Captain looked thoughtful, and no one in the conference room disturbed him. Soon, he nodded. "If you really can recruit a few helpers, Doctor, I would certainly welcome them. Is there anything we need to prepare? I can have someone make the arrangements in advance."
At Captain's question, a smile immediately curled Doctor Doom's lips. He had known Captain would agree. After all, Captain had few options left.
"There's not much to prepare. Just get a few more sets of the sacrifices you prepared to summon me last time."
"A few sets!"
Captain exclaimed in shock.
He knew that Nick had prepared a full 1,868 people to summon Doctor Doom from Hell.
In other words, each set of sacrifices required nearly two thousand people. A few sets would all but empty the United States' prisons of serious offenders.
"Can't we use another method? Isn't there some less bloody way?"
Captain found it hard to accept.
At that moment, his sense of justice began troubling him again.
Doctor Doom shrugged indifferently. "You can choose to give up, as long as you can find another way."
Those words left Captain speechless.
If he had another way, he would have used it long ago rather than waiting until now.
Helpless, he could only compromise. "All right, I'll find a way. When can we start?"
"Whenever you have the sacrifices ready."
Doctor Doom smiled as he spoke.
Sitting across from him, Hela gave him a long, searching look.
There were certain things she wasn't sure Captain had noticed. Tony was a fierce tiger, but wasn't Doctor Doom a ravenous wolf?
They were using a wolf to drive off a tiger. Even if the plan succeeded, what would they do with the wolf once the tiger was gone?
By then, S.H.I.E.L.D. might even have to