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Though it sounded cruel and heartless, using the deaths of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in exchange for a solution to the enslaving Mind Suggestions planted throughout humanity was still worth it.

At least it had not reached the point where Loki truly raised his hand and incited all humanity into revolt, plunging the entire world into madness and destruction.

Only over a thousand S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had died...

Judging by the outcome, it was instead something to be grimly thankful for.

Of course, Nick Fury was still saddened. But could sadness make Loki lower his hands and step out from among humanity?

It could not.

Eliminating the threat facing all humanity was the right thing to do.

Hearing Nick Fury speak with such firm resolve, Bruce Banner's expression shifted. His pupils dilated, his lips moved, yet he said nothing.

At that moment, standing atop the ruins of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion Building amid severed limbs, spilled blood, and curling smoke, in that scene of utter tragedy, he finally understood why Nick Fury had invited him from a backward region of a third-world country to join the Avengers.

It was as though the burden of sustaining all humanity rested upon their shoulders, a burden they had to bear.

Bruce Banner's face gradually turned silent and solemn. In that instant, he understood the meaning of Hulk's existence.

Just as He-El had said, he truly was a Nuclear Weapon!

"Mind Suggestion is only a temporary suggestion. It activates once the trigger medium is encountered, causing those infected by the virus-like Mind Suggestion to carry out the instructions Loki implanted in them according to their capabilities." Facing Nick Fury's resolute expression, He-El nodded and said without further comment:

"To avoid Loki's most basic Mind Control, the Mind Disruptor must remain against the skin to interfere continuously. Otherwise, once