Rallying Together

"An unusual solar storm is expected to form this week. However, there's no need for everyone to worry. It won't have much impact on ordinary people..."

Looking at the news report on his phone, Nick Fury's expression was rather grave.

He then turned to Dr. Erik, who was studying the Tesseract.

"Doctor, you're an expert in astronomy. Do you know of any good ways to observe the edge of the solar system?"

"That depends on how you define the edge of the solar system—whether narrowly or broadly. But it's only a solar storm. What's the big deal?"

Dr. Erik had been so absorbed in studying the Tesseract lately that he was practically obsessed. It was a truly limitless energy source, and he had even used it to create some remarkable little gadgets.

Nick Fury had come to trust Dr. Erik quite a bit by now, and he needed his help, so all he could do was sigh helplessly.

"I want to see whether an alien fleet has entered the solar system..."

Dr. Erik responded with a look that said he thought Fury was an idiot.

Why, Your Excellency, do you say things that make people laugh?

But Dr. Erik soon thought of the Asgardians and frowned.

"The Asgardians come through the Bifrost. Did they discover something? But this solar storm means we've temporarily lost contact with them, doesn't it?"

Dr. Erik was quite curious about the Asgardians. After all, they had been the first humans Thor met after he'd fallen into trouble.

There was now an Asgardian representative stationed on Earth, but they still needed to rely on their own treasures to communicate over long distances.

After Heimdall lost his eyes, Asgard's ability to observe the Nine Realms had declined noticeably, at least until his son grew up.

That meant