After successfully concluding the initial communication with Fury, Rimuru didn't waste any more time.
He casually sent Tony a text message, the content of which was very straightforward, asking him to call over all the main Avengers.
Without asking any further questions, everyone gathered at their private estate, and everything would be discussed upon meeting.
After sending the message, Rimuru turned to look at Nick Fury beside him.
Let him take with him all the basic files on the Skrulls, as well as the organizational samples collected so far.
Once everything was ready, Rimuru simply raised his hand and opened a portal, taking Fury with him as they stepped back, heading straight for his manor.
Fury knew perfectly well that Rimuru clearly didn't trust S.H.I.E.L.D..
They didn't want to discuss the core plan on S.H.I.E.L.D..'s premises, for fear of leaks.
But he didn't say a word more, nor did he have the right to say anything more.
To put it bluntly, this mess is something he and S.H.I.E.L.D.. have been covering up for decades.
If it were him, and he were caught in a situation with hundreds of thousands of undercover agents, he wouldn't trust anyone either.
Before long, people began to arrive outside the manor.
Tony, Banner, Captain America, Bucky, Black Widow, Hawkeye —the core of the Avengers are all present.
Apart from Tony, who already knew the answer, everyone else was completely baffled.
Everyone was privately wondering, why did everyone suddenly gather together?
Even Nick Fury, who usually stays out of the spotlight, made a special trip to come.
Everyone's first reaction was: Oh no, could it be that the alien enemies have returned?
Once everyone has arrived and is in position.
Without wasting any words, Rimuru raised his hand and activated a brand new pure white teleportation array.
Let's go inside and talk business.
The Avengers were all incredibly curious.
As you've seen before, Rimuru's portals are usually those golden-yellow halos.
Aside from releasing those robots, you'll hardly see any white portals.
This time, they switched to a pure white design, and no one understood the significance of these two portals.
Everyone was puzzled, completely unable to understand the difference between the two types of portals.
The most excited person was Nick Fury.
His eyes lit up, and he was incredibly eager to try it.
He knew all too well that every new thing Rimuru brought out was top-tier technology that transcended dimensions.
This is another chance to witness cutting-edge technology from another world firsthand; it's an absolute steal!
Filled with questions, the group stepped into the white portal.
As soon as we passed through the barrier, the view suddenly opened up before us.
A massive, towering white pillar-shaped structure stands prominently in the very center.
This is the incomplete form of the Black Dragon Ji, a security device specifically designed to protect the core host.
To put it simply, it's the core protective layer of Rimuru's ultimate, hidden intelligence.
Everyone in the audience was instantly stunned, speechless.
Tony's pupils dilated in shock; he was completely stunned.
As one of Earth's top tech leaders, he immediately fixed his gaze on the crimson core sphere right in the center of the pillar.
He instantly realized—this was the super artificial intelligence that Rimuru always talked about?!
He always thought it was just a device or a system.
I never expected the main body to be such an outrageously huge device!
At that moment, Tony understood completely.
No wonder Rimuru was so confident back then, and didn't even think much of JARVIS.
They're not even in the same league; the difference is ridiculously large.
Tony secretly competed with himself on the spot, silently holding back his energy.
Okay, you have the top-of-the-line version, huh? Then I'll definitely develop an even more powerful one later, and catch up with it completely.
What Tony didn't know was that the giant white pillar in front of him was only an incomplete form.
The fully-formed Ultimate Judge weighs 97,000 tons, which is enough to wipe out dozens of civilizations.
Once inside his own territory, Rimuru relaxed completely.
I'm no longer as tense and on guard as I was at S.H.I.E.L.D..
He looked at the assembled Avengers before him and slowly began to recount the whole story.
But when everyone heard the truth, they discovered that hundreds of thousands of Skrulls were hiding on Earth.
Moreover, these aliens can perfectly mimic anyone's appearance, identity, speech, and behavior.
The entire audience nearly erupted; the atmosphere instantly exploded.
Everyone immediately turned to look at Nick Fury.
A barrage of complaints, accusations, and grievances followed.
Even the usually composed Black Widow and Hawkeye had expressions of dissatisfaction in their eyes.
Such a huge thing, hidden for decades, concealed so deeply, almost sold the whole world!
Nick Fury, under the weight of everyone's criticism, looked helpless and silently endured the barrage of complaints.
They had absolutely no grounds for rebuttal, and were truly in the wrong.
After everyone had vented their emotions, the situation gradually calmed down.
Rimuru then spoke, explaining his initial plan.
But as soon as these words were spoken, the entire audience's morale collapsed once again.
The core of the plan is simple: to completely wipe out and eradicate all Skrull lurkers.
Hundreds of thousands!
This is hardly solving a minor problem; it's practically wiping out an entire small race.
Even Tony couldn't hold back this time.
He originally thought there would be at most a few hundred or a few thousand, which he could clear out gradually.
The result was an immediate scale of hundreds of thousands; it was insane.
Tony quickly tried to calm Rimuru down.
This kind of thing cannot be done impulsively; it must be carefully considered, otherwise the consequences could be too great.
The vast majority of people at the scene echoed this sentiment and tried to dissuade him.
Only two people remained silent throughout, neither offering any advice nor taking part— Captain America, Steve, and Bucky.
They are people who survived the real war years.
They witnessed far too much of the brutality of World War II, the racial slaughter, the cleansing and the conflicts.
Even among humans, war can drive them to the brink of bloodshed.
Not to mention alien invaders from completely different planets and of different races.
But silence does not equate to agreement.
Both of them were perfectly clear about one thing.
If they truly condone this purge and Carnage hundreds of thousands of people today.
What is the fundamental difference between them and the Mustache who wantonly purged and attempted to control the world back then?
Violent eradication and ethnic cleansing—once this path is taken, there is no bottom line.
Seeing that most people in the room disagreed with his proposal.
Rimuru completely understood and wasn't angry at all.
He understood the Avengers ' concerns all too well.
To put it bluntly, the sheer number of cases is overwhelming, and ordinary people's morality and conscience simply cannot overcome this hurdle.
The Carnage of hundreds of thousands of lives certainly sounds too extreme, too cold and cruel.
Rimuru actually quite helpless in the face of everyone's opposition and concerns.
He's not the kind of ruthless person who enjoys killing or relishes the thrill of battle.
Ultimately, he was just an ordinary person who had transmigrated from another world.
He was just lucky to obtain such extraordinary power; deep down, he was still human.
Who would willingly become an executioner with hundreds of thousands of lives on their hands?
He didn't want to at all.
There was no other way; there was truly no way out.
Whether it's for the sake of ordinary people on Earth, or for his own peaceful life.
He simply couldn't bear to watch as an alien race gradually eroded, replaced, and swallowed up human civilization.
Rimuru vividly remembered the devastating catastrophe of his past life.
That battle claimed the lives of 35 million compatriots before they were barely able to drive out the foreign invaders.
That peace was bought with blood and lives.
The current Skrull invasion is even more insidious and terrifying than the situation back then.
The enemy had no powerful ships or cannons, and did not wage a war that was visible to the naked eye.
They used the most insidious and unsolvable methods to subtly infiltrate and replace [the other party].
It slowly devours human identity, power, and society, eventually silently replacing the entirety of human civilization.
This slow, gradual demise, like boiling a frog in water, is more despairing than outright Carnage.
Rimuru could never accept the fact that his own civilization didn't even know how it perished.
He couldn't be bothered to argue with these Avengers, nor did he want to try to persuade anyone.
No matter how much reasoning is given, those who have never seen the future will forever be trapped in the morality of the present.
So Rimuru paused for two seconds, then spoke directly, telling them that there was no timeline without him, and the original ending of this world.
He slowly began to speak, revealing the hidden future in its entirety from beginning to end.
First, the true ultimate goal of the Skrulls is explained.
This is not a small-scale infiltration; it's a complete replacement of humanity and takeover of the Earth.
He then casually mentioned Thanos, a being considered a cosmic nightmare.
And that predetermined, tragic future that no one could change.
The original Avengers will gradually grow old, get injured, separate, and eventually fade away.
Iron Man will die, Steve will grow old, Natasha, Hawkeye, Banner —everyone will gradually fade from the battlefield.
The most fatal flaw is the lack of successors.
The new generation of superheroes is slow to develop, causing a complete breakdown in Earth's defenses.
When cosmic-level disasters struck one after another, no one stood up to protect the planet anymore.
After listening to this entire cold, real, and incredibly cruel vision of the future.
The crowd, which had just been arguing and trying to dissuade them, fell completely silent in an instant.
The entire room fell silent.
Everyone's face was frighteningly grim, and their hearts were churning with turbulent emotions.
They always thought that maintaining the current peace was enough.
But no one ever imagined that after they grow old, humanity simply wouldn't be able to withstand the ensuing crises.
He saw that everyone had fallen silent, their faces grave.
Rimuru spoke again, his tone soft, yet filled with an unprecedented firmness.
"I truly don't know what new direction my arrival will take this world in."
"I can't guarantee that every step I take is absolutely correct."
"The only thing I can do is to do my best to push things in the direction I believe is best."
Even if the whole world opposes me, I will not hesitate.
At this moment, no one spoke up to dissuade him, nor did anyone readily judge whether he was right or wrong.