"Fishing in troubled waters?" Nick Fury nodded thoughtfully. "But whether Magneto intends to fish in troubled waters or not, he can't possibly do nothing.
Just by standing on Apocalypse's side, humanity's strongest weapons will become useless against them."
Coulson and Hill were equally speechless. The ability to control magnetism was simply far too unfair for modern humanity.
"How are our preparations coming along?"
"The Alchemical Bullets have already been distributed," Hill said seriously. "Twenty-five bullets have been given to twenty-five expert marksmen, but this trick can only be used once."
"What about the Avengers? Have they been notified?"
"Sir, I sent them the files on Mutants and the Tree of Knowledge early this morning.
Besides that, I told them about Aaron's prophecy and the records on the Stone Tablet." Coulson's expression grew a little troubled. "Banner and Thrór didn't seem to care much. They apparently already knew Mutants existed.
But Thrór said he wouldn't interfere. As an Asgardian god, it wasn't convenient for him to participate in humanity's internal conflict, and as Asgard's heir, his identity was too sensitive.
Banner said he didn't want to wade into this mess. Since the prophecy had already shown Apocalypse's ending, he believed it made no difference whether he went or not.
Besides, Hulk seemed to be in a temper lately. He couldn't enter a combat state for the time being, or the situation might become even worse."
"Motherfucker!" Nick Fury cursed again. "When it matters most, these fucking superheroes are completely useless."
"They aren't active agents, after all. They have the right to refuse orders," Coulson reminded him with an awkward laugh.
"What about Steve and Stark? What did they say?"
"The Captain was surprised, but he said he was willing to accept orders.
As for Stark, after reading the files, he cursed