"You handle it yourself!"
Artoria looked with a headache at Pepper, who was sporting a big belly. At this moment, Pepper was happily holding a tube of blue potion, consulting Artoria joyfully. Artoria didn't expect it to be ready so soon; it was just too fast! Seriously, what is the mindset of you women? Does making a man turn into a woman make you that happy? Wait a minute, if Tony turns into Toni, then does that mean she has an extra sibling and sister? This kind of happiness would simply be doubled! But in order not to get involved and avoid being implicated if things came out later, Artoria still pretended to be indifferent and replied to Pepper, letting her choose her own future 'happy' life.
"I'm sorry, brother."
After chatting with Pepper for a while, Artoria walked Pepper back to her room and turned to leave. Back in her room, Artoria apologized to her brother. She really couldn't imagine what kind of life-worse-than-death feeling it would be for a playboy to suddenly and slowly become feminized. Artoria had some experience with it, but she had turned into a woman quite quickly, whereas Tony would be turning into a woman slowly. So, Tony should be able to experience the feeling of 'Li Jiayu', right! Oh no! Li Jiayu could still maintain a male body, while this was permanent and couldn't be changed back.
"Having another sister is also quite nice. I just hope he doesn't turn into an ugly monster."
After sighing, Artoria contacted Maya and the others to ask if the potion had been tested on lab mice, just to avoid any other situations. After all, it was just to discipline Tony according to Pepper's wishes; she didn't want Tony to lose his life because of an unexpected reaction to accidentally consuming the potion. Finally, with the joint assurance of Maya and the others, Artoria was relieved. She would absolutely not interfere in this matter; it was Pepper's own choice, and they had only provided the props. Everything depended on whether Pepper was ruthless enough.
"The operation has begun."
Family matters could be put aside for now; the time agreed upon with Steve was approaching. Artoria was going to help Steve subdue Mordo, who had betrayed Kamar-Taj. With a flash of golden light, Artoria put on her Spirit Gear. The silver armor encased Artoria's entire body. Unlike the original version of the Spirit Gear, the armor on Artoria's right hand had been replaced by the Infinity Gauntlet, with five shining gems embedded in it. These were the Infinity Stones that Artoria had gone to great lengths to collect. Except for the Time Stone, all the remaining Infinity Stones were with Artoria. Looking at the slot used to embed the Time Stone, Artoria sighed. She really wanted to snatch the Infinity Stone from Steve's hands, but out of respect for the Ancient One, she decided it would be better to wait for Steve to voluntarily give up the Infinity Stone.
"This is definitely the place."
With a flash of blue light on her right hand, a portal opened beside Artoria. Seeing the endless grassland, Artoria carefully observed her surroundings and discovered a cleared open space. There were no traces of weeds growing, only golden sand. Such a situation could simply not occur in such a grassland and could only be man-made. The coordinates Steve gave were correct, so this place was where Steve was going to fight Mordo. All that was left for Artoria to do was wait. There were no signs of fighting around; Steve probably hadn't successfully transported the opponent over yet. Artoria was happy to be idle, sitting quietly on the grass waiting for the battle to begin. Feeling a bit bored, Artoria thought that in such a beautiful environment, a whole roasted lamb would be perfect!
"Bang~!"
Just as Artoria was preparing to go back to get some lamb or something for a barbecue, a circular hole suddenly opened above the sandy ground, and a figure fell into the sand pit from inside. Steve, using Mordo's body but wearing the Cloak of Levitation, floated down slowly and gracefully from the hole. This scene made Artoria ponder as she looked at the red cloak. Although this thing recognized its Master, she didn't expect it to be able to know who its Master was even after switching bodies. Seeing such an autonomous treasure, Artoria was a bit envious, but she was just looking. Such uncontrollable treasures, although sometimes having unexpected effects, were mostly troublesome, and extremely troublesome.
"Haven't you switched your bodies back yet? Dawdling, what exactly are you planning to do?"
Artoria walked up and took a look at Steve's body lying in the pit. She asked Steve, if you don't switch bodies soon, it will be even more troublesome later. And do you even know that this body is yours? Hitting your own body like this, when you return to your own body, all the pain will still have to be borne by you. At that time, it will be really painful. Anyway, it wasn't her body; Artoria wasn't being kind, just subconsciously giving a reminder. If you collapse after switching bodies, then won't all the remaining things need to be done by me!
"It will be ready soon."
Sensing Artoria's impatience, Steve didn't dare to drag it out anymore. He directly took out an ancient book. It looked tattered, but Artoria could feel the danger level of this book. Her intuition told Artoria that this thing was just too dangerous and it was best not to touch it. Detecting such information, Artoria was instead very curious about what this book actually was and who had created it to be able to make her feel danger. Seemingly noticing Artoria's curious gaze, Steve smiled at Artoria, opened the book, and began chanting strange, tongue-twisting spells.
"That really is a powerful thing. The Ancient One must have collected quite a lot, right!"
Facing Steve, who had started to emit strange rays of light, Artoria noticed something she had overlooked. As a legendary figure, the collection in the Ancient One's treasure vault would definitely not be small. Artoria didn't care about gold and silver treasures, but did the Ancient One's collection have some divine weapons? Artoria felt there must be, and definitely not a few. Since she had helped Steve with such a big favor this time, shouldn't her junior brother show some filial piety to her? In an instant, Artoria thought of various ideas. It would probably be best to hold excalibur to junior brother Steve's neck and make him hand it over.
"As expected, my own body is better."
Just as Artoria was thinking about how to rob her 'wealthy' junior brother, the body swap had already been completed on this side. Steve stood up from the ground shakily and stretched his limbs, but it seemed he moved to a painful spot, and he was clearly wincing in pain, which was funny to watch. Steve's red cloak turned into a binding tool and tied Mordo up. Steve, enduring the pain, crooked his finger, and the book instantly returned to Steve's hand.
"Speak! How do you want to deal with him."
Focusing her scattered thoughts, Artoria glanced at Mordo, who was somewhat indignant after waking up. She didn't need to help with anything at all! She had just thought that if Steve didn't know soul magic, Artoria would use the Soul Stone to knock Steve's soul out of Mordo's body so they could return to their original bodies. Judging by the current plot, she didn't need to intervene at all. Although she was happy to slack off, she still had a small goal, which was to have Steve pick one or two good things for her from the Ancient One's treasure vault.
"Let's banish him to the Mirror Dimension!"
After thinking for a while, Steve decided to use this method to punish Mordo. During their fight, the number of mages who had died because of Mordo had increased from a few to over a dozen. He wanted to kill Mordo, but he didn't want to stain his hands with the blood of such a person, so he intended to banish Mordo to the Mirror Dimension, which was full of strange life forms. In this way, whether Mordo would die inside would depend on Mordo's own abilities.
"The world doesn't need so many mages. The Ancient One's decision was wrong."
Hearing Steve's punishment for him, Mordo was not afraid at all, but instead looked at Steve with a sneer and said something that made Steve very angry. You think it's not needed, so it's not needed? Who do you think you are! To actually judge your own Master and deny the existence of mages. Steve glanced at Mordo, immediately summoned the Mirror Dimension, and banished Mordo into it. Artoria, on the side, felt that Steve seemed to have become stronger. As expected of a main character, his strength definitely ranked high in Marvel. Coming for nothing made Artoria feel very bored, so she just greeted Steve and left.
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