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Now, according to Josh, the disappearance of the sword is related to that gust of wind just now.

"Hehehe, if it's really what I think, then it's not the wind, it's a person!" Josie said through gritted teeth.

people?

What kind of person could steal such a large sword silently right in front of these super soldiers with their exceptional eyesight? ...No, this isn't stealing, it's outright robbery.

“Speedster… Heh, I don’t know if you’ve gone far, but my things are definitely not so easy to take!” Josie said, glancing around with a gloomy expression.

There was no response.

Heh, it seems to be that guy without a doubt.

Josie thought to herself.

In Josie's previous life, when talking about the fastest characters in American comics, most people's first thought would definitely be Quicksilver from Marvel, or Flash, Reverse-Flash, and other characters from DC.

But now Josh's world is Marvel. DC comics exist in this world, but he has never heard of any information related to DC.

Therefore, we can basically rule out DC's speedster... Of course, in this complex world with many film and television characters, it's not impossible that the Flash broke through the cosmic barrier and came to Marvel.

But the key question is, why would the Flash steal a steel sword for no reason?

Barry Allen is not the type to take things without asking.

If it's a villain like Reverse Flash, forget about it; he'd be lucky if he didn't kill everyone present.

Therefore, the large number of speedsters in the DC series can still be ruled out.

This leaves only the fastest people on record in the Marvel Universe as suspects.

The first one is Quicksilver.

However, the possibility of this person is almost zero; damn, this kid wasn't even born in this era.

Unless Quicksilver from the mutant universe next door travels over.

But as I said before, why would Quicksilver steal a broken steel sword for no reason?

The probability of this happening is still infinitely close to zero.

Captain Marvel and other powerful figures can also travel at the speed of light, but even if this person hasn't been born yet, and even if they came from another timeline, given their temperament, they wouldn't be the type to do it secretly.

So after eliminating one suspect after another, Josie quickly focused his attention on a speedster he knew.

This speedster can't speak, has a collecting obsession, and loves nothing more than petty theft.

This person is Makari, the Speedster, a member of the Eternals who came to Earth thousands of years ago and has been hiding in the human world ever since.

Great, really great!

I didn't cause you any trouble, but you're the ones who provoked me first.

A cold smile flashed across Josie's face.

If it were centuries ago, Josie might not have dared to provoke the Eternals.

After all, as creations of the Celestial Race, these guys are quite powerful, and each of them has their own unique abilities.

Especially Icarus, the strongest among them, is essentially a weakened version of Superman.

Even if the entire Avengers were present, it wouldn't be easy to deal with them if they were all gathered together.

But if Josie remembers correctly, back in the sixteenth century, most of them had already parted ways after believing they had completely wiped out their target on Earth, the mutant race.

Only Ajak, the leader, and Icarus, the strongest fighter, knew that their hunting of the mutants was merely incidental; their true purpose was to ensure the birth of Tiamat, the celestial being growing within the Earth's core.

Therefore, those Eternal Race members should currently be in a state of isolation.

This gave Josie the opportunity to deal with them.

However, Josie still needs to think carefully about how to proceed.

Furthermore, dealing with the Eternals raises another issue: if we eliminate the Eternals, what will the Celestials' reaction be, and what will Tiamat do?

Tiamat... Josie couldn't help but feel a little emotional when she thought of this goddess.

Many people who watched the terrible movie "Eternals" in their past lives might think it's ridiculous that a few Eternals could prevent the birth of a god.

However, this is indeed absurd, because Tiamat did not actually die because of the intervention of the Eternals, and they simply did not have that ability.

Tiamat's true cause of death was that when several Eternals made direct contact with her, she lent her power to them, allowing them to kill her.

The one who was truly influenced by humanity was not those few trashy Eternals, but Tiamat herself.

He truly regarded humanity as his own child and did not want his birth to lead to their destruction. That's why he used the hands of a few Eternals to accomplish all of this.

Tiamat, that name itself means Mother of Life.

However, Tiamat's suicide does not mean that the Eternals are useless.

Because Tiamat cannot kill herself before she is fully awake, but if she is fully awake, the Earth will already be destroyed.

This is an endless loop.

Therefore, the Eternals, as the intermediary, became a very important part of Tiamat's suicide.

Therefore, if Josie wants to deal with the Eternals, she has to consider how to deal with the reappearance of Tiamat in the future.

Even if it were possible, allowing Tiamat to be born, provided that the safety of human civilization could be guaranteed, might not be a bad thing...

But no matter what, Josie will remember this grudge against the Eternals!

What? What if it's ultimately determined that it wasn't the Eternal Race's speedster, Macari, who did it?

...Macari stole countless treasures from the human world, so Josie has a responsibility to help humanity get them back, right?

A certain dark-skinned Nan Tong kneels before a war criminal, and Qiao Xi corrects his mistake, is that alright?

Damn it, I'm a time traveler, what excuse do I need to do anything? I just don't like them!

“Boss, I…” Just as Josie was pondering how to deal with the Eternals, Vito walked out of the hall, looking quite embarrassed.

"No need to say anything, this has nothing to do with you. Let's go back first, we don't need to worry about this!" Josie waved her hand and then walked out of the ruins without looking back.

"We're doomed, the boss is really angry this time!" Vito said helplessly when he saw Josie's expression.

"Don't worry, Vito, the boss isn't angry with you, but with that thief who stole the sword!" The other companions reassured him, telling him what Josie had just speculated.

"Speedster, good, very good!" Vito, who had initially thought Josie was angry with him, suddenly understood the reason—although according to his companions, Josie was only speculating, based on Vito's experience following Josie over the years, he understood that Josie's speculation was probably very accurate.

Therefore, Vito immediately added the speedster he had never met to his kill list.

With the last clue to the underground ruins inexplicably cut off and his collection stolen, Josie lost interest in further research. He had the robot seal off the underground palace and focused his energy back on building the base—well, these were still things Josie didn't need to worry about, so for the next few days, he mostly fished and thought about how to deal with the Eternals.

Less than a week later, the entire island had completely changed.

During this time, Josie also spent a day taking out a large number of weapons and equipment from the system space, which were then placed by the robots.

A week later, when the first Boeing 707 carrying more than 300 soldiers landed, what they saw was a fully equipped island military base. Normally, a Boeing 707 can only carry about 200 passengers, but this was not ordinary civilian commercial travel, but military transport, so there was no need to worry about comfort.

For this military transport mission, Josie mobilized all of Continental Airlines' aircraft, causing normal business operations to cease and resulting in considerable losses.

However, compared to the benefits that will soon be gained from Java, this loss is insignificant.

Chapter 199 The Java War

In mid-April 1948, the war between the Netherlands and Java remained at a stalemate.

Although the Dutch army had an absolute advantage in terms of personnel quality and weaponry, its numbers were simply too small.

Just like before World War II, the number of troops stationed at various outposts in the vast Java region might not even exceed one squad.

With such a large number of troops, the Dutch army would have no chance against the Javanese army if they simply hid in the jungle.

Unable to utilize their own firepower advantage, they were forced to remain trapped in the city, guarding key strategic transportation points.

They were unable to penetrate deeper into the jungle to eliminate the Javanese army.

However, it was precisely in this standoff between the two sides that, on the night of April 17, an army suddenly descended from the sky and attacked the Javanese army's headquarters in the jungles of Sulawesi.

Several key leaders of the Javanese army in the Sulawesi region were captured on the spot.

The Javanese army throughout the Sulawesi region instantly lost contact with its headquarters.

But before they could even react to what was happening, the next morning, a force flying the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but wearing American uniforms without any U.S. military markings, and equipped with American weaponry that was even more powerful than that of regular U.S. troops, officially landed in the Bombana region of southwestern Sulawesi.

Then came the task of clearing mountains and building bridges across rivers, pushing forward all the way.

The resistance forces on the island were powerless to stop them.

Although they had similar natural environments and were both adept at concealment, the Javanese army and the later South Vietnamese army were different.

The reason why the South Vietnamese army was able to defeat the US military for nearly 20 years, besides the South Vietnamese army itself, was that they had the support of two major powers, and a large amount of weapons, ammunition and various supplies.

Therefore, although the South Vietnamese army was far inferior to the US military in terms of heavy weapons, it was able to pose a great threat to the US military in terms of light weapons and some squad firepower. Combined with the special environment of South Vietnam, it was at a great cost that it achieved victory.

However, this situation would not occur in Java.

Java's independence, although supported by Russia, is ultimately due to its status as an island nation.

The surrounding seas are almost entirely surrounded by the navies of Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States. Even a powerful nation like Russia, apart from providing moral support, cannot transport much weaponry and equipment over.

Therefore, the so-called army of the Java Republic could not even provide each soldier with a gun. Most of their weapons were old-fashioned weapons from World War I, and there were even a large number of flintlock muskets.

Otherwise, given the small number of Dutch troops, it would have been impossible for them to have gained an absolute advantage in the battle between the two armies.