When the public heard what the Eternals intended, they naturally erupted in curses. Those damned Eternals—what did they take humanity for, pigs and sheep to be farmed?
"Superheroes, you have to defeat these damned aliens!"
People prayed silently, missing Ghost Rider more than ever. Unfortunately, they had heard he was helping the Mechanical Demon King fight a war in Hell.
Well, an angel helping a demon king fight a war. Perfectly reasonable.
"For Thanos! Kill them!"
Ebony Maw wasted no time and immediately led his army into battle. The agents gritted their teeth and piloted their pitifully few Quinjets out to intercept them.
"Outriders?"
Just then, Captain Marvel arrived. Seeing how bad the situation was, she immediately charged toward the Outrider army, blazing with brilliant light.
Meanwhile, at Defense Bureau headquarters, Carter used quantum communication technology to control Fallen, sending him charging after Captain Marvel toward the enemy.
"Director Carter, why did you bring Fallen here? The Mind Stone on his forehead is what Thanos is after!"
Spotting Fallen, Tony hurriedly called out. Carter said, "We can't worry about that right now. Relax, I've already hidden the Space Stone. I even deliberately erased that memory. Now nobody knows where it is.
"Once this is over, we can slowly track it down through the clues. As long as the six Gems aren't brought together, Thanos can't perform the snap."
Tony breathed a sigh of relief. Just then, a woman's loud laughter rang out over the comms.
"Huh?"
Tony and Carter were stunned. Then the woman said, "Hahaha, sorry! I really shouldn't have spoken. I should have kept quietly listening in on your communications, but what you said was so funny I couldn't help myself.
"Defense Bureau, superheroes—the Space Stone and Mind Stone you have are both fakes the Mechanical Demon King