Chapter 71: Finding Mary! Drawing Opportunity!
Jiang Bai had no intention of telling Tony what he asked. In the future, after S.H.I.E.L.D. launched the Insight Project, Pierce, to prevent Nick Fury from stopping the Sky Carrier from taking off, directly dispatched Agents to ambush Nick Fury on the street, which led Nick Fury to discover that S.H.I.E.L.D. contained a large number of HYDRA members.
Afterward, he even cooperated with Captain America and others to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D., which later triggered a civil war! He was waiting to use this information to trip up S.H.I.E.L.D., which was also why he said Hancock might join the Illuminati in the future.
Hancock was different from others; he had no Agent or organizational will at all. In the timeline, being a superhero was entirely at his whim. The destruction and losses caused by his rescues were enormous! He was also the first superhero to voluntarily enter prison.
Later, under the guidance of public relations, he truly became a superhero. Judging from his state just now, perhaps S.H.I.E.L.D. promised him something, which made Hancock join S.H.I.E.L.D.! And the time he joined wouldn't be too long, otherwise, the last time he made a move, it wouldn't have been Sentinel, but Hancock.
Hancock's abilities are also fixed; he doesn't have the growth ability like a Kryptonian Superman, nor does he have weaknesses like Kryptonite! He should be able to go toe-to-toe with general Titans, but Godzilla and King Kong are a bit hard to say, as Godzilla has various forms and is constantly growing stronger.
King Kong also has a powerful axe in his ancestral land in Inner Earth! Therefore, under normal circumstances, Hancock's growth has already been set, unless there is some special opportunity, such as Infinity Stones or something, that could improve his strength.
Now that Bruce Banner has been taken away by S.H.I.E.L.D., with Nick Fury's methods, Bruce Banner should be coerced or enticed by him to join S.H.I.E.L.D.. Although Hulk is powerful enough, he hasn't reached an uncontrollable degree yet. Nick Fury might promise Banner to help him deal with Hulk, and he would join S.H.I.E.L.D..
The Illuminati currently doesn't have the strength to snatch someone from S.H.I.E.L.D., unless Sentinel makes a move, which is also impossible. Under normal circumstances, Jiang Bai still doesn't want to face Sentinel; his strength is too great, and he might not even make a move to snatch someone from S.H.I.E.L.D..
Tony and Jiang Bai reluctantly glanced at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fighter jet before leaving directly. Upon returning home, Jiang Bai began to use the AI in the manor to search for Mary! Naturally, it wasn't to make her join the Illuminati. For the Illuminati, Jiang Bai still focused more on his own strength.
The Illuminati, all in all, was his facade, but that didn't mean Jiang Bai would dedicate himself to the Illuminati. He would even ensure his own strength far surpassed that of the Illuminati members. This was also a kind of insurance; who knew what the Illuminati would become in the future.
Even if he was a founder, he couldn't say he could definitely control the Illuminati. Professor X, Sentinel, Mister Fantastic, none of them were ordinary people. Controlling the Illuminati wasn't that easy; the necessary foundation was powerful strength!
Based on his memory of Mary's appearance, and with the AI infiltrating government databases, nearly three thousand people named Mary were found in New York alone! The entire United States had even more! Looking at the large amount of data displayed, Jiang Bai began to filter based on some known information!
Finally, using the technology Grey Wolf had previously created to find Tony, he discovered that the Mary most likely to be the female Superman was actually in Manhattan's wealthy district! Less than 3km from his manor, surprisingly close. From the information, she was currently single and had not yet met the public relations person who helped Hancock.
After confirming her location, Jiang Bai did not act immediately. Instead, he took out a box from the System Space. Inside were the two 084 items extorted from Nick Fury. The appearance of these two items was very strange; it was unclear what they were.
Because Earth, in ancient times, had many Gods. Greek mythology, Asgardian mythology, Indian mythology, and Eastern mythology were not baseless! Just like the Black Panther goddess who protected Wakanda, she truly existed.
In the future timeline, she once appeared in Zeus's Pantheon! The East also has the mysterious land of Kunlun, and even the legend of the Divine Dragon. Jiang Bai had also read some unofficial histories, which stated that the Celestials once attacked Earth, and the Gods of Earth met them in battle.
Finally, the Celestials retreated, and a large number of Earth's Gods fell. The East suffered even heavier losses, with many Divine Dragons perishing! The dragon bones after the Divine Dragons fell still contained powerful strength and vitality! Absorbing dragon bones could also increase strength and extend lifespan.
Now, traces of the Hand are found in Hell's Kitchen, New York. They have been searching for the dragon bones, and five of their fingers have lived for hundreds of years! The Hand's influence, strength, and financial power are even comparable to some conglomerates and families.
The two items in front of Jiang Bai looked like broken objects. One of them was a very strange metal, and the energy contained within it was also different from ordinary energy! He even felt a faint trace of life from it, at one point thinking it was his imagination.
But clearly, although these two items were both 084 objects, their value was not great! They had almost no transactional value. Just as Jiang Bai was contemplating, a notification sound rang out!
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a chance to draw a trading partner!"
After learning that he had obtained a chance to draw a trading partner, he became even more convinced of his previous speculation: as long as a timeline ended, he could obtain a chance to draw a trading partner! However, there were still many possibilities, such as him influencing the progress of the entire timeline or changing the timeline, and so on.
Now, having a chance to draw a trading partner made Jiang Bai very pleasantly surprised. Grey Wolf was building a Sky Carrier for him, and Tom had already come to his World, but because he was playful, Jiang Bai didn't ask him to manufacture or research anything.
Ultimately, his nature was still that of a cat, and he couldn't ask Tom and Jerry to constantly research various weapons or technologies in the laboratory. Since he treated Tom and Jerry as family, Jiang Bai would naturally treat them well.
Now, the most urgent task was to draw the next trading partner! As Jiang Bai used the drawing opportunity, the system's notification sound quickly rang out again.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for a successful draw! Trading Partner: Valmont!"
Upon discovering that the drawn target was Valmont, he was very interested. Valmont's World contained many good things: magic, Qigong, witchcraft, talismans, charms, masks, black qi, and various other supernatural items!