"Those who are in favor of this plan please nod." The Living Tribunal said and all of the three heads that were attached to his head nodded along with the main head. The Living Tribunal has 3 heads and each head had a different name and function so in order to reach a consensus.
The other abstract beings too nodded their heads and everyone reached the same decision. Even In-Betweener too agreed to it.
"So we will deal with Owen. What about Dr. Strangefate?" Infinity asked as like others she was concerned for the multiverse.
"That is the second reason why I had called you here. What do you want us to do or rather what can we all do together? Do we launch an attack on the Wall to bring him down or wait for the Wall to break on its own and then attack with all our strength." John said.
Wayne and others too were silent on this. Owen was not a problem after John confronted Dark Claw. He knew that there are many universes out there but it would be very easy for Owens to die. He just needed a nod from Death and Eternity. With the multiversal omniscience of Eternity and the power to kill and destroy everything with the help of Death.
This would be a walk in the park for them, of course they would have to agree to do that at the beginning which John was sure that he would be able to convince. In fact John had a feeling that giving him 10 months would be a win for John and this statement was also known by Dr. Strangefate.
It's just that John was confused about why his counterpart would allow them to have the headstart when he knew that he would fail. or maybe he didn't know that OAA had given John full reigns and was still thinking that they would be helpless like Doctor Doom.
If he was thinking that they would be helpless like Doom then it meant that Dr. Strangefate didn't have omniscience like John was expecting him to have. That would be great news for John and others. But if it wasn't then it meant that he had some other plans, probably more dangerous than John had any idea about. Or others for that matter.
Everyone now was contemplating what should be done and what they could do. Finally it was Orochimaru who stood up and spoke in his own snake-like hiss.
"We can send some ninjas and shinigamis to the Wall for scout operation. If they could return with more intelligence then it would be better."
Orochimaru was the captain of one of the stealth teams so he had enough hold to speak up on the meeting. And what Orochimaru said was sensible. John was also thinking the same. Sending a small throw away team for reconnaissance was possible and it could be done with no casualties of high level members.
Though it sounded harsh, for John it didn't really matter. These were his summons and if required he could always bring them to life. So John was up for it, but of course all the abstract beings and the Avengers would have to give a green signal to it. And for that he wouldn't manipulate their decision. Sending a scouting team in itself was a big thing and he didn't want to take any wrong step here.
Especially now, when he has no idea of what the future will be like.
"Then we will have to make a team with enough power to go into the Wall and come back with results." Byakuya said. Though the kages and shinigamis were ready to accept the death of the underlings, not all of the Avengers were ready for this. Especially Captain America and Clark. In the beginning itself they were not okay with armies being made and trained for war.
But they also knew that this was necessary. Though they had an ugly face while this discussion started they didn't oppose it. At the end the fate of the multiverse was at stake.
After everyone agreed with sending the team, they started making plans of how to approach that universe and what equipment they required. Especially Reed. During their last voyage inside the Wall, Reed and his team was able to get many data from their suit and was now actively trying to make a device which might allow them to communicate from inside the Wall. Though the research was just a few hours old, his intellect has helped him research it fast.
"When should we send the team? Before the massacre of Owen or after?" Wayne asked.
"The killings will take a month as there are many universes. Not all deserve death and many would be displaced from their home. Those who will be displaced, we will try to cure them or give them to our Owen. Others will be killed." Death said.
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Clark gave out a sigh when Wayne and others came to this decision. He had been trying not to spill blood when they carried out their missions and work but there was nothing that could be done to avoid it.
After all the the existence of the multiverse took precedence.
Orochimaru then pitched the idea of how his small but effective team would proceed and take action. John and others gave pointers on what to avoid in their search and mask their presence. Reed would help them with a better suit.
The discussion went on for one more hour with the Living Tribunal's promise that before the team leaves he would personally give some powers to the team for their protection and hope of successful return.
After the discussion, everyone went for their own work while John just went home with Emma. Emma was given leave from the Green Lantern Corps and being the senior most officer and the Corps have finally expanded to a huge number she was give the sector which belonged to Earth. Hal Jordan and Emma W Jameson would be the new protectors of the sector.
Earth has been the hot bed for troubles in recent times so while on the Harvester, the Guardians had decided to ramp up the protection of Earth and it's sector. Though Oa always has an army at its disposal, the army was mostly made of robots and new Lantern recruits. Having a senior officer was much better.
John took a day off after his return. Even his dad felt that something was wrong with his son, so he came to the House to pay a visit. Though John didn't elaborate the problems, he too could feel that the Avengers have encountered a tough opponent.
But he didn't give any advice. The least John needed now was advice. He had enough of that in his life. What he needed now was just assurance that everything would be alright. Even Phoenix, who didn't like to speak much, had come out and told John to man up and just face the world instead of trying to save everything and relying on his dream-like powers.
Though john did understand that he still wanted to save everyone. He didn't want a battleworld like situation after the break of the multiverse. Though he would have enough power by then to restart the multiverse with the help of Franklin Richards (son of Reed Richards, one of the most powerful mutants if not the most powerful mutant, he essentially restarted the multiverse with the help of Owen after God Doom died. So he is responsible for the new continuity of marvel multiverse that we are seeing and reading now).
But it would mean the death of the existing multiverse and restarting everything. 99.9% of the people would not even remember what had happened and they would be easily brought back. But those who do remember the previous death, they would be scarred for life. And john wanted to avoid that. The pain, the death of trillions of people.
And now if the the Wall breaks in the future, they wouldn't even know if restarting the multiverse was possible or not. So John wanted to avoid this by any chance possible.
And killing this new sorcerer would be the start. They had a few months for preparation and then they would be ready to launch the war that would define their existence. Jameson had no idea of how deep the waters were for the Avengers but he hoped that everything would be back to normal as soon as possible.
"Son, do we need to alert the people of the Earth and the galaxy?" Jameson asked. Now Earth was in contact with many sentient life forms in the universe and in fact the Milky Way galaxy was the playground of Earth right now. The World Council had been expanding their reach like crazy and due to the indulgence of the World Council on this, SHIELD had more freedom to work than before.
In fact SHIELD had even asked for help from the Soul Society in recruiting members and John had allowed that to happen. SHIELD was always under the control of John.
"No, saying anything would just trigger a panic. And no amount of help would remedy the situation we are facing right now." Emma gave no even before John could reject such an idea of informing people to be armed.
"Alright. If you do need any help, ask me. I maybe old and senile but I can manipulate people more than you kid." Jameson said with a laugh.
"I don't manipulate people." John denied and lied meanwhile.
"I am the father. Father of the famous John Jameson. Who are you lying to?" Jameson laughed and walked out without listening to John. John just smiled at it. Jameson had always known that his son has always manipulated things and people around in order to have a peaceful life. And he wasn't against it. As long as it didn't hurt anyone.
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