Seemingly More Fond of Villains

This attempt at probing still counted as a failure, but it was not without gains. Shen Mo had already formed a certain conjecture.

He looked at the two protagonists before him again.

"I can't see the qualities I favor in you," Shen Mo finally said to Steve. "But you still possess a rare trait, as long as you're willing to change."

With those final words, he turned around and slowly walked toward the crowd. Coulson wanted to chase after him, but found that the other man was growing farther away like a figure in the mist.

In the end, all they could do was look at each other.

"Would you say my mission this time was a success?" Steve asked.

"Perhaps. But the director definitely won't be happy." Coulson could barely manage a smile this time.

Thinking back on what had just happened, it all felt like a dream.

He never would have imagined it.

That he would actually get to see God one day.

The real God!

He and Steve returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. and gave Director Fury a detailed account of everything they had seen.

Fury remained silent for a long time.

"Do you know?" he said calmly. "An hour and a half ago, all of our satellites malfunctioned for ten minutes and fifty-four seconds. More precisely, their time records came into conflict with the time recorded on Earth for that long."

"You mean..." Coulson drew a deep breath.

"That's right. Time across the entire Earth stopped. It stopped in the truest sense of the word, including the planet's rotation. According to the images taken from outer space, even the clouds and air currents stopped changing during those ten minutes and fifty-four seconds. Do you know what that means?" Fury did not wait for Coulson to answer and continued