A Lifetime of Deeds...
"However, Doctor, since Dr. Clark designed this device, S.H.I.E.L.D.. should know that we need Iridium."
Hawkeye Clint's self-awareness was struggling frantically. Supergiant had actually used her mental power to read his memories and thought processes, and reconstructed a personality within him. Apart from occasionally acting as Supergiant's mouthpiece, this personality controlled his body the rest of the time.
Unlike Dr. Dr. Selvig, whose self-awareness was distorted by Loki's Mind Scepter and whose values were also transformed, Hawkeye had to watch helplessly as "himself" joined forces with villains, personally killed Nick Fury (his double), and used his knowledge and experience to advise them. This inner conflict tormented him.
And this was the Supergiant's punishment for him.
"With jet fighters available, would you still choose outdated biplane propellers? The solution we've adopted is a design that Dr. Clark abandoned, a concept from his transitional phase. He certainly wouldn't have imagined we'd use it."
From a scientist's perspective, Dr. Selvig made his judgment.
On the Helicarrier, as if to confirm Wei Xiuming's guess, the bald-headed, bespectacled agent Shilvert, who was sitting in front of the monitor comparing data, turned around and said, "Sir, we've located Loki."
"Where?" the Black Eggplant asked calmly.
"28 Kuningstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany." Indian-American agent Shilvert pushed up his glasses and said, "There's a charity gala going on there; many business tycoons are gathered there."
"Does he intend to manipulate those business giants to disrupt the financial order and cause the collapse of a free nation built on capital—just like Rick turned the Galactic Federation's currency to zero?"
Nick Fury ignored Wei Xiuming's joke because he didn't understand it, and directly gave the order, "Natasha, take the captain to get his new uniform, and also inform our Iron Man. Take them and set off immediately to capture Loki."
"No need, I've already arrived."
Tony Stark walked over, wiping the oil stains from repairing his Iron Man suit with a wet wipe. To make it easier to move around, he took off his suit jacket, removed his tie, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and unbuttoned a few buttons—looking like a playboy, but still very handsome.
To be honest, with his wealth, it's hard to say he wouldn't be handsome even in a white tank top, beach shorts, and flip-flops.
However, after walking up to the crowd Young Master Stark extended his hand to Captain America instead. "Captain, my father always told me about your deeds when I was a child. I'm so glad to see you in person."
Upon seeing the son of an old friend, Captain America wanted to say something polite, but recalling Howard Stark's behavior... well, better not ruin the great image of a father in his son's eyes.
After exchanging friendly greetings with Captain America, Tony Stark looked at Nick Fury and said, "Actually, this alien invasion was a mess created by your S.H.I.E.L.D.., but now you're dragging the whole world down with you."
As he spoke, Tony Stark took out his phone and projected a video recording. It showed research footage of the Tesseract, testing of energy weapons, and finally, surveillance footage of Loki and the Supergiant emerging from the portal opened by the Tesseract.
Based on the information in these videos, it seems as if Loki and the Supergiant were brought about by an experimental accident by S.H.I.E.L.D.., this is a case of malicious editing and taking things out of context.
After successfully provoking conflict, Tony Stark fell silent, handing over the spotlight to Captain America.
It was because Howard Stark frequently mentioned Captain America Steve Rogers when he was a child, constantly praising his character and conduct, that Tony Stark developed a rebellious streak—men are boys until they die, so Young Master Stark's rebellious phase has not yet passed.
Captain America opposes researching the Tesseract and weaponizing it, as it reminds him of Red Skull during World War II. The ultimate purpose of upgrading and replacing weapons is ultimately for use in internal human warfare.
Although nearly seventy years have passed and the world appears peaceful, undercurrents still surge. However, the former Red Skull and the Third Reich have vanished, replaced by the United States government and S.H.I.E.L.D..
It's easy to imagine that if Loki hadn't happened, and if energy weapons technology had matured and could be mass-produced, humanity's future would certainly not have been peaceful. The United States government would have been unable to contain its ambitions and would have launched a war against the entire world—just like Mustache did in Austria more than seventy years ago.
It is because we have experienced war that we know how precious peace is.
But they underestimated Nick Fury. He could squeeze every last drop out of the World Security Council, which is composed of five major powers. How could the United States government possibly gain any advantage from him?
Although the underground experimental base was jointly owned by NASA and S.H.I.E.L.D.., the Black Eggplant's segmented management policy kept the research progress under a high degree of secrecy, and the United States government thought they hadn't researched anything at all.
Seventy years ago, Dr. Zola of Hydra was able to successfully extract energy from the Tesseract to create a series of military machines such as Hydra's giant tanks, energy guns, and heavily armored soldiers. Logically, people seventy years later should not be inferior to their predecessors.
But Nick Fury didn't defend himself; he was a one-eyed bald man who had lived his life without needing to explain himself to others.
Oh, wrong -- Nick Fury is like a Wallfacer; while mobilizing enormous resources to complete his plans, he doesn't need to explain his actions and orders. He hides his true intentions and manages them in a segregated manner, so you can never grasp his true thoughts.
There is only one way to defeat Nick Fury: physically eliminate him.
Besides, who is Nick Fury? The King of Agents, his insight into human nature has kept him invincible. How could he fall for Tony Stark's simple instigation?
"Where did you get these videos?" Nick Fury asked, frowning.
"I casually checked out S.H.I.E.L.D..'s database while selecting parts and tools to repair the Iron Man suit, and sure enough, I found a lot of good stuff," Tony Stark said with a shrug, as if it were none of his business.
In fact, Tony Stark made a lot of preparations before successfully hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D..'s database. For example, he extracted the part that J.A.R.V.I.S. learned from Brain from the program code, deciphered it as much as possible, and then compiled a program. He then plugged USB Drive carrying the program into S.H.I.E.L.D..'s mainframe to do all of this. It was far from as easy as he made it out to be.