Chapter 517

Seeing Jiang Hao about to walk past him.

After hesitating for a moment, Young Tuo Ni still stepped in front of Jiang Hao.

Damn it! What am I doing? This thing isn't even mine—so what if he takes it?

Young Tuo Ni cursed himself inwardly.

But he understood: the Cosmic Cube was too dangerous; if Jiang Hao wasn't a good person and used it for something, no matter how rich he was, he couldn't possibly stay out of it.

So he still chose to step forward.

"First…"

Young Tuo Ni had barely spoken one word when he found he couldn't say anything else.

And Jiang Hao simply vanished right before his eyes.

He appeared instantly beside Loki.

"The Infinity Stones are not for you to control. This invasion was far more complicated than you imagined. So I'll take the Stones. You, go on with your lives."

Natasha had not been frozen in place.

He watched Jiang Hao grab Loki, then step directly into a wormhole.

That wormhole was identical to the one in the sky just moments ago.

The difference was: the one in the sky had been huge, while this one was small—only one and a half meters in radius.

After Jiang Hao stepped into the wormhole, it vanished too.

Boom!!!

The moment Jiang Hao left.

Right after, Thor, wielding Lei Shenzhichui, landed on Stark Tower in a superhero-style drop.

And with Jiang Hao's departure, Young Tuo Ni regained his movement.

"JARVIS, what just happened to me?"

"What exactly happened? Why couldn't I speak or move?" As soon as he regained movement, Young Tuo Ni asked JARVIS.

If Jiang Hao had been an enemy, he would already be dead.

Right now, he was deeply frightened.

Fortunately, Jiang Hao had no ill intent toward him.

He once again regretted his earlier impulsiveness.

Damn it, he was a rich man—a super-rich billionaire.

But just now, he'd so easily put himself in danger. Had he gone mad?

"Sir, there was no anomaly. My systems show you were perfectly normal—only you suddenly stopped speaking and moving?"

Hearing JARVIS's words, Young Tuo Ni froze.

Did I just… choose not to move or speak?

You're kidding.

"I…" Young Tuo Ni had planned to say more, but after thinking, he said nothing.

What's the point arguing with an AI?

"Loki! Loki? Loki!"

As soon as he landed, the doting brother Thor began shouting Loki's name loudly.

"Thor, your brother Loki was just taken away by someone," Natasha said at that moment.

"Taken? Who took him?" Thor looked stunned.

"I don't know. I didn't recognize him. He not only took Loki, but also the Cosmic Cube—no, now it should be called the Space Stone. That's what the man who took your brother said," Natasha said.

She was certain Jiang Hao knew far more than they did.

(afbi) "Infinity Stones?" Thor was stunned.

"I'm Steve Rogers, Natasha. What's your situation over there?"

Captain America knew Young Tuo Ni disliked him, so he contacted Natasha.

"Things aren't good, Captain. The Cosmic Cube was taken, Loki was taken, and this incident isn't fully over," Natasha told Captain America.

Loki was the mastermind of this event; if he wasn't dealt with, such incidents could happen again.

Of course, the likelihood wasn't high.

After all, Jiang Hao had taken the Cosmic Cube—no, the Space Stone.

Without the Space Stone, Loki probably couldn't come back to Earth and cause trouble again, right?

But Natasha couldn't be sure.

"At least the hole in the sky is gone, isn't it?" Steve said after a moment of silence.

"Yeah, at least the hole in the sky is gone," Natasha could only comfort herself like that.

The Pentagon.

A group of high-ranking officials from the Oil-Stealing Nation were still arguing over whether to launch a tactical nuclear strike on New York.

Some opposed it, saying New York was the Oil-Stealing Nation's capital—if they launched a tactical nuclear strike there, their nation's face would be completely lost.

And many people would die.

How would they explain it to the public?

Who would take the blame?

Where there was opposition, there was also support.

New York might be the capital, but for the entire Oil-Stealing Nation's safety, sacrificing New York was entirely worth it.

As for who would take the blame, the supporters had already found someone.

Let the Strategic Defense, Attack, and Logistics Support Bureau take the blame.

After all, the Cosmic Cube was previously in their hands.

And this incident, at its core, was due to their failure to protect the Cosmic Cube.

If that's the case, they ought to bear the black blame.

Later, drag in a minor official to share the blame, and the matter will be neatly resolved.

Otherwise, if that wormhole remains open, aliens will keep pouring in endlessly.

When the alien reinforcements arrive, the entire Oil-Stealing Nation might be occupied.

Even if they could repel the aliens.

In a homeland war, how massive would their losses be?

Right now, it's only Manhattan.

If the war spreads across the entire Oil-Stealing Nation,

the losses would be astronomical.

They are the ones who promised to make the Oil-Stealing Nation great again.

How could they allow the homeland to be massively destroyed?

They know perfectly well whether to choose a million dead or ten million dead.

In the end, the faction supporting the deployment of the Mu-Hai Bomb prevailed.

The President was about to sign his name.

Boom!!

The door to the office was suddenly smashed open from outside.

Everyone froze.

The President also looked up at the intruder.

"Mr. President, the war is over."

"We just received word—the wormhole above Manhattan has been closed."

Upon hearing this news,

everyone exhaled in relief.

Even the President slumped in his chair, collapsing into it.

As for the document authorizing the Mu-Hai Bomb, he naturally tossed it aside.

If the wormhole is gone, why sign this document?

To actually drop the Mu-Hai Bomb on Manhattan, New York?