Noticing that Heisenberg's gaze was particularly strange, Natasha thought for a moment, suddenly smiled playfully, and asked him a question.
"I still do not understand. Why would you, in your future, go to Vormir to save Barton and me?"
"Heh..." Hearing her question, Heisenberg could not help but chuckle.
"The reason I saved you two was probably just to make things a bit more interesting!"
"Uh huh, it feels like you are looking at us from the perspective of a god!"
Natasha looked up at Heisenberg and continued to assess him softly. "But then again, you do possess godlike power!"
"Not even close. If I were truly powerful enough, that damn snap would not have been enough to injure me!"
Saying this, Heisenberg purposefully raised his right arm, which was covered in blood and blisters, aiming it toward the sun to actively bask in its rays.
Seeing Heisenberg's eager attempt to sunbathe his arm, Natasha looked startled and softly exclaimed.
"Wow, it looks like basking in the sun speeds up your recovery. Are you Superman?"
"Haha, you have a good eye. In my universe, they call me the Injustice Superman!" Heisenberg nodded.
Natasha immediately let out a light laugh. "That is wonderful, because Superman can only belong to Lois, but the Injustice Superman belongs to everyone!"
Hearing this, Heisenberg immediately turned his head to look at the soft curves of Natasha's face. He stared for a full three seconds before shifting his gaze to her burgundy hair. He suddenly reached out and gently ruffled it.
The moment Heisenberg reached out, Natasha had originally intended to dodge. But for whatever reason, she forced herself to stand completely still, letting his large hand rest on the top of her head.
While Heisenberg ruffled her hair, Natasha tried her best to shake off the charming thoughts in her mind and muttered to him.
"Tsk tsk, my God among Men, are you treating me like a pet?"
"Of course not, it is just..." Heisenberg's gaze toward Natasha was exceptionally gentle as he continued speaking.
"It is just that the you of this world is different from all the others, different from the countless versions of you in other stories. The you right here is truly beautiful, especially your soul!"
At this point, Heisenberg retracted his hand with mixed feelings. He had to admit that Natasha's death in Avengers Endgame was his second biggest regret regarding the movie!
As for Natasha, after Heisenberg withdrew his hand, she gently smoothed out the strands of hair at her temples. At the same time, she lowered her head and mumbled with a smile.
"Back on Vormir, was this the reason you ruffled my hair?"
"Uh... did the 2014 version of me do that to you too? Haha, then it was probably because the current me thought about doing it!" Heisenberg laughed it off.
The atmosphere between the two gradually fell silent until Natasha spoke up quietly.
"For everything this time around... thank you!"
"Forget about it. Just do not hate me in the future." As Heisenberg spoke, he suddenly reached out and pulled Natasha behind him. Then, he thrust his perfectly intact left arm straight up toward the sky!
Seeing his action, Natasha looked slightly surprised, but she still drew her pistol immediately. She quickly aimed in the direction his palm was facing and asked him softly.
"You have been staring at the sky. So what are you waiting for, and what are you guarding against?"
Hearing Natasha's question, Heisenberg smiled and offered one last explanation.
"Do you remember everything I said before I snapped my fingers?"
Hearing the question, Natasha quickly began to think. A moment later, she jerked her head up.
"You are waiting for an opponent worthy of a fight. Then who exactly is your opponent?!"
Boom!!!
...
The busy people did not notice a thing, and the people who were not busy had no desire to pay attention to such matters.
In a world that seemed to belong only to her, Nebula quietly left the conference room and arrived in the room where the quantum tunnel platform was located.
She rapidly set the corresponding parameters for the time machine and then simply pressed the start button.
In a split second, the warship belonging exclusively to Thanos violently burst out of the Quantum Realm!
...
In the conference room, because Heisenberg's snap had happened far too suddenly, Tony had not had the time to activate defense mode at all.
And because the fully enclosed defense mode had not been activated, when Thanos's flagship traveled through and instantly smashed through the ceiling of the quantum tunnel hall!
Boom!!!
Everyone heard that earth-shattering noise!
At the same time, Natasha, who had been staying by Heisenberg's side, suddenly roared at the crowd!
"We have hostiles! On guard!!!"
In just a brief moment, Iron Man donned his armor, the Hulk raised his fists, Captain America lifted his shield, and Thor...
Was sleeping soundly in the medical bay.
Setting Thor aside, everyone else looked toward the New York sky at the colossal warship that seemed capable of blotting out everything!
"What the hell is going on?"
"Heisenberg, what have you done?"
"This is Thanos's flagship! How the fuck did he end up here!"
"Prepare for defense!!!"
Accompanied by Captain America's roar, Natasha immediately looked toward Heisenberg!
Her face was entirely filled with disbelief and the pain of being deceived!
"Heisenberg, tell me you did not bring that here!!!"
"Uh huh, of course I was not the one who did this."
Heisenberg smiled at Natasha first, then raised his left hand and roared at the crowd.
"Everyone!"
His voice drew everyone's attention, and he continued speaking.
"Those who toy with time will ultimately be toyed with by time. Therefore, brace for impact!"
Just as his voice fell, Sanctuary II, high up in the distant sky, violently launched over thirty wide-range energy blasts toward the Avengers Compound.
Looking at the rapidly approaching energy bombs, and then looking at Natasha beside him, who was so panicked she did not even know how to panic any further.
"Enjoy the upcoming scenery, Avengers!"
He roared. At the same time, everything around him began to levitate.
An incredibly surging force field expanded rapidly. With him at the center, countless pieces of debris like desks and chairs within a radius of nearly three hundred meters began to constantly swirl along with the field.
Those desks and chairs were merely the external manifestation of his bio-force field; within it was Heisenberg's precise control over his own power.
In the very next instant, right in front of all the Avengers, the energy blasts bombarded them.
The sprawling Avengers Compound instantly collapsed into ruins resembling an alien battlefield!
Shockwaves continuously erupted, shredding all the structures just outside Heisenberg's bio-force field to pieces.
Yet, no matter how hard the blasts struck, they could not breach the bio-force field by even a single centimeter!
The explosions lasted for more than half a minute. For a full thirty seconds, the ears of the Avengers were completely filled with deafening noise.
But they had already been so shocked that they forgot everything else. Right now, the only thing they could do was cast gazes of awe and reverence toward Heisenberg.
Meanwhile, aboard Sanctuary II.
Thanos was using an observation monitor to check everything inside the Avengers Compound.
The collapsed buildings were completely expected, and they thought nothing of it.
However, the bio-force field maintained by Heisenberg made Thanos take a deep breath.
To the side, Ebony Maw furrowed his brows and spoke.
"My Liege, this appears to be Heisenberg, the joint leader of the Injustice League and the Skrull Resistance!"
"I know!"
Thanos replied deeply. He then stood up and took the double-edged greatsword held by Cull Obsidian on his right.
"To think that my first encounter with him would actually take place in this future timeline. It truly builds my anticipation!"
As he spoke, he descended from the flagship, walking straight into the middle of the already collapsed ruins.
At the same time, Heisenberg also withdrew his bio-force field and looked deeply at Thanos.
Right at that moment, Iron Man suddenly asked Heisenberg.
"That was not your doing, right!"
Heisenberg did not answer his question, because everyone had spotted the figure walking toward Thanos in the distance!
Nebula from the past was now stepping in front of Thanos with a face full of pride.
"Father!"
She bowed respectfully.
"I have successfully brought you to this timeline, and I have even weakened Heisenberg, the leader of the Injustice League, for you!"
"Well done!"
Thanos nodded in satisfaction. At the same time, he looked at Heisenberg's injured arm in the distance.
"He snapped his fingers?"
"That is correct, Father!"
Nebula nodded in affirmation, prompting Thanos to continue praising her with satisfaction.
"Well done. Step back!"
Hearing this command to step back, Nebula's originally excited face was instantly written with confusion and disappointment.
Her lonely figure was cast amidst the ruins where flames and rock layers overlapped, making it look as though she had lost her entire world.
Looking at Nebula in such a state, Thanos sighed softly.
"Go, bring all the Infinity Stones to me!"
With just one short command, Nebula was instantly reinvigorated.
She excitedly nodded her head continuously.
"Yes!"
She replied, then dashed off into the distance!
After Nebula left, Thanos looked at Heisenberg and silently drove his double-edged greatsword into the ground.
At the same time, he took off his helmet and placed it onto the blade of his greatsword!
As for Heisenberg, he slowly ascended into the air. Maintaining a standing posture, he drifted all the way over, landing in front of Thanos with absolute majesty.
"Thanos."
"Heisenberg."
The two spoke each other's names. It seemed even they themselves knew.
When they simultaneously appeared under the same starry sky, everything would evolve into a scenario of king against king!
Inside the Avengers Compound, Iron Man looked left and right, issuing a serious command.
"The Hulk and I will go help Heisenberg. The rest of you, check on Thor's injuries as quickly as possible. The medical bay where he and Rhodey are located is very far from here!"
Hearing his words, Natasha and Barton immediately sprang into action.
But Rogers remained standing in place.
He tightened his grip on his shield and spoke resolutely to Iron Man.
"I am not going to miss this war, Tony!"
Looking at the determined Captain Rogers, Iron Man could not find the words to refuse.
But to let Rogers, an ordinary human, participate in a war against Thanos...
"Captain, you have a more important job. I need you to contact all the resurrected Avengers! All-out war is imminent, and we need their pow...!"
"Heh, Tony, you have never been good at lying! If Strange truly foresaw everything happening today, then they will absolutely show up when needed, rather than wait for me to summon them."
Rogers interrupted Tony's words.
"You just think that an ordinary Captain America like me does not have the ability to handle an emperor from the cosmos, right?"
Just as his voice fell, he violently raised his empty right hand.
In the very next instant, amidst a whistling sound, Mjolnir slammed firmly into his palm!
Looking at Mjolnir constantly flashing with arcs of electricity, Iron Man only felt an immense sourness in the corners of his eyes.
He turned around, his back facing Rogers, and sighed softly.
"I always knew you were worthy!"
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