Seeing this, Stark and Banner exchanged a glance. Both sighed and shook their heads.
Stark had brought Han Yu along because he wanted to befriend him and introduce him to everyone. Stark believed that if anything happened in the future, Han Yu would surely be able to help, and getting to know him would benefit everyone.
Now that Thor had made his move, Stark didn't know whether Han Yu would put him on a blacklist, but Han Yu certainly wouldn't help him so readily anymore.
"That barbarian..."
Stark sighed softly. If Thor didn't change his temper, and he really became king of Asgard, wouldn't there be war everywhere?
Banner murmured, "I just hope this doesn't leave him with a bad impression of us. There's something I want his help with later."
"A wise ruler would never start a war. Good thing Odin didn't hand the throne over to you. If you became king as you are now, Asgard would be finished sooner or later!"
Han Yu looked coldly at Thor. Did he hate Thor? No. After Asgard's Ragnarok, Thor had indeed grown a great deal and become fit to rule, but the Thor of today was nowhere close.
Had it been anyone else, Han Yu's attack just now would have been enough to kill them. This time, he was only teaching Thor a lesson.
Hearing Han Yu's words, Thor was still too angry to let it go and tried to get up and attack. Wanda raised a hand and sent a red force field down over him.
Though the force field didn't do much damage, Thor felt as if he were carrying a mountain weighing ten thousand tons on his back. He could barely move a step, let alone fight under those conditions.
Han Yu waved his hand, signaling Wanda to withdraw her energy. "Wanda, let's go. They can handle the rest themselves."
Wanda nodded, stepped forward, and took Han Yu's arm. She had never had much affection for the people here. Now, as far as she was concerned, Han Yu and Quicksilver were her only family. She would do whatever Han Yu said; outsiders didn't matter.
Stark hurried after Han Yu. "Han, Thor just lost his temper for a moment. I hope you won't hold it against him, or let it affect our relationship."
"Don't worry, Mr. Stark, I know the difference. That was just a little lesson to keep him from being so impulsive in the future. If I'd been an enemy, he'd already be dead."
Han Yu spoke mildly, and Stark quickly agreed.
Stark no longer dared underestimate the power this young man possessed. Never mind Han Yu himself—even Wanda, who stood beside him, was outrageously strong.
They were still mostly relying on physical hand-to-hand combat, while Han Yu and his companions could already control multiple forms of energy and send them flying everywhere. Stark dealt with Han Yu with the intention of befriending him at all costs, rather than making an enemy of him.
After Han Yu and Wanda left the building, he drove straight back to the General Store. He could let Ultron's plans simmer a little longer. If the Avengers could deal with him, then they could deal with him, which would mean Ultron wasn't qualified to join the General Store. If they couldn't, Han Yu naturally wouldn't let him go so easily.
"I need to make Ultron a suitable body."
As soon as he returned to the General Store, Han Yu shut himself away in his workshop. Ultron was a program with a consciousness to begin with, and usually used a robotic body to move around.
But Han Yu looked down on Earth's technology. Those things might be outstanding on Earth, but in a cosmic-level battle, they would be like cannon fodder charging at the front, vaporized in an instant.
Han Yu wanted to forge the most powerful metal body for Ultron, one that would let him shift smoothly between human and machine. Otherwise, it wouldn't do to have him always appear as a robot. On an ordinary day, who wouldn't be frightened by such a huge robot walking down the street?
In a moment, Han Yu had made his decision. On Earth, two metals were the most famous.
The first was the sound-absorbing metal called Vibranium, which could absorb almost unlimited physical impact. The largest supply was currently in Wakanda, in Africa.
The second was called Adamantium, a metal with the extraordinary property of being difficult to melt even at a temperature of five hundred thousand degrees.
On Earth, it could cut through anything except Vibranium. If a blade made of Adamantium were struck directly on its edge with a hammer, the only thing damaged in the end would be the hammer.
Han Yu rubbed his chin and said to himself, "Earth's supply of Adamantium is too small, but Vibranium might be worth considering. Wakanda's Vibranium reserves should definitely be enough for me to make a body."
The General Store stocked everything except things from the Marvel Universe. The store's explanation was that everything in the main world had to be discovered by the host, just like the teleportation scrolls that led to other worlds.
The teleportation scrolls could take him anywhere in other worlds, but they couldn't transport him within the Marvel Universe unless it was to a known location Han Yu had already marked.
Han Yu didn't mind. It simply meant he had to spend a little more time gathering things.
"Mm, good. I'll use that metal. I can make Wanda a battle suit while I'm at it."
Han Yu nodded to himself and decided to set out immediately. He had to go gather the materials.
For a fanatic of games, anime, and comics, nothing was more thrilling than experiencing the things in those worlds firsthand.
As soon as he made up his mind, Han Yu went straight to Wanda and asked, "Wanda, I'm going to Wakanda. Do you want to come?"
"Wakanda? What kind of place is that?"
Wanda looked puzzled. She had never heard of the place.
After all, Wakanda had yet to show the outside world its technology. In the eyes of the world, it was just a fourth-world country, a backward nation on the fringes of the world.
But Wakanda's technology could in fact already be called the best on Earth. Even the United States couldn't compare; Wakanda simply didn't want to start a war.
Han Yu admired the king of Wakanda's approach. Possessing powerful military capabilities without starting wars—that was what a wise ruler should do.
"A hidden country with ultra-advanced technology. I want to get some things there. You'll understand when you see it. Want to come?"
"Yes!"
Though Wanda didn't know what kind of place it was, she had a great deal of trust in Han Yu now and agreed without a second thought.
The two set out immediately, though this time they went neither by car nor by plane.
For two Metahumans who could fly, taking a plane was hopelessly lame, all right?
"Hold on tight."
Han Yu wrapped his arm around Wanda's slender waist, slim enough to fit in one hand. Emerald-green energy poured from the Green Lantern Ring, enveloping them both.
The next second, they shot into the sky. In the blink of an eye, they had flown several kilometers and vanished into the horizon.