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"So, you said you have a way to solve my problem, what is it?" In the office. Shiller sat back down in his chair, looking at the Pikachu on the desk and asked. Pikachu, hugging his two little short hands, said, "Did you forget? Earlier, I plunged headfirst into that yellow toilet, draining all the energy inside."

"That so-called Yellow Lamp energy restored a good amount of my power, and since I don't have any combat opportunities right now, I created this a few days ago..."

With that said, Pikachu somehow pulled out a ring that was a bit too big for him. He had to hold it with both hands to lift it. Shiller propped his elbow on the table and touched his forehead, saying, "You know? You look exactly like a hamster gnawing a sunflower seed..."

After saying that, he took the ring before Pikachu could retort. Shiller held the ring up to his eye, examining it carefully, but found nothing unusual. He said, "Isn't this just a regular ring?"

"You can try putting it on."

"You swear this isn't a prank." Shiller looked into his eyes, and Pikachu blinked. Suddenly, he jumped up, snatching the ring from Shiller's hand, then pulled out another ring, saying, "Okay, this is it."

Shiller took the ring again, this time, he held the ring in his palm and then noticed it emitting a faint yellow glow.

"What is this? A yellow lantern ring?" Shiller asked with some doubts, "Can people in this world use Yellow Lamp energy?"

Pikachu shrugged and said: "From what I feel, this world doesn't have the source of that power, so once I use up the energy I got, it's gone. If I want more, I have to return to the previous world to recharge."

"The ring is the same, I infused it with some energy, but once it's used up, it must return to me to recharge."

"What functions does it have?"

"Many, floating, teleportation, energy beams, as well as Superman's power, self-healing power, and speed..."

"Isn't that just the power of the Lamp Hero?"

"Yeah, but with limited energy. According to my estimation, this thing can only run for a month at most. Once it runs out of power, it will automatically fly back to me..."

"Aren't there any selection criteria? Like the user must be able to instill fear in others?"

Pikachu shook his head saying: "Since there is no source of power here, there's none of those rules, I can give it to anyone."

"In this way, you have a 24-hour standby assistant who doesn't eat, drink, or sleep. How does that sound? Isn't it a perfect solution to your problem?"

Shiller looked at Pikachu as if he was a fool and said: "With such a useful thing, you're actually just thinking about creating an assistant?"

"So what do you want to do? You don't mean to..."

In the Avengers' base, Steve warmly patted the amplifier's shoulder, saying: "Welcome back, kids. In my opinion, you guys returned at just the right time. Now we have a serious challenge waiting for us."

The black boy rubbed his nose, saying: "We've even been to outer space, what kind of challenge could possibly stop us?"

"I like your attitude." Steve seems to be good with kids, he said: "You guys went all the way to the Andromeda galaxy and completed so many difficult tasks, very few mutants could achieve that."

"However, compared to the distant outer space, the work on Earth is more important. That's why you guys came back here. Come on, sit down, let's talk about our next objectives..."

After Amplifier, Shadow, and Crystal sat down, Peter waved at them. Shadow smiled back at Peter. Crystal was a bit shy and didn't respond while Amplifier made a "you wait" gesture at Peter, then pointed at the pool table nearby.

When Steve, Stark, and Matt sat down, the meeting officially began. Steve tapped the table, drawing everyone's attention, and then he said: "Recently, our operations haven't been going smoothly. Unfortunately, I have to tell you that it makes the start of this meeting a bit down..."

"But true warriors aren't afraid of momentary difficulties. We all know this is a long-term mission. Fighting against evil can't be achieved in one or two days..."Steve said, glancing at Stark who rolled his eyes in response.

"Alright, I'll mention the first mission objective. First, we'll split up..."

Just as Steve was about to speak, Stark's phone rang. Steve said somewhat helplessly: "No answering calls during the meeting!"

However, Stark's face became serious. He said: "It's JARVIS who's calling, it must be something important."

With that said, he answered the call, and his face became graver. After he hung up, he immediately stood up. The battlesuit flew off the rack and armed him.

With a "click", Iron Man's face guard shut. He said: "The first mission target has appeared. There's a weirdo glowing with yellow light rampaging in New York City. We must deal with him first."

"A weirdo glowing with yellow light?" Steve frowned, "At this timing? Seems like he's sent by Hydra to distract us. They often do that."

Saying this, he picked up his shield and placed it on the table, surveyed everyone in the room, and then said, "Avengers, assemble!"

In the sky above New York, Grant Ward hovered in mid-air, pressing his earpiece and asking: "I've already set off several rounds of fireworks with my energy rays. Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"Don't rush, you have to give these super-heroes some reaction time."

Grant snorted and said, "Super-heroes? A bunch of jesters who dress up and act uniquely, no different from the graffiti kids on the street..."

"It seems that my truth-probing upset you greatly, enough to vent your anger through your words. However, the super-heroes you disdain are not as weak as you imagine…"

Grant didn't speak; he fell silent for a moment, then said, "Don't forget our deal."

"Don't worry. I have already given you such great power. Even if you fly away now and hide somewhere, I can't find you."

"As long as you help me complete this last task, you'll be free. You'll have nothing more to do with Hydra, and there won't be anyone to bother you."

Grant ended the call, his face still dark. In the past half an hour, he had received too many shocks.

He had been directly exposed by Shiller for his wavering belief, and then more evidence proving his intentions to desert Hydra was shown. Just when Grant thought that his life was over, Shiller proposed a deal.

He wanted Grant to participate in a human experiment. If he could survive, all he would need to do was accomplish one last task for Hydra, and Shiller would ignore his past mistakes.

Grant had no other choices, because he had no playing cards.

The result was that the experiment was successful, and now he has become a monster emitting yellow light, possessing great strength.

But Grant dared not gamble. As a Hydra member, he knew too well that there might be a tiny bomb or something like that hidden in his head. As soon as he made any unusual move, it would explode immediately. Therefore, he could only obediently complete this deal and then pray that Shiller would keep his promise.

As he was gradually getting used to this fear-inducing power, a small black dot appeared on the horizon. In the blink of an eye, it was right in front of him. Before people could arrive, missiles were already launched. "Whistle whistle," a few harsh breaking sounds were heard. Grant disappeared in an instant and then appeared on the rooftop of another building.

However, those few missiles, like glue on bones, turned a corner and flew towards him again. In mid-air, Iron Man pressed a button on his arm and said, "Ever since I found out about the existence of mages, I changed my missiles to energy tracking..."

With that, he turned and flew back, saying to Steve, "You said before that Strange was highly suspicious, and I didn't believe it. But now it seems to be the case."

Steve jumped onto the rooftop of the skyscraper, and Spider-Man swung over. Steve looked at Grant, who was constantly disappearing and reappearing, holding his shield, and said, "Indeed, this energy does seem a bit like magic, but we need to be cautious and cannot falsely accuse the mages..."

Just then, Shiller's voice sounded in Grant's ear, "Control your energy to become energy rays, and transform it into rings."

"Rings?" Grant was puzzled only for a moment, but his instincts as a field agent prompted him to immediately follow the instruction. He controlled the Yellow Lantern energy to form several rings, which looked very much like the rings of the Circle of Ragger Doll used by mages.

Steve at his side sighed and said, "Alright, it seems that he is indeed a mage. Even the spells he uses are exactly the same. No one else can come up with such peculiar stuff."

Stark flew over, using his energy beam to force Grant to move while saying, "You don't know enough about mages. I've known for a long time that there's a sect among them that practices black magic. Those people aren't good guys, just like Modu."

With a low-altitude dive, Grant bent over to escape, then climbed again. Stark looked at Grant and said, "No matter who you are, and no matter what kind of energy you use, you'd better stop right now. Don't say I didn't warn you..."

As he was speaking, Grant saw a bunch of strange-shaped aircraft flew towards him from afar. As they flew up to Grant's front, the planes, which seemed no different from ordinary fighter planes, suddenly transformed into diverse mechanations.

Grant slightly retreated and muttered into his earpiece, "Don't tell me, you want me to take on these guys. This mission's difficulty level is a bit too high..."

"Do you still think you're the ordinary man from before? Give it your all, Stark is a rich guy. No need to save him money."

Grant took a deep breath, mobilized the Yellow Lantern energy, and started firing at the robots. What surprised him was that the robots were not as fierce as he had expected.

Or rather, the Yellow Lantern's energy was indeed very strong. The scorching energy rays almost instantly destroyed the circuits inside the robots. Soon, the sound of consecutive explosions began to ring.

After all of this, Grant retreated a little and looked at his hands in surprise. He then lifted his brow at Stark in a mocking gesture. Obviously, although part of Hydra, he was well aware of Stark's appalling reputation.

However, Stark didn't lose his temper as Grant had anticipated. Instead, he "snapped" open his face guard, gave Grant a smile, and then pointed behind him.

Grant mockingly said, "Do you think I would fall for that? I've seen this trick too many times..."

Just as Grant was speaking, he felt something touch his shoulder. When he turned his head, he was met with Captain America's fist, as big as a sandbag.