High-Ranking Officials from Various Countries Arrive (Part 1)

"If your research results can increase gravity by ten times, I will give you a new pair of Portkey. If they can increase gravity by twenty times, I will give you two pairs, and so on, with no limit."

Hawking smiled and offered a very tempting deal.

He wasn't lying. If Nick Fury could increase the Gravity Chamber by more than ten thousand times, he would gladly hand over more than a thousand Portkey with both hands.

The Gravity Chamber was far more valuable to him than a mere Portkey.

"Also, although this Portkey can be teleported by the ability I've attached to it, it is essentially still a wine glass."

Please... please don't drop them on the ground, otherwise if they break, I won't make you a new pair.

Nick Fury's lips twitched upon hearing this. "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Knowing full well that S.H.I.E.L.D.. would take the Portkey for agents to carry out dangerous missions, they still gave them these easily broken wine glasses.

Judging from how Hawking made the Portkey, it seems like West City can be made into Portkey. It might as well just use a bullet as Portkey, as it's less likely to break and easier to carry.

However, he wasn't foolish enough to ask Hawking to replace it, because he knew Hawking was doing it on purpose.

Although Portkey was given as a token of sincerity, they were not without flaws. They could only be carefully preserved for safe transport, in order to remind him to improve the Gravity Chamber technology as soon as possible so that he could be given a more suitable Portkey.

Carefully placing the two wine glasses on the table, Nick Fury pressed the button on his headset and gave the instructions:

"Agent Hill, immediately go and find two containers that can protect the wine glasses."

"I'm fine."

Although Agent Hill was standing guard outside the door, didn't understand what was going on, he immediately did as instructed.

"By the way, Director Fury, I really didn't expect you to send an agent from S.H.I.E.L.D.. to my Ability User Tournament. That's quite an honor."

Having achieved his goal, Hawking sat on the sofa and started making jokes.

Nick Fury, however, replied calmly:

"There's nothing I can do about it. The president insisted that S.H.I.E.L.D.. participate, saying he wanted to see our capabilities, otherwise he wouldn't allocate next year's budget to S.H.I.E.L.D.. I had no choice."

"Chief, it's all done."

The two hadn't been talking for long when there was a knock on the door; it was Agent Hill returning.

Nick Fury carefully placed the two wine glasses into the container, greeted Hawking in a good mood, and then left with Agent Hill.

"So it was to test my strength. Well then, I'll give you a surprise."

Watching the two leave, Hawking took out his Adamantium Alloy Suitcase from the corner and went inside to continue his studies.

His Legilimency Spell hasn't reached the point where he can instantly see all of the other person's memories from childhood to adulthood.

It is only possible to discover fragments of memory related to what the other person is thinking when they are thinking.

So when Hawking asked Nick Fury why he wanted the agents to attend the conference, although Nick Fury didn't reveal his true intentions, Hawking had already discerned them using the Legilimency Spell.

However, after learning Nick Fury's true purpose, he was not worried at all.

Because he knew that all schemes and tricks were futile in the face of absolute power!

He now possesses absolute power compared to S.H.I.E.L.D.., and is not afraid of being tested.

The next day, in the center of Wood City.

Square arenas, created using Wood Release, slowly rose up, surrounded by countless lucky spectators who had rushed from the hotel and reporters broadcasting the event live.

Directly opposite the stadium, there is a specially designed elevated platform with hundreds of prominent individual seats.

Seated in the very center of the seat was Hawking, clad in golden armor, who would be the final boss that the winner of this competition would have to challenge.

Sitting on either side of Hawking were elderly, ordinary people in formal attire, but their demeanor and bearing suggested they held high positions.

These were none other than high-ranking officials from various countries, including ministers of State Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ministers, and Minister of Defense, among others.

The man sitting to Hawking's left is an old acquaintance, the Minister of Defense whom he had met at the White House before.

These people came not like ordinary spectators who came to chase stars or watch the spectacle.

The power of Hawking and the Hero Alliance has already made all of humanity's higher-ups feel extremely uneasy. This mission is also to examine and assess the strength and danger level of the world's superhumans.

This will help us adjust our attitude towards people with superpowers in the future.

"Special ability user" is the current term humans use to refer to all people with special abilities.

Whether you are Mutants, have a genetic mutation, have been injected with gene-enhancing drugs, are possessed by aliens, or are an alien being, as long as your abilities surpass those of ordinary humans, you can be classified as a superhuman.

Even someone like Iron Man, who fights using his Iron Man Armor, can be classified as a superhuman.

The term "Mutants" has been largely abandoned by the general public.

Now, almost all ordinary people, including children and adults, dream of becoming superhumans because of the influence of the Hero Alliance.

Because becoming a superhuman allows you to join the Heroes Alliance Company and become Super Hero. Even if you don't become Super Hero, the salary for the same job is ten times higher than normal, and there's no danger involved.

Imagine you were just a poor office worker with a monthly salary of three thousand, barely enough to make ends meet, with buying a house, a car, and getting married a distant dream.

But once you become a superhuman, even if your superpower is the most useless kind, your salary can be 30,000 a month, 360,000 a year, and you can buy a house and get married after three or four years of hard work.

If your special abilities are used in a mission, such as making flowers bloom or maintaining order at this conference, you will receive an extra bonus of 100,000 to 200,000.

Money is a huge temptation for all ordinary people. When superpowered individuals become a symbol of money, how can ordinary people not love it? Who would turn down money?

Only the higher-ups remained clear-headed, understanding that if Hawking were to control these superhumans and do something like Magneto, the world could be turned upside down in an instant.

Therefore, they had no choice but to take this Ability User Conference seriously.

The audience and reporters below clearly recognized their country's top leaders sitting in the specially reserved seats, and cameras were pointed at them before the conference even began.

The atmosphere at the scene became even more enthusiastic.

The fact that so many high-level leaders from various countries were able to attend the Ability User Conference underscores its immense significance.

These high-ranking leaders also habitually raised their hands, smiled, and nodded.

Hawking simply smiled when he saw this. This was the reason he agreed to let these high-ranking officials come to watch the event in person, which would also help to elevate the prestige of his conference.