Chapter 1526

At the desolate end of time, the dry wind swept across the barren land, blowing the colorful flags on the tent. Inside the tent, Strange and Schiller sat opposite each other at both ends of the table, staring at each other.

It was mainly Schiller staring at Strange. Strange drank tea unhurriedly. When a cup of tea hit the bottom and he was re-brewing tea, Strange looked at Schiller and said: "Why are you still staying here?"

"If you weren't staying here, why would I be staying here?"

"I didn't kidnap you." Strange poured boiling hot water from the pot. Suddenly, the tent was filled with the fragrance of tea. He picked up the teacup, smelled it lightly, and said: "You can go back to Earth and continue to carry out those plans of yours that are nested for hundreds of rings."

"And then you chop off your other hand where I can't see? Why would you think I would give up trying to find a way to restore that hand of yours?"

"Because you really can't restore it. Even if you restore it, I can cut it off again, unless you stay here forever and stare at me."

"And you say you didn't kidnap me?"

Strange tilted his head slightly and didn't speak again, starting to continue drinking his third cup of tea.

Just like that, a few more hours passed. During this time, Schiller brought up topics several times, but Strange basically just said "Yes, yes, yes, good, good, good". If asked, he said it couldn't be restored. If asked again, he said if you dare to restore it, I dare to break my hand.

"Very good, you don't think you've successfully contained me, do you?" Schiller said somewhat indignantly. Then he took out a notebook and a pen, held the pen with two fingers, and raised it, saying.

"You're right, I should care about those complex plans of mine. Even if I have to stay here and watch you, I can formulate plans for a hundred thousand years later. This doesn't count as wasting time."

After finishing, Schiller started writing intently. Strange glanced at the content he wrote, and then withdrew his gaze.

At the end of time, time does not exist. Schiller didn't know how long he had been writing. When he straightened his back again, he felt his waist was a bit sore.

He adjusted his sitting posture, stood in place, stretched, yawned, picked up the plan written on several pages of dense paper, read it again, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Do you know, Stephen? Although I always say to each of them 'You have already understood my entire plan', in fact, as of now, no one has ever understood my entire plan."

Strange raised his right eyebrow in response, but Schiller stared at him very dissatisfied and said: "If you can't act, you don't have to act. The curiosity you performed is too fake."

"Alright, then Dr. Rodriguez, can I have the honor to listen to your entire plan here?"

"Perfunctory." Schiller evaluated.

He flipped through the notebook in his hand and said: "However, I still intend to tell you, because sitting here watching you drink tea is really too boring. It would be even better if you were willing to tell me the hiding place of that hand of yours as a return."

"No such possibility, but I'd like to hear the details."

Schiller opened the first page of the notebook and said: "When formulating a plan, I like to list all the goals in the near future, and then sort them according to importance. Usually, from large to small, from the situation of the universe to personal mental health, they will all be written down by me in detail."

"I will find the most critical problem from these goals, find a perfect answer for this problem, then connect all the perfect answers, write down the relationship between the people and things involved, and then use this relationship to form an entire plan."

"Usually my goals are arranged from large to small, but if I want to explain, I should naturally explain from small to large, because my plan is also triggered ring by ring from small to large, just like dominoes."

"First, I treat ordinary people as ordinary units, while superheroes are special units. Ensuring the physical and mental health of special units is a long-term job, so this will always appear on my goal list."

"Through several years of hard work, I have already taught all superhero units, including you, to learn to come to me at a fixed time and place to check their mental health, which is the psychological assessment formulated for them by S. H. I. E. L. D."

Schiller turned the pen lightly with his index finger and middle finger and said: "From the last psychological assessment report, several people have more serious problems. The first is Peter. His pressure is too great, almost reaching the point of mild anxiety."

"And the key to the problem he faces is that he thinks his relationship with Gwen will not be supported by Gwen's father, George. He is worried that his relationship with Gwen will be exposed, thereby hurting both of them."

"Secondly, Tony. His relationship with Pepper has reached the end of a stage, but he doesn't have much confidence in starting the next stage of life, and he always holds an evasive attitude toward establishing a long-term, stable relationship that requires responsibility."

"And he and Helen have already developed a father-daughter relationship, but he feels this is not very fair to Pepper, and he is not sure what Pepper's attitude is, so the symptoms of anxiety have recurred."

"Next is Steve. He doesn't have any big problems, just a bit awkward when facing Carter's identity issue, and therefore advances and retreats when facing feelings. He thinks this might have hurt Carter, so he feels a bit worried."

"Loki is also facing some pressure, mainly from his parents urging marriage. After Thor got married, it was Loki's turn. Frigga hopes her son can establish a family as soon as possible and learn to be steady. Odin feels that the bloodline of the Frost Giants should be preserved for future needs, and the objects favored by both sides are different, which makes him feel very irritable."

"Ma Te has a small problem. He and Elektra are preparing for marriage. The gap in their backgrounds makes them have differences in the tastes of many things. They have been busy for a long time without a clue, and both feel very tired."

Schiller talked about the psychological problems of all the superheroes who were relatively close to him, but the vast majority of the rest were trivial matters, not even counting as troubles, just the trivial matters that ordinary people often face.

Then it rose to a more macro level. Schiller said: "Recently, I have often stayed in the clinic in Hell's Kitchen, so I found that the traces of superhero activities here have become much less."

"I think this is related to the significant improvement in New York's public security, but the superhero team formed before has become an insurmountable trouble."

"If you withdraw funding and let them disband on the spot because there is no work to do, on the one hand, it is not easy to control those superheroes with unstable abilities, and on the other hand, it is also a weakening of combat resources. But if it is kept in this form, they will not get many opportunities for training, and it will cost a lot of money."

"The key problem lies in how to reorganize the overly scattered superhero teams in New York, establish a stable system, ensure that everyone can get the opportunity for training, and not consume too much logistical resources as it is now, with redundant soldiers and redundant expenses."

Then Schiller went a step further and started to analyze problems at the social level.

"Now the situation in New York is tending to be stable, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. When the general environment is good, many monsters and ghosts will not show their heads, but if there is a little contradiction, they will swarm up, just like hyenas smelling blood. The large-scale riots and public opinion problems several times before are evidence."

"If you want to eradicate these pests hiding in the dark, you must be fast, accurate, and ruthless, and not give them the opportunity to stir up public opinion and hide themselves. The key lies in acting covertly, especially not being discovered by those superheroes with too high moral standards, otherwise, it will fall into the debate of law and lynching, trigger infighting, and let the real enemies go unpunished."

Schiller turned a page of the notebook and said: "The key goals within Earth are about this much. If it weren't for you suddenly going crazy, the plan would have been half done by now."

Schiller pointed to the plan he formulated with his finger and said.

"Gwen is a person with delicate thoughts and strong observation skills. The reason why Peter is under pressure must not be hidden from her. Only she can solve this matter. What Peter should do most is to leave space for the father and daughter to communicate. So first, I will create an accident to separate Peter and Gwen."

"The best goal to lead Peter away is Harry. I will gently remind Peter that he has neglected his friends a bit recently. Peter will go to find Harry with a guilty heart, and Harry's focus recently has been on his girlfriend Mary Jane, and Mary Jane has been busy entering Hollywood a year ago. Harry is very likely to take Peter away from New York."

"After Peter leaves, I will arrange work within S. H. I. E. L. D. to transfer Agent Carter away. Steve and Carter's relationship is in a warming period. Once Carter leaves, Steve will follow him away."

"Loki's temperament is of the same vein as yours and mine. Stark has offended him so many times, he definitely won't give up an opportunity to find trouble for Stark. When I go to Asgard to party with him, I will slightly mention that Stark's current weakness is Howard and Maria. He has to be disciplined by his parents like Loki. Presumably, Loki can find some trouble for Stark."

"At the same time, the next time Ma Te comes to me for psychological counseling, I will remind him that Elektra has an extraordinary background, and her father should have left her an inheritance in Greece. The two of them can go back together to receive this inheritance for marriage preparation, so Ma Te will also leave."

"The backbone of the superhero team has left New York, so Nick can start to reorganize the superhero team and establish a system under official jurisdiction. And with these heroes with too high moral standards gone, I can manipulate Hydra to directly kill those guys who are stirring up trouble behind the scenes."

"I have long aimed at a target, which is an editor-in-chief who has been constantly smearing Spider-Man in various public opinion occasions. He is controlled by the military-industrial complex, and the purpose is to demonize superheroes, making the public buy weapons to protect themselves under the pressure of the Superman Dictatorship Theory."

"He calls Spider-Man a moral tyrant, claiming that even if you accidentally step one foot outside the zebra crossing, Spider-Man will descend from the sky and beat you into a lifelong disability, and then send you to the police station. Anyone who violates his moral standards will be sanctioned by him, so anyone who sees him should not hesitate to shoot directly."

"And this editor-in-chief's house happens to be within the patrol range of a squad most trusted by Sheriff George. Coupled with his certain public influence, George, as an old policeman with rich experience, will definitely participate in the investigation of this case."

"And they will first discover that this editor-in-chief published a whole series of smear and rumor-mongering long articles about Spider-Man in the past year, and published them simultaneously in thirteen media outlets including the Daily Bugle and more than twenty websites. The title of the series of reports is called 'Huji Takes You to Reveal Spider-Man's Dirty Secrets'..."

"'Huji Takes You to Reveal Spider-Man's Dirty Secrets'?" George frowned and read the front-page headline of the newspaper in his hand.

At this time, he was standing in a very messy living room, holding the newspaper just found from the coffee table. Behind him was a fully pulled warning line. Beside him, police officers were coming and going to investigate and collect evidence. Reporters were shouting at the door to squeeze in. Suddenly, George heard someone call his name.

"Sheriff George! Sheriff George! Here! I'm Jameson, Jonah Jameson. Can you let me in to take a look?!"

George turned his head and saw a man with white hair on his temples and a mustache desperately squeezing in. He thought for a while, and suddenly a case flashed through his mind.

"My god, Mr. Jameson, why did you come here?" George hurriedly welcomed this man named James in, then patted his arm and said: "I'm very sorry about Gina's case. I was too young at that time and didn't have much experience in handling cases..."

"Oh, don't mind it, Sheriff George. You were willing to investigate, which was already doing your best." James shook hands with George forcefully and said very sincerely: "After all, the person who killed Gina was a masked man. Everyone felt there was little hope. Only you stepped forward. I have kept this matter in mind until today."

"Please don't say that. This is what I should do." George also shook James's hand back and looked into his eyes, saying: "Mr. James, but what did you come here for?"

"Oh, I now own a newspaper called the Daily Bugle. Mr. Huji once contributed to the newspaper. Hearing that he was killed, I hurried over."

"So you are a friend of Mr. Huji. It's really a pity. Our police officers are working hard to collect evidence. Do you have any clues you can provide us?"

"Spider-Man!" Jameson said in a firm tone: "Huji's series of long reports are exactly revealing Spider-Man's secrets—Spider-Man is the biggest suspect!"