It proved that Dr. Banner's search program was indeed very effective.
Very quickly, everyone learned the Tesseract's whereabouts. Just like the location Loki had chosen in the original story, it was Stark Tower in New York.
The problem was that the Helicarrier was simply too slow. There was nothing they could do about that; after suffering an attack, its engines were several notches weaker than before. The fact that it could still fly at all was already impressive.
After discussing it, the impatient Avengers team immediately boarded a small aircraft and flew toward New York ahead of time.
Of course, there was someone even more anxious.
That was the owner of Stark Tower, Tony Stark.
He did not even want to take the small aircraft. He simply put on his armor and flew straight toward New York.
But Nebula was not like that flamboyant bastard Loki. At this point in time, she was the sort of person who would stop at nothing to complete her mission.
After Stark returned to the tower, he had been talking to Dr. Selvig, intending to stop the wormhole from opening in advance. But Nebula did not waste a word before circling behind him and slashing with her blade. Fortunately, Stark had eaten a Golden Apple, and his physical abilities had improved tremendously, allowing him to barely evade the lethal strike.
Just as Stark was fighting Nebula, a blue beam suddenly shot into the sky.
Deep-blue energy spread slowly through the air like ink in water, followed by a gigantic hole reflecting Cosmic Space that began rapidly expanding.
Countless armored Chitauri people rode flying vehicles and poured out in a frenzy.
Stark immediately charged forward. Repulsor blasts and shoulder missiles fired in rapid succession, destroying several flying vehicles, but it was utterly futile. Even more