Five days later.
"Thank you for your cooperation." In the Oval Office, He-El held the receiver and spoke in a warm, courteous tone.
"You're too polite, President He-El. It is what our country should do." An eager British accent came from the other end of the line.
After exchanging a few less-than-official pleasantries, the two sides hung up.
After ending the call, He-El remained calm, his eyes thoughtful as the nail of his right index finger lightly tapped the dark reddish-brown desk. A corner of the deep blue curtains behind him had been drawn aside, and sunlight shone on his back, making him seem like a glowing saint.
Just then, the United Kingdom had granted He-El a favor and agreed to let S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier temporarily enter British airspace to use temporal-spatial gravity coefficient anomaly instruments to detect abnormalities in space-time.
Naturally, a large number of British researchers, agents, and staff also joined the operation, ensuring throughout that no other anomalies occurred.
As for Jane Foster, she was even easier to handle. He-El had directly transferred her to the Astronomy Monitoring Department of the Intergalactic Earth Alliance, where she could use the latest instruments to monitor all manner of astronomical anomalies, temporarily moving her away from the United Kingdom.
However, she was still under He-El's strict surveillance in the name of protection.
He-El was unsure whether the Mysterious Space created by Thor's ancestor had opened near Jane Foster because it sensed Thor's descendant's aura, or whether it had always been in the United Kingdom and Jane Foster had merely stumbled upon it by chance.
That uncertainty meant He-El needed to keep Jane Foster under even tighter watch, preventing her from truly having an opportunity to be possessed by the Reality Stone.
At the same time, He-El had summoned Vivian back. In