The Collector weighed the Eye of Agamotto in his hand and said, "I've wanted this thing for a long time. But as far as I know, this treasure had always been in the hands of the Sorcerer Supreme, a woman named Ancient One. Haha, even Odin—that guy with an eye growing on the top of his head—held her in high regard. She was someone you couldn't afford to provoke. And now, she's even more untouchable... I heard that she joined forces with someone else and beat Dormammu into a fleeing cur. Then she became the new Dark Lord... Wait! That 'someone else' wouldn't happen to be you, would it?"
"Mm-hm. If the Sorcerer Supreme you mean is that ridiculously powerful bald woman, then I'm the other person you mentioned."
Hayato neither denied it nor acted modestly.
Why should he be modest?
As the ancients said: modesty was a virtue, but it depended on the occasion.
When you needed to show off your muscles, modesty would be mistaken for weakness instead, making complications more likely.
Most of the time, powerful people found it easier to make others listen.
Because their fists were bigger.
If you refused to listen, they would smash your dog head in.
That was all there was to it.
So, modesty was best reserved for people who knew each other well, or for showing before one's elders.
After Hayato said that, he saw the Collector's mouth twitch.
"Bald woman..."
The Collector seemed to have recalled a memory he was unwilling to revisit. Most likely, it was a scene of Ancient One kicking his ass and teaching him a lesson. Given the Collector's obsession with the Eye of Agamotto, he must have tried to obtain it before.
A trade?
Ancient One would never trade away the Eye of Agamotto.