"Something's wrong, Director! Chang Wei and Tony Stark are here!"
Before the black egghead could pull out Captain Marvel's pager and spend half the day stroking it while reminiscing, Fury's gaze drifted between memory and reality, as though weighing whether he should summon that female hero who wielded the power of the stars once more.
However, before the thought could fully take shape, Agent Coulson's urgent report interrupted his contemplation.
"What?"
The black egghead was startled.
Tony Stark, the genius billionaire and Iron Man, was like an unbridled horse once something caught his interest—impossible to rein in.
And Chang Wei, the man with the "Chang Wei Element," the boss of War God Industries, along with the mild-mannered but transformation-capable Doctor Banner—their combination was undoubtedly a force not to be underestimated.
To understand what had happened, they had to start with a few days earlier.
Tony Stark—the genius, billionaire, playboy, and Iron Man—had used his vast satellite network to detect an unusual astronomical phenomenon: a meteorite had quietly fallen from the skies above New Mexico.
That in itself was not unusual, but what shocked everyone was that the meteorite was actually a hammer that had fallen from the sky, and no one had been able to lift it.
That greatly piqued Tony's curiosity.
So he told Chang Wei and Banner about the discovery, and everyone took the matter very seriously.
Especially after Tony hacked into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database, where he found a vast number of records concerning the collection of mysterious objects, the handling of anomalous incidents, and the management of mutants.
Tony believed that, as a leading figure in the technology world, he had both the responsibility and ability to take part in such operations. He should also participate in this global secret game. Although such behavior crossed the line to