Chapter 101: Giving is Gaining
Ethan's approach is not without hidden dangers, his behavior is like quietly doing something on the electric switch of the house next door, connecting a line on it for his own use, if it is discovered by the owner, of course, it will not be in trouble.
On some level, almost all mages have done this kind of thing, such as the Ancient One, who often drew energy from the dark space for his own use.
Compared to what Ethan does is nothing at all, that is, occasionally 'charging his own mobile phone with the electricity next door'. Compared to the huge amount of energy contained in a universe, what he has to do is at this level.
Holding the Mind Gem in his hand, Ethan looked at the crowd present.
After he explained his actions and didn't continue to let the Mind Gem appear those anomalies, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
Fury is still a little uneasy, but he doesn't have a good way to deal with Ethan, so he can only stare at him as much as possible, hoping that he won't do anything to harm the world.
"What are you going to do with this Infinity Stone?"
Ethan hadn't thought about this question carefully, he tried to contact the Mind Gem, and after knowing the details of the Infinity Stones, he was already sure that the most useful thing for him was the Space Gem, and the rest didn't have much effect.
The Mind Gem may be able to strengthen his spiritual power, but I don't know if this enhancement will have any sequelae? Will it leave the imprint of this universe on his spirit? These are uncertain, which makes him dare not easily use the Mind Gem to boost his strength.
He can't use the power gem at all, with his current physical fitness, he only comes into contact with the power gem, and there is a great probability that he will be impacted into dust in the universe by the huge energy contained in it, and even his own soul will not survive.
The Time Stone is in the hands of the mages of Kama Taj, not to mention that he has a good relationship with the Ancient One, and even if it doesn't matter, he can't get it. The reason is simple, he can't beat the ancient one.
The Reality Gem was sealed, and he knew that in another year or so, there would be a certain degree of spatial overlap in the nine kingdoms, and there would be several spatial rifts on Earth that could be shuttled to several other countries. Realistic gems that look unattended are easy to get.
Not to mention whether he was as lucky as Jane Foster was to come across the Reality Gem directly, and even if he did, he didn't know how to get the Reality Stone out of the ether.
Compared to the Mind Gem sealed in the scepter, the situation of the Aether Particle was much more troublesome, and he was not sure if he could truly control the power of the Aether Particle.
He can't get the rest of the soul gems now, and if he wants to get his hands on them, he can only wait until he snatches them from Thanos in the future.
Counting them, only the space gem had the greatest effect on him, and the space gem energy in the state of the cosmic cube was the most stable and could be easily used by him.
Therefore, all he wants is the space gem, and he doesn't need to occupy the soul gem at all.
"Give it to Thor to bring back to Asgard, and I think the god-king Odin can take good care of this soul gem. ”
In this world, Odin has not really shown his strength, and he does not know how strong this god king is. However, there is still some information that can be used as a reference: Thanos waited until Odin and the Ancient One passed away before starting to do anything to Asgard and Earth.
Before these two people died, even if he knew the location of the gem, he never made a move. At most, it's all about wooing Loki and using him as a pawn to see if he can get his hands on it.
Although it can't be concluded that Sanos is afraid of the two of them, but there should be fear, perhaps because he feels that even if he can win in the face of these two, he will lose a lot, which is very unfavorable to his next plan, so he avoided directly hitting the hard, but quietly waited for the right opportunity.
"You're going to give him to Thor and take him back to Asgard?" Fury was a little surprised by Ethan's decision.
"What? Is there anything strange about that?"
"No, I'm curious you don't want to keep it?" Fury pointed to Ethan's hand holding the Mind Gem, "Judging by your behavior just now, it doesn't look like you're not interested in this thing." ”
Ethan glanced at his fist holding the Infinity Stones, and very simply admitted his purpose: "This gem doesn't help me much, I want the Cosmic Rubik's Cube more." ”
At the beginning, Ethan hinted many times in his words that he wanted to get the Rubik's Cube of the universe, but he didn't directly state his purpose like this time.
When he said what he really wanted, the reactions of everyone present were mixed.
Maria Hill, the lieutenant of S.H.I.E.L.D., first reacted with a refusal, but she was about to speak when Fury, who realized what he was about to say, stopped her.
"If you can help the Earth solve this crisis, the Cosmic Cube can be handed over to you. ”
"Director!"
Maria Hill didn't expect Fury to promise to hand over the Cosmic Cube to Ethan so easily, she felt that this kind of decision was too hasty, not to mention that the Cosmic Cube involved was very complicated, and it was not something that S.H.I.E.L.D. could make decisions casually.
Fury is bitter and can't say it. Didn't he know that? He knew too well. Fury even had a premonition that after Ethan took away the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, he was 'beaten' by the directors of the World Security Council.
But did he have any other choice? He didn't, he had already seen Ethan's ambition for the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, and he didn't think S.H.I.E.L.D. had the power to stop him.
What's more, to a certain extent, the Cosmic Cube is no longer in the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ethan took the Cosmic Cube back from Loki's hands, and the Cosmic Cube is his trophy, what qualifications does S.H.I.E.L.D. have to ask for it with Ethan?
Is the Cosmic Cube owned by S.H.I.E.L.D.? That's probably the bigger joke. Ethan exposed the true information of the Universe Rubik's Cube in front of everyone again and again, so that these people who have the ability to stop him understand one point: The Universe Rubik's Cube is not something on your earth, and you do not have ownership.
Even Thor is more qualified than S.H.I.E.L.D. to ask Ethan for the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, and it is not S.H.I.E.L.D.'s turn to call the shots.
Considering that Thor took the initiative to follow Hawkeye to 'rescue' Servig, Fury could already conclude that the Cosmic Cube would fall into the hands of Thor, the god of thunder, and there would be no way to return to his hands, so he simply made a favor.
As for how Ethan discussed the ownership of the Cosmic Cube with Thor, that is not something that S.H.I.E.L.D. should care about, maybe the relationship between people is better, and it is not necessary to talk about it with a few words.
From the standpoint of the earth, Fury prefers that Ethan can hold the cosmic Rubik's Cube, and he doesn't care whether the other party recognizes this favor or not, because this will not allow the two Infinity Stones to be obtained by Asgard, and Fury feels that this situation is more beneficial to the earth.
Perhaps the ancient earthlings worshipped the Asgardian Aesir gods as gods, but modern people definitely do not want a group of real gods to exist above the heads of earthlings.
Some of his thoughts can be guessed by some of the people present, such as Ethan.
Some people don't know it all, but they are also in favor of Ethan taking the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, such as Captain America Steve Rogers. He felt that such a dangerous thing as the Cosmic Rubik's Cube would only bring endless trouble to the earth.
There are those who agree, and there are naturally those who disagree, for example, Iron Man Tony Stark doesn't want the Cosmic Cube to be taken away, he doesn't want to help S.H.I.E.L.D. get this thing back, he just wants to take it away and study it himself.
He already knew that the Ark Reactor, which his father had invented and improved by himself, was actually the product of studying the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, and Tony Stark really wanted to study it himself to see how amazing the Cosmic Rubik's Cube was.
Ethan's response to this was very simple, giving him a promise that "there is an opportunity for you to toss slowly". So the only person who jumped out to oppose it was bought by Ethan.
Banner still pretended to be dead and didn't speak, whether he stayed or sent out, there was no room for him to interject, even if he was very excited, and wanted to study the Rubik's Cube of the universe carefully. However, he felt that he had enough troubles on him, and it was better to be an inconspicuous passerby quietly.
The only ones left are Black Widow and Thor, who are not at the scene, Black Widow is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and will not jump out to speak out now that Nick Fury is speaking.
The only Thor who may be in trouble will not be an obstacle for Ethan.
Because Ethan knew that Odin didn't want the two Infinity Stones to be too close, in the original plot, after Odin kept the Cosmic Cube and obtained the Reality Gem Aether Particles, he directly sent the Aether Particles to the collector and asked the other party to help keep them.
It was with this situation in mind that Ethan made the decision to hand over the Mind Gem to Asgard and then fight for the power to keep the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
"As a time-traveler who understands the plot, you should rely on the plot to benefit yourself!"
He didn't feel anything wrong, his actions didn't hurt anyone, and what he did was even quite good for the world.
If nothing else, at least Loki is trapped by him, as long as Thor and Black Widow move fast enough, Servig will not open the portal, and New York will not become a battlefield for firefighting with the Zetarians, how many people will be saved?
He didn't think that after the actual fight, it would be like in the movie, where the fight was dark and there was not a single dead civilian - even if it was not directly performed in the movie, it was known from the subsequent plot that the Battle of New York had caused quite serious casualties.
These losses will not happen now, and Ethan will take something as a reward, which is very reasonable!