"Ultron?"
Sean was shaken to the core, his surprise even showing on his face. He had never expected that this major event, which should have happened after the New York battle, would arrive ahead of schedule.
In the original timeline, after the Avengers officially formed, defeated the Chitauri invasion, and wiped out Hydra's remaining forces, Tony obtained Loki's Scepter with the Mind Stone embedded in it. Only then did he have the foundation to create "Ultron." But now, the six Infinity Stones had yet to appear. Only the Tesseract, known as the Space Stone, was sealed away in S.H.I.E.L.D.
Tony tapped his empty glass. The alcohol stoked the burning fire deep in his heart. Looking at the inexplicably startled Sean, he lowered his voice and said, "I want to put armor around this world. This fragile Blue Planet needs 'Ultron.'"
The excitement he could barely suppress was like an erupting volcano. It nearly made Stark's heart burst. The plan to create "Ultron" had been circling in his mind for a long time, until the appearance of Hulk shattered Iron Man's dream of protecting the world alone.
Tony finally resolved to make Ultron a reality. He leaned closer to Sean, who stood behind the bar, and said softly, "You know Jarvis. He's my intelligent butler. He serves my daily needs and commands my Iron Armor. Other than Pepper, he handles more affairs than anyone else—but in the beginning, it was just a natural-language user interface."
"I kept adding all kinds of functions and data to that framework, and then, I don't remember when exactly, Jarvis was born."
Sean set down the Scotch whisky in his hand and asked thoughtfully, "So you want to create an artificial intelligence, something like Jarvis?"
"No, something more powerful than Jarvis. It can command my Iron