0129: Thor, the Scepter of the Mind
After the Hydra within S.H.I.E.L.D. was eliminated, Nick Fury did not stop suppressing Hydra, and after taking care of the affairs of the bureau, he put most of his focus on Hydra.
Hydra is one of the oldest organizations in the world, even if they experienced a fiasco during World War II, they are still deeply rooted, and killing Alexander Pierce alone obviously can't stop Hydra from threatening the world, not to mention, the Psychic Scepter is still in their hands, and Loki has used this scepter to control a large number of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. There is no doubt that the power contained in the scepter is what Hydra dreams of, and they want to use the scepter's attributes to change the minds of the creatures of this world and enslave everyone.
Fortunately, at noon today, Tony Stark got the information from S.H.I.E.L.D., which was related to the Psychic Scepter, and he contacted the ranch as soon as possible. At that time, Rojo and Logan were in the Nightmare Apostle's chamber, and the communication equipment had no signal, which made it impossible for Tony to reach him.
"Are you sure that the information this time was not given by Hydra?"
When Logan Howlett heard the news, he couldn't help but ask, after all, there were previous missions about S.H.I.E.L.D., and all of them had Hydra.
"I can't say for sure, but I don't think Nick Fury will mess things up again if he doesn't want to be laughed at by outsiders."
As Tony Stark spoke, he noticed that the boy next to the two of them was staring at him intently.
The corners of his mouth curled up in an uninhibited arc and his trademark smile appeared, "You want my autograph?" ”
"Sir. My name is Peter Parker."
Seeing that he was talking to himself, Peter nervously closed his mouth, and spat out a sentence for a long time: "Of course, sir, if you want to." ”
"It's interesting where you found him."
Tony signs his business card with a red pen and hands it to the teenager.
"It's a long story, I'll explain it when I go back."
Seeing that Peter got his wish, Rojo didn't plan to waste any more time, if S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence was okay, he couldn't wait to see if the Mind Scepter could replicate the power in the Mind Gem.
In addition, he thought of a person who might have appeared with the Mind Gem, or maybe that person didn't exist because of the difference in the universe, but either way, the Mind Scepter undoubtedly had an inexplicable attraction.
Saying goodbye to Peter, the three of them took the chairman of Stark Industries to the Avengers base together.
On the way, Rojo told Peter Parker's identity by the way, and surprisingly, Tony found a file about "Spider-Man" in the database of S.H.I.E.L.D., which recorded everything about Spider-Man in detail, and also wrote Peter Parker's name, Peter's hobbies, family, friends, and teachers
It turned out that the group of agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had known Spider-Man's identity for a long time, but they did not intervene, perhaps because Spider-Man was not a threat, even if his vigilante behavior broke the rules, the agents chose to turn a blind eye.
No matter what, Spider-Man is just a high school student after all, no matter how well he hides it, he can't escape the eyes of S.H.I.E.L.D., as long as it is anything unknown, S.H.I.E.L.D. will do everything possible to figure it out and file it for the record. Of course, when they file for the record, they will also come up with a set of preset plans behind the scenes to prevent the filing personnel from getting out of control, so as to ensure that everything is carried out in an orderly manner.
Night falls.
The three Rojo also arrive at the Avengers base to assemble, along with Marcos and Lona.
As for Magneto Eric, due to Lorna's mission, he chose to return to the Middle East early to prepare to bring back the other mutant members, but it is likely that not everyone is willing to come to New York, after all, living in the United States is a high-risk life for them.
In the Avengers Chamber, everyone took their seats one after another, and Steve Rogers projected all the mission information onto the big screen, which showed the location of the Hydra Laboratory, in the northern forest area of Germany in Europe.
This location fits the character of Hydra, which had most of its bases and main forces in Germany during World War II in the last century, and then had to disperse all over the world after its defeat. However, there are still many hydras in Europe, especially in Germany.
The laboratory, located in a wooded area, is hidden in an ancient fortress, and is hardly approached by outsiders in normal times, except for hunters passing by during the hunting season, and even because of the large area of trees, it is difficult to see the presence of buildings from satellite images. Not to mention, Germany is now in the snow season, and the snow is blank. Fortunately, S.H.I.E.L.D. did not ignore this harsh forest area during its investigation.
Due to the location of the lab and the harsh terrain and climate, Steve Rogers did not intend to operate at night.
"According to intelligence, the temperature at night is very low and there is often heavy snowfall, which not only hinders the movement, but also obscures the view, so I want to postpone the plan until tomorrow," he said. ”
"It doesn't matter, no matter how many come, they won't be able to kill me anyway."
Logan Howlett doesn't have any opinions, day or night, it doesn't matter to him, anyway, he rushes in.
Tony Stark looked at him and said, "Logan, your body has been looking so much better lately than before. ”
"This is the role of the self-healing factor."
Logan added, "It makes me young." ”
"Acting during the day is actually not a particularly good option, they are very numerous, and they are on high ground, there are troops, and our people are easily flanked from both sides from the bottom up."
Rojo looked at the satellite images in the intelligence content, which always seemed familiar, but now he remembered that this was the Hydra base that the Avengers attacked at the beginning in Avengers 2.
It looks like Hydra hid the scepter here in the first place.
"That's a problem."
Steve held his chin in contemplation, and caught a glimpse of the silent Bruce Banner, a mild-mannered-looking middle-aged uncle, writing something with his head down, with a proper literati temperament.
He said, "Banner, we might need Hulk. ”
"It's not appropriate, is it?"
Banner hesitated and said, "I haven't let the Hulk out for a long time, I mean, if he doesn't come out, then I'll try not to let him out"
"But we need someone strong enough to attract the firepower in the lab fortress."
Steve pointed to the satellite image, the lab was deep in the fortress, at the highest point in the entire area, and there was a high wall blocking it, and Hydra could see everything below it, and he would definitely notice them.
"A powerful man?"
"Are you calling me?"
The door of the conference room was pushed open by a burly figure, and a man with long blonde hair and blue eyes, a handsome face and a simple face, strode in with a sledgehammer.
He laughed and opened his palms, "Guys, missed me!" ”
"Thor!?"
"Why are you here!"
In the conference room, the Avengers stood up in surprise.
Thor Odinson put down the hammer with a smile and said, "With the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, the Rainbow Bridge was quickly repaired, and I missed you and the beer here, so I came." ”
"This guy is Thor?"
Logan Howlett stood up in surprise.
"He doesn't look very smart."
Lorna always felt that the thunder god in front of her was a little different from what was depicted in mythology.
"Myths are fiction, maybe even written by Thor himself."
Rojo was a little surprised, he didn't expect Thor, who had never appeared, to come back at this time.
But it makes sense to think about it, because Thor said that after the end of the New York War, he returned to live on Earth for more than a year, and helped solve a lot of troubles by the way. Years later, Thor still talks about his heroic deeds on Earth and chatters with his enemies.
Thor's return is a good thing for the Avengers, except for Banner, Thor can be said to be the strongest Avenger at this stage, and his presence will undoubtedly make tomorrow's mission easy.
After Steve introduced Rojo and his party to Thor on the ranch, he immediately overturned all the previous plans of action, and used a simple and direct plan, that is, to directly confront Hydra and let Thor and Logan Howlett attract firepower.
The decision was made to consider the feelings of Banner, the Ph.D. who writes and draws the whole time, and tries to avoid getting involved in too much action as much as possible, and he is bent on getting rid of the Hulk rather than letting the green monster run out and play.
And Thor's return also means that Rojo can touch the power of Thor, but what really attracts him is not only the power of Thor, but the Asgardian royal blood flowing in Thor's body, the ancient and pure bloodline, which gives birth to the power of Thor, and at the same time, it will also make Thor grow stronger with the growth of the years, in layman's terms, as long as Thor does not die, then the power in his body will continue to accumulate until he becomes the god king of the Nine Realms.
Rojo's first thought when he saw Thor was what he would get by fusing the self-healing factor with Asgard's bloodline, the former could make people's cells continue to regenerate and heal themselves, and theoretically they would never die, while the latter could make people have a long lifespan and have incomparably strong strength. Obviously, these two things will be the best partners.
After the meeting, due to the mission tomorrow morning, Rojo and the others had to temporarily sleep in the dormitory area of the Avengers base, although the Avengers base is remote, but there is no shortage of facilities and materials at all, and there will be special people to take care of the base regularly every week, if it is not usually in the base, except for Steve, no one else lives, Tony also wants to recruit a few chefs, because every time he comes, he can only eat the inferior version of the sandwich made by Steve.
Rojo didn't report the nightmare to Nick Fury, he didn't belong to S.H.I.E.L.D., he didn't belong to the Avengers, and he wasn't obligated to report everything.
And Tony doesn't know about Nightmares.
After dinner, Rojo returned to his bedroom, sat down in a chair, and quickly scribbled a few strange and strange words on the paper with a ballpoint pen.
"That's the nightmare spell."
He looked carefully at the first line of text on the paper, this set of incantations, learned from the Nightmare Apostle, was used to enter other people's dreams, or to bring out the souls of other people's dreams.
Somewhat similar to the Ancient One's out-of-body experience, which caused the soul to float out of the body, the Nightmare's spell is terrifying, and at the same time generates an energy that feeds back into the body of the mage who casts the spell.
And the second line of text is the treatment technique used by Master Wang when he was injured in the unit building, which can make the injury recover to a certain extent in a short time, but after the spell fails, the wound will continue to deteriorate, a bit of a chicken rib, but it still has some effect at a critical time, but it is not of much use to Rojo, and the existence of the self-healing factor makes it difficult for him to be injured.
The third and final spell is a nature spell, a spell that Rojo learned from the Ancient One, which, after casting, allows him to control the elements of nature, provided that the elements still exist. For example, when the ancient one lit the stove, she actually rekindled the flame in the furnace that was not completely extinguished, and she also let the water fly from the bucket into the pot.
It was a very simple spell, and its power was very weak, and the ancient one seemed to know about it, and he didn't intend to show it too strong in front of Rojo. This natural spell can only be used to control the faint natural elements simply, and it is used to boil water and make tea like the ancient one.
However, Rojo also sensed the wonder of the spell, and he tried to cast a spell to make the water in the fish tank on the table spin, stirring up small waves, and then falling quickly.
"It's pretty simple."
Rojo raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect the first time it was cast so smoothly, and Kama Taj's spell didn't seem to be as difficult to learn as he thought.
Perhaps, he should have promised the ancient one that when he learned everything, no one would be able to stop him if he wanted to leave.
As soon as the idea came out, it was dispelled.
Obviously impossible, Gu Yi would not let that happen, she would choose a real heir, and would not let outsiders learn all the things of the Supreme Mage.
"Forget it, there will be a chance in the future."
Rojo lay down on the bed, and it was not only Kama Taj who could learn magic in the world, but there were also many powerful magicians in many other places.
Moreover, tomorrow he may be able to see a woman who has the ability to grow into a supreme wizard, and she has in her body the energy that any wizard can only dream of, which is also destined for her future.
"Hopefully there will be a surprise tomorrow."
In the early morning of the next day, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Kun-style fighter plane landed in the parking field of the Avengers base.
After preparing all the equipment, Rojo and his party followed the Avengers to the fastest fighter plane on the planet, and as a sonic boom resounded through deep space, leaving a white mark on the skyline.
It didn't take long for the black-gold Kun fighter plane to skim over Europe over the Arctic Ocean and lock on to the mission site.
Steve Rogers glanced at the radar and said, "Guys, get ready, this mission is a raid. ”
(End of chapter)