My family runs an adventurer's guild.

—In the eyes of the militaries of various countries in the Marvel universe, the Wakanda army, which uses vibranium weapons, is almost as unfamiliar as aliens.

Complete unfamiliarity and the unknown will naturally bring people endless worries and panic—to put it simply, it's scaring yourself.

To find out just how powerful this suddenly appearing potential enemy really is, how can we not find some cheap cannon fodder to test it out?

Therefore, as a weapons testing ground for many forces around the world, the borders of the Kingdom of Wakanda have never been peaceful.

The African Union also eagerly came to mediate and take sides, with the same message both overtly and covertly: the Kingdom of Wakanda needs to pay more money to buy peace!

—As I said before, even if you're rich, it doesn't change the fact that you're unlucky!

That's not the worst part. While Kenya and Ethiopia's actions are appalling, at least they have a government to negotiate with. But Somalia, east of Wakanda, has been in a state of anarchy for many years, leaving Wakanda with no negotiating partners!

Moreover, the ferocity of Somali pirates alone reveals that this war-torn land is teeming with desperate outlaws and countless impoverished people. They are readily available for bribery and employment, becoming tools and bargaining chips in the power struggles between major nations.

Therefore, shortly after the truth about the Kingdom of Wakanda was revealed, a large number of impoverished Somali refugees, including a significant proportion of women and children, either spontaneously or instigated, left their homes in droves and gathered on the border between Wakanda and Somalia. They relied on charitable aid provided by certain "international humanitarian organizations" to survive, while repeatedly demanding to enter the Kingdom of Wakanda to make a living.

The international community also used this opportunity to put pressure on the Kingdom of Wakanda, sending journalists to conduct interviews in refugee camps and strongly demanding that Wakanda accept refugees.

Meanwhile, other well-equipped unidentified militants frequently infiltrated Wakanda from Somalia, carrying out sabotage and looting missions. Although none of them managed to set foot in the capital, Boninzana, Wakanda's border outposts and villages suffered severe damage, with theft, looting, and burning rampant. The amount of vibranium lost in this process was greater than the total amount lost in the previous fifty years combined.

The women and children who play the victim are a form of verbal attack, the harassment and sneak attacks by terrorists are a form of armed conflict, and the African Union, the United Nations and human rights organizations are underhanded tactics... This combination of punches came head-on, leaving the Kingdom of Wakanda with no way to use its strength and feeling extremely frustrated.

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P.S.: Perhaps because they were ripped off by Trump in the trade agreement, Canada is frantically heading down the wrong path to raise funds. Just last month, marijuana was legalized, and Vancouver, a city of 600,000, saw 94 marijuana dispensaries (just legal ones), with marijuana chocolate and marijuana milk tea everywhere. Now they're trying to establish a surrogacy industry, competing with India for business—are white Canadian women's bellies probably considered more prestigious than those of people of color?

However, does smoking marijuana increase the chances of pregnant women giving birth to deformed or defective babies?

Chapter 305, Thanos's Delay and a Boring World (Part 1)

Even now, hundreds of thousands of refugees still gather along the borders of the Kingdom of Wakanda, forming more than a dozen refugee camps of varying sizes. With the support of international forces, these camps seem poised to become Wakanda's "eternal neighbor," much like the Palestinian refugee camps.

Although the black people in the Kingdom of Wakanda don't have those self-righteous, altruistic sanctimonious types, but rather retain the simple and honest folk customs of primitive tribes—their simplicity is still a bit less than that of Gotham City and Old Yharnam, but it's more than enough to be considered martial virtue on 21st-century Earth—they shoot any foreigners who dare to intrude without hesitation, just like they would kill wild boars that are threatening crops, leaving no room for future trouble.

However, this endless stalemate is truly frustrating. If the Kingdom of Wakanda were to send troops across the border to destroy the refugee camps, it would not only further damage Wakanda's international image but also risk international sanctions and being bogged down in a war, putting the Black Panther royal family in a dilemma.

Finally, just as the Black Panther royal family had long feared, as various external influences began to infiltrate Wakanda society, signs of instability finally emerged among the hundreds of thousands of people within the Kingdom of Wakanda, causing great concern among Wakanda's ruling class.

After all, compared to the numb, monotonous, and boring life of a medieval serf, everything in the outside world—Hollywood movies and soap operas, Japanese anime and games, hip-hop, rap, basketball, football, sunny beaches (Wakanda is a landlocked country, and most of its subjects have never seen the sea in their lives), as well as fried chicken, fries, and sugary drinks—was just too attractive.

Meanwhile, the accompanying modern ideas of freedom, equality, human rights, and so on have been constantly challenging the ancient beliefs of the Wakanda people, which are like living fossils.

—Although the Wakanda royal family is still trying its best to prevent its subjects from contacting the outside world, once something is opened, it can no longer be stopped.

In addition, there is Eric the Leopard, who also comes from the Wakanda royal family. As a spokesperson for liberal forces, he makes appearances all over the world. Although his voice is currently difficult to reach back in Wakanda, it does not prevent Eric the Leopard from returning to the Kingdom of Wakanda with the support of Western powers when the time comes, seizing power, and then ascending the throne as an "enlightened monarch" and "pioneer of reform".

This is far more plausible than him carrying Klaue's head and risking his life alone in Wakanda in the original storyline... Conversely, in the original storyline, "King Leopard" Erik, returning home alone without any prior support, was able to usurp the throne, turning the Kingdom of Wakanda upside down and forcing Black Panther T'Challa to reclaim the throne through civil war... This shows just how unstable the Wakanda monarchy truly was.

Of course, Eric, the "Golden Leopard," who is being touted by a bunch of international "democratic and liberal forces" and non-governmental human rights organizations, and might even be sent back to Wakanda by the US imperial army, is unlikely to be like the character in the original "Black Panther" movie, distributing vibranium weapons around the world and inciting armed uprisings among Black people. But in reality, the Kingdom of Wakanda is not the Comintern, nor the Muslim Brotherhood, nor the Vatican; it doesn't have that kind of underground party spread all over the world. And the Wakanda agents lurking around the world are merely intelligence personnel; they don't have the ability to mobilize the local population to rebel.

So even if vibranium weapons are produced and shipped to various parts of the world, who will use them in the Kingdom of Wakanda?

Furthermore, all weapons have a limited lifespan, so how would logistical support be maintained after a revolution (if it really happened) broke out?

However, Eric, nicknamed "The Leopard," was an American soldier who had fought counterinsurgency wars in the Middle East for many years, yet he completely failed to consider these issues.

Based on his approach in the original plot of "Black Panther," it seems that as long as he finds a way to sneak across the border and randomly drop a bunch of vibranium weapons into the black communities of developed countries in Europe and America and other underdeveloped countries, the black people who get the vibranium weapons will solve all the remaining problems at lightning speed and instantly become a highly organized and morale-boosting revolutionary army, fighting bravely and creating a new world!

This is absolutely infuriating!

—There was no advanced ideology, no decent revolutionary organization, not even a clear goal, only a vague idea of ​​"anti-oppression"...and it was an idea in Eric's own head, not the idea of ​​the Black people around the world who had obtained the vibranium weapons...

This isn't a revolution! This is a riot! At best, it's organized crime!

Even if you gave the Somali men a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, they would only think of using it to rob oil tankers, cargo ships, or intercept cruise ships to kidnap passengers and demand ransom; even if you gave the Detroit gangs a bunch of vibranium weapons, they would only use them to fight other drug lords.

In fact, according to Phil's estimate, if the aircraft transporting vibranium weapons from the Kingdom of Wakanda had not been intercepted by T'Challa and his men, then at least 60% of the vibranium weapons that Black people around the world received from Wakanda would have ended up in the hands of governments, militaries, large corporations, and S.H.I.E.L.D. in various developed countries within a month, and would have been sent to research institutes for scientists to analyze carefully.

Another 30% of vibranium weapons will become hot-selling items on the international black market, triggering a series of espionage wars and covert struggles.

The vibranium weapons actually used to attack police stations and rebel against the government probably don't exceed five percent of the total, and that's not even enough to establish a single free city for black people. On the contrary, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the intelligence agencies of major powers, having noticed the anomaly, will quickly trace the source of the shipment.

Wakanda would then become a base for terrorist organizations that threaten the world, and would face a united attack from "righteous nations" around the world.

—If Eric the Leopard hadn't acted so perversely and recklessly, he probably wouldn't have been dethroned so quickly.

This makes one wonder whether he is a genuine Black revolutionary who wants to fight oppression, or a pawn bought or instigated by some behind-the-scenes manipulator who just wants to ruin Wakanda's international image, reveal the secret of vibranium, and attract a global attack.

Or perhaps this leopard is simply too silly, so it wreaked havoc on the house like a clumsy husky as soon as it came on stage?

In conclusion, all these ridiculous and brain-dead things didn't happen, which is ultimately a good thing for everyone's intelligence.

Then, apart from the fact that the old King T'Chaka did not die and the Wakanda Civil War did not occur, Wakanda's fate took another positive turn.

Thanos did not descend upon Earth, nor did he invade Wakanda.

That's right, it's already summer 2018, but Thanos still hasn't arrived on Earth as scheduled in Avengers: Infinity War.

As for why Thanos didn't invade Earth... Phil turned to look at the Ancient One sitting next to him watching the ceremony, and he roughly guessed it.

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P.S.: Venezuela's inflation rate is expected to surpass Zimbabwe's, setting a new Guinness World Record. In a desperate attempt to recover its gold reserves in London, Venezuela had them confiscated on the grounds that they "suspected you would use the gold for nefarious purposes"—where is the spirit of contract?

Sigh, it reminds me of when Libya wanted to retrieve its gold from the West, and the West "thoughtfully" withheld the gold, printed Libyan currency, and sent it back—it seems that in the eyes of Europe and America, helping other countries print money is a very ordinary thing? I wonder if they've ever printed RMB?

It seems that during World War II, the United States also printed a large number of Japanese train tickets, ration coupons, and banknotes and airdropped them over the Japanese archipelago.

Chapter 306, Thanos's Delay and a Boring World (Part 2)

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thanos had long harbored the idea of ​​collecting the Infinity Stones, creating the gauntlet, and implementing family planning for all intelligent life in the universe. He also possessed a massive spaceship, so traveling to Earth would only take him a few days.

Judging from his actions in "The Avengers," where he sent Chitauri as cannon fodder to launch a probing attack on New York, this purple-headed guy doesn't seem to be unfamiliar with the routes.

So why has he been wandering in the universe for so many years but has hesitated to set foot on Earth, which seems to have no decent defenses?

The only reasonable explanation is that Earth at that time still had powerful protectors, and even Thanos was not confident that he could win.

First, there's Odin, the god-king who suppresses the nine worlds; second, there's the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme, whose abilities are unfathomable.

Without removing these two stumbling blocks, Thanos dared not march on Earth, or even openly collect the Infinity Stones.

Once the Ancient One and Odin had passed away, and Asgard had been destroyed by internal strife, Thanos, having received and confirmed the news, immediately began his invasion of Earth—demonstrating just how much Thanos feared the Ancient One and Odin.

However, in this parallel universe that was greatly disturbed by Firi and his group, Odin, the king of the gods, still died of old age just like in the original story, turning into countless specks of light and vanishing into nothingness.

However, the Ancient One did not die. Instead, she received help from Hypnos, who cleansed her of the corrupting dark energy. Now relieved of the burden of being the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One only needed to focus on fighting Dormammu, the ruler of the Dark Dimension, which made her life much easier and she became increasingly energetic.

Furthermore, the new Sorcerer Supreme, Tony Stark, possesses three Infinity Stones and has many powerful beings combining science and magic, making him equally formidable.

Perhaps for this reason, Thanos chose to continue to observe without being fully certain of the outcome.

Given the Titans' long lifespan, Thanos should be able to wait another hundred or two hundred years...

Thus, Thanos, who was originally scheduled to invade Earth this year, temporarily postponed his invasion plan and chose to skip it this year.

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Aside from Thanos, who missed his chance to come to Earth, quite a few other things have happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the past few years.

First, due to Janet the Wasp's early return, Scott the second Ant-Man was completely delayed, and now no one knows where he is or what he's doing.

Hope, the second-generation Wasp, donned the Wasp suit under her mother's personal guidance and is now considered a second-rate superhero with vigilante tendencies.

Secondly, after Odin's death, his eldest daughter, Hela, the princess of Asgard and Thor's sister, escaped from the extradimensional prison where Odin had sealed her, just like in the plot of "Thor: Ragnarok".

Next, after a fierce battle, Hela, the goddess of death, managed to conquer the ruins of Asgard by drawing divine power from the realm itself. However, almost none of her subjects were willing to accept her mad rule.

—Loki, the god of mischief, escaped from prison amidst the chaos and led a small group of Asgardians into exile in space in a spaceship, their whereabouts unknown; Thor, the god of thunder, and Frigga, the queen of the gods, led most of the surviving Asgardians to seek refuge on Earth...

As a result, the various countries were in an uproar over finding a place to settle these unruly interstellar refugees.

Don't forget, although these Asgardians number only a few thousand, they have absolutely no concept of law in modern Earth society. On the contrary, they are extremely powerful and come with city-destroying weapons. They are an armed exile group, making them the hottest of the hottest potatoes.

Some audacious individuals might consider capturing a few Asgardians to secretly skin, dismember, and dissect them for research.

However, no rational ruler would do such a thing—the Asgardians have been visiting Earth for thousands of years; who knows how many contingency plans Odin, the king of the gods, has laid on Earth? Did he leave them any trump cards like a "destroy the Earth" bomb?

Keep in mind that even the Rainbow Bridge, which the Asgardian warriors used as a means of transportation, could be reduced to ashes in a few hours if it were deliberately exposed to full power!

After much negotiation and coordination among the various countries, these Asgardians were finally crammed into sparsely populated Iceland—aren't you the Norse gods? Then go and stay in the most desolate, pristine, and natural place in Northern Europe, and experience the Arctic winds!

Unfortunately, these Asgardians lacked the Vikings' spirit of enduring hardship and cold, and actually complained that Iceland's climate was too cold and the living conditions were too poor!

As a result, T'Chaka, the old black panther king of Wakanda, who was suffering from tens of thousands of illegal immigrants piling up at the border, took the initiative to take on the task of settling these Asgardian intergalactic refugees in order to shut up the international community and human rights organizations.

—Our small country of a few hundred thousand people can barely handle a few thousand alien refugees, let alone tens of thousands of low-quality black men? Why don't you just dump all the refugees in the world into New York?

The Asgardians, brought by Thor, were generally satisfied with the high-rise buildings in Wakanda that utilized vibranium technology. They noted that while not as dazzling as Asgard's palaces, they were still quite remarkable for a rural place like Earth.

Of course, as a simple, high-tech black man, the Kingdom of Wakanda doesn't tolerate idlers.

Even these Asgardian refugees who come here have to work hard to get food.

King T'Chaka arranged for these Asgardians to continue their original jobs, equipped them with vibranium weapons made in Wakanda, and incorporated them into the border patrol to monitor dishonest refugees from neighboring countries and to intercept suspicious stowaways.

According to King T'Chaka's plan, with this alien mercenary from Asgard, he could infiltrate the border patrol and suppress the border tribes of Wakanda that had become too powerful and harbored rebellious intentions.

Just as the French kings of the Bourbon dynasty preferred to hire the Swiss Guard, believing them to be more reliable;

On the other hand, it can fight fire with fire, using the more sophisticated interstellar refugees to suppress the less sophisticated Earth refugees outside the border.

Even if some people protest that the Norse gods are inhumane... they are gods, how can they be restrained by the morality of mortals?

Seeing Thor, brimming with martial spirit, wandering around every day with his newly forged vibranium hammer, most people would feel a little uneasy, right?

As a result, although there were still frequent and reckless sneak attacks and terrorist attacks, and a considerable number of refugees continued to stay outside the country, the international pressure on the Kingdom of Wakanda was at least significantly reduced on the surface.

—If “excessive sympathy and support from the international community” leads to interstellar conflict between Earth refugees and Asgardians, who should bear the responsibility and blame? No one can afford to take the blame.

For the Kingdom of Wakanda, compared to the troublesome modern African refugees, the Asgardians from the divine realm, though certainly irritable and warlike, were few in number, numbering only a few thousand, and had a low reproductive rate.

More importantly, the Asgardians' ideas were largely rooted in the Middle Ages, making them more likely to accept and acknowledge Wakanda's tribal system and monarchical autocracy. Even with frequent contact, they would not spread any "harmful ideas" to Wakanda's subjects.

Of course, the Asgardians, like the Vikings, are both heavy drinkers and prone to drunken outbursts. But the black tribesmen of Wakanda are no gentlemen either; drinking and fighting are common pastimes for them, and after a fight, they laugh it off and don't think it's a big deal, so for now, they get along quite well.

As for how to deal with Hela, the goddess of death who has taken over Asgard... According to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s analysis and assessment, although Earth currently has spaceships, it can only barely control the solar system at best, and is temporarily powerless to launch an expedition to Asgard and confront this goddess of death.

However, the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard, which could instantly connect to Earth, was also destroyed during the civil war, and the population was almost entirely scattered. Hela was essentially a queen without any power there. Although she could dominate Asgard, she was absolutely powerless to launch a campaign against Earth.

Without even the most basic troops and warships under her command, how can Hela, the goddess of death, possibly launch a distant expedition?

Therefore, Earth's attitude towards the potential threat of Hela, the goddess of death, is to "put it on hold and discuss it later."

Third, since Tony Stark, after becoming the Sorcerer Supreme, did not create the cybernetic intelligent life form Ultron, there was naturally no Vision. The bright orange Mind Stone, like the Reality Stone and the Time Stone, became Tony Stark's personal artifact as the Sorcerer Supreme, protected by the seven gods.

Fourth, thanks to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s global manhunt, Tony successfully captured the rebellious sorcerer Kaecilius with dark circles and smoky makeup and his followers two years ago. After a fierce battle, he killed them all and also taught Dormammu, the ruler of the Dark Dimension, a lesson.

The original Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, returned to work as a doctor at New York Central Hospital after completing his healing magic studies at Xavier's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Whether he was later involved in a car accident... Phil doesn't know.

However, even if Dr. Strange were to become so careless one day that he drove in the pouring rain late at night while talking on the phone and looking at photos, thus losing focus and getting into a car accident that resulted in the loss of both hands, he could simply ask a classmate from magic school to cast a high-level healing spell, which should be enough to completely heal his hands.

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P.S.: The US midterm elections have really turned into a sob story contest. A 29-year-old barmaid got elected as a Democratic member of Congress because she's a woman, Black, and Muslim—we don't even know yet if she's a lesbian. If she is, then political correctness is truly unbeatable! I wonder if we'll see some incredibly charismatic homeless congressmen in the future?

Chapter 307, Thanos's Delay and a Boring World (Part 2)

Then, Coulson and his team, who had been faking their deaths since the Battle of New York but were actually continuing to handle paranormal events, were eventually discovered by the Avengers because of Tony's greatly enhanced investigative abilities.

Understandably, the superheroes, realizing they had been fooled, were furious. However, with the reassurance of Director Nick Fury and his successor, Director Hill, they managed to accept reality and even cooperated with Coulson's team to complete some missions.

(Because of his reckless research into the Space Stone, which triggered the Battle of New York, Nick Fury's tenure as director is destined to be short-lived.)

Next, it seems that because the top brass of Hydra wanted to take a legitimate route to power, in order to avoid provoking Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra shelved Bucky, the "Winter Soldier" (Captain America's old friend) who was transformed into a human weapon. There has been no news of him since, and who knows if he has been sealed or even destroyed - in this way, there is no way to prove it.

Meanwhile, Alexander Pierce, the leader of Hydra within the World Security Council, is now quietly serving as a council member due to the failure of Project Insight. Apart from tentatively expressing right-wing views, he has not made any further misdeeds or statements, and naturally, he has not been caught.

However, Malik, the most fundamentalist member of Hydra's oldest branch, who was solely focused on rescuing the ancient Inhuman King "The Hive," quietly managed to create a major incident and actually brought "The Hive" back...