"Dr. Erik, I just want to rule the universe."
The low, raspy voice echoed through the cramped underground chamber. Torchlight fell across Yang Bo's profile, giving him a sinister air. Combined with the slight upward curl of his lips, he looked every bit like a movie's secondary villain.
"I hope you'll help me open the Portal so I can summon my army and conquer this world. Anyone who refuses to submit to me will be crushed by my forces."
He stood up, leaned close to Erik, and said with utter seriousness, "Dr. Erik, as the saying goes, a wise man knows which way the wind blows."
"Just open the Portal for me, and you'll be one of my founding ministers. I could even give you the Solar System to govern..."
After hearing Yang Bo's speech, Erik wore an expression that said, You've got to be fucking kidding me. He couldn't help studying Yang Bo closely. He was an utterly ordinary young Chinese man, with nothing remarkable about him aside from his rather bright eyes.
There were so many ridiculous things in Yang Bo's speech that Dr. Erik didn't know where to begin.
Kaecilius felt a little embarrassed. He suspected that, after arriving in this world, Yang Bo had decided nobody here knew him and had completely let himself go.
"Ahem, boss, getting home should be our priority."
Yang Bo, who had been teasing Erik, paused at Kaecilius's words, then smiled. The atmosphere in the chamber immediately eased as he said, "All right. I was just bored!"
"The moment we start using the Tesseract, both the Chitauri and S.H.I.E.L.D. will turn their attention our way. I'm just relaxing a little before the big battle."
He hadn't forgotten that Loki had still teleported over after S.H.I.E.L.D. cut off the energy activating the