Ever since sending Saitama home, King T'Challa had been thinking hard about Wakanda's future—and finally made a stunning decision: reveal Wakanda's strength to the world and announce openly that they were friends of Saitama.
Because they now had Saitama—the ultimate, unbeatable pillar—Wakanda's people accepted the risk.
Almost overnight, Wakanda leapt past the United States and became the most powerful nation on Earth.
Bar none.
Vibranium remained a restricted resource, almost never sold abroad. But a stream of civilian-level technologies began to open to the world, exported through Stark Industries so that JARVIS could bridge and super-encrypt the interfaces to keep those technologies from being cracked anytime soon.
The U.S. military publicly applauded the move. At the United Nations, Wakanda was even given a special veto.
No helping it—Wakanda's technological edge surpassed any country's. Unless Tony was willing to open-source his Mark armor tech (which he obviously wouldn't), no one could compare.
When a man carries a deadly weapon, the urge to use it follows.
Everyone understood: stronger weapons don't bring peace; they bring more terrifying wars.
But the situation was different now. With confirmation that extraterrestrial forces would soon invade Earth, Wakanda began pushing out a plan to the world called "Arming the Earth."
Space-energy cannons, shielded armor systems—bleeding-edge creations far beyond current Earth tech—were funneled from Wakanda, hardened by JARVIS with layered encryption, and distributed worldwide.
In just a few short months, Earth's defenses reached unprecedented heights. Wakanda was hailed as the planet's technological capital—the research sanctuary every top scientist dreamed of.
Even so, the traditionalists of Wakanda still refused to open their core tech or let outsiders enter.
"The world's getting a bit chaotic. A ring-shaped mothership just appeared over New York. It won't be long before that so-called Thanos descends," T'Challa said, face grave.
Before him stood his sister Shuri—head of Wakanda's research center—and Okoye, now serving as Minister of Defense.
Since Erik's rebellion, the soft-hearted T'Challa hadn't killed him. He placed Erik under house arrest instead. After all, Erik was the uncle who had supported him; with his father gone, there weren't many relatives left.
The nation praised T'Challa's mercy, and Wakanda entered an era of unity like never before.
Okoye, formerly captain of the royal guard, had been promoted to Minister of Defense, becoming the highest-ranked woman outside the royal line. Her loyalty to T'Challa—and to Wakanda—was absolute.
During this period, Wakanda trained a large number of war rhinos and outfitted them extravagantly with vibranium armor. They also built arrays of photonic barrier projectors, energy mega-cannons, and more. Wakanda's military power reached a historic peak.
"Will Saitama be in danger? Brother, should we go to New York to help?" Shuri asked, worried.
Saitama had left Wakanda months ago, and in that time Shuri had been listless, missing the hero who saved their nation.
To the outside world, Wakanda was a mystery—ancient and conservative yet armed with fierce technology.
But in the eyes of the royal family—and in T'Challa's heart—they were willing to fight for the hero named Saitama.
And because Saitama gave them courage, Wakanda dared to step forward and stand on the storm's edge without fear.
"No need. Here," Okoye said suddenly, pointing at the feed on the holographic map.
A colossal warship had pierced Earth's atmosphere—heading straight toward Wakanda.
"Alert the whole world. The invasion has begun!" T'Challa's expression hardened.
Outer atmosphere.
A gargantuan, twin-winged dreadnought descended slowly, gliding toward the air shell with ease.
"Lock detected. Lock detected. Raising energy barrier."
The synthetic voice echoed through the command deck.
On his throne, Thanos lifted his eyes, watching as blinding lances of light lit up along Earth's orbital track.
Orbital weapons platforms.
Back when S.H.I.E.L.D. built them alongside the helicarriers, they were meant to run the Insight program with Zola's algorithm. Saitama had destroyed that system once—but it had since been rebuilt.
Now, Stark Industries had constructed them anew with one purpose written into their core: defend Earth against any entity who violated the planetary defense accords.
Spears of light fired from the orbital platforms, sounding the first shot in Earth's war of defense.
Rumble—
The beams slammed into Thanos's dreadnought—and splashed against an invisible barrier.
"Heh. A feeble civilization," Thanos said coldly.
The ship's main cannon rose, sighted on an orbital platform—and fired.
A column of light tens of meters thick tore the sky, crossing the firmament. The targeted platform burst like a firework, scattering in a rain of burning wreckage.
At the same time—
The UN, the U.S., S.H.I.E.L.D., and security agencies across the world received the alarm.
"Our turn," said Steve at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, now sporting a heavy beard. Natasha and Clint gripped their weapons.
"According to JARVIS's projection, the target will make landfall in Wakanda. Wakanda will be the battlefield. Everyone, wheels up," Tony's voice came over comms.
He had barely disembarked from his own craft when JARVIS flagged the alert. The situation was spiraling.
Asgard.
"Trouble?" Loki—now the administrator of the Ten Realms—idly rolled the scepter in his hand. Heimdall stood at his side.
Heimdall's eyes saw across vast reaches of the cosmos; Earth was well within his gaze.
"Thanos… has arrived," Heimdall said, grave.
"At last. Thor, don't be late. Any problem for Lord Saitama is a problem for us," Loki chuckled.
Not long ago, after they finished off General Glaive, Thor had headed straight to the dwarven king.
By Odin's words, the dwarven king was the greatest smith in the cosmos. Thor wanted him to forge a weapon surpassing Mjolnir.
Loki allowed it. A stronger Thor was hardly a bad thing.
"Pass the word. Asgard, Jotunheim—the warriors of all Ten Realms will muster. We march to Earth and stand against Thanos!"
Loki grinned, baring white teeth.
Once, he'd been a weak prince on the run. Now—because of Saitama—he stood as a power in his own right, his strength climbed high enough to command fear and respect.
A debt of life and fate should be repaid like a spring overflowing.
"We go too. Surtur, this time you're going to work," Loki said, rubbing the head of the bull-dog-looking Surtur.
Surtur: "…"
Seriously?
I'm a Sky-Father-tier being, thank you very much!
(End of Chapter)
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