The current Deep Chill organization could absolutely crush The Hand.
Vincent wasn't worried about any accidents befalling his subordinates. After all, he paid a huge price to maintain this group—they weren't just for show.
With Gotze's guarantee, Vincent returned to his villa near Central Park.
"Congratulations. You obtained another treasure in England. Is it the stone in your hand?" Agent Hill offered her congratulations.
"Yes, this is the Reality Stone."
Vincent didn't hide it. He even wore a slightly showy expression.
Hill's gaze was misty as she looked at the two stones on Vincent's hand. They had shrunk, but she could still feel the powerful energy radiating from them. She had heard legends of the six Infinity Stones from Vincent before.
"If all six Infinity Stones fall into your hands, what will you do?" Hill asked suddenly.
"Nothing. I'll give one away to someone else. Don't think of this as just a treasure. If the energy of six stones erupts together, it's enough to kill you—enough to explode your body," Vincent said calmly.
"Whoever wants to collect all six Infinity Stones must consider one problem: snatching the Space and Reality Stones from my hands."
The meaning was clear. He was telling Hill he had become the Guardian of the Infinity Stones. Compared to others, he was a much more reliable guardian.
"I just wonder what this Reality Stone actually does." Hill looked at Vincent curiously.
Vincent had a thought.
A bomb appeared at Hill's feet. The skull danger symbol startled her.
"Clearly, it's fake."
Next second, the atomic bomb exploded. Indeed, confetti filled the room.
"But it can be real." Vincent shrugged.
The Reality Stone. Capable of turning fiction into reality and reality into fiction. It was a terrifying rule-based stone. Even Vincent handled it carefully, worried he might accidentally trap himself.
Hill looked at the dark red ring with lingering fear.
"Did you come here because you tracked down Loki's Scepter?" Vincent walked to Hill, pulled her into his arms on the sofa, and asked gently.
"Hydra is hiding too deep. I worry they've used the Scepter to develop other weapons of mass destruction," Hill whispered.
"Hydra really is a lingering ghost. I thought you'd wiped them out," Vincent joked.
Inwardly, he wondered if Baron Strucker, the Hydra leader, had developed Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver yet. Also, was this Quicksilver the brother of the mutant Quicksilver? Both were Magneto's children in the comics. But in the movies, mutants didn't exist due to rights issues.
So, what would the upcoming plot hold? Vincent was curious. He hoped for something new.
Magneto, despite his tragic life, had many illegitimate children. Polaris and Scarlet Witch were both his daughters. Plus Quicksilver.
"It's hard to completely eradicate Hydra. We've found many of their secrets and are hunting members globally. I believe in the near future, there will be no soil for Hydra in the human world," Hill said dominantly.
She was no longer just a commander. Injected with Super Soldier Serum, she possessed powerful combat abilities. Combined with her agent skills, ordinary superhumans were no match for her.
"Actually, you have many misunderstandings about Hydra," Vincent said suddenly.
"What misunderstandings?"
"Hydra has existed on Earth for thousands of years. In WWII, Red Skull just used Hydra's name to push his ambition, completely deviating from Hydra's original purpose," Vincent smiled.
"How do you know?"
"Someone naturally told me," Vincent said mysteriously. With his psychic power, hiding secrets from him was basically impossible.
"A thousand-year organization? I never imagined Hydra existed so long," Hill said in shock.
"No need to worry. After Red Skull took over, he became the leader, and Hydra changed nature into a new organization. We need to be wary of this organization, not the one from a millennium ago," Vincent comforted her.
His hands began to wander. Hill's figure was getting better and better. Years of fitness maintaining her perfect lines made Vincent unable to let go.
"We traced a Hydra Council. Strucker is one of its leaders. But we don't know if this Council truly rules the real Hydra or how many members they have."
Hill had come with a mission.
"You need to investigate this yourselves. I can't help you. After all, SHIELD has eyes everywhere. If they leak any wind, they can't escape your gaze."
SHIELD had UN support, but its biggest backer was still the US government. No one dared underestimate SHIELD.
The Battle of New York was Vincent's fame-making battle, but also the Avengers'. The Avengers had assembled. Hill coming to his villa was likely to fish for intel to prepare for upcoming missions.
"Is there anything on Earth you don't know?" Hill said disappointedly.
"If I want to know, I can find a way. But my methods might not get Avengers support, especially yours," Vincent said smilingly.
"Why?"
"Want me to crack open your brain and take a look?"
"No thanks. Keep your principles."
Hill cupped Vincent's handsome face and kissed him deeply. Her emotions had been stirred. Since she came to the villa, naturally she'd stay for dinner before leaving. Vincent never refused a sweetheart delivered to his door.
Vincent woke from his dream. The beautiful agent had left. Her lingering fragrance enchanted him. He never got tired of it. Both maintained high desire levels.
But as a billionaire, Vincent felt he'd become low-key. He rarely sought new girlfriends. Company affairs consumed too much energy.
Now that Deep Chill was established and rivaled top global factions, he could act wildly without staring at Oscorp's small territory.
"No news of Harry lately. I wonder how he's doing after I killed Peter and Dr. Connors!!"
Vincent suddenly remembered his classmate, Harry Osborn. A superhuman injected with three gene serums and fused successfully. His strength was top-tier among superhumans.
His mysterious disappearance surprised Vincent. Unless his classmate had other ideas. But Harry would never oppose Vincent. He knew Vincent's strength too well. Unless some organization forced him into hiding.
"You are the company's greatest wealth. Letting you leave the company's sight for too long isn't necessarily good."
The gene fusion path Dr. Connors took was filled with potential. Science proved humans could create gods through gene research. Given time, Vincent believed Connors and Peter Parker would have been his greatest enemies.
But Vincent gave them no time. Previously, he hoped to steal their tech to strengthen himself. A strong physique was the foundation of everything. But after opening the Black Blind Box and getting Kryptonian bloodline, Vincent no longer needed gene fusion for power. So his mindset faded. This was the true reason for Connors' and Peter's deaths.
A storm descended suddenly.
Sitting in his study, Vincent reviewed intel from Deep Chill. They had investigated The Hand's headquarters.
[The Hand dug a massive pit in Hell's Kitchen!]
[The Hand's goal is temporarily unclear.]
Just two brief messages. This reminded Vincent of the Dragon Bones The Hand dug up. Using the bones, they could use Black Sky's power to resurrect the dead.
He suppressed the intel. He decided to leave The Hand to Deep Chill. He wouldn't intervene. This was his promise and a major test for Deep Chill. Passing it would define their meaning.
Otherwise, if he had to solve such a small organization himself, Deep Chill was a complete failure. Vincent had no patience for failures.
Rumble!!
Thunder bloomed. A lightning bolt pierced the skyscrapers, landing on Vincent's balcony.
Vincent smiled.
Storm, Ororo Munroe, wearing tight black clothes and white hair, landed before him in a heroic pose.
"Kept you waiting." Storm said frostily.
"No. Keeping your promise and appearing before me is a pleasant surprise."
Vincent invited Storm inside. Simultaneously, powerful psychic force isolated the villa.
"Don't worry about privacy. No one can use power to peek into my house." Vincent comforted her, sensing her unease.
Ororo removed her clothes, walking toward Vincent in her most perfect form. Like a perfect Catwoman, every step radiant.
"I wouldn't dare break faith with you, would I? You are the Ice Demon." Ororo looked at Vincent's glowing eyes, speaking proudly. Her confidence came from her proud figure.
"How should I reward you?"
Vincent stood up unceremoniously, lifting Storm in his arms.
Heavenly thunder and earth fire. The sky cracked and the earth split. Once hooked, it was the fiercest battle. Her silk-smooth skin made Vincent unable to let go.
But before dawn, Storm left him.
Vincent watched her figure soaring into the sky, revealing a strange smile.
"Falling into my hands, you can never escape." Vincent said smugly.
He was satisfied with this woman. Except for her skin color, everything was perfect. But chocolate skin, after tasting mountain delicacies and seafood, was a wonderful occasional change.
He checked his status panel again:
Wealth Points: 198,546,750,000 (Available)
Desire Points: 4,638,200,000 (Available)
Bloodlines: Kryptonian (Gene Lock Stage 2), Human (Gene Lock Stage 3)
Talents: Elephant's Strength, Dragon Veins, Bioelectric Field
Abilities:
Ice-Ice Fruit (Tier 3 Origin Peak+)Flame-Flame Fruit (Tier 3 Origin Peak+)Glint-Glint Fruit (Tier 3 Origin Peak+)Divine Dominator (Dominator+)Water Magic (Dominator+)Steel God Body (Dominator+)Super Flight (Peak+)Freeze Breath (Peak+)Heat Vision (Peak+)X-Ray Vision (Peak+)Super Hearing (Peak+)Super Brain (Peak+)Dimensional Pocket (Micro+)
Skills:
Bajiquan (Mastery+)Dragon-Elephant Wisdom (13th Layer Peak+)Omega Beams (Peak)Forging (Atomic+)Enchantment (Atomic+)Mahapadma (Entry+)
Rewards: None
Missions: Golden Blind Box (1), Golden Blind Box (2)
1. Fragrance: Intimate relations with special heroines. Reward: Blue Blind Box. (Stacked x4). Independent side quest, unlimited.2. Infinity Stone Collection: Collect all 6. Reward: Golden Blind Box each + Black Blind Box for completion. Progress: (2/6).
The Fragrance mission had reached Golden Blind Box level (Stacked x4). Meaning Vincent just needed one more new heroine to get a Black Blind Box.
Last Black Box gave him the Kryptonian bloodline.
"Now I have two Golden Boxes." Both from Infinity Stones. Completing the set meant six Golden and one Black.
But Vincent knew he might not collect them all. Unless Thanos did the labor for him, collecting the rest before Vincent struck.
The Soul Stone required a sacrifice of a loved one. A price Vincent wasn't willing to pay.
"The Power Stone plot should be starting now, right?"
Guardians of the Galaxy plot beginning meant the Power Stone's appearance. In Thanos's hands, it was dangerous.
"If Scarlet Witch is a worry, I should retrieve the Mind Stone sooner."
Deep Chill was monitoring SHIELD. Vincent wouldn't let Vision be born. Or Ultron.
"Three Devil Fruits surpassing One Piece levels. Continue upgrading, and it's Tier 4—Laws."
That was the realm of true gods. Not Asgardians, but entities like Galactus. Eternity, Infinity, Death, Oblivion. The youngest being Galactus. Conceptual existences.
"Tier 4 is just Laws concepts, probably not enough to fight the Abstracts. My estimated combat power would be Single Universe level."
"The Abstracts are Multiversal."
"Devil Fruit power at this level transcends the fruit itself, becoming a Law!"
"Past power was just a primer. Future power transcends everything!"
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