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Ch. 341 Oracle
🕑 Added 2024-04-01 16:00:10 +0000 UTCWithout the blessing of the Black Panther God, even if the Black Panther treats the Heart-Shaped Herb as food, they would not gain any extraordinary abilities.
After the Black Panther God, Bast, notified the current Wakandan king, T'Chaka, of Russell's request in the form of an oracle, she decisively ended the communication with T'Chaka.
Bast's Divine Realm.
After informing T'Chaka, the Black Panther God, Bast, prostrated on the ground and respectfully said to Russell, "Your Excellency's request has been conveyed to the current king of Wakanda. If Your Excellency wants Wakanda's vibranium, you can go there and take it directly."
"If Wakanda is unwilling to hand over all the vibranium, Your Excellency can continue to contact me, and I will fulfill Your Excellency's request."
Although she couldn't become a divine being without Wakanda's belief and the presence of vibranium, at this moment, Bast had no hesitation and chose to betray Wakanda.
She had no use for vibranium or similar resources.
As long as her Divine Realm existed, she would not fall from the position of a divine being.
As for believers and the like, she could find them again later.
Even if the people of Wakanda abandoned their beliefs in her starting tomorrow, Bast had no need to worry about falling from her position in a short period.
While she would be weakened for a while without the replenishment of the power of belief, it was not an unsolvable problem.
With her abilities, as long as she demonstrated a bit of divine power, she could easily gain enough belief from other countries on the African continent.
In fact, Bast wasn't very satisfied with Wakanda's policy of isolation from the outside world.
While it did protect the safety of the Wakandan people, it was not conducive to expanding Bast's followers.
If it weren't for the fact that providing belief to the Wakandan people was what allowed her to become a divine being in the first place, she would have had the idea of having Wakanda initiate contact with the outside world long ago.
Fortunately, after she became a divine being, there were no particularly formidable enemies to deal with, so she didn't have a pressing need to enhance her strength.
Otherwise, even if all the members of Wakanda's royal family opposed, Bast would demand that they voluntarily make contact with the outside world to expand her influence and gain more followers.
After hearing Bast response, Russell didn't speak and simply nodded silently.
Then, with a thought, he directly left Bast's Divine Realm.
After he left, Bast finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In just an instant, Russell returned from Bast's Divine Realm to the Justice League headquarters in New York.
Upon returning to the Justice League headquarters, he immediately issued an order to the No. 3.
"Assemble all the forces of Hydra's European and African bases and have them stationed outside Wakanda's borders."
"Yes, sir!"
No. 3 answered immediately without any hesitation.
At the same time.
Wakanda Royal Palace, in the King's study.
T'Challa, who was assisting the old king T'Chaka in handling affairs, noticed his father's unusual demeanor for the first time.
Although T'Challa had not yet assumed the position of king, he had already taken the Heart-Shaped Herb in advance, gaining the blessing of the Black Panther God, Bast.
The Black Panther God, Bast, didn't mind providing a blessing to the next Black Panther in advance.
For Bast, whether she blessed one person or ten people made no difference. It wouldn't cost her much power.
Moreover, Wakanda was a typical monarchy, and the current king T'Chaka was not young.
So, to ensure that T'Challa could immediately assume the position of king with the identity of the Black Panther, T'Chaka arranged for T'Challa to take the Heart-Shaped Herb in advance.
Not only that, T'Challa's vibranium Black Panther battle suit had already been created in advance.
In simpler terms, even if King T'Chaka were to pass away suddenly, T'Challa could immediately take over the position of king.
As for the traditional one-on-one duel to determine the king's successor, T'Challa had a hundred percent confidence in passing it if he had made preparations so many years in advance. If he couldn't pass the duel that decided the king's succession even after preparing so many years in advance, then he had no reason to become the king.
Seeing his father T'Chaka sitting still in the vibranium-made chair for a long time, T'Challa asked softly, "Father, what's wrong? Has something happened?"
After hearing T'Challa's words, King T'Chaka finally returned to the real world with his spirit.
Turning his head to look at T'Challa, the old king T'Chaka slowly said, "I just received an oracle from the Black Panther God, instructing us to hand over all of Wakanda's vibranium to the Justice League."
King T'Chaka deliberately emphasized the word "all."
After hearing T'Chaka's words, T'Challa immediately understood.
After remaining silent for several seconds, he continued, "Why would the Black Panther God issue such an oracle? She has never concerned herself with Wakanda's specific affairs, let alone interfere with how we handle the vibranium."
T'Challa was now filled with disbelief.
He couldn't understand why the Black Panther God, who had always silently protected Wakanda, would issue such a command.
Although Wakanda now possessed unique vibranium technology far beyond other countries, all of these advanced technologies were based on vibranium, this unique metal.
If all the vibranium was handed over, Wakanda would immediately become just like they showed to the outside world, a backward agricultural country.
"I don't know why the Black Panther God would issue such an oracle."
"However, when the Black Panther God issued the oracle, I noticed that the Black Panther God's current state was somewhat unusual. There was an indescribable sense of weakness, as if she had been seriously injured by someone."
Although King T'Chaka didn't know about the battle between Russell and Black Panther God, Bast, he had established a mental connection with Black Panther God, Bast, more than once.
He had even visited Bast's Divine Realm when he consumed the Heart-Shaped Herb.
Although his interactions with the Black Panther God were not particularly extensive, his intuition told him that the current Black Panther God was noticeably different from before.
Russell indeed hadn't killed Bast or completely destroyed her divine realm, but the injuries he had inflicted on Bast were real.
Even though Black Panther God, Bast, was a divine being, she couldn't recover from her injuries in a short time because the one who had caused the harm was a divine being of a higher level.
"She was seriously injured?"
T'Challa asked incredulously.
"I just have this feeling."
King T'Chaka didn't want to jump to conclusions.
Although King T'Chaka didn't make a definitive statement, combined with the oracle that Black Panther God, Bast, had just issued, it was not difficult to guess that this was the reality.
If it weren't for the serious injury, the Black Panther God, Bast, wouldn't have issued such an oracle.
At this moment, the name of a person flashed through the minds of King T'Chaka and T'Challa.
Russell!
Although Russell rarely appeared in public after the battle at the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, no one could ignore his presence.
The originally suppressed Justice League, targeted by S.H.I.E.L.D. and the government, not only experienced even more rapid growth.
Moreover, the S.H.I.E.L.D. which was against the Justice League was directly disbanded by the government.
Even if they didn't know what had happened at the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, just looking at this outcome, they could tell that Russell had completely dealt with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Otherwise, given the domineering style of the government and S.H.I.E.L.D., there was no way the Justice League could have developed into its current state.
In addition, King T'Chaka and T'Challa received a very unexpected piece of information from Wakanda's intelligence department.
New York is now Russell's private domain.
Although the government have never formally acknowledged this, judging from the Justice League's control over New York, it's not difficult to guess that this is the truth.
"If the Black Panther God was truly seriously injured by Russell, then it's not hard to understand why the Black Panther God demanded us to surrender all Vibranium."
T'Challa said to King T'Chaka.
"Yes, but the question now is, do we need to surrender all Vibranium according to the Black Panther God's oracle?"
King T'Chaka replied with a complex expression.
Surrendering the Vibranium meant that Wakanda would completely abandon the various cutting-edge technologies developed using Vibranium.
However, if they didn't surrender, with Russell and the Justice League's domineering style, Wakanda might not be able to withstand it.
Malick had sent out some HYDRA soldiers from Wakanda and had already taken a good amount of Vibranium.
Compared to the HYDRA soldiers sent by MaliCk, the Justice League was much more powerful.
More importantly, if they didn't surrender the Vibranium, it also meant that they were rejecting the Black Panther God's oracle.
For the ordinary people of Wakanda, they might not fully understand what the Black Panther God truly meant. However, King T'Chaka and T'Challa were well aware of it.
Leaving aside other matters, the fact remained that the Black Panther God could revoke the powers bestowed upon them at any time, turning them back into ordinary people.
At that time, even if they had the Black Panther suits made of Vibranium, their strength would only be slightly stronger than ordinary people.
Moreover, if they rejected the Black Panther God's oracle, who knew what kind of divine punishment the Black Panther God might bring upon them.
Although the Black Panther God had never harmed the people of Wakanda, regardless, she was a God, a God far more powerful than humans.
Angering her would definitely not be a good thing.
King T'Chaka and T'Challa didn't know how strong the Black Panther God truly was.
However, one thing they were certain of was that the Black Panther God, who had lived for thousands of years and could bestow upon them extraordinary abilities, was definitely not weak.
Even if the Black Panther God couldn't easily deal with the entire Wakanda, defeating Wakanda should not be difficult for her.
"If we surrender, we will lose all Vibranium technology."
"If we don't surrender, we may face a double blow from the Black Panther God and Russell."
T'Challa said, his face full of distress.
Seeing his expression, King T'Chaka knew that T'Challa didn't have any good solutions.
After a silent pause of more than ten seconds, he said to T'Challa, "Summon all the elders; we need to discuss this matter seriously."
"Very well, father!"
T'Challa quickly replied.
Although Wakanda was a monarchy, and the king has always been from the Black Panther tribe, it didn't mean that they could ignore the opinions of the other four tribes.
The highest imperial authority was indeed in the hands of the king, but the elders of the other four tribes in Wakanda also had significant rights.
After T'Challa left the study, King T'Chaka sighed helplessly.
If it weren't for the sudden receipt of the oracle from the Black Panther God, he was already prepared to abdicate the throne to T'Challa in another year or so and let T'Challa become the king ahead of schedule.
But with such a sudden event, let alone abdicating the throne to T'Challa, it was uncertain whether Wakanda would still exist in some time.
In the eyes of ordinary people, Russell was just a powerful superhuman, and his way of doing things was a bit domineering.
King T'Chaka did not deny that Russell had far superior strength compared to others, but he didn't agree that Russell was just a bit domineering.
Russell was not just a bit domineering; he was exceptionally domineering.
Since Russell's name began to spread worldwide, King T'Chaka had the Wakanda intelligence department thoroughly investigate Russell's past.
And then, he found something very interesting.
Anyone or organization that was an enemy of Russell without exception all met a tragic end.
The government opposed the Justice League, and New York became Russell's domain.
The military opposed the Justice League, and the military's Hawaii base was completely destroyed.
S.H.I.E.L.D. opposed the Justice League, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was gone.
HYDRA opposed Russell, and HYDRA's leader either died or disappeared, and HYDRA also became a force under Russell.
Although these things were not made public, they could only be kept hidden from ordinary people.
King T'Chaka controlled all the power of Wakanda. If he couldn't even figure this out, then he would be too useless as a king.
Russell didn't know what King T'Chaka and T'Challa were thinking.
At this moment, he was enjoying a comfortable afternoon at the Justice League headquarters.
The Black Widow Natasha, who currently had no missions, was called to the Justice League headquarters by him and was standing behind him giving him a relaxing massage.
While enjoying Natasha's massage, he opened a portal and had Stephanie bring the stolen Vibranium to the Justice League headquarters.
The Vibranium brought by Stephanie was directly handed over to Peter and Banner by Russell.
Before Stephanie came, Russell had already prepared a laboratory specifically for Peter and Banner to research the Vibranium.
A part of the Vibranium was sent to the laboratory.
Another part was sent to the Justice League's secret warehouse.
As for Stephanie, she was taken to the brainwashing room and underwent a higher-intensity second brainwashing by No. 3.
"Wakanda is just a backward agricultural country, and there is nothing worthy of the Justice League's attention inside. Why did you arrange manpower to gather at the border of Wakanda?"
Natasha asked as she massaged Russell.
"Wakanda is not backward at all. In terms of technological level, Wakanda is even higher than the United States and other countries around the world."
"The metal that was sent just now is not ordinary metal; it's a special metal called Vibranium."
"The reason why Rogers' shield has such high strength is because it's fused with Vibranium."
The current Natasha did not know that there was such precious resource as Vibranium within Wakanda.
However, Russell didn't mind telling her about it.
Although Natasha was a bit uncomfortable when she first joined the Justice League, she had completely adapted to her new life after leaving S.H.I.E.L.D., and she felt a freedom that she couldn't feel in S.H.I.E.L.D.
