"Come on, Banner. You can't even use Hulk's strength right now."
Tony Stark shook his head, then said, "I made the gauntlet. Maybe I can consume the nanometal to counter the erosion from the Stones' energy."
"That's impossible."
After Tony finished, Thor shook his head. "According to Asgard's records, the Infinity Gauntlet's power acts on its user. Besides, mortal metal cannot possibly withstand the power of six Infinity Stones. Their fundamental natures are far too different."
"All right, stop shaking your heads." Josen raised a hand to cut them off and said matter-of-factly, "As the strongest Avenger here..."
Thor: "..."
Before Josen could finish, Thor was already struggling to keep his composure, looking as though he wanted to speak, stopped himself, then wanted to speak again.
Josen shot him a sidelong look: What, got a problem with that?
Thor (casually looking away): Nothing. My mouth's just a little dry...
Josen propped one hand against the compound's outer wall. At some point, a lit cigar had appeared between his fingers, its gold-foil cursive lettering reading: "Exclusively supplied to Stark Industries." With world-weary eyes, he gazed through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the natural scenery beneath the clear blue sky and murmured, "I wonder if I can take it."
The heroes: "..."
Somehow, the otherworldly Superman's profile seemed especially towering and imposing at that moment, yet inexplicably, they also saw the faint shadow of a sleazy figure in a shit-yellow monk's robe in him.
Second Senior Brother Tin Kai: "Call me handsome, you bastard!"
In the end, with the Captain's support, the Infinity Gauntlet was handed over to Josen.
To guard against accidents, the compound's defenses were fully activated, and all the heroes readied themselves for battle.
Iron Man, for instance-Tony raised his newly developed energy shield as though facing a formidable enemy,