American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

"Seize the time, don't keep the master waiting too long. You don't have much time to waste."

The faint, threatening voice, accompanied by a great force, knocked Loki's consciousness out. Somewhere in the city's sewers, Loki grinned, as if his head had really been pushed hard, tilting it slightly to one side. He slowly opened his eyes, filled with malice.

"This is the plan, BOSS. If you want to become the king of Midgard, the safest and most successful way is to follow this."

John Garrett walked over and handed Loki, who had just opened his eyes, the plan he had painstakingly devised. It was step-by-step, each step detailed and meticulous, one interlocking with another.

At least Loki, who was good at conspiracies and petty tricks, admired the plan. "Well written. Slowly control the top people through the scepter and magic, and then control this planet from top to bottom. It's similar to what I thought. Much better than those brutes who conquer the world by fighting and killing."

"Then?" Garrett asked tentatively.

"But it won't work." Loki shook his head. "It has nothing to do with your plan! It's good, but it takes too long. The longer the time, the more accidents. We have another ally who is eager to bring his army in. Look, those guys who only have violence in their heads can't understand the power of wisdom and strategy, they only know how to use brute force."

"Then our plan needs to be changed." Garrett was not dissatisfied and remained calm.

"Our time is tight. The top priority is to bring in their army according to their plan before our ally gets angry. Therefore, using the Cosmic Cube to open the cosmic wormhole within a certain period of time is our only option." Loki's tone was also helpless, but he still expressed his appreciation for Garrett.

Loki was flamboyant, arrogant, and indulged in pleasure, yet he was also ambitious and looked down on all life in the Nine Realms outside of Asgard. But he also knew that if he really wanted to become a king, he still needed some capable and loyal subordinates. Now he discovered Garrett's talent, so he planned to give Garrett a choice later.

"No problem, in that case, the Doctor will have to take on more responsibility." Garrett glanced at Dr. Erik Selvig, who was assembling an instrument in the distance.

"This is what I should do." Erik turned around when he heard Garrett's words, holding a wrench in his hand, and said with a smile.

"You guys protect the Doctor here." Garrett ordered the dozen or so agents he had summoned. Seeing them nod, he turned around and said to Loki: "I understand your urgency, BOSS, but I know Nick Fury better. He will definitely not let it go after losing the Cosmic Cube. Now there must be a net spread outside, waiting for us to show up and throw ourselves into the trap. We need more help."

"Is it that troublesome? In such a backward place, we only need to summon our army, and then those who obey me will prosper, and those who defy me will perish. I don't really like this violent method of conquest, but I don't mind using it to help me ascend to the throne." Loki frowned.

"I haven't seen your army, and I don't know how strong they are, but this planet may not be as simple as you think. Just Heberon alone has provided S.H.I.E.L.D. with a lot of equipment to increase their strength. Nick has already equipped at least five thousand agents with amplification equipment like me! As for what he's hiding in the dark, no one knows. He always likes to hide his strength. I think finding a strong ally internally is the best choice to increase the success rate and facilitate our actions." Garrett explained seriously to Loki.

"Don't let the eyes of a country bumpkin limit you, like your ring? This thing is indeed interesting, but that's all. In Odin's vault, it doesn't even qualify as trash. As for our allies, maybe you don't know his origin, or his strength, or his position in the universe. I can only say that he has led his army to slaughter countless primitive civilizations like Midgard.

Although he can't come in person this time, the army outside is one of the two major legions that accompany him in battle. Maybe they won't go all out, but I don't think you can stop them." Loki said easily. He looked down on Midgard, but he would not look down on the army under his command. In his opinion, as long as he could summon the other party's army in, his path to becoming king could not fail.

However, Loki's eyes flashed, and he still gave Garrett, whom he valued, a chance with a show of generosity: "Of course, I appreciate your caution and care! Follow me, and you will definitely see a wider world in the future! Now you are worried and doubtful, I can give you a chance. You can win over the allies you want to win over. My name can also be lent to you. Tell them that I am willing to give them some kind of promise, as long as they can afford the price and show their due value."

"Thank you for your understanding." Garrett nodded.

"Are you done talking? If you're done, it's my turn. I need some instruments and rare materials. If you want to use the energy of the Cube to open the wormhole, those are essential." Dr. Erik interjected when he saw that the two had finished talking.

"Soon, Doctor." Garrett glanced at Dr. Selvig, stroked his ring, and walked towards the depths of the dark sewer. Watching his back disappear into the darkness, Loki smiled softly, and then thought of the Chitauri King who threatened him in his consciousness through the scepter, and his face instantly became gloomy again.

...

"Loki's invasion?" Luke, wearing his pajamas, looked up at Agent Maria Hill who came to invite him.

"Yes, the director needs your on-site technical assistance," Hill said.

"Do I look like I have time right now?" Luke asked.

"After the Cosmic Cube is recovered, you can study it for a month," Hill said.

"Is this Nick's intention?" Luke raised his eyebrows slightly. Being able to give this condition, it seemed that Nick was really desperate now.

"These are the director's original words." Hill said very seriously, indicating that she had not added or subtracted a word, and repeated Nick's original words verbatim.

"Okay, before I leave with you and deal with the possible war in the future, please let me buy a few more insurances for my Heberon and other buildings." Luke raised his head and ordered Baihou, then motioned Hill to leave, let him change clothes, after changing clothes, he casually picked up a ring on the bedside table and put it on his hand.

...

Alexander Pierce, one of Nick's superiors, who helped him to the position of director of S.H.I.E.L.D., returned to his home. The house was dark. Just as he turned on the light, he sensitively noticed the strangeness behind him. In the light, he slowly turned around, his pupils shrinking as he saw a familiar face sitting in a chair with a golden knife.

"John? My old friend, your way of showing up caught me a little off guard." Pierce subconsciously squeezed a kind smile on his face, and his tone was affectionate, but his steps were firmly rooted in the ground, and he never reached out to give his long-lost old friend a friendly hug.

"Are you afraid?" Garrett ignored the genuine smile on Pierce's face, crossed his fingers, put his arms on the table in front of the chair, and looked at Pierce, who was two meters away, across the table, and said sharply.

Pierce's face changed slightly, and an appropriate hint of embarrassment appeared: "I don't understand what you're saying. Why should I be afraid of you? Aren't we collaborators and even partners in every sense of the word?"

"I was controlled, I don't believe you don't know this news. Nick should have notified everyone as soon as possible. Alexander, I was controlled, but that doesn't mean I lost my thinking ability and became some kind of idiot who only knows how to obey orders." Garrett raised his right hand and circled his head twice, indicating that it was not broken.

"You know you were controlled?" Pierce saw that Garrett was just sitting still and did not show any hostility, and his tense heart relaxed slightly. At this moment, he was a little curious about Garrett's state.

"Of course, it's a very wonderful feeling. I know what I'm doing, and they fit my goals, so I will do it. But others who are controlled are like having another consciousness stuffed into their heads, hypnotizing and brainwashing them." Garrett relaxed and described his current feelings to Pierce, as well as the feelings of other agents who were summoned by him and controlled. Finally, he looked at Pierce, who was still standing, and pointed to the chair opposite and said: "Are you really going to stand and talk to me all the time? I think we should sit down and communicate frankly and openly. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. If I wanted to attack you, I would have done it just now."

Pierce turned his eyes and finally took a step forward, pulling out the chair and sitting down. Of course, he didn't completely believe Garrett's words. At the moment of sitting down, he used the cover of the table to activate the pager on his body.

"I know you have some small moves, but I won't expose them. I'm here with sincerity to seek cooperation." Garrett said: "BOSS and your cooperation."

"That Prince Loki? Nick said he's not orthodox. If we want to cooperate, why don't we choose a better prince? That Thor Odinson is easier to deal with, isn't he?" Pierce's face changed, but he quickly returned to calm and negotiated.

Negotiations require back-and-forth confrontation, and can only end after discussing the mutually satisfactory boundaries of interests, or breaking up unhappily if a consensus cannot be reached.

"Don't test me, Alexander. Thor has a better relationship with Nick, and his character probably can't accept your ideas. But Prince Loki is different. He's smart, flexible, ambitious, but unwilling to manage things. He's not stingy with rewards for those who are willing to work for him. In fact, BOSS's ideas don't conflict with yours.

He will become the king of this planet. But you, the Hydra organization that wants to control the world, will become the management who manages this planet on his behalf. He will not compete with you for those so-called powers, as long as you can meet his daily needs as a king." Garrett grasped Loki's character and their goals very well.

"Sounds tempting, can you represent him?" Pierce raised his hand and put his arms on the table like Garrett.

"BOSS gave me authorization. As long as you don't disobey his orders and meet his needs, he is happy to share the management authority. He doesn't care about this planet. If possible, he would rather inherit the throne of Asgard. And if he can become the king of Asgard, then the ownership of this planet will belong to you." Garrett's eyes were calm and composed, and his tone had a convincing power.

Pierce was silent.

Garrett waited patiently.

"We have our own plans." Pierce finally said.

"To be honest, the world is changing too fast, Alexander! Your so-called Insight Project may have been a good plan at the time, but now it's a bit out of date. It no longer has the deterrent power it had when the plan was first established, does it? We are about to have [exchanges] with extraterrestrial civilizations, and you are still expecting those broken coppers and rotten irons to become your trump card for domination?" Garrett sneered and twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Nick's power here is very strong, and we don't want to fall out with him at the moment." Pierce ignored Garrett's sarcasm and gritted his teeth.

"You don't need to do much, you just need to turn a blind eye before things become clear, and give us a little help in terms of materials and information while hiding it from Nick. Trust me, there won't be any accidents. Even if some people are really exposed, you can use the excuse of being controlled to clear your name." Garrett leaned forward slightly and said with a smile.

"That's difficult." Pierce looked embarrassed.

"Come on, Alexander, do you really think I don't understand your process? Whether it's Nick or your Hydra, I don't believe you're whiter than Nick. You put the materials and instruments we need in a base under your control, or simply tell us the base information where these materials and instruments are stored, and let your internal staff help us cooperate once. This won't expose you, but after the situation becomes clear, you can still obtain certain planet management rights. How about it?" Garrett pressed closer step by step and coaxed him.

"I can't refuse this condition, can I?" Pierce looked at Garrett, who was close at hand, nodded slowly, reached out and shook hands with him tightly.

As Garrett said, there was indeed a lot of room for maneuver, and it could avoid the exposure of their gang to the greatest extent. Especially since Nick has begun to suspect that there are Hydra inside, maybe this wave can be used once? Pierce pondered in his heart.

"You know our purpose, we know your secret, we both have handles, I hope this cooperation is as pleasant and perfect as the previous cooperation. What do you think?" Garrett stood up.

"Of course." Pierce and Garrett, who had ulterior motives, smiled at each other.

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P.S.2: I finally got a recommendation! It's scheduled for February 9th. The editor wants me to stockpile chapters for a big release then. I'm setting a flag here: I'll update with 10,000 words on the 9th when the recommendation goes live. If I can't do it, I'll create a fan group for apprentice-level fans and give out five hundred yuan in red envelopes. I hope everyone can support me if I manage the burst update, to make the data look better...