"Are you sure this isn't a prank by somebody?"

In the Pentagon, a bunch of high-ranking dignitaries and military bigwigs were surrounding Stark in the middle of the conference table, all with unprecedented solemn expressions.

This is not a public relations crisis, not a petty fight about their jobs and public opinion. Stark's message is that there is a genocide crisis, a catastrophe common to all mankind.

"Prank?" Stark raised an eyebrow, "Seriously, General. It's as easy as hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s system without leaving a trace, and it's as easy as following it out of your back garden...... Someone who can do this just to run around and make a joke with a few words? ”

Stark shook his head.

"No, I don't think it's a prank. Besides, the other party mentioned the term 'Tenjingumi', which I had heard before. ”

"You mean, the opponent is a god?"

"That's right, the real thing." Stark said solemnly, "And if the person who spoke to us is true, then we should be dealing with not just one god, but a large number of beings like this. They represent the will of the universe, which we cannot possibly win. ”

Several high-level executives exchanged words for a while.

"You mean we should be on the back burner?" One of the executives asked.

"I mean, maybe we should save force as a backup." Stark said.

There was a commotion among the high-level officials, some shaking their heads and some discussing, but none of them seemed to agree with the proposal.

They are accustomed to using force to solve problems, and negotiations are confined to the confines of the planet. As for extraterrestrial creatures? If this old guy was to do the thing, Thor would have been eager to blow him back to his home in Asgard every time he went in and out of the atmosphere.

Whether or not humans are valuable as a species is debatable, but in any case humans are certainly not a hospitable race.

"With all due respect, I agree with Stark this time, gentlemen." Captain America, who had been listening as a representative of the Avengers, stepped forward and said, "According to intelligence, the other side is not a supervillain, nor is it an aggressor. They represent the order of the universe and come only with the purpose of judgment.

To go to war with them is tantamount to opposing the entire universe, and not only do we have a slim chance of victory, but it is also extremely unwise. Perhaps we should try to resolve it peacefully. If we can leave them with a good impression, make them believe that human beings have their own value, and let them see the good side of human beings...... Maybe it doesn't have to be a knife and a gun. ”

An old general raised an eyebrow and looked at the American team: "Since when did you become a diplomatic expert, captain?" ”

"I'm just making a cool judgment." Said the captain.

"So according to you, we should arrange the flowers and plants on the city streets, and arrange for a group of elementary school students to put up a banner that says 'Welcome to the Guide'?"

The American team frowned: "I mean, at least we should try to negotiate first." ”

"That's enough, there's no need to continue the discussion." An older and more stubborn-looking guy slapped the table and made the decision directly, "Go back and prepare for battle, Stark, and the captain, and so is your Avenger."

Whether it is valuable or not depends on the values of the enemy. We don't know anything about the so-called gods, and maybe the standards of the other people are fundamentally different from ours. So I'm sorry, we can't pin the survival of all of humanity on a single word of some unknown species.

They want to destroy us? Then we will fight back, as we have fought against any enemy so far. ”

Stark and Team America looked at each other and were speechless.

It's clear that these guys don't realize the seriousness of the problem.

The perception of those supernormal enemies by these bigwigs is generally a reciprocal process. At first, they had blind confidence in their thermal weapons, feeling that there was no problem that could not be solved by a nuclear bomb. Later, after being beaten up by a succession of monsters and invaders, they began to doubt life and felt that human weapons were worthless.

As a result, now that Ultraman and the Avengers have defeated various invaders again and again and resolved any crisis, they have begun to take it for granted that the alien enemy is "nothing more than that", as if there is nothing to fear.

In short, this kind of thinking is a bit like a cloud player who clears the game through video or watches the live broadcast of the big guy, although those gorgeous operations are not fought by themselves, and the enemy is not repelled by them, but after a long time on the side of the OB, they will naturally have an illusion of "I can do it", and feel as if those so-called god-level enemies are nothing more than that, nothing to fear.

What the? Cosmic Celestials? Maintainer of cosmic order?

Isn't this the end of this kind of thing like before?

After the meeting ended, the two former comrades-in-arms couldn't help but sigh after reluctantly exiting the room.

"Well, although I expected it a long time ago, I can't say that I wasn't disappointed at all." "It looks like we're going to have to prepare for another war," Stark said. ”

The American team pondered for a while, and suddenly said, "Sometimes I can't help but think, Tony...... Well, in fact I thought about it all the time. I woke up and told me that the war had been won, but did we really win?

I mean...... Now we have won peace, a brief peace, but has humanity really learned anything? Or are we just standing still, waiting for history to repeat itself? ”

Stark patted him on the shoulder.

"No one can answer such a question, Captain. But maybe that's who we are, that's what humans are. "We can't change that, because as those guys say, we're just fighters." All we can do is hold the line, and that's it. ”

The American team turned their heads and looked at him seriously.

'We've had a lot of disagreements before and we've had differences in our choice of path, Tony. But now, at this moment...... I'm glad to have a comrade like you with me. ”

Stark nodded, "Me too, Captain."

Well, without further ado. Let's get to work, there's still a lot to do. ”

......

At the same time, elsewhere on earth, in a sanatorium.

The one-eyed old man stood by the window and opened the curtains to look at the sky outside. I saw that the sky was overcast and the air was oppressive, as if a storm was on its way.

It's rare that Old Man Odin didn't play chess or cards today, just standing here in a daze.

He's been in this form for a while.

Frigga noticed his anomaly and walked out from the back of the room: "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

"A storm is coming." Odin stared intently out the window.

"Pack your things, we've been here long enough."