There were no surprises in the whole test, whether it was the matador's bracers, the evil spirit necklace, or the holy light bracelet, the test of all three pieces of equipment met the passing standard.

After going through the subsequent and complete acceptance process, Nick will naturally forgive Osborne's loan for the first part.

"I didn't expect Osborne to come out on top, I thought it was Tony and Dr. Banner who would come out first." On the way back, Nick said to Luke with some sighs.

"With Tony's character, he's not going to be satisfied with eating my skills and then making them out. He and Dr. Banner may have wanted to find a different way to build on my technology and develop their technology system. One is to copy and change the skin, and the other is to desperately toss your kernel and create a new kernel of your own on this basis. The difficulty of the two is not the same. Luke understands the silence of Stark and Banner very well, and it can be seen from the birth of the new material of Hell Alloy that Tony and the others did not want to follow the path that Heblelen walked. And once they find their way, with the talent of the two, they will quickly catch up in terms of progress.

No one doubts that.

"He's the one who can do that." Nick thought about Tony Stark's pride and had to nod. If you want Tony to be a technology replicator, I'm afraid the other party will roll his eyes widely. At least not to the point where he had no choice, and he certainly didn't bother to do that.

"And then, what are you going to do with the sale of the product? S.H.I.E.L.D. may be satisfied in the early stage, but ...... in the later stage," Nick asked Luke after collecting his mood. After all, when a product is produced, there needs to be a buyer. In the early stage, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the military can meet and undertake some orders, but if you want to expand the market, you have to think about the future.

"The market is vast, the universe is full of demand markets for weapons, and the dimensional world can also dump a part. Like, soul crystals? Luke calmly analyzed: "Soul crystals are a material condensed and processed by living beings after death, they can not only be used as materials to build extraordinary equipment, but also can be used to trade with those demons in the hell dimension. They still love this kind of thing that can be used as food for them to replenish energy. As long as there are enough targeted products, there will always be one in each dimension that can be sold. ”

"Do you think those dimensional demon gods really have no desires? Their thirst for energy, their thirst for power, is greedy and undisguised. Those demon gods may not lack a few artifacts or something, but most of their men are not that wealthy, and these are our future customers. If they are allowed to engage in an arms race, how to operate I think this military is familiar with your S.H.I.E.L.D. ”

Nick didn't mind Luke's somewhat playful joke at the end, S.H.I.E.L.D. itself wasn't really a great department, just like him, in many things, the heart cut was as black as the skin. Replaced by the captain's kind character amplified by the serum, maybe there is a conflict with Nick's style of doing things in the future, as well as ideas, but Luke? He will automatically adapt to his moral bottom line.

The buying and selling of violent products cannot have too much morality and conscience in the first place.

"The only thing you need to think about is how to change the mindset of customers who are full of grabbing. Most of them don't have the concept of paying.

The demons and demons of the Hell dimension are considered high-quality customers, although they habitually like prostitution, but at least they still know a little about trading, know the concept of currency and trading, and choose to accept it when there is no choice. Although there will definitely be some small unpleasantness in the process, dirty calculations or something. Luke gave a rating on the future customers of the Hell Dimension.

"What about the Nine Realms?" For the time being, Nick didn't think about any customers from the Hell Dimension or other dimensions, he just wanted to stabilize the market on the side of the Nine Realms first, make a lot of money, and slowly let S.H.I.E.L.D. have a bit of a bigger and bigger loan hole.

It is true that on Luke's train, both he and the S.H.I.E.L.D. in charge of him have been racing all the way, and their internal combat effectiveness, external power and status have also been raised to a point that cannot be ignored. This is something that Nick had never dared to think about before.

Even the turbulent undercurrents hidden inside have subsided under the drastic changes of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the places where the so-called Council can bind S.H.I.E.L.D. are gradually decreasing, while the importance of S.H.I.E.L.D. is constantly increasing. As a tripartite collaborator, S.H.I.E.L.D., represented by Nick himself, is undoubtedly important even if it is the weakest and least existential of the atrium. In anticipation, the department of S.H.I.E.L.D. has received more and more attention and resources, and Nick, who has single-handedly led to this situation, even if he behaves unruly and goes his own way, his position is as stable as Mount Tai until he finds a replacement that satisfies all parties.

"The Nine Realms have been in turmoil lately." Luke replied softly.

"Because of what?" Nick instinctively heard something wrong in Luke's words.

"What do you know about the enemies of Asgard?" Instead of answering, Luke asked Nick.

"I've seen some of Asgard's historical shared materials, and if all of them are all there is, then I should know them all. But I guess there may have been some omissions for various reasons, right? Nick pondered for a moment and gave his own answer. The agents within S.H.I.E.L.D., like those new agents in the Secret Service Academy, have an additional history course on extraterrestrial civilizations. It is currently limited to the Nine Realms, but may be expanded more in the future. With the permission of the Ancient One.

Because of many dimensions, not understanding it is a kind of protection for ordinary people.

"What about the Dark Elves?" Luke asked again.

"The creatures of Watt Alheim?" Nick thought about it with great difficulty, and finally found a few words about the dark elves in the corner of his memory. That's really just a few words, just that the god-king of Asgard at that time defeated the king of Vat Alheim, who wanted to destroy the world of the Nine Realms and plunge it into eternal darkness. And the creatures that live in Vat Alheim are called dark elves.

"yes." Luke affirmed Nick's words.

"I remember that their king and army were defeated by Asgard. It's been at least 5,000 years ago. Nick looked puzzled, "Why do you mention the Dark Elves?" Could it be that the turmoil in Asgard has something to do with the dark elves? ”

"Yes, the king of the dark elves, has returned." Luke reaffirmed Nick's words. "Recently, the situation in the Nine Realms has been unstable, and there have been rebellions and confrontations in many realms. Thor has been working as a firefighter lately, busy trying to put out fires, but things haven't gotten much better. Heimdall of Asgard discovers the anomaly of the Dark Elves in Watt Alheim. Then the god-king Odin went to make sure, and found traces of the return of the former dark monarch Malekis. ”

"How do you know this?" Nick stared at Luke with a strange look in his eyes. Although we know that their interests are currently close, can this kind of information be obtained in real time?

"Of course, it's the result of communication." Luke spread his hands, after all, earlier in Asgard, they also agreed on a set of follow-up process plans, and as a result, both Mephisto and his own side were in full swing and gradually advancing the plan, but Odin, who was an important combat force, went wrong. The other party should more or less remind the collaborators.

Primarily, of course, the Ancient One and Luke. As for Mephisto? Anyway, all he wants to do is enrich the pie of the energy bank, and he doesn't need to bother with it in a short time.

"So, you're planning to sell your transcendent equipment to Asgard in exchange for the resources of the Nine Realms?" Nick asked tentatively. He didn't think Luke would say this to him for no reason.

"Why sell to Asgard?" Luke gave Nick a strange look, "There is a group of extraordinary craftsmen under the command of the Dwarves, and they are not short of extraordinary equipment. As long as Odin needs it, he can always select the appropriate materials from his treasury and hand it over to the dwarven master craftsman to create an artifact. Over the course of thousands of years, Asgard has acquired a large amount of loot and resources from the Nine Realms, which have been transformed by the dwarves into a variety of powerful and extraordinary equipment. Even without the Dwarven crafting technology, Asgard itself has its own extraordinary equipment manufacturing system. Even if they need to buy powerful equipment, they won't be interested in any evil spirit necklaces, matador bracers or anything else. These are too sparse and ordinary. ”

"If you don't sell it to Asgard, do you want to sell it to the rebels?" Nick looked at Luke's smiling face and felt a sigh in his heart.

"Do you really think so?" Nick lowered his voice and stared at Luke in dismay.

"It's you who think too much." Luke denied.

"That's what you think!" Nick carefully observed Luke's expression and said in the affirmative.

"Could it be that this is your idea, because you don't want to admit that your mind is dirty, so it is transferred to me?" Luke uttered a hypothesis.

Nick was momentarily laughed at Luke's counterattack: "There's no need for this, I'll carry the pot that should be carried." I know what role I.H.I.E.L.D. and I.E.L.D. are supposed to play right now. ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Luke patted Nick on the shoulder.

Nick suddenly almost couldn't help but scold, his face was like constipation, and after scolding Luke in his heart, he took a long breath to calm down his emotions, "What the hell do you think, aren't we collaborators with Asgard?" ”

"yes." Luke nodded.

"Then if you do this, won't Odin have an opinion?" For the powerful god king hidden behind Thor, Nick was faintly jealous in his heart. Even if there is a supreme mage on his side, but that mage's style of acting is too Buddhist, I am afraid that in addition to the invasion of the dimensional demon god, she may only come to the rescue if the atrium is blown up.

"What does Osborne have to do with me, Hyperion?" Luke gave Nick another strange look and said something that made his blood pressure spike.

Tired!

Nick cupped his forehead, not wanting to speak.

"Okay, I'm not going to tease you." As soon as Luke spoke, Nick, who had adjusted his emotions, was a little unstable again, "According to the contract, after ensuring the priority supply of S.H.I.E.L.D., we have no right to interfere with who the other party sells the rest of the output." As long as the other party has a channel to sell it. And once the War of the Nine Realms begins, the Atrium will inevitably be one of the battlefields, and we are also a part of the Nine Realms, if this turmoil cannot be quelled by Asgard as soon as possible, we will not be able to escape. ”

"Do you think Asgard can't get the final victory?" Nick asked. He knew very well that Luke had more information to know than him when it came to obtaining intelligence, so he was willing to listen to the other party's opinion.

"Asgard may be able to win in the end, but I don't think it's easy to solve the problem cleanly. According to the latest information, the monarch of the Dark Elves, Malekis, raided Asgard with his men, but the damage was not significant. God King Odin and Thor, they were strengthened by me before.

But Odin also failed to keep Malekith, giving the other party the possibility of a comeback. Although Odin didn't say anything, I got a message from the mouth of the straight cute Thor, that is, that Malekith had asked for foreign help, and he had roped in the giants of Muspelheim, the land of flames, and the king of Jotunheim, where the frost giants lived, plus his watt Alheim, and the kings of the three kingdoms that Asgard did not deal with, and they joined forces for the first time in history against the powerful Odin. In the other countries, with the exception of a very few peaceful countries that did not want to participate in any war, most of them wavered in the face of the co-optation of the hostile sides, and wanted to wait and see what was going on. ”

"I suppose we belong to one of the nations that don't want to participate?" Nick raised an eyebrow.

"No, in the eyes of those people in Malekith, we in the atrium are too weak, and there is no need to bother to win them over." Luke cruelly uttered something that made Nick helpless.

"After all, thousands of years ago, they used the atrium as a battlefield between the two sides, and there was no room for humans to participate in it at that time. can only passively accept the final result. Come to think of it, they still think so. After all, as a long-lived race, although the humans in the Atrium are members of the Nine Realms, they are short-lived races with little power. ”

"So you're openly authorizing this situation as well?" Nick has a new speculation about Luke's public technology authorization, which makes him look at Luke's moral bottom line slightly. Really, just at a glance, not much.

"It has nothing to do with that. It's just a coincidence. Don't think about it. Luke again rejects Nick's words.

(End of chapter)