In Marvel With My Gacha System

Chapter 25: The Prank War Escalation (And a New Friend) – Or, "Welcome to the Team, Guy Who Can Shrink. Have You Met My Magical Bag of Tricks?"

HYDRA was officially losing its mind. The digital attacks, the strange environmental sabotage, the sleep-talking confessions – it had all culminated in a desperate, frustrated counter-offensive. They believed a highly skilled, unseen saboteur was systematically dismantling them, and they were right. They just had no idea their saboteur communicated primarily through sarcastic memes and had an uncanny knack for making people fall asleep.

' They're getting desperate. Good. Desperation leads to mistakes. And mistakes lead to more opportunities for me to mess with them. Plus, it's about time I met a new hero. And if that hero happens to be a guy who can shrink and talk to ants, well, that just sounds like my kind of party. '

Intel suggested a major HYDRA asset transfer was underway in a bustling European port city. A covert team was moving a significant amount of their remaining funds and illicit weapons via cargo ship. The Avengers were deploying a small, precise team: Captain America, Black Widow, and Adam. Tony and Thor were engaged elsewhere, dealing with a more direct military threat.

Adam brought his A-game. He had his Portable Hole nestled securely in Newt's Suitcase, ready for deployment. He'd charged his Universal Remote to full capacity (Tony had simply sighed and said, "Just tell me it's not going to make my toaster play opera again").

As they moved through the docks, the scene was tense. HYDRA security teams were everywhere, disguised as port workers. Adam immediately began his work. He'd use his Structural Grasp to subtly weaken specific crates, causing them to mysteriously break open, spilling their contents (usually mundane, like industrial components, but enough to create a mess). He'd trip a passing HYDRA operative with an invisible nudge of King's Haki, making them fall face-first into a pile of fish.

Then came the fun part: the Portable Hole. Adam spotted a particularly burly HYDRA guard, standing sentinel in front of a critical loading crane. Adam waited for him to look away, then swiftly slapped the Portable Hole patch onto the ground directly behind him. The patch shimmered, turning into an inky black void.

The guard, turning back, took one step and simply… disappeared. There was no scream, no struggle. Just a single, startled "Buh–?!" as he vanished into the ten-foot-deep extradimensional space. His rifle clattered to the ground.

Natasha, who was observing from a nearby vantage point, blinked. "Stiels, where did he go?"

"Oh, just into my pocket dimension," Adam replied nonchalantly, giving a thumbs-up. "He'll be fine. Probably just a little confused. And very, very bored. Think of it as a temporary time-out. For villains who don't know how to take a hint." He quickly peeled the patch off the ground, causing the hole to vanish. The guard was now trapped in his inventory, a perfectly contained, unthreatening (for now) prisoner.

He repeated the trick several times, making HYDRA agents' weapons disappear mid-reload, or causing a stack of documents to fall into the abyss, only to retrieve them moments later, perfectly unharmed, just to confuse their owners. The HYDRA operatives were becoming increasingly agitated, convinced they were facing an invisible, trickster spirit.

"Their morale is plummeting," Natasha reported to Steve. "They're accusing each other of witchcraft."

"Just good, old-fashioned psychological warfare, Natasha," Adam chimed in, making another agent's walkie-talkie vanish mid-conversation. "The kind that wins hearts and minds. Mostly by confusing them into submission."

As they closed in on the main cargo ship, a new element entered the fray. A tiny, almost imperceptible blur. Adam's meta-sense tingled.

' Is that… Scott Lang? Ant-Man! This is perfect! The universe truly loves me. Or hates me. It's hard to tell sometimes. Now, how to introduce myself to the guy who can shrink? Should I offer him a giant cookie? Or just accidentally make him fall into a tiny Portable Hole? Decisions, decisions. '

A HYDRA agent was about to activate a ship's alarm, his finger poised over the button. Suddenly, the button seemed to jump, pushed by an unseen force. The alarm blared.

Adam knew it was Ant-Man. He decided to play along, but with his own twist. As the HYDRA agent looked around wildly, Adam pressed "Rewind" on his Universal Remote, just for that specific alarm button. The button popped back out. The alarm stopped. The agent looked baffled. Adam then pressed "Fast-Forward" on the button. It rapidly pressed itself several times, setting off a bizarre, stuttering alarm sequence.

The HYDRA agent screamed, clutching his head. "It's haunted! The button is haunted! It's pressing itself!"

Just then, a small, red blur zipped past Adam's ear. He knew it was Scott. He decided to try and communicate, subtly. He reached into Newt's Suitcase and pulled out a single, perfectly proportioned, giant raisin. He placed it on a railing.

"Hey, tiny guy!" Adam whispered loudly, making sure he was heard. "Looking for some… high-energy snacks? I hear this one's great for… shrinking and un-shrinking activities. Very important for your… metabolic rate."

A moment of silence. Then, the giant raisin vibrated slightly. Suddenly, it vanished. A tiny, faint "Thanks!" echoed in the air.

' He took it! He understood! I'm a genius! And a snack provider! My reputation precedes me, even among the shrinking community. '

The confusion among the HYDRA ranks reached a fever pitch. Their technology was betraying them, their agents were vanishing into thin air, and their alarms were possessed by mischievous spirits. They were utterly demoralized. When Captain America and Black Widow finally stormed the ship, they found a surprisingly easy cleanup operation. Most of the HYDRA agents were either cowering in fear, arguing amongst themselves about demonic possessions, or trying to find their missing colleagues (who were currently enjoying a very dull, dark ride in Adam's pocket dimension).

As the last of the HYDRA agents were rounded up, Adam felt a profound satisfaction. He hadn't fired a single shot, hadn't thrown a single punch. He'd simply out-witted, out-pranked, and utterly baffled an entire terrorist organization.

"Another successful mission," Steve said, looking at the collection of bewildered HYDRA agents. "Though, I'm still not entirely sure what happened to half of them. Or why that one keeps claiming his walkie-talkie was eaten by a ghost."

Adam just shrugged innocently. "The mysteries of modern espionage, Cap. You wouldn't understand. It's all about thinking outside the box. Or, you know, inside the portable hole. Whatever works."

He then felt a faint, insistent tugging sensation near his ankle. He looked down. A tiny figure, no bigger than his thumb, was standing there. Scott Lang. He was holding the giant raisin, which now looked like a regular-sized one to him.

"Uh, thanks for the… snack," Scott whispered, looking up at Adam with wide eyes. "And for the… chaos. You're… different."

Adam grinned, winking. "It's a gift, pal. Welcome to the team. You're gonna love it here. We've got snacks. And a very sassy AI. And sometimes, we turn the lawn into a swamp. You know, for fun. My name's Adam. And if you need anything, just give me a call. Or, you know, pull on my shoelace. Whatever's clever."

Scott Lang, the new addition to the chaotic world of the Avengers, just stared up at him, a perplexed smile slowly forming on his face. The HYDRA Prank War was well underway, and Adam Stiels had just gained a new, tiny, and potentially very useful ally. And the best part? HYDRA still had no idea what hit them.

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