The site inspection was quickly concluded because the area had been largely consumed by the fire, and what remained was almost completely destroyed. Noah and Banner couldn't find anything, but Noah did manage to obtain some soul energy from the Leader at the scene, hoping to use magic later to locate the Leader.
Before Noah returned, he left a pile of small search robots at the site, instructing them to search for usable clues in the post-fire ruins and surrounding areas. Although many useful pieces of evidence and clues were destroyed by the fire, there might still be some useful items found at the fire scene or in the surrounding areas. However, Noah didn't want to keep searching himself, so he dispatched some small robots to search for useful clues on his behalf.
After the two returned from the factory ruins, Noah did not stay at the Island Base. Instead, he took Warwick, who had been on standby there for a long time, back to the Underground Laboratory at the manor. Since the clues were now cut off, Noah wouldn't stay there any longer. He needed to go back and deal with Warwick's matters, which involved reviewing a lot of combat data and improving the capacity of the magic crystal. In short, he had a lot to do. As for the tracking magic, Noah planned to ask the librarian at Kamar-Taj for help in finding this type of magic.
"Dr. Banner, I'll be leaving now. If you need anything, tell Blitzcrank, and only contact me for important matters," Noah said to Banner.
Banner had been living on this island recently, and he was quite content with it. After all, this place was almost isolated from the World, and he wouldn't be disturbed by those who were pursuing him. Moreover, the environment was exceptionally good; compared to his previous life on the run, this place was a paradise.
"Okay, bye-bye," Banner replied, looking up, then buried his head back into improving the Gamma energy detector.
Noah nodded, then took Warwick through a Teleportation portal and left the scene. Banner's face hadn't looked good since he learned that the mastermind was his friend, Mr. Blue, Samuel Sterns. Regarding Banner's situation, Noah felt that he might have too strong a sense of responsibility, which led to him bearing a great deal of psychological pressure after learning the truth.
In Banner's eyes, his becoming this kind of person might partly be his fault. During his many years of being on the run, Banner first contacted Samuel Sterns online, then, in order to seek help, informed him about what was inside him. In the time that followed, during his discussions with Stern, in order to find a solution to the Hulk problem, he provided Stern with a lot of experimental data. Perhaps these were the triggers that led Stern to become this kind of person.
Banner knew how dangerous the power within him was. His many years of fleeing were precisely to prevent people like General Ross from obtaining the power within him and then using it to create weapons and instigate wars. However, due to his oversight, this very thing ultimately happened. Samuel Sterns had already begun to use this power derived from the Hulk to wreak havoc on the World. The sight in that pit of corpses was still vivid in his memory. Therefore, to resolve this matter as quickly as possible, Banner decided to find a way to improve the detector so that Samuel Sterns's location could be quickly apprehended.
Noah didn't have any particular thoughts about Banner's sense of responsibility. Banner might feel that he bore some responsibility for this matter, and thus he also had a responsibility to resolve what he had caused.
Noah suddenly felt a sense of "with great power comes great responsibility." For people with this spirit, Noah thought it was indeed good, but he himself would not follow this saying. Noah felt that he didn't have such a lofty spirit; he had no interest in being a saint and only wanted to live a relatively easy life.
To put it harshly, Noah felt that the phrase "with great power comes great responsibility" even had a hint of moral blackmail, but that was just his thought. For Noah himself, after gaining such powerful abilities, he didn't become the type of person who says "I don't eat beef"; he already felt he was doing quite well.
He wouldn't be like Superman, constantly monitoring the movements of the entire World with his abilities, rushing to rescue anyone in danger anywhere in the World. At most, Noah could do things like righting wrongs when he saw them, acting according to his mood. For example, if Noah didn't like the guys in Hell's Kitchen and the Golden Triangle, would he go there every day to complete missions? Noah might be able to save people all over the World like Superman, but that would be too tiring. He wasn't a saint like Superman.
"Why think so much?" Noah shook his head. Seeing what Banner was doing made him suddenly think of many things. He felt it was better not to think too much and to live his current life well, completing missions every day, increasing his power, and preparing for future crises.
"Alright, Warwick, go charge up," Noah said to Warwick behind him. Actually, Noah was telling him to replenish his magic, as Warwick still primarily used magic as his energy source.
"Okay, boss."
Warwick walked to the circular device where he first stayed. The metal tubes above the device began to connect to Warwick, replenishing his nearly depleted energy. The area around Noah, due to the runes, was actually already filled with magic. Even if Warwick didn't use the device, he could directly absorb the magic from the air to replenish himself, but that method was not as fast as directly using the device.
"Let's go to Kamar-Taj first." Noah decided to take care of the tracking magic first and directly opened a Teleportation portal to the Kamar-Taj library.
Noah often came to the library to borrow magic books, so he was quite familiar with the place. It was night where Noah was, but still daytime at Kamar-Taj. Noah found the librarian reading in the library. These days, Noah had become quite familiar with this librarian.
"Hey, Dieter, busy?" Noah greeted the curly-haired librarian sitting in the chair. Through their interactions these past few days, Noah had also learned the librarian's name.
"Oh, Li, you're here." Dieter heard someone calling him from behind, put down the book in his hand, and looked back to find it was Noah.
"You know, library work is quite leisurely; there's nothing much to be busy with." Dieter held up the book in his hand. It wasn't a magic book, but some secular reading material.
"Li, what type of magic book are you looking for this time?" Dieter asked. Previously, Noah always came to borrow books. To be honest, Dieter was quite envious of someone with Noah's extraordinary talent, because Noah read books very quickly. Dieter used to think Noah hadn't finished a book when he returned it so quickly, but after asking questions, Dieter believed it—Noah had the gift of photographic memory.
"Dieter, I need your help. Help me find tracking magic." Noah told him his requirements for tracking magic and then explained that it was to track down an evildoer.
"Hmm... alright, but you'll have to wait a while. I need to search thoroughly. Perhaps you can come back in the afternoon." Dieter agreed after some thought. After all, Kamar-Taj was quite strict about this type of magic, but he trusted Noah's character, so he agreed to Noah's request.
"Okay, thank you, Dieter. If you ever need anything, just say the word." After Dieter agreed to help, Noah returned home, planning to pick it up from Kamar-Taj in the afternoon, which would be morning in America.
He felt that Dieter was a pretty good guy. Noah remembered that at the beginning of Doctor Strange, Dieter had his head cut off by Kaecilius. He would have to save him then, so Wong wouldn't be able to become the librarian. But Noah wondered if that might be a good thing for Wong? After all, after the Kaecilius incident, the library's work became much stricter, and the librarians became much busier.
"Go back and wait." Noah decided to go back to sleep first and wait for news until morning, whether from Kamar-Taj or from the ruin search robots.