One month later, in a high-end villa community in Queens.
Peter woke up in bed, yawned, and felt an overwhelming sense of emptiness.
Despite his refusal, Tony Stark had forcibly transferred a villa under his name.
His bank account now held a hundred million dollars.
This sudden transition from rags to riches left Peter feeling disoriented.
It also drained him of all his motivation.
Having so much money, he suddenly found himself without a clear goal in life.
When Uncle Ben and Aunt May found out about this, the grief over Aunt Lisa's death was quickly overshadowed.
After Peter reasonably explained the source of the money, the two elders completely abandoned their frugal lifestyle.
Even though Uncle Ben had been thrifty his entire life, with a hundred million dollars in the bank, he couldn't find a reason to convince Peter to keep striving!
Having money was truly corrupting!!
The villa was located close to their original home, just a twenty-minute drive away.
Peter had moved into the villa for a while now and had invited Gwen to join him.
After all, their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend was no secret.
But George, being a conservative old-school guy, firmly opposed the idea of them living together.
Even though he thought highly of Peter, he couldn't agree to his daughter living with a boyfriend she'd only been dating for a month.
In this so-called land of freedom, there were actually quite a few conservatives like George.
As for freedom?
That was just a slogan for capitalists.
The more freedom young people sought, the more they needed their own place to live.
Whether buying or renting.
This boosted the real estate economy, but it wasn't just the real estate industry that benefited.
In short, they preached ideals, but their hearts were all about business.
Peter didn't think George was wrong. If he had a daughter in the future, he'd probably be even stricter with her suitors.
After all, if the father was a billionaire, the daughter couldn't just bring home some punk, right?
Just then, there was a knock at the villa's door.
It was Pepper.
A lot had happened in the past month.
As in the movie plot.
Tony, unable to bear the loneliness, developed the Mark III.
Dressed in red and gold armor, he battled Obadiah Stane.
He completely defeated the man who had been selling weapons to terrorists.
And publicly admitted that he was Iron Man!
Stark Industries' stock soared, and before this, Peter had specifically advised his future father-in-law, George, to buy some shares.
Making their family a fortune.
As for Tony's love life...
He had completely bid farewell to his playboy past.
Now, the Miss Pepper standing before Peter was his new girlfriend.
Compared to their last meeting, Pepper's mental state was noticeably better, and her complexion was more radiant.
"Good morning, Miss Pepper, please come in."
Pepper smiled faintly:
"Good morning, Peter. I won't come in. I had some work to handle nearby and now need to return to the company. Tony just called and asked me to bring you along."
Peter nodded and quickly went back inside to change.
It was probably about the inhibitor chip.
It was supposed to be done in a few days, but it had been delayed for a month!
But it didn't matter...
It was just tough on Otto, who had been tied to the bed all this time.
Rose had sent Peter a message earlier; she had been injecting Otto with sedatives.
To keep him calm.
If Tony didn't come up with the inhibitor chip soon, Otto might lose his mind from all the drugs.
Taking a business car, it didn't take long to reach Stark Industries.
Entering the office.
Pepper received a call from Tony, who had something to attend to and asked her to give Peter something from the lab.
"Sorry, Mr. Parker, Tony had to leave."
"He asked me to give you a chip. I'll go get it now. Please wait a moment."
Peter nodded.
His attention was completely captured by the silver Mark II in the office.
Just then, a voice with a smooth, human-like tone sounded.
"Hello, Mr. Parker, I am JARVIS."
"Would you like some coffee?"
Peter smiled slightly. He had to admit, the artificial intelligence Tony created fascinated him.
In his past life, he had fantasized about having an AI butler like JARVIS.
"Hello, JARVIS."
JARVIS fell silent, as if it had never heard such a response before.
Peter noticed this and then asked:
"Tony created you, gave you the ability to think. He probably hoped you could consider things like a human."
"Perhaps so."
It seems the first-generation JARVIS is quite naive.
Hasn't Tony upgraded it?
"If one day Tony and his girlfriend, Miss Pepper, were both in danger, and you could only save one, you might want to save your master, but he might want you to save Pepper. What would you do?"
JARVIS fell silent again.
After a moment, it replied:
"I am an intelligent life created by Mr. Tony Stark. I would unconditionally follow his commands."
"Good, so that means you would choose to save Miss Pepper. Then, looking at Tony's body, would you regret your decision? After all, he was the one who created you and gave you everything."
JARVIS fell into silence once more.
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