Hmph, confused, aren't you? Stumped, aren't you?
You're not omniscient and omnipotent anymore, are you?
Seeing Zhou Cheng's bewildered and puzzled tone in the diary, Tony Stark's lips curved into a smug and joyful smile.
Enjoying the diary Master, who had always had everything under control, being stumped was one of his few remaining pleasures.
Hmm?
Wait a minute!
However, just as his lips curved into a smile, Tony Stark's blossoming smile froze.
Because the Playboy realized a very important issue.
How did that Zhou Cheng know about something that had just happened?
Do you know where this is?
It's not a bustling city!
Instead, it's a desolate, uninhabited area specifically chosen by Nick Fury to deal with the Destroyer's arrival!
Besides them, the Avengers, and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, there was no one else within a dozen kilometers around.
Under such circumstances, how did Zhou Cheng know about the recent battle between everyone and the Destroyer almost immediately?
Could it be that he truly is the Master of the diary?
He is indeed extraordinary!
The Playboy couldn't help but sigh in admiration in his heart.
It seems that Zhou Cheng's abilities are far more than what he displayed during his great battle with Hulk.
This person must possess other means unknown to everyone else, beyond ordinary people.
This made Tony Stark not only unsurprised but also made Zhou Cheng's image in his mind even more profound and unfathomable.
Shaking his head and sighing, after dismissing the irrelevant thoughts about Zhou Cheng, Tony Stark's attention returned to the diary.
His brow immediately furrowed slightly.
Captain America concealed the truth about Winter Soldier killing his parents?
What's going on?
The assassination of his parents was a perfectly executed secret operation by HYDRA, leaving no flaws, and so much time had passed.
How did Captain America know?
You should know that if it weren't for the diary's spoiler, he, Tony, would never have known this truth in his entire life!
To take a step back, even if Captain America knew this truth, would a man like him actually protect a HYDRA executioner?
Is this Captain America's true face?
Is this the Captain America who has been promoted by the U.S. government for so many years and worshipped by countless people for so many years?
Tsk tsk tsk.
Tony Stark couldn't help but shake his head, becoming increasingly dismissive of Captain America and the like.
Of course, what the diary said hadn't happened, as the Playboy had already taken care of Winter Soldier beforehand.
So, Captain America's morality didn't become flawed, and that's why he could wield Thor's Hammer?
So, the key to wielding Thor's Hammer is actually a person's morality and character?
"A matter of character?"
Nick Fury, in front of another diary, couldn't help but frown slightly.
If that were the case, it would truly not be good news for Nick Fury.
After all, where can one find people without moral flaws?
Especially in this era, a moral paragon like Captain America is truly hard to find, even with a lantern!
What's more, the annoying thing is that morality and character cannot be used as a metric to screen suitable candidates.
After all, you can know a person's face but not their heart.
Even with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s massive size, all they can do is monitor and observe people's words and actions, nothing more.
But even if you monitor someone 24 hours a day, you can't truly know what color a person's heart is.
Not to mention.
Even concealing the truth of Stark's parents' death can become a moral flaw. It must be said that Thor's Hammer's requirements for morality and character are simply too high.
So high that they are somewhat unrealistic.
Nick Fury doesn't believe that besides Captain America, who has already picked up the mjolnir, he can find such a similar 'saint'.
However, why could Natasha from that other Universe also wield Thor's Hammer?
Could it be that Natasha's morality and character in that Universe have already met the requirements and are without flaws?
No matter how he thought about it, it felt awkward. You should know that Black Widow is a spy!
And a spy whose bottom line isn't that high, and who has done a lot of dirty work!
Talking about morality in front of such a spy, Nick Fury felt it was somewhat absurd just thinking about it.
Of course.
Nick Fury couldn't possibly know what the Black Widow in that other Universe was like; maybe she really was like that?
But Nick Fury knew the Black Widow in his own Universe quite well.
And precisely because of this, Nick Fury felt increasingly that the possibility of Black Widow also being able to wield Thor's Hammer was becoming less and less likely.
So, the mjolnir matter still needs to be discussed at length!
Having made up his mind, Nick Fury did not continue to dwell on it, but instead refocused his attention on the diary.
A look of uncontrollable surprise immediately appeared on Nick Fury's face.
Captain America traveling from the future!?
Captain America can also travel through time!?
Through previous spoilers, Nick Fury already knew that Doctor Strange possessed the ability to travel through time, but that was very likely related to the Time Stone, an Infinity Stone.
He might have performed corresponding magic based on the Time Stone to achieve such an incredible feat, something that only appears in science fiction movies.
But Captain America?
He's just a soldier who was injected with serum!
How could he also do such a thing?
Could it be that he received some help from others, or obtained some unknown opportunity?
Without any related clues, Nick Fury couldn't analyze anything.
But what was Captain America's purpose in traveling through time?
Was it merely to accompany Peggy Carter?
As the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury naturally knew the widely circulated story of 'missing a date' and that this was a regret in Captain America's heart.
If Captain America mastered the ability to travel through time and went back to make up for this regret, Nick Fury felt it was normal.
So, if that's the case, in his Universe, besides the original Captain America, African-American Captain America, second- and third-generation Captain America, and pirate Captain America, there's also a future Captain America?
And that Captain America has been secretly living with Peggy Carter until the New York Battle, when he finally appeared?
That guy can really hide!
But now, future Captain America, sorry.
If he, Eyepatch, didn't know about this, then so be it.
But since he knows, isn't it too wasteful to let such a person act as a house husband?
[That's not right!]
[After all, the reason Captain America stood everyone up and stayed in the past was actually a spur-of-the-moment decision.]
[Because Captain America remembered Iron Man's past advice. Iron Man advised Captain America to live his own life, and Captain America followed Iron Man's advice.]
[So Captain America stayed in the past for Peggy Carter!]
[What's more, if Captain America messed around in the past, the Time Variance Authority wouldn't let him off, would they?]
[If Captain America really interfered with major events in the past, it would definitely disrupt the Sacred Timeline!]
[So, this current Captain America isn't Captain America from the future, but Captain America himself from this World?]
Stood everyone up?
This phrasing is undoubtedly a genuine Chinese colloquialism, but after being translated by the diary, its meaning was accurately understood by its holders.
So Tony Stark's brow immediately furrowed.
What does this indicate?
This indicates that Captain America's return to the past was not his individual action, but a decision made by 'everyone' together.
The diary did not give a clear answer as to who this 'everyone' was, but the Playboy felt there was a high probability that it was the other Avengers.
After all, Captain America is from seventy years ago, and in this era, besides the Avengers, he shouldn't have many social circles.
Coupled with the magnitude of traveling through time, Captain America most likely wouldn't involve ordinary people.
So, the possibility of it being the Avengers is still relatively high.
And clearly, no matter what the Avengers intended Captain America to do by returning to the past, they had an agreement with Captain America for him to return.
But Captain America 'stood everyone up'; he didn't do that.
Instead, he followed Iron Man's advice and stayed in the past!
"Could it be that in the future, my relationship with Captain America is actually this good?"
The Playboy was still a bit surprised by this.
After all, making such a significant decision by following his own advice speaks volumes.
However, after a second thought, Tony Stark felt somewhat relieved.
The diary had already made it very clear that Captain America's time travel occurred after the Endgame War!
Before that, the Avengers must have fought side by side many times, deepening their feelings and trust, which is not surprising.
And why did Captain America's moral flaws disappear after the Civil War, making him a 'saint' qualified to wield mjolnir?
Why did the hurdle of concealing the truth about Winter Soldier killing his parents pass then?
Could it be that he eventually did something difficult and earned his forgiveness?
The Playboy naturally didn't know about such things, nor did he pay too much attention to them.
His attention was then drawn, or rather, stimulated, by another extremely significant piece of information.
Time Variance Authority?
What the hell is this organization?
From the name, it seems this organization is specifically for managing and maintaining time?
Are you kidding me?!
Managing time?
We're talking about managing time here!
Time, something invisible and intangible, one of the basic constitutive rules of the Universe, is actually managed by an organization?
Even after having the diary for such a long time, and being bombarded with all sorts of heaven-defying and significant information, his mindset and horizons had been greatly expanded.
But at this moment, Tony Stark was still profoundly stimulated.
This Universe is indeed much vaster than he had imagined!
"Sacred Timeline?"
"What is that?"
The Playboy's gaze was then drawn to the term "Sacred Timeline," and he also felt a deep sense of confusion.
The term "timeline" is not difficult to understand; it should be the concept in popular language, the sequence of events developing along a time axis.
This was not a problem for the Playboy.
But the key is, what is the "Sacred Timeline"?
Judging by the diary's tone, if Captain America went back and "messed around," he would disrupt the Sacred Timeline and consequently be targeted by the Time Variance Authority!
And this "messing around" meant interfering with major events that happened in the past.
So, the Sacred Timeline is the original trajectory of his Universe, without Captain America traveling back?
That so-called Time Variance Authority doesn't allow certain people to travel through time and disrupt this trajectory?
Why?
What does the trajectory of his Universe have to do with that Time Variance Authority?
Why would they care?
And who gave them the right to interfere with the development of his Universe?
At this moment, Tony Stark could be said to be truly on tenterhooks, with a lump in his throat.
He really wished he could have a good face-to-face chat with the relevant personnel of that Time Variance Authority!
Of course, that was undoubtedly wishful thinking.
[But if that's the case, the deviation between this Universe and the 199999 Universe is simply too great, isn't it?]
[Thor didn't even pick up his mjolnir, and he couldn't return to Asgard after defeating the Destroyer!]
[Wouldn't that mean the great battle between Thor and Loki wouldn't break out?]
[Loki wouldn't fall into the abyss of the Universe and then be tricked by Purple Sweet Potato into invading New York?]
[Marvel's first truly significant event, the New York Battle, wouldn't happen at all?]
[What the heck, this way the entire Marvel will truly be unrecognizable!]
So this is the truth of the New York Battle!
So this is the real reason for the New York Battle!
Tony Stark stared intently at the diary in front of him, a glint flashing in his eyes.
The diary had been spoiling the New York Battle for a long time. Everyone knew that Loki initiated the battle and that Purple Sweet Potato was the real mastermind.
But the specifics of what happened were unknown.
Until now!
The diary finally provided the answer.
And he finally completely understood the connection between the war in New Mexico and the New York Battle.
It turned out he had guessed wrong before; the New York Battle was not a continuation of the New Mexico war, but merely a catalyst for the New York Battle.
Thanks again to reader 08a for the reward.