Wanda's eyes were cold, completely indifferent to the enemies' pleas for mercy; when she saw Harvey appear, she even accelerated the speed of her attacks.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"
"Ah... Lord Beast will not let you off, we will wait for you in hell..."
The last outer member of The Hand cursed through gritted teeth before being consumed by the flames.
Hearing the name "The Beast," Harvey's interest was piqued.
"The Beast has already been summoned? Wanda, did you find any intel on The Beast from these people's memories?"
The red glow in Wanda's eyes gradually faded; this kind of crime-fighting work wasn't her first time, and she didn't feel a shred of guilt in her heart.
Having been in the Defenders for a long time, she was well-accustomed to being ruthless.
As for Harvey's question, she said with a face full of regret:
"The name of Lord Beast is mostly something the core members of The Hand hype up; these outer members can't even confirm if The Beast truly exists."
"Hermione and Cho are also tracking the true existence of The Beast, but there are too many outer members of The Hand, so the investigation progress is quite slow."
It seemed that wiping out The Hand wasn't something that could be settled in a short amount of time.
Of course, if Harvey made a move, he was confident he could uproot this massive international gang that had dominated Japan for centuries in a very short time.
But if he did everything himself...
What would Hermione and the others do?
These women of his, ever since adapting to their identities as superheroes and tasting the sweetness of fame and fortune, were none of them easy to manage.
If he didn't give them some work to do, they couldn't just play poker at home every day.
That kind of debauched, licentious life was enjoyable for Harvey at first.
But after a long time, to be honest, it was not only a bit tedious but also mentally exhausting.
Because as soon as these women were idle, they wanted to fight for the position of the principal wife.
To balance their relationships, Harvey had recently nearly worn out the pages of management books.
Therefore, Harvey intended to let Hermione and the others handle the aftermath of The Hand slowly.
Thinking of this, Harvey said to Wanda: "I'll leave The Hand to you girls to deal with. Try not to make too much noise and attract the attention of the Japanese government."
"Next, I'm planning to go to London to research space and new types of spells."
"Once you're done with The Hand, you can decide for yourselves when to return to New York."
Wanda had a perfectionist personality; she felt it was her responsibility to solve a social cancer like The Hand as quickly as possible.
So, she asked tentatively: "Darling, can't you step in and help?"
Harvey shook his head and used an appropriate analogy: "At least five thousand robberies happen every day in the world. Can you stop them all?"
"Obviously, you can't."
"So, let the police handle the ordinary robberies, and only when it involves superpowers is it your turn."
"This is called each performing their own duties, maximizing the utilization of social resources."
"Therefore, unless it's a major event concerning the fate of the entire world, like the Battle of New York, I won't step in."
Wanda curled her lip and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Those are all excuses. You're just too lazy to help."
Harvey began to lecture her earnestly with grand principles.
"You're only focused on being superheroes and stopping crime every day, but have you ever thought about reducing the occurrence of crime from the source?"
"Clearly, you only know that being a superhero is cool, but you haven't considered the risks behind it."
"Sooner or later, you will be forced to, or accidentally, harm the innocent."
"In terms of probability, this kind of thing is 100% bound to happen."
"After all, you don't have the confidence to guarantee that you can do it perfectly every time you stop a crime, do you?"
Wanda listened with a grave expression, "I really don't."
Harvey continued: "I've always said that when you encounter a choice between the lives of a thousand people and ten thousand people, you must choose the ten thousand."
"If you don't have the resolve to abandon the thousand to save the ten thousand, and instead hold a lucky mindset wanting to save both..."
"Then sooner or later, you will fall into a predicament where you are condemned by everyone."
"Do you know why?"
Harvey had mentioned the Trolley Problem many times, and Wanda really wanted to know why.
Seeing her confusion, Harvey didn't keep her in suspense and explained directly:
"Because you aren't strong enough. Your abilities have limits, but the severity of the problem can be infinite."
"For example, if another Battle of New York happened tomorrow!"
"Can you guarantee there won't be a single innocent civilian casualty in the entire city?"
"Obviously, you can't."
"The Avengers couldn't do it back then either."
"So, even if the vast majority of people respect the Avengers now, the families of those civilians who died in the Battle of New York are secretly resenting them."
"People don't fear scarcity, but they fear inequality; some were saved, while others were not."
"Those who weren't saved don't dare to criticize the high-and-mighty Avengers now because their voices are too weak."
"But those who weren't saved, once they accumulate to a certain point, will explode sooner or later."
"At that time, the Avengers will face the most serious crisis of trust in history."
"So, can you understand now?"
Wanda blinked her beautiful, large blue eyes, "Understand what?"
"Stupid!" Harvey looked like he was frustrated by her lack of progress.
"I've made it so clear and you still don't get it?"
"A conclusion can be drawn very obviously."
"Strength is the answer to all problems."
"You can imagine, when you possess abilities like Reality Warping, Space-Time Manipulation, Causality Control, Fate Weaving, Precognition, and Matter Manipulation."
"Let alone a mere alien invasion, you can even remodel the entire universe into the appearance you desire."
Wanda was stunned. "Precognition, Fate Weaving... these abilities are too exaggerated. Even Thor probably can't do that, right?"
Harvey patted his chest and spoke with grand words: "I have the confidence to do it!"
"So, the most important thing for me now is to find every way to increase my strength."
"Once my strength reaches a certain level, I can even reverse the time of the entire universe to make up for the regrets of the past."
"I can even resurrect the dead!"
Wanda said in shock: "Resurrect the dead?"
Harvey was dead serious: "Yes. I've always felt that you girls being superheroes is just a waste of time. Instead of helping others, you'd be better off increasing your own strength."
"When your strength is only City-level, you can only help the people of one city. When your strength reaches Country-level, you can help an entire nation."
"What if your strength reaches Planet-level? Skyfather-level? Single-Universe level?"
"So, to save more people, you should work hard to increase your strength instead of wasting that time to save a tiny fraction of people."
Wanda was completely won over by this logically rigorous theory.
Fighting crime was inferior to increasing strength and then eliminating crime from the source!
It was a brilliant theory.
But now Wanda had one key question.
She asked with absolute seriousness: "But I don't know how to increase my strength. Darling, do you have a way?"
"Uh..." Harvey was stumped.