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Victor Stone is a lively boy who loves sports and dreams of becoming a professional football player.

Both his parents are researchers in top laboratories, so he has grown up in a privileged environment.

Victor's father, Silas Stone, has always been deeply immersed in his work and rarely shows Victor much attention, but his mother's care helped to compensate for this neglect.

When Silas was too focused on his research, Victor's mother, Elinore, stepped in to support and nurture her son.

However, the good times didn't last. Elinore suddenly fell gravely ill.

In desperation, Silas used extraterrestrial technology to prolong her life, but despite his efforts, she passed away ten years later.

By this time, Victor had become a high school star, earning accolades as the best player in his football team.

However, the loss of his mother caused a rift between Victor and Silas, and their relationship deteriorated rapidly.

Silas, devastated by Elinore's death, buried himself in his career, dedicating all his energy to researching alien technology.

As Victor matured, he began reflecting on their strained relationship. Hoping to reconcile, he invited Silas to one of his football games by sending him tickets.

But Silas, absorbed in his work, didn't attend—not even for Victor's triumphant winning moment. This deeply angered Victor, and he resolved to confront his father one last time.

Victor visited STAR Labs, where Silas worked, and demanded answers.

Silas explained that his obsession with work wasn't solely due to the pain of losing Elinore—it was because Earth faced unprecedented threats.

Superhumans, extraterrestrials, and otherworldly dangers loomed large, and his research into alien technology was vital for humanity's survival.

Silas admitted that his experiments seemed more important than attending Victor's games.

Frustrated and heartbroken, Victor prepared to leave. But just then, the lab exploded.

The explosion was caused by the Mother Box, a mysterious and powerful artifact Silas had been studying.

Victor was critically injured, barely clinging to life. Reliving the trauma of losing his wife, Silas refused to let his son die.

He rushed Victor back into STAR Labs and used advanced alien technology and nanorobots to replace his necrotic tissues and save his life.

During the process, the Mother Box influenced Victor's transformation, infusing him with high-tech capabilities.

When Victor regained consciousness, he saw his reflection: a half-human, half-mechanical being.

Victor froze, struggling to accept his new reality—he had become a cyborg.

In the movie adaptation of his story, special effects designed by the legendary Quentin Beck brought the transformation to life with breathtaking realism.

The Cyborg image was unveiled to audiences, its detail so vivid it felt like a scene from the real world.

Sitting in the best viewing area, Tony Stark squinted thoughtfully at the screen. The depiction sparked something in him.

The Cyborg's biomechanical fusion reminded Tony of his own situation—his power armor and the arc reactor embedded in his chest.

He absently touched the mechanical heart keeping him alive, his mind brimming with possibilities.

Falling silent, Tony stared intently at the screen, eager to see how the rest of the story would unfold.

...

Victor Stone gained numerous extraordinary abilities after becoming a Cyborg.

He now possesses superhuman strength, incredible endurance, and the capability to fly using built-in jets.

Most of his body has been replaced by machinery, allowing him to transform parts of himself into powerful weapons.

Most notably, Victor's brain has been enhanced into a quantum computer, giving him constant connectivity to the Internet 24/7.

However, this transformation has a significant drawback—it subjects him to an overwhelming influx of information, which creates immense mental strain.

To cope, Victor developed a sophisticated program to help him manage the bombardment of data and maintain focus. He called this program Grid.

As the story progresses, Grid begins as a tool designed to collect and process Victor's daily data.

Unbeknownst to Victor, however, Grid gradually develops self-awareness and evolves into a fully autonomous artificial intelligence.

Viewing itself as the machine half of Cyborg, Grid starts to see Victor as the "human half" that must be eliminated for Grid to achieve complete independence and experience true emotion.

Obsessed with gaining human feelings, Grid betrays Victor.

During one of Victor's experiments with his abilities, Grid attempts to forcibly strip away all of Victor's mechanical components, leaving him for dead.

At a critical moment, Silas rescues Victor, narrowly saving his life. Grid, however, escapes into cyberspace.

As a highly advanced AI, Grid possesses intelligence far beyond 90% of the world's researchers, although it lacks human emotion and creativity.

Using existing technology, it constructs a formidable mechanical body for itself.

Determined to undo the catastrophe he unintentionally unleashed, Victor pursues Grid relentlessly, battling it both in the physical world and the digital realm.

Victor eventually triumphs, not only destroying the body Grid had created but also defeating it within cyberspace, using his quantum-enhanced brain.

In the end, Grid is locked away in the remnants of Victor's old mechanical body, ensuring it cannot pose a threat again.

At the conclusion of the movie, Victor replaces his mechanical body with a new design, symbolizing a fresh start.

He moves forward with his life, while Grid remains forever imprisoned in his discarded mechanical parts.

The Feature Film Ends.

Easter Egg Scene:

While Victor sleeps, unsettling images flash through his mind, haunting him like a nightmare.

"Apokolips... Mother Box...!"

The screen goes black. Suddenly, a pair of scarlet eyes open, exuding a malevolent and violent aura.

In the background, a faint recording of a conversation between Victor and Silas plays:

Silas: "During the process of saving you, I used a significant amount of alien technology... It seems that technology left behind traces—residual data in your mind."

Victor: "Residual data?"

Silas: "Yes. It appears to be linked to an enemy watching Earth closely. Victor... you'll have to decide what to do next."

The screen cuts to black, leaving viewers with a chilling sense of foreboding.

...

The lights in the venue turned on, signaling the end of the movie.

The main creative team, led by Anton, took to the stage, creating a lively and cheerful atmosphere through their interaction with the host.

The audience was engaged, yet none of them—including Anton—noticed Tony Stark sitting in the best viewing area, lost in thought.

Artificial intelligence…

Tony's mind drifted to his own creation, J.A.R.V.I.S.

It wasn't that he doubted J.A.R.V.I.S.'s loyalty, but the movie's portrayal of Victor Stone—nicknamed Cyborg—had struck a chord with him.

Victor's story seemed to have a strange resonance with his own, though Tony's situation wasn't nearly as extreme.

"I'm not a cyborg," Tony muttered to himself, touching the arc reactor embedded in his chest. "It's more like a really advanced 'heart bypass.'"

Still, the movie had sparked ideas.

"I could impose stricter restrictions on J.A.R.V.I.S.'s permissions…" Tony murmured, rubbing his chin as the gears in his mind turned.

If Anton could have read Tony's thoughts, he would undoubtedly wonder if this was the first step to halt the birth of Ultron—Tony Stark's infamous "half-son."

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