What Mephisto took out was poison wrapped in honey.

Strange understood, and so did Leona, but she still accepted Mephisto's gift.

"Take it, little Lina." Mephisto's eyes rolled, and he smiled cunningly, "Maybe one day you will have no choice. When you are at the end of your rope, this contract is what I will give you.

opportunity.”

"I'll think about it," Leona said casually.

"If you don't want to be a human, then you can try to be another creature." Mephisto pretended to be kind and said, "Demons admire power. I like people with ability. If you come to me, I can give you what you want."

Everything you want, money, power, status, enjoyment... and the fun you have been pursuing. I can also help you get rid of your enemies."

He glanced at Strange and said, "I like valuable souls. What you showed surprised me very much. People like you should not die easily. Strange said that his soul is very valuable."

, now I believe that your soul is of equal value to his."

"Thank you for your compliment." Leona fiddled with the contract in her hand absently.

These contracts were written with magical words and demonic language, which Leona couldn't understand at all, but Strange should be able to understand them, so she decided to ask him for advice when she had the chance.

"I am a tolerant and patient devil. I don't ask little Lena to make a decision right away, because I have plenty of time to wait." Mephisto spared no effort to seduce Leona, "But don't you think it's the same as humans?

Are you more suitable to be a devil? With the means of playing with people's hearts and the pursuit of fun principles, you are simply perfect for joining us."

"She won't join you." Strange put his hand on Leona's shoulder, his expression full of vigilance, "She doesn't like to be controlled, which means she will not choose to be your vassal."

"Really?" Mephisto raised his eyebrows high, "Dear old friend, human nature is the most unreliable thing. When a person faces the threat of death, he will often make many unexpected actions." He

He turned his face to Leona again, with a smile on his lips, "I'm looking forward to that day."

"Now, you can leave." Mephisto spread his hands, and a purple magic circle appeared.

Strange stood still: "There is another agreement. While I am alive, you are not allowed to invade the earth."

"Of course." Mephisto was very talkative.

It's so easy to talk abnormally.

Leona immediately understood that the devil is a cunning person who is good at exploiting loopholes in contracts. Mephisto made an agreement with Strange not to invade the earth while he was alive, so if Strange died

What? Mephisto only promised not to offend the Earth, but not to harm Strange's name. Mephisto could have personally killed Strange and then attacked the Earth. This would not be considered a violation of the contract.

.

Leona connected with Strange's mind and expressed her doubts to him.

"Although the facts are what you think, the contract is not non-binding for Mephisto." Strange explained, "The energy contained in the latitude of hell is too powerful, Mephisto

He is even more terrifying in person, so he has no way to visit the earth in person. He can only project his power on a fragile body. What we see in this cyclic space is just the projection of his consciousness, and his body is still in hell.

.With those incomplete consciousness projections, there is no way he can kill me directly."

Mephisto smiled and waved to Leona and Strange, and made another gesture of invitation.

Strange pulled Leona and stepped into the purple magic circle without looking back.

"You are the temporary winners." Mephisto said, "Let's see who has the last laugh."

He took off his hat gracefully, with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Another familiar sentence." Leona sighed before being teleported away, "But what villains usually say is flag, and in this universe I don't play a villain."

"I suddenly arrived at a very strange place. It was a street, and the entire road was covered with zombie corpses." Dr. Banner danced happily, "Then I saw Loki, Magneto, and Leona.

With Strange, Leona asked me to help fight, and then I transformed and started fighting Loki..."

"Your body is still in the conference room, and you haven't been teleported away at all." Natasha said, "But when we were talking about incentive defense, you suddenly fell asleep and didn't respond no matter how you called, I thought it was you.

You were too tired from doing research, so I asked Bucky to move you to the lounge, and you didn't wake up until the end of the meeting."

"I didn't fall asleep!" Dr. Banner said excitedly, "My body remains in the conference room, but my consciousness is fighting in a strange place!" He hit his head hard, "Damn, I can't remember.

There are more details, and my memory seems to have been erased by something."

"Calm down." Bucky persuaded, "Leona is sleeping, and Strange is also asleep. I think what you said may be true. You did fight in a conscious space."

"We'll ask again when they wake up," Steve said. "We can't get anywhere by discussing it here."

Tony's voice suddenly sounded, "Leona and Strange are awake."

Steve nodded, "We'll go there now."

Everyone stood up from the table in the conference room.

When the Avengers rushed to Leona's room, they found the sound of quarreling coming from inside.

"You can't put the blame on me," Strange argued loudly, "I was just a little unlucky..."

"We almost lost. If it weren't for my good luck that saved the situation, you would have become Mephisto's subordinate." Leona mocked.

"Seriously, you should give me that contract. I won't allow such a dangerous thing to stay in your hands." Strange's attitude was tough.

Leona refused to give in, "That's my trophy, mine! I don't want to give it to you!"

Steve opened the door, and the two people in the room were still arguing.

"You don't really want to sign that contract, do you?" Strange said angrily, "I told you, it's a trap."

"Just keep it in your hands for study. I'm very interested in that hellfire." Leona said.

The quarrel between the two stopped when they saw the Avengers entering the house.

"Good afternoon," Leona said quickly.

"It's already evening now." Charles turned the wheelchair and walked to Leona's bedside first, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine! Very good!" Leona said excitedly, "Just now, I saw a brand new world and a new character that interested me extremely."

The flush of excitement appeared on her cheeks, and the paleness and weakness disappeared.

Strange held his forehead and said silently: "I knew she would answer like this..."

"Can you tell us more about it?" Natasha and Steve exchanged looks.

"I remember that I had a fight with Loki, but I couldn't remember the details." Dr. Banner asked with curiosity, "Was that my dream or something that really happened?"

"Of course it happened." Leona said with certainty, "I suggest you tighten control over Loki, preferably under 24-hour surveillance. The prison must be strong!"

"We will." Steve promised.

"Can you tell us what happened?" Charles asked.

"Everything else is insignificant," Leona said, "but there is one thing I think you will care about very much."

A transparent blue bead appeared in her hand, with a small shadow in the center of the bead.

"...Tony!" Steve's expression suddenly changed.

The Avengers gathered around and looked carefully at the blue orb in Leona's hand. They all recognized who the shadow in the center of the bead was, but they all fell silent.

They looked at each other and communicated silently with their eyes.

No one spoke first, so they remained silent.

"There's a soul in it," Leona said, "Tony's soul."

"That's impossible!" Pepper immediately retorted.

She trembled and said: "We all know that he has... We held a funeral and said goodbye to his body..."

She sobbed softly, her firm expression falling apart.

"We can bring him back." Leona said, "Don't you want him to come back? Tony's soul sleeps in this bead. Don't you want to see him?"

Leona looked around and found it difficult to describe the expressions on the Avengers' faces, but her psychic ability could sense everyone's emotions.

Sadness, regret, escape, pain, disbelief...

But there is only no joy.

Because they had fallen into despair and did not expect hope, when everyone heard the news, their first reaction was disbelief. They did not even allow the emotion of joy to appear in their hearts. They were afraid that joy would be followed by deeper despair.

"I want to say something inappropriate." Strange rubbed his temples with a headache. "It is against the rules to resurrect the dead. The dead must go to the world of the dead and cannot come back. From ancient times to the present, anyone who wants to recall

No one with a good soul ends well."

"Tony did not go to the world of the dead." Leona glared at him, "He was taken away by Mephisto, and his soul stayed in the world, which shows that he is not really dead. We can use Tony's DNA to

He creates a blank clone body and puts his soul into it so that he can be resurrected!"

Strange hesitated to speak.

"Rules are the product of rationality, and humans are emotional creatures." Leona said, "Everyone wants Tony back, doesn't it?"

She looked at the Avengers for confirmation.

After a while, she muttered a little disappointedly: "I thought you would be happy?"

"We are indeed very happy." Steve said hoarsely, "It's just that the news came a bit unexpectedly."

"Can we talk to him?" Pepper struggled to control her emotions. "I mean talk to his soul."

Leona immediately looked at Strange, "I can't summon the magic of souls, he can."

Facing the earnest and tearful eyes of a room full of people, Strange nodded helplessly.

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