"Oh my god!"
Upon hearing that Ikaris and Ajak were being attacked by the Deviants, Sprite's face turned deathly pale with fright.
"Could it be... that Ikaris has already... already..."
Her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
The glistening tears slid down like tiny pearls.
Strucker then added leisurely, "You're crying too soon, Ms. Sprite. Although Mr. Ikaris was seriously injured, our people arrived in time to rescue him from the Deviants!"
Sprite's sobs suddenly stopped.
She blinked twice, hurriedly wiped away her tears, and then glared fiercely at Strucker.
"Why... why didn't you say so sooner!"
Strucker shrugged with a wry smile, "I didn't expect your tears to fall so quickly either."
"Hmph~" Sprite snorted coldly and angrily turned her face away.
A smile flickered across Strucker's face as he continued, half-truthfully, "Ms. Sprite, we barely managed to save Mr. Ikaris, but the other Ms. Ajak... sigh..."
Sprite's face paled, and she hurriedly peeked through the small window, asking, "How is Ajak?!"
Strucker looked disappointed.
"Ms. Ajak didn't seem to be very good at fighting; she was already on the verge of death when our men arrived."
"Oh my god!" Sprite's eyes reddened, and she started plucking pearls again.
" Ajak... how could this be... how is this possible..."
"No wonder... no wonder no one informed us about the Emergence. Ajak, the only one who could communicate Mind Stone with the Celestials, has sacrificed himself. Who else could have informed us?"
As she shed tears, Strucker unexpectedly received another piece of news.
Of the Decad Eternals, only the deceased Ajak possessed the ability to contact the Celestials, meaning the remaining nine Eternals on Earth are currently out of contact with the Celestials...
At this moment, he remembered the information he had just received from Ikaris, his eyes darted around, and he said:
"Ms. Sprite, Ms. Ajak entrusted us with the task before she died: to help the Eternals stop the Emergence."
"Unfortunately, Lady Ajak's injuries were too severe; she passed away before she could tell us how to stop the Emergence."
"Therefore, I have no choice but to come here to ask you."
Sprite wiped away her tears, choking back sobs, "Ah... Ajak still chose to help humanity, sob~"
Strucker quickly added, "Mr. Ikaris made the same request to us before he fell into a coma."
"Waaah~ Ikaris... Has Ikaris changed his attitude?!" Sprite said, choking back tears, sounding incredulous.
Strucker's heart tightened, and he opened his mouth to try and cover up the mistake.
To everyone's surprise, Sprite directly and logically muttered to herself, "That's good too. Ajak's goal of having us disperse and infiltrate human society to experience human life has finally been achieved."
With that, she suddenly wiped away her tears, her small face serious, and said, "Since Ajak and Ikaris have both agreed, I will tell you how to stop the Emergence!"
Strucker was overjoyed and listened intently, holding his breath.
But after opening her mouth, Sprite suddenly closed it.
Strucker:???
He looked at the other person with a puzzled expression.
Sprite's face flushed red. She lowered her head, fidgeting with her fingers, and said shyly in a low voice, "I'm... I'm sorry, I don't think I know how to stop the Emergence either."
Strucker:...
His face gradually darkened; clearly, he was quite angry at Sprite's inappropriate words.
"Are you... are you kidding me?!"
He persisted, asking relentlessly.
At this moment, Sprite's ears turned red.
She quickly shook her head and explained, "When we came to Earth, the Celestials didn't tell us how to stop the gods!"
Fearing Strucker wouldn't believe her, she hurriedly raised her hand and said, "I... I swear! I didn't lie to you!"
Strucker's breathing began to become heavy.
"Huff~ Huff~"
The surging anger within him almost made it impossible for him to maintain his smile.
Strucker gritted his teeth and forced out a slightly trembling, 'gentle' voice to comfort her, 'It's... it's okay~ I believe you didn't mean it.'
Just then, Sprite suddenly said, "Oh, right! When we were chatting before, Ajak mentioned stopping the Emergence. Phastos, the smartest one among us, came up with two methods..."
Strucker's spirits lifted, and he asked repeatedly, "What method?!"
Sprite hesitated, "But I'm not sure if it will work..."
Strucker said resolutely, "Whether it succeeds or not, we have to try!"
"Okay~" Sprite wrinkled her little face, trying hard to recall what Phastos had said.
" Phastos's first proposed method was to use Ajak's Mind Stone abilities to communicate with the Celestials at the Earth's core, and persuade Him to prevent the Emergence."
Strucker's face darkened slightly, and he immediately rejected this method.
Kamar-Taj has a way to contact the god Tiamut, but the problem is that Tiamut is in a deep slumber and cannot be awakened at all.
"What's the second method?"
Sprite scratched his head, his eyes rolling upwards as he pondered deeply.
The second method is... is...
Strucker glanced at his Comm Watch, forcibly suppressing his anxiety, and said gently, "Take your time, I'm not in a hurry."
"Ugh, this is so annoying!" Sprite's face fell, and she grumbled unhappily, "The second method seems so complicated and troublesome..."
Strucker could only reassure her, "No matter how complicated or troublesome it is, the Red Order will fully cooperate!"
Sprite curled her lip, clearly looking down on the supernatural forces on Earth.
"The second method involves the woman Sersi, who is central to the operation."
Mentioning her rival, ' Sersi,' a clear look of disgust appeared on her small face.
" Sersi possesses the ability to manipulate matter, and can transform any object into other forms."
" Phastos's second plan was to use her ability to manipulate matter to transform the Celestials ' body tissues into a rock-like form, thus delaying their full manifestation."
Strucker asked calmly, "Is it just Ms. Sersi?"
Sprite rolled her eyes at him and said, "How could that be!"
"With Sersi's meager abilities, even if she worked herself to death, she couldn't petrify a single fingernail of the god Tiamut."
"To stop the Emergence from appearing through this method, there is one prerequisite—the combined will of the entire Eternals!"