Germany, Stuttgart.
Due to the global time difference, it's still night here.
“Kneel—!”
Loki held the scepter, opened his arms, and looked down at the crowded people outside the concert hall with a contemptuous expression. The light around him was distorted, and he used illusion to put on the gold and green Asgardian armor.
“Aren't you going to help?”
“Let the ninety-year-old have some exercise first, I'll cover him.”
Shimizu reached out and patted the watch on his wrist, putting on the Electro-Optical Puppet Armor.
“Wat, I can hear you on the radio.”
Captain America had just saved an old German man with his shield when he heard the disrespectful words about the elderly from his headset.
Actually, Shimizu was just in a daze.
Of the two most valuable Infinity Stones, one, the Mind Stone, has already appeared.
If Loki still plans to follow the original storyline, then obtaining the Mind Stone on Earth is a sure thing. As long as the subsequent planning is proper, there is a possibility of getting the Mind Stone.
Even if his individual strength is not enough to protect it, he can bring in Stark and make some concessions to . to at least gain some control over the use of the gem.
Once this opening is made, there will be room for maneuver if he wants to put this thing in his own pocket later.
Now, the question is how to deal with the Space Stone.
Currently, on Earth, basically no one is aware of the value of the scepter in Loki's hand. Everyone's attention is focused on the Tesseract.
After all, the latter has already proven to humans what kind of power they can obtain from it, while . and other forces know very little about the Mind Stone on the scepter.
There is still a lot of room to maneuver with the Mind Stone, but there are too many people staring at the Tesseract.
Not only the forces on Earth, but also…
Shimizu stretched out a hand towards the bottom.
Captain America may have just been unfrozen not long ago, and his movements felt slightly stiff.
Loki, as a Frost Giant, has an extremely strong physique and has experienced many wars with Thor and others for thousands of years, so his skills are not bad.
Not to mention that his illusions and magic are not what Captain America is good at dealing with.
Relying on his extremely keen combat awareness and the shield in his hand, the latter can frequently resist Loki's attacks, but continuing like this will only lead to a forced 50-50 situation.
Loki's illusions are very clever, with a high degree of realism. Even his aura and shadow are exactly the same as the main body, but Shimizu, relying on the Clear World enhanced by his high mental strength, can barely see through them with full concentration.
Moreover, he didn't plan to see through them.
“Captain, please dodge.”
Shimizu reminded him on the radio, and then controlled the Electro-Optical Armor to launch several modified concussion grenades downwards.
These are non-lethal weapons. In addition to the loud noise and strong light, there are also shock waves and infrasound, which are more suitable for use in crowded situations—the German guys were not only not scared away by the commotion, but also followed the circus, watching Captain America and Loki's battle from a distance.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
The huge explosions finally scared away the onlookers.
Steve Rogers held the shield fixed on his shoulder in front of him, squatted halfway on the ground, and covered his ears with both hands, turning his body to the side.
Loki's illusionary clones shattered like bubbles, and his main body staggered, extending the scepter to aim at Shimizu.
The blue energy bullet collided with the plasma pulse beam, exploding in mid-air. Shimizu quickly swooped down, his right arm ejected a long sword made of gold-titanium alloy, and his left hand formed a seal.
“Dust Release: Serpent Lightning.”
The air exploded, and streaks of bright blue high-temperature plasma struck Loki like lightning, accompanied by a sword shadow like a dragon.
Dust Release, as a combination of Wind Release and Lightning Release, can use most of the moves in Wind Release and Lightning Release. Serpent Lightning is a relatively simple C-rank ninjutsu in Lightning Release, with moderate power, a large range, and most importantly, a very small pre-attack delay.
With Shimizu's current ninjutsu attainments, even without related abilities, he can achieve a near-instantaneous effect.
“I don't like things that look like lightning.”
Loki's eyes were gloomy, and he wanted to give Shimizu a close-range shot with the scepter in his hand.
However, at this moment, a shield painted with stars and stripes flew over, accurately hitting Loki's knee, knocking him to his knees.
Shimizu easily gave Loki a hand cannon and placed the gold-titanium alloy long sword in front of Loki.
Without a single mistake, one shot, one hit, one hit!
At the same time, a burst of noisy heavy metal rock music rang out.
“Stark, turn off your noise.”
Shimizu shouted into the radio.
“Okay, it seems I'm a little late. You've already caught this…sorry, what's this little deer Bambi called, rabbit?”
“Not rabbit, it's Loki.”
Captain America walked to Loki's side and picked up his vibranium round shield.
“Okay, maybe the old antique from seventy years ago lacks some humor.”
Tony Stark made an indifferent expression.
“I don't think puns are humorous. In our military camp back then, to avoid misjudgment on the battlefield, such jokes were not allowed. I think it's the same in today's military camps.”
The young ninety-year-old man said with a straightforward face.
“Okay, I guess I really have a big generation gap with your generation.”
Tony Stark made an indifferent expression.
“Mortal, you will eventually be punished for offending the great god Loki's name…”
Loki, who wanted to make harsh remarks to Tony, was gagged with a cloth and handcuffed by Natasha.
“Great God, it's time to go to jail for interrogation with me.”
Natasha led Loki onto the Quinjet like she was leading a pet dog.
Shimizu, Captain America, and Tony also followed closely behind.
But before the fighter plane could fly out of Europe, lightning began to flash in the sky.
Shimizu put away the Electro-Optical Puppet Armor and sat down on a seat on the side, ignoring the bickering Captain America and Tony, and not intending to participate in Tony and Thor's battle.
“Aren't you going to help?”
Natasha sat in the driver's seat and asked Shimizu.
“A meaningless battle, and we have to keep an eye on Loki, don't we?”
Shimizu played with the newly acquired scepter in one hand and pointed to Loki leaning against the rock wall in the forest below with the other.
