Chapter 194 The Avengers Are About to Assemble
Facts have once again proved that if you can't find a suitable topic, finding someone who can hack together can ease the embarrassment very well, and let the two strangers get acquainted quickly.
Ethan believes that there must be people from S.H.I.E.L.D. watching around here, but I don't know if they have the means to collect the content of their conversations with Steve Rogers. Presumably with the ability of S.H.I.E.L.D., it should not be difficult.
"How did you get involved with S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
Although Steve Rogers woke up not long ago, he already knew that S.H.I.E.L.D. was not an organization that everyone knew about. Ethan is not someone from inside S.H.I.E.L.D., so there must be something special about him, otherwise it is impossible to know S.H.I.E.L.D. or even know Nick Fury.
"Frey wants to invite me to join one of his plans, but my situation is special, so I didn't agree."
Steve nodded, and did not continue to ask for more details. After all, he and Ethan had just met, and many topics were not suitable for discussing too in-depth, and rash openings were likely to arouse the other party's disgust.
After chatting for a while, Steve was about to leave. Ethan did not hold back, but waved goodbye to Captain America.
"I hope to see you next time."
"There will be a chance."
Maybe Ethan's impression of Steve was okay. Steve didn't continue to maintain the frowning face he had before, but said goodbye to Ethan with a smile.
Considering the relationship between him and Tony Stark, and on the premise that he still often runs into this world, they will definitely meet frequently in the future.
Not long after Steve left, a guy who looked like a special agent in a suit walked up to him without concealment, and handed him a phone.
"When will we be back, we can find a time for a cup of coffee together."
What came from the receiver was Coulson's voice. Ethan, like many others, had a good impression of this good-natured agent, and the warm greetings from the receiver gave him a sense of being cared by his friends. a feeling of.
After Ethan greeted Coulson warmly, he still said rudely: "Give the call to Fury, I know he's right next to you."
"Hello, Master Mage."
"Don't be so restrained, just call me Ethan."
"Okay, Ethan, how long are you going to stay this time?"
At first, Ethan turned down Fury's invitation on the grounds that he couldn't stay in the same world for too long, and he couldn't be sure when he could come here again. I just didn't expect to come here again so soon, and more importantly, this world doesn't seem to have passed for a long time.
It felt like Ethan had just found an excuse to deal with Fury, and while that was true, it was still a little awkward.
"For a few months, there are a few things I need Tony to help with."
"Oh? What kind of thing?"
"I believe you will soon... no, you should have received enough news."
When Tony and Ethan were studying magic stone technology and designing warships, they had already started to purchase some materials appropriately, and were doing initial preparations for the next manufacturing.
This kind of thing cannot be concealed from S.H.I.E.L.D. At first, Fury might think that Tony was tinkering with something again, but when Ethan appeared, he knew that this matter must be related to this mysterious otherworldly mage.
Especially this time Tony acquired a lot of materials, and there are many more sensitive things, which made Fury, the king of secret agents, very uneasy, so he directly asked Coulson to contact Ethan for some testing. What he didn't expect was The other party directly broke through those hypocritical routines and directly talked to himself.
Looking at this, Fury feels that the other party is not shy, maybe he can directly ask the specific purpose of coming to this world this time?
"I wish I could talk to you face to face."
"Of course." Ethan did not refuse. If he wanted to build the battleship smoothly, he would inevitably have to make some contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. Tony Stark does have a lot of power, but the battleship is too sensitive. If S.H.I.E.L.D. helps to manage it, it will definitely save a lot of trouble.
But even so, Ethan wouldn't put himself in a lower position. It's fine for Fury to have an interview with himself, but he won't rush to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to talk to Fury: "You know where to find me."
Now it's Fury who wants to talk to Ethan, and of course he's going to find himself. After Ethan said this, he hung up the phone, put it on the table, and continued to enjoy his lemon tea and pastries.
The agent in the black suit never spoke, and in the end he didn't take the phone, and left after receiving the order.
Just as Ethan finished eating the cake and was enjoying a leisurely and peaceful afternoon in the sun, Diana and Pepper suddenly appeared in front of him.
"What are you doing here?"
"Isn't this an obvious thing? Sunshine." Ethan looked at it, the two women didn't bring bodyguards and drivers, and they didn't know where they came from, and they still had a few shopping bags in their hands: "I bought what?"
"Some cosmetics."
Diana's answer made Ethan lose interest. The hand he just raised was retracted, and he picked up the cup and continued to drink his lemon black tea, even though there were only some half-melted ice cubes left in the cup.
Maybe they were tired from walking, and the two women also wanted to rest here. Pepper is not worried that there is anything to deal with. Although she has become the president of Stark Group, she also has vacations, and she has been on vacation recently.
Originally, she was going to have a romantic two-person world with Tony, but it was a pity that Tony was busy tinkering with the new energy source of Stark Building, and then because of Ethan's arrival, she started to study new things, so she had to treat this vacation as a real one. Take time off to relax and enjoy life.
"By the way, Ethan, I told Pepper before that I wanted to invite her and Tony to visit Paradise Island with..."
The subtext, of course, is to ask if Ethan can help bring them there? Paradise Island is located in a different world, and the only way to communicate at present is Ethan's shuttle magic circle.
This is not a troublesome thing for Ethan, because he has locked the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Movie Universe, these two worlds are the only worlds that can be freely traversed. Bringing one or two people through the door is not What, as long as the energy is enough, it is even more convenient than going from the Stark Mansion in New York to the Stark Mansion in Malibu.
"It's not a troublesome thing, just find a suitable time."
Of course Pepper could tell that Ethan agreed. She was very curious after hearing about Paradise Island before, and she was also very interested in another universe. Especially after learning that the so-called Paradise Island was actually created by the famous Zeus, she really wanted to see what this place looked like.
She was already surprised that Diana was a demigod, but compared to the first time she saw Ethan using magic, she knew that Ethan could travel freely between multiple universes, and she also learned about Norse mythology from Tony. The Thor appeared in New Mexico, and another demigod is nothing compared to it.
"Paradise Island is a great place to vacation. For you and Tony, there will be no interruptions there...what Stark Group work...the burden of world peace...blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It won't affect you."
Of course it wouldn't affect it, because it was in another world. Unless Ethan deliberately left the interplanetary communication technology, there would be no way for anyone to find Tony and Pepper who went to another world.
Maybe Pepper wouldn't care too much if Isen mentioned anything beautiful. But the fact that she will not be disturbed by any trifles is really tempting. The most annoying thing for her these days is that every time she goes on a date with Tony, she is always disturbed by all kinds of messy things, and finally she has to end the date early. Once or twice was okay, but she would be dissatisfied every time.
"It's a really good place."
When she started planning her next vacation, she urged Tony to visit Diana's hometown together, where they could have a good time together without interruption.
After drinking the ordered drinks, the people who had had enough rest returned to the Stark Building. Tony didn't seem to be affected by Ethan's previous proposal. He behaved normally, and even sprinkled dog food together with Pepper , constantly stimulating the few next to him.
But just when the two were tired, Tony's phone suddenly rang.
Ethan didn't react at first, when he saw Tony 'skilled' flicking Coulson, who was on the opposite side of the phone, but when Coulson came out of the elevator, he suddenly realized that this was the Avengers plot. The plot at the beginning.
"Huh? Have you caught up with this plot?"
Although I met Captain America in the coffee shop below the building today, I knew that the plot of the Avengers was about to unfold, but I didn't expect it to be so fast. Coulson, who was still smiling and greeting each other on the phone during the day, didn't look very good at this time. Good-looking, after stressing the urgency of the matter with Tony, he came to Ethan with a serious face.
"We need your help, Master Mage."
Coulson is using a very formal title, and even if he doesn't know what's going on, he realizes that things must be tricky, otherwise he wouldn't be this expression.
Ethan knows why he's doing this, because Loki stole the cosmic magic and took control of his colleague Clint Barton. That's why he has this expression.
However, he couldn't act like he knew everything, so he carefully controlled his expression:
"I need to know the specifics."