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"Where are the Smurf?"
Back downstairs in the control center, Tony Stark looked around the deserted power grid hub in confusion. Everyone who should have been there was gone, leaving behind only the damaged power grid and sections of the special restraints he had made.
"Why is Spider-Man gone too? Was he taken away by his girlfriend?"
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Inside Lionel's apartment, Hakimi, who had once again proven who was boss in front of the two silly dogs, lay comfortably on the sofa. He used his small paw to press the remote control, browsing TV channels, and finally settled on a cooking show.
"I don't know why the power went out just now, it ruined the big meal I was going to make. Lionel and Makima are both out, and no one is here to cook for me. My stomach is a bit hungry, what should I do?"
In the apartment kitchen, the oven door had been blown off, and some charred dough residue still lay on the kitchen floor. Denji and Pochita, the two puppies, were cleaning up the debris on the floor—a task Hakimi had assigned them.
But no matter how one looked at it, the charred dough didn't seem to be caused by a power outage.
After much thought, Hakimi cautiously approached the phone. Like a thief, he glanced around, and not seeing Lionel, he dialed a number.
"Hello, I'd like to order a super-sized pizza. The address is ***."
Hakimi put down the phone and looked at the two silly dogs still cleaning the kitchen. "You guys got lucky. Consider it a treat from the boss to his subordinates!"
Although he had an agreement with Lionel—no pizza for a week if he used his ability once—Hakimi decided to use his future time to eat pizza. He would just put the one-week restriction on his future self.
The pizza was delivered before Lionel and the others returned. Hakimi stealthily brought the pizza inside, opened the box, and was about to devour it.
But Hakimi, who had been hungry and had a hearty appetite, suddenly lost his appetite upon seeing the opened pizza. He felt confused, but Hakimi didn't intend to waste it; he could still eat it even without an appetite.
However, as his paw neared the pizza, Hakimi suddenly felt a nauseating sense of disgust. The pizza in front of him seemed to have turned into his least favorite oranges.
What's going on? Hakimi didn't understand what was happening to him; an inexplicable feeling of disgust would appear whenever he got close to the pizza.
"Could it be the latest citrus pizza flavor? Humans' tastes are truly terrifying!"
Thinking this, Hakimi felt a wave of frustration. He didn't have time to order another one; Lionel should be back very soon.
"Damn orange pizza!" He was about to swat the pizza away with a paw.
A strange scene unfolded: as Hakimi's paw was about to touch the pizza, his body seemed to be pushed by an unseen force, and he shot back quite a distance.
"Meow—! Something's fishy! Could it be something unclean?!"
Hakimi quickly ran to Lionel's room, retrieved the doll—Annabelle—and placed her on the table, commanding:
"Quickly, drive away the unclean thing!"
The Annabelle doll made no movement, her eerie eyes just staring at Hakimi.
"Did I guess wrong? It's not something unclean?"
The cat wore a puzzled expression.
"Hakimi, there's nothing unclean in the house!"
A familiar voice suddenly rang out. Hakimi awkwardly turned around, and sure enough, Lionel had returned.
"Ah, Lionel, and Makima, you're back, haha, ha." Hakimi gave an awkward laugh.
Lionel did not bring Electro back but secretly handed him over to Harry Osborn, allowing him to help Harry Osborn gain control of the Osborn Group.
Kuro jumped out to taunt: "Gray boy, what were you doing just now? Performing acrobatics for this great king?"
"Oh, Hakimi, you've ordered dinner for us. That's so thoughtful!"
Lionel picked up the pizza box from the table, took out a slice, handed one to Makima, and then took another slice, eating it in front of Hakimi.
"Yes, I calculated that you would be back soon, so I specifically ordered it for you." Hakimi nodded repeatedly.
For some unknown reason, after Lionel appeared, the repulsive scent on the pizza disappeared, and it became appealing to the cat again. He felt hungry once more.
"I haven't eaten that yet, save a slice for me."
Lionel revealed a mischievous smile and said, "No can do, Hakimi. Have you forgotten our agreement? You've used my ability four times, so you can't eat pizza for a month."
"What? Was it because of that agreement?"
Hakimi understood the reason for the earlier anomaly and frantically spun around on the floor.
"Oh, right, that oven cost 700 U.S. dollars. Hakimi, have you thought about how you'll compensate me? If you don't have money, you can choose to offset it with other things."
"Meow—!"
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The iron suit descended from the sky, crashing heavily onto the roof of Tony Stark's luxurious Villa, creating a large hole.
Looking at the several large holes he had made, Tony Stark's mouth twitched: "Jarvis, make a note: we need to build a landing platform for the Suit. There are too many holes in the house."
"Understood, Sir. It has been added to the schedule."
After discovering that all the people who caused the New York blackout had disappeared, Tony Stark briefly repaired the damaged power grid to make it temporarily usable, then flew back to his laboratory.
"Jarvis, disarm Suit."
Tony stood on a mechanical platform, extending his left arm. His right arm was injured and difficult to move; fortunately, the Suit on his right arm was also gone, so there was no need to worry about further injuring his right arm when removing the Suit.
Mechanical arms extended, quickly dismantling the iron suit on Tony Stark's body. While the Suit was being removed, Tony Stark also began to think about areas for improvement in the Suit.
"Jarvis, add a new module to the Suit's design project. Let's call it the 'Bomb Disposal Module.' We can't keep removing the Suit's armor to disarm bombs anymore."
"Understood, Sir."
"Ow! Jarvis, gently! You touched my right arm!"
A mechanical arm brushed Tony Stark's right arm, and Tony Stark immediately howled like a wolf.
"Apologies, Sir. The Suit parts are severely deformed and require some force to remove!"
"Shit! Jarvis, add a 'Rapid Disarming Function' to the Suit's design project!"
"Understood, Sir."
Jarvis did not reduce the force of the mechanical arms, causing Tony Stark to constantly shake his body on the mechanical platform in pain, which in turn led to the mechanical arms touching his right arm even more frequently.
"Jarvis, gently! If it weren't for worrying Pepper, I would definitely ask her to help me take off the Suit, even though that would be much slower."
Jarvis asked: "Sir, shall I call Ms. Pepper Potts?"
"Jarvis, you really need an upgrade. Do not call Pepper."
"Understood, Sir."
The laboratory door suddenly opened, and a bald head peered in.
Tony Stark was drawn by the movement. Only three people had access to his Villa: besides himself, there were only Pepper Potts and Obadiah Stane.
"Uncle Obi, why are you here?"