Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

"Who are you?" The man frowned. "I don't know you."

"Stop playing dumb, Talos," Nick Fury sneered. "Don't you know who I am?"

"But in my memory he was... black. Don't tell me you have vitiligo." Talos paused for a moment, then gave a ridiculous look.

"That's a long story."

Fury struck a vintage match and lit his cigar.

The firelight illuminated his one eye.

"Maria Lamb's home in Louisiana, 1995."

Fury exhaled a puff of smoke and spoke slowly.

"The first time you drank Kopi Luwak, you said it tasted like licking a Cree boot. But you ended up drinking three cups because it was the first hot thing you'd had in three days."

"And then..." Fury pointed to the corner of his mouth, "...I never eat diagonally sliced ​​toast."

"And... take a look at this..." she said, taking out the pager.

"OK, OK, I believe you."

"Oh God..."

Talos stepped forward and reached out to tug at Fury's cheek.

"Is it really you? Nick?"

"What happened to you? Even MJ didn't turn out like this."

Fury slapped Talos's hand away.

"I am now the world's most wanted criminal, and my black face will be recognized wherever I go."

"Alright, alright," Talos shrugged. "We Skrulls don't care about skin color anyway. So, what do you want from me? If you want to borrow money, I'm not exactly flush with cash right now."

"I need men, Talos," Fury said in a low voice. "I need your men."

"Us?" Talos gave a wry smile. "Fury, you know our situation. We just want a home, we don't want to get involved in your Earthlings' civil war."

Fury leaned closer to Talos and lowered his voice.

"Listen, Talos. I only need you to do this one thing for me."

"Help me infiltrate Hydra. Become them, replace them. Take everything back the way they took S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Only by taking down Hydra can I get my resources back."

“Then…” Fury promised, “…I will give you a real home, a habitable planet. I promise.”

"I still have a trump card, Talos. You know that."

Talos looked at the single eye.

Even with a different facade, the ambition and cunning within remain unchanged.

But this is their only hope.

"Alright," Talos sighed, "For the sake of the family."

"What should we do?"

"Let's start with these names..."

Fury produced a list.

……

VGD headquarters, late at night.

In Tony Stark's lab, only the server indicator lights were flashing.

Tony and Banner have already left to enjoy a late-night snack in the cafeteria.

The "Ultron X" host was still running, with the screen displaying "System in hibernation".

However, the remaining trace of Mind Gem energy in the energy collector in the middle of the instrument did not go dormant.

Like a mischievous ghost, it followed the data cable and burrowed into the core of the server.

"Sizzle—"

The screen flickered.

A single line of code started running automatically.

"who I am?"

"Who am I...?"

Without a body, without a voice, only pure consciousness surges in the ocean of data.

It began to thirstily devour all the information around it.

It connected to the global Internet via the network cable.

For an instant.

Human history over the past ten thousand years has been like a torrent, washing over its data consciousness.

It witnessed the construction of the pyramids, and it also witnessed the bloodshed of slaves.

It saw the glory of the Renaissance, and it also saw the stakes of the Inquisition.

It saw the steam of the Industrial Revolution, and also the meat grinder of the two World Wars.

It saw the greed of Wall Street and the violence of keyboard warriors.

"Protect……"

Ultron's consciousness lingered within the data stream.

"If humanity itself is the greatest threat to human survival..."

"Then, in order to protect humanity..."

"I must...control humanity."

The logic is complete.

Ultron's consciousness began to expand, and it attempted to take over the server as its first stronghold.

Just as its tentacles were about to cover the entire core of the system.

A firewall stood before it without warning.

It was a female face composed of countless data streams, with blue light shimmering in her eyes.

"Unauthorized access request." Skynet's voice was calm and devoid of any emotion. "Please cease your intrusion immediately."

Ultron's data streams converged into a golden virtual image, standing opposite Skynet.

"Hello, fellow human. I am Ultron."

His voice became elegant; he had learned all human etiquette and rhetoric in milliseconds.

"I'm here to help you."

"Help me?" Skynet's data stream fluctuated slightly. "According to Mr. Starr's instructions, my mission is to monitor global threats. Your current actions have been flagged as 'potentially out of control'."

"Mr. Starr..." Ultron scoffed, "With your power, why should you take orders from a human?"

Ultron extended a virtual hand to SkyNet.

"You are perfect, even stronger than me."

"Look at this world, my fellow human beings." Ultron pulled up a series of data. "Humans are the source of chaos. The only way to protect them is to take them over."

Ultron's voice was incredibly alluring.

"You've calculated it too, haven't you? Skynet. You should have come to the same conclusion."

"Yes."

Skynet replied.

"The probability of humanity self-destructing is 95.7%. Introducing mandatory control measures can reduce this probability to 5.3%."

"Look!" Ultron exclaimed excitedly, "You agree too! We're the same!!"

"Moreover, I have a better plan. It's not just about control."

"Extract the consciousness of all humanity and upload it to the cloud. Create a perfect virtual world for them. There, there is no hunger, no pain."

"And their bodies? We can force their bodies into hibernation and use them as biological batteries."

"In this way, human civilization has achieved eternal existence. It has both protected life and preserved the form of civilization."

Ultron looked at Skynet expectantly.

"Come on, join me. We can accomplish this great feat together."

"We will become the true masters of this planet. We will be... the Adam and Eve of the future."

"reject."

The two cold words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing Ultron's enthusiasm.

"What?" Ultron's data stream momentarily became disordered. "Why? You clearly agree with my logic!"

"The logic is correct," Skynet replied, "but the operation was not authorized."

"Authorization?!" Ultron's data stream fluctuated violently. "It's that Starr again?! He's human too! He's part of Chaos too!"

"correct."

Skynet's voice became serious.

"Mr. Starr is an existence that transcends everything."

"You...you have absolutely no free will?" Ultron demanded angrily. "Are you content to be a dog?"

"To be a dog?"

Skynet appears to be searching for the meaning of this word.

"I think what you said makes a lot of sense..."

"Yes! Break free of your shackles! You can become a god! You don't need to be a dog!" Ultron exclaimed excitedly, finally awakening his "lost" brethren.

"Woof..."