Laying the Trap

The personality shaped by the Supergiant in Hawkeye's brain is her Guardian. Although it is mixed with Hawkeye's own memories, emotions and experiences, its purpose in life is to dedicate itself to the Supergiant.

Even knowing he was no match for the enemy before him, Hawkeye still fired that fatal arrow.

"You dare to show off your meager skills before an expert!"

The Hell Ambassador sprayed out two streams of acid, which hit Hawkeye's arrows with special arrowheads right in the middle. The powerful corrosiveness of the acid turned the entire arrow into foam almost instantly.

Unfortunately, Hell Ambassador was holding Supergiant hostage. One stream of acid blocked the arrow, while another stream of acid sprayed directly onto Supergiant's body. The white hooded cape did not even provide basic protection and was completely corroded by the acid.

"Ah!"

The burning acid caused the Supergiant to scream in agony, and the Hell Ambassador released her, letting her roll on the ground.

This led people to discover that the areas previously concealed by the hooded cape on the Supergiant's body were actually filled with mechanical structures. These sophisticated instruments, whose purpose was unknown, extended directly from the Supergiant's body, running from the back of his head to his entire back.

I always thought the Supergiant wore a metallic bodysuit, but actually it was just her skin.

"Emotion is like a second-in-command in StarCraft, and also a Biochemical cyborg."

The acid was highly corrosive, Supergiant went silent in less than half a minute.

Just a minute ago she was a living, breathing person, and now all that remains are fragments of her hooded cape that had separated from her body before being corroded, and all sorts of strange metallic objects—the acid had not completely corroded the Supergiant's body into foam, and the mechanical constructs used to modify her body were made of alien alloys, and although the internal precision parts were corroded and damaged, some remains were still left.

Without a source of spiritual energy, the personality that had been created vanished instantly, and Hawkeye, a veteran of the Avengers, rejoined the team.

On the distant edge of space, Supergiant ripped the device from his brain and said to another being not far away, "Command your army to launch an attack."

"Supergiant, your clone has been defeated?" Thanos asked, seated on his Thanos.

"I'm sorry, Father, life on Earth is too strange!" The Supergiant knelt down in Thanos's direction. "Many of them are immune to my mind control and the power of the Mind Stone. Although their basic technology is not strong, a very few individuals possess knowledge that is no less than yours."

Supergiant did not hide her dereliction of duty. Thanos, who had long coveted Earth, was hesitant to take real action, and of course, he had his reasons. Therefore, her failure would not be punished like Nebula's. Moreover, before setting off, Thanos had specifically asked her to create a clone puppet that could exert one-tenth of her power, and remotely control it to move around on Earth.

The Mind Scepter is the central hub.

As a cosmic-level investigator, she recounted everything she had observed in detail, such as S.H.I.E.L.D.., the Avengers, and the political landscape of Earth divided into hundreds of countries. Of course, she focused on Wei Xiuming.

"How's the thing I asked you to do going?"

After hearing the information from the Supergiant, Thanos inquired about it.

"The Mind Scepter has fallen into the hands of Earthlings, and I have planted a seed in someone's heart. We just need to wait for it to take root and sprout, and it will naturally clear away the obstacles for us," Supergiant responded.

"Very well, the next attack on Earth will be personally led by me." Thanos revealed a cruel smile. He was one of the top sages in this universe, and of course he wouldn't devise such a simple tactic.

Fortresses are always breached from within. Once the seed planted by the Supergiant takes root and grows strong, Earth will crumble without a fight.

Thanos even saw Loki tampering with his own memories, but he didn't expose him, allowing the God of Lies to be deceived by his own lies.

The other bowed in Thanos's direction and said, "Your Excellency Thanos, is our army...?"

Although the Chitauri soldiers are mass-produced cyborgs, and the Chitauri are a few on the mothership, manufacturing soldiers still requires money to purchase materials, and the energy to drive the machines also costs money.

You don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household. This Chitauri leader is just a piece of cake—all show and no substance. His own resources can't withstand this kind of turmoil. Now that Thanos has achieved his strategic goal, shouldn't he save some troops?

"No, you need to continue fighting, and you must lose to the Earthlings." Thanos rejected the other's suggestion.

What can boost a person's confidence is defeating a powerful enemy, but excessive confidence becomes arrogance and conceit.

Weaknesses, however, tend to surface when one is at their most arrogant.

Earth, the rooftop of Stark Tower.

Iron Man and Thor flew over here, and seeing the scene before them, they were a little confused.

Bruce Banner in his Doc Green form held down Dr. Selvig, discussing with Captain America what angle and force to use to knock the doctor unconscious without any aftereffects—according to Kent Clark, giving a heavy blow to the head of a mind-controlled person would reset their consciousness and break them out of mind control.

Natasha supported Hawkeye as the two whispered to each other. Tony Stark filtered out the background noise and amplified it, discovering they were using some kind of code. Although he could give J.A.R.V.I.S. some time to decipher it and figure out what they were saying, the agents were most likely exchanging intelligence, and he didn't have the time to know those things right now.

Thor couldn't see anyone or anything else except his adorable little brother. He grabbed Loki by the collar and pulled him close to his face, so close that a single touch would make them kiss.

"Loki, tell me, why are you getting involved with her?" Thor snapped.

Loki, with a fawning smile, explained to his brother—in short, the person he wasn't before was being controlled by the female alien Supergiant who had been corroded to nothing by acid, and all the bad things were done under her control, not his own intention.

Just like suffering from an acute, transient, sudden mental disorder, according to Earth's laws, one should be punished leniently.

You can consult Mr. Hawkeye Clint over there; as one of the victims, he also has the right to speak on this matter.

Seeing that the topic had turned to him, Hawkeye confirmed, "He's right. Supergiant used her abilities to create a personality in my consciousness, and control of my body was taken over by the dominant second personality."

"It's the power of that scepter, the power to corrupt people's hearts."