The door opened, and Tony got out first.
Right after that, the passenger door swung open, and Luca got out behind him.
They started arguing before they even reached the door.
"I told you, wait until JARVIS's safety test report comes out before injecting me! What's the rush?!"
Tony gestured as he walked, his words full of resistance.
"I, Tony Stark, one of the smartest minds in human history, getting stronger from a single injection? Isn't that cheating?!"
Luca rolled his eyes behind him. His stride was longer than Tony's, and he caught up in two steps.
"Cheating? You call that cheating?"
"Tony, your armor can fly, fight, and fire cannons. And you're telling me a serum injection is cheating?"
"What does that make your armor? Fair play?!"
Tony was momentarily at a loss for words, but his instinct to argue kicked in immediately.
"That's different! I invented the armor myself! I created it with my own hands and my own brain! That's the power of technology!"
"I developed the serum myself too!" Luca spread his hands, looking innocent.
"I spent two months risking my life to come up with that formula, and somehow you call it an outside crutch?"
"Th-that's still different!"
Tony pushed open the front door and quickened his pace, seemingly hoping to put some distance between them and end the debate.
But there was no way Luca would let him off.
"How is it different? Go on, tell me exactly how it's different."
Luca followed him inside and tossed the keys onto the table by the door.
"When you built your armor, you used Dad's Arc Reactor technology, JARVIS's computing assistance, and billions