Finally, the night grew late.
When most of the guests who were just here for the 'atmosphere' had left one after another...
Perhaps out of tacit understanding, or perhaps reluctance to part with Gwen...
All Avengers members, including Luca, as well as Pepper and Hill who were relatively close, chose to stay.
Everyone slowly gathered around the coffee table sofa in the center of the banquet hall and sat down.
However, before Luca could sit down, Pepper sneaked up to him while Tony wasn't paying attention and whispered.
"Luca, can you give me another dose of the antidote for that shrinking medicine?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Pepper's request, Luca was stunned for a moment, but then immediately showed a weird expression.
Seeing him like this, Pepper hurriedly looked around like a thief, waving her hand carefully and secretly, signaling him not to make a noise.
"Um... I was afraid Tony would find it, so I kept it on me, but then..."
"Lost it?"
Pepper's face immediately showed an embarrassed look.
Luca laughed secretly in his heart, but didn't say anything on the surface.
He just glanced at Tony, who seemed to be looking for something over there, secretly took out two universal capsules from his pocket and stuffed them into Pepper's hand.
"Here are two sets of shrinking medicine and antidote. Keep them safe yourself."
Finally, Luca added another sentence.
"If you need anything else later, just contact me directly. Jarvis can't monitor my calls~"
Hearing this, Pepper was overjoyed and hurriedly put the capsules into her handbag.
At this time, Tony also walked over from behind the bar holding a black and white suitcase.
Although he was a little strange about what Luca and Pepper were whispering about, he just looked twice more, sat directly on the sofa, and pushed the suitcase in front of Gwen.
"Open it and take a look."
Although Gwen, who was talking to Natasha, was slightly puzzled, she obediently opened the suitcase.
Inside was a brand-new Ghost Spider suit.
"I didn't know what to get you. You can study the functions inside slowly after you go back. It should be of some help."
Unexpectedly, Tony's words seemed to have flipped a switch.
Although there was no prior agreement, everyone else took out their farewell gifts one by one.
Pepper's crystal hair clip, Natasha's handmade photo album, Dr. Banner's medical waist bag...
Even Rhodes and Steve gave a pink pistol and a slightly old-fashioned fountain pen respectively.
Gwen received everyone's farewell gifts one by one like this. Tears had already filled her eyes, and her voice became uncontrollably choked, constantly repeating 'Thank you' and 'Thank you everyone'.
Finally, after everyone had finished giving gifts, Gwen, whose face was already soaked with tears, looked quietly at Luca like this, making him quite embarrassed.
"Well... I wanted to make a suit at first too, but... isn't this too sudden..."
Luca scratched his head, took out another new capsule from his pocket and put it on the table.
Pop~
A cloud of white smoke exploded.
Two boxes, one large and one small, popped out.
Without Gwen needing to open the box herself, the large square box actually opened its lid from the inside on its own.
Inside was a custom Haro with a pink and white 'Ghost Spider paint job.'
This pink Haro bounced out of the big box by itself, then continued to open the smaller box next to it, holding the 'Tracking Glasses' inside with its short hands and handing them to Gwen.
"Present! Present!"
Looking at this swaying little guy in front of her, Gwen burst into laughter through her tears on the spot.
Luca simply explained along the way.
"Didn't you say you wanted a Haro before? These glasses are also linked to Haro's chip, and I added some small functions inside..."
Luca was still talking here.
Unexpectedly, Gwen, who had just taken the glasses from Haro, suddenly stood up and threw herself into Luca's arms.
His 'Observation Haki,' which had begun to show results, seemed non-existent, and he was knocked directly onto the soft sofa behind him by Gwen.
More than half of his body sank completely into it.
Luca, somewhat at a loss, could only open his arms in panic at this moment, neither lifting nor lowering them, letting Gwen's golden hair slap on his cheeks, covering his eyes.
However, even through these strands of hair, Luca could still see the unsurprised and teasing looks from everyone else present.
Could it be that my plan to put a tracker in Haro's body and then sneak across the dimension to scare her later was discovered?
At this moment, Luca's brain was almost blank. The mental enhancement brought by the Mind Stone not only failed to clear his thoughts but made his chaotic brain even more of a mush.
However...
Just in this very harmonious, warm atmosphere with a hint of sadness and pink bubbles.
An extremely discordant and piercing hum came from Tony's private laboratory above the living room.
Immediately after, before Tony, whose face changed drastically, could speak.
BOOM————
A loud noise.
Inside the laboratory behind the one-way glass, red light skyrocketed, and the shockwave spread rapidly, shattering all the glass in the room.
"Watch out!!"
Tony shouted.
But without his reminder, everyone present except Pepper was no ordinary person.
Everyone rolled quickly away from their original positions, preparing to dodge the explosion shockwave mixed with glass fragments.
However, among everyone, Luca was one step faster.
Just a moment before the explosion shockwave appeared, his mind, which was still a little blank, suddenly gathered and focused.
Then he subconsciously exerted force to turn over and protect Gwen under him.
At the same time, his right hand suddenly clenched into a fist, and the Mind Stone covered by the watch illusion quickly lit up.
Ripples of blue-gray deceleration fields centered on Luca spread instantly.
Everything fell into stillness at this moment.
Gwen under him, with tear stains still on the corners of her eyes and a bewildered look on her face.
Tony on the other side, wanting to rush quickly to protect Pepper.
Banner, whose blood vessels showed a little green, but still wanted to pull Natasha to hide behind the sofa.
Venom, who had drunk a lot tonight but still surged out to cover Harry's whole body immediately.
And the glass fragments flying around like shrapnel, and the deep red light filling Tony's laboratory.
Tony, this guy! What kind of trouble is he causing in his own home again?!
Even in that deep red light that was almost substantial, Luca could still vaguely see that this didn't seem to be just a simple accidental explosion. There were several black shadows in the red light looking like they were about to come out.
But he also knew that now was not the time to dwell on these.
He decisively took out his small red cape and waved it at the explosion shockwave and fragments in front of him.
"Off you go!"