American Comics: Starting with Muggle Wizards

Chapter 104: The ability has limitations, but the problems may be limitless.

Wanda's eyes were cold, ignoring the enemy's pleas for mercy. When she saw Harvey appear, she even increased the speed of her attack.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"Ah... Lord Black Sky won't let you get away with this! We'll be waiting for you in hell..."

Before the last Hand peripheral member was engulfed by flames, he cursed through gritted teeth.

Harvey became interested upon hearing the name Black Sky.

"The Black Sky has been summoned? Wanda, have you found any information about the Black Sky in these people's memories?"

The red light in Wanda's eyes gradually faded. This wasn't the first time she had done this kind of crime-fighting work, and she didn't feel guilty at all.

Having been in the Defenders for a long time, they've long been used to using ruthless methods.

Regarding Harvey's question, she said with a look of regret:

"The title of Lord Black Sky was created by the Hand's internal members who spread it around. These peripheral members cannot even confirm Black Sky's true existence."

"Hermione and Cho are also investigating the true existence of the Black Sky, but the Hand has too many peripheral members, so the investigation is progressing slowly."

It seems that eradicating the Hand will not be something that can be done in a short time.

Of course, if Harvey were to take action, he would be confident that he could uproot this large transnational gang that had been operating in the island nation for hundreds of years in a short period of time.

But if I do all the work myself...

What are Hermione and the others doing?

These women of his, ever since they got used to the identity of superheroes and tasted the sweetness of fame and fortune, are not easy to deal with.

If we don't find them some work to do, they can't just stay home playing cards every day.

Harvey initially found those extravagant days quite enjoyable.

But after a while, to be honest, it not only gets a bit tiresome, but also mentally exhausting.

Because these women would try to compete for the position of the main wife whenever they had free time.

To balance their relationship, Harvey has been reading management books until they're practically worn out lately.

Therefore, Harvey intends to let Hermione and the others handle the Hand's aftermath gradually.

With that in mind, Harvey said to Wanda, "I'll leave the Hand to you. Try not to make too much of a fuss and attract the attention of the island nation's government."

"Next, I plan to go to London to study space and new types of spells."

"After you've dealt with the Hand, you can decide for yourselves when to return to New York."

Wanda has a perfectionist personality, and she feels it is her responsibility to get rid of the Hand, this social scourge, as soon as possible.

So she tentatively asked, "Darling, can't you lend a hand?"

Harvey shook his head and said with a fitting analogy, "At least five thousand robberies happen every day around the world. Can you stop them all?"

"Obviously, no."

"So let the police handle ordinary robberies, and only cases involving superpowers are your turn to handle them."

"This is called everyone doing their own job and maximizing the use of social resources."

"So unless it's a major event like the Battle of New York that concerns the fate of the whole world, I won't take action."

Wanda pouted and muttered in dissatisfaction, "It's all just an excuse. You're just too lazy to help."

Harvey began to preach a profound and earnest discourse.

"You're all so busy being superheroes and stopping crime every day, have you ever thought about reducing crime at its source?"

"It's obvious that you only know that being a superhero is cool, but you haven't considered the risks involved."

"Sooner or later, you will be forced or accidentally harm innocent people."

“From a probabilistic point of view, this kind of thing is 100% likely to happen.”

"After all, you can't guarantee that you can perfectly stop every crime, can you?"

Wanda's expression turned serious. "Indeed, no."

Harvey continued, "I've always said that when you're faced with a life-or-death decision between a thousand and ten thousand lives, you have to choose the ten thousand."

"If you don't have the determination to abandon a thousand people to save ten thousand, but instead hope to save both with wishful thinking."

"Then you'll eventually find yourself in a predicament where everyone points fingers at you."

"Do you know why?"

Harvey has discussed the trolley problem many times, and Wanda is also curious about why.

Seeing her confusion, Harvey didn't keep her in suspense and explained directly:

"Because you are not strong enough, your abilities are limited, but the seriousness of the problem may be infinite."

"For example, let's have another Battle of New York tomorrow!"

Can you guarantee that not a single innocent civilian will be injured or killed in all of New York?

"It's obvious you can't do it."

"Even the Avengers couldn't do that back then."

"So even though most people respect the Avengers now, many families of civilians who died in the Battle of New York secretly resent the Avengers."

"It is not scarcity that is the problem, but inequality. If some are saved, others will not be saved."

"Those who were not rescued dare not criticize the Avengers, who are now at the height of their power, because their voices are too weak."

"But if the number of people who are not rescued accumulates to a certain level, it will eventually erupt one day."

"At that time, the Avengers will face the most serious crisis of trust in history."

"So, do you understand now?"

Wanda blinked her beautiful, large, blue eyes. "Understand what?"

"Idiot!" Harvey said, looking at him with exasperation.

"I've explained it so clearly, and you still don't understand?"

"It's quite obvious that we can draw a conclusion."

"Strength is the answer to all problems."

"You can imagine what it would be like to have the ability to alter reality, manipulate spacetime, control cause and effect, weave destiny, predict the future, and control matter."

"Don't even mention a mere alien invasion; you could even reshape the entire universe into whatever you want it to be."

Wanda was stunned. "Predicting the future and weaving destiny? These abilities are too exaggerated. I'm afraid even Thor can't do that, right?"

Harvey patted his chest and declared confidently, "I'm confident I can do it!"

"So, my most important task now is to do everything I can to improve my strength."

"Once my strength reaches a certain level, I can even reverse the timeline of the entire universe to make up for past regrets."

"I can even resurrect the dead!"

Wanda exclaimed in surprise, "Resurrect the dead?"

Harvey said earnestly, "Yes, I've always felt that you guys are wasting your time being superheroes. Instead of using your skills to help others, you should focus on improving your strength."

"When your strength is only at the city level, you can only help the people of one city. When your strength reaches the national level, you can help the people of an entire country."

"What if our strength reaches the Earth level? The Heavenly Father level? The single-universe level?"

"Therefore, in order to save more people, you should strive to improve your strength, instead of wasting time improving your strength to save that small group of people."

Wanda was completely convinced by this logically sound theory.

Instead of simply fighting crime, it's better to improve our capabilities and eliminate crime at its source!

A fantastic theory.

But Wanda now has a crucial problem.

She asked earnestly, "But I don't know how to improve my strength, darling, do you have a way?"

“Uh…” Harvey was stumped by the question.

Chapter 105 Foreseeing the Future

How to make the power of chaos stronger? This question really stumped Harvey.

In the original timeline, in addition to accumulating combat experience, Scarlet Witch had to undergo emotional stimulation for each major increase in strength.

For example, the deaths of Pietro and Vision caused Wanda to unleash even stronger chaotic power on both occasions.

This means that, in addition to the normal slow increase in strength through learning chaos magic,

To quickly increase her strength, Wanda would have to suffer a major blow.

Wanda is currently doing very well, but her strength is increasing very slowly.

After thinking for a while, Harvey realized he couldn't let Wanda suffer without any real hardship, so he deliberately tried to hurt her.

Therefore, he could only suggest the normal solution.

"When I get back this time, I will go to Kamar-Taj and borrow ancient books on the study of chaos magic for you."

"And I'll also find you a witch who's an expert in chaos magic to be your teacher."

"As long as you study chaos magic properly, you can improve your strength."

Wanda didn't quite understand.

"Chaos magic? And you'll even help me find a teacher? But I can't even learn Sister Qiu's magic. Do I really have magical talent?"

“Don’t underestimate yourself,” Harvey comforted him. “Of course you have magical talent, it’s just that your talent isn’t suited to our magical system.”

"As a possessor of the power of chaos, you are born with an extremely high talent for chaos magic."

"So you don't need to worry, just focus on practicing chaos magic."

Wanda exclaimed in sudden realization, "I see! My dear, you seem to understand your own talent better than I do? Do you possess prophetic abilities?"