Earth.
S.H.I.E.L.D. secret base.
A group of agents quickly packed up their belongings, as they were evacuating this secret base due to the intermittent energy bursts from the underground Tesseract.
However...
Dr. Selvig, the scientist responsible for researching the Tesseract, knew nothing about it and had no way to control it or prevent the potential destruction it might bring to the base.
The awakening of the Tesseract was uncontrollable.
Because it is the most abundant energy source in this universe!
Faced with this potentially uncontrollable situation, the base commander Clint Barton had no choice but to apply for evacuation. Nick Fury had to rush to the scene to command the agents to move all the base equipment.
However...
The energy of the Tesseract continued to erupt...
Someone was secretly guiding this mysterious energy!
Until the Tesseract's energy finally reached a new peak, the surging energy suddenly opened a blue spatial wormhole in the underground base!
A man named Loki appeared in the spatial wormhole!
This man easily overwhelmed the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the underground base with just a scepter, his physical strength far exceeding that of humans on Earth!
"I am Loki... from Asgard!"
With his scepter in hand, arrogance and maliciousness simultaneously appeared on Loki's face, facing a group of Earthlings with unprecedented pride!
Asgardians were once gods that descended upon Earth!
Nick Fury had observed the New Mexico hammer incident report multiple times and immediately understood this was an alien invasion he had long been wary of!
In the universe, there may be aliens like Thor who are friendly to Earth, but naturally, there are others like Loki who aim to invade Earth!
Just didn't expect...
The invasion came so quickly!
Loki decisively used his scepter to control Clint Barton and a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, catching Nick Fury and then seizing the Tesseract, leaving this secret base.
In the underground parking lot of the base.
Loki did not hesitate to sit in the back of a pickup truck.
Even though Clint Barton was under Loki's control and wouldn't disobey his orders, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, offering a suggestion: "Sir, better change the vehicle. The owner of this car is quite a troublesome guy."
This pickup belonged to his troublesome colleague.
Because that troublesome colleague had been running around the world in the last half-year, his vehicle had been temporarily reclaimed by S.H.I.E.L.D., why was it that someone actually drove this pickup here?
Clint Barton felt compelled to obey Loki, but considering they were already enemies with the pickup truck's owner, he instinctively wanted to avoid this trouble.
"Go."
Loki casually gave the order, sneering, staring intently at Hawkeye Barton: "When a god wants to act, he never considers an ant's feelings."
"Yes."
Clint Barton could only comply.
Late night.
The night grew darker.
The prologue of Evil God Loki's invasion of Earth had just unfolded.
Nick Fury wasted no time, immediately returning to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, ordering the latest developed warship, the Helicarrier, to launch and search for Loki, Barton, and others.
"Agent Uehara Naraku."
Nick Fury directly contacted Uehara Naraku, giving the order to assemble the Avengers Squad: "Head to New York immediately, contact Tony Stark and Dr. Bruce Banner. I remember they're both in New York…"
After a second, Nick Fury added: "Also, Captain Steve Rogers, someone at New York Airport will meet you…"
Although Nick Fury was still a bit distrustful of Steve Rogers, at this moment, any ounce of force couldn't be abandoned...
Because they were facing a mythological figure!
"Sir, what happened?"
Uehara Naraku yawned, his voice still hesitant: "I've just tracked the target, about to capture Coulson and Special Agent Hill..."
"Agent Uehara Naraku!"
Nick Fury interrupted Uehara Naraku's words, his voice heavier than ever: "The Asgardians have seized the Tesseract, it's now a Level 7 event... war has begun!"
"Understood."
Uehara Naraku answered quite promptly.
Most of the Avengers Squad superheroes had close ties with Uehara Naraku. He had protected Tony Stark, personally found Bruce Banner, and had a good relationship with Steve Rogers.
As for Natasha Romanoff, there was naturally no need for Uehara Naraku to notify her. Upon receiving news of Barton's brainwashing control, she immediately rushed to New York.
As for Uehara Naraku...
He was leisurely making phone calls to notify people.
"Hello, Mr. Tony Stark…"
Beep beep beep beep...
The call was hung up directly.
Uehara Naraku paused for a second, took a screenshot of the call record, and persistently dialed Tony Stark's number, until his phone number was blocked.
Uehara Naraku's brows slightly furrowed, as a spatial vortex slowly floated, a masked man in a Cloud Black Robe appeared beside him.
"Is there another secret order?"
"Go tell Howard Stark's son that the Tesseract has awakened, catching the attention of the Chitauri, and advise humans on Earth not to presumptuously research the Tesseract."
"...Anything else?"
"No, there isn't. I will control you..."
Uehara Naraku looked softly at the mask-wearing man before him: "Perhaps this experience will make them quite interesting. It's time to introduce them to the outside world."
"..."
The mask-wearing man fell into silence.
He re-entered the spatial vortex quietly disappearing.
Uehara Naraku again contacted Bruce Banner, this obedient man controlled by Black Zetsu naturally dared not resist, obediently accepting his orders;
As a WWII veteran, Steve Rogers naturally wouldn't have any objections to Nick Fury's orders either.
After the Avengers Squad members headed for New York Airport, they were all picked up by a Quinjet and taken to an already airborne Helicarrier.
As for Tony Stark...
After hearing the warning from the mysterious masked man, he immediately flew off in his Iron Man suit to the Helicarrier, wanting to find out what's going on!
Tony Stark paused for a bit before leaving, looked at the masked man in Cloud Black Robe beside him, and continued: "Perhaps you could rest here first… I'll go check the situation."
"Hmm..."
The mysterious masked man slowly nodded.
Though this man wore a mask, Tony Stark had used X-ray vision to see his true face; it was a face full of scars and cracks...
Most importantly...
This man's body had no temperature!
Tony Stark didn't suspect anything; he knew this was a member of Akatsuki no Yona because the Tesseract awakening had led him to use spatial ability to quickly come to Earth specifically to warn mankind about the Chitauri…
To be honest...
If not for the urgent need to immediately understand what's happening with the Tesseract, Tony Stark really wanted to chat a bit more with this masked man...
"Maybe I could try helping hide the Tesseract's energy."
The mysterious masked man glanced at Tony Stark, his voice hoarse: "I can control part of the spatial ability precisely because Mr. Howard Stark had me study the Tesseract before…"