After arresting the intruder, Dr. Banner continued studying the hammer. He was intensely interested in the strange phenomenon it had unleashed.
Although Coulson personally handled the interrogation, Oaks was the chief interrogator.
After all, that was the fundamental reason Nick Fury had insisted on bringing him in.
Before entering the interrogation room, however, Oaks spoke with Coulson.
"If not for your assessment, Consultant Oaks, I would instinctively have taken him for a mercenary—
I just had no way of determining where exactly he received his training."
Coulson did not look too pleased. After all, this man who had "looked like an ordinary person" had taken down every one of his subordinates.
"After he shouted 'Why,' he has not said a single word... It is as if he has become a completely different person, as though all the spirit has been drained out of him."
Oaks glanced at the blond man sitting blankly in the interrogation room. He still wore such a numb expression that it was almost helplessly frustrating.
"If what he said was indeed English, then we can draw one conclusion—
He is utterly shocked that he cannot lift that hammer. In other words, he is currently... in a state of 'misfortune.'"
Coulson nodded slightly. Though the consultant's question had nearly made him lose his composure just now, the man's reasoning did make a great deal of sense.
"Then what do you suggest, Consultant?
That storm was far too unusual, and judging by the disturbance caused by that hammer...
Perhaps we should hope he never lifts it."
"He is probably not alone."
Oaks's words changed Coulson's expression.
"What?!"
"You do not think a hammer with that kind of power is merely a tool, do you?"
Oaks looked at the thoughtful Coulson and emphasized one point.
"A hammer... besides being