Chapter 60:
"Didn't you come by taxi?" Nick Fury glanced at the hole in the ceiling, unable to resist asking.
Mark spread his hands and retorted, "You said you only believe what I say, and now you're questioning me? So, when I said earlier that spending an extra ten minutes in the bathroom would cause the world to end, were you scared?"
"Forget it, consider my question unanswered."
Nick Fury rubbed his forehead and walked outside. Mark followed, and soon they arrived at a conference room.
As Nick Fury had mentioned, the original Avengers were gathered there, but they weren't very familiar with each other and weren't interacting much. Each of them sat alone, lost in thought.
"Alright, our final member has arrived." Nick Fury clapped his hands. "But we don't have time for introductions. Let's discuss how to solve this crisis. Any suggestions?"
"Maybe we can try checking surveillance footage from around the world?" Natasha, being a spy, still had that typical spy mindset. "If those aliens have a plan, they'll definitely leave some traces."
"No, that would take too long." Dr. Banner suddenly looked up. "If this thing can really emit gamma rays, maybe we can try using a spectrometer to find it."
"Very well." Nick Fury nodded. "It seems we have another solution. Doctor, how many spectrometers do you need?"
"As many as possible." Dr. Banner replied as he took off his jacket. "I've written a program that can detect gamma rays, but I need a place to work and... you need to tell the labs to put the instruments on the roof and calibrate them to the frequency of gamma rays."
"No problem." Nick Fury nodded and gave instructions to a nearby agent. "Take Dr. Banner to the lab."
"Wait, I need to confirm something with you first." Dr. Banner didn't leave immediately but stood still and looked at Nick Fury. "My job is only to help you find that thing, right?"
"Of course." Nick Fury nodded. "When it comes to fighting, we have Iron Man, Thor, the Sorcerer, and Captain..."
"Alright." Dr. Banner breathed a sigh of relief and followed the agent to the lab.
"So, all we can do now is sit here and wait?" Tony Stark spoke up. "Is there no other option?"
"For now, it seems there aren't many other options on the scientific side." Nick Fury replied.
"The scientific side?" Tony Stark turned to look at Mark. "So, we're relying on sorcery again?"
Mark disappointed everyone by shaking his head. "Magic won't work this time. Although I can see the future, Nick Fury spent an extra ten minutes in the bathroom this morning, messing up the timeline and making the future blurry..."
"You're still on about that?" Nick Fury couldn't help but interrupt.
"Alright, let me think." Mark touched his temple, looking thoughtful. "I remember aliens did appear, it was in Germany, but which city was it? It seemed to be called Auschwitz."
Captain America abruptly stood up, his face filled with shock and disbelief. "That concentration camp is a city now!? Didn't the news say that Germany surrendered?"
"Captain, don't listen to his nonsense." Nick Fury rubbed his temples with a headache. "Mark is just like that, saying whatever comes to mind..."
Captain America breathed a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but advise Mark, "Joking about the victims of the Holocaust is not a good habit..."
"If you experienced what I went through a while ago, you wouldn't say that," Mark joked. "I was just minding my own business when suddenly someone shot me in the head."
Before Captain America could say anything, Tony Stark interjected, "I personally saw the bullet go through his head. Although he didn't die, I suspect his brain suffered irreversible damage because of it..."
Mark glanced at Tony Stark and then turned his attention back to Captain America. "If you used your charm on Miss Potts, she probably wouldn't have left angry, right?"
Stark was instantly speechless. Thor, who had witnessed the whole thing, looked confused. Captain America was about to say something when a special agent suddenly walked in.
"Sir, we've found the target." The agent held a high-tech screen. "The similarity with the target has reached 67%."
This sudden interruption caught everyone's attention. Even Mark couldn't help but glance curiously at the screen.
"The match is still increasing. It's now at 79%."
Nick Fury quickly asked, "What about the location?"
"Germany, Stuttgart," the agent said, "Hanover, No. 28."
Captain America looked at Mark. Could this guy really have divination abilities?
"You see, I said it was Germany, right?" Mark shrugged. "By the way, where is this Stuttgart? Why don't we just rebuild another Auschwitz..."
"Enough, don't make jokes about that at times like this." Nick Fury interrupted. "I gathered superheroes, not supervillains..."
"I'm already being positive! Working hard to bring laughter to everyone," Mark retorted. "Maybe you don't know how terrifying I am. If I turned evil, even Joker would have to learn from me..."
"Prepare for takeoff." Nick Fury gave the co
mmand. "Head to the target location."