Tony didn't believe Rhodey wouldn't have more Vibranium, and with Vibranium against Vibranium, no one would gain any advantage, which meant that the defensive advantage of Tony's Guardian Armor would likely not be effective against Rhodey.
Plus, the terrifying energy Rhodey had unleashed in space before.
Tony couldn't guarantee whether Rhodey could unleash a second burst?
What if he could?
Therefore;
Tony had never considered using the Guardian Armor to oppose Rhodey at that time.
And the facts proved that;
Tony's judgment was quite accurate.
Otherwise;
The Guardian Armor would have been dismantled by Rhodey in minutes!
...
Overnight.
The sky quickly brightened.
Wanda, who had a good night's sleep, woke up from her bed.
She looked at her phone on the nightstand beside her, wondering whether to send Rhodey a good morning message.
But then she thought, what if Rhodey wasn't awake yet?
In her dilemma, Wanda lingered in bed for another ten or twenty minutes before finally getting up.
Then she went to the bathroom to wash up, came back to change out of her pajamas, and then left the room to go to the dining room for breakfast.
Meanwhile;
In a laboratory at the Base.
The Avengers, who hadn't slept all night, were now looking at Vision, who was charging in the laboratory.
Tony had brought Vision back to Earth half an hour ago.
At that time, Vision had already shut down due to a lack of energy!
At first, Tony thought something serious had happened to Vision.
But after performing a series of tests with the detection instruments on the Guardian Armor, he discovered that Vision had simply shut down due to a loss of energy.
This left Tony speechless.
He had worried so much, thinking Vision had been killed by Rhodey.
However, he wasn't entirely wrong to worry about that.
Because Vision was indeed killed by Rhodey at first.
And he was killed without a complete body!
But later, under Dr. Strange's Time Stone, Vision came back to life.
It was just that the Mind Stone, which had been taken, couldn't be brought back for him!
If it were like Thanos, where only the gem was destroyed.
Then time reversal could restore the gem.
But now the gem had been taken by Rhodey.
You can't just make another one appear by reversing time, can you?
Tony hadn't noticed this problem at first, until he learned that Vision had shut down due to energy depletion, and then he realized that the gem on Vision's forehead was gone!
"Was it taken by Rhodey?"
Tony immediately thought of Rhodey.
After all, besides him, there were no other suspects.
Therefore;
It must have been him, no doubt!
But Tony obviously couldn't just go to Rhodey and ask him to return the gem to Vision.
That was impossible.
Tony knew it without even thinking.
Unless they could defeat Rhodey, then maybe he would change his mind.
But the fact was;
They couldn't win at all!
So, as for the gem, it was best not to think about it for now.
Getting Vision to power on was the most important thing.
Thinking of this;
After returning, Tony immediately set about modifying a charging device.
Since Vision had no charging ports, he could only modify the device itself and then attach the connecting wires to Vision's body.
Just like wireless charging for a phone, it would charge him.
Half an hour passed.
Vision had been charging for half an hour.
If this were a phone, a fast one might even be fully charged by now.
But for Vision, this much power only allowed him to awaken from being shut down!
"Vision's awake!"
"Great! This guy took half an hour to wake up after charging. I thought he wouldn't wake up!"
The others were also genuinely happy to see Vision awaken.
Subsequently;
They began to ask Vision what had happened.
Why was the gem on his forehead gone?
"It was Rhodey; he took my gem!"
Vision said faintly.
Everyone present could hear the sense of grievance in his words.
It was like his wife had been abducted, and he couldn't get her back.
Cough, cough~!
Of course, this is just a metaphor.
The Gem is not Vision's wife.
But it was indeed something that had accompanied him since his birth.
No wonder Vision would act like this.
"Now that you've lost the Gem, you'll have to find other energy sources to replace it in the future."
Tony looked at Vision, sizing him up, seemingly thinking about the next modification plan.
That look made Vision's neck feel a little cold.
He quickly said that he could use the energy he had just absorbed to change the shape of his body, and then he could open up an area in his chest to install Tony's Arc Reactor.
"Like that?" Tony nodded, "Alright, the Base just happens to have a spare one, why don't we try it now?"
Vision nodded; the electrical energy he had absorbed in the past half hour was actually not much.
It could only sustain his body for about ten minutes.
The premise was that he couldn't exert himself too much.
Otherwise, he might not even last a minute!
But if he had an Arc Reactor, the situation would be completely different.
Just like Ultron once was.
It's just that Ultron's body wasn't as powerful as Vision's Vibranium body, but it was still very formidable.
Then Vision would modify his body again.
Adding an energy jet device to his feet.
This way, he could fly again!
However, visually, it would make him look more like a robot.
Rather than a humanoid life form!
The modifications for Vision were quickly completed.
After all, as long as there was an energy supply, Vision could easily change the shape of his body.
He opened a cavity in his chest and installed an Arc Reactor inside.
The internal wiring was connected.
This way, Vision would no longer need to be charged in the future.
After all, that efficiency was too low!
Subsequently;
He also modified his legs.
Adding energy emission devices to the soles of his feet, the backs of his calves, and his back.
In order to allow himself to fly.
After all this was done.
Looking at Vision, who was spraying blue energy from beneath his feet, the Avengers felt a strange sensation in their hearts.
For the past six months, they had almost come to regard Vision as a true humanoid life form.
After all, Vision, apart from his skin being different from normal humans, was extremely similar in all other aspects.
He could even change his skin to make himself look more like a human and less like a robot.
But now...
Looking at Vision, who needed energy propulsion to fly.
Everyone's perception instantly changed completely.
They could no longer regard Vision as a humanoid life form; in every way, he was just a machine!
At most, his artificial intelligence was a bit more advanced.