They passed through the portals one by one.
Wanda and Quicksilver took in everything around them. Everything looked familiar, yet extraordinary.
Watching Karl and Di Wan's incredulous expressions, they still couldn't comprehend the full extent of their powers—but the display left a deep impression.
To them, Di Wan and Karl were like two bottles of soy sauce—ordinary at a glance, yet filled with hidden potential.
The Avengers had encountered them twice before, but Wanda and Quicksilver never actually saw them in action. It left the impression that they were either handling logistics or rowing a boat.
Perhaps knowing what the two were thinking, Tony also felt like punching them.
"They're the trump cards of the entire planet."
Wanda didn't fully grasp this. Quicksilver looked at Tony with even more disdain.
Tony merely raised an eyebrow and said nothing.
"First, clear the townspeople out of the city. A large-scale battle could easily affect them."
Steve spoke briefly to everyone, then ran toward the town.
The others dispersed in their own ways.
The town wasn't large, but tens of thousands lived there.
Di Wan wanted to say that such extreme measures weren't necessary, but before she could finish, everyone had already dashed into town like they were on fire.
Finally, seeing everyone in motion and the civilians gathering outside the town, Di Wan fell silent.
The largest contribution came from Wanda. Using her powers, she controlled the townspeople to leave orderly and quickly, letting them witness the very thing they feared most before guiding them to safety.
Three hours later, nearly everyone had been evacuated. Half the town was empty.
The Avengers regrouped.
"Really, it wasn't so difficult," Di Wan said, noticing how exhausted everyone looked. This kind of operation was far from simple and extremely time-consuming.
All eyes turned to Di Wan, who stepped down from the platform awkwardly, remembering she still had more to say.
But her words were already finished; saying more—or stopping—both felt wrong.
"I can isolate our battlefield from the real world. Even if you dropped a nuclear bomb here, it wouldn't affect reality."
"…."
The previously powerful Avengers looked at them with strange expressions, silently thinking: "Are you messing with us?"
"Actually, I wanted to say this from the start. Captain said you ran away…"
Everyone turned to Steve.
After successfully "throwing the pot" aside, Di Wan stopped speaking.
"I don't understand Di Wan's abilities," Steve admitted.
He didn't know what to do. After a long discussion, the results were underwhelming.
"First, find Ultron's nest," Tony finally said, breaking the stalemate.
The night before, while searching for nuclear launch codes, Tony discovered that J.A.R.V.I.S. had been hiding deep in the network.
Ultron had been forced out of the network last night, but through Vision, J.A.R.V.I.S. had become part of him.
If they could locate Ultron's nest, the problem could be solved.
"There," Wanda pointed toward a distant castle.
At the foot of the mountain lay a small town.
There stood a fortress the Avengers knew well—the last Hydra base they had previously attacked.
"Di Wan, open the mirror dimension. Make sure the townspeople don't get dragged in," Karl said, clearly aware that Ultron had already begun his operation.
Di Wan nodded and waved her hand forward.
The town was enveloped in shadow. The Avengers saw the sky and surrounding irregular mirrored surfaces fold and distort.
"Is this the mirror dimension?" Natasha exclaimed, looking around.
Steve glanced over, asking Di Wan, "This won't affect the outside, right?"
Di Wan nodded, holding her hand in a shape like the number seven, then waved.
"Prosper!!"
The town became like a toy in Di Wan's hands. Objects around them began to shift and rotate.
What had been several kilometers away now appeared right before them.
Di Wan transformed the mountain into a platform, while the town's houses rotated like stairs.
She led everyone up the steps, standing motionless, while the buildings beneath carried them like elevators toward the fortress.
The fortress's stones were dismantled block by block, revealing Ultron inside as though the structure had undressed, exposing him completely.
The process was neither too fast nor too slow.
Everyone stared at Di Wan in astonishment.
Who would have thought that a seemingly fragile girl could manipulate an entire town with just a wave of her hand? Everything here could be moved at her will.
Ultron stood atop a platform as the stones surrounding him shifted.
Any change he made would be countered by the stones crushing him instantly.
Everyone calmed slightly and focused on Ultron.
No one had anticipated such a simple solution—they had planned a full-scale battle, intense combat, and destruction.
But now… it felt like bullying the weak.
The first to react was Thor, the one who understood the situation best.
"Ultron, you've failed."
Ultron looked around at everyone, surprised. All records suggested Di Wan was just an ordinary human.
But now, he sensed that the strongest one was her.
Instinctively, Ultron realized that the ability to manipulate matter and space exceeded even Karl's strength.
"I planned for many scenarios, but never this one… perhaps I miscalculated this time…"
Ultron scanned the crowd."But one day… you will fail."
"That doesn't exempt you from harm. Right now, your position speaks for itself, even if it feels like a little girl is pampering us," Tony said, flying forward in his Iron Man suit, towering over the trapped Ultron.
"If it weren't for those two, do you think you'd win? You're just pretending to be a tiger while copying a fox's strength?"
Ultron pointed at Di Wan and Karl, shouting at Tony midair.
The stones around the platform slowly moved toward Ultron like a meat grinder.
"Do you really think you'll win?"
"No… this is just the beginning!!"
The stones began to press down, but the robot continued speaking despite the damage.
"Just wait…"
"I… fragments… open… begin…"
It shattered completely, and even the fragments were wiped away by a wave of Di Wan's hand.
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