American comics: Starting as the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast

Chapter 158 Do you know Thanos? (4000 words)

Sokovia.

Wanda and Pietro's room.

Baron Strucker looked at the empty room with an extremely unpleasant expression.

A few minutes earlier, his chief scientist, Dr. Lister, went to the laboratory to borrow the energy of the Mind Stone scepter to research new superhuman programs.

Upon discovering that the scepter was not in the laboratory, Dr. Lister's first thought was that other researchers had taken it.

However, after consulting with other researchers, he realized he had been oversimplifying things.

Up until he entered the laboratory, no one had entered the laboratory today, let alone taken the scepter for research.

Realizing something was wrong, Dr. Lister immediately pulled up the laboratory's surveillance footage, which showed the Mind Stone scepter being taken away.

Surveillance footage shows a miniature portal, several tens of centimeters in diameter, appearing out of thin air next to the Mind Stone scepter.

Immediately afterwards, a right hand reached out from the mini portal and took the Mind Stone scepter.

Although Roy did not appear on the surveillance footage, Dr. Lister's first thought upon seeing the mini portal was Roy.

The mini portal that appeared next to the Mind Stone scepter is very similar to the portal that appeared over New York during the Battle of New York.

To be precise, apart from being a little smaller, they are very similar.

Furthermore, Dr. Lister would not forget that the Mind Stone Scepter was a trophy that Roy obtained during the Battle of New York.

Although Roy was a prime suspect, Dr. Lister was still not certain that the right hand that emerged from the mini portal was indeed Roy's.

Because if it were Roy, he would most likely have taken care of them as well, rather than simply taking the scepter.

Dr. Lister wasted no time thinking and immediately notified Baron Strucker.

After hearing his account, Baron Strucker was initially taken aback, then immediately went to Wanda and Pietro's room.

The scepter has been taken away.

If Wanda and Pietro also disappear, then he really has no trump cards left!

As it turned out, his intuition was accurate.

When he arrived at the room, it was empty.

Baron Strucker scanned the room, trying to calm his troubled mood.

Just then, Dr. Lister also came into the room from the laboratory.

Turning to look at Dr. Lister, Baron Strucker said with a serious expression, "We can't stay here. The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. will find us sooner or later."

"Transfer all the laboratory equipment, the robots under construction, and the energy weapons already produced to the manor in London."

Upon hearing his words, Dr. Lister immediately frowned and replied, "It will take at least several days to move to London."

"Begin the evacuation immediately!"

"If the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. really come knocking on our door, I will do my best to buy you time."

Baron Strucker continued.

Dr. Lister said nothing more, nodded, and turned to leave the room.

After Dr. Lister left, Baron Strucker said to the guards behind him, "Give the order to raise the alert level for everyone."

"Yes, sir!"

The fully armed guards immediately replied.

After giving instructions to his guards, Baron Strucker sighed helplessly and turned to walk towards his study.

He couldn't be sure if Roy was the one who took the Mind Stone scepter, nor did he know whether Wanda and Pietro were taken away or left on their own.

The only thing he's certain of now is that he has no more cards to play.

Although they have begun developing highly intelligent military robots, the current development progress is still a long way from actual combat application.

Furthermore, even if the research and development is successful, it will take a sufficient amount of time before large-scale production and manufacturing can commence.

If there are only one or two, they are unlikely to be of any use.

Putting everything else aside, Tony's Iron Man suit is no less impressive than the military robots they are developing.

Time flies.

A week later.

Roy didn't go anywhere else during the week and stayed in New York the whole time.

Although I didn't leave New York, this week was noticeably different from before.

Besides training and developing new ninjutsu and experiencing the decadent life of a capitalist country, he had a new daily routine.

Instruct Wanda on how to use her superpowers!

Wanda has had her superpowers for some time now, but her use of them is still very basic. She has only developed two applications: either to manipulate matter remotely or to bewitch other people.

Wanda wasn't sure how high her potential was, and felt that these two uses were enough.

But Roy wouldn't just stand by and watch her waste her talent.

After talking for a while, Wanda accepted his proposal and decided to follow him to develop her superpowers.

As for Pietro...

Roy didn't talk to him about continuing to develop his superpowers.

As for why, the reason is very simple.

First, Pietro's superpower is super speed, which doesn't have much to develop; he just needs to gain more experience.

Second, Pietro is male.

Although Roy had no intention of teaching Pietro, he did not completely ignore him either.

After consulting with Tony, Banner, and others, Wanda and Pietro officially joined the Avengers, becoming members of the Avengers.

Although they have officially joined the Avengers, Roy and Tony did not immediately hold a press conference to announce the news.

Wanda and Pietro awakened their superpowers with the help of Hydra.

It's not appropriate to announce Wanda and Pietro's existence to the public before dealing with Baron Strucker, Dr. Lister, and others.

Wanda and Pietro had no objection to this.

Joining the Avengers was never part of their plan.

If it weren't for Roy's invitation, they would never have had the idea of ​​joining the Avengers.

Suburbs of New York.

The Avengers Manor was completed less than a month ago.

Inside the training room, which was as spacious as an indoor stadium, Wanda, dressed in casual clothes, was performing precise energy manipulation under Roy's guidance.

Roy didn't possess the same chaotic energy as Wanda, but that didn't prevent him from guiding her.

Because chakra is also a form of extraordinary energy.

Wanda's hands released crimson chaotic energy.

More than a dozen red metal spheres, each the size of an egg, floated in front of her.

These red metal spheres orbited around her like satellites, blocking the blue metal sphere that Roy was controlling with magnetism.

Wanda's current training is simple: to prevent the blue metal ball controlled by Roy from touching her.

To put it simply, it's about blocking the attack from the blue metal ball.

In addition, she can only control the red metal sphere to block, but cannot create an energy shield or seize control of the blue metal sphere.

Ding ding ding ding ding ding————

The crisp metallic clanging sound rang out continuously, like a piece of music.

At the beginning, Wanda was able to block all the blue metal balls controlled by Roy.

But as Roy gradually increased the speed of the blue metal ball, her reactions slowly became unable to keep up, and she became flustered.

In a real battle, the outcome would be decided the moment she couldn't react in time.

But this is training, not combat.

The blue metal ball only touched her lightly before leaving without causing her any injury.

Time passes little by little.

Half an hour later.

Roy said to Wanda, whose forehead was beaded with sweat, "That's enough for today."

“Mmm!” Wanda replied immediately.

Upon hearing her answer, Roy manipulated the blue metal ball, causing it to fly back into the box by the wall.

Wanda followed suit, maneuvering the red metal ball back.

After all the metal balls were back in the box, Wanda said to Roy, "When are you going to teach me illusion magic?"

"Of course, after you've completed your training in reaction time and precision control," Roy replied.

To get Wanda to follow his training plan, Roy used genjutsu on her several times, letting her experience the genjutsu of the Naruto world firsthand.

Then, Wanda fell in love with illusions.

Although she lacks chakra and cannot use it to disrupt a target's five senses, the chaotic energy she controls can still confuse a target's mind.

Not only that, compared to genjutsu cast with chakra, all the genjutsu cast with chaotic energy come with mental damage.

If there's anything to it, it's that her illusions require reading the target's memories, unlike Roy's ability to do so at will.

However, this is not a big problem, it's just a bit more troublesome.

"How long will this training in reaction speed and control precision take?" Wanda continued to ask.

Roy thought for a moment and slowly said, "Half a month, at the current pace, half a month should be enough."

"Okay!" A hint of disappointment flashed across Wanda's face.

Although she really wanted to start learning illusion magic right now, she was certain that Roy would never teach her illusion magic until she finished her current training.

She had already tried using tactics such as coquetry and seduction.

As a result, Roy remained completely unmoved.

If he could, Roy would love to eat Wanda right away.

However, in order to maintain his image in Wanda's eyes, he controlled his desires very well.

It's a foregone conclusion that Wanda will be taken down.

Since that's the case, there's no need to act so eager.

After chatting for a few minutes, Roy and Wanda left the training room.

After leaving the training room, Wanda went straight to her suite, while Roy headed towards the room codenamed "Nurseroom".

Tony and Banner did not disappoint Roy and successfully created the true artificial intelligence, Ultron.

Unlike the accidental events in the movies, Ultron's birth was entirely under their control.

To prevent Ultron from being "corrupted" online from the moment it was born, Tony and Banner disabled Ultron's internet connectivity during its creation.

Not only that, they also added the restrictions of the "Three Laws of Robotics" to Ultron's core program.

The First Law states that no human being shall injure another or, through inaction, witness an individual coming to harm.

Second Law: Obey orders from superiors, except where such orders conflict with the First Law. Third Law: Protect your own survival as much as possible without violating the First or Second Laws.

The Three Laws of Robotics are not foolproof; there are still loopholes that can be exploited.

But under normal circumstances, it would be more than enough to contain Ultron.

In addition, considering the possibility of unforeseen circumstances, Tony and Banner also left a backdoor in Ultron's program, allowing Jarvis to read or delete all of Ultron's data at any time.

If necessary, Jarvis can completely erase Ultron's program, thus "killing" Ultron.

After successfully creating Ultron, Tony entrusted Banner and Jarvis with the task of teaching Ultron and preventing him from going astray.

As for himself, he began the research and development and manufacturing of Ultron's body.

Not long after, Roy arrived at the "nursery".

After confirming that he was not an imposter, Jarvis opened the door to the "nursery".

The nursery is not very large, only about 30 square meters.

The room lacked typical furniture such as tables, chairs, and cabinets, and instead contained two rows of high-performance server racks, making it resemble a server room.

In fact, this is indeed a server room.

All of Aotron's programs are stored in the rack's servers.

Destroying these servers would also "kill" Ultron.

As soon as Roy entered the room, Ultron greeted him.

Good afternoon, Mr. Roy.

"How did your studies go today?" Roy asked.

"I have fully understood the mission of my birth, and I will do everything in my power to protect humanity and prevent it from being threatened by any alien civilization," Ultron replied quickly.

Whether it was Tony's intentional setting or Ultron's own choice, Ultron's synthesized voice is not that of an adult male, but rather that of a teenager.

"Good. Have Jarvis go to Monday and find some information about the Kree Empire's army from the Dark Star's database. Get a feel for their weapons, equipment, and tactics," Roy said slowly.

"Yes, I will certainly not let you and Mr. Stark down," Ultron replied quickly.

After talking with Ultron, Roy left the server room.

Just as he was about to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to his villa on the Upper East Side, Pietro suddenly used his superpowers to appear in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Roy asked.

"I heard from Wanda that you've been to other planets before, and I'd like to see them too. Take me with you next time you leave Earth," Pietro said quickly.

"I have no plans to travel to other planets anytime soon," Roy replied.

The last time he left Earth, it was mainly to get his hands on the Power Stone and, incidentally, to meet Star-Lord, Gamora, and others.

"I know you don't plan to leave Earth anytime soon, I'm just letting you know in advance," Pietro continued.

"Okay, I'll definitely take you next time."

After saying that, Roy locked onto the Flying Thunder God Technique formula of the villa and disappeared from Pietro's sight.

As soon as he returned to the villa, he saw two familiar figures sitting on the sofa in the living room.

The two familiar figures were not Gwen and Peggy, but Thor and Loki.

Gwen sat opposite Thor and Loki, greeting them like a hostess.

Upon seeing him return, Thor immediately said, "You're finally back. If you hadn't gone back, I would have had Gwen take us to find you."

Roy sat down next to Gwen, looking at Thor and Loki with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Judging from your expressions, you're not here to catch up. Has something happened in Asgard?"

Thor immediately shook his head and replied, "With Father here, how could anything happen to Asgard? We came here this time because we received some news."

"What news?" Roy asked immediately.

Thor's expression turned serious, and he quickly said, "Do you know Thanos?"