"Are you sure you're not going in the wrong direction?"
"Thanos is completely irrelevant; analyzing him is pointless."
Iron Man immediately voiced his objection, his analysis equally well-reasoned. "We don't need to bother with Thanos. We just need to analyze the four people in the options: whoever is the strongest, that's who we pick! It's that simple."
Rhodes and Coulson exchanged glances and shrugged.
Though Iron Man's theory was simple and blunt, it had to be said that, in the face of such a bizarre question, it was indeed a Ideas worth trying.
"Tony, you're finally being reliable for once." Rhodes patted Iron Man's shoulder.
"Then let's look at the people in the options: Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor. Who among these four is the strongest?"
Coulson followed Iron Man's line of thought and began his analysis.
"We all know Captain America is dead, but since he's in the options, let's assume he's alive."
"If it's Captain America, he's the only super soldier in America. His body has reached the peak of human physical ability."
As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Coulson was very familiar with Captain America's information, and he could rattle off facts effortlessly in this situation.
"The peak of human ability? So he's still just human? He's not worth mentioning in front of giants, gods, and iron." Iron Man curled his lips repeatedly, completely dismissing Captain America.
"Captain America can be ruled out first. What about the remaining three? Tony, no offense, but I think you can be ruled out too."
Rhodes said to Iron Man with a serious expression.
As Iron Man's friend and the military liaison to Stark Industries, Rhodes was well aware of the power of the Iron Man suit.
To put it bluntly, it was just a flying combat armor, nothing more.
As for the Hulk, while Rhodes didn't know all the details, he had some understanding.
It was said to be a monster accidentally created by General Ross, invulnerable and possessing immense strength.
General Ross had led the army to try and capture him, but the Hulk had repeatedly routed their forces.
Rhodes didn't believe the Iron Man suit could handle such an existence.
And Thor?
That was a legendary god!
It was even more impossible for the Iron Man suit to be superior.
"So it seems the answer is clear, unless you think the Hulk is stronger than Thor." Coulson summarized from the side.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had actually been tracking the Hulk for a long time, secretly monitoring him for years.
Coulson understood the Hulk's strength even better than Rhodes, so he agreed with Rhodes's view.
"Wrong, completely wrong!"
Just as Coulson thought they had reached a consensus, Iron Man ruthlessly rejected it.
"What if it's a giant, or a god? So what? The strongest one is definitely me, Tony Stark!"
Iron Man said with a proud expression, "Even if it's an overlord of the universe, I'll build an even more powerful armor to defeat him! So…"
At this point, Iron Man didn't give Coulson and Rhodes any room to interrupt. He turned directly to the glowing screen and said, "I choose C, Iron Man!"
"Tony…" Rhodes called out from the side, trying to stop Iron Man.
After all, this bizarre quiz seemed too unfathomable to be treated so casually.
But Rhodes hadn't even finished speaking when Iron Man had already given his answer.
This made both Rhodes and Coulson feel a little nervous. They cautiously observed their surroundings, trying to see if anything would happen.
Answer correct!
The familiar electronic synthesized voice sounded.
Rhodes: "…"
Coulson: "…"
Both of them looked utterly flabbergasted.
Are you kidding me? It was actually that arrogant Iron Man?
Iron Man had answered correctly with such irresponsible recklessness, while their serious analysis had led to the wrong answer.
"See?!" Iron Man couldn't help but lift his head, his face full of triumph, "I, Iron Man, am the strongest!"
"Tony… this isn't a self-directed farce of yours, is it?" Rhodes couldn't help but say, speechless.
Congratulations to quizzer Tony Stark for receiving one shard of the Allspark as a reward.
The reward has been issued, please check!
The familiar electronic synthesized voice sounded again.
And with these two sentences from the quiz system, Iron Man immediately felt a weight in his right hand, along with a tactile sensation.
As if something had appeared in his hand.
At the same time, a cluster of information suddenly appeared in Iron Man's mind.
It was information about the Allspark, including its introduction, usage methods, and binding details.
Iron Man carefully sorted through the new information in his mind, then looked up and murmured at the metal shard that had appeared out of thin air, falling into a slight daze.
"This is real, this is real, Rhodes!" Iron Man said, turning to look at Rhodes in surprise.
With the reward issued, Iron Man finally confirmed the authenticity of the quiz system.
Objects appearing out of thin air, information directly implanted into the brain—these were things not achievable in the current era.
"This is the Allspark shard?"
Rhodes and Coulson couldn't help but gather around, curiously staring at the small shard in Iron Man's hand.
No matter how they looked at it, it just seemed like an ordinary alloy metal shard, with nothing particularly special about it.
"What's this thing for? Allspark, what does that even mean?" Rhodes muttered, endlessly speculating.
"Rhodes, get out your phone." Iron Man suddenly said to Rhodes.
"Why?" Rhodes subconsciously dodged a bit.
Whenever Iron Man made a strange request, it usually meant he was about to pull some kind of stunt.
"If you don't give it to me, you'll definitely regret it, I guarantee." Iron Man said mysteriously.
Rhodes stared at Iron Man with a suspicious gaze for a moment, but eventually took out his phone.
Iron Man then picked up the Allspark. According to the description of the information cluster in his mind, he sent a command to the Allspark with his mind.
Whoosh!
A light flashed on the Allspark, shining onto Rhodes's phone.
Rhodes's phone suddenly began to vibrate, as if it had suddenly suffered an epileptic fit.
This startled both Rhodes and Coulson.
However, what shocked them even more was yet to come.
They watched as the phone rapidly underwent a series of precise and complex changes, including splitting and recombination, eventually transforming into a robot!
It was a mini Decepticon!
Iron Man, Coulson, and Rhodes were all dumbfounded.