[Comprehensive] Science and Magic

"That way you can't confuse us with words, brother."

The silenced Loki rolled his eyes.

"My God, it's a good thing I spoke quickly." Tony whispered to Laura, "Otherwise, he might really say that he is your father."

Laura couldn't help but smile.But in her heart—she watched Loki staring at her with meaningful eyes, and then thought of Loki's weird scepter—Laura felt a chill in her heart.

For some reason, no one mentioned Loki's scepter.Sol has no interest in the scepter, and probably only wants to take his brother and the Rubik's Cube back to God's Domain as soon as possible; and Natasha and the others, Laura thought, may have the same idea as her now—they want to take the scepter with them. Go back to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and do some research.

When the war ended, what was left to the earth was the devastated New York.

In this war, countless civilians were killed and countless buildings collapsed, especially on the island of Manhattan. The entire Manhattan is facing heavy post-disaster reconstruction work.Government departments such as Stark Industries and S.H.I.E.L.D. have jointly established the Disaster Control Bureau to deal with battlefield cleaning, public appeasement and post-disaster reconstruction that may become more frequent in the future.

Unlike ordinary people who have optimistic ideas and worship superheroes, the Avengers need to face a more cruel world.

Chapter 44

It's a tough time.

It wasn't because Laura's inexplicable disillusionment charm caused her to be caught on the No-Maj TV news camera at the moment she picked up the scepter, so the Magic Congress held a separate hearing for Laura to discuss whether she should be given one. The verdict of "serious violation of the Wizarding Secrecy Act"; nor is it because of facing the concerns of the Smulders family, explaining to Lillian why he is still working for S.H.I.E.L.D., or why Steve is Captain America himself.

These are nothing in front of another matter.

Laura finds herself... beginning to lose control of her magic.

Originally Laura did not have such symptoms.

After witnessing the death of Phil Coulson, Laura's magical riots made her more able to control the magic power, cast a spell on the fearless armor, and even successfully recalled Tony who was in the wormhole with the Flying Curse.

After the hearing at the Magic Congress, her old boss, Minister Potter, called her to the minister's office alone.

Laura still remembered Minister Potter's expression at that time.He looked very serious, serious and cautious, and made Laura feel the importance of the incident more than those congressmen who kept saying "protecting the interests of wizards" at the hearing.He inspected the office carefully and cast at least a dozen protective spells before saying:

"The video that Congressmen saw was just a small part of it. I got the whole No-Maj video from Director Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.... Johnson, I'm afraid you're not one of the wizards."

Laura's eyes widened in surprise: "What?"

Minister Potter frowned, and tapped the table twice anxiously.He pondered for a moment, then continued: "Let's put it this way, even if Speaker Piccolo (Note ①) is reborn, I doubt that she can cast such a powerful summoning spell—as far as I know, the so-called portal connection It’s another time and space. What’s more, the summoning spell has no color.”

And the summoning spell that successfully brought Tony back was blue.

Laura felt out of breath, like a heavy stone on her stomach.She argued, "But that doesn't mean I'm not a wizard—I mean, Ilvermorny sent me my notice, and my wand—she chose me—"

"No, no, no." Potter shook his head. "Or should I say, you're not just a wizard. Ilvermorny admits all children with enough magic power, but you obviously have more than wizard magic in you. As for the wand—the wand will choose whoever she likes to be magical, as long as that person has the qualities she needs."

"I-I don't understand, sir."

"It's okay. I've thought about it for a long time. I discussed it with Samuel (Note ②). We agreed that you have something else in your blood...and this is not suitable for everyone to know .”

Laura's brain was in a mess, and she came out of the Magic Congress in a daze, making the Smulders father and daughter who were waiting outside think that something happened at the hearing.

In the days that followed, Laura quit her job at the Williamsburg Magic Injury Hospital.She has been hiding in the villa in Malibu and hasn't gone anywhere.

And it's not just because she's going to "keep the limelight" while S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Magic Council help her cover up the truth.

The strange reaction to Loki's scepter, Loki's meaningful eyes, and the words Minister Potter said to her all made Laura have strong doubts about her identity, and this doubt even affected her magic power. play.She began to find that sometimes she couldn't cast spells normally, and her magic power was severely blocked, just like the squibs mentioned in the book.

In addition, Phil's death and Tony's narrow escape also caused Laura to suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.She couldn't sleep at night, and when she closed her eyes, she saw the dead Phil, the dark wormhole, the Flying Curse that failed to launch, and Tony Stark who disappeared forever on the other side of the portal...

Things weren't much better for Tony, who shared her roof.

In just one month, Tony has upgraded his armor from Mark 30 to Mark No. [-]. You must know that he only upgraded his armor from Mark [-] to Mark [-] in the previous two years!Dozens of Mark's armor are buried deep in the ground of the Malibu villa, and the security level of the villa is the highest level around the clock.

Both are like frightened rabbits, both trying to maintain a semblance of normalcy to the other.Laura has resumed her previous job as a life assistant, cooking and making desserts for Tony in different ways every day; Tony is researching the space for upgrading armor, and will also ask Happy to give some strange and aesthetic gifts, so that Laura can smile.

But when night falls, in the dead of night...

It's not the first time Laura has seen Mark's armor being summoned to the bedside by Tony in his sleep, fully armed and facing around; Laura herself has waved her wand in the middle of the night, tearfully trying to cast herself a Patronus Charm , Tony was finally awakened into his arms.

Only when two seriously ill people hold each other tightly can they get a little comfort.

In such a difficult situation, Laura once again received the task of S.H.I.E.L.D.

When Natasha came to Malibu to pick up Laura, she noticed at a glance that their current situation was not good.But she chose not to mention anything, and instead analyzed the current task.

"A high-ranking official of S.H.I.E.L.D. was hijacked in his villa. Now, according to the locator implanted under the skin, he is floating in a ship in the Atlantic Ocean."

"You can do this kind of task yourself." Tony refused politely for Laura.

"I know, but now the problem is that in the villa where the high-ranking official disappeared, through the latest special scanning equipment sponsored by Stark Industries - we found traces of magic left." Natasha said, "I think Loki It shouldn’t be so soon to come to the earth to make trouble again, and this sneaky and sneaky approach is not his style.”

"So S.H.I.E.L.D. found me," Laura said.

"Yes, you are the only wizarding assistance force we have. To some extent, it is unofficial." Natasha explained, "If this matter is not handled properly, it is likely to stir up trouble for ordinary people and the wizarding world. war. None of us want to see that.”

Tony pulled Laura aside and said unhappily: "No, don't go. I don't feel good at all. Your recent state is not suitable for missions."

"You know I have to go," said Laura resignedly.

"I can go together." Tony suddenly had an idea, and he said to Natasha: "I will go too. You don't want to reject Iron Man, do you?"

"Well... then it's not a secret operation, Mr. Stark." Natasha smiled apologetically: "Director Fury hopes that this matter will be kept as low-key as possible. In addition, the captain will be with us, and there will be a The whole commando team. Laura is just in case, nothing will happen."

The high-ranking official of SHIELD who was hijacked was Alexander Pierce, the executive director of SHIELD. It is no wonder that Director Fury is so cautious.Once the members of the World Security Council know that the disappearance of Minister Pierce is connected with the magic world, it will inevitably be a bloodbath.

Natasha, Steve, and a strike team led by a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent named Rumlow participated in the rescue operation.The team members are well-trained and did not pay special attention when they saw Laura.

If Phil was still around...

Laura, who was sitting on standby in the plane, suppressed her sudden surge of thoughts.She listened carefully to Agent Rumlow's analysis of the situation on board, and Steve then assigned tasks to everyone.

Finally he said to Laura: "Just follow carefully yourself, pay attention to your surroundings, and don't expose yourself."

After successfully boarding the ship, Laura has been following several agents carefully.Steve could take out a guard with three punches and two kicks, and with a wave of his shield, a whole bunch of enemies fell to the ground. Not to mention that he didn't need Laura's help, even the commando team felt a little redundant.

After taking care of the guards on the deck, they dispersed, Agent Rumlow took a few people to the main control room to find the culprit, Natasha went to the engine room to shut down the engine, and Steve took the rest And Laura, go to the cabin to find the hijacked hostage Alexander Pierce according to the signal location.

The search and rescue operation went smoothly