High in the sky thousands of meters above New York City, two shooting stars streaked by in an instant.
When Carol Danvers flew, cosmic energy manifested as a layer of radiance around her body. This was a sign of energy overflowing from within her. When Carol used her full power, the radiance over her entire body made her look like a moving star in the night sky.
"It seems that black guy is very important to you!"
Hyuga Yuzuki said loudly to Carol. She had heard about Nick Fury, and he had just tried to cause trouble for her. He was the one who started it. Even if her parents found out, they couldn't say much.
In the air, Hyuga Yuzuki split off a clone to take Nick Fury away, while her original body blocked Carol.
She had now entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode, her entire body filled with green light, with nine Truth-Seeking Balls swirling behind her. The Tenseigan's ability could forcibly elevate an untrained Otsutsuki clan member to the combat level of an adult Otsutsuki.
Moreover, only descendants of Otsutsuki who had eaten Divine Tree fruits had a chance of awakening the Tenseigan.
Hyuga Yuzuki blocked Carol's path and said with a smile, "He's an Earthling who tried to scheme against my dad. Not killing him is already giving face. If you can now..."
But Carol didn't listen to a child like Hyuga Yuzuki. She gathered her energy, accelerated, and flew past from the side. Carol could sense the energy within Hyuga Yuzuki. If she got entangled with her, it would probably waste a lot of time.
"Hey, you think you can get past me and save that black egg? Sage Art: Lightning Release!"
Feeling angry, Hyuga Yuzuki used the Lightning Release of Six Paths Senjutsu to condense a twenty-meter-long, one-meter-thick lightning spear in the sky and hurled it fiercely at Carol.
'Not good!'
Carol sensed the attack from behind. She could feel Yuzuki's energy, but didn't expect her to wield lightning. If she ignored it, she probably wouldn't even reach Fury.
Boom!
A dazzling radiance also emanated from Carol's body. She could absorb cosmic energy, convert it into her own photon energy, and store it. Until her energy ran out, no one could break her defense.
A brilliant beam of light shot from Carol's body, colliding with the incoming lightning spear.
The two powerful energies immediately erupted into a blinding white light, like a sun suddenly appearing over New York City, turning the night into day. Then, accompanied by a tremendous thunderclap, the citizens of New York City, kilometers away, felt a strong impact hurricane sweep down from the sky.
Many people were blown away, and numerous cars were pushed far by this hurricane.
At Stark Tower, Tony Stark, who was designing the latest generation of Iron Man suit, had already gone to the window before the thunder sounded.
He saw the white light. But before the white light appeared, he had also seen lightning.
"Could it be the explosive muscle man? Didn't he go back already? Jarvis, can you get a satellite image?"
"Deploying satellites, sir. Preliminary estimates indicate two superhumans fighting. SHIELD headquarters received a level three alert two minutes ago. SHIELD Director Nick Fury has been taken hostage. The other party is likely a superhuman from Future Biotech."
After reporting the situation, Jarvis immediately played a recording. It was captured by the equipment on the agents accompanying Nick Fury, though it wasn't very clear.
But after Jarvis removed the noise, Tony Stark could hear what was said.
"A child? Fury has really lost it. Jarvis, who is the other person?"
"No information at present, sir. Monitoring Nick Fury carries a risk of exposure. SHIELD is also constantly strengthening their firewall, so 24/7 surveillance is not possible."
Tony Stark thought for a moment, then said to Jarvis, "Deploy the Mark 30 rescue suits. Search the city for distress signals. Where are they fighting? I hope they don't bring it into New York City."
Just after he said this, another large explosion of flames appeared in the sky. Tony Stark frowned deeply after seeing it. Even from such a distance, he could see such a widespread fire. If he were watching from nearby, wouldn't all of Manhattan be engulfed in flames?
"Satellite surveillance has located them, sir. There are two individuals, one of whom appears to be under ten years old. They are 13,000 meters above New York City, with a trend of climbing higher. Barring accidents, both will fly out of the atmosphere within a minute."
Seeing the images of the two fighting transmitted back by the satellite, Tony Stark's lips twitched with a Parkinson's-like tremor. "Under ten... Where did this alien life form come from?"
"Sir, all Mark 30 rescue suits have been deployed. But if they don't turn back, the Mark 30s will essentially be useless."
"Jarvis, prepare the Mark 46 heavy armor suit."
"Sir, I do not recommend you participate in the battle between these two. Even the heavy armor suit may not withstand the scale of energy just displayed."
"I'm just going to take a look, Jarvis. I won't get involved."
After saying this, Tony Stark quickly walked to the floor below where his suits were stored. The heavy armor suit was an upgraded version of the standard suit, equipped with four high-power Arc Reactors. If each reactor were detonated, it could destroy half of Manhattan.
The suit had stronger defenses and more powerful weapons. Jarvis had compared it with current U.S. military data: the Mark 46 heavy armor suit could destroy a heavy army division within an hour.
Tony Stark wanted to gather more detailed data to improve his armor. He had recently invested in Eugene Bio-Laboratory, planning to add nano-expansion capabilities to some of his suits.
"Yuzuki won't be in trouble, will she?"
Kurenai Yuhi watched Hyuga Yuzuki continuously engaging Captain Marvel and asked with concern. Because Yuzuki had almost no combat experience, she was mostly using Truth-Seeking Balls for defense. She had also frequently used Six Paths Senjutsu earlier but had stopped.
Her Six Paths Senjutsu was enough to deal with those weaker than her, but she couldn't condense true Truth-Seeking Balls, so their power was far inferior to Tsunade's.
"It's fine, Kurenai. Don't worry."
Tsunade, half the culprit, patted her incomparable chest and assured Kurenai, "If there's any danger, I'll be there in an instant and knock that person away!"
Tsunade had already been separately criticized by Hyuga Mirai for this. Feeling somewhat guilty, she had gotten an ability ring from Obito from Hyuga Mirai, ensuring she could reach Hyuga Yuzuki's side in the shortest possible time.
"We should give Yuzuki some proper training. She's using the Tenseigan too crudely."
Hyuga Mirai stroked his chin. The Tenseigan was his signature eye technique, yet his daughter used it so poorly. But considering she was only five years old and usually only fought street thugs, it was understandable.
If it were Yuto and Mio, even if their life forms were inferior to Captain Marvel's, they wouldn't be so pathetic.
"Enough of that."
Hyuga Mirai said. Her Truth-Seeking Balls had been shattered. After all of the Tenseigan's Truth-Seeking Balls were broken, it would take some time to reform them. Hyuga Yuzuki could be considered to have lost.
As soon as he finished speaking, Kurenai Yuhi and Tsunade vanished from the room. Tsunade used Obito's space-time ability to rush outside Earth's atmosphere in an instant. Kurenai used illusion body transfer, condensing an illusion projection beside Hyuga Yuzuki. The moment the projection appeared, Kurenai's real body arrived next to Yuzuki.
"Hey, that's enough!"
Tsunade suddenly appeared beside Captain Marvel Carol Danvers, having already entered Six Paths Mode. She then swung her leg and kicked Carol hard in the waist.
The immense force directly dispersed the photon energy outside Carol's body. Carol then shot off like a cannonball, smashing through one of Stark's satellites and heading toward the moon.
Within two seconds, Carol had carved a large crater into the moon.
Sensing that Carol wasn't dead, Tsunade formed a Truth-Seeking Ball in her hand, letting it slowly expand. But before Tsunade could throw the Truth-Seeking Ball, Kurenai Yuhi stopped her. "Forget it, Tsunade."
There was no need to destroy the moon over such a small matter. That would also have a negative impact on Earth.
"Aunt Tsunade, avenge me. I got punched..."
Before Hyuga Yuzuki could finish, Kurenai Yuhi knocked her on the head, immediately silencing her. Among the three, Yuzuki feared her mother the most. Her mother would actually hit her, and it hurt.
"Let's go home. You little troublemaker, you've attracted who knows how much attention. When we get back, your father will deal with you."
Kurenai tucked Hyuga Yuzuki under her arm and said. She then set up an illusion domain on the moon, temporarily imprisoning Carol there. The illusion domain she created would isolate all other energy in the short term. It could be considered a 'temporary real space'.
When Carol emerged from the deep crater on the moon, she would suddenly find herself in the place she missed most, surrounded by everything her heart desired – a real world version of an infinite Tsukuyomi.
And this world would not dissipate until a month later.
After dealing with Carol, Kurenai took Hyuga Yuzuki home.
As soon as she entered, Hyuga Yuzuki saw Hyuga Mirai holding a Truth-Seeking Ball rod. Kurenai smiled and put Yuzuki down from under her arm, sitting aside to watch her husband discipline their daughter.
But Hyuga Yuzuki had already planned her response. The moment she entered the room, her expression turned pitiful, like a little squirrel whose nuts had been stolen. Her mouth drooped, and she looked at her father with her azure blue eyes, identical to his.
Hyuga Mirai looked for a moment, then put away the Truth-Seeking Ball rod and picked up his daughter, admonishing her, "...Forget it. Don't follow Aunt Tsunade's example anymore."
Tsunade: "??"
Kurenai Yuhi was secretly angry. She would discipline this clever little daughter herself later.
"Director, are you alright?"
SHIELD agents tracked Nick Fury using his signal device, found him, and retrieved him from the Statue of Liberty. They quickly asked.
The battle in the sky, comparable to that of gods, even from kilometers away, had made their hearts tremble. And Director Fury had been taken away directly.
"I'm fine. Let's return to SHIELD first. Classify today's events as top secret."
Nick Fury ordered, then directed the helicopter to head straight to SHIELD headquarters.
The battle in the sky had just ended, and he was rushing back? Shouldn't they investigate further or take other precautions?
There were also some senior agents on the plane, including Natasha. She suddenly felt this Nick Fury was very strange, so she asked, "Director Fury, do you still want to eat the chocolate cake I gave you last year?"
"Natasha, last year only Coulson gave me a fruit cake. I never eat chocolate. Don't test me. I am the real person."
Nick Fury said. This temporarily dispelled Natasha's suspicions. but his behavior still seemed very odd to her. That was an agent's doubt.
'Ask Clint and Steve.'
Natasha took out a communicator and immediately sent them some messages. There had been no intention of fighting when they came out today. Aside from Carol, Nick Fury hadn't brought many people.
But she was also grateful he hadn't brought more. If they had fought in New York City, SHIELD would have been truly finished this time.
"Great Father Thanos, where should we go next?"
Ebony Maw knelt on one knee. They had just destroyed Asgard but had not found the Tesseract. Moreover, Loki had lost the Mind Stone Thanos had given him.
"To Earth. If Loki is right, there should be three Infinity Stones there. Plus the three in my hand, universal balance will soon be achieved."
Thanos looked at the Infinity Gauntlet on his hand. It already held the Power, Reality, and Soul Stones. Three Infinity Stones already put considerable strain on him, but they also granted him immense power.
Using the Power Stone to fuel the Reality Stone, Thanos could instantly twist the reality of an entire planet. As for the Soul Stone, he had hardly used it since obtaining it. His enemies were too weak; the Power Stone alone was enough.
Through the souls of Loki and Thor, Thanos had seen much information about Earth. He gave the order, "Earth's civilization is lacking, but the guardians of its Stones are not weak. Assemble the army. We're going to Earth."
"Yes, great Thanos."
Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, and the others immediately responded, then went to assemble the army. They commanded a vast army, and with their spaceships and personal power, even a civilization of Asgard's level could not resist. That backward civilization Earth would be even less capable.
And such a backward civilization had produced three Infinity Stones. This gave their revered Thanos a great opportunity.
(End of chapter)