“Of course! What do you say, Captain?”
Natasha glanced at Shimizu, thinking of the instructions she had received during her phone call with Nick Fury, and steered the conversation toward Captain America.
“I have no objections. If we encounter something that affects everyone in the future, I think everyone among us will stand up without hesitation.”
Captain America himself didn't notice anything.
He is a person with a certain degree of leadership ability. His strong mental attributes can greatly boost morale and often move others with his actions and most sincere words at crucial moments.
But this doesn't mean he is usually a very shrewd person with great leadership talent—
If that were the case, there wouldn't have been so many universes with Civil War among the Avengers.
“A team? Honestly, I remember a thousand years ago, Loki's dream was to join the Valkyrie army under the Allfather because legend says it was the most battle-hardened team in Asgard, and those who could enter the Valkyrie army were the strongest and bravest warriors.”
Thor said, raising the Water of Life.
“My foolish brother, you don't need to put your dreams on my head just because you're afraid of losing face. After all, the most battle-hardened, strongest, and bravest doesn't seem to align with my ambitions.”
Loki spat out the chicken bone in his mouth and sneered at Thor with his bewitching face.
Thor noticed everyone's gazes, his old face flushed, and he hurriedly mobilized his rarely used brain to change the subject, saying:
“Speaking of which, what should we call this legion of ours?”
“In any case, don't call it Valkyrie. Only Little Na among us is a lady.”
Hawkeye said, chewing on a toothpick and crossing his legs.
“I suggest calling it the Justice League!”
“Very good, Walter, I hereby announce that you are deprived of all naming rights in the team from now on. This name from the comic company next door sounds lame.”
“How about Male Valkyrie?”
“Dr. Banner, your naming rights are also revoked.”
“Captain?”
… …
The next day, in a garden not far from Stark Tower.
Happy, wearing a suit and sunglasses, worked with Stark Industries security personnel to disperse the surrounding crowd.
Under everyone's gaze, Thor and Loki each held a jar-shaped device in one hand.
Through the transparent glass, you could vaguely see the appearance of the Tesseract—intact.
The missing piece was specially 3D printed by Shimizu with glass material and glued on with super glue before handing it to Thor last night.
He also specially modified the internal lens structure of the glass so that it looked no different from other parts after transmitting the light emitted by the Space Stone.
“After the Allfather and Heimdall repair the Rainbow Bridge with the Tesseract, I will often come to you for drinks.”
Thor smiled at Shimizu and the others, twisted the transmission device, and connected to Asgard's Rainbow Bridge.
A beam of colorful light fell from the sky, enveloping Thor and Loki, and finally leaving a mysterious symbol in place.
“Now that the Tesseract has been handed over to Thor to take back to Asgard, then the scepter... Sorry, I'm on your side because I'm worried they'll use the scepter to develop weapons like they did with the Tesseract. I'm just asking on behalf of Fury.”
Steve Rogers, wearing a retro brown leather jacket, draped his shoulder over the motorcycle beside him and asked Shimizu.
“Let Fury find out who's behind the nuclear bomb first. I don't want that kind of scapegoat. There must be big problems within your . I'm sure of it, so the scepter can't be handed over to you. Besides, Thor also said yesterday that this counts as my trophy, certified by the Crown Prince of Asgard himself.”
Black Widow covered her forehead with a headache.
“I can understand, but you have to give us an explanation, right? Even if it's just to appease Fury, we put in a lot of effort, okay?”
Hawkeye also spread his hands helplessly.
Don't make things difficult for humble wage earners, okay?
Shimizu and Tony immediately exchanged glances.
“Then let's set the rules now. If anyone bothers us again, we'll handle it according to the rules. If anyone has thoughts they shouldn't have, I won't be polite.”
Shimizu said to Black Widow.
“Whatever, I'm just relaying your conditions to Fury.”
In the face of trouble, Black Widow proactively placed herself in the least stressful position.
One is ., and the other two are not as simple as just being super-rich.
No mistake, read it one by one!
Stark plus Osborne represents the most important military-industrial complex, medical capital, and energy capital in the United States, past and present.
These are important forces that the military and the White House cannot ignore. If they want to protect that scepter to the death, then no one in this world can easily get the scepter through conventional means.
But when it comes to unconventional means, these two are not easy to deal with either.
“I don't think anyone will deny that I played the most important role in defeating Loki and preventing aliens from invading Earth, right? Don't talk about how much effort . put in. This matter was caused by you guys messing with the Tesseract in the first place, so my personal plan is this.
Eighty percent of the ownership of the scepter belongs to me, Clell Water, and twenty percent is jointly held by the Avengers Alliance. The right to use it on a daily basis still belongs to me. After being authorized by me, other members of the Avengers Alliance can also use it when needed.”
Shimizu took out a contract that he had prepared long ago from his pocket, which even had Shimizu's personal seal on it.
“Nick definitely won't agree.”
Natasha was somewhat Zen about it.
She had already anticipated how Nick Fury would bother her next.
“That's his business. I've already made a big concession. You should still let him quickly investigate . If the scepter falls into the hands of someone it shouldn't fall into, that one-eyed dragon won't have time to regret it.”
“Are you really sure there's a problem on our side? Did you investigate anything?”
Barton looked at Shimizu and said.
“Tony and I have the strongest communication network technology in the world, but we ran into trouble investigating this matter.”
“You invaded .'s network? And we didn't even notice?”
“If the unknown artificial intelligence that blocked VITO's intrusion isn't .'s artificial intelligence, I think it should be.”
Black Widow's gaze turned to Tony.
Tony nodded slightly, affirming Shimizu's technology.
“So that means there are enemies in our own ranks, in ., right?”
The ninety-year-old young man sighed.
“It seems that whether it was seventy years ago or now, many things haven't changed.”
