foreigner's journey

Chapter 1247 Ascending to the Level of God
"[Prince Xinghai]... is he the mysterious man who destroyed all the meteorite fragments? Where did the Hero Association get this information?"

At the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Nick Fury stroked his bald head and carefully read the documents on the table in front of him.

The senior agent opposite him, Maria Hill, shook her head slightly. "It's not clear yet. The Hero Association's information acquisition channels have always been extremely secret. Even though Natasha has been lurking beside President Speed ​​Slash for so long, she has not been able to find out any useful information."

"Really? I hope Natasha isn't too obsessed with the charm of the quick cut."

Nick Fury becomes increasingly dissatisfied with Black Widow.

He originally thought that she was absolutely loyal to him, so he confidently sent Natasha to carry out various dangerous missions and infiltration orders. This extremely beautiful and poisonous Black Widow never let Nick Fury down and was always successful.

But now, Nick Fury could feel Natasha's increasingly perfunctory responses to mission information, and she was trying her best to hide something from the president of the Hero Association.

Nick Fury feels betrayed.

It turns out that the one who was 'seduced' was not the President of the Hero Association, but Black Widow!
A meat bun thrown at a dog will never come back. Nick Fury now deeply understands this Chinese proverb.

"According to the information provided by Stark, it seems that this prince belongs to the same organization called [Sword of Fire] as Ms. White and the Witch of the Gun."

He pointed at the document on the table with his thick black knuckles. The document had a blurry snapshot of Ms. Diaobai and the Witch of the Gun printed on it:
"If what is said is true, then the threat posed by this sword of fire is far greater than that of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Even the Avengers cannot confront it head-on."

In Nick Fury's view, superhero teams are the general trend of the world. Individual heroism is a thing of the past, and teamwork is king. For this reason, he runs around to build a powerful superhero team like the Avengers, in order to dominate the upcoming new world.

But the appearance of the Sword of Fire dealt Nick Fury a heavy blow.

Maria Hill had to remind Nick Fury: "Sir, perhaps the Avengers and the Sword of Fire do not have a direct conflict of interest?"

"The Sword of Fire is not controlled by the American government or SHIELD, and does not obey my orders, which means they may have a negative impact on this country."

Nick Fury doesn't bother to hide his thoughts from his most trusted confidant.

"If they are out of control, it would be better for them to disband on the spot, and then the Avengers can absorb the members that can be won over to strengthen the Avengers. Yes, I am talking about Ms. Bai."

After learning about the miraculous healing ability of Lady White, Nick Fury's first reaction was "impossible", and then he fell into the delusion of "I must catch her in my hands to control her". If he could use such a useful chess piece, then all the politicians and dignitaries in the world would extend olive branches to him!

Maria Hill moved her lips, but ultimately did not speak.

She felt that Nick Fury had changed. Ever since he met with the president of the Hero Association, Speed ​​Slash, in private and parted ways unhappily, the commander had become more and more paranoid. He was obviously not like this before. Perhaps power can really corrupt people... Maria Hill sighed in her heart.

She took a step forward and took the initiative to open the folder in front of Nick Fury:

"According to Stark's calculations and the integration of data from the Intelligence Department and the Mysterious Countermeasures Department, there are 13 pieces of intelligence similar to the 'Sword of Fire', all of which are mentioned in detail in the file report."

"What's your opinion?" Nick Fury asked without raising his head, quickly scanning the contents of the document with his one eye.

Maria Hill immediately replied, "The fourth one, sir. It is the Path of the Flaming Sword."

"The Path of the Fire Sword?" Nick Fury raised his head and looked at Agent Hill with a little confusion.

"It comes from the Tree of Cabala, also known as the Upside-Down Tree."

Maria Hill, who had obviously reviewed relevant knowledge with relevant people before coming, talked to them attentively.

"According to the Old Testament Genesis Chapter 8, verses 9-, the Tree of Life is located in the center of the Garden of Eden, and Kabbalah uses this to describe the so-called path to God, or the way God created the world out of nothing."

Nick Fury frowned, "Ma'am, are we discussing knowledge about superhero teams or talking about cartoons?"

"I'm just explaining the relevant content, sir," Hill said calmly.

Nick Fury nodded: "Sorry, please continue."

"In Kabbalistic texts, the Tree of Life consists of ten Sephirahs and twenty-two Passes.

The ten essences, in order from top to bottom and from right to left, are [Crown], [Wisdom], [Understanding], [Mercy], [Severity], [Beauty], [Victory], [Glory], [Foundation], and [Kingdom].

The route from the Crown to the Kingdom is called the Path of the Flaming Sword.

"You mean... there are at least ten top-level warriors in this superhero organization called Sword of Fire?"

Nick Fury's already dark face became even darker than the bottom of a pot. One White Lady was enough to drive the powerful in this world crazy. There are nine more powerful guys like this? Spare me some time.

"According to the comparison and calculation of the Mystic Countermeasures Department, the correlation between the Sword of Fire and the Path of the Sword of Fire is the highest among all the options."

Maria Hill opened the folder and took out several photos and placed them in front of Nick Fury one by one. The first one was Mossy's photo.
"Mercy Ziegler is most likely Mercy, one of the ten prana.

This essence is ranked fourth in the Path of the Fire Sword and represents the pure and sacred law of the universe - love."

Then, Maria Hill flipped through another photo, in which a girl with light green twin ponytails was smiling wildly.

"Rebecca, the Witch of the Gun. The Mystery Countermeasures Department believes that she could be either Victory or Understanding."

Then, Maria Hill turned to the third photo. This time, the photo was all blurry black, and only a vague figure could be vaguely identified in the black cloud.

"This person's figure cannot be identified through calculation, but Doctor Doom is likely to have died at his hands. The Mystery Countermeasures Department has not been able to compile relevant information at this time."

Finally, Maria Hill flipped open the fourth and final photo, which showed the handsome and indifferent face of Prince Xinghai.
"Galaxy Prince is the Crown, the first of the ten primordial elements. It represents transcendence and is the nature of God."

"god……"

Nick Fury looked at the photo of the Star Sea Prince, his eyes became confused for a moment, but then he became firm:

"I am an atheist. The so-called "God" is nothing more than a stronger creature. Thor, the God of Thunder, is the best example."

He sat down on the chair, his eyes moving from the photo on the table to Maria Hill's face: "Since the Fire Sword and the Fire Sword Road are so close, can you please tell me what the so-called Fire Sword Road means?"

Maria Hill was silent for a while before she spoke:
"From the [Kingdom] at the bottom representing 'matter' to the [Crown] at the top representing 'spirituality', this path is called the Path of the Fire Sword, also known as -

'Stairway to God.'"

(End of this chapter)