Chapter 83: I Didn't Expect This from Captain America
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"When Thor first arrived on Earth, he couldn't lift the hammer, but later he was able to lift it again," Tony Stark continued. "His experience should provide us with some inspiration."
"It was actually quite simple for me to lift the hammer because I saw in the video that I sacrificed myself to save others. Well, even though I didn't actually die, the me in the video intended to exchange my life for the chance for others to survive," Thor explained. "So, I understand now. My father wanted me to understand sacrifice. So, after leaving the quiz space, I simply lifted the hammer."
"You mean understanding sacrifice allows you to lift the hammer?" Steve Rogers couldn't help but ask after listening.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple," Bruce Banner didn't hesitate and directly refuted this view. "Captain, you sacrificed yourself 70 years ago, and Stark, you sacrificed yourself in the future. Both of you understand sacrifice. So, is the question a multiple-choice question?"
"So far, it has always been single-choice, with only one correct answer," Thor said. "This question shouldn't be an exception."
"It definitely won't be based on the presence of a sacrificial spirit," Steve Rogers expressed another opinion. "Spirit is something intangible, and it can't be judged solely based on actions. Dr. Banner didn't choose to crash the plane into the sea, and he didn't carry a nuclear bomb into a wormhole. Does that mean he doesn't possess a sacrificial spirit? Perhaps he just hasn't encountered a situation that requires sacrificing himself yet. I believe that if Dr. Banner faces sacrifice one day, he will make the same choice as me and Stark."
"If it's not based on the sacrificial spirit, then what is it based on?" Tony Stark pondered for a moment, then pointed to the name of Stephen Strange and said, "Could it be him? We speculate that he is a sorcerer, and the hammer is also a magical object. It seems logical for a sorcerer to wield a magical item."
"I don't think it would be him," Bruce Banner denied once again. "The assumption that he is a sorcerer is just speculation and hasn't been confirmed in the videos."
"Can't we exclude anyone?" Steve Rogers stared at the options and asked Thor, "Thor, this is your hammer. Don't you have any idea about the conditions for lifting it?"
"There is only one condition," Thor said without hesitation. "That person must be me! I know what you want to say, but that's all I know."
"Thor, how can you claim that the hammer is yours when you know so little about it?" Tony Stark couldn't help but ridicule. "You seem to know more about cola than your own hammer, right?"
"Coca-Cola is a caffeinated carbonated beverage without alcohol, invented by a pharmacist named John Pemberton," Thor immediately recited a string of information, although it was just a short string.
"..." Tony Stark was speechless. "You actually went and learned about cola!"
"It's delicious."
"Even if it's delicious, it's not as important as your hammer!"
"Captain, since you've just awakened, have you not had any cola? I highly recommend that you try it," Thor warmly invited Steve Rogers. "If there's a chance, let's have a drink together!"
"Thor, although I've just awakened, cola already existed in my time," Steve Rogers said.
"Even so, give it a try. The cola from 70 years ago must be different from the one 70 years later," Thor teased, acting like a cola salesman.
"Hey!" Tony Stark had a black line on his forehead. "Thor, it's not the time to talk about cola now."
"Let's focus on the quiz, the quiz," Thor closed his mouth, but still had a look of lingering excitement.
"Now that we can't exclude anyone, I think we can approach this from a different angle," Steve Rogers thought for a moment and proposed a new idea. "Look at the question. 'Unable to lift it on the surface' is the key phrase. This person can clearly lift it, but pretends they can't. Why would they pretend? Obviously, it's to save face for the owner of the hammer, Thor."
"If this person is willing to save face for Thor, it means they must be acquainted with him," Tony Stark followed Steve Rogers' line of thought and said, "From this perspective, we can exclude Stephen Strange. Because the first three options are all members of the Avengers, they have fought side by side with Thor, and they have a deep connection. As for Stephen Strange, we don't even know if Thor will meet him in the future."
"Speaking of saving face, I think I can exclude myself," Tony Stark expressed his opinion. "I'm not someone who cares about saving face for others. If I could lift Mjolnir, I would have done it immediately and not pretended that I couldn't."
"Stark, I didn't expect you to have such self-awareness," Thor agreed with Tony Stark's words.
"Now, two options have been excluded, leaving only me and Captain," Bruce Banner pondered for a moment. "I might care about saving face for others, but I definitely wouldn't do the second half of that sentence." Bruce Banner pointed to the line of text and said, "I don't know what this combo is, but I don't do things like that, or rather, the guy inside me definitely wouldn't do it."
"Hulk is indeed unlikely to practice any combo," everyone agreed with Bruce Banner's words. The strongest aspect of that big green guy is his physical strength. He doesn't need any techniques. Regardless of the opponent, he just relies on sheer force.
And, to put it bluntly, the Hulk's intelligence is not sufficient to learn any combos.
"In that case, it seems like it's only me," Steve Rogers glanced at Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, "Although I think it's unlikely for me to practice that combo, it's still more likely than Hulk. So, it seems that option C, Captain America, is the answer." Steve Rogers said to Thor, "We've discussed and reached a conclusion. Now it's up to you to decide."
"Since everyone thinks so..." Thor chose to go along with the consensus. "I choose C, Captain America, Steve Rogers."
"Correct answer! Reward granted!"
A bottle of cola appeared on the ground.
Of course, it wasn't actually cola, just the packaging that looked exactly like it.
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