"You're going with me?"
Hawkeye wanted to say that he had used special clothing and Pym Particles to achieve time travel, so there was no way Ethan could go with him.
But then he remembered that Doctor Pym was still alive in this world. Besides, there was a world-class scientist like Tony Stark right in front of him. The problems he was thinking about were not problems at all.
Moreover, the person saying this was a god who could freely travel through countless universes. Perhaps he did not need any equipment at all to go to his world.
"What are you planning to do?"
"Let's see what plans you have first."
Ethan did not have many thoughts about going to a parallel universe. He had simply acted on impulse and hijacked Hawkeye over. Since he had acted on impulse, he had to be responsible to the end. He could not just leave the man behind and let that universe remain in its current state.
Besides... even if Ethan did not want to go, the person next to him would not agree.
"Alright, I'm going too."
"What are you going for?" Ethan specifically reminded Tony, "Thanos in their world has already been killed by Thor. If you want to spar with Thanos, you'll probably have to find another parallel universe."
"No, no, I just want to see the other me in another world."
That would be like seeing what he would have been like if he had not met Ethan. He was a little curious about what that version of himself would be like.
"And make a few sarcastic remarks along the way?"
"I'll decide whether to make remarks depending on the situation."
Steve covered his face. He had originally wanted to go and see, but he felt that going with these two would just be embarrassing. He decided against it!
"When are we leaving?"
"Right now!"
Tony's equipment was always with him, Ethan did not need any extra preparations, and Hawkeye had wanted to go back for a long time. So they did not even wait for Thor and were ready to leave immediately.
"What should I do?"
"You don't need to do anything. Just stand still for now."
A faint golden light appeared on Ethan's fingertip. Then he gently tapped Clint and flicked his hand forward. A long line of golden energy appeared out of thin air, extending straight forward into a void.
"What is this?"
"This line connects to your world. I'll use this trajectory to find your universe."
Hawkeye nodded. This was easy to understand. In front of him was a void with countless points of light that looked like stars. According to Ethan's explanation, each point of light represented a universe.
"Looks like a lot. Is it hard to find?"
"Not hard at all. Found it."
Ethan then gently patted Hawkeye's back, kindly reminding him, "Be mentally prepared. This journey might not be very comfortable!"
"What?"
Before Clint could react, his whole body was suddenly pulled forward, as if he were being dragged, flying forward uncontrollably.
Almost as soon as he flew out, his helmet activated to protect his head. Going from complete stillness to high-speed flight made him feel extremely uncomfortable. His vision went black, and he felt nauseous, as if he wanted to vomit. It took him a while to recover.
By then, he had arrived in a strange space. It was colorful and beautiful all around. Wasn't this the Quantum Realm?
He looked around in confusion and glanced back, only to find nothing behind him. He was just flying forward continuously through the Quantum Realm, and soon left this space, returning to the normal world.
Clint looked at himself in confusion, then looked around. Captain America Steve, Black Widow Natasha, Banner, who had merged with the Hulk, and Ant-Man Scott were all here. They were staring at him, with a hint of tension on their faces.
"Clint?"
Seeing Clint's appearance, everyone's first reaction was that it had failed. Steve was about to say a few words of comfort when he saw Clint looking around with a strange expression.
"What's wrong with you?"
Did something go wrong? Did he hit his head?
Just as they were thinking this, Clint asked a question they could not understand at all.
"Just me? Did you see anything strange?"
"Banner?"
"I don't know. Maybe something went wrong? Or maybe something in the Quantum Realm affected Clint's perception?"
They all thought Clint must be having problems. Just then, a bright light suddenly flashed beside Clint, and then a blue portal appeared out of thin air.
This portal was somewhat similar to the one Thanos had used, which made the few people very nervous. They immediately reached for their weapons.
However, when Ethan and Tony walked out of the portal, the reactions of the few people became a little strange.
"Tony?"
Steve looked at the others beside him, and after confirming that he was not seeing things, he looked at Clint with a questioning gaze. His intuition told him that Clint could explain what was going on.
"Everyone, don't be nervous!"
Seeing Ethan and Tony appear, Clint could confirm that everything he had seen before was not an illusion in the Quantum Realm, but something that had actually happened. When he first returned, the reactions of these people had made him doubt whether he had seen an illusion.
The appearance of Ethan and Tony allowed him to be sure that he had indeed gone to another strange parallel world, and what he had seen and heard there was not an illusion.
"These two are Tony and Ethan from a parallel world. They're here to help."
"Tony from a parallel world? Does that mean we succeeded?"
Banner excitedly waved his hand, almost smashing the console, and his action also attracted Tony's attention.
"Banner? How did you end up like this? Oh, this look is just awful."
Tony immediately saw that this was the change that occurred after Banner merged with the Hulk, but this kind of fusion was not exactly an improvement.
As soon as he spoke, the people next to him felt that this was the familiar Tony, but his identity as a visitor from a parallel universe still made them feel a bit strange, because there was also a Tony Stark standing here.
He had not spoken the whole time, only continuously observing his other self. He noticed one thing at first glance.
"Clint."
"What?"
"What year was the parallel world you went to?"
His question made everyone look over. The quick-witted ones also noticed the problem. This Tony looked a bit younger. If that was the case, it meant their instrument's positioning was not accurate, and Clint had not gone to their planned time and location.
This was a big problem. If they could not land precisely, their subsequent plans could not be carried out at all.
"Don't worry, your instrument is fine. Clint's landing point was off because I forcibly pulled him to my world."
"You hijacked Clint to your world?"
This universe's Tony immediately understood what Ethan meant.
"How did you do that?"
"A thought, a gentle flick of the finger, like this."
Ethan lightly flicked his finger, and the bottle of purified water placed not far away came into his hand.
"Superpower? Sorcerer?"
"Sorcerer."
This world's Tony frowned. He thought of a possibility.
"The Sorcerer Supreme in the other universe isn't Strange?"
"No, the Sorcerer Supreme in my world is still Strange. I have no interest in the position of Sorcerer Supreme."
No one else could interject into their conversation. They could only stand by, dumbfounded. Steve could see that Tony was testing this stranger, so he did not interrupt and only observed quietly. At the same time, Natasha also took the opportunity to talk to Clint in a low voice, trying to figure out the situation.
Meanwhile, although no one spoke to Tony from the other world, they were all paying attention to him. Tony first circled the entire device, then peered at the control panel, and finally began observing the details in various corners, even wanting to reach out and take it apart to see.
"Hey, please don't touch things randomly."
This world's Stark had been talking to Ethan, but his gaze had always been on his other self. Knowing himself, he knew he would not be able to resist his curiosity and would check out all sorts of unfamiliar equipment.
Sure enough, after looking around, he started touching things. He immediately spoke up to warn the other man not to reach out randomly.
"What? Are you worried I'll break your machine?"
Tony still reached out, preparing to pry open the outer casing to see the internal structure, but his action was stopped by both Banner and Natasha.
"Hey, Tony!"
"Hi, Nat... You look really worn out."
"Clint should have mentioned that things aren't going very well for us here."
"I know. That's why I came over."
This arrogant attitude was very Tony Stark. Aside from this world's Tony Stark, no one else doubted this person's identity anymore.
Instead, Ethan's identity made them very curious. He was a complete stranger they had never encountered.
"I don't object to discussing the situation in detail, but let's change locations first."
Steve had already figured out the situation through Clint. Ethan and this Tony were indeed here to help. He could not possibly turn away enthusiastic parallel universe companions, so he invited the two to the conference room.
Moreover, there was nothing worth studying in the conference room, so Tony Stark from the other world could put away his curiosity, lest he accidentally break this world's last hope.
Arriving at the conference room, they found that basically all the remaining superheroes were there. Because they had heard that guests from a parallel universe had arrived, the few who had not been seen earlier also appeared and saw the fat Thor version with their own eyes.
"Oh my god!"
Ethan did not react much, but Tony, who had come with him, showed a very exaggerated expression, and it was not fake. He really had not expected Thor to turn out like this.
"Buddy, where's your divine power? Didn't it help you burn off the excess calories?"
(To be continued.)
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