Actually, what Luca didn't know was...
While he was thinking about being a knockoff Tony Stark, Tony, who had been busy for days, also happened to remember this "insignificant kid."
Logically speaking, Tony, who had been busy organizing the "Post-Disaster Committee" and establishing a charitable foundation to actively participate in the reconstruction of New York...
Having finally found a moment of free time, he should have rested properly to recover.
However, for Tony, who had been in a state of anxiety since the end of the Battle of New York, even though his body was extremely fatigued, his brain still refused to let him sleep peacefully.
Helplessly, the restless and anxious Tony could only drape a coat over his shoulders and go to his laboratory alone, intending to relieve his anxiety about the future by developing a new Mark suit.
However, just as he turned on the holographic operation equipment, intending to optimize the design blueprint...
The mechanical voice of his intelligent butler, JARVIS, sounded in the laboratory.
"Sir, you asked me to remind you earlier that the new suit needs an external obstacle clearing function added to the self-cleaning system!"
"External obstacle clearing function?"
Actually, Tony, who was in a very poor state at the moment, was slightly stunned upon hearing this.
But immediately, the image of those Chitauri soldiers falling off the building covered in "glue" and the awkward scene of him lying on the ground being pointed at by that boy with a "pencil case" floated into his somewhat chaotic mind.
"Cough cough, right, exactly. I was planning to design this obstacle clearing system!"
"Hmm... I think adding micro laser cutting emitters at the joints would be nice~ What do you say, JARVIS?"
Although he phrased it as a question, Tony Stark clicked a few times on the virtual screen directly, preparing to structure it according to his envisioned plan.
However, JARVIS didn't care whether his owner was asking sincerely or not; he gave an answer based on his logic directly.
"Sir, I think this might not be a perfect solution. Adding micro laser cutters to multiple joints will cause your suit's energy consumption to increase drastically."
Yet, hearing this, Tony didn't stop his hands. Instead, he smiled and teased JARVIS.
"JARVIS, do I need to remind you? The Mark suit is powered by the Arc Reactor. This little energy consumption is nothing~"
Who knew, as soon as he said this, JARVIS retorted immediately.
"Sir, I need to remind you that the Mark suit's energy reserve is driven by electricity converted from the Arc Reactor. The energy conversion and storage itself takes some time."
"In fact, according to the combat records in my database, in the past ten battles, you fell into crisis six times due to insufficient energy."
This time, Tony Stark finally stopped his movements. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, just awkwardly swiping randomly at the design plan in front of him.
A moment later, perhaps because his brain, stiffened by anxiety, finally recovered a bit...
He simply clenched both hands, crumpling the "Laser Obstacle Clearing System" plan in front of him into a ball and throwing it into the recycle bin.
Only then did he stand up again.
"Alright, alright. But I think improving energy supply efficiency would be a better solution."
Tony, totally unwilling to admit his mistake, prepared to increase the difficulty for himself slightly, using a more complex method to make his "laser obstacle clearing" look less "stupid."
However, before starting again, he paused briefly.
Whether to change the subject or simply on a whim, he asked JARVIS again.
"By the way, JARVIS. That glue boy? I remember asking Pepper to send him a mechanical prosthetic. He should have received it by now, right?"
Actually, a full dozen days had passed since then. It was just that the constantly busy Tony Stark completely forgot when he had asked Pepper to do it.
"Yes, sir. Miss Pepper has delivered the prosthetic you made to Mr. Luca Aurantius and left him your business card," JARVIS's mechanical voice continued.
"Sir, do you need me to pull up the report on Mr. Aurantius's recent activities?"
Hearing this, Tony was slightly stunned. He knew that usually JARVIS wouldn't speak without purpose. Proposing to pull up Luca's recent status actively meant there must be a reason.
However, before Tony could ask...
A doorbell rang suddenly from outside.
JARVIS also timely changed the topic to give a reminder.
"Sir, Dr. Banner and Mr. Thor are outside."
Hearing this, Tony helplessly extinguished all the virtual screens in front of him and walked upstairs quickly to meet the two.
However, as soon as they met, Thor in casual clothes said loudly with a serious face.
"Stark, we need your help!"
Dr. Banner beside him spread his hands helplessly at Tony Stark.
"Here's the thing..."
...
After Bruce Banner's explanation, Tony learned...
During this time, Dr. Banner had actually been cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D., trying to capture Loki, who had teleported away with the Tesseract on the day of the Battle of New York.
As for Thor, without the Tesseract to repair the Bifrost of Asgard, traveling to and from Earth became very troublesome. So he simply didn't return to Asgard and stayed on Earth to cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. to capture Loki who fled with the Tesseract.
As for Tony Stark, because he was recently busy cooperating with the official post-disaster reconstruction work, Nick Fury simply didn't notify him of this operation.
However, S.H.I.E.L.D. subsequently locked onto the "gamma radiation signal" generated when the Tesseract was active twice consecutively, but ultimately failed to find Loki's trace.
Helplessly, now they could only ask Dr. Banner to come forward and seek Tony Stark's help again.
However...
The Tony in front of them first rubbed his brow with a headache, but then seemingly thought of something.
He immediately leaned back, half-sitting on the sofa armrest, looking at the two with mocking eyes, and complained mercilessly.
"So, why are you two coming to find me? Where are the others? Why didn't Nick Fury call me?"
"Oh, I get it. Thinking you could handle everything without Daddy Tony, that must be the idea that one-eyed dragon came up with, right?"
"Tony, actually..." Dr. Banner wanted to say something, but was interrupted directly by Tony raising his hand.
"Facts prove that if you had told me about this earlier, maybe we could have caught Bambi in the first two deployments."
Seeing Tony still being sharp-tongued here, Thor also spoke up.
"Stark, we need your help now. Loki has the Tesseract. If we don't find him in time, he might summon a brand new army somewhere else."
However, Tony Stark didn't buy it at all. Instead, he rolled his eyes at Thor, leaned back slightly, and even made a cat's cradle gesture with his hands.
"I remember you Norse people know magic or something? And that what's-his-name... hmm? Clairvoyant? Why not let him help you?"
"Loki has been proficient in illusions since childhood. Heimdall didn't give me any hints this time either." Thor had a sour face, but after gritting his teeth, he chose to answer Tony's question.
Dr. Banner beside them, seeing Thor didn't bicker with Tony Stark, decisively interjected again.
"Tony, we need your help!"
Having gained the upper hand verbally, Tony didn't plan to continue making things difficult for the two. He planned to use the remaining 90% of his "power" on that black marinated egg Nick Fury later.
"Fine, then let Daddy Tony help you find the runaway princess."
Preparing to leave with the two, Tony Stark obviously put Luca, this outsider, completely out of his mind.