"The Infinity Stones? Why would I go talk to Mr. Mirai about that for you? Since Mr. Future has already refused you, don't go looking for him again."
After listening to Steve and Tony Stark's story, Wanda directly shook her head and refused.
Everything she had today was given to her by Mr. Mirai. He had pulled her and Pietro out of Hydra, helped her get revenge on this world's Tony Stark and those who had started the war in Sokovia, taught them power, and imparted magical knowledge.
If she didn't stand with Mr. Mirai at a time like this, wouldn't that make her an ungrateful wretch? Wanda felt that if she did that, Peter and Rumlow would be the first to advise her against it, and even Pietro wouldn't agree.
"Wanda, there's a you and your loved one in that universe. Right now, because of Thanos, they can't even get revenge. Half of the universe's life is waiting for us to save it. I hope you can help us."
"I can't do what I can't do. No matter how much you say, I can't feel it. My life is already very fulfilling now. I can't empathize with another universe's me. And since there's your parallel universe, there might be other universes where I died as a child under Stark's missile explosion. Do I have to go save that me too?"
Wanda looked helpless, then said directly, "Besides, none of us can contact Mr. Mirai. After he collected the six Infinity Stones, he went somewhere else in the universe. Unless he comes to Earth on his own, no one can reach him."
Bruce Banner immediately pressed further, "Can the Sorcerer Supreme contact him?"
"No. The Ancient One last time wanted to find Mr. Mirai through us. You should give up. The universe is so vast, you won't find Mr. Mirai."
With that, Wanda prepared to end their conversation. Although she had heard some interesting things, there was nothing she could do about the Infinity Stones.
"Wanda."
"Stop bothering me. I can't help!"
Red magical energy appeared in Wanda's hands as a warning. Steve and Tony Stark stopped what they were about to say.
They had seen Wanda's power in some videos. This world's Wanda seemed exceptionally strong, as could be seen from how she had easily defeated Ebony Maw in a few minutes. Tony Stark had no way against Ebony Maw, and Bruce Banner was probably the same.
Moreover, they were people from a parallel universe. If a conflict caused their presence to become known, it would definitely cause considerable problems.
After leaving the film set, Tony Stark sighed and asked, "What do we do now? I have one last method, but to be honest, the chance of failure is high. If we fail, we can never go back. Family, friends, we'll never see them again."
Steve glanced at Tony and asked, "What method?"
"We each have only one chance to use Pym particles. So we go to a place to replenish Pym particles, then we can go to other timelines to get the Infinity Stones."
Tony Stark explained the method he had just thought of. But since he had thought of it, he also thought of the risk: they had no control over quantum space-time.
Ant-Man asked curiously, "What method?"
"Use this last chance to go to SHIELD in the past. There are a lot of Pym particles and the Tesseract there. Going there would give us many more chances to jump through quantum space-time. However..."
Tony Stark shook his head, his expression somewhat grim. "It might be like now. I thought we were jumping unidirectionally on the timeline, but now it seems completely different. This universe might be the main trunk. No matter how we use Pym particles to jump, we might end up in the past of this universe. Then we..."
"Let me interrupt. Did you all understand that?"
Ant-Man suddenly interjected. He then looked at Bruce Banner and Steve. The former nodded and said, "I can understand. It's like..."
But before Bruce Banner could continue explaining, Steve cut him off, "No need for details, Bruce. Tony, what are our chances?"
"You have zero. I already said, it's best not to mess with time."
Before Tony Stark could answer, someone suddenly spoke to them from beside them. When Steve, Tony, and the other two turned around, they saw Hyuga Mirai, who had appeared beside them without them knowing.
"Your best outcome now is to return to your own universe and let time heal the wounds. If you randomly jump through quantum time, do you know how much trouble it will cause for the universe I'm in?"
After speaking, Hyuga Mirai reached out and took off the four's nano quantum jump suits. Tony Stark and the others were shocked. If these were damaged in any way, they could never go back.
"Give them back!"
Bruce Banner spoke first, but he couldn't move at all, not even a finger. The others were the same, completely bound in place.
Hyuga Mirai glanced at their nano quantum jump suits, then released the four from their bindings and returned the suits.
After getting their return equipment back, Tony Stark and the others breathed a sigh of relief. But they still didn't understand Hyuga Mirai's intention.
"Sir, we..."
"I know what you want. You want the Infinity Stones to go back and save the half of life that disappeared in your universe. I still can't give you the Infinity Stones. And don't go jumping through space-time anymore, because you won't succeed."
Three Infinity Stones suddenly appeared in Hyuga Mirai's hand: the Time Stone, the Mind Stone, and the Space Stone.
"Take these back. They'll be enough to save everyone."
Seeing the three stones in Hyuga Mirai's hand, Tony Stark and the others widened their eyes and asked, "Infinity Stones... But why are you giving them to us? And what about what you said just now?"
He said he wouldn't give them, but then he handed over the Infinity Stones. What did that mean?
"These aren't the Infinity Stones. They're disposable Infinity Stones I made from other materials. They have enough energy for you to snap once. After you save everyone, these three stones will dissipate."
Hyuga Mirai said to them. These were Infinity Stones made from three God Tree fruits that he hadn't planned to give to Kiyo and the others to consume. At least he could make use of the waste. The core was still the energy of the God Tree fruits, but Hyuga Mirai had endowed them with the abilities of the Stones.
They could resonate with other Stones and also mobilize the universe's original energy, but could only be used once.
"They can snap? Just like the real Stones?"
Tony Stark was skeptical. Dr. Strange had said the Infinity Stones were so powerful, yet people in this universe could mass produce them?
"If you don't believe me, you can try. But after trying, immediately return to your own universe. I've already adjusted the settings on your jump suits. You can only go back the way you came. You can't go to any other time nodes."
After saying this, Hyuga Mirai disappeared before their eyes.
"Hey, hey!"
Tony Stark first took the three disposable stones floating in the air, then immediately checked the jump suits on everyone. Then he found that the return trigger had indeed been locked.
Now they couldn't go to SHIELD decades ago to get Pym particles. They had no choice but to take these three stones back to their own universe.
"Tony, look at this."
Bruce Banner picked up a box from the ground. Opening it, he found four vials of Pym particles inside.
Ant-Man asked doubtfully, "What does this mean?"
"Three vials of Pym particles for us to send the other three stones back, and the last vial for us to return."
Steve sighed and explained, "It seems we have to follow his method. If he didn't want to help, he could have killed us or forced us to return. Stark, what do you think?"
"Let's go back. Whether it works or not, we have to go back first." Stark was also helpless. Even the way back had been arranged for them. What else could they do? With four vials of Pym particles, if these three disposable Infinity Stones didn't work, he could always make a new jump suit.
"Sent the three away. Next is my main body and the remaining existence related to the God Tree."
After returning to the ninja world planet and watching Tony Stark and the others leave, Hyuga Mirai felt somewhat relieved. Under his observation, the Chakra God Tree's presence in this universe had weakened a bit.
This reassured him greatly. It seemed his assumptions were correct.
"Next is to separate my soul and power. Leave only Kage-level chakra in the main body."
After thinking for a while, Hyuga Mirai decided. Separating his soul and chakra was very simple for him. Even if his chakra weakened, his strengthened body would remain.
He went to the underground lab and began his action.
The Spirit Transformation Clone Technique was something he had developed. He just needed to separate most of his soul and use Yin-Yang Release to create a body.
At Hyuga Mirai's level, creation was nothing.
Before long, there were two Hyuga Mirais in the lab. The main body, with the system in his soul, had a weaker presence. He had separated most of his soul and chakra, leaving only a tiny amount inside himself.
Using a few S-rank ninjutsu would exhaust his chakra.
"Almost done. Next is world jumping. No need to tell them."
Hyuga Mirai gave the six Infinity Stones to the clone. Calling it a clone, it was actually another main body. The soul was his, the flesh was also self-created, completely different from a clone. Moreover, most of the universe's original energy had also been given to the other body. Now, aside from his physical body, he had no special qualities.
"System."
Hyuga Mirai called up the system panel and saw the jump system. Unlike last time, it now showed 'jumpable'.
"Confirm jump."
After confirming this choice, he suddenly disappeared from this universe the next second.
The Hyuga Mirai who stayed behind immediately said, "18, did you capture it?"
"No trace at all, sir. There was no change in space-time here. The only thing that can be confirmed is that just now, you 'died'. Your body turned into the smallest particles and disappeared from this universe."
"That's a terrifying thing to say, 18." Hyuga Mirai clicked his tongue in disappointment. He hadn't expected even the system's jumping method to be uncaptured.
But fortunately, at the moment the other body disappeared, Hyuga Mirai also sensed the Chakra God Tree slowly disappearing from the superimposed dimensions of the universe. It seemed his assumption was completely correct. The Chakra God Tree's existence followed the soul of the main body, because he had been the first to sense its presence.
"Let's stop here for today. I might need to rest for a while now, 18."
The biggest worry was resolved. Next were the dangers in the multiverse, but they wouldn't threaten him in the short term, and Hyuga Mirai had a way to deal with them.
"Oh, right, and Kushina and Mikoto's children... What a headache. Kiyo will definitely turn the house upside down."
A strange modern world. The level of civilian technology seemed average, but it was highly recognizable.
Gathering information from newspapers or the internet to identify this world was the fastest and most convenient method. Hyuga Mirai brought a sub-AI of 18. After connecting to the network, he quickly learned which world he was in.
A world where monsters and heroes coexisted. Due to war, the Earth had been greatly damaged, leading to a severely reduced human living environment and the frequent emergence of monster creatures.
Correspondingly, a new profession called 'hero' had emerged among humans. They were born specifically to deal with monsters.
Because of the diversity and suddenness of monsters, as well as the level of disaster, the police and military were often powerless against them.
So when monsters appeared, people hoped more for a hero to stand up and protect them.
"I didn't expect it to be this world. But the timing... The Hero Association was only established two years ago. There's nothing particularly special about this world, except for Saitama."
Hyuga Mirai thought to himself. He was very curious about the unknown, and Saitama's existence overturned his previous understanding. He wasn't extremely strong, at least not comparable to Hyuga Mirai at his peak.
But Saitama seemed to have no upper limit. He could grow infinitely. If you didn't kill Saitama immediately, he would grow to your level, or even surpass you.
This growth process was both reasonable and unscientific. In Hyuga Mirai's view, even the God that appeared in this world was more reasonable than Saitama. At least it had concerns, enemies, and an upper limit.
"Barely counts as an interesting world. I'll stay here for a while."
After deciding, Hyuga Mirai walked in another direction.
(End of chapter)