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Chapter 203 The List of Participants, a Gathering of Experts (Second Update)

"List of all participants in the World's Greatest Ability User Tournament"

As Hawking was browsing the news, an email suddenly popped up. It was a list of all the contestants from the upcoming Ability Tournament that Susan had sent him.

Then he remembered that the registration for contestants had officially closed today.

"Tony Stark, as expected, participated."

Upon opening the file and seeing Tony Stark's name appear on it, Hawking nodded.

Then he saw the names of Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, and others. As part-time employees of the company, they were naturally required to participate as well.

Phoenix and Professor X are excluded.

Phoenix Girl is a special case; she can't use her abilities too much, otherwise her second personality might come out.

Professor X, on the other hand, needs to keep Magneto and the others under constant control at the school.

"Hey, Namor, it has wings on its feet... Could this be that Sea King from Atlantis?"

Looking further down, he paused for a moment when he saw the profile of one of the contestants.

He had seen Black Panther 2 and knew that when vibranium crashed to Earth, most of it landed in Wakanda, but a small portion landed in the sea, thus giving birth to Atlantis, an underwater kingdom.

The king of Atlantis was Namor, the sea god.

After Black Panther T'Challa passed away due to illness, Aquaman Namor led Atlantis in a battle against Wakanda, demonstrating his considerable individual strength.

"That's good too. The stronger the contestants, the more interesting it will be."

He didn't pay too much attention to Namo's unexpected turn of events, took a sip of water, and continued reading.

However, the next second, he almost spat out the water in his mouth.

"Loki, Thor, Fandral, Volstagg, Hogan, and Sif—why did these Asgardian guys sign up too?"

In his memory, Thor came to Earth five years later when Odin temporarily stripped him of his divine powers, leaving him to reflect on his actions on Earth. Why was he coming down so early?

But after thinking about it, it's not a big deal. As long as Odin doesn't come to Earth, he can handle it with his current strength.

"This is going to be interesting. I wonder who will be the last one standing and fight me."

He didn't have high expectations for his final opponent in this tournament. His strength had improved too quickly, and he no longer considered ordinary superhumans a threat.

But now I'm starting to feel a little excited.

Asgard, the realm of the gods, is a race renowned even in the universe, comprised of the Norse gods.

Previously, his assessment of combat strength was mostly based on a rough judgment of the expressiveness of movies he watched in his previous life.

In reality, the true extent of the fighting power of beings like Thor, Loki, and Odin, whom we've never even seen before, can only be known by actually fighting them.

Moreover, this is not the main universe, and many of the settings are different from those in the main universe.

This is also an opportunity. By observing the strength of Thor and Loki, we should be able to roughly determine Odin's level of power.

Scrolling down to the end of the list, he saw several unexpected people.

"What's Nick Fury up to?"

Indeed, the last few people on the list are Black Widow Natasha, Hawkeye Barton, Captain Carter, Hydra Steve Rogers, and Black Marvel.

"Is it to get the organizer's promise by winning first place?"

Nick Fury probably wouldn't be interested in the houses, cars, and prize money that come with the competition.

The only thing that might interest Nick Fury is that the winner of the competition will receive a promise from the organizers to fulfill one of the winner's wishes, within the bounds of the law and morality.

The organizer of this event is League of Legends, and it was Stephen Hawking.

A promise from Stephen Hawking would naturally be very appealing to Nick Fury.

But after thinking about it for a moment, he felt that Nick Fury shouldn't be that stupid, since if he wanted to be number one, he would have to fight him in the end.

Does Nick Fury think that any of the S.H.I.E.L.D. contestants can beat him, Stephen Hawking?

Even without knowing his current strength, based on his performance during the Apocalypse incident, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s strongest member, Black Marvel, should not be his match.

Unless Nick Fury knows the secret that he needs a full moon to transform into a Great Ape, or perhaps he has guessed something and wants to verify it.

Of course, there could be other reasons as well.

"It doesn't matter."

Hawking smiled. In any case, he could transform into a giant ape at any time, and even without transforming, he was confident that he could fight Black Wonder.

"That's a good thing, too. With so many superheroes gathered, it's bound to be much more exciting than we expect!"

After reviewing the contestants' information and confirming with Susan, he went back to his briefcase to continue his training.

Defeating Black Surprise without transforming is still quite difficult. He needs to continue training diligently for the next three days, as his chakra and Shinigami powers are almost fully integrated.

If things go smoothly, we might even be able to develop the new mode before the competition.

I remember the first time I transformed into a giant ape and fought Black Wonder, I had a combat power of about 1,500 or 1,600, and at that time I was only able to barely resist because of my thick skin and tough flesh.

His current base combat strength is less than 1,300, so he definitely can't win by relying on ki alone. However, he also has magic, ninjutsu, and the power of the Grim Reaper. With all-round enhancements, his combat strength is probably around 3,000 to 4,000.

So it's not a big problem.

Meanwhile, a meeting was also taking place at the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters building.

"That's the mission for this event. I hope that each of you can achieve a higher ranking at this conference."

I have sent people to collect all the information on the contestants so that you can know the strengths and weaknesses of each opponent when facing them.

Don't worry, you're not fighting alone. You have the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. network of agents behind you, helping with intelligence gathering and analysis!

After the meeting, Nick Fury left his wife, Black Marvel, alone with him again.

Is it worth doing this for that little bit of funding?

Seeing that everyone else had left, Hei Jingqi asked, somewhat puzzled.

In his view, S.H.I.E.L.D. receives a budget from most countries around the world, so there's no need for them to be exposed to the public just for the president's double budget.

It is not a good thing for the top agents of an intelligence organization to be exposed to the public.

Carter and Steve are one thing, they're war heroes and well-known, so she doesn't care, since they were exposed during the Apocalypse event.

But for people like Hawkeye and Black Widow, it will be very difficult to disguise and infiltrate them for future missions.

In particular, some of the superhuman agents recruited and trained by S.H.I.E.L.D. during this period were also required to register for the conference.

She felt that Nick Fury must have had another reason for doing this.

(End of this chapter)