Chapter 122: Panic

The atmosphere in the living room was quite tense.

Jean and Wanda sat opposite each other and didn't talk, but the way they looked at each other without saying anything made Pietro, who was sitting on the side as, a background.

He not only blamed Jack for leaving the two of them here and going to cook but also for leaving him alone with them.

Although he wants to stay and get to know the new friend.

But soon, he regretted it. His own sister seemed to be up to something and was staring at Jean with a sharp look. Jean, for her part, didn't back down and stared back.

Pietro slowly figured out what was going on. How could he not know what was on his own silly sister's mind? He looked at Jean and realized why.

Pietro took a big breath because the smell of trouble was getting stronger and stronger. When he couldn't take it any longer, he got up and went to the kitchen.

"Hey, Jack, what are you doing?!"

Pietro walked up to Jack and whispered with lingering fear.

"What am I doing?"

Jack looked at him, somewhat puzzled, not understanding what he meant.

"My sister"

Pietro cautiously looked at the living room, sighed with relief when he saw no one was paying attention, and continued: "Why did you bring a girl back?"

"Didn't I tell you? She's homeless and will go home in a month sooner or later."

Taking the hot pot from the fire to make soup, Jack continued, "Didn't I already say that?"

"Yes, you did."

Pietro laughed sarcastically, "You'd better go check the situation in the living room. Otherwise, don't blame me for not warning you if the house gets destroyed."

"Huh?"

Jack looked at him strangely, then walked out of the kitchen and into the living room.

Jack laughed, shook his head, and sighed when he saw the two girls glare at each other as if they would never give up.

"Ladies, who wants to help me serve the food?"

"Me!"

"Me!"

The two girls almost raised their hands at the same time and then glared at each other again.

"Let's go together."

.....

The atmosphere at the dinner table became a lot happier. The main reason was that Jack's food was so good that all three of them had no choice but to eat it.

"Jean, you can sleep in my room tonight, and I'll sleep on the couch," Jack said as he looked at Jean during dinner. "I'm going to the nexus tonight, and if there are no accidents, you should be able to go home soon."

"Home...?" Jean looked a bit surprised. After spending the day with them, she felt for the first time like she was part of a real family, and she didn't want to go home.

Although Wanda and Pietro didn't understand what Jack was talking about, they didn't ask much. However, they did understand that Jean was going home.

Wanda secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and her eyes toward Jean were no longer filled with hostility.

Wanda quietly let out a sigh of satisfaction, and she no longer looked at Jean with anger in her eyes.

Only Jack's eyes blinked as if he were thinking about something.

Late at night, everyone was sound asleep.

Jean was arranged to sleep in Jack's room. After all, this house only had three rooms, and Jack had never thought there would be guests, so he didn't buy a bigger one.

As soon as Jean fell asleep, Jack started working. He hadn't forgotten that he still had to find the merge point of the two timelines. As for how to find it, it was very simple.

Jack was floating above the clouds over New York City. The whole universe was above him.

"This is not a bad thing." Jack looked at the band on his wrist when he felt cold from being so higher.

The band was a small anti-gravity generator that could make a five-meter-wide anti-gravity field. He wouldn't have been able to fly so high without grabbing this thing.

"Okay, let's get to work." Rubbing his hands together, Jack opened his arms, and a dark blue light slowly spread from his body, forming a beautiful and energy coat on his body.

As the energy was released, Jack's range of perception became wider and wider. He was trying to find the convergence point.

However, this was clearly not an easy task.

Meanwhile, over the Indian Ocean.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.

Nick Fury had already gone to bed. As the director, he didn't need to handle everything personally.

But before he could fall asleep, an emergency call brought him to the bridge.

"What's going on, Maria Hill?"

Nick came to the edge with a serious look on his face. Obviously, he was clear that he was upset.

The bridge was already chaotic, and Deputy Commander Maria Hill was trying to keep everything under control. When Fury asked her about it, she said,

"Sir, just a few minutes ago, our satellite monitoring picked up a massive energy reaction above New York City, and the energy index is still going up very quickly. The Pentagon and the military have asked us what's going on, but we don't know either."

"What level is it now?!"

When New York and energy response were mentioned, Fury's mood went up, and he was no longer tired.

"Enough to wipe out half of New York from the map."

Nick remained silent for a moment, and no one could tell what he was thinking, not even Maria.

"I'm going to make a call," Nick said as he turned and left. Maria breathed a sigh of relief, knowing who Nick would contact.

Nick found a quiet spot and dialed a private number.

Ring...

Ring...

Ring...

Click.

"If you've got something to say, say it. If not, I'm hanging up," a voice answered the phone with impatience. Nick hesitated before asking, "Where are you now?"

"Hmm?"

.....

On the other side, above New York City.

Jack took out his vibrating phone from his pocket and answered impatiently, "What's up? If there's nothing, I'm hanging up!"

"Where are you now?"

"Huh?"

Jack raised his eyebrow, not understanding why Nick was asking.

"At home, why?"

"Above New York City?"

"How did you know?!"

Nick's exposure of his location surprised Jack. He looked at himself and suddenly realized what was going on. If he was doing what he was doing here and SHIELD couldn't detect it, something strange must happen.

It seems that a lot of people are in a panic by now.

"I'm looking for something. Tell your bosses not to worry. But of course, worrying won't do any good."

He didn't waste any more words and hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

Nick looked at the disconnected phone and let out a tired sigh.

"Dealing with superpowered individuals is really difficult."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the bridge, announcing the lifting of the alert. However, he did not relax his guard and instead had Maria monitor the situation in real-time and notify him immediately of any unexpected situations.

As for the Pentagon and the military, there were naturally people there to deal with it.

And, of course, he had to go back to sleep. He realized that he was getting dark circles from not resting well during this time.

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