Time flew by like a shuttle. In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
Until early April 2013.
The thing Harvey was most worried about hadn't happened.
The X-Men seemingly hadn't found a way to resurrect Jean and had vanished without a trace for a period of time.
And the Avengers rarely mobilized recently either. World news headlines were frequently dominated by celebrities and politicians.
These rare, peaceful days were finally shattered on April 4th.
In the early hours of that morning, Harvey was still fast asleep holding a beauty.
Little did he know that the outside world had already been turned completely upside down.
The next day.
While Harvey was eating breakfast, he learned the news from the New York Times.
Last night, a ferocious monster nearly a hundred meters long, leading dozens of smaller monsters, suddenly appeared on the streets of Hong Kong.
These monsters of unknown origin engaged in a fight to the death with a Fire Phoenix, a Nine-Tailed Fox, and legendary Qilin beasts right in the middle of the bustling city streets.
Seeing this astonishing news, Harvey didn't even bother finishing his food. He immediately opened a portal and rushed to Hong Kong.
In the early morning in Hong Kong, gentle, non-blinding golden sunlight spilled across the battered exterior walls of the International Commerce Centre.
This building, originally 448 meters tall, had suffered a tragic fate, having been forcefully snapped clean in half.
During the fierce battle last night, this skyscraper had been rammed and broken by the largest of the monsters. Now, it was only a little over 200 meters tall.
It wasn't just the International Commerce Centre. As Harvey hovered in the sky above Hong Kong observing...
The vast majority of the buildings in the city below had suffered severe damage.
Many high-rises were still billowing thick smoke, and muffled explosions occasionally reached the high altitudes.
Most of the city roads were completely gridlocked by cars trying to flee, the piercing sound of car horns blending into a continuous blare.
Hovering over the entirety of Hong Kong, Harvey felt as if he could hear the wailing souls of countless innocent civilians.
Clearly, the monster battle last night was far too sudden for a modern metropolis.
The vast majority of ordinary people were still in their sleep, completely defenseless, when the monsters popped out of nowhere and began a massive slaughter of civilians.
"A Fire Phoenix, a Nine-Tailed Fox, and Qilins... these precious mythical beasts wouldn't happen to be the guardian deities of Ta Lo village, would they?"
Harvey thought of Wenwu, whom he had defeated previously, and felt a twinge of regret in his heart.
At the time, he hadn't remembered that Ta Lo village would have mythical beasts like the Fire Phoenix, or rather, his subconscious assumed the Marvel Universe wouldn't have such mythical creatures.
Harvey's liver ached with anger.
"That old bastard Wenwu truly deserves to die! He actually secretly broke the seal of Ta Lo village and released the Soul Eaters and the guardian beasts!"
"With such precious mythical beasts, the value of the various materials on their bodies is immeasurable."
"But now, I might not even be able to find their corpses."
"I regret it so much! I should have just killed Wenwu back then..."
After complaining for a while, Harvey gathered his thoughts and went straight to the high-level officials of Hong Kong, using Legilimency to investigate the detailed process of last night's battle.
Ten minutes later.
Having collected the intelligence, Harvey opened a portal with a dark face and returned to the estate in New York.
During the battle last night, besides the clash between the Soul Eaters and the guardian beasts, the Iron Fist Daniel and the Qi refiners of K'un-Lun were also there assisting in the fight.
To be precise, the seal of Ta Lo village had been broken two months ago.
The first to learn that the seal was broken was Shou-Lao the Undying of K'un-Lun.
After all, the seal of Ta Lo village was set up by the ancient divine dragons of K'un-Lun.
When K'un-Lun learned the seal was broken, they immediately gathered their forces and headed to Ta Lo village, wanting to stop the extra-dimensional evil beasts sealed inside from escaping and wreaking havoc on the human world.
The reason Iron Fist Daniel left the Defenders two months ago was also because he had received the summons from K'un-Lun.
But K'un-Lun's forces were ultimately too thin. After fighting desperately to hold the line in Ta Lo village for two months, their defenses were still broken through by the extra-dimensional Soul Eaters.
Therefore, Hong Kong suffered a disaster last night.
After Harvey returned to New York, he prepared to go make trouble for S.H.I.E.L.D.
The second party to learn about the monster invasion of Hong Kong was S.H.I.E.L.D., which possessed intelligence forces across the globe.
Thus, the Avengers assembled once again. After two hours of fierce fighting, a frenzied Hulk literally beat the leader of the Soul Eaters to death with his bare hands.
And the Fire Phoenix and other mythical beasts that Harvey cared about the most had also perished in the fierce battle, their corpses taken away by S.H.I.E.L.D.
So, if he wanted to acquire the corpses of the mythical beasts, he had to go to S.H.I.E.L.D.
After finishing his breakfast, Harvey walked out of the estate and waved toward his 11 o'clock direction.
Soon, a Chevrolet slowly pulled up and stopped in front of him.
There were S.H.I.E.L.D. agents surveilling the area around the estate 24 hours a day.
After S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered his address, Harvey felt moving was too much of a hassle, so he used the Fidelius Charm to hide the estate.
The Secret Keeper was Harvey himself. As long as he didn't actively reveal the existence of the estate to others, even if people clearly knew the estate was located right here...
They would be completely unable to find its exact location.
S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered that the estate seemed to be hidden in another dimension. It couldn't be seen by the naked eye, couldn't be touched, and couldn't be detected by any high-tech instruments whatsoever.
Therefore, S.H.I.E.L.D. only left a small number of agents for routine surveillance and withdrew the majority of their research personnel.
After the Chevrolet stopped in front of Harvey, two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents immediately got out of the car.
The two young male agents wearing black suits stepped out, trembling with fear, their hands resting on the pistols at their waists.
Maintaining a posture ready to draw and fire at any moment.
Although they knew ordinary firearms were useless against their surveillance target, it gave them the courage to speak to him.
"Mr. Harvey, how can we help you?"
Although his heart urgently desired to obtain the corpses of the Fire Phoenix and the other mythical beasts, S.H.I.E.L.D. recently seemed to have noticed internal problems.
The Black Egghead had used his authority to root out many hidden Hydra spies and quietly eliminated them without leaving a trace.
Harvey used Legilimency on the two agents in front of him and discovered that they were actually clean.
So Harvey decided to try diplomacy before force, speaking in an unquestionable tone:
"Notify your Director. Tell him to immediately deliver the corpses of the Phoenix and the other mythical beasts that appeared in Hong Kong yesterday to me. If he refuses, I don't mind going to fetch them personally."
The two young agents exchanged a glance. With this kind of tough tone, if someone overheard, they might actually think Harvey was the boss of S.H.I.E.L.D.
But they were smart men. Although they felt aggrieved in their hearts, they quickly nodded and replied: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Harvey. We will report your request to our superiors immediately."
With that, the two agents took satellite communicators from their waists and contacted their superiors right in front of Harvey.
"Reporting, sir. The primary surveillance target has made a request..."
In a matter of minutes, the news of Harvey's appearance was reported up the chain of command, and Nick Fury at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters was quickly informed.
Faced with Harvey's aggressive attitude, Nick Fury opened his mouth and let loose a string of swear words starting with F.
Calming down, he didn't want to get into a conflict with him for the time being. The internal purge within S.H.I.E.L.D. had yet to be completed.
To resist foreign aggression, one must first pacify the interior. He could only swallow his anger and ordered the laboratory to transport the newly acquired mythical beast corpses to the designated location in the northern suburbs of New York.