"Are you going to leave the fate of mankind in the hands of a bunch of freaks?"
While Nick Fury was lost in thought, thinking about the questioning of him by the International Security Council late last night, Natasha and Dio had already boarded the S.H.I.E.L.D. super aircraft carrier.
"Sir, Agent Romanov and Mr. Dio have arrived."
Nick Fury came back to his senses and immediately returned to his usual self and said in a deep voice: "Let them come over."
A few minutes later, Dio, who had been on a tour, met this 'Fuck You' again, but there was almost no information on his face, as if the situation was still under his control.
"It seems that my risky investment has finally paid off. To be honest, I'm surprised that you agreed so quickly."
"Maybe. Natasha has said something similar before. How about we start over again? This time I promise to let you use all the excuses you can think of." Dio, carrying the box, pretended to go back.
"Forget it then. How about we talk about your compensation?"
Nick Fury winked at Natasha, and she immediately understood and left. She had another mission that required her to rush to.
"Okay, I have no problem with that."
"what do you want?"
"First of all, there is the issue of food and accommodation. I am quite picky and hope that I can be satisfied in this aspect. In addition, I am not a subordinate of S.H.I.E.L.D., so don't think that I can die for anyone. I am here to solve problems, not to be a babysitter for anyone. If someone makes me unhappy, I will make him unhappy forever."
"That's all?" Nick Fury said in surprise.
"Of course not... Before I quit, deposit $100 into my account every day, not a penny less."
"Wait a minute, if I heard you correctly, you said a hundred dollars a day? Did you miss a few zeros?"
"Not everyone likes to profit from war." Dio looked at him very seriously and said.
After Nick Fury looked at him deeply, he felt extremely relieved for some reason. "Freak"? Maybe every one of the people he found was a freak, but leaving the fate of mankind in their hands was the most reassuring choice!
"I heard that you and Tony successfully created a super weapon? Can I have a look at it?" Nick Fury changed the subject with a smile.
Dio also smiled and said: "There will be a chance, but not now."
. . . . . . . . . . . .
When Dr. Banner finally arrived, all the strength that could be gathered was finally gathered!
Seeing that Director Fury had something to say, Coulson, like a crazy fan, finally left Steve reluctantly.
Looking around at the people around him, Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, the Black Widow... Oh, there's also Hawkeye who is controlled by the enemy, and Thor who is trying to come to Earth. The original team of the Avengers is right in front of him, and Dio suddenly has a sense of unreality.
But he immediately regained his composure, because he was no longer a spectator, but had become a part of this world.
Next, Nick Fury officially got to the point, and there was only one issue surrounding it: to find Loki and take back the Cosmic Cube!
"We scanned all the cameras, mobile phones, laptops around the world that can read unlimited data... As long as they are connected to satellites, they are our eyes."
"But the problem now is that it will take a lot of time to do this, and if we can't find Loki in time to get the Cosmic Cube back..."
"War will come immediately." Steve finished the second half of his sentence for him.
At this time, Dr. Banner thought for a moment and said directly: "You have to narrow the scope."
"That's exactly why we came to you, Doctor."
"How many spectrometers can you call upon?"
"As many as you want."
"Contact all the labs you can find and have them put spectrometers on the roof and calibrate the search for gamma rays. I will draft a tracking algorithm based on cluster identification, which will at least rule out some areas... Can you find me a place to work?" Dr. Banner rolled up his sleeves and stood up.
Before his transformation, he was actually no different from those scientific researchers—a little shy, a little introverted, not very good at talking to people, but very passionate about his work.
"Agent Romanoff, take Dr. Banner to his lab."
"Yes, sir."
After the two people left at once, Nick Fury turned his attention to Tony again.
"Can you please stop looking at me like that? Damn it, I'm going to have nightmares tonight."
"Tony, how much do you know about portals? It shouldn't be that easy for Loki to build a portal that can allow the alien army to pass through. If we can know in advance what they are going to do next, we can regain the initiative."
Nick Fury's analysis was not wrong, but the problem now was that Dr. Eric, who had been studying the Cosmic Cube, had been bewitched and taken away by Loki. Perhaps the only thing he could believe in was Tony's genius, because this guy could always master knowledge across fields in a short period of time that others might never understand in their entire lives.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Tony didn't care.
"Well, theoretically, building a portal requires a lot of equipment, but apparently our Agent Barton can easily get all of them except for one thing."
"What is it?"
"Iridium." Dio, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly spoke.
Tony looked at him in surprise and said, "When did you learn about thermonuclear astrophysics? I always thought you might have given back even the knowledge of junior high school physics to your teacher. Hey, can you explain to us the principle of thermal expansion and contraction?"
"Tony!" Nick Fury stopped him from continuing to commit suicide.
Tony also realized that he was just testing the edge of death, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "Yes, it's iridium. Iridium can be used as a stabilizer. It can prevent the portal from self-collapse, and it can also allow Loki to control the portal at will. He can open it as big as he wants and keep it open for as long as he wants."
"In addition, we need a major component, an energy source. A high-density energy to activate the Cosmic Cube."
"Does Loki require any specific energy source?" asked Steve, who was wearing combat uniform.
"you guess?"
I don’t know why the two of them disliked each other from the moment they met.
"Target found, facial features highly matched, target is at 28 Kuningstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany!"
Just then the team responsible for comparing facial information shouted loudly.
At the same time, Agent Hill has completed the search for iridium. Now there is more than one person in the world who possesses this thing, but there is only one in Germany!
"Dr. Heinrich Seifer is in Stuttgart. Apparently, the other party's target is iridium."