Nick Fury felt suspicion stir within him. Carrying that strange doubt, he stepped into the research room, which had suddenly fallen silent after its bustle. His probing gaze swept over everyone, over the computers and the machines He-El had been tinkering with. He walked up to Bruce Banner and T'Challa and asked,
"What did He-El bring you here to do...?"
Ever since Vivian had taken the Reality Stone, only for Odin of Asgard to take it from her afterward, Nick Fury had felt that something was off about He-El.
He was far too fixated on the Reality Stone.
On the surface, he claimed it was for a leap forward in humanity's foundational materials, and to keep Thanos from obtaining the Reality Stone.
But was it worth it?
Was it worth snatching the Reality Stone from Odin's hands?
Couldn't he see the gap between them?
The gap between Earth and Asgard was as vast as heaven and earth, and He-El could surely see it. Snatching the Reality Stone from Odin, the King of the Gods of Asgard, was simply impossible.
And it would provoke Odin's wrath.
Anyone with eyes could see that once the Reality Stone was in Odin's hands, it belonged to Odin. Humanity had no hope of obtaining it.
Since that was the case, why did He-El still insist so strongly on obtaining the Reality Stone? Why was he even willing to face Odin, willing to risk Earth's humanity being implicated by Odin's anger, just to get the Reality Stone?
One had to understand that with He-El's current status and position on Earth, he represented Earth and humanity. He could not simply brush it off as a personal action.
He-El represented Earth's humanity.
And He-El's stubborn determination to obtain the Reality Stone would make Odin believe that Earth's humanity,