Chapter 162: Loya, Expert at Making Up Stories
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Loya instantly appeared in Fury's office, and when he saw the other person's appearance, he couldn't help but be startled.
However, after a mere two days, Fury was now haggard beyond recognition.
He sat limply in his chair, his legs trembling slightly, looking like he had been wrung dry.
His remaining single eye had lost its past luster, looking extremely listless, and his complexion carried an unusual pallor.
Yes, precisely pallor.
It was hard to imagine that such pallor could be seen on a face as dark as Fury's, which was enough to show the torment he had endured over the past two days.
"Is it really that serious?"
Loya muttered inwardly.
The intensity of his curse wasn't really high; it just looked no different from severe kidney deficiency in terms of symptoms.
Could the Motherfucker Man with astonishing willpower actually be affected by mere kidney deficiency?
Hiss~ It seemed not entirely impossible.
Loya remembered that this guy Fury was also a goblin knight.
Moreover, kidney deficiency was also the thing men were most stubborn about and unwilling to admit; it was all about self-esteem.
He suddenly discovered that this "kidney deficiency" curse seemed to have many tricks up its sleeve, such as getting a title like "Saintly Hand of Kidney Healing".
Seeing Loya arrive, Fury's single eye instantly lit up with light, as if he had seen a savior.
He forced himself to try to stand up, but his whole body was weak, so he could only tremble twice before saying feebly: "Loya, you're here. This is the S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 7 Agent badge."
Fury took out an eagle-headed badge from the drawer and handed it over.
Loya stepped forward quickly to take the badge, imperceptibly sensing with his Minds Eye and telekinesis to make sure there were no listening devices inside, and only then casually stuffed it into his pocket.
Unawares, he already had Level 7 clearance. In the S.H.I.E.L.D. system, this was already considered a senior Agent, capable of knowing many top secrets.
Although Loya basically hacked into the database to view them, it didn't affect his sense of achievement in the least.
After all, Coulson was only Level 8, and the veteran Agent Natasha was only Level 7.
Walking in a few months what took others years to cover, he still felt a little proud to say the least.
After putting away the badge, Loya looked at Fury with feigned solemnity: "Director, your condition is very abnormal."
Fury straightened his body. These past two days had tortured him quite badly, and he sighed: "I also know the problem is very serious. In fact, I don't know why it turned out like this either."
He told Loya the whole sequence of events from beginning to end.
Loya was the culprit, so of course he knew what was going on.
Fortunately, he was a professional; no matter how much he wanted to laugh inside, on the surface he would definitely not break character.
After listening to Fury's narration, Loya was silent for a moment and said with feigned seriousness: "Director Fury, regarding your problem of kidney deficiency————"
"No, no, no!" Before he finished speaking, Fury waved his hands repeatedly, denying it: "I don't have a kidney deficiency; that was a curse, I do not have a kidney deficiency!"
He said kidney deficiency twice in a row, obviously still quite sensitive about it.
Loya shrugged: "But isn't this still kidney deficiency? Could there be any mistake?"
"Sigh, I————" Fury stopped himself mid-sentence, his complexion darkening a few more shades. Finally, he let out a long sigh with a resigned look: "Forget it, whatever you say it is, it is. The important thing is whether this problem can be resolved."
He was really tormented to the point of fear. In this position handling a myriad of state affairs every day, his time was very precious. If things kept being tossed around like this, he would have no choice but to retire.
Loya's brows furrowed tightly, and the atmosphere on the scene instantly became tense.
Seeing this scene, Fury suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Seeing that the atmosphere had brewed enough, Loyaslowly spoke: "I need to go back and check the magic scriptures. I think it's not difficult to solve your problem, but it actually involves some other factors, and other problems might arise later. In short, this is a matter of the magic world, and I can't explain it clearly to you."
"Then what kind of problems could they be?" Fury pressed on.
He was utterly puzzled as to which big shot he had offended in the end.
Why did the other party keep staring at him relentlessly? He had always been dutiful and honest, so how did he suffer such a disaster out of nowhere?
Quickly withdraw your divine powers!
"Let me go back and consult the scriptures first."
Loya looked solemn and disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye, leaving only a bewildered and helpless Fury behind.
Returning to the Villa.
Loya did not lift Fury's curse at the first moment. Since he had pretended it was so serious, naturally it couldn't be too fast; he had to let Fury understand the seriousness of this matter.
He also planned to use this opportunity to make up a story, making the subsequent plan of farming tasks through Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents more reasonable, and even taking good advantage of S.H.I.E.L.D. to reap benefits.
Loya took a bottle of happy water from the refrigerator and drank it leisurely.
Half an hour passed just like that before he took out the "curse doll" and lifted the curse on Fury.
With a thought, he returned to Fury's office once more.
Loya nodded towards Fury with a smile on his face: "Director, I have lived up to the mission. Your problem is solved. Do you feel any changes in your body?"
"Ah? So fast?" Fury was still a bit dazed; he had been thinking about the matter of being cursed all along and hadn't realized at all that half an hour had already passed.
After Loya's reminder, Fury finally reacted. After feeling his physical condition, his eyes instantly widened, revealing a look of shock.
He was cured!
He was actually cured just like that. All those feelings of soreness in the waist and knees, frequent and urgent urination had completely vanished.
Fury tried to stand up, and his body rose steadily and firmly.
His waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer weak, and there was no longer that floating and powerless feeling.
He couldn't help grinning and expressed his sincere gratitude to Loya: "Thanks to you, Loya, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do."
Facing this kind of problem on the magic level, he had zero methods, fortunately Loya's strength was formidable.
Also, he didn't know why. Clearly, there had been no such things for decades in the past, so why did so many suddenly pop up now? What on earth was the reason for this?
[Quest "Vicious Curse" Completed]
[Fury's favorability + 1]
Hearing the system prompt in his ear, Loya almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
Fury even had to thank him; not only did he thank him, but his favorability also increased—truly an unexpected pleasant surprise.
Although he really wanted to laugh, Loya held it back and said with a solemn expression: "Director, your problem is solved, but there is still subsequent trouble."
"What trouble?" The joy of Fury just having his curse lifted quickly receded, and there was some unease in his heart.
Even a usually hippie-smiling person like Loya was so serious, so one could imagine the severity of the matter.
"Ahem." Loya cleared his throat and said with a straight face: "I have figured out the reason why you were cursed. It was because you unintentionally offended a certain deity, which is why you were cursed."
"Offended a deity?" Fury was completely baffled.
He had been staying at S.H.I.E.L.D. these days and hadn't made any major decisions.
The only decision was to send Blade to an experimental Base as the safety director. How could this possibly offend a deity?
Besides, what deity was so petty? Couldn't they talk properly? Direct cursing was a bit too much, right?
Loya slowly spoke: "S.H.I.E.L.D. should know about that Wolf God who has recently risen."
"Wolf God?" Fury was slightly startled, then came to a sudden realization: "Indeed, I know."
Of course he knew this Wolf God, and even suspected at first that being cursed was because of this Wolf God.
Only—when did he offend this Wolf God?
Blame drops from the skies while sitting at home?
Loya told the fabricated story previously concocted with a straight face: "The reason lies right here. Someone in S.H.I.E.L.D. offended the Wolf God, so naturally they must be punished.
And in the teachings of the Wolf God cult, if someone offends the Wolf God, the punishment will not fall on that person's head, but on their supreme leader. It is equivalent to the alpha wolf in a wolf pack."
He shrugged: "And you are the supreme leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., so naturally you had to bear the curse."
"What? Motherfucker!" Hearing the cause of the matter, Fury couldn't help cursing out loud.
Wasn't this a bit too unreasonable?
If that was the case, what if other S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents went to offend the Wolf God one by one? Wouldn't he be cursed to death?
What kind of bizarre doctrine was this?!
But listening to Loya put it this way, combined with the actual situation, it seemed very reasonable and logical.
With Asgard's matters preceding this, in order to guarantee the safety of Earth.
Fury had indeed sent Agents to investigate this Wolf Godchurch, wanting to see if it was another thing stirred up by some alien civilization.
But the result was a blank, finding no useful clues at all, and he could only confirm it was related to extraordinary power.
Could it be that those Agents unintentionally offended that so-called Wolf God during the investigation? And that's why they were retaliated against? What a petty Wolf God!
Fury rubbed his brow, checked the receipt information of that mission on the computer, and didn't find any abnormal conditions.
He could only ask: "Can you tell me where the offense took place?"
Loya forced back his laughter, but his face was completely solemn: "I have already asked the people over there. Because your Agent sneaked into the Wolf God church without reporting to the Wolf God, this was already a great disrespect. The Wolf God was very angry, so he descended punishment."
Fury just stared at Loya, waiting for the rest, but Loyamerely shrugged: "That's it, just like that."
"Just like that?" Fury widened his eyes with an incredulous expression.
Descending such a punishment for just such a simple reason? This was simply too petty!
He never expected that the cause of the matter was actually just a normal action of an Agent. If an Agent didn't sneak in, could they still be called an Agent?
Loya really wanted to laugh, but in the end he held it back. He nodded with a straight face and explained: "It's just that simple. Imagine, if you were in the wild and stepped into the territory of a wolf pack, what would happen? This is tantamount to a naked provocation, which requires a life-and-death duel.
And the Wolf God only carried out some simple curses; doesn't that show his mercy even more? After all, he is called the Wolf God, a very ancient nature deity.
Because of some accidents, he paid attention here, and he still retained a part of the wolf's habits to some extent. This was already showing great respect for human civilization."
Finished speaking, Loya couldn't help admiring himself; this set of doctrines used here was simply seamless. This was just something he made up on the spot, he should practically go write novels.
"This————" For a moment, Fury was speechless. This Wolf God was not like the deities of Asgard.
But thinking carefully, this set of doctrines was indeed very reasonable.
From the cause to the result of the matter, everything was well-founded and backed by evidence; it was neither groundless nor a random retaliation.
It was just like a conflict between two different faiths; it was hard to say who was right and who was wrong, only that their stances were different.
Wasn't it the same when Thor first appeared on Earth?
But this feeling of being manipulated at will really felt terrible. If one day————
Innumerable thoughts flashed through Fury's mind, and finally he let out a long sigh with a quite helpless expression: "Then what is the subsequent trouble? How should it be resolved?"
Loya continued talking nonsense: "This curse is actually very troublesome. Once I lifted the curse on your body, it will begin to spread, gradually spreading to the entire S.H.I.E.L.D., only the effects are somewhat different."
"What?" Fury was greatly alarmed, and couldn't help slamming his hand heavily on the desk, shaking the documents on the table to scatter all over the floor.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents were all cursed, how could they still work? Did S.H.I.E.L.D. still need to operate? This was even more terrifying than him being cursed alone.
He hurriedly asked: "Is there really no solution? If the whole S.H.I.E.L.D. is cursed, how can it still operate?"
Fury knew that feeling very well; if S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents were all cursed, it would be impossible to continue operating.
These gods were truly troublesome!
Loya was naturally well-prepared for this and said with a straight face: "Before I came, I had already contacted the people there at the Wolf God cult. The Wolf God has returned to nature, and I don't know when he will be back. Even if I wanted to contact him, I couldn't reach him."
"However." He paused, "I have a rather troublesome method that we can try."
"What method? Just name it." Fury hurriedly asked. No matter how troublesome it was, as long as it could solve the problem, that was fine; the cost of S.H.I.E.L.D. shutting down was too high.
After paving the way for so long, Fury was finally bluffed. Loya could finally state his true purpose that he had been planning for a long time.
"I can solve the curse, but this requires time and effort; coming one by one is not a long-term solution."
"Therefore, we must walk down two paths at the same time."
He slowly stated: "The first path is for me to lift the curse for those Agents infected by the curse. This curse comes in batches and is not all infected at once, just like the hierarchy of a wolf pack. Although the process is very hard, I am willing to work hard for S.H.I.E.L.D.!"
As soon as Loya finished speaking, the system panel showed that Fury's favorability increased by one point.
He felt a boost in his heart and continued: "The second path is to let S.H.I.E.L.D. assist in the development of the Wolf God cult and spread the faith. When the faith here reaches a certain degree, it will be sensed by him, thereby causing him to descend.
By then I will also be able to communicate with him, and I only need to explain it clearly to him to completely lift the curse, and even gain some help."
This was the plan Loya came up with.
Using this statement, the curse of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents became reasonable and sustainable. After all, whether the Wolf God came back or not was up to him to decide.
Ultimately, to solve the curse, they could only come to him, thereby earning system quests and acquiring experience points.
Not only that, but he could also take this opportunity to let S.H.I.E.L.D. help develop the Wolf God cult for free, rapidly acquire faith power, and continue related experiments regarding faith magic.
Furthermore, during this process, Loya could also get monetary rewards given by S.H.I.E.L.D., gain the favor of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, and Fury's favor as well.
It could only be said to be killing many birds with one stone, with numerous benefits. He squeezed S.H.I.E.L.D.thoroughly and clearly, playing everyone up and down in circles.
And what Loya paid was merely clicking a few times on the "curse doll", easily acquiring many benefits.
Fury only thought for a moment before nodding and approving of this method.
No matter how he thought about it, under the current circumstances, this method was the best one; it was just hard on Loya.
And helping to develop a church, for a behemoth like S.H.I.E.L.D., was nothing at all.
As for the problems that might arise, that could be talked about later. Right now S.H.I.E.L.D. could barely operate, so where would there be time to consider these?
There was a whole state full of cults, and nothing happened. Compared to the entire Earth, this was nothing at all.
Let alone that the Wolf God cult was not a cult, and instead had done quite a few good deeds.
It was just that the doctrines were somewhat bizarre, and that so-called Wolf God was somewhat petty.
But overall it was still within a controllable range, and he could only trust Loya's means.
Alright, actually it was because he had no other way out; what else could he do if he didn't do this?
Facing these ghostly and godly things, S.H.I.E.L.D. truly had no methods whatsoever.
Fury stood up, patted Loya's shoulder, full of smiles, and thanked him with a sincere tone: "Loya, this matter is settled just like this. It really has been hard on you. As for bonuses and such, I will apply for more from the higher-ups. Now I will send someone to take you to the island to receive your things, and I'll arrange the rest of the matters."
Loya was overjoyed in his heart; he had finally fooled Fury, and all those words and acting skills weren't wasted. Truly perfect!
He nodded and said with a righteous expression: "It's all for S.H.I.E.L.D., only right and proper! But let me pack my luggage before going to the island, it'll be very quick."
Once midnight passed today, the gourd vine was going to mature, so he had to bring it along.
Chapter 163: Gourds with Various Effects
Nameless Island.
This is a bay island located near New York, ostensibly acquired by a private buyer, but actually controlled by S.H.I.E.L.D..
It was currently the afternoon, sunny and clear, with the sea sparkling, making it very suitable for fishing.
Private boats passed by the nearby waters from time to time, almost all of them equipped with various fishing rods.
On almost every boat, there were a few men who became so excited and danced with joy over catching a small fish.
On the surface, these people looked like a group of fishermen who frequently returned empty-handed but never tired of it.
But in reality, these were all disguises of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent.
This was Fury's arrangement; he specially dispatched these Agent to guard this island and ensure no unrelated personnel strayed in.
And these Agent were truly veteran fishermen in private, the kind who, after fulfilling their marital duties to their wives during vacation, rushed off to fish without stopping.
Fury made perfect use of this point, inserting a task during their vacation that would not affect fishing at all, a task that had no pay, only performance metrics.
Not only would the Agent not refuse this task, but they even felt they were getting a small bargain.
Because this sea area was rich in fish resources and was an area where private fishing was prohibited.
Just accepting a task that did not affect their fishing time in exchange for such a good fishing spot, why not?
And who cared about that little task bonus?
After all, under normal circumstances, that bonus wasn't even enough to pay the fishing fines.
As for failing to catch fish, that skunking matter was definitely not a problem with fishing skills; anyway, it was some other problem.
Fury's move both freeloaded the Agent labor and allowed him to report a few more operational missions to the council, embezzling an extra budget; he was simply a model figure who should be hanged from a street lamp.
At this moment, Loya was over this sea area.
Looking down at the sea and fishing boats below through the helicopter window, he nodded repeatedly, smiled with satisfaction, and muttered to himself in his heart: "This place is not bad. When I have time, I must come and cast a couple of lines, letting these fish witness my superb fishing skills."
The helicopter slowly landed on the temporary helipad, dropped Loya off, and then ascended again.
Because Fury had to handle the backlog of work from the past two days due to lifting the curse, he did not follow along.
At Loya's deliberate request, no one else followed either.
The only thing he had in hand was detailed information and operational guidelines for the nuclear waste storage facility.
At this moment on the island, besides Loya, there was no one else.
However, this was exactly what he wanted; this isolated-from-the-world place made it convenient for him to act and also convenient to raise Atomic Agumon.
Atomic Agumon could indeed freely control its body size and maintain this size for a long time.
But no matter what, for Atomic Agumon, this was not the most comfortable state, belonging to going against bodily principles, and it would definitely not be good in the long run.
To be most comfortable, it still had to maintain its normal size, whatever size it grew to at whatever stage.
Previously, there was no such condition in the Villa, but now arriving at this island, it was different.
Loya was not someone who would mistreat his own people; with a wave of his hand, he released Gulu and Atomic Agumon from the System Space.
After obtaining Atomic Agumon, a dedicated space for placing Atomic Agumon also appeared inside the System Space, just like the space for placing Gulu.
"Gulu!"
"Guga! Guga!"
As soon as they came out, the two little ones called out excitedly, spinning around Loya.
Loya smiled slightly and casually instructed: "Atomic Agumon, return to your normal size, no need to hide now."
As the words fell, Atomic Agumon's size changed rapidly, reaching a height of over four meters in the blink of an eye.
Standing there, its muscles were knotted and filled with a sense of power.
Although it was still in its juvenile form, one could see its majestic aura; if it grew to hundreds of meters in the future, it would definitely look insanely cool!
I have to say that Atomic Agumon's growth speed was very fast, growing a large chunk in just a few days, and this was only under the condition of eating normal food.
Loya glanced at the system panel, which showed that Atomic Agumon's evolution progress had reached 5%.
Now with nuclear radiation to eat, it should evolve even faster.
Gulu's level had also reached level seven, approaching the level of level eight; both pets had a bright future.
"Guga! Guga!"
After returning to its normal size, Atomic Agumon first leaned close to Loya, expressing affection and joy towards him.
Then, through telepathy, it expressed another meaning to Loya.
It discovered delicious food and wanted to eat.
Loya smiled and nodded; it was normal for Atomic Agumon to discover nuclear waste, after all, Godzilla could also precisely find the location of nuclear power plants, right?
"Go!"
He waved his hand and said.
As the words fell, Atomic Agumon instantly sprinted towards the nuclear waste storage facility like an arrow released from a bowstring.
The journey was unobstructed all the way; whether trees or rocks, they were easily smashed to pieces by its formidable physical body, just like a bulldozer.
It forcibly pushed out a long passage, leaving a mess all over the ground.
Loya flew at a low altitude, following closely behind.
Soon, they arrived not far from the facility.
According to the requirements in the manual, Loya should wear various protective equipment before entering the facility; after all, nuclear radiation was no joke.
But with Atomic Agumon around, none of this was needed.
Atomic Agumon was like a moving black hole, attracting all nuclear radiation within range.
Before those radiation could approach Loya, they would be completely devoured by it, becoming nutrients, without affecting Loya in the slightest; of course, the same went for the surrounding environment.
If it couldn't even do this, wouldn't its ability "Natural Ecosystem Master" be called for nothing?
How could nature prosper with nuclear radiation?
"Boom!"
Atomic Agumon crashed headfirst into the interior of the facility, smashing the blocking thick reinforced concrete into pieces.
Gravel splashed, and smoke and dust rose everywhere.
Then it raised its claws and gave a gentle tear, and the steel barrier was easily torn apart like paper.
It strode into the interior of the facility and lay down directly on top of the nuclear waste.
Blue light emerged from Atomic Agumon's dorsal fins, clearly absorbing the energy of the nuclear radiation.
It narrowed its eyes comfortably and cooed coquettishly towards Loya.
The meaning was that it wanted to sleep for a while.
Loya shook his head with a chuckle, letting it sleep peacefully.
The child had been born for so many days, and this was the first time it had a proper meal.
Not only that, but it could even make money for Loya; processing nuclear waste was also a considerable income.
How could this not be considered child labor?
Loya shook his head and activated "Minds Eye" and "Mind Meditation" together.
Combining these two abilities allowed him to see many microscopic-level things from another perspective.
At this moment, in his eyes, an extremely huge and dangerous energy stream lingered in the facility before him.
Those things were nuclear radiation.
However, these nuclear radiations did not spread at all; they were bound by the invisible force field on Atomic Agumon's body and then quickly devoured.
If those scientists knew about this ability, they would probably explode directly.
"Not bad, very safe."
Loya nodded with satisfaction.
After confirming safety once again, he could also do some serious business.
He flew to an open space not far from the facility, and with a movement of his telekinesis,
the ground undulated like waves; the weeds and shrubs above were kneaded into powder by telekinesis to become nutrients for the soil, and the soil below was also turned over, becoming soft.
Before long, it turned into a plot of land suitable for cultivation.
Loya had already tried it, and Atomic Agumon's ability "Natural Ecosystem Master" was very practical.
Because of the influence of this ability, the sunflowers at the Villa had all become exceptionally robust.
Even this ability could ignore regional restrictions, allowing the cultivation of any crops without worrying about issues like acclimatization and seasonal climate.
As long as there was a plantable plot of land, watering the crops normally was enough, making it very convenient and hassle-free.
This was simply a biologically influenced version of a greenhouse.
With such a good thing, how could Loya miss it?
It was like something engraved in his bones; whenever he encountered good land, he always wanted to plant something, feeling uncomfortable all over if he didn't.
After turning over the soil, Loya used telekinesis again.
This time, neat rows of small pits appeared on the soft soil, evenly spaced and consistent in depth, looking pleasing to the eye—truly a level of ecstasy for obsessive-compulsive disorder patients.
His telekinesis was extremely delicate now; using it for farming was simply a dimensional reduction strike, belonging to using a dragon-slaying knife to slaughter a chicken.
Then he used telekinesis to plant the seeds of various crops, and thus the major task was accomplished!
Looking at his masterpiece, Loya nodded with great satisfaction.
"In the future, I'll also be able to eat pure green and pollution-free vegetables; this is the true luxury in America."
Shaking his head, he came to another open space, cleared away the debris on it with telekinesis, and took out a palm-sized capsule from the System Space.
[Villa Capsule: After use, generates a luxury Villa, with interior furniture and appliances fully equipped. If the Villa is damaged, retrieving the capsule can automatically and slowly repair it]
This was a prop obtained previously, and now it could finally come in handy.
Living in a Villa on an island with only one person—this feeling couldn't be more awesome.
Moreover, in this wilderness, the effect of resonating with the Cosmo was even better. Later, after Atomic Agumoncompletely transformed the environment here, the effect could be further enhanced.
Loya tossed the "Villa Capsule" towards the open space.
In just the blink of an eye, an extremely exquisite and luxury Villa appeared out of thin air, to the extent that even Stark would praise it upon seeing it.
Loya strolled around the inside of the Villa and was very satisfied; everything that should be there was there.
He placed the "Gourd Vine" outside the Villa; once midnight passed today, he would know what effects the seven gourds had.
However, there were still several hours until midnight, and Loya planned to —— cast a couple of lines!
Since he was already here, he had to have some entertainment.
He brought several fishing rods to the edge of the island and began his fishing journey.
Of course, in the process of waiting for the fish to bite, he didn't forget to curse the other S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent.
This was the key to farming experience points later on.
Loya applied different curses to the Agent one by one according to their levels, and set different effective times, strictly executing it according to what he lied to Fury about.
Like cursing men to have symptoms like kidney deficiency, and women to have endocrine disorders and severe physical imbalance.
Of course, not all of them were like this; he also applied more severe curses to some people.
For example, Sitwell that bald guy was given a curse of lower-body paralysis plus facial twitching.
Of course this wasn't because this bald guy had previously released malice towards him.
Loya was never such a petty person; he was very magnanimous.
It was purely because he wanted to experiment whether applying a stronger curse would trigger more task experience points.
Yes, that was it, not petty.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already approaching midnight.
But Loya didn't have the joy of soon revealing the effects of the gourds; instead, his expression became increasingly gloomy.
Because ——
He actually got skunked!
Fishing from the afternoon until now, nearly ten hours, not a single fish!
"Damn! What kind of trash sea area, not a single fish!"
Loya stood up grumbling, his face full of depression.
He raised his hand and punched fiercely towards the sea in exasperation.
Visible air waves erupted from his fist, forming an Impact, fiercely striking the sea surface.
Boom!
The sea surface exploded, instantly whipping up a huge wave tens of meters high, as if a giant torpedo had exploded underwater.
Countless fish were blown into the air, tracing graceful arcs across the sea surface.
Loya's eyes turned sharp, precisely locking onto the largest fish, and with a slight move of his telekinesis, he sucked this big fish over.
He carried this big fish, a satisfied smile blooming on his face.
"This doesn't count as getting skunked either; at least there's a harvest."
"Going back~"
Loya took a breath of air carrying a fishy smell of the sea and walked back gleefully.
Returning outside the luxury Villa, Loya casually fed the big fish to Gulu and waited for the maturation of the Gourd Vine.
When the midnight bell rang, the "Gourd Vine" underwent earth-shaking changes.
I saw the entire vine rapidly wither as if dehydrated, losing its emerald-green luster, and its texture became rough and dry, as if it had gone through decades or hundreds of years of time in an instant.
But inside that vine, it contained a strange energy fluctuation.
In contrast, the flower buds hanging on the vine, as if absorbing infinite vitality, rapidly bloomed and bore fruit, fully maturing in just the blink of an eye.
On the withered vine, there were seven gourds of different colors, glowing with a strange luster.
At the same time, the system prompt sound rang in Loya's ears.
[Gourd Vine has matured, obtained seven Gourd props]
[Red Gourd (Anger Gourd): Can absorb anger emotions, store them in the gourd, and condense them into anger energy. This energy can enhance the user's physical strength, allowing the user to gain immense power and the ability to control body size during the energy's duration, with the cost of being eroded by anger and being extremely destructive (the larger the body size, the more energy consumed)]
[Orange Gourd (Reason Gourd): This gourd can suck away the target's negative emotions, distracting thoughts, desires, etc., keeping them absolutely rational and unaffected by external things, with the cost of being devoid of desires and living an ascetic life for a period of time]
[Yellow Gourd (Furnace Gourd): This gourd can devour metals, fusing different metals together into a brand-new alloy. It can also use massive amounts of metal as raw material, supplemented by mental power and energy, to transform them into other metals (this ability consumes extreme amounts of mental power and energy, and must be used with caution)]
[Green Gourd (Life Gourd): This gourd can absorb the life energy of living organisms and transfer it to other living organisms, healing injuries, promoting plant growth, increasing lifespan, and so on]
[Black Gourd (Self-Destruct Gourd): This gourd can self-destruct; the more energy absorbed, the greater the self-destruct power. Leaving the gourd leaves above, it can regrow seven days after the explosion]
[Blue Gourd (Space Gourd): There is a space inside that can accommodate various living organisms, and devouring the user's mental power can slowly expand the spatial range]
[Purple-Gold Gourd: Recite a name recognized by the target, as long as the target agrees, they will be taken into the gourd]
[Evaluation: Hey! If I call your name, do you dare to answer?]
Chapter 164: Blade kidnapped Fury, dog-eat-dog?
Looking at the introductory information on the system panel, Loya's face showed joy.
The effects of these gourds were much better than he had expected.
At first, he had guessed based on the abilities of the Seven Calabash Brothers.
Things like growing larger, breathing fire, clairvoyance, and so on.
But now it seemed that the effects were much better than those, at least for him.
With a thought from Loya's telekinesis, the seven gourds fell from the gourd vine and suspended in mid-air.
He waved his hand and gripped a red gourd in his palm.
This was the Wrath Gourd, which could absorb anger emotions and then condense them into usable energy.
Its effect was to enhance physical strength, boost bodily power, and also control body size.
This effect felt like some kind of combination of the abilities of the Eldest and Third Brothers from Calabash Brothers, except it required the precondition of consuming wrath energy and had the side effect of eroding reason.
It could also be said to be a synthetic Hulk trial card.
Loya immediately decided to test its effect.
He aimed the gourd at himself, stirred his thoughts, and the "Wrath Gourd" immediately took effect.
The anger Loya generated earlier from being skunked while fishing instantly vanished, and instead was stored in the gourd in a very special way.
Sensing into the gourd, a reddish emotional energy had been added to a void space.
However, this tiny bit of anger was not yet enough to condense into usable wrath energy.
In the future, he would need to walk around Hell's Kitchenmore often; the anger emotions there must be plenty.
"This feeling is so weird."
Loya frowned, and the expression on his face looked just like he was constipated.
This feeling was extremely bizarre. One second he was very angry, and the next second that emotion was gone without any buffer or transition, creating a very strong sense of disconnection.
It was just like taking a shit halfway and being forced to pinch it off; it was neither here nor there, and extremely uncomfortable.
Moreover, with this instantaneous disappearance of emotion, trying to brew it up again would become quite difficult.
Not only did getting angry consume physical strength, but the feeling of this emotion vanishing was also extremely intense.
If an ordinary person suddenly had this emotion sucked away, the first thing they would feel probably wouldn't be renewed anger, but a high probability of fear.
However, the effect was indeed not bad; Loya had already imagined a whole bunch of operational methods in his mind.
For example, when a certain powerful enemy was about to power up out of anger.
!
At this moment, sucking away his anger would directly interrupt the opponent's power-up.
Mm, highly feasible, commonly known as interrupting the boss's second phase.
As for this side effect, being eroded by wrath was indeed very dangerous; it was easy to get too into the fight and wipe out both enemies and allies together.
But another gourd happened to solve this problem.
Loya put the Wrath Gourd into the System Space, waved his hand, and the orange Reason Gourd fell into his palm.
This gourd could suck away negative emotions, desires, distracting thoughts, and so on, which could precisely solve the problem of being eroded by wrath.
problem.
Using the two items alternately perfectly circumvented the side effect of the "Wrath Gourd".
Loya did not use the "Reason Gourd" on himself, but instead placed it aside.
After all, using it would leave one without desires or demands, keeping the mind pure and free of worldly desires.
What if he didn't want to do anything at all by then? He still had to wait until he checked the previous few gourds before studying it carefully.
With a thought from Loya's telekinesis, he gripped the yellow "Furnace Gourd" in his hand and carefully perceived the information that appeared in his mind.
A moment later, his eyes lit up.
This gourd happened to solve a problem that he had always found difficult to resolve.
Ever since he obtained the ability of the Cosmo, through resonance with the Universe and continuous cultivation, he had now lit up ninety-one stars, leaving only seventeen stars away from one hundred and eight stars.
After lighting up one hundred and eight stars, he would be able to choose a constellation to become part of the star map.
This involved a certain problem.
That was the Cloth. With a constellation but no Cloth, what kind of Saint would he still be considered?
Moreover, the effect of the Cloth was also extremely powerful, which could drastically enhance combat power.
Forging the Cloth wasn't troublesome; by drawing materials into the Cosmo, the corresponding constellation could forge the corresponding Cloth.
This could be considered a special feature of Loya's Cosmoability; with materials, one could synthesize the Cloth with one click, and it would be extremely perfect.
It was just that the materials had become the biggest problem.
Forging the Cloth required three kinds of materials.
They were Orichalcum, Gammanium, and Stardust respectively.
The first two were special metals, while the latter was a special mineral, roughly equivalent to the remnants after a supernova explosion.
The latter was easy to find; just look for Asgard.
The first two were troublesome; these things simply did not exist in the Marvel Universe.
Loya had previously thought about whether he could use Vibranium or Uru alloy or something to substitute, refining their properties with magic.
Now it seemed that wasn't necessary anymore.
With the "Furnace Gourd", he could use a huge amount of metals as a foundation, expending mental power and energy to transform the desired metals himself.
By relying on this, he could forge a Cloth that was perfect or even surpassed the original version.
Of course, the effect of this gourd did not stop there.
Loya could even transform other special and powerful metals.
Powerful metals such as mithril and adamantine would make it very convenient to forge various weapons in the future.
He could also use these special metals to farm Tony's favorability; he believed he would definitely be very interested.
However, the consumption involved was also extremely huge.
It required extremely massive amounts of metal; the more ordinary the metal, the greater the consumption, and vice versa.
There was no need to worry about this either; just look for Tony and have him buy the metals back. This way, he could make another wave of price difference and also...
farm favorability.
Furthermore, the consumption of mental power and energy was also quite huge.
There was no need to worry about energy; he could just use all of the Dimensional Demon God'. Loya could use the power of a full three Dimensional Demon God, so he didn't have to worry at all.
The key lay in mental power; this thing really had to be output by oneself.
Consuming energy and consuming mental power were two completely different feelings.
The former could still be endured; it was merely a kind of fatigue.
Whereas the latter's repeated recovery was a tremendous devastation to the mind, and one had to rest properly.
It was equivalent to staying up late; even if one could compensate for the losses of staying up late through some means, not sleeping was simply unpleasant.
However—
Loya rolled his eyes and muttered to himself in his heart: "It seems I have to find a way to get the Ancient One to help. Her old self's mental power must be very strong, right?"
However, this matter still needed to be considered in the long term. Wanting to freeload off this old person still required a lot of scheming.
Or if he could go to the Mutant Universe, he could also let the Professor among the Mutants do it.
This old person's mental power must not be underestimated either.
Having roughly determined the direction, Loya put away the Furnace Gourd and turned to look at the other few gourds.
The green Life Gourd could absorb and utilize vitality; he could try it later.
The black "Self-Destruct Gourd" had nothing much to say; it was equivalent to a recyclable super bomb that could constantly infuse energy and increase its yield.
In the future when he had nothing to do, he could just use the power of the Dimensional Demon God to infuse it; it was extremely convenient.
I wonder if those Dimensional Demon God would be driven to fury if they found out that their energy was constantly being used without being corrupted?
As for this Purple-Gold Gourd, it belonged to the category of causality-law items.
If the opponent answered to their name, they would be sucked inside; the effect was extremely overbearing.
It was just that he didn't know if it could take in an entire Dimensional Demon God. If it could—
That would be fun.
The Dimensional Demon God take turns, coming to my house this year.
However, he had to find the opponent's true body; if a clone answered, then what was sucked in would merely be a clone.
When he grew a bit stronger in the future, he could indeed go look for Dormammu to play with.
Among these seven gourds, Loya was actually most interested in the blue Space Gourd.
This gourd being able to accommodate living creatures was only secondary. When he saw this gourd, he remembered a feature within the "Eternal Flame" after the "eternal wings" upgraded previously.
"When possessing a suitable space, the Eternal Flame will transform this space into a space where souls can inhabit, housing kind souls who sink in the mortal world and cannot find release, and also punishing the unrepentant evil souls of the fallen."
Was the space of the "Space Gourd" suitable or not?
Loya thought about it briefly and decided to give it a try. Anyway, being able to control the "Eternal Flame", he wasn't worried about any accidents happening.
With a movement of his mind, two pairs of pure white wings slowly unfolded from his back, the flames upon them beating slightly, illuminating the pitch-black night sky as bright as day.
Immediately afterward, a cluster of "Eternal Flame" floated out from the wings and fell straight into the "Space Gourd".
The next moment.
An unexpected thing happened.
The exterior of the Space Gourd didn't undergo any changes, but earth-shaking changes occurred inside.
The "Eternal Flame" filled the entire space, and a vast, mysterious power was transforming this space, carrying a noble and sacred aura of majesty.
However, this wasn't all. Loya looked at the information suddenly appearing on the system panel, his eyes widening as he fell into a daze.
[The space of the Space Gourd could originally house souls, surpassing the transformation conditions of the Eternal Flame, triggering partial hidden special rewards and obtaining space transformation and upgrade.]
[The space and the Eternal Flame perfectly fit, and will upgrade to a special dimension — Eternal Paradise.]
[Eternal Paradise: Upgrading. Detailed information can be known after the upgrade is complete.]
"What's the situation here?"
Loya was filled with doubt. How did it suddenly trigger partial hidden special rewards and trigger an upgrade?
He remembered that the "eternal wings" would have special rewards upon the third pair of wings, but he didn't expect a part of it to be triggered right here.
Could this special dimension be a part of the special reward?
Then what on earth were the remaining special rewards?
Loya's heart was filled with doubts; this truly gave him a pleasant surprise.
He put away the system panel and instinctively looked toward the "Space Gourd", resulting in another shock.
He saw that the "Space Gourd", which had no changes just a moment ago, was now burning with raging flames—it was precisely the "Eternal Flame".
Before Loya could react, the "Eternal Flame" burned the "Space Gourd" completely clean, leaving not even ashes.
The next moment!
A streak of light crashed straight toward Loya and merged into one with him.
In an instant, strands of information appeared in his mind.
"So that's how it is."
Simply put, this space—or rather, the special dimension "Eternal Paradise" that was still upgrading—had become a part of Loya, rather than a prop, completely at his disposal and control.
In a sense, he could probably be considered a Dimensional Demon God now, just an infant version.
Of course, the effect of the "Space Gourd" still existed. It could likewise devour mental power to expand the space range and could also accommodate various lives.
It was just that there was no need to use the gourd anymore; instead, it was directly controlled by Loya.
Any more information was unknown; he would have to wait until the upgrade was complete to know the mysteries within.
"Goodness, there's even such a thing."
Loya sighed endlessly. He just wanted to try whether the "Eternal Flame" could transform this space, but he didn't expect there to be an unexpected harvest, upgrading it into a special dimension.
Wouldn't this really make him a Dimensional Demon God? He was just missing the ability to lend power to others.
He shook his head, putting away his messy thoughts. Anyway, the upgrade wasn't finished yet and the specific information was unknown, so he could...
only wait quietly; for now, he should focus on the present.
Loya held the "Life Gourd" in his hand, walked over to a small tree as thick as a bowl, moved his thoughts, and activated the gourd's ability.
The next moment, a green light flashed across the small tree, and a beam of green energy surged toward the gourd like a tidal wave.
Immediately after, the previously vibrant small tree visibly withered down, turning into a piece of dead wood in just a short period of time, as if it had experienced hundreds of years.
Loya's eyes flickered, and he gently blew a breath.
The next moment, the dead wood turned into powder and drifted away with the wind.
Within the gourd, an emerald green life energy had also been added.
"This Life Gourd is also not bad. It seemingly can also be used to feed Atomic Agumon."
Loya muttered to himself in his heart.
Life energy was among the evolution methods of Atomic Agumon.
It was just that purely relying on eating things came far too slowly.
Direct life energy was different; it belonged to nutrient solution, which was estimated to also accelerate the evolution speed.
Moreover, the "Life Gourd" could also be used to accelerate plant growth, increase lifespan, and so on; it could even be eaten as a meal, serving as the basic energy for the human body's operation.
In fact, it could also be used to deal with enemies; directly sucking away the opponent's life energy was still very formidable.
However, this could also be resisted, depending on the strength of both parties.
These few gourds truly gave Loya a pleasant surprise. He put away the "Life Gourd" and prepared to test the effect of the "Reason Gourd".
This gourd had miraculous effects when cultivating magic and learning various kinds of knowledge; it could eliminate distracting thoughts and maintain absolute concentration.
He aimed the "Reason Gourd" at himself and silently activated the ability.
The next moment, Loya's negative emotions, distracting thoughts, and even desires were all devoured by the gourd, turning into nothingness.
And Loya also understood the terrifying aspect of this gourd.
He sat blankly in place, gazing at the desolate night sky, his eyes gradually becoming hollow and cold without a shred of emotional...
fluctuation, just like a sculpture.
"Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?"
"What is the meaning of existence?"
"Where lies the value of life?"
"People are bound to die anyway—"
"Then let's just die and be done with it—"
"Suicide is too troublesome, too lazy to do it—"
"Let it be like this—"
Innumerable thoughts flashed through Loya's mind, eventually turning into a patch of nothingness.
He just sat quietly in place, seemingly alive, yet exuding a sense of death.
After roughly ten-odd minutes.
"Hoo!"
"Holy shit!"
Loya took a sharp, heavy gasp, his chest heaving violently as he broke free from that state, and various emotions and desires rapidly surged forth.
He looked at the "Reason Gourd" in his hand, his eyes filled with shock.
This effect was far more outrageous than he had imagined.
The experiment just now had gone a bit too far.
After sucking away all negative emotions, distracting thoughts, and desires, Loya instantly lost all driving force, resembling a living sculpture.
Desire was the driving force of humanity.
There was a good saying: laziness is the primary productive force, and this was precisely desire.
After losing desire, Loya didn't even want to move; he lacked that desire.
Even when thoughts of death flashed through his mind, because there was no desire driving it, he couldn't put it into action.
This gourd wasn't meant to be used this way. You couldn't suck away desires; absorbing distracting thoughts and negative emotions was enough. If you sucked them all away, you would end up becoming almost like a vegetable.
Fortunately, what to absorb was controllable, otherwise this prop would have almost become scrap metal. What was the use of absorbing things if you couldn't move?
Leaving only desires—this was the kind of absolute rationality state he wanted.
However, it could also be used against enemies, though it was similarly limited by the strength of both parties.
Just like that, quite a few days passed.
On the small island, Loya was either practicing various magic spells from the compendium of spells, researching magical knowledge from Asgard, or crafting various usable scrolls.
In between, he also went to Kamar-Taj to obtain the pocket dimension created by the Ancient One using Dormammu's power, and the creation of the Shadowkhan was also put on the agenda.
At the same time, he used the "Life Gourd" to absorb the life energy of plants, providing life energy for Atomic Agumon to accelerate its evolution.
Now its evolution progress had reached 28%, which was much faster than before.
Just as Loya was sighing as usual about why there hadn't been any S.H.I.E.L.D. missions lately before the curse took effect, his phone suddenly rang, connecting an emergency call made by Coulson.
"Loya, Director Fury has been kidnapped, and it was done by Blade! Come quickly to the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters!"
Hearing Coulson's anxious voice over the phone, Loyafrowned slightly, his heart filled with extreme confusion.
What the hell is this?
Blade kidnapped Fury? Dog-eat-dog?
This guy—could he have been controlled again?
Chapter 165: What, where did Deadpool come from?"
"Blade kidnapped Fury? Aren't they good friends? I remember Blade even saved Fury's life, right?"
Loya couldn't help asking.
He really couldn't figure out for what purpose Blade would actually kidnap Fury.
Could it be that he was really controlled by someone?
Does Blade have to be this miserable? How many times has he been controlled already?
How did this become a mandatory event for Blade?
"This matter is extremely complicated and bizarre. I can't explain it clearly. You'd better come to the S.H.I.E.L.D.headquarters."
Coulson's tone was extremely anxious, even carrying an incredible implication.
"Okay, don't worry, I'll be right there."
Loya hung up the phone, but didn't set off immediately.
This mission came a bit too suddenly, and he still had to make some preparations on the island to prevent accidents.
The primary one was the "Flower Pot" placed on the balcony.
After the gourd vine matured, the vines became excellent materials for making the amplification staff.
Loya didn't make the staff immediately, but put it away for later use, to see if there would be a chance to integrate it with the "amplification staff" in the future.
With the gourd vine no longer occupying space, the "Flower Pot" naturally became vacant.
And after the Flower Pot became vacant, what needed to be planted was naturally the "World Tree seed" acquired previously.
In fact, Loya only remembered this matter the next day after testing the gourd's effect.
It was simply because the aftereffect of the "Reason Gourd" was a bit strong, so he directly forgot about it at the time, and only remembered it when he saw the empty Flower Pot the next day.
The "World Tree seed" required extremely harsh conditions to sprout and grow, and the Flower Pot's effect happened to meet this requirement.
[Flower Pot: Can plant any plant, meeting its growth conditions]
This was simply tailor-made; after all, the effect of this Flower Pot could also be called conceptual-grade.
It's just that after the "World Tree seed" was planted, it didn't sprout immediately, and until now there has been no movement, just quietly staying in the Flower Pot.
The only thing present was the message prompt on the system panel.
[World Tree seed has been successfully planted]
[Growth conditions have been met]
[Existences other than those recognized by you cannot face its essence directly]
[Anchoring current Universe ——]
[Anchoring current timeline ——]
[Anchoring current dimension ——]
[Rooting ——]
Aside from this series of brain-melting messages, there was nothing.
Unlike the previous gourd vine, which at least had a sprouting time and maturity time.
Because of these messages, Loya didn't dare to rashly move the position of the Flower Pot, let's even say store it within the still-upgrading Heavenly Kingdom of Eternity, just in case it caused any chain reaction, which wouldn't be good.
He walked to the edge of the "Flower Pot", carved a complicated magic circle around it, and then tapped lightly with his finger. The magic circle lit up with a green glow and then disappeared.
The "Flower Pot" also disappeared accordingly.
This wasn't any spatial magic, but a combination of special illusion, defense, and warning magic, which was one of Loya's research achievements these days.
This was the product of combining the magic of Vanaheim and the "compendium of spells".
The "Flower Pot" was still right there, and could be touched, it was just invisible.
When someone accidentally touched the Flower Pot, it would trigger the defensive magic, resist the touch, and then the warning magic would directly notify Loya, allowing him to rush over instantly.
After making precautions here, Loya drew a large-scale magic circle of the same style around the entire villa, protecting the entire villa as well.
Although with Atomic Agumon and Gulu on the island, ordinary people couldn't even get close here.
But those messages on the system panel were enough to prove that this "World Tree seed" was not simple; without making a few more layers of precautions, Loya really couldn't feel at ease in his heart.
Loya was also worried that it would cause some unexpected changes, and making a few more layers of safeguards was always right.
After carving the magic circle, he snapped his fingers casually, and the shadow beneath him rippled like water waves.
The next moment, Venom emerged from it.
At this time, Venom was symbiotic with a Shadowkhan soldier. Seeing Loya instantly, it grinned and laughed: "Master Luo, what do you want with me?"
Venom had been having a blast these days, with a ridiculously strong army of Shadowkhan soldiers at its disposal, and being able to pull strings and point out directions behind the scenes in the Wolf God Cult, this life was simply too awesome.
This was much more awesome than its previous experiences in those universes; previously it was almost always hiding or being chased and beaten.
Unlike now.
And all of this came from Loya right before its eyes.
Venom was now full of longing for the future.
Up until now, it still hadn't been able to see the boundaries of Loya's upper limit; every time it seemed to see it, it found that it was just the tip of the iceberg.
That nearly impossible task also seemed to have a glimmer of hope.
Perhaps it could really rely on hugging a thick thigh to complete revenge, and even achieve the ultimate dream of all Symbiotes.
Loya nodded towards Venom and slowly spoke: "You take the Shadowkhan to watch over this island for me, don't let anyone get close, I'm going to do a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission."
"Master Luo, I guarantee I will complete the mission!"
Venom replied loudly, fully displaying the posture of a bootlicker.
But it was very puzzled in its heart.
Since Master Luo was already this strong, why is he still doing S.H.I.E.L.D. missions?
Wouldn't it be fine to just rob S.H.I.E.L.D. directly?
However, doubts were doubts, Venom wouldn't say it out loud; it was well-versed in how to hug a thick thigh, and it knew very well what could be asked and what couldn't.
It could only be said that the strong all have the eccentricities of the strong; perhaps Master Luo just liked doing missions.
Would its own missions work then?
This thought flashed through Venom's mind, and then it quickly swept towards the outer periphery of the island.
In the shadows, Shadowkhan soldiers constantly emerged, densely packed in a swath.
Taking Loya as the center line, they quickly scattered in all directions.
To make a rough estimate, there were at least hundreds of Shadowkhan soldiers.
Ever since getting the pocket dimension created by Ancient One, Loya had created a portion of Shadowkhan soldiers, and this was precisely the time for them to come in handy.
After conducting several rounds of deployment for the island, Loya felt much more at ease, and then communicated with the "eye of aurora", disappearing from the spot in the blink of an eye.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
Loya appeared in Fury's office. Looking around, it was completely empty; clearly, Coulson was not here.
He pushed open the office door, preparing to find Coulsonsomewhere else.
This guy only said to come to the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, but didn't say the specific location.
It seemed he was really anxious; such an experienced person actually forgot to mention the specific location.
Before Loya could walk very far, he ran into an anxious-looking Coulson in the corridor, and beside him was a capable woman wearing a combat uniform.
Loya knew this woman, Maria Hill, a Level 9 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and also the deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It seemed that after Fury was kidnapped, S.H.I.E.L.D. was temporarily in her charge.
"Loya, you're here." Seeing Loya, Coulson hurried up and introduced, "This is Deputy Director Maria Hill, you two haven't met yet."
He looked at Hill and introduced, "This is Loya, the hidden trump card agent of Director Fury mentioned earlier."
In fact, very few people in S.H.I.E.L.D. knew Loya's true identity.
Even those agents who had attacked Dracula together previously only knew that Loya was a very powerful super agent in S.H.I.E.L.D., and knew nothing else.
Hill was the same; she couldn't help feeling a bit curious. Although she didn't know Loya's true identity, she had heard plenty of legends about Loya.
A 100% mission completion rate, and many extremely tricky missions often got completed in his hands in less than a day.
Hill had been dumbfounded during that period.
The tricky missions handled the previous day were handed by Fury to an agent she had never seen before, and the next day, or even the same day, they were completed.
It was so fast it didn't even seem human.
She was extremely curious about this, until now when she saw Loya in person.
Hill first understood a principle, which was that the strong pay no attention to trivial details.
Which agent comes to execute a mission wearing pajamas and stepping on slippers? Was this reasonable?
She laughed in spite of herself and extended her hand toward Loya: "Hello, Agent Loya, I'm Hill."
Loya reached out and shook hands with her, nodding friendly: "Hello, you'd better bring me up to speed on the matter of Director Fury being kidnapped first."
Coulson nodded and led him back to Fury's office, took out a file from the drawer, and handed it to Loya: "Take a look at this file first, and I'll pull up the video for you."
Loya took the file and glanced through it roughly; he was not unfamiliar with its contents.
It was top-secret information regarding the research on the Tesseract.
The file showed that after the incident where Thor fell to Earth, S.H.I.E.L.D. recruited Jane's mentor, Dr. Selvig, to research and develop the power of the Tesseract.
Later, because Blade was controlled again and the Vampire remnants went completely into hiding,
in order to give Blade something to do, Fury simply had him go to the Tesseract research base as a security consultant.
Just last night, research on the Tesseract made breakthrough progress, and Fury rushed over immediately.
Loya felt that it was very likely because he had cursed Fury, causing Fury to worry greatly about his own safety and desperately need powerful strength to protect himself, which was why he rushed over in such a hurry.
As for the final result, Coulson had already mentioned it.
After arriving, Fury was attacked and kidnapped by Blade, which was an unexpected situation.
Looking at this situation, Loya could almost be certain that Blade had been controlled.
And it was controlled by Loki.
Weren't the unexpected changes over at the Tesseract just the plot of Avengers 1?
Aside from Loki going to control Blade, he couldn't think of any other possibility.
He just didn't expect that Loki still embarked on this path without falling into the wormhole.
The plot of Avengers 1 still happened, and it was also triggered by Loki.
It was just that the timing was a bit earlier.
Loya was even looking forward to it a bit; this was absolute main storyline material, and a major highlight at that, so he wondered what rewards he could get.
Moreover, with Loki jumping out, he could also incidentally complete the educational task Odin gave him.
Loya placed the file on the table and cast his gaze toward the computer screen on the side; just then, Coulson had also brought up the video.
He frowned deeply, his expression solemn: "This is the surveillance video of the research base. We found that Thor's younger brother Loki also came to the research base, but before him, there was also a Mysterious person, a guy with a very bizarre fighting style."
Coulson couldn't help but gasp a breath of cold air, feeling terrified just thinking about that footage.
Hearing this, Loya raised an eyebrow, a look of curiosity in his eyes. There was actually a Mysterious person too?
There was no such scene in the original plot; could it be that some strange butterfly effect had occurred again?
Loya looked at the video playing on the screen.
The view was aimed precisely at the Tesseract, with several researchers busily and cautiously working nearby.
According to the plot Loya knew, under normal circumstances, the Tesseract should activate on its own, and then Loki would appear from the space portal created by the Tesseract, subsequently controlling everything along the way, and finally opening the prelude to the Avengers.
However, the Tesseract did not activate; instead, not far from the Tesseract, a rectangular portal appeared out of thin air.
This portal seemed to open in the void, its edges glowing with an eerie orange light.
A man wearing a red and black full-body encapsulated bodysuit and carrying dual swords walked out from the portal.
His walking posture swayed back and forth, and sometimes he even spun around; a sense of sleaziness could be felt right through the screen.
"Deadpool?"
Loya's eyes widened round, and he almost cried out.
With such a classic look, as well as the sleaziness that could be felt across the screen, he recognized who this person was at a glance.
However, why would it be Deadpool?
There were no Mutants in the universe he was in, let alone Deadpool; in other words, this Deadpool must have come from another universe.
But what did Deadpool come looking for the Tesseract for?
This thing could only be used in its own universe and could not be used in other universes.
Looking back at the screen, as soon as Deadpool appeared, it immediately caused a commotion in the laboratory, and numerous S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents swarmed around.
Without any hesitation, they opened fire directly.
Then, Deadpool performed an extremely classic wave of sword-splitting bullets.
He just didn't block a few, and most of them hit his body; those few swings of his sword looked extremely clownish.
But this did not affect the battle situation.
Relying on his extremely strong self-healing ability, Deadpool withstood the bombardment of bullets while using the back of his sword to knock out all the Agents present.
Afterwards, he encountered the belated Blade.
The moment he saw Blade, Deadpool was clearly stunned for a moment, appearing quite surprised that Blade was here.
Then the two of them started fighting.
Both were existences with bursting self-healing powers, and Blade was superior in strength, so Deadpool fell into a disadvantage, with plasma flying everywhere and a ghastly sight.
But Blade's combat style was obviously not as disgusting as Deadpool's.
Relying on extremely vulgar moves like striking the lower regions, Deadpool successfully gained the upper hand.
Then, enduring Blade's hacking and the opponent's vulnerability in the lower regions, he forcefully found an opportunity to successfully knock Blade unconscious.
By this time, the laboratory was already covered in plasma and flying bits of flesh, looking just like a slaughterhouse.
It was hard to imagine that this blood flowed from two people; it was extremely unscientific.
Loya finally understood why Coulson felt the combat style was peculiar and bizarre.
If he didn't know the specifics, he would also feel this was very bizarre, simply not human-like.
If these two guys went to sell blood, they would probably become the richest people.
As for the researchers in the footage, except for Dr. Selvig who barely managed not to pass out, the others had long since been scared unconscious.
However, Deadpool didn't do anything to Dr. Selvig; he just rubbed his head and quietly said a few words, seemingly comforting him.
Afterwards, Deadpool took the Tesseract in his hand, appearing to want to take the Tesseract and Dr. Selvig away together.
Just at this moment, the Tesseract suddenly started up on its own, a blue light converging to form a portal.
Loki was seen walking out from it, wearing peculiar attire and holding a scepter embedded with the Mind Stone.
At this moment, from top to bottom, except for his skin not being black, everything else about Loki was black, seemingly trying to express something.
Seeing this scene, Loya was quite speechless.
Wearing all black was just to indicate that he had turned dark, right?
What kind of childish idea was that?
It was very obvious that this was just Loki's original clothes dyed a color.
One could even see that the shades of color on it were uneven; clearly, the guy who did the coloring was very unprofessional.
Who could that be?
It's so hard to guess.
Upon seeing Loki, Deadpool was obviously even more surprised, gesticulating and saying something.
Loki visibly turned red with anger; he raised his staff, about to make a move.
Deadpool seemed to know Loki extremely well; he opened a portal and ran off taking Dr. Selvig and the Tesseractwith him.
Leaving Loki standing in place alone, fuming with rage. He originally wanted to chase after them, but seeing Blade in the pool of blood, he seemed to change his mind again.
He raised his staff and waved it, a streak of orange light sweeping across and blocking the surveillance footage.
By the time the image cleared up, Loki was already gone.
After another period of time, Blade, who had the best constitution, woke up first, but his expression appeared somewhat vacant, just standing there in place, obviously controlled.
It lasted until Fury appeared.
When Fury saw the situation inside the laboratory, he was terribly startled, but before he could react,
Blade pounced forward and gave Fury a severe beating; the sound of bone cracking could be clearly heard in the surveillance.
Blade only stopped after beating Fury into a bruised pig-head shape until he passed out.
It was hard to say whether they were good friends or not.
Subsequently, Blade dragged Fury away from the laboratory, and the surveillance ended here.
Loya's heart was filled with doubts. Deadpool's appearance was too strange; why would this guy appear here, and what was he going to do with the Tesseract? He really couldn't figure it out.
Suppressing his doubts in his heart, he asked Coulson: "Why haven't I seen Hawkeye? Didn't he go to execute this mission?"
Coulson was somewhat puzzled as to why Loya would ask this question, but he still answered carefully: "Agent Barton is currently on vacation and did not participate."
Hearing this answer, Loya's eyebrows twitched straight up. There was actually such a thing.
Even Hawkeye, who only takes part in guaranteed-win groups, didn't come; then could this invasion battle be won?