Not only that, the COMICS have established that Wakanda had agent's all throughout the World in different nations. Priest and Hudlin established that. Hell Hudlin established that they have had agent's stationed that way for centuries. The difference between those and Ridleys is that he said they can activate at a moments notice and engage in warfare, similar to the HZ of T'Chakas time with Hunter on charge. This still isn't that much different other than the HZ under T'Chaka targeted ANYONE Wakandan or not who would threaten T'Chakas rule, and T'Challas agency are specifically targeted to other nations.
They are blowing this out of proportion
Way out a proportion. Like countries don't have spies in real life. And their reactionary. It'd be different it Txhalla was actively telling them to destabilize countries. And cover stories are a part of it too. So far it sounds like the volunteered for the job.
^^^MY EXACT REACTION. This should have drawn zero substantive response. Practically everyone in The Avengers, and every big brain on Earth, knows that T'Challa is doing this to friend, foe, and indifferent group alike. Especially all spy and ninja types know this. This plot point and primary cause for this story is extra extra extra thin and pretty insulting to our intelligence, imo.
You know what would have been problematic? Well. Remember Priest's SOLOMON'S FROG arc? Imagine that BP...master of uberprep and Man With The Plan that he is...snagged Solomon's Frogs, learned how to harness some of The Reality Gem's energy [ The Infinity Stone that T'Challa wielded at the end of Hickman's epic ], and used it to amplify the powers of and completely control the Solomon's Frogs artifacts that The Reality Gem allowed him to reintroduce into the 8th Reality? Now they're Cosmic Powered weapons.
This action would be the final action drawing Eternity's attention to him and making T'Challa worthy to be The Herald of Eternity. And T'Challa...being T'Challa...would take that Herald knowledge and position to use it all the more to make all the more secure both Intergalactic and 616 Wakanda.
Foes unending from across the Multiverse would come after The Intergalactic Empire and Wakanda Prime...thus endangering 616 Earth...as a result. T'Challa would ruthlessly annihilate them. Terrifying both supervillain foe and superhero ally alike in the process. The result of this? Would be a unholy alliance between the more and more Dark Beast-like Hank McCoy, Doctor Doom, Chthon, and the returned and ever more lethal Dire Wraiths. T'Challa would overwhelm them all, engaging and utterly overwhelming Doom's newly retaken Latveria, the magic dimension and 616 points of entry for Chthon in this and each of the nearest solar systems, finally engaging and halting Krakoa [ which was spared because of the intervention of Ororo on Krakoa's behalf; Ororo would be greatly displeased with both T'Challa...whom she would rightly expect to know that Krakoa would get sparky and Ororo would rightly expect both the appropriate Krakoan countermeasures from T'Challa and the ability to outmaneuver Krakoa to such an extent that Krakoa COULDN'T have the opportunity to initiate warlike hostilities vs Wakanda thus sparing lives on both sides...and Krakoa, whose aggression vs Wakanda would be deliberately taken both against Ororo's repeated expressed adamant opposition to and with the deliberate deception of not informing her that such would be done ], and positioning 616 Wakanda in a more walike and proactive manner than ever before.
Not content that the leson was well and truly taught, T'Challa...over the concerns of the ramifications of such actions as voiced by Dr. Strange...would commence ruthlessly slaughtering all Dire Wraiths threatening Prime and Intergalactic Wakanda, murdering with great horrificness the physical prime material form of Chthon and finally publicly dragging and mud stomping Doom once and for all. In so doing? T'Challa and Shuri are showing once and for all that anyone who runs up? Must SEE WAKANDA AND DIE.
The cavalier handling and dismissive dismantling of the Dire Wraiths catches the attention of Rom, the returned Space Knights [ returned by T'Challa's hand via Reality Gem ] the Kree Intelligence, and more. Rom is all for the destruction of the ability to make war by the Dire Wraiths, but T'Challa nearly erased the entire race of Dire Wraiths; and such is too much even for Rom the Space Knight, staunch friend of his much loved ally T'Challa. Rom would visit The Guardians of the Galaxy and Adam Warlock, and they'd prepare to start reigning in the power of Intergalactic Wakanda. A bad idea that Rocket Raccoon warns against.
The Kree Intelligence and Shi'Ar Empire...the latter of which is a strong ally of Intergalactic Wakanda...would send stern warning to T'Challa via Ronan The Accuser and Gladiator to reign in T'Challa's destructive actions. T'Challa doesn't even grant them an audience. Neither does Ramonda, who...if anything...is even more ruthless than T'Challa is. Shuri listens to Ronan and Gladiator, and remains unimpressed. Shoos them away.
Master Order, Lord Chaos...not loving T'Challa... would send their agent The In-Betweener to see whassup on T'Challa. Nothin doin. Adam Brashear leading what is essentially the rebirthed Illuminati tries to "reason" with T'Challa. Fool? Please.
In retaliation the Badoon Wraiths...a fell blend of the Badoon and many Dire Wraiths who possessed them...move toward 616 Earth, drawing The Guardians [ premier enemies of The Badoon, who are the threat who caused the formation of the very first Guardians ] into the mix. Battle Mistress Aneka The Elder...the first Aneka introduced by Maberry...now stationed as Security Mkuu of key sectors of Intergalactic Wakanda...leads interstellar Wakandan warriors and The Guardians against The Badoon Wraiths, eradicating them all. Dismissively. At the end of which, Star Lord learns that Aneka was merely carrying out to the letter the orders vs The Badoon Wraiths that T'Challa had crafted 5 years before. This knowledge sends Star Lord worriedly to try and fail to rally 616 heroes to watch and curtail the actions of T'Challa. Rocket Racoon again points out how bad of an idea this is. Nobody heeds him, again.
Star Lord and The Guardians fail to reach Earth. Intergalactic Wakanda propels them free of the Intergalactic Empire but monitors them to ensure they don't succeed in reaching Earth. They contact Star Fox, who is personally defeated by Uncle S'yan who not only is alive but is the Second In Command of Intergalactic Wakanda. They contact Silver Surfer and Surfer fails. Now they contact Adam Warlock...
...who succeeds in reaching and warning the assembled Avengers.
For which he is summarily expelled by T'Challa not only from Earth but from Intergalactic Wakandan controlled space. Yes. T'Challa expelled Adam Warlock 6 ENTIRE GALAXIES AWAY, via translocation [ introduced back in The Ultimates ]. This offhanded dismissal of Adam draws the attention and admiration of The Stranger, who has observed T'Challa dismissing Adam and compliments T'Challa for doing so. T'Challa warns The Stranger never to visit this part of the universe or T'Challa shall personally wage war upon him. The Stranger says they will encounter each other again, to which T'Challa replies that for The Stranger's sake he should hope not.
The Stranger informs T'Challa that The Stranger has brought a companion with him to introduce to T'Challa. This companion has heard of T'Challa's doughty reputation even more than a dozen galaxies away and has traveled such mind warping distances for the honor of expressing his admiration to T'Challa personally.
T'Challa is uninterested. But The Stranger's companion steps to him anyway. The companion is..? THE CHAMPION OF THE UNIVERSE. T'Challa and THE CHAMPION engage in h2h, with neither gaining the upper hand. THE CHAMPION states that his inability to defeat T'Challa is in fact a loss, for the string of victories of THE CHAMPION has only been legit broken twice: once by She-Hulk, the other by T'Challa. And between the two? T'Challa's victory is far far faaarrr more impressive, because T'Challa lacks the superhuman physical gifts of She-Hulk, and unlike She-Hulk...T'Challa battles THE CHAMPION when he is still empowered with remnants of THE POWER GEM of THE INFINITY GEMS.
Seeing the power T'Challa has, deeply respecting and worrying about his humongous ultragenius, and worrying about his aims, The Avengers, The Squardron Supreme and The Fantastic Four seek T'Challa out. T'Challa immediately warns them against such an idea, and utterly refuses to explain his actions.
Led by Brashear, The Sentry, The High Evolutionary, The In-Betweener, all converge on what they believe to be Wakanda, only to find that they've been lured into a trap. Breaking free of the fracas, The Void...pretending to be Hyperion all this time...seeks to activate a multiversal portal in the only place in this sector of inter, intra, and arcane dimensional space time in this reality of the galaxy that the portal could work: Resurrection Altar. T'Challa stops The Void, neutralizes the multiversal portal but not all of the multiversal portals The Void posesses before he escapes.
T'Challa now reveals his plan to the assembled capes, and enlists their help.
He knew that a malevolent entity was amongst the many who reside in the various galaxies and spaces he controls and/or abuts, but he hadn't rooted them all out. He learned that this malevolent agent was helping a far far far more malevolent set of entities to eecute its plans, using a multiversal megatech version of Pym Particles to traverse all dimensions and even quasi and magic realms. He knew that this agent was likely an ally. But he didn't know which one.
Now he knows that this new Multiversal threat not only had bonded with Knull God of Symbiotes...whom the capes falsely thought destroyed or neutralized...but this Multiversal Threat was using its power blended with Hyperion's power and the multiversal megatech version of Pym Particles to come to 616 Wakanda specifically. For all in this reality knew this foe, and T'Challa had the most personal beef with this foe. Surpassing any antipathy for this foe that any other being in this reality had.
For this foe was The Multiversal Zombie King. The creature whom T'Chaka sacrificed his life to kill. And now this foe...made even more powerful as The Multiversal Symbiote Zombie God, commanding the Multiversal Pym Particles and Symbiote Zombie Hyperion leading many of his multiple dimensions filling Zombie Hordes...was coming for them all, using the Multiversal Pym Particle Portal Generator as the entry point for his hordes into our reality. This is why he warned Ronan, Gladiator, The Stranger etc not to enter this part of the galaxy again, as alone each would likely fall to The Multiversal Zombie Symbiote God King, making the heroes' path to victory all the more difficult. However if they heeded T'Challa's command to remain free of this region, they would perforce band together to fight their mutual foe, and thus be helping the 616 heroes.
T'Challa orchestrated the battle with THE CHAMPION in order to test the latter's ability and worthiness to be an ally in this war T'Challa foresaw. THE CHAMPION passed T'Challa's test.
And now, the real adventure begins. THE MULTIVERSAL ZOMBIE SYMBIOTE GOD KING VS INTERSTELLAR WAKANDA AND THE MULTIVERSAL AVENGERS in...THE WAR OF ALL REALITIES.
Now that? Is a story worthy of T'Challa's extreme secrecy. Who agrees?
