War Status
After the Supergiant and the others teleported away, the space inside the underground base began to shift and change, and a figure wearing a yellow monk's robe emerged.
The identity of the newcomer was self-evident; her bright bald head testified to her identity—it was none other than the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One.
After Loki activated the Tesseract and descended to Earth, the Master Gu Yi arrived here. However, due to the interference of the Space Stone within the Tesseract, she could only stand in the Mirror Dimension and observe everything happening in the real world, unable to take that step. She didn't know the extent to which the Tesseract would interfere with her magic the moment she left the Mirror Dimension, or whether she would be directly teleported to the presence of some Hell Lord.
However, even just standing there, the Master Gu Yi played a significant role. It was because of her presence that the Supergiant dared not act recklessly. Not to mention, a single mental storm would have forced everyone except Nick Fury's Substitute Robot and Joseph Harlow, who was wearing the Dream Weaver One.
However, this also shows that Supergiant truly lives up to her title as a cosmic-level scout, being able to detect the existence of the Master Gu Yi, a powerful being, even from half a space away. Although this makes her feel constrained in combat, it is the most cautious and reliable way to fight.
"Humans have developed the ability to protect themselves and no longer need mages."
After assessing S.H.I.E.L.D..'s combat capabilities, the Master Gu Yi felt she no longer needed to act as a nanny protecting ordinary humans. She raised her hand, opened a portal, and returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York... The sorcerer in charge of the Sanctum Daniel Drum, had purchased a batch of excellent meat, making a BBQ a great option.
Meanwhile, news of the damaged Substitute Robot reached the real Nick Fury. He immediately shaved his beard, hesitated for a moment, then shaved off his thick curly hair, and even waxed and polished his long-unused scalp. He then put on his signature black leather coat, temporarily shedding his Deathstroke persona and stepping back into the spotlight.
First, he will face accountability from the World Security Council. The Tesseract is a powerful weapon; although a lot of money has been spent on its development without much success, it cannot be lost. Now that it has been lost in Nick Fury's hands, who else but him will be criticized?
Watching a group of politicians chatter idly, Nick Fury had no patience to get entangled with them any longer. Although the data left by Coulson from the parallel universe was highly inaccurate, it was still very instructive in terms of general direction.
Although Loki was accompanied by a female alien who hasn't appeared in the records, it's easy to imagine that Thanos's massive army will be coming to Earth. Rather than wasting time on wrangling, it's better to prepare for war early to avoid being caught off guard.
The Avengers need to assemble.
Dr. Banner is conducting research at one of S.H.I.E.L.D..'s subordinate bases, where Natasha is the director; Captain America is at another base, where a custom-built driver is still being tested, while he himself is practicing boxing in the base's gym; Iron Man Tony Stark was previously beaten up by Whiplash, and although the outcome was a draw, Young Master Stark was spurred on and is currently at home upgrading his Iron Man suit.
Thor is still in Asgard, but given his brother-obsessed nature, he'll definitely be eager to come to Earth after learning about Loki.
Who else is coming up?
Nick Fury temporarily set aside the name on the Avengers Initiative he had subconsciously forgotten, and said, "Our enemy is no longer Earthlings, but aliens from across space. Before criticizing my mistakes, the first problem to solve is them. Perhaps right now, an alien space fleet is arrayed in space, just waiting for a signal to invade Earth."
This short sentence silenced the members of the World Security Council. Although they usually had reservations about Black Eggplant's constant increases in budget and activity funds, and feared that he controlled the world's largest intelligence organization and was becoming too powerful, they had specially sent Agent Maria Agent Hill to infiltrate his side and monitor his behavior.
But the World Security Council really hadn't considered replacing Nick Fury, because he was just too outstanding. No one was more suitable to be the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. than him, not even the former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alexander Pierce.
Their usual nagging and teasing of Nick Fury was just a routine, a way to make their presence known.
Immediately after Nick Fury finished speaking, council members expressed their agreement with Black Eggplant's position, adding that problems should be divided into primary and secondary contradictions, and that the primary issue now was the potential alien invasion, while Black Eggplant's dereliction of duty could be temporarily set aside.
Then the entire World Security Council approved Nick Fury's application, declared a state of war, and granted Nick Fury certain privileges... such as the nuclear codes in S.H.I.E.L.D..'s arsenal.
After ending his wrangling with the World Security Council, Nick Fury announced the mobilization of all of S.H.I.E.L.D..'s resources, as well as the portion temporarily authorized to him by the World Security Council, to begin a global search for the Tesseract. Of course, the most important resources were Loki and the abducted Dr. Selvig... As for that female alien, sorry, Earth's facial recognition system probably wouldn't be able to recognize her face.
Then Nick Fury called Natasha Black Widow, and asked her to bring Bruce Banner closer as soon as possible. The energy released by the Tesseract is gamma rays, Dr. Banner is an expert in gamma research, so it's perfect to entrust the task of searching for the Tesseract to him.
Finally, he activated the Shielding Device and made a call to Wei Xiuming, "Things have gone wrong, the Tesseract has been stolen."
Wei Xiuming was extremely surprised, because this phone number was used by the Substitute Robot version of Black Eggplant, but the person calling him now was the real Nick Fury. What could possibly make the one-eyed bald man abandon his disguise and step onto the stage? "Who is it?"
"A blue-skinned female alien, and a man known as Loki," Nick Fury said. "The female alien should have mind control and memory-reading abilities, and she manipulated Agent Clint to destroy my Substitute Robot, but there should be certain limitations to her abilities."
"Where are you right now? I'll be there right away. We can talk about it when we meet," Wei Xiuming replied.
"Remember to bring Captain America. The Avengers need to assemble, and he's an indispensable core member."