After Lin Hai finished trying, it was the turn of Peter, the temporary photographer.
He looked at the motionless hammer with a complicated expression on his face. "I think... I shouldn't be able to lift it, right?"
He looked at Lin Hai, trying to find some comfort, "My power is not comparable to yours, and you can't even mention it. And my name is Peter Parker, not Arthur Pendragon. Is it normal that I can't mention this 'Hammer in the Stone'?"
Although he said he couldn't lift it, Peter still walked towards the hammer. Being unable to lift the hammer didn't stop him from posing for a photo. He still had to go back and get the photo to share the story with Mary Jane.
Lin Hai took the camera from Peter and began to find an angle. He took a few steps back, squatted down, adjusted the focus of the lens, and framed the hammer and Peter in the viewfinder.
"Stop talking so much nonsense." Lin Hai said, "Hurry up and hold the hammer handle with your hand, I'm ready to take pictures."
Peter said "Oh" and stood next to the hammer. He first posed casually - with his left hand on his waist, his right hand holding the hammer handle, his head slightly turned to Lin Hai, making a very deep and serious expression.
Lin Hai looked at the shape in the viewfinder and twitched the corner of his mouth. "Change it, this one is too artificial."
Peter curled his lips, but still changed his posture. This time he held the handle of the hammer with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and made an effort, with a frown on his face.
Lin Hai looked at it again and felt that this was okay. "That's it, I'm ready to take pictures."
Peter shouted, "Make me look more handsome!"
Lin Hai rolled his eyes. "I know, I know, you should pay more attention."
Peter stopped talking nonsense. He held the handle of the hammer with both hands and began to use the method taught by Lin Hai of sinking Qi into Dantian, integrating waist and horse, and condensing all the strength of the whole body into the arms.
Then, lift it up with force.
Something unexpected happened. The hammer that could not even be lifted by Lin Hai actually... moved when he lifted it!
It really moved, the hammer body shook slightly, Hammerhead trembled in the cracks in the stone, and made a slight "creak" sound.
Peter didn't expect this result at all, so he slipped his hands--
"Plop!"
The whole person was lying on his back and fell firmly to the ground.
There was silence all around.
Coulson stood there with his eyes wide open; Harry opened his mouth as if he had seen a ghost; Gwen also stayed where he was.
Only Lin Hai's expression was relatively calm. He remembered that in multiple parallel universes or special events of Marvel Comics, Peter Parker had been proven to be able to lift Mjolnir. In some non-mainline stories or covers, there were also pictures of Spider-Man holding Mjolnir.
It's just that the things those Spider-Mans have experienced are much richer than what they see in front of them. The justice, compassion and tenacity in their hearts are far greater than those of Peters in this world. The will to always insist on doing the right thing in the face of adversity is the most moving embodiment of "qualifications".
Although his friend Peter still has a considerable degree of justice and compassion in his heart, due to his intervention, his will and tenacity to always insist on doing the right thing in the face of adversity are far behind.
But it doesn't matter. Compared with those Peter who are as miserable as the lone star of evil, this Peter who was trained by himself is better. I believe that Peter himself has a choice between "being able to lift Mjolnir" or "maintaining his current living status".
No one came to help Peter, who fell to the ground. Everyone was looking at him with the look of "what did you just do?"
Peter jumped up from the ground without even patting the dirt on his body, and said like a gun, "Did you see it? Did you see it? Did you see it? The hammer moved! I can lift it!"
"Could it be that my name is actually Peter Pendragon? Well, using a hammer as a weapon is also a good choice. I hope it works well."
Lin Hai looked at his arrogant look and couldn't help but interrupt, "Okay, dear Peter Pendragon. You haven't completely lifted the hammer yet. It's too late to change your last name after you lift it up."
"And are you sure Uncle Ben and Aunt May agree with you changing your last name?"
Peter's excitement was half extinguished by these words. He imagined Aunt May's reaction when he heard that he wanted to change his surname - tears, and the aggrieved expression of "We raised you so big and you actually want to change your surname."
He shuddered.
"Uh..." Peter scratched his head, "Forget it, I feel like Aunt May's tears will drown me."
He walked back to the hammer and wanted to take advantage of the previous strength to lift the hammer. He held the hammer handle with both hands, took a deep breath, and lifted it hard - the hammer did not move at all.
"Huh?" Peter made a confused voice, and the expression on his face changed from excitement to confusion.
He tried again in disbelief, but it still didn't move. The hammer seemed determined to fight against him. No matter how hard he tried, it remained motionless, as if the shaking just now was just an illusion.
Lin Hai waved to him. "Peter, that's it. Come over here. I have a rough guess."
Hearing what Lin Hai said, Peter jumped back to Lin Hai. Gwen, Harry, and Coulson also gathered around, and four pairs of eyes looked at Lin Hai.
Lin Hai glanced at them and began to express his analysis. "Obviously, this hammer cannot be picked up by strong strength."
"Peter's current power ranks among the best in the world. What's more, with the blessing of Life Force, my strength is greater than Peter. It makes no sense that Peter can make the hammer shake, but I can't."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Lin Hai continued, "So it is certain that this hammer cannot be lifted simply by sheer strength."
"Since it doesn't make sense on the physical level, let's talk about magic. Speaking of magic, although Peter's power comes from the mysterious side, he himself does not know any magic.
Gwen and I both know magic, but neither of us can lift it, so we can rule out the possibility that only people with magic can pick it up. Then I speculate that it may be..."
Looking at the four people around him who were waiting for his next words with wide eyes, Lin Hai did not tempt anyone, and directly stated his "speculation": "Mind Stone, or quality."
"This hammer must have been locked by a very powerful person and some restrictions have been placed on it."
"For example, 'Only people named Peter can lift'; or 'Only people named Parker can lift'; or 'Only people related to spiders can lift' and so on."
He looked at Peter: "So there must be some quality in Peter that meets the conditions of this hammer to a certain extent, but not completely. That's why even though he shook the hammer for the first time, he couldn't do it again."
Peter After listening, he lowered his head and looked at his hands, then at the hammer, thoughtfully. "So... do I qualify?"
Lin Hai spread his hands. "Now I have to ask the person who locked the hammer."
Meanwhile, Jane Foster's residence.
Thor, who had just arrived at Jane Foster's home and was changing clothes in the bathroom, felt empty again. That strange feeling came to his heart again, and this time the feeling was even more intense than before.
Thor stood there, holding his hands on the wall, frowning, and looking out the window in the direction where Mjolnir was.
"Damn! It feels like this again!"
He clenched his fists, but loosened them weakly.
"After losing my power, I can't do anything."
He looked at his still handsome but tired and confused face in the mirror and murmured to himself, "Father, what is the purpose of doing all this?"