In Marvel With My Gacha System

Chapter 30: Arc Pivot: The HYDRA Collapse (and the Looming Darkness) – Or, "Well, That's It for the Super-Nazis. Now for the Actual Super-Villains."

The relentless, bizarre campaign waged by Adam Stiels had finally broken HYDRA. From the moment Adam had made their lobby a swamp to the ultimate indignity of a universally broadcast Rickroll, and the baffling disappearances caused by a Portable Hole, the organization had been systematically demoralized, fractured, and exposed. Their once-ironclad secrecy was shattered by viral memes, their ranks riddled with paranoia, and their operations crippled by inexplicable phenomena.

' This is it. The end of the HYDRA Prank War. They won't know what hit them. Or rather, they'll know something hit them, but they'll be too busy questioning their sanity and checking their pants to fight back effectively. It's been a good run, super-Nazis. Now, to kick you while you're down. With a giant inflatable rubber chicken. '

The final coordinated assault was launched by the Avengers, targeting HYDRA's last known strongholds across the globe. These weren't pitched battles; they were clean-up operations. The intel gathered from Dr. Thorne (and the accidental sleep-talker) had provided precise locations, agent lists, and even the passwords to their internal servers (which, by the way, were still playing "Never Gonna Give You Up" on a loop).

Adam accompanied Steve and Natasha to a heavily fortified bunker beneath an old castle in Eastern Europe, believed to be Baron Strucker's final redoubt. The expectation was fierce resistance. What they found instead was a fortress teetering on the brink of internal collapse.

As they approached the outer walls, Adam, from a distance, unleashed a final, grand act of public humiliation. He used his enhanced Structural Grasp to subtly weaken the ancient castle's main flagpoles. Then, using his Go-Away Green, he briefly transformed the entire courtyard into a bubbling, sickly green swamp. As the HYDRA flagpoles listed, leaning precariously, he pulled a massive, deflated object from Newt's Suitcase.

It was a custom-made, giant inflatable rubber chicken, even larger than Clucky, emblazoned with the words "HYDRA FREE ZONE: COURTESY OF THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GAGS" across its chest. With a powerful burst of magic and air from his suitcase, it rapidly inflated, rising majestically into the sky.

As the last HYDRA flagpoles finally snapped and crashed into the green swamp below, the colossal rubber chicken, Squawky the Second, ascended, hovering comically above the castle, its internal mechanism broadcasting a surprisingly clear, mocking rendition of "Yakety Sax" (the Benny Hill theme) across the countryside.

Inside the castle, the few remaining HYDRA guards, demoralized and terrified, simply stared at the spectacle outside. One of them, a grizzled veteran, simply dropped his rifle, stared up at the giant chicken, and sighed. "I retire. I cannot… I cannot fight this."

The Avengers breached the castle with minimal effort. They found agents arguing over who had stolen whose lunch, technicians trying to debug the incessant Rickroll from their monitors, and guards looking utterly defeated. Baron Strucker himself was found in his office, red-faced and screaming at a projection of a perpetually napping cat.

"Who are you?!" Strucker shrieked when Steve and Natasha entered, oblivious to them, still pointing at the cat. "Who are you to ruin my glorious revolution with… with feline entertainment?!"

Adam stepped forward, a triumphant smirk on his face. "Greetings, Baron. Adam Stiels. The League of Extraordinary Gags. Just here to confirm your defeat. And to let you know your Wi-Fi still sucks."

Strucker, finally seeing Adam, simply slumped in his chair, defeated. "You… you are a… a pestilence! A blight upon order! How… how did you do this?!"

"Trade secret, Baron. But let's just say, you underestimate the power of pure, unadulterated chaos, strategically applied. And a really good, non-lethal, highly embarrassing rubber chicken," Adam replied, pulling out a handful of printed memes and dropping them on Strucker's desk like confetti.

[ SYSTEM MESSAGE: Plot Event: Arc 2 Conclusion. GP earned: 2,500. ]

The notification popped up, a bright green affirmation of success. Adam felt a wave of triumph. Two thousand five hundred GP. That was a serious haul.

' HYDRA: Check. Demoralized, dismantled, and permanently associated with rubber chickens and cat videos. My work here is done. For now. Now, what to spend all this GP on? Maybe a personal force field? Or a really good coffee maker that never runs out? Decisions, decisions. '

The global news erupted with reports of HYDRA's final collapse. The public, initially confused, quickly rallied behind the Avengers, laughing at the sheer absurdity of HYDRA's downfall. The era of HYDRA's silent, insidious threat was over.

But even as the celebrations began, a new, more profound unease began to settle over Adam. He had won the prank war, but the universe was far larger than petty terrorist organizations. During the final briefings, whispers circulated about unusual energy signatures, planetary anomalies, and increasing reports of a powerful, shadowy figure collecting cosmic artifacts.

Tony, ever the pragmatist, began dedicating more resources to deep-space surveillance. Bruce looked increasingly concerned. And Adam, with his meta-knowledge, knew precisely what was coming. The "looming darkness." The inevitable march of Thanos.

He stood on a balcony at the Avengers Compound, looking out at the night sky over Ghannouch, the familiar constellations gleaming above him. Wanda joined him, leaning her head on his shoulder.

"It is over," she murmured, a sense of relief in her voice.

"For now," Adam said, his gaze fixed on a distant star. "But a bigger storm is coming, Wanda. Much bigger. HYDRA was just a warm-up act. The universe has a way of escalating things. And this time, it's not going to be funny."

He felt the shift in the meta-narrative, a heavy, cosmic weight descending. The laughter and the absurdity would still be there, Adam vowed, but the stakes were about to become impossibly high. His journey, from accidental hero to the master of absurd chaos, was about to enter its most challenging phase.

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