บท 542: Humans Never Learn

Upon viewing the video on the screen that revealed Wanda's childhood, people realized that Wanda's abilities were innate. Later, driven by a desire for revenge, she voluntarily participated in Hydra's human experiments, where the Mind Stone further enhanced her abilities.

Vision was born from the Mind Stone, gaining consciousness and even a soul, which deeply connected him with Wanda.

After the Ultron incident, Vision was tasked with monitoring Wanda. Spending a lot of time together naturally led to feelings developing between them. During this time, Wanda was coping with her brother's sacrifice and her own tragic past. Despite joining the Avengers, she felt isolated and lonely.

Vision, created entirely from vibranium and seemingly cold, possessed a warm heart. He comforted Wanda, helping her emerge from her sorrow and loneliness. However, their happiness was short-lived. During Thanos's assault, Wanda lost her pillar of support, her soulmate.

In the video, Wanda, forced to revisit these painful memories, couldn't help but cry, and the audience outside was deeply moved as well.

Peter sniffled and said softly, "I understand this loneliness. I too have lost someone important. I haven't seen my parents since I was very young... but luckily, I had my aunt and uncle. Miss Wanda, your strength is admirable."

Wanda shook her head with a wry smile, "Admirable? No, I was eventually brought down... But none of these futures has happened, Pietro is still with me."

Seeing herself in the video watching sitcoms with Vision, Wanda felt moved. She could empathize with her future self's loneliness and grief.

As Wanda said in the video, adversity and sorrow are like waves that continually knock her down. Even when she gets up, before she can steady herself, she's swept away again.

Vision was her rock, a source of warmth for two lonely and unique beings. Through their connection with the Mind Stone, they could truly feel each other's presence...

However, not everyone was moved by Wanda and Vision's love story. In the video, the witch Agatha wiped her eyes mockingly. Even if she did cry, those were crocodile tears. She was more interested in the secrets of Wanda's magic. These memories gave Agatha some theories about Wanda's magic, but she wanted to see more to confirm her suspicions.

Following Wanda's memory trail after the Thanos event, Wanda, who had vanished with Thanos's snap, was brought back by another snap from Doctor Banner. But she returned to find herself utterly alone again.

With Vision gone, like her parents and brother before, Wanda experienced the pain of losing a loved one once more. She approached S.W.O.R.D., believing it was her right to take care of Vision's body after his death.

However, she was led by Tyler Hayward to see Vision's body being disassembled into parts. To Wanda, Vision was everything, but to S.W.O.R.D. and Hayward, he was merely a weapon. They never regarded Vision as a being with a soul.

Hayward refused Wanda's request to take Vision's body for burial, claiming it was unacceptable to bury vibranium worth $3 billion. He only allowed Wanda a final farewell.

This sparked outrage among the viewers. The revelation of Vision's body being dismembered had already caused anger, and S.W.O.R.D.'s cold and cruel actions were now laid bare. They saw Vision only as a cold weapon, nothing more.

"Vision is not a weapon! He has his own consciousness, feelings, and soul. He's a sentient being like us, a hero who protected Earth. S.W.O.R.D.'s actions are utterly shameless!"

"Ha, are we not used to seeing their shameless faces by now? When Earth faces a crisis, they disappear. After heroes like Vision and Iron Man sacrifice themselves to deal with the danger, these people jump out to claim their presence, fed by a bunch of high-class bastards!"

"These people don't just see Vision as a weapon. Wanda, Captain America, Iron Man... anyone with powers, in their eyes, is a weapon. Ha, arrogant jerks. I really hope the Wanda in the video could smash that bastard's face!"

In the video, Wanda, with tears in her eyes, looked at her disassembled lover, saying Vision was her everything.

However, Taylor Hayward behind her said:

"You see, that's the problem, Wanda, Vision isn't yours."

Tony couldn't help but curse: "fuck, this bastard is much more annoying than Nick Fury. On what grounds does he say Vision belongs to them? Damn, if I remember correctly, Vision was made by me with Jarvis!"

"Cough cough… but at this point in the future, you're already dead," Rhodes remarked, looking at him, mercilessly teasing: "And if I recall correctly, Vision's body was crafted by Ultron."

Tony, alongside others like Captain America, Black Widow, and Wonder Woman, glared at him, everyone felt that the actions of S.W.O.R.D were excessive and scoundrelly.

Rhodes quickly raised his hands in a surrender gesture: "Alright, alright, what S.W.O.R.D did was indeed problematic, but Wanda, I mean the future Wanda, shouldn't have kidnapped a whole town either."

Bruce said in a deep voice: "Tyler Hayward is deliberately provoking Wanda, it's clear to see. He likely wants to use Wanda's powers to reboot Vision, of course, he doesn't want the Vision that possesses independent thought and a soul, but rather a mere weapon."

Steve frowned deeply, looking at Tony and said, "Why do they never learn? According to this point in the future, they've already witnessed the danger of Ultron. Why do they still believe they can fully control a highly intelligent robot with superpowers?"

Diana, upon hearing this, shrugged her shoulders and curled her lips into a sarcastic smile: "Ever heard the saying: The only lesson humanity learns from history is that it never learns any lesson at all?"