chapter 164 part 2
"..."
Hearing this, Clint glanced silently at Doreen Green beside him.
These superhumans captured by the Thunderbolts.
Most of them were like Doreen Green, 'Superheroes' who only wanted to do good with their powers.
Yet, because of the Superhero Registration Act, they had become targets for capture, locked away in these sunless cells.
"No!"
At this thought, Clint immediately shook his head in refusal.
"You can explain it to Howard yourself later."
Colin wasn't the least bit surprised by Clint's refusal.
In fact, this was a good thing for him. The entire Thunderbolts' prison was filled with a large number of Anti-Registration Heroes. For Colin, it was a golden opportunity.
He had even been prepared to persuade Clint to stay.
After all, if he missed an opportunity like this, he didn't know when the next one would come along.
But clearly, the current situation didn't even require him to come up with an excuse.
Clint himself had already made up his mind.
"Well then, little one."
With that, Colin turned to Doreen Green. "Do you need me to get you out of here?"
With wide eyes, Doreen Green looked at Colin, who had descended from the sky like a true superhero. Then she turned to look at Hawkeye beside her, before shaking her head and refusing, "No, I'm a superhero too, not some ordinary person!"
As she spoke, Doreen Green raised her arm and struck a strong pose. At the same time, the squirrel 'Tippy-Toe' on her shoulder let out a squeak, as if to echo her words.
Seeing this, Colin turned and met Hawkeye's eyes. The latter nodded.
"Alright then, Ms. Superhero."
He then smiled and patted Doreen Green's head, speaking softly.
"Could you step aside for a moment? It's my turn to perform."
[Contact with a Twisted Time Node. Collected a small Time Shard x1]
[Contact with a Twisted Time Node. Collected a small Time Shard x1]
Huh?
Colin looked at the text displayed on the screen with some surprise. When he saw the names attached to these two [Time Shards], the smile on his face couldn't help but deepen.
[Time Shard (Doreen Green)] x1
[Time Shard (Tippy-Toe)] x1
To think that this squirrel also had a [Twisted Time Node].
Right at the start, he got a 'buy one, get one free' deal on two [Time Shards].
Colin controlled his emotions so as not to appear too excited as he turned to look at the prison guards behind the wall, who were armed to the teeth and preparing to attack.
Under the cover of the wall, the guards' movements were very stealthy.
Unfortunately, in Colin's [Super X-Ray Vision], all their efforts were clearly in vain.
As Colin's voice fell, his eyes glowed with a scorching red light, and two red beams of Heat Vision instantly shot out from his eyes.
Under the attack of his [Heat Vision], the guards behind the wall didn't even have time to react before they all fell in the searing heat.
"Tippy-Toe, did you see that?!"
Standing behind Colin, Doreen Green's eyes were wide as she watched him shoot [Heat Vision] from his eyes. It took her a moment to come back to her senses before she spoke to the equally open-mouthed squirrel on her shoulder.
*Squeak squeak!*
Tippy-Toe nodded, letting out a sharp squeak in response to Doreen Green's question.
As a squirrel who had seen much of the world, Tippy-Toe considered himself a clever squirrel among squirrels, but even he had never witnessed a scene where red light shot out from someone's eyes.
If he had that power, he'd never have to worry about getting nuts again.
*Colin... seems to have gotten stronger again?*
Compared to the excited reactions of Doreen Green and Tippy-Toe, Hawkeye's response was relatively calm. As a member of the Resistance, he naturally knew a thing or two about Colin's abilities.
However, watching the [Heat Vision] shoot from Colin's eyes, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Colin was undoubtedly much more powerful than when the Dark Avengers first made contact with him.
At the very least, when they had fought before, Colin hadn't shown the ability to shoot high-temperature beams from his eyes.
And, of course, there was that disguise ability that Nick Fury was so obsessed with.
Heaven knows how many pairs of glasses Nick Fury went through during that time.
While Doreen Green and Hawkeye were lost in thought over the superpowers Colin had displayed, Colin himself hadn't stopped.
With his [Super Hearing], he could clearly hear the footsteps of guards assembling within the prison.
A sweep with his [Super X-Ray Vision] pinpointed the guards' positions directly.
Looking at the prison guards whose expressions were as if they were facing a great enemy, Colin raised an eyebrow. In the space of a single breath, his figure vanished from Clint's side.
The next second, the sound of intense gunfire and the startled cries of guards erupted from Area B.
"Now that's a real superhero, Tippy-Toe!"
Witnessing Colin display three different superpowers in just a few minutes—flight, shooting Heat Vision from his eyes, and teleportation—Doreen Green's eyes filled with envy.
As a superhero admirer, the powers Colin displayed were the perfect superhero template in her mind.
If she had such powerful abilities, how could she possibly have been caught by the Thunderbolts?
…
"Fire, fire!"
Area B, where the guards were assembled.
With a furious roar, a deluge of bullets flew like rain towards the figure in front of them.
However, faced with this storm of bullets, Colin made no move to dodge.
A dense barrage of bullets rained down on his body. In just a few seconds, one by one, deformed and flattened bullets fell to the ground. Even the occasional bullet aimed at his eyes couldn't break through his defense, instantly turning to scrap and scattering.
Seeing this, the fear in the firing guards' hearts deepened. If even bullets were useless, how were they supposed to stop this guy?
*Now, I finally understand why Superman doesn't dodge when shot at.*
Glancing down at the ground littered with shell casings, Colin had a sudden realization.
*Because there's simply no need.*
*Swoosh!*
Just then, a guard in the crowd carrying a rocket launcher suddenly stood up, aimed at Colin not far away, and violently pulled the trigger. With a piercing whistle, the rocket shell shot towards Colin, trailing flames.
Seeing this, the stationary Colin made no move to dodge. He simply raised his palm, and then, under the guards' disbelieving gazes, he caught the incoming rocket with one hand. The next second, the rocket exploded, producing a violent fiery Concussive Blast, yet it couldn't harm him in the slightest.
(end of chapter)