The conflict that occurred in Valletta Aosta, a small town in northern Italy, was not known to the outside world.
Besides the country they were in, Italy, and the major member countries of the World Security Council, only SHIELD, District 13, and people like Anton, who were involved in the incident, knew the ins and outs of the whole affair.
And the villainous forces targeted, Hydra and the dark magic sorcerer, Dao Long, met a predictable fate.
The former latest leader, Baron Strucker, was killed by Shazam, while the latter had his magical powers sealed and became a prisoner in District 13.
It is worth mentioning that the prisoners included not only the remaining members of Hydra and Dao Long but also Quicksilver and Wanda, who, after being threatened by Shazam, chose to surrender without resistance.
Dao Long was somewhat of a loner, and although he was connected to Hydra, excluding his exceptional personal abilities, he was not particularly threatening.
In contrast, Hydra losses were particularly severe.
Hydra was severely weakened this time.
After Alexander Pierce downfall and Hydra shift of focus from the United States to Europe, Hydra high-level personnel hidden in the U.S., including Mitchell Carson, were exposed along with Alexander Pierce and became prisoners of the U.S. military.
With the collapse of their operations in the U.S., Europe became Hydra new focus.
However, after this incident, with the new European leader, Baron Strucker killed, Hydra European bases destroyed, and many operatives fallen or captured by SHIELD, other scattered spy members across Europe were left leaderless.
Although Hydra motto is "Cut off one head, two more shall take its place," with almost all of Hydra veterans being wiped out, the two new heads that would grow are inevitably going to take time.
SHIELD could use this time to deal a heavier blow to Hydra.
While it may not be possible to completely eliminate Hydra, a hidden global threat, at least making it difficult for Hydra to cause trouble for a year or more is definitely feasible.
With this in mind, the SHIELD team exchanged some information with Anton after the incident and then immediately sprang into action.
Although Coulson and Hill were somewhat interested in the Devil Baby Anton was holding, they also knew that no one could take anything from Anton, or rather, from the Justice League, from Batman.
Anton idea to adopt the Devil Baby was not simple.
Likewise, everyone understood this reasoning, yet no one would contest with Anton for the right to adopt the Devil Baby.
After experiencing a series of events including SHIELD devastation and Nick Fury escape to space, Coulson and others currently only wanted to do what was within their capacity.
They were unwilling to interfere in anything else.
With the more powerful Justice League in charge, they had no room to intervene. Any arbitrary action would likely irritate the Justice League.
And that could lead to even more severe consequences.
Anton, returning to Los Angeles with the people of District 13, was not very clear about SHIELD intentions.
However, from Coulson and Hill expressions, he knew that these two representing SHIELD had been intimidated by the Justice League led by Batman and dared not provoke him any further.
After returning to Los Angeles.
The custody of the Devil Baby, the Hell Baron, was soon decided.
District 13 reported the entire situation of this operation, and the military high command proactively contacted the World Security Council.
After consultations, they decided that entrusting the Devil Baby to Anton to raise was a relatively reliable method.
On one hand, after careful consideration, everyone did not want to resort to the simplest and crudest method of killing the Hell Baron, the Devil Baby.
This was because people were initially curious about the devil in its infant form and wanted to raise it to establish a database on devils for deeper understanding.
On the other hand, the Justice League has had a remarkable record of success in all its actions so far.
Clearly, in their view, the decision for Anton to adopt the Devil Baby was influenced by the Justice League.
Since the Justice League had made this decision, they saw greater benefits, namely using the grown devil as their own combat power, which naturally appealed to them.
Finally.
The next day, while Anton was in Los Angeles waiting for a reply, in a room specially cleared out at the District 13 base, he received a call from John Keller.
In the call, John Keller, on behalf of the US military and the World Security Council, approved Anton application to adopt the Devil Baby.
After receiving the decision, Anton looked at the Hell Baron in the baby crib in the room, smiling.
Knock, knock, knock!
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
Entering were Jackie Chan and others.
jade, holding a baby bottle, dashed forward, leaned over the crib to look at the sleeping Hell Baron, and smiled,
"Aside from the red skin and goat horns, this guy looks quite cute after a while."
"What his name?"
jade turned to look at Anton.
Clearly, they had also just received the notification approving Anton application to adopt the Devil Baby, allowing Anton to take the Devil Baby away.
"Anu En Ramo."
Anton said, "That his name."
"Anu En Ramo?"
Jackie Chan and jade exchanged glances, the latter eyes brightening, "That name sounds good, did you choose it?"
"No, it was Constantine idea."
Anton explained, "According to Constantine, that the little guy real name. This little guy is a half-blood of a devil and a human, not a purebred devil..."
"Not a purebred devil?!"
Jackie Chan suddenly realized, finally understanding why Anton was so adamant about adopting this child.
The devil nature is evil.
But this Devil Baby, although having the appearance of a devil, is not a purebred devil but a hybrid of a human and a devil...
This implies that there a possibility to nurture the human nature in the Devil Baby bloodline.
"Hope he grows up well."
Jackie Chan expressed his sincere wishes, then curiously asked,
"Anton, what do you plan to do? His appearance might make it difficult for him to go out and interact with people.
When he a bit older, for daily life, are you going to keep him at home forever?"
"That where old dad comes in."
Anton looked towards Jackie Chan, saying, "Since old dad is a magician, he must have some magic to change his appearance, right?"
"Ah?"
Jackie Chan suddenly realized and immediately understood Anton intention.
"Right!"
jade clapped her hands, "Old dad definitely has a way."