Chapter 106 Plot Accelerated
"You're listening to me?" Tony's face turned grim, and at the same time, he was thinking about when and how Fury had placed a Listening Device on him.
"I'm listening to Natasha," Fury said.
"Oh, great." Natasha's expression also became strange.
"I think I should find some time to resign."
"Don't worry, you can't resign." Fury said, pouring himself some wine amidst Tony's protests, ignoring Natasha's middle finger, and drinking the wine down.
"Let's continue our previous Topic," Fury said, putting down his Wine Glass.
"I agree with the Captain's strategy. You've all seen, if Aliens attack again, and we don't have enough Strength to deal with them, then it might be more than just one Nuclear Bomb."
"Recruiting Manpower and finding Gems must be done simultaneously." Steve folded his arms across his chest. "We don't know when the next enemy attack will be, we must race against Time."
"Regarding this point, there is still room for discussion," Tony expressed a different opinion.
"We're not some listed Company, opening an email and sitting in the Office waiting for resumes to be sent in. I don't recommend publicizing that the Avengers are recruiting Manpower, because that might attract all sorts of riff-raff."
"I agree with this point," Thor said. "What we need are elites."
"Then let's put the recruitment Business aside for now," Fury acted as a peacemaker.
"Right now, Gems are still the most important. We need to find the remaining two Gems. If used properly, they might become the key to turning defeat into victory."
"Thor, I also have something to ask you," Fury then looked at Thor again.
"What is it?" Thor looked at Fury in confusion.
"Have you heard of the Aether Particle?" Fury asked.
"Aether?!" Thor was startled at first, and then asked.
"How do you know about the Aether?"
"The Plumbers found out that the Aether Particle might be the Legendary Reality Stone?" Yang Le replied.
"Thank goodness it seems you know," Fury breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you tell us about it in detail?"
"That's a story I heard when I was a child," Thor pondered for a long time, and then slowly said.
"Originating from the boundless darkness, the Dark Elf wanted to steal even the light. The Leader of the Dark Elf, Malekith, created the Aether and attempted to use it to drag the World back into darkness. My grandfather Bor, united with other realms, defeated them and destroyed their Conspiracy."
"Then what about the Aether Particle?" Fury asked.
"It was destroyed, along with the Dark Elf," Thor replied.
"At least that's how it's recorded in the story I know."
"That's impossible," Yang Le denied Thor's words.
"It's basically impossible to destroy the Infinity Stones. Your grandfather should have sealed it. To prevent future generations from searching for it, he falsely claimed it was destroyed. Think about the Cosmic Cube, can something with that kind of Strength be easily destroyed?"
"What you said makes some sense," Thor pondered for a moment.
"For the specifics, I need to go back and ask my father Odin."
"As soon as possible, we don't have Time to waste," Yang Le urged.
However, Yang Le knew this was all futile. After all, the Aether Particle would only appear at a specific Time, and Odin wasn't very clear about it either. Asking would be a waste of Time.
So he didn't plan to tell everyone. Anyway, there was no rush, and saying it would easily arouse suspicion. After all, even his own family wasn't clear about this matter. If he knew, it would be too outrageous.
Thor also knew this was Serious Business and couldn't be neglected, so he immediately activated the Rainbow Bridge and returned to Asgard.
"Then I'll leave too," Yang Le glanced at the Time, found it was late, and took the initiative to excuse himself.
The others didn't stop him. After all, the meeting was almost over, and everyone had their own Business to do and were preparing to leave as well.
Tony called out to Bruce Banner, saying he had some questions he wanted to ask him.
Steve then left with the SHIELD trio, hitching a ride.
Yang Le, after secretly leaving Upgrade behind, also left Stark Tower.
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At night, in a quiet corner of New York Harbor, Yang Le sat in the Time-Space Wheel with Optical Camouflage activated, quietly waiting for Upgrade's return.
Yang Le waited for a long Time, until late at night, when he finally saw Upgrade, transformed into the appearance of a Rat.
Opening the Door to welcome his meritorious subject, now even Stark's technology was all in his pocket. And Yang Le also learned from Upgrade the reason why he was so late in returning. Upgrade played a Video Recording for Yang Le.
It turned out that after the meeting, Tony called out to Bruce Banner, not just to ask questions, but also to tell Bruce Banner his Plan.
He wanted to build a Mechanical Army, which Tony could easily do, but to Control this Mechanical Army, he needed an Artificial Intelligence to manage it, and Jarvis couldn't do that.
Tony hoped Bruce Banner would help him complete a better Artificial Intelligence. After a series of persuasions, plus the extraterrestrial threat, Bruce Banner was persuaded by Tony and agreed to help him complete the new Artificial Intelligence.
And Tony also asked him to help him conceal it, because he didn't want to have another meaningless meeting to discuss whether this Business was feasible or not. He didn't want to waste a second, and Bruce Banner agreed to him.
In this way, two extremely intelligent people, from the Time everyone left, were busy until nearly dawn. In the end, under the threat of Pepper wanting to break in, because they didn't want to be discovered, they had no choice but to stop the Experiment.
This gave Upgrade an opportunity. He took the chance to knock out Jarvis, well, knock out, anyway, that's what Upgrade said, then erased the record of its attack, and then copied a full set of Stark Company's technology, and finally returned to Yang Le here at dawn.
"Did I just bring forward the Age of Ultron?" Yang Le scratched his head.
It seems that the Shadow of the Chitauri Fleet, plus Yang Le's extraterrestrial threat, formed a Sword of Damocles that was too terrifying, and the pressure formed accelerated the Plot.
Although in the Age of Ultron, Tony relied on Hydra's research foundation to complete Ultron with Bruce Banner, Yang Le had no doubt whether Tony had the Strength to research Ultron himself.
Tony Stark is a genius, and Bruce Banner is also a genius. These two people combined, wanting to develop Ultron is only a matter of Time.
"Tsk," Yang Le clicked his tongue. "Now the Plot is on the fast track, I wonder if there will be big changes."
However, these are not what Yang Le needs to consider now. His main Mission now is to study.
"To shut out the world and concentrate on studying." Yang Le pressed the Watch Face, transformed into Grey Matter, and began to immerse himself in the sea of Knowledge to upgrade the Omnitrix.
(End of Chapter)