That day.
The weather in Asgard was clear and pleasant. Palace peaks rose like towering ramparts, glittering beneath the sunlight and displaying Asgard's grand, epic architecture.
Inside one of those towering structures, at the research institute.
The bearded director of the institute received Odin's orders and used the Cosmic Cube's energy to continuously bombard Vivian's metal body, using sustained high-intensity particle streams to temporarily shake Vivian apart from the Reality Stone.
The Cosmic Cube was suspended in the institute's spacious chamber, unleashing a waterfall-like torrent of energy particles that ripped through the air in aurora-like streaks before crashing entirely into Vivian, who was restrained upon a platform.
Nearby, Asgardian staff assigned to the institute adjusted the output intensity according to the bearded director's orders.
"How is it?" the bearded director asked from the side.
"The Reality Stone is instinctively resisting outside forces. As the external stimulation grows stronger, it is gradually beginning to separate from its fusion with this metal body. Its instinctive reaction is to prioritize countering the Cosmic Cube's energy, thereby leaving the fused state," a researcher answered while observing the data on a magical projection.
For the moment, they had found no way to break Vivian's metal body, but they could not simply allow the Reality Stone to continue fusing with her.
A powerful external stimulus would provoke the Reality Stone's resistance, leaving it no time to continue the fusion process.
Once the Reality Stone's resistance reached a certain level, they could begin extracting and guiding it out.
The bearded director nodded, quite satisfied with the progress.
Just as the Reality Stone began withdrawing from its internal fusion with Vivian's metal body, the disorder and loss-of-control signs within Vivian's body that had once resulted from the fusion came under Vivian's control once more.
She had always been