Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Hearing Ah Zu call him, he replied without turning his head, "Don't call me 'sir.' If you do, it's never a good thing!"

"This is good news," Azu said with a smile. "I need your technical support."

"I need a communication device that can transmit real-time high-definition video across half of the Milky Way, regardless of spatial distance."

"A live broadcast across galaxies?"

Rocket grinned, revealing sharp teeth.

"Interesting. This requires a high-powered quantum entanglement array, and I'm also interested in hacking into the Kree relay network..."

"You can do it, right?" Azu smiled at him. "After all, you're the smartest genius in the galaxy."

"Ha!" Rocket scoffed dismissively. "Nonsense! I could cobble together something this childish with scrap metal!"

"but……"

Rocket rubbed his claws together. "This is high-tech work. We'll have to pay extra."

"no problem."

Azu waved his hand and pointed to Thor beside him.

"Put it on his tab."

"puff--!"

"Why is it me again?!" Thor, who was drinking a Wot energy drink, almost spat it out.

"Put it on Odin's tab." He reacted quickly, immediately shifting the blame to his father. "Asgard has enough money to buy half the galaxy!"

"Deal!" Rocket jumped up with joy. After completing this deal, it would have enough money to buy a new spaceship.

Everyone who saw this couldn't help but burst out laughing.

But there was no mockery in that laughter; rather, there was warmth.

Steve shook his head, smiled, and said to Natasha, "Although he can be really narcissistic and loves to show off sometimes... I have to say, at times like this, he actually makes people feel..."

"You find him kind of cute?" Natasha chimed in, a smile playing on her lips. "Maybe that's why everyone's willing to follow him. At least he's not hypocritical."

Everyone knows that Ah Zu loves to show off and put on a show.

But so what?

He is indeed doing real work; he is indeed protecting the world.

A hero with a bit of vanity and minor flaws is more endearing than a flawless idol.

"Alright!" Azu clapped his hands. "Preparations complete."

"Skynet, notify the media that I will be giving a final speech before I depart."

"Jessica, go find Dave for some hellish emergency photography training."

"Rocket, go fix your equipment."

"Everyone else, do their own job."

Ah Zu walked to the window and looked at the boundless sky.

"Target: Igor Star".

"Let's go and take down that bastard."

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The other side of the earth.

Chernobyl Quarantine Zone.

Under a leaden sky, the abandoned city of Pripyat stands silently amidst radioactive dust.

This is a forbidden zone for humans.

But it is the paradise of the Skrulls—Neo-Skurulos.

The two walked through the deserted city square toward a huge cooling tower.

As Talos entered a complex password, the seemingly abandoned concrete wall slowly parted, revealing an elevator leading underground.

"I hope your people will listen to reason," Fury said before the elevator doors closed, "because my patience and time are running out."

"They will listen." Talos straightened his collar, as if to bolster his courage. "I am their general."

……

At this time, tens of thousands of Skrulls living in the area were gathered in the base.

Everyone looked toward the center of the hall.

Two people stood on the high platform in the center of the hall.

One is Talos, the current leader of the Skrulls, and also the kind old man who has always advocated for moderates.

The other one is Nick Fury, who, not wanting to explain further, put on the "widow's veil" and reverted to his original black face.

"This is our decision."

Fury's voice, amplified through loudspeakers, resonated in every corner, his tone firm and unquestionable.

"Cease all infiltration operations."

"Release all the replaced humans."

"Then... surrender to humanity, surrender to the homeland."

These words were like a bomb dropped into the crowd.

A deathly silence that lasted for ten seconds.

Immediately afterwards, everyone erupted.

"surrender?!"

An angry voice broke the silence.

"Surrender to a human?!"

"We are proud Skrull warriors! We have conquered galaxies! We have fought against the Kree Empire!"

"Now you want us to beg for forgiveness from a human wearing a bodysuit?"

The crowd began to boil over, their anger surging like a volcano about to erupt.

"Talos! Are you senile?!"

"Is this your plan? Surrender?"

"Fury is a traitor! He lied to us before, and he's still lying to us now!"

Talos stepped forward and raised his hand in an attempt to calm the crowd.

"Fellow countrymen! Listen to me!"

"This isn't surrendering, it's fighting for survival!"

"Homelander has discovered us. You've all seen his power on television!"

"If we resist, there will only be one outcome—extermination of our entire race!"

"Fury has secured a chance for us. As long as we cooperate, as long as we prove we mean no harm, we can survive on this planet!"

"I won't accept it!!"

An angry roar echoed through the empty base hall.

"Survive? Survive like a rat?!"

A young voice, full of hostility, abruptly interrupted Talos's speech.

The crowd was separated.

A tall, young Skrull stepped forward.

Gravik.

He was a radical leader among the Skrulls and an idol for the younger generation.

He walked down from the stage, looking up at Talos and Fury, his eyes burning with the flames of ambition.

"Talos, you're getting old."

Gravi's voice was icy cold.

"Your spine has been broken during decades of fleeing."

"All you do is beg and compromise. You believe this human liar?"

Graves pointed at Fury, his face full of mockery.

"He's been lying to us for over twenty years! He said he'd find us a home!"

"But now, they're selling us to another, even more dangerous human!"

"Your plan is to make us wag our tails like dogs, changing owners?"

"Gravik!" Talos roared, "Watch your words! This is for the continuation of the race!"

"Continue my ass!"

Gravi leaped onto the platform and snatched the megaphone.

"Fellow countrymen!"

He shouted loudly to the thousands of eyes below the stage.

Why should we be afraid of humans?

"We have stronger physiques than them! We have more advanced technology than them! We can even become any one of them!"

"This planet... rightfully belongs to the strong!"

Gravey spread his arms wide, outlining his wildly ambitious plans.

"I have a better plan."

"No need to beg, no need to give alms."