Chapter 27:
"Director, hurry… hurry to the control room! The Cosmic Cube… Loki!"
At this moment, Alex Chen suddenly thought of something. His face flashed with anxiety and panic as he urgently shouted at Nick Fury.
"You mean the Cosmic Cube?"
Nick Fury reacted immediately upon hearing this and turned to run toward the control room.
Black Widow quickly supported the weak Alex Chen and brought him into the control room. At this moment, the control room was already in complete chaos. Various machine noises rang nonstop, and many people stood there in a panic, not knowing what to do.
"Director, you're finally back. What do we do now? Loki suddenly broke in just now and took the Cosmic Cube and the Scepter!"
Hearing their words, Nick Fury's expression instantly became extremely ugly.
Nick Fury looked at Alex Chen, whose face was as pale as paper, and the words that reached his lips ultimately couldn't bear to be spoken.
"I was the one who brought it back from the laboratory earlier."
Alex Chen also saw the doubt in Nick Fury's heart at this moment.
Hearing Alex Chen's weak voice, everyone turned their gazes toward him.
"At that time, on the way to the laboratory, I ran into Hawkeye and Loki blocking me."
"I took advantage of the moment when Loki lowered his guard and took control of his mind."
"Just now, he broke through my control over him. Instead, he used that connection to re-enter my mind and learned the location of the Cube and the Scepter. Cough cough cough…"
After speaking, Alex Chen's face became even paler than before.
"You're saying Loki entered your mind?!"
Everyone's eyes widened in shock as they looked at Alex Chen.
"That's right."
Alex Chen nodded, then coughed violently again, his face turning even paler.
"Since things have come to this, we can only plan for the long term."
Seeing Alex Chen coughing badly, Nick Fury frowned and thought for a moment before speaking.
Hearing Nick Fury's words, everyone let out a slight sigh. They hadn't expected things to turn out like this. Although this matter was indeed related to them, if S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn't acted on its own and secretly contacted and developed unknown fields, perhaps they wouldn't have attracted an enemy like Loki to Earth.
Moreover, thinking that if it weren't for their own blind arrogance, perhaps he wouldn't have encountered the current predicament or the current events.
Thinking of this, Alex Chen's heart was instantly filled with regret and self-blame.
However, none of them showed these emotions on their faces, nor did they blame or resent Nick Fury because of it.
"Director, I have a suggestion."
At this moment, Black Widow suddenly spoke.
Hearing her words, Nick Fury immediately turned to look. Her face was full of determination.
"What do you want to say?"
Hearing Nick Fury's words, Black Widow shook her head: "I don't know where Loki is right now, but I think S.H.I.E.L.D. must act as quickly as possible."
After saying that, she glanced at Alex Chen beside her, a trace of hesitation and uncertainty flashing across her face.
Seeing Black Widow's expression, Nick Fury thought for a moment and nodded.
"Alright! Natasha, I trust you. Then you go arrange everything!"
Hearing Nick Fury's words, Black Widow nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait!"
Just as Black Widow was about to walk out of the control room, Alex Chen spoke up.
"In New York, Selvig!"
Hearing Alex Chen's words, everyone felt confused.
Seeing their puzzled looks, Alex Chen remembered that not everyone knew the development of the plot like he did.
"Loki will take that physicist named Selvig to open a spatial portal in New York to bring in the interstellar army from outer space."
Hearing Alex Chen's words, everyone's faces finally showed understanding.
"You mean Loki will set the battlefield in New York City?"
Nick Fury's expression also became grave.
"That's right."
Due to everything that had happened before, everyone now deeply believed every word Alex Chen said.
After all, they had personally witnessed how Alex Chen had controlled those steel bars.
Moreover, they believed that Alex Chen had the strength and qualifications, so what he said would definitely not be false.
What they needed to do now was to properly arrange everything to prevent any accidents.
"Director, I think our top priority right now is to evacuate the residents of New York City as quickly as possible!"
Alex Chen thought for a moment and then spoke up.
Hearing Alex Chen's words, Nick Fury nodded.
He then dialed the New York Mayor's office phone and arranged for the entire population of New York City to be transferred to a small town near the southeast district of New York.
He also specifically instructed Black Widow to send more transport vehicles to assist the local government with the evacuation.
After arranging everything, Nick Fury looked at Alex Chen, who was breathing heavily with a pale face.
"Now we will go evacuate your company and move Wanda to a safe house."
Hearing Nick Fury's words, Alex Chen felt a wave of emotion in his heart.
After going around in circles for so long, they had ultimately returned to the starting point.
He didn't know whether this decision would bring fortune or disaster!
He prayed silently in his heart.
New York City, New York Tower, President's Office.
At this moment, Loki was sitting leisurely on the sofa drinking coffee, holding a newspaper in his hand as if enjoying an afternoon break.
Sitting opposite him was Dr. Selvig, whom S.H.I.E.L.D. had been desperately searching for.
Dr. Selvig's forehead was also covered in sweat, clearly exhausted.
"You don't need to worry. As long as I'm here, Earth will eventually be mine."
Seeing Dr. Selvig's constantly changing expression, Loki said with a smile.
In Loki's view, the day when he would ascend to become the ruler of the Nine Realms was not far away.
On the other side, Thor and Banner, who had fallen from the Helicarrier during the previous battle, were also rushing toward New York City after receiving Black Widow's message.
"Loki, how long are you going to stubbornly persist in your delusions?"
Along the way, scenes of his childhood with Loki living together in Asgard kept flashing through Thor's mind.
He really couldn't understand what had changed the relationship between the two of them.
They were brothers!
Although Loki had his own selfish motives, Loki had never thought of harming him. In fact, Loki had done more for him than he had done for Loki.
But their relationship had been destroyed just like that.
And it was a devastating destruction, which he simply couldn't accept.
At this moment, he no longer cared about anything else. The only thing he had to do was stop Loki.
"Loki, you really don't understand."
At this moment, whether it was the gods of Asgard or the people of Earth, everyone was rushing toward the core of this storm.
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