Nick Fury looked at Stephen Strange, his expression grave.
Honestly, hearing He-El's words over the phone and learning what He-El had done for Earth had filled Nick Fury with a sense of guilt.
What he intended to do might not benefit either Earth or He-El. On the contrary, it could very likely bring disaster.
But...
He could not ignore how much Earthlings trusted, revered, and worshipped He-El.
That was deeply wrong. In this atmosphere of fanatical devotion to He-El, someone needed to oppose him, watch him, and offer a different opinion—to ensure that He-El was truly trustworthy, or at least to ensure that he would always treat Earthlings as he had thus far.
"Are you sure this won't be a problem?" Nick Fury's dark face remained solemn. He clasped his hands tightly beneath his nose, his knuckles protruding. He was faintly worried, but what they were about to do had to be done.
He had to find out whether He-El had truly worked with Dormammu, the lord of the Dark Dimension, to kill the Ancient One.
With the public, the Avengers, and even Hawkeye and Natasha within S.H.I.E.L.D. all believing so firmly in He-El, it had been difficult for him to find anyone who held reservations about He-El.
That person was—Stephen Strange.
Ever since the Ancient One's death, Stephen Strange had always suspected that her final words, specifically naming "Do not trust He-El," had been a warning, an admonition.
It had caused Stephen Strange to begin doubting He-El.
Especially when He-El became obsessed with obtaining the Reality Stone, that suspicion reached its peak.
He-El's determination to obtain the Reality Stone had supposedly been for humanity, but the way he risked everything for humanity made both Nick Fury and Stephen Strange feel that something was strange.
He-El was not even from