Chitauri?
Did you just say, Chitauri?
Loki couldn't help but frown slightly, his voice revealing a sense of disbelief.
Midgardians actually know about the Chitauri?
That shouldn't be possible!
Even before those guys approached him, Loki himself didn't know about the Chitauri race.
Yet, these backward and ignorant mortals, in Loki's eyes, knew?
Not only that.
The other party specifically mentioned the Chitauri at this moment, with the implications in their words being clearer than ever.
It seemed they knew about his relationship with the Chitauri.
How could this be!
Surprised already?
Nick Fury slowly paced in front of Loki, firmly taking control of the negotiation's rhythm.
What if I told you that I also know you stole the Tesseract to open a spatial gate and transport the Chitauri here?
Whoosh!
Nick Fury immediately saw that Loki, in front of him, had fallen into extreme disarray.
Even the corners of his mouth began to twitch.
Shock, taken by surprise, confusion, unexpectedness...
All sorts of expressions played out on his face, making for quite a spectacle.
How do you know all of this?
After several seconds, Loki finally asked in disbelief.
Heaven help him, Loki's heart was truly in turmoil at this moment.
He couldn't remain calm no matter what.
In his opinion, such a thing was simply impossible!
His conspiracy with the Chitauri hadn't even begun to unfold, yet the enemy knew everything.
What in the World was going on?
Where did things go wrong!
Loki was certain there was no problem on his side, but the Chitauri also wouldn't betray him and leak information to the Midgardians!
Even Loki, the God of Mischief, known for his cunning and trickery, was at a loss for words at this moment.
How I know is not important.
What's important is that I know far more than you can imagine.
So, are we going to continue playing spy games, or should we not waste each other's time and truly solve the problem?
Nick Fury unconsciously clasped his hands behind his back, looking incredibly spirited.
staff!
The staff is right here!
However, what Nick Fury would never have imagined was this.
Just as he was feeling spirited in front of Loki, Future Ant-Man had already broken into the heavily guarded vault and appeared before the staff.
Good news, everyone, I found the staff, it's right in front of me now!
Future Ant-Man immediately excitedly announced this good news to the other Future Avengers in the communication channel.
Future Tony, Future Captain America, and Future Banner, who were hidden nearby, exchanged glances and felt a surge of excitement.
The first Infinity Stone has been found.
Scott, can you take the staff?
Future Tony immediately asked impatiently.
I'm not sure, the security level here isn't a problem for me, but guys, this is an Infinity Stone.
I've never shrunk an Infinity Stone before, I don't know if it will work.
Future Ant-Man expressed his concerns.
If he couldn't shrink the staff, he wouldn't be able to steal it without anyone knowing, which would alert the enemy.
Scott, don't act rashly yet.
Future Captain America, who always preferred stability, began to seriously remind Future Ant-Man, Your current task is only to confirm where the gem is, not to retrieve it.
That's a shame.
Future Tony couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, The defense of this Base is not a problem for us, even if Scott can't shrink the staff, I'm confident I can take it.
What then?
Future Captain America also argued, We will alert S.H.I.E.L.D., and they will be prepared, making it not so easy for us to take the Tesseract.
Tony, I think we really should be more careful.
Future Banner also expressed his opinion.
Future Tony's personality had lost much of the sharpness and edges compared to the current Tony; at the very least, he understood teamwork and was no longer as willful and self-centered.
Although he felt this was indeed a great opportunity, he didn't act unilaterally because of it, choosing instead to listen to his teammates' opinions.
What's more, his teammates' words actually made sense.
Future Tony wasted no time and quickly connected to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Base's network, then gave Friday a command.
He ordered Friday to crack its relevant system and locate the Tesseract.
With Friday's capabilities, doing such a thing was simply effortless.
She quickly found it and relayed the relevant information to Future Tony.
Alright, Cricket Boy.
Future Tony immediately relayed this information to Future Ant-Man, Not long ago, Nick Fury put a 'briefcase' in another vault, and I suspect that's the Tesseract.
Future Tony then told Future Ant-Man the location of that other vault.
Understood!
I'll go confirm it right away!
Future Ant-Man immediately responded, easily entering the vault Future Tony had mentioned, and instantly discovered the box.
OK, everyone, I've found the box.
Next, I'll go inside the box to confirm if it's the Tesseract.
After saying this to his companions, Future Ant-Man pressed the button again, shrinking another magnitude.
He slipped through the gap into the box, and a colossal blue cube appeared before his eyes.
We've hit the jackpot again! Guys!
Future Ant-Man immediately cheered happily.
The Future Avengers were also greatly invigorated.
Originally, upon discovering they had arrived in a parallel World with many deviations, the Future Avengers felt somewhat heavy-hearted.
Unexpectedly, things went more smoothly than imagined, and they quickly found two Infinity Stones.
Received, Scott, retreat first!
Future Captain America called Future Ant-Man back.
The Future Avengers quickly gathered together and began to formulate further action plans.
Meanwhile, Nick Fury in the S.H.I.E.L.D. secret Base was still busy verbally sparring with Loki.
He was trying to persuade Loki to abandon his impossible plan to invade New York, and at the same time, he intended to extract relevant information from Loki's mouth.
What relevant information?
Naturally, it was information about the Purple Sweet Potato.
The diary made it very clear that Loki chose to invade New York entirely because he was tricked by the Purple Sweet Potato.
Besides that, there was the issue of Black Widow being mind-controlled by Loki.
This didn't just concern Black Widow alone.
If this problem wasn't clarified, Nick Fury wouldn't be able to determine if the other Avengers were trustworthy.
This issue was also very important to Nick Fury.
But who was Loki?
The God of Mischief!
Even if he was initially caught off guard by Nick Fury's extraordinary intelligence and Nick Fury controlled the rhythm and situation.
How could he be easily manipulated by Nick Fury?
Compared to Nick Fury, that old fox, Loki was an even more seasoned old fox!
All in all, this war of words between the two sides could be said to be very exciting.
If you want to read newspapers to pass the time or something, I can satisfy you.
After all, you are a God, and you have special treatment.
After saying this to Loki, Nick Fury left expressionlessly.
Although he spent so much effort talking to Loki and didn't achieve his expectations, Nick Fury still gained some ground.
The scattered, true and false information about the Purple Sweet Potato, while important to Nick Fury, was not the most urgent matter to deal with.
The most pressing issue Nick Fury needed to resolve was undoubtedly Black Widow's problem.
Regarding this issue, Nick Fury had already obtained relevant information from Loki through an information exchange.
According to Loki, removing Black Widow's mind control was very simple; it only required touching her with his staff.
Given Nick Fury's suspicious nature, and facing Loki, the God of Mischief, Nick Fury naturally couldn't just believe him so easily.
However, this didn't prevent Nick Fury from making a very pleasant decision:
First, he would experiment on other irrelevant, expendable Agents.
Moreover, from the latest wave of diary spoilers, Nick Fury had indeed analyzed a crucial piece of information:
Loki's staff most likely contained the Mind Stone.
It was very possible that he controlled Black Widow's mind through the staff.
The subsequent experiments also proved Nick Fury's analysis was correct.
When Nick Fury picked up the staff and touched an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., he found he gained the ability to control other people's minds.
Whether it was to make the other person his puppet, or to lift that control, or to do nothing at all.
It was all at Nick Fury's whim.
At that moment, Nick Fury immediately understood that Loki had not lied to him.
He could indeed touch Black Widow with the staff and lift her mind control.
Subsequent experiments further confirmed this.
Nick Fury could easily perform various operations on the "guinea pig" Agent he had called in.
Controlling minds, lifting mind control, and so on.
Everything was so smooth and effortless.
It must be said that this result greatly surprised Nick Fury.
Not surprised that Loki hadn't lied, as such a lie would be too easy to expose and indeed had little meaning.
But rather surprised that he could freely use Loki's divine artifact.
One must know that Thor's mjolnir could only be lifted by those who were worthy, which gave it an incredibly high status.
But Loki's staff, was it so unimpressive?
In fact, it was true.
When the Future Avengers traveled through time to get the gems, Captain America used Loki's staff to defeat another version of himself.
In "What If?", Black Widow even used the staff to directly control Loki himself!
However, at this moment, none of that mattered; the priority was to restore Black Widow first.
Nick Fury then poked Black Widow in the chest with the staff, instinctively controlling the staff to lift the mind control on Black Widow.
Black Widow then returned to normal.
I was in the restroom, washing my hands, but suddenly I saw Loki in the mirror...
Black Widow reported to Nick Fury in detail everything that had happened when she encountered Loki.
After listening, Nick Fury immediately understood.
From the situation Black Widow revealed, Loki seemed to have only controlled Black Widow.
And the special personnel Black Widow brought, nothing more.
He had not laid hands on the other Avengers.
In other words.
Tony, Captain America, Red Guardian, those people should still be trustworthy.
Coupled with the staff in Nick Fury's hand, he felt even more confident.
So, the next course of action was self-evident.
Nick Fury once again gathered the Avengers and used the staff to verify everyone.
Ultimately, it was proven that no one was controlled by Loki, and only then did he completely relax.
So, how should we deal with Loki?
And his staff?
The Avengers then engaged in a fierce discussion on this issue.
Although Loki had become a prisoner, he was not an ordinary person; he was a prisoner from Asgard, and moreover, he was Thor's brother.
This was indeed a thorny problem.
The various regulations and methods used for ordinary criminals were completely inapplicable to Loki.
The Avengers discussed back and forth, but apart from temporarily holding Loki under strict confinement, they couldn't come up with any better method.
As for the Tesseract and the staff?
Keeping them in this temporary Base was not safe; they needed to be transferred to a more secure and confidential Base as quickly as possible.
Because of the lesson learned from Loki stealing the Tesseract, even though Loki was currently captured, he was still a God, and no one could guarantee that Loki wouldn't escape.
Furthermore, Nick Fury had already learned from the diary that Future Avengers would travel through time to seize these two important items.
Therefore, Nick Fury took this operation very, very seriously, deploying a very luxurious lineup and even arranging for the Avengers themselves to personally lead the teams.
The Tesseract and the staff were transferred separately into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s two most secure and confidential Bases.
Although there were no problems throughout the entire process and everything went smoothly, Nick Fury dared not let down his guard.
Not only were the defenses of each Base described as exaggerated, but he also once again sought technical support from Stark.
All in all, you couldn't be too careful.
But Nick Fury didn't expect that even with such precautions, something still happened.
Just three days later.
Tony Stark, in his luxurious Villa, received a warning from Jarvis.
Sir, the system in the Delaware Base has been compromised; a higher-level algorithm is rewriting its program!
The opponent took control of the entire monitoring system within three seconds!