Stark's ability to take action was undeniable.
Although Captain America and the others had left the Avengers, they were still active in the world.
According to the Avengers' intelligence, an organization called the "Secret Avengers" had appeared not long ago. After some investigation, it was discovered that the Secret Avengers mainly consisted of three members.
"Captain America" Steve Rogers! "Black Widow" Natasha Romanoff!
"Falcon" Sam Wilson! Although they were almost globally wanted for violating the Sokovia Accords, they seemed to have received some kind of funding, allowing them to take action again.
For example, the Taskmaster incident happened to coincide with the Black Widow's attack on the Red Room, which made Taskmaster "retarded," allowing Peter to solve the problem easily.
Otherwise, if someone was manipulating Taskmaster from behind, even if Peter could still solve the problem, it would have been much more troublesome.
Based on Stark's tracking and analysis of the Secret Avengers during this time, their base was likely in eastern Africa.
Previously, he'd thought they were hiding out in some backward country to avoid attention, maybe even in some remote tribe.
After all, Africa had no shortage of such places.
Given the Secret Avengers' capabilities, hiding in such a place would be easy.
However, even though he'd roughly guessed their location, Stark ultimately chose not to chase after them.
He didn't even tell anyone else.
If it weren't for what was happening now, maybe they would have lived out their lives like that.
Growing old, never crossing paths, each busy with their own lives.
But in Strange's description just now, Stark realized that the place they were hiding was very likely Wakanda!
And the one funding the Secret Avengers should be the King of Wakanda, T'Challa, who possessed a whole set of vibranium armor!
Similarly, the Winter Soldier, Bucky, who disappeared with Captain America at the time, should also be in Wakanda.
That means Wakanda has at least five combatants (counting Black Panther).
Of course, Wakanda's own strength is still unknown.
Strange's description was good, but the specifics remain to be seen.
In addition, there's Hawkeye, who is serving his sentence at home in the countryside.
Like Ant-Man, Scott, he was sentenced to two years in prison because of his stance in the Civil War.
However, just as Peter tried to recruit Ant-Man, Scott, into the team before, Stark obviously has a way to get them out of prison early.
Stark had Friday submit something, and then he didn't bother with it anymore.
But judging by his confident demeanor, Hawkeye's situation should be under control.
Once they finish the procedures to get him out, they can bring him over to join the fight.
The runaway Vision is also a decent combatant, and the Mind Stone he carries makes him one of Thanos's targets.
He is a must-find.
Stark guessed that Vision should be with Wanda.
But the whereabouts of these two are truly a mystery.
Even with Stark's access to numerous information channels, he couldn't find them.
This wasn't surprising.
Vision, being an evolved form of Stark's former AI assistant, Jarvis, knew Stark's methods well. Moreover, he possessed the Mind Stone, which allowed him to manipulate the thoughts of those around him.
Even if he wouldn't use it for evil, subtly altering others' focus was easy.
The former blocked technological means, and the latter blocked artificial means. Furthermore, Wanda's abilities were also peculiar, also a master of the mind.
If the two of them wanted to hide, it would be difficult to find them.
Fortunately, when Vision "ran away from home," he left a set of emergency contact codes for Stark. As long as Friday sent out the code, Vision could quickly receive it and then be contacted.
Nothing had happened before, so Stark hadn't bothered to contact them.
Now things were different, and of course, he had to use it.
So, Vision and Wanda were taken care of.
Finally, there was Colonel Rhodes, War Machine, who had stood up again after getting a mechanical prosthetic.
Stark had originally planned to use his breakthrough in nanomedicine to treat Rhodes as much as possible, but Rhodes refused.
He said he had already received proper treatment and had regained the ability to wear the War Machine armor.
While Stark was confirming the current locations of the Avengers and former Avengers, Strange was also making his own arrangements.
He first summoned Wong, asking him to help oversee the New York Sanctum Sanctorum, and also to inform Kamar-Taj and the other two Sanctum Sanctorums' other sorcerers.
They were very likely going to leave Earth to fight this time.
But in reality, as the Sorcerer Supreme, it was not easy to leave Earth.
As for the reason, Strange didn't say. He only said that this was a rule that all Sorcerer Supremes had to abide by.
Even the previous Sorcerer Supreme, who liked to travel, only left Earth after stepping down.
Peter and Stark were curious about this, but they didn't pry.
Everyone has secrets.
Peter also had some arrangements to make.
He had Strange open a portal for him, returning him to the Spider Squad base, where he roughly explained the situation to Betty and Ned.
Although they were very worried about this expedition, their training over the past period had gradually made them understand the responsibilities Peter carried as an Avenger.
So they all expressed their understanding.
Before leaving, Peter saved a written electronic letter in his personal email, asking Karen to send the letter to Aunt May if he didn't return.
After making their respective preparations, Peter and Stark returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum, and then Strange began to open portals to gather people according to Stark's instructions.
Strange's first portal opened to Scotland.
That was where Vision had told him he and Wanda were currently located!
With a flash of a portal.
Appearing before Peter and the other two was a warmly decorated room.
A slender man with a bright yellow, diamond-shaped crystal glowing on his forehead was standing opposite the portal, looking at them.
Behind him stood Wanda, wearing a cloak.
These two, as expected, had secretly eloped for some alone time.
While Peter and his companions were sizing up the couple, Wanda and Vision were also observing them.
Stark was an old acquaintance.
Peter, not wearing his Spider-Man suit, looked quite young, which made the two of them a bit puzzled.
The subtle magical fluctuations emanating from Strange caught Wanda's attention.
"The wielder of Chaos Magic?" Strange looked deeply at Wanda, a hint of wariness in his eyes.
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