Loki remained silent as he observed the glowing cube in his hands.
"Soon this world..." murmured Loki.
"This world will be plunged into a full-scale invasion," added a pleasant yet disdainful voice of a woman.
"Enchantress? I thought you would hide and wait for Thor to be in danger to save him and make him fall for you," Loki retorted.
A woman exuding allure and sensuality appeared in the room, blonde and dressed in green, her eyes loaded with charm but hiding venom underneath.
She glanced at the cube in Loki's hand. "The Tesseract... I'm surprised he entrusted you with two such powerful artifacts."
"It's natural, I am Loki!"
The woman narrowed her eyes at Loki's boastful declaration. He was so blinded by his ambition that he didn't realize he was being manipulated, but to her, it didn't matter as long as she could endanger Thor and possibly save him.
Loki raised the Tesseract. "That boy is strong, but there's a limit to what he can do alone."
The Tesseract had the power to manipulate space, enabling a large-scale invasion of Earth. Even if the strength of individuals like Allen was immense, they could be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
The only question left was whether the Chitauri were capable of executing an effective invasion.
Loki closed his eyes, recalling his conversation with "The Other," the Chitauri intermediary with Thanos.
...
"Do you doubt my race, Loki?" The Other bristled when Loki questioned their ability to invade Earth. "Compared to us, they are in the Stone Age!"
"Do you pride yourself on floating monsters and laser weapons?" Loki used his magic to freeze the Chitauri in place. "I went to that world with Odin's power and was defeated! Unless you bring weapons that prove you are a technologically advanced race, I'll fetch the Skrulls or any other!!"
"We had a plan..." the Chitauri retorted resentfully at Loki's underestimation.
"... " Loki remained silent.
The Other grew agitated. "We were going to invade with force and speed, decimating their armies with numbers! Weapons of mass destruction are dangerous to our armies and difficult to transport!"
There was a glaring inconsistency with the Chitauri race. Despite being such an advanced alien race, they did not seem truly so, flying vehicles, laser weapons, creation of space portals... but that was it.
They had shown nothing resembling a nuclear bomb; following logic, they should have discovered atomic fission hundreds of years ago. The only possible excuse for never having weapons of mass destruction was narrative convenience and cinematic limitations.
"A bunch of soldiers with laser weapons won't defeat that albino brat!" Loki responded disdainfully. He made sure to showcase his confrontation with the Chitauri with an illusion, but these stubborn beings considered all humanity insignificant just because their technology was lacking.
Loki's eyes gleamed with opportunity, instead of relying on these inept beings, Loki could better create an army of golems and harness the energy of the cube to give them much more power.
"I understand! Wait! We'll change the strategy!" The Other felt fear at Loki's determined gaze and decided to concede. His race's strength lay in their technology and weapons, and he knew he would be crushed by Loki if he confronted him head-on.
"I hope so..."
Loki opened his eyes and noticed that Enchantress was no longer there; he didn't care and decided to move on to the second phase of his plan.
...
Allen returned to his apartment; Nokotan whistled again, and the deers disappeared. Where they would go? Or more importantly, where they came from were things Allen felt were better left unasked.
Viewers already know Allen's apartment but the system makes sure no one knows where it is.
Upon arriving home, the system created two rooms for Nokotan and Bocchi. Bocchi's room was the same room she had in her world, while Nokotan's was a cabin in a forest...
Allen never ceased to be amazed that all this could be created in a room. At this rate, his apartment would be the size of an entire country.
Allen noticed that Bocchi seemed to calm down, and she was able to come out of his shirt
"NUN! Thank you!" Nokotan was happy.
(Nun = Nun is the distinctive word of Nokotan and is inspired by the cries of the deer, Gyun.)
"..." Bocchi looked at this silently with melancholy, Allen put his hand on the girl's shoulder, and she shook her head saying it was okay.
Allen said he would take an hour's break from the Stream before continuing, as he was going to take a bath.
Afrodita - (Donated 10k) Wait, when is it needed for you to continue the stream during your bath?! *This woman... she's up to something.*
Harley - Damn it, my desires to watch and my jealousy over not letting other bitches see my daddy are mixing!
Donna - Master, part of being a great warrior is keeping calm in every situation; perhaps a different kind of training could help improve your mental fortitude. *The girl drools as she writes, but then Diana enters her room in your mansion and knocks her out.*
...
Allen had an indifferent look as he watched everyone ask for nonsensical things. However, he ignored them and started playing some videos from his channel while taking a bath.
Bocchi remained silent as she got used to flying. Her look of terror denoted that she was not doing very well with it.
"Artoria, can you teach her to fly?"
Artoria appeared beside Bocchi with a calm gaze. Allen believed that Rebecca's impatience and 2B's coldness might scare Bocchi, and if she got scared, she might appear in the bath with Allen.
To avoid that situation, Allen asked Artoria to teach the basics, she is the most mature and calm woman there. Of course, Gwen also offered to help.
Meanwhile, Nokotan watched from the doorway with a smile. She could immediately control all transformations of a doll, teleport, turn invisible, and even enter and exit the inventory.
"Don't do anything foolish," Allen patted Nokotan's head before heading to the bath. She remained silent, watching him, then smiled.
"NuN"
...
Fury began making calls, one was to Natasha. She had no intentions of returning as an operative agent, which disappointed Fury.
"Agent Romanoff, can you try to convince Allen to consider joining the Avengers?"
"Director, with all due respect, you're my boss, but I'll only mention it to Allen, and if he doesn't want to, I won't insist."
"That's enough..."
Fury sighed and looked at the list of names. "Tony Stark, Hulk, Bruce Banner, Thor Odinson, Captain Rogers... and Hawkeye were planned to join, and I don't know if Carol will accept... Now the main problem is getting Allen to accept the invitation. If he joins, the Avengers would be Earth's absolute shield... but it's unlikely."
...
Allen went to the bathroom and started undressing. At that moment, he saw messages from Fury and Maria. Allen called Fury, but he explained what had happened and that it was already too late.
Allen wasn't a hero, but he couldn't let Loki do whatever he wanted. Allen thought he needed to stop Loki from whatever he was attempting.
Allen got into the bathtub after telling Rebecca, Natasha, who had just returned, and MJ that he needed to relax, and any of the aforementioned women would provoke another situation.
2B offered to assist him (nothing dirty), but Allen calmly refused, as it would be a quick bath since he needed to think about what to do with Loki.
Allen frowned at his phone. Many of the messages were from Maria; he didn't like her involvement at all.
Allen - Aunt Maria, did you have the pendant I gave you?
Maria - I never take it off even to take a bath.
Maria - Ignore the previous message!
Maria - Don't ignore it! I had it on, but it's not like I always have it on!!
Maria - Don't misunderstand!
Allen - Alright.
Allen understood that she had it on, so there was no risk, but she had been in a dangerous situation.
"The Tesseract?... what the **** is that?"
Allen sighed. Even if he didn't want to, his world didn't stop, and something was always happening somewhere. Allen got into the bathtub and proceeded to relax; somehow, the situation of managing deer in New York didn't seem so far-fetched.
As Allen closed his eyes to relax, a pair of deer horns peeked out from the water. Shortly after, Nokotan appeared with a snorkel from who knows where. She had a suspicious look as she stared at Allen.
Allen felt a presence and opened his eyes, but there was nothing there.
"It was my imagination."
Nokotan clung to the ceiling dressed as a ninja. 'Nunw, that was close~'
Allen relaxed again, leaning back in the bathtub, his gaze fixed on the ceiling, but there was nothing there. After a moment, Allen felt like he was being watched, which was ridiculous; he practically lived under people's scrutiny, but this penetrating gaze reminded him of old memories.
Allen shook his head, maybe he was just being paranoid. Allen proceeded to wash his body with a sponge, but out of nowhere, a third hand started washing his muscles and chest too.
"What?!"
Allen startled and looked around, but found nothing unusual and resumed washing with a suspicious look. "Hm? Where's the shampoo?"
"NuuN~" Nokotan offered Allen the shampoo bottle.
"Thanks..."
Allen proceeded to wash his hair; shortly after, his movements stopped. Allen had a fixed gaze ahead while Nokotan had her face close to his.
Allen knew that if he turned to look at her, she would disappear, so his gaze remained fixed ahead while Nokotan looked at him with her face close, resembling a character from Jojo's.
It wasn't a metaphor, she could alter her appearance and size at will even more than a doll.
"Nokotan?" Allen asked with an ominous look ahead.
"Nuun?" Nokotan replied with a serious tone, unsure of what he meant.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm deepening our bond Nunu" Allen could see the onomatopoeias of *go go go go go go*
Allen analyzed the situation 'I have two options: make a scene and escalate things, or ignore Nokotan's actions and finish bathing.'
...
Allen got out of the bath and went to his room with a towel around him. On the way, he encountered MJ; she was eating toast, and she froze as Allen passed. While she always secretly admired her boyfriend's attractiveness, this time she focused on Nokotan, who was perched on her head like a cat.
Nokotan's and MJ's gazes met.
"Nun!" Nokotan greeted MJ with a nod. Allen ignored all this, but his bored look spoke for itself.
...
Natasha went into Allen's room to mention Fury's request, but Natasha removed Allen's towel as she spoke. It was all an excuse to get in before he changed.
The beautiful red-haired woman winked at Allen who smiled and threw her on the bed.
"Ah❤️~"
Nokotan left the room with a red face, even though she still felt embarrassed.
...
After delaying the stream for two more hours Allen decided to resume, of course, he would first pamper the woman who had a happy smile and blushing face while resting on top of him, for a few more minutes.
Allen called Nick Fury on his plans to reunite the Avengers. Allen snorted at Fury's chutzpah as he didn't mention that before but waited for Natasha to bring it up.
"All right Fury I join."
"I understand but I still want you to help with Loki... wait, what?!"
Even Fury, who always remains calm, was startled to hear Allen's words.
Natasha looked up when she heard the conversation, Allen patted her head to calm her down. She didn't think Allen would agree to something like this.
"Hm❤️~"
"I said I wouldn't mind participating, but I have two conditions."
"What do you want?"
"I don't obey orders, only requests and No one is allowed to use my image for political purposes... did I make that clear Fury?..."
Fury noted the subtle threat in the second condition, Allen is a totally neutral public figure but that was a great advantage.
"I promise... There's a meeting at the Helicarrier... if you want, you can attend, otherwise, I hope you'll be available if we find Loki."
"Sounds good."
Allen hung up and found Artoria's gaze. She floated in her chibi version. "I'm surprised you agreed, last time you flatly refused."
"I don't want to be a superhero. I respect them, and I think it's good that they exist, but I wouldn't want to carry the responsibility of holding people's hopes."
"Then why?" asked Natasha.
"I'm just a man, I can't always be saving the world from its destruction. I like the idea of a response team against global apocalypses."
Allen stood up as Natasha licked her lips at the sight of him naked, Allen knew that if he let her she would keep him in bed for a long time.
"No," said Allen with a half smile.
"Tsk"
...
Fears slowly penetrated as the situation progressed down the worst possible path. After being manipulated by Loki, the Chitauri mobilized their best weapons, including antimatter bombs, gravity cannons, and various weapons designed to destroy entire worlds.
Someone once said that every intelligent race is destined to desperately seek the most destructive way to end itself.
Loki was inside a Shield facility whose agents were being controlled. With Barton on his side, all Shield facilities he knew of were no longer safe, so Shield command centers were relocated to the Helicarrier.
Meanwhile, Allen asked for help from Charles Xavier. If you're going to find someone, who better than Professor X?
Allen sent a message to Professor X and he was quick to respond.
Charles - "You're asking me to find the god of lies and deception?"
Allen - "Yeah... is it possible?"
Charles - "I've never tried to find a god, but I'll try."
Charles - "Have you thought about what I proposed?"
Allen - "Why not? After all, I've been a teacher... just keep in mind I'll only be a teacher occasionally; my life is too chaotic."
Charles - "Really?! Hahaha, all right, I'll give you the first class of mutants under your charge; you might be surprised by some students you may already know."
Allen - "Hm?"
Allen wanted to ask but decided not to. The mutants of this world were in a stage where they didn't know how to proceed.
On one hand, Magneto wanted to gather them and secure a place in this world even if by force.
On the other hand, Charles sought to help them control their powers and teach them to live normal lives. Many mutants didn't accept Professor X's invitation, and many politicians weren't happy with mutants. However, if word spread that Allen would be a teacher at Charles Xavier's school, young mutants would be encouraged, and governments would think twice about causing them trouble.
Allen was like an idol to young mutants who were afraid of being labeled monsters.
Allen sighed, thinking that maybe they would be disappointed when they found out he wasn't a mutant.
[You don't have to tell them...]
'I know, but I wouldn't like to lie.'
Allen never said he was a mutant; people believed it on their own, and he never denied it. It's indeed a convenient explanation, but it's still a lie.
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Allen - ... XD
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