"Listen, Luke, I need to have a serious talk with you." After the meeting ended, Nick returned to Midgard and stopped Luke, Strange, and the others, his expression grave.
"Is it important? You know we still have a pile of things to deal with. Especially Strange and the others." Luke looked at Nick, then at Strange's group.
"Of course it's important." Nick emphasized. "I came here because of Strange and the others."
"Fine, fine. What do you want to say?" Seeing that Strange and the other two had no objections, Luke could only find a nearby place to talk.
"I believe this dimensional invasion incident makes it necessary to strengthen our planet's defenses once again, whether through new technology or additional manpower." Nick got straight to the point.
"This was just an accident, Mr. Fury." Seeing Nick's gaze shift toward him, Master Mage Wang smiled awkwardly. "Besides, we've already resolved it. You know, this time was an exception. Under normal circumstances, dimensional invasions do not occur in reality."
"But a lot of people saw it this time." Nick spread his hands. "S.H.I.E.L.D. spent a tremendous amount of effort and intelligence, mobilizing all official forces, before we managed to suppress this invasion under the excuse of an alien attack. But we all know that isn't true. Those Dimensional Demon Gods are far more dangerous than alien invaders."
"This was a special circumstance. You attended the meeting as well, so you should know this was Ancient One Mage's test for Strange. Whether he passed or failed, Midgard's safety was guaranteed." Mordo was dissatisfied with Nick's pointed words.
Although Nick had not directly accused anyone, the attitude in his tone and gaze made it easy for everyone present to understand that he was blaming the mages for their negligence this time.
Strange and