"New York?"
Natasha caught the nostalgia in Lucian's words, and just as he was about to continue asking, the metal bed hanging in the compartment had risen on its own.
Ajak floated to Lucian's side together with the bed.
That's almost all that needs to be said.
Sersi can be rescued, and so can Sprite.
Ajak No.
This woman has the authority to contact Celestials. As long as she wakes up, even if it is only for a few seconds, Arishem may learn about the changes that have occurred on the earth.
She must be hidden by Lucian herself.
"Wait."
Nick Fury jogged a few steps and blocked Lucian's path.
"If she can really contact the Celestials you mentioned after she wakes up, then the earth has entered the highest level of risk."
Fury raised his one eye and moved his gaze from Ajak to Lucian.
"This kind of goal should be handed over to S.H.I.E.L.D.."
"Take over?"
"We have facilities specifically designed to hold supernatural targets, with backup power supplies, independent life-support systems, round-the-clock surveillance, and multiple personnel verifications."
Fury did not return.
This is not a fight for prisoners.
At least not in his own opinion.
Ajak possesses the intelligence and communication means that can destroy the earth. The risk of handing over such a goal to a Metahuman whose identity is a mystery and whose work depends entirely on personal judgment is not much lower than handing it over to Celestials.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. will send the highest level team to escort."
Lucian's pupil matches the one eye.
This one-eyed dragon has a habit of putting everything into filing cabinets.
But Ajak is not Tesseract.
A gaze struck into Fury's mind from afar.
[Nightmare Cage]
[Spiritual cycle has been established]
Fury As soon as he touched the waist communicator, it was replaced by S.H.I.E.L.D. Command Center.
Alerts fill every screen.
Outside the orbit of the earth, a giant hand covering the sky reaches towards the North American Continent. The red death numbers are beating rapidly, and all communication channels are calling S.H.I.E.L.D..
"Sir, the target is awake!"
"Celestials locks on the earth!"
"Avengers members have lost contact!"
Fury rushed to the main console and slapped the emergency authorization with his palm.
A prompt popped up on the screen.
[Permission has been revoked by Nick Fury]
The next second, Helicarrier fell from the clouds towards New York.
The screen returns to zero.
Fury stands back to Command Center again.
Same alert.
The same cry for help.
The same giant hand.
Only this time, there were more corpses of Steve, Tony and Natasha on the screen.
"Sir, who did you give Ajak to?"
The voice of Coulson came from the communicator.
"Sir?"
"This is your order."
The cycle starts again. The terrifying ability from Mind Stone Stormfront can drag the target's consciousness into a mental nightmare, constantly looping through the most painful and frightening moments in life. However, after obtaining Illusion Projection from Sprite, it is now possible to show him whatever he wants.
In reality, his body swayed and fell straight backwards.
Steve, with quick eyes and quick hands, stepped forward and caught him steadily from behind.
He supported Fury, only to find that the always tough director's body was limp, his eyes were closed, his forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat, and the corners of his mouth were still twitching unconsciously.
Steve handed the person to Hawkeye. Just as he raised his head to ask something, he was interrupted by Lucian's words.
"If it's like what these two fools said, someone can steal someone from me, then..."
Lucian's eyes swept over Steve.
"Can you take a good look at her?"
Steve frowned.
"I didn't say I was responsible."
Lucian turned his attention to Hawkeye again.
"Or you?"
Hawkeye supported Fury, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"I am good at archery and am not responsible for guarding alien gods."
"That's you?"
Natasha met Lucian's gaze and immediately spread his hands.
"Don't get involved with me, I'm just following orders."
Having said that, she has written down all the details before and after Nightmare Cage was launched.
No gestures.
No contact.
This means that as long as Lucian is willing, everyone can lose consciousness at the same moment.
What's even more troublesome is that they can't tell whether what they see is real or an illusion provided by Lucian.
The previous Celestials image may also become another prison.
Tony walked to Fury and scanned the vital signs with his bracelet.
"There's nothing wrong with my body, but my brain activity is ridiculously high."
He raised his head and stared at Lucian.
"Where did you stuff him?"
"Memories of his work."
"It doesn't sound like something that would make people feel happy."
"That's why it's suitable for reflection."
"Reflect on what?"
"Don't put anything in your pocket."
Tony Turn off the scanning interface.
This sentence is both a warning to Fury and a warning to S.H.I.E.L.D..
But they couldn't refute it.
If Ajak falls into the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D., all it takes is one lurker to unplug the mental suppression device, and the entire earth may be put on Celestials's disposal list.
S.H.I.E.L.D. can't even stop Chitauri above New York, let alone Arishem that creates Eternals.
Steve still hasn't given way.
"Even if you think there are problems with his plan, you can still have a good discussion."
"We just talked about it."
"Making someone unconscious doesn't count as communication."
"He proposed a plan, and I rejected it. He continued to block the way, and I dealt with the obstacles."
Lucian raised his hand.
"Captain."
Natasha suddenly spoke.
Steve turned his face sideways.
"Natasha?"
"Fury can't come up with a safer solution."
Natasha squatted next to Fury and checked the reaction of his eyes.
"If you continue to stop me, you will only lose a few sober people here."
Tony raised his hand and pointed at himself.
"For the record, don't count me out. I'm ready to go back and have a big fight with the two interns."
Lucian crosses Steve.
Telekinesis held Ajak, and the two of them rushed high into the sky, leaving only the sigh of Lucian in the air.
"As expected, the black guys here don't understand the language. I miss A-Train a little bit."
The metal chamber sank into the ground again.
The isolation layers were closed one after another, quickly covering up all traces.
After flying out of New York, Lucian changed its direction several times, and also created three metal cabins with the same energy response on the way, and threw them to different areas.
Ajak will always stay with you.
This combat meeting was an information screening from the beginning, which was also the reason why he asked Tony to call the black guy Nick Fury.
Nick Fury is responsible for questioning.
Tony is responsible for verification.
Steve is responsible for confirming the bottom line.
Natasha is responsible for finding vulnerabilities.
It is far less reliable to tell Avengers a doomsday story than to let them raise their own questions, investigate on their own, and then come up with the "truth" on their own.
People are always more willing to believe the facts they think about.
Just like now, although he told the truth, he deliberately concealed the most critical part.
Until now, we know that after the birth of the gods, they will absorb all intelligent life on the earth as nutrients. Among Eternals, there are only the leader Ajak and the strongest warrior Ikaris.
And the only two people who have truly stood firmly on the side of the gods from beginning to end are Ikaris and Sprite.
The remaining Eternals, Sersi, Thena, Makkari, Phastos, Druig... They are all opponents, Kingo is an exception. He is unwilling to participate in fratricide and is a neutral faction.
He didn't mention a word of this information.
If Lucian discloses all the information, Avengers and Eternals are likely to cooperate directly.
High-altitude wind pressure passes by.
Lucian Looking into the distance.
I believe you will also help me conceal this matter, right, Ikaris?
After all, you alone cannot save Sersi.
You will definitely try your best to convince your teammates to lend you their power and activate the "Uni-Mind" state.
But once you dare to tell them, the ultimate outcome of saving the earth is to destroy the entire earth and the humans on it...
Will they really lend their power to you willingly?
They now believe that Ikaris is just gathering old friends to rescue their companions who were kidnapped by strong humans.
Avengers will regard every Eternals as a potential executor of the world's destruction. Even if they still have doubts, it doesn't matter. The subsequent battle between him and Ikaris will force them to take action.
Each side has a missing piece of information.
Lucian stands right in the middle of the gap. From beginning to end, this is a war of unequal information.