In short, Maria Hill, Tony Stark, and the others had now reviewed Umbrella Corporation's past in a completely unreasonable manner—and done so with remarkable thoroughness.
They had forcibly helped Evenson flesh out Umbrella Corporation's origins and all sorts of details, even conveniently mapping out its future direction. They had not considered Evenson's feelings at all. Hey, could you slow down? What if I failed to keep up with your plans in the future? How awkward would that be?
But Umbrella Corporation was only a minor interlude. Although this interlude had been inserted rather deeply, Tony quickly steered the conversation back to the main issue: whether the Avengers would continue.
On this matter, some eagerly agreed without hesitation, while others silently acquiesced without committing either way. But when it came to Evenson, he said he would help if there were difficulties, but formally joining was out of the question. It was an unmistakable refusal.
Back then, the Avengers had been Nick Fury's idea. The first confirmed candidate known to everyone had been Iron Man, Tony Stark, followed by Evenson.
This was easy to overlook, but it was indeed the truth. The reason was that Nick had not had many people to choose from at the time. Captain America had still been an old popsicle lying dead in the Deep Sea, not yet recovered; Peggy Carter had been steadily heading toward senility; Hulk had been fighting Ross nonstop, had a poor reputation, and Nick Fury had not been completely confident that he could control him; Thor had not even arrived on Earth yet.
Black Widow and Hawkeye had been on standby at all times, but in the end, they had not surpassed the limits of ordinary humans. Their combat power was worrying. So when Nick Fury finally found a superpowered individual who