IN S.H.I.E.L.D's, Director's Office.
Looking at the image on the big screen, Thor was holding Mjolnir, a strange thought suddenly flooded Fury's mind.
"It can't be...."
Although Fury thought this idea was incredible, as a qualified agent, he still listened to his heart and picked up the phone to make a call...
"... Um ... Yes, Coulson, you can use your phone now to take a picture of the hammer. Yes, the one that can't be lifted. Send it to me."
After giving the order, Fury waited for a minute or two and received several photos on his phone.
After opening the images and taking a good look at them... His face changed, and a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes.
'It's really Thor's Hammer!'
In addition to the hammer, Coulson took pictures of the environment around the hammer.
Looking at the huge crater that seemed to have been caused by the hammer, Fury nodded thoughtfully.
By now, he was certain this hammer that had landed in New Mexico... Was the hammer Thor was holding on screen!
Thinking back to Thor's previous statements in the chat group, Fury soon connected the dots on the whole thing.
Thor was deprived of his divine power and hammer by his father because of something and then exiled to Earth.
'But that God-King Odin actually threw this hammer on Earth too!'
'What was it for?'
As the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fury's intelligence was definitely one of the best in the world.
In the blink of an eye, he instantly came to a conclusion.
'Well ... Coulson reported that no one seems to be able to lift this hammer.'
'Is it waiting for the person who can lift it?'
'That is to say ... Thor?'
Thinking of that, the gaze in Fury's sole eye suddenly flashed.
'Should I gather some scientists to study this hammer that came from the realm of the gods?'
After seeing Thor's thunder and lightning in that 'Avengers 3' broadcast, Fury was both envious and wary of the power Thor wielded!
'If this kind of power could be in the hands of humans, wouldn't it be great?'
After hesitating for a moment, he helplessly shook his head and gave up on the idea.
After all, judging from the videos and previous chats, these gods of Asgard had great power.
Once they were angered, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Forget it..."
Having given up on the idea of having Thor's hammer all to himself, Fury then started to think about how he could use this valuable information to his advantage...
No! for S.H.I.E.L.D!
...
[The video continued.]
[Thor and others rode towards the hub of the Rainbow Bridge, only to be stopped on the way by Heimdall.]
[Seeing Thor coming up, seemingly to negotiate with Heimdall, Loki volunteered with a smile...]
["Leave this to me."]
[Then, Loki stepped forward with a greeting.]
["Good Heimdall, I ..."]
[Loki's words weren't finished yet, but Heimdall had already interrupted him...]
["You're not dressed warmly enough.]
["I'm sorry...?"]
[Loki was confused. Then he heard Heimdall speak in an indifferent tone...]
["Do you think that you can deceive me?"]
[Loki, who thought he could bullshit his way through, awkwardly chuckled.]
["You must be mistaken..."]
[Who knew that, at this time, Thor wouldn't even let him finish his sentence and simply raised his voice in a scolding tone.]
["Enough!"]
[Loki's expression instantly became stiff, and his face sank.]
[When his brother failed to negotiate, Thor directly came up and asked...]
["Heimdall, may we pass?"]
[Heimdall ignored Loki. Staring at Thor, he coldly answered...]
["Never has an enemy slipped my watch until this day."]
["I wish to know how that happened."]
[Thor, without hesitation, spoke in a commanding tone, "Then tell no one where we have gone until we've returned. Understand?"]
[Giving orders to Heimdall as a superior, Thor, without another word, directly went past the Gatekeeper and made his way to the hub of the Rainbow Bridge.]
[Seeing Heimdall treating him and Thor differently, Loki's face looked cold as frost.]
[Adding insult to injury, the chubby Volstagg sarcastically asked Loki as he passed by...]
["What happened? Silver tongue turned to lead? Haha..."]
Seeing that, everyone in the live streaming room couldn't help but sneak a glance at Loki.
And the look on Loki's face at the moment was so gloomy that it might rain today.
'Damn you, you bastards, one of these days I'm going to ...'
Just as Loki was mumbling in his mind, he suddenly heard young Wanda beside him, softly asking...
"That's ...strange; why does it look a bit weird to me?"
"Loki is obviously Thor's younger brother. Why do the people next to him treat him so badly?"
Wanda's voice was very small, and obviously, she had no intention of letting everyone know.
However, there were only a few of them in this studio, so Loki could clearly hear her words.
"You child ..."
Already furious, Loki turned his head and gave Wanda a stern glare.
But when she saw his face, Wanda raised her voice...
"And ... why did that Heimdall let Thor go so easily?"
Listening to Wanda's query and then looking at Loki, who had a displeased look in front of him, Strange thought for a moment and replied...
"In my opinion, Heimdall has already approved Thor's trip to Jotunheim."
"This person's role in Asgard should be to maintain security or something..."
"Those Frost Giants had invaded the treasury, so it must have poked his pride."
"That's why he wants Thor to find out how the Frost Giants could penetrate the defenses and invade Asgard without him knowing..."
"As for why his attitude is different ... towards Thor and Loki..."
Strange looked at Loki, whose expression was gradually turning more and more ugly; he chuckled ...
"For something like that, I think you might as well ask the person in question."
"..."
Hearing that, Loki's expression had turned dark.
Since childhood, everyone in Asgard had preferred Thor, who had great power. They disliked him, Thor's younger brother, who liked mischief.
However, seeing himself publicly humiliated on-screen, twice! Loki's heart was burning with rage!
He couldn't wait to rush back to Asgard and personally kill those two bastards who were rude to him, a Prince of Asgard!
But apart from anger, Loki realised something else.
After secretly letting the Frost Giants into Asgard, he should already be enemies with Heimdall.
"Humph."
At this point, Loki secretly sneered.
'This all-seeing and all-hearing protector of the Nine Realms, Heimdall, is still a selfish guy at the end of the day.'
'He was okay with letting Thor go to Jotunheim and breaking the rules. Just because someone slipped past him and injured his pride?'
'If that muscle-brained idiot wasn't careful, and something went wrong, are you going to take responsibility... Heimdall?'
[The video continued.]
[After entering the hub of the Rainbow Bridge, Heimdall inserted his sword in his hand into the base. Opening up the Rainbow Bridge towards Jotunheim.]
[At this moment, Heimdall spoke with a serious face...]
["Be warned, I will honour my sworn oath, to protect this realm as its Gatekeeper."]
["If your return threatens the safety of Asgard, the Bifrost will remain closed to you, and you'll be left to die in the cold waste of Jotunheim."]
[Volstagg shrugged his shoulders and asked...]
["Couldn't you just leave the bridge open for us?"]
[Heimdall, still expressionless, answered...]
["Leaving the bridge open would unleash the full power of the Bifrost and destroy Jotunheim with you upon it."]
[Thor chuckled, "I have no plans to die today."]
["None do."]
[Heimdall thrust the Gatekeeper's Sword in his hand into the base, and the Rainbow Bridge fully opened, sucking Thor and his party in.]
[On screen, a colourful brilliance instantly crossed the infinite space and finally landed on a planet full of ice and snow.]
"Is this a teleportation device powerful enough to cross a universe?"
In S.H.I.E.L.D, Fury was shocked enough to stand up from his chair.
'In just a moment, Thor and his group had left Asgard and arrived on this new alien planet.'
'Is this the technology of the gods?'
'Or was it magic?'
'It is incredible!'
Before, Fury had seen Thor arrive on the battlefield with Stormbreaker, using the Rainbow Bridge.
But in that kind of situation, he couldn't be sure of anything.
Instead, on the screen in front of him right now, he understood that Heimdall used the Gatekeeper's Sword, like a key, that started up the Rainbow Bridge and teleported Thor and the others out. It was simple enough to understand.
Fury's mind kept turning, and soon he came up with a lot of things.
'This kind of teleportation device, which can instantly transport people through countless planetary realms, would allow people to transport an army across a universe, whenever they wanted.'
'It's simply a logistical godsend at the strategic level!'
'And according to what Heimdall said, if the Rainbow Bridge was opened for a long time, it could even... Destroy a planet!'
However, in Fury's mind, as someone who had lived through the Cold War, there was only one name for this device.
It was a strategic weapon of destruction!
"Hiss..."
Fury sucked in a cold breath of air.
'Sure enough, being wary of offending an Asgard god was a wise choice!'
'These guys, in a sense, may be more dangerous than Thanos!'
At the very least, Thanos aimed to eliminate half of the life in the universe. At the very worst, half of the people on Earth would survive.
But if they offended a god of Asgard, they could aim this Rainbow Bridge at the planet. Then boom! The whole planet would be destroyed!
"What to do...? What should we do with these gods?"
"Should we contact them... or..."
As a veteran agent, Fury's penchant for imagining 'worst-case scenarios' were first class.
So, he didn't even consider that 'even if the gods had a weapon like the Rainbow Bridge, they wouldn't use it so casually,'
At this moment, if someone came into Fury's office, they would see him looking pale, his forehead covered in a cold sweat while thinking desperately about something ...
...
In a house in a small town in New Mexico.
"Is this ... Einstein-Rosen bridge?"
Seeing the colourful lights crossing the universe on-screen, Jane gulped as a wave of unspeakable shock came over her!
According to a theory proposed by Einstein, through this magical wormhole tunnel, mankind would be able to cross the universe at will!
Even if it was a distance of millions of light-years, it could instantly be crossed.
'If we can really master such technology, then colonising the universe is no longer a dream!'
Hearing the yell of the girl next to him, Thor eyed the screen in front of him and casually waved his hand.
"Mortals, don't block my view. Step aside."
...
At this moment, in the otherworldly live streaming room, Tony looked at the big screen and was momentarily puzzled.
Last time, when he won the Void Engine reward, the system also gave him technologies such as 'micro-wormhole handling technology' and 'space-time algorithms'.
However, all these techniques, for the time being, only enabled spatial teleportation over short distances.
But Tony was keenly aware that if he could take another step forward from the basis of these technologies, he may be able to build space channels across galaxies, crisscrossing and connecting.
'Well, if such a device was really made, it couldn't be called a wormhole. What should it be called?'
'A spider-web?'
As his mind continued to reel, Tony was lost in thought.
[The video continued.]
[Thor and others arrived in Jotunheim, which was covered with snow and ice.]
[It didn't take long for them to arrive at the Frost Giant's palace.]
[Looking at the empty palace, Sif asked...]
["Where are they?"]
[Thor casually answered, "Hiding, as cowards always do."]
[Soon, a cold voice came out from the palace.]
["You've come a long way to die, Asgardians."]
[Thor looked up and proudly announced his name, "I'm Thor Odinson!"]
[The cold voice: "We know who you are."]
[Thor cut to the chase and directly questioned, "How did your people get into Asgard?"]
[A Frost Giant, sitting at the throne, coldly replied...]
["The house of Odin is full of traitors."]
In the otherworldly live streaming room, Loki's heart jolted, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.
'Can't be... Is my secret exposed so soon?'