Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Nick Fury stood on the command deck of the Helicarrier.

He had his hands behind his back, his single eye fixed on the constantly flashing images of New York streets on the holographic screen.

The crowd was still gathered in front of the TV station, holding signs that read "One Dollar Savior".

Some people cried into the camera, saying: "My mother's dialysis bills will finally stop crushing us."

Every real-time scrolling news headline was like a needle piercing Fury's one remaining eye.

"Damn! This is insane!"

"Where did he get those skills from, as a priest?!"

"I really believe Shen Jue is an alien now."

Fury said in a low voice, the words squeezed out between his teeth.

The sky carrier hovered above the clouds.

The massive turbine engine emitted a deep roar.

None of the agents in the command room dared to speak loudly.

The only sounds were the clicking of keyboard keys and the beeping of instruments.

"Fuck!"

Fury whirled around and slammed his fist on the edge of the control panel.

The metal countertop made a dull thud.

"Those old bastards in Congress were yelling at me on the phone just two hours ago."

"They said Shen Jue is threatening national security."

"They say a one-dollar universal serum would destroy the healthcare system, cause social unrest, and severely damage the American economy."

"They ordered me to come up with a solution within 48 hours."

Fury laughed, his laughter full of sarcasm.

"Solution plan".

"A person who tries to relieve the patient's pain and help the dying stand up again is seen as a crisis that needs to be addressed."

"What a load of crap!"

Fury turned around and walked to the conference table.

He looked at the man who had just woken up from the ice.

Steve Rogers sat there.

His blond hair is longer than it appears in photos from the last century.

But his face still looks young.

The body that had been remodeled by the Super Soldier Serum remained perfect.

The muscle definition was clearly visible under the tight-fitting training uniform.

His complexion was indeed not good, like a stone that had been repeatedly crushed by time.

Silence, coldness, carrying a dull pain as if just pulled back from the depths of the ocean to the human world.

No one can blame him.

No one would be happy if they woke up to find that the war had ended seventy years ago and everyone they knew was now just a name in a history book.

What's more, he had to sit at a conference table suspended 40,000 feet in the air, listening to a one-eyed black man talk about an Asian priest selling a panacea for one dollar.

Moreover, it's possible that any white person who fell into a coma during this particular period of World War II would wake up to find that their boss had turned into a black man.

Neither of them will feel good.

The Super Soldier Serum endowed Steve with superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and reflexes.

As an enhanced soldier, Steve's bone density, cardiopulmonary function, and nerve reflexes all reached the pinnacle of human potential.

More importantly, the serum also reshaped his immune system, making him almost immune to illness, and his wounds healed several times faster than those of an average person.

Steve's round shield, made of vibranium, can absorb and deflect almost any form of impact.

But Steve, as an enhanced soldier, still felt lost.

He was seventy years late to a ball.

The once stunningly beautiful Carter is now old and frail, on the verge of death.

"So, the problem you're facing in the 21st century is someone who's even better at selling medicine than the pharmaceutical companies?"

Steve finally spoke, his voice firm and strong.

"I thought I would wake up to either Nazi remnants or aliens."

Fury hadn't had a chance to answer yet.

A low murmur came from the nearby rest area.

Bruce Banner was sitting in a clearly reinforced alloy chair, holding a cup of tea that had gone cold.

His body looked thin and restrained, like a volcano that could erupt at any moment.

Fury and Steve both glanced at him instinctively.

Bruce Banner, a PhD in physics from MIT, is a genius in both nuclear physics and biochemistry.

He was once a key scientist in the U.S. military's gamma bomb project, but was exposed to a lethal dose of gamma radiation in an experimental accident.

The accident should have killed him, but it activated something within him that no one had ever seen before.

Now, whenever his heart rate exceeds two hundred beats per minute, or he becomes overly emotional, Xishuangbanna transforms into a green giant over nine feet tall.

The Green Giant is also known as the Incredible Hulk.

The Incredible Hulk possesses near-invincible strength and resilience.

The moment he transforms, he can tear apart a tank with his bare hands and leap across half a city.

Stay alert amidst intense missile bombardment.

The U.S. military spent years trying to capture him, but ultimately chose to give up.

Banner's power grows limitlessly with his anger, which is why the U.S. military is so wary of him.

This Hulk doctor was the one Black Widow Natasha found in a remote village in Asia.

After making some promises, Dr. Banner followed Natasha to the aircraft carrier.

At that moment, Banner slowly twirled the teacup with his thumb and forefinger, his gaze wandering in mid-air.

He only snapped out of his reverie when Natasha Romanov emerged from the shadows and sat down on the other side of the conference table.

Natasha was the only person in the meeting room who didn't seem nervous at all.

She tied her red hair into a neat ponytail and quickly swiped her fingers on the tablet to bring up Shen Jue's public profile.

Father Shen Jue, in his early twenties, was originally a regular guest on a theological television program.

"A very strange change has occurred recently."

The currently known information is as follows.

"Father Shen Jue possesses mind control abilities."

"I asked Professor Charles of Xavier's School of the Xavier, one of the most powerful mutants, but he didn't give me a clear answer."

"At the same time, Xavier's School scaled back almost all of its activities."

"This special priest possesses bio-engineering technology."

"A superhuman was transformed into a strange humanoid creature by Shen Jue."

"Those patients who were cured by Shen Jue during the live television broadcast were not injected with the universal serum on the spot."

"Instead, he was healed on the spot by Father Shen Jue's special power."

"In addition, this Father Shen Jue is also suspected of possessing abilities related to gravity."

"Father Shen Jue's identity as a mutant cannot be ruled out at this time."

Upon hearing Natasha's analysis and intelligence, Fury paced back and forth, tapping the table with his knuckles.

Steve looked up: "Doesn't sound that strong."

"Aside from the mind control, Father Shen Jue seems to be easily killed by our weapons."

"But I think Father Shen Jue is a good man."

"We should persuade him to slow down his current activities."

"Give people all over the world some time to prepare."

"The invention of the universal serum is a good thing."

"Perhaps we can even invite Father Shen Jue to join our side."

A glint of light flashed in Natasha's eyes; Father Shen Jue had once said something similar to her.

Fury did not answer, but the light in his single eye deepened.

Just then, the roar of thrusters approached from afar.

The agents on deck instinctively grabbed the railing.

A golden-red figure broke through the clouds and landed precisely in the landing area at the rear of the aircraft carrier, its feet striking the ground with a dull metallic thud.

Tony Stark didn't even wait for the deceleration device to be completely removed before stepping out of his armor.

His sunglasses were pushed up on his head, revealing a hint of fatigue.

"You'd better give me a good enough reason to leave the lab."

Tony walked toward the conference table as he spoke, his gaze sweeping over Steve and Banner before finally settling on Fury.

"Could it be that our beloved Father Shen Jue's creation of that small beverage has instilled fear in those corrupt politicians and fools scheming for huge profits?"

"The universal serum isn't a drink, Tony."

Fury turned the holographic projection toward him.

"It could almost completely change everything in the 21st century."

"Father Shen Jue is not as harmless as he seems."

Tony's flippant expression grew even more arrogant, but he still chose to watch the projection Nick Fury was showing.

He walked to the projector and swiped his finger across the screen.

Several videos of Shen Jue in the coffee shop and on the television were simultaneously displayed.

The image was so clear that the golden light on Shen Jue's fingertips was clearly visible.

"I had Jarvis analyze Father Shen Jue."

Tony said in a low voice, "The abilities and power that Father Shen Jue possesses are beyond Jarvis's ability to analyze."

"Father Shen Jue possesses knowledge and the mental capacity I have experienced."

"It's enough to make me admire it, and I can't even imagine it."

"And yet you're trying to stop such a scholar who's detached from his time?"

"This is impossible to succeed."

Banner also stood up.

He walked over to Tony, and the two of them looked at the screen side by side.

A PhD in physics, a genius in engineering.

They both fell silent.

Steve doesn't understand these things.

But he sensed the change in the air.

"etc."

"If the serum really works, wouldn't that be a good thing?"

"People can live longer and get sick less."

Why are you all so somber?

Natasha put away her tablet and sighed softly.

"Because the American healthcare system has never been designed to make people healthy."

"It is one of the largest wealth transfer machines in the country."

"Shen Jue's one-dollar serum will stop this machine from running."

"Hundreds of millions of people around the world will rejoice, but the capitalist oligarchs will not."

"When these capitalist oligarchs hate someone so much."

"The war machine of the entire United States, or even the entire world, will begin to operate."

"And we will try every means to capture or kill Father Shen Jue..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fury's personal terminal suddenly lit up.

That was an encrypted communication request from the World Security Council.

Fury glanced at it, didn't take it, and simply pushed it to the center of the screen.

"These guys want me to send out a task force to confiscate all the samples on the grounds that the serum was not reviewed."

"And Father Shen Jue was arrested for attempting to threaten national and human security."

Fury said with a sneer, "If they really succeed, the universal serum will eventually become a miracle drug worth millions or even tens of millions of dollars per injection."

Tony gave a cold laugh: "That's your problem."

"The world faces many threats, but I cannot bring myself to kill a hope for humanity, a top scholar ahead of his time."

Tony's words rolled through everyone's nerves in the conference room like a metal ball.

Fury narrowed his one eye slightly, Natasha put down her tablet, and Steve frowned, glancing at Tony and then at Fury.

Banner sighed softly and placed the cooled tea back on the table.

"Stark, you need to understand."

Fury lowered his voice: "This is not a decision we can make."

"The World Security Council has intervened."

"Congress has also intervened."

"The military will intervene soon."

"Your current stance puts you in direct opposition to all of them."

Tony's expression remained unchanged after hearing this.

He slowly took off his sunglasses, folded them, and put them in the inside pocket of his suit jacket.

"Nick, let me make myself clearer."

"Shen Jue is my friend."

"Perhaps you see him as a threat, a variable, or a dangerous factor that needs to be controlled."

"But in my opinion, he is a man who truly gets things done."

"And those congresses, councils, and military that you talk about are the cancer of this world."

"They were trembling in their high positions, not because Shen Jue was in danger."

"I would never go against my friends for someone like that."

"Therefore, I have no interest in your actions."

"If you want to send people to confiscate his things, to arrest him, or even to kill him."

"Then please."

"But don't expect Stark Industries to provide even a single screw."

"And don't expect me to be there to applaud you."

Tony turned around, and the armor sensed his movement, automatically unfolding from his back, with metal components covering his body like flowing water.

As the visor fell, the Arc Reactor on Tony's chest lit up with a blinding white light.

He stood at the edge of the aircraft carrier deck and glanced back at Fury.

The thrusters spewed out golden-red flames, and Tony's figure shot through the air like a shooting star falling backwards into the sky.

Only the wind howled on the Sky Helicarrier.

Natasha walked to Fury's side and whispered, "He's gone."

"I know."

Fury's voice was calm: "Tony has his pride."

He did not believe that Shen Jue's actions threatened human safety.

"Although radical, the advent of the universal serum is a blessing for humanity."

Steve slowly stood up, gazing in the direction Tony had disappeared, and remained silent for a moment.

"Frey".

"Maybe none of you want to hear what I have to say, but I'll still say it anyway."

"If that Iron Man chooses to believe Shen Jue, shouldn't we reconsider who defined the so-called crisis caused by Father Shen Jue?"

Nick Fury was unusually silent; he stood there like a wax figure.

"Captain, you just woke up."

"This world is no longer the world you came from."

Sometimes we have no other choice.

After Fury finished speaking, he turned and walked back to the command room.

"Continue to monitor Shen Jue."

"Prepare for action."

"We cannot allow the situation to escalate."

"We cannot stand idly by while Father Shen Jue is threatened by those mercenaries and mutants."

"I will do my best to negotiate with the Security Council."

Natasha glanced at Dr. Banner beside her, while Bruce Banner smiled, seemingly unconcerned about his upcoming mission.