Dr.
Banner gradually came to accept the Hulk, and only then did he become one of the Avengers’ key combat forces.
During that process, he transformed into the Hulk many times, and there were also many occasions when the Hulk went berserk.
Especially in the beginning, when Dr.
Banner turned into the Hulk, he completely lost control.
Quite a few innocent people died because of it.
But did that stop him from becoming an Avenger?
Not at all.
Then there was Iron Man.
When Tony Stark had just built the Mark II, he learned that terrorists in the Middle East were using weapons he had designed and manufactured to harm civilians.
So he flew directly to the Middle East and wiped them all out.
However, according to laws and regulations, did Tony Stark have the right to kill people like that?
Even if those terrorists deserved to die, legally speaking, Tony Stark should not have been the one carrying out that punishment himself.
But what happened to Tony Stark in the end?
He became the widely admired Iron Man, enjoying unmatched fame and recognition.
So, in the eyes of the SHIELD think tank, someone with that kind of accepted privilege had no reason to lie.
In that case, the credibility of Minato’s words naturally became very high.
However, what did he mean by, “SHIELD’s current situation doesn’t seem very optimistic”?
Nick Fury began to think.
SHIELD’s operations were clearly thriving, and superheroes were appearing around the world one after another.
This was exactly the time for SHIELD to show what it could do.
Why would Konoha Village’s intelligence network conclude that “SHIELD’s situation isn’t very optimistic”?
Nick Fury couldn’t figure it out, but his instincts told him that it might be true, and that this matter was extremely important to both him and SHIELD.
As the director of SHIELD, it was normal for Nick Fury to think more deeply than others.
But the others didn’t pay much attention to that.
They were all focused on Alex, wanting to hear what he would say next.
After all, what someone this powerful had come to New York to do was the thing that truly deserved attention.
Nick Fury also set those thoughts aside and listened carefully.
“How about this?
Let me tell you a story.” “A very long time ago, there stood a divine tree that held up the sky.
One day, the divine tree bore a fruit.
The person who watched over the tree ate the fruit and became the only god, as well as the embodiment of the divine tree.
This was the Rabbit Goddess.” “Although the Rabbit Goddess became a deity, she fell in love with a mortal and gave birth to two children with an emperor.” “But because she had become a god, the Rabbit Goddess grew more and more detached from human emotions, and eventually became a cruel evil god.” “By that time, her two children had already grown up and obtained power not inferior to hers.” “In order to protect the people and the world, they fought the Rabbit Goddess and ultimately sealed their own mother on the moon.” “Because of his great achievements, the elder son was honored by later generations as the Sage of Six Paths.” “However, the story does not end there, because the divine tree went out of control.” “During the sealing of the Rabbit Goddess, the divine tree transformed into a terrifying beast with ten tails in order to protect and save her.” “That beast was incredibly powerful.
Only the Sage of Six Paths could stop it.” “To prevent the mighty Ten-Tails from bringing disaster to the world, the Sage of Six Paths divided its power into nine parts and created nine tailed beasts.
In this way, their power was weakened, and he hoped to have the nine tailed beasts help humanity.” “However, things did not go as he wished.
Human desire is endless and merciless.
The tailed beasts were harmed more than once.
Gradually, they began to view humans as enemies and became fierce and violent.” “With no other choice, before his death, the Sage of Six Paths sealed the nine tailed beasts in different places around the world, bringing peace to the world.” After saying so much in one go, Alex paused, giving Natasha and the people of SHIELD time to process it.
Time was short and the situation urgent.
Alex did not have the chance to make up a brand-new myth, so he could only adapt the history of the Naruto world that he was familiar with and present it to the people of the Marvel world.
The reason he revealed so much information was naturally to fill in the background of the world and make the people of SHIELD believe what he was about to say.
When the shock on Natasha’s face eased somewhat, Alex continued, “Originally, all nine seals were intact.
But recently, the seal here in New York has shown signs of weakening.” “The Sage of Six Paths was far stronger than ordinary people like us.
Even after thousands or tens of thousands of years, his seals would not loosen on their own.
Therefore, we suspect that someone is secretly damaging the seal and intends to release the tailed beast back into the world.” “Because of that, the village sent me, the one with the strongest ability to take action, to investigate this matter.” “Now, you and the SHIELD behind you should understand why I came to New York, right?” Alex raised his eyes and looked at Natasha.
It seemed as though he was meeting her gaze, yet it also felt like he was looking through her at SHIELD’s one-eyed bald chief.
Nick Fury stared into Alex’s serious eyes, his expression becoming solemn as well.