Ch: 101-110
Chapter 101 Angry Hulk!
"Ahem, we mean, should we fulfill our duty, avenge our General, and raise our guns against our spiritual belief?"
Steve looked around. After General Ross was crushed to death by him, not a single soldier chose to raise their gun at him immediately. He couldn't help but purse his lips. It seemed this old man really had a terrible reputation.
However, thinking about how this old man spent all day wanting to send his soldiers to catch Hulk, an act tantamount to suicide, he felt that it was quite reasonable for these soldiers not to be sad at all. Perhaps they were secretly happy that they wouldn't have to go find Hulk to die anymore.
After all, would You be sad about the death of a boss who only pays You two thousand a month, expects You to work 24 hours a day, and doesn't care if You suddenly die from overwork?
I guess, all You handsome men here would be more excited than Loki seeing Thor being violently slammed left and right by Hulk~
Looking at the hesitant soldiers around him, Steve, disappointed that he couldn't replicate Wakanda's'spectacular' scene, put on a hypocritically amiable smile:
"Relax, lads, everything is OK. Actually, I received a report that General Ross was illegally manufacturing biological weapons, causing a large number of innocent civilian and soldier casualties. Even God couldn't stand it anymore."
"So, for the safety of America's citizens, and for all of You, with the President's authorization, I reasonably took 'compulsory' measures against General Ross. He's just sleeping now, not dead~"
Ah, so the General was just sleeping, they thought he was dead.
The soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief, the tension on their faces vanishing without a trace.
That's right, bleeding from seven orifices is bleeding from seven orifices, and death is death. How can they be equated!
Facing Steve's blatant lie, whether it was true or not, the surrounding soldiers simply believed it and obediently put down their weapons.
Hmm, they submissively put them down under the gaze of Steve's sacred crimson eyes…
"Good baby~" Steve then contentedly extinguished the red light in his eyes.
As for the President's authorization? That was, of course, Steve's fabrication~
But it doesn't matter. Soon, he will make the President write a real one. He believes that the President, when choosing between the death of a General and the survival of America, will make a rational choice~
However, not everyone believed Steve's nonsense, such as General Ross's daughter, Betty Ross…
Although Betty and General Ross had a strained relationship due to General Ross repeatedly pursuing her ex-boyfriend, blood is thicker than Water after all. Betty disregarded the soldiers' obstruction and pounced on General Ross's body.
"No, no, no, Father, no, why? Aren't You a hero? Why did You kill my father?!!!"
Betty's eyes were full of tears as she looked up at Steve, crying heartbreakingly.
Steve looked down at Betty, who was a tearful mess, with no sympathy in his eyes, not even a trace of emotion. He said indifferently:
"Precisely because I am a hero, I must do this. Believe me, killing Your father will save far more innocent people than if I were to wander aimlessly through the city for an entire year in the future…"
"This is his deserved fate, and I merely brought his fate forward…"
Whether it was the destruction and innocent deaths caused by General Ross's repeated capture operations in pursuit of Hulk's power in the past, or the greater disaster he would cause after transforming into Red Hulk in the future, this guy doesn't deserve even a tiny bit of pity…
He is not innocent!
"Future? You decided a person's life based on that ethereal future?"
Betty looked at the inhuman Shadow in front of her in disbelief, feeling a chill run through her body. She asked with trembling lips:
"Do You really still have humanity? What identity do You claim now? A human? Or that heartless… God?"
Facing Betty's question, Steve frowned slightly and thought about the question for a second.
Human or God? That is the question.
From a biological perspective, I am, of course, still human.
But from a power perspective, there's no problem in saying I'm a God.
After all, so-called Gods are just stronger beings in terms of power, or higher-dimensional existences.
So, I am....
"Hulk!!!"
Before Steve could finish his thoughts, accompanied by a huge roar from underground, a large green hand suddenly emerged from the ground and grabbed his ankle.
Huh?
Thump——————
The ground shook. Steve was pulled into the ground by the green hand, followed by an earthquake-like tremor. Large chunks of land occasionally exploded or collapsed into huge sinkholes!
It was as terrifying as if hell from deep underground was about to reappear on Earth!
Boom——————
As all the soldiers were shaken to the ground and Carver University was on the verge of collapsing, two figures, one black and one green, burst out of the ground one after another!
Steve hovered in the air, spitting out a bit of dirt he had swallowed unexpectedly when Hulk pulled him underground. He couldn't help but complain:
"My God, Hulk, how do You roar underground? Don't You get Your mouth full of dirt?"
The next second, Hulk, who emerged from the ground right after him, gave him the answer by opening his mouth and continuously vomiting out a large amount of dirt.
"Ugh, bleh, bleh, bleh, Hulk… dirt… yucky…"
Steve smiled at this. Well, it turns out this big oaf was just forcefully showing off with his powerful lung capacity~
"Banner?"
Just as Hulk and Steve entered a brief period of peace, Betty's call attracted Hulk's attention and also made it notice the tear stains on Betty's face. Its powerful heart began to beat faster, and its breathing became more rapid.
This sounds like it could easily lead to an unpleasant GIF, but unfortunately, this isn't that GIF of Hulkand a certain Ms. Natasha who wishes to remain anonymous~
Hulk now had only one emotion, and that was…
Anger!!!
Roar!!!
"Hulk!!!"
Hulk's eyes became bloodshot, and his body visibly expanded by a circle. The ground beneath him sank a bit from his suddenly increased weight.
Steve raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by this:
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, old man, are You cheating? This is different from the movie. How can You keep getting bigger? You're not from a comic book, are You?"
Him fighting the comic book version of Hulk, really?
Swish——————
Steve's response was a stone pillar flying from the ground, thrown by Hulk from the collapsing campus.
Steve easily dodged it by shifting his body, and his heart trembled as he felt the strong wind, like a knife scraping against his Biological Force Field, as the stone pillar flew past him.
Good heavens, Hulk, who was just evenly matched with him in strength underground, was now displaying strength that already surpassed his own!
For the first time, Steve's strength advantage was surpassed by someone else.
However, fortunately, I can fly!
Chapter 102 Furious Captain America!
But the next instant, as Steve turned back, he saw another gray-white stone pillar getting closer and closer to his face.
oh shit....
Thump——————
The stone pillar, carved with a naked Angel, collided with Steve's perfectly sculpted face, emitting a crisp and melodious shattering sound. It was the stone pillar that shattered, but Steve was also smashed to the ground like a cannonball by the pillar!
Boom——
Amidst the flying dust, Steve looked at the invisible trembling Biological Force Field before him, his eyes filled with disbelief.
This was the first time he had seen the protection of his Biological Force Field nearing its limit since he awakened it. So, the defense of the Biological Force Field wasn't invincible after all!
Just as he was momentarily dazed, a familiar tight sensation came from his legs again, and then he was lifted upside down by a large green hand.
"Wait, You aren't going to....." Steve looked at Hulk's ferocious big face in front of him, a premonition of ill omen rising in his heart.
Hulk grinned, showing several large White teeth. The hand holding Steve's legs swung violently, continuously smashing him left and right onto the ground with loud thuds!
Eighty! Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!
After four consecutive strikes, Hulk finished with a final big windmill throw, flinging Steve violently into Carver University, where he continuously smashed through countless buildings along the way, raising dust everywhere!
Fortunately, the students of Carver University had already been evacuated by the Military because of the Hulk capture, otherwise hundreds or thousands of people would have died from that one blow.....
After doing all this, Hulk looked at Betty in a way that sought praise, revealing a childlike, smug smile:
"Hmph, God, weak God! Hulk, is, strongest!"
Betty, who had finally managed to crawl up from the aftermath of the battle, looked at the battle that seemed like a cataclysm between two gods, and then looked up at Hulk, forcing a very strained smile.
She was about to say something to appease Hulk, but then her eyes widened in horror as she pointed behind Hulk:
"Banner, look out behind You!"
Hulk was startled, turning his head to find nothing behind him, but then a sound came from his left.
"On Your left!"
Hulk sharply turned to his left, only to see Steve, whose black shirt was torn, vaguely revealing his muscular abs, with his right hand drawn back, ready to strike!
Hulk, who had just turned his head, had no time to react, as Steve's full-force punch had already landed on his large face.
Thump—Crack—
A dull thud and a crisp crack sounded simultaneously, accompanied by the loss of two teeth. Hulkplowed several hundred meters in a straight line on the ground before stopping. He touched the blood on his nose, and his anger escalated geometrically!
"Bug, Hulk, hates You, die!"
Hulk's enlarged foot stomped heavily on the ground again, and a huge crack snaked like a python towards Steve, but the flying Steve easily dodged it by ascending off the ground.
The flying Steve raised his charged fist again, flying towards Hulk, who was stuck in a post-spell animation!
However, Hulk wasn't Black Panther. Despite his large size, his reactions weren't slow at all. The moment Steve flew in, he actually advanced instead of retreating, colliding with Steve and, using his advantage in size and strength, slapped Steve down onto the ground!
Hulk held Steve down with one hand, and with the other, he imitated Steve, raising his hand to charge, aiming for Steve's head, intending to make Steve lose a few teeth just like him!
But before his fist could land, Steve's cold blue eyes were already tinged with red. His heat vision, at full power, struck Hulk's chest. The impact force of the heat vision, far exceeding Steve's punch, sent Hulk flying into the sky like a mortar shell!
Steve, who had just been subjected to Hulk's classic left-right slam, was now also in a state of rage and naturally wouldn't let Hulk off so easily.
He didn't care about the Biological Force Field protecting the environment or anything else. He stomped fiercely on the ground, taking off with a roar at a speed exceeding ten Mach. The recoil from his takeoff created a large pit in the earth, and an eight-level hurricane was stirred up all around him as he ascended! (Don't read the last sentence backward~)
In the air, Steve, relying on Hulk's inability to fly and his own far greater agility, continuously punched him higher and higher into the sky, all while spewing obscenities:
"Motherfucker! You damned green bastard!"
"You like sneak attacks, huh!"
"You like smashing people, huh!"
"You like showing off, huh!"
"I'll be damned if I don't see if You, this flightless guy, can survive in space with no landing point and no oxygen!"
That's right, the irrational Steve had completely forgotten the purpose of recruiting Hulk this time and planned to send Hulk directly into space to kill him!
But just as Steve had hammered Hulk out of the atmosphere, an orange halo shimmering with sparks suddenly appeared behind Hulk, who was flying upwards. Hulk whizzed directly into the halo.
Before Steve could brake sharply in mid-air, the halo moved first, instantly covering Steve at an astonishing speed, then disappearing into the void, leaving a few sparks behind.
Nepal, Himalayas, Kamar-Taj.
Boom boom boom————×2
A portal suddenly appeared in the air, and Hulk and Steve successively rolled out of it, crashing into the artifact racks in the Kamar-Taj plaza. The artifacts were immediately shattered all over the floor.
The Ancient One, dressed in a black Sorcerer's robe and leisurely fanning herself, paused her hand. The corner of her calm eye twitched almost imperceptibly.
It seems..... she miscalculated the landing spot for these two.....
Hulk was the first to shake his head and stand up from the ground. His angry green eyes locked onto the Ancient One, the only one standing in the plaza. More irrational than Steve in his rage, he didn't care if the Ancient One had just saved him.
With a leap, he pounced towards the 'frail' Ancient One!
If this pounce had connected, not to mention Hulk's terrifying strength, just his weight alone would be enough to flatten a sturdy adult into a pulp!
Unfortunately, he was facing the 'delicate' Ancient One.
Facing this overwhelming force, the Ancient One merely put her fanning hand behind her back, and with her other hand, 'gently' patted Hulk's descending chest.
In that instant, Steve felt as if time had slowed down, and his super vision clearly saw a transparent soul being patted out of Hulk's body by the Ancient One.
Splat——————
After Banner's soul flew out of his body, Hulk's body went limp like clay, lying motionless on the ground like a dead dog.
Then, the Ancient One smiled and turned her gaze to Steve, who had also risen:
"Captain Rogers, do You need me to help You calm down as well?"
Steve shrugged, raising his hands: "Thank You, Ancient One Sorcerer Supreme, but I think I'm fine. I'm much calmer now~"
The Ancient One nodded slightly, hooked a finger, and Hulk's body floated up into the air. Then she gestured to the man and the soul, walking towards an ancient-looking building:
"Follow me, Captain Rogers, Dr. Banner, now that both of You are much calmer, let's go inside and discuss the issues of Your recent loss of control~"
Chapter 103 The Frightening Future
Dr. Banner, in his soul state, looked completely bewildered, not understanding what had happened.
Hadn't he just been forced out of his Hulk true form by that bastard General Ross with a smoke bomb?
How did he suddenly find himself in this place with a distinctly non-Western architectural style, and how was he separated from the Hulk, becoming some kind of 'quantum form'?
Steve also came before Banner, curiously reaching out to touch Dr. Banner's translucent soul body. As expected, his hand passed directly through Banner's body.
However, feeling the strange sensation of the Biological Force Field on his hand passing through Banner's soul, a hint of thoughtfulness flashed in his blue eyes.
It seemed... he could directly attack souls with his Biological Force Field?
"Oh oh oh! Hey, what are You doing? Please don't do that again! It hurts, it hurts too much!"
Dr. Banner suddenly let out a Tom Cat-like shriek, feeling a sharp pain in his soul. He quickly floated away from Steve, but after seeing Steve's face clearly, he stopped.
As an American, it was impossible for him not to recognize that face. He was a little excited and confused:
"Hiss~ No, You... You are Captain America, how are You here too?"
Steve patted a trace of Banner's soul light that had clung to his hand and smiled:
"That's a long story. Let's go inside first. I believe Ancient One will answer your questions later."
After speaking, regardless of Dr. Banner, who was full of questions, Steve followed Ancient One's footsteps into the ancient building.
Upon entering, a man and a woman, both wearing Taoist robes, walked over. One took off his tattered black shirt, and the other draped a brand new dark blue Taoist robe over Steve.
However, what left Steve speechless was, You two can change clothes, but why are your hands not behaving? One hand took the opportunity to touch his pectoral muscles, and the other took the opportunity to touch his abdominal muscles?
And both hands were clearly not from the same person!
Steve glared at the long-haired handsome male Taoist priest who was touching his abs:
Dude, it's fine if a girl is curious and touches, but why are You touching?
The male Taoist priest's eyes widened in anticipation: Can... can I? (✧◡✧)
Steve: (;｀O´)o Get lost!!!
Steve quickly tied the sash of his Taoist robe, protecting his alluring body.
A hint of disappointment flashed in the eyes of the two Taoist priests, and they could only leave with Steve's torn shirt.
As the saying goes, a man is judged by his clothes and a horse by its saddle, but Steve, dressed in a Taoist robe, gave off a very strange sense of incongruity.
The Taoist robe, which should have been understated and ethereal, was stretched taut by Steve's muscles, giving off a vibe that if You didn't offer incense, the Taoist Master would beat You on the spot!
Steve stretched his arms, then casually sat cross-legged on the futon opposite Ancient One, looking up at Ancient One, who was brewing tea:
"Our Taoist robes are still the best. Not only are they comfortable to wear, but they're also convenient for fighting. You can even hide hidden weapons under the wide robes. They're simply essential for traveling monks!"
Ancient One's hand, brewing tea, paused upon hearing this. She glanced at Steve and shook her head helplessly:
"To be honest, with that face of yours, speaking such Chinese-style words really feels too incongruous."
"And the purpose of a Taoist robe is not what You said. It represents peace of mind and tranquility, not competitiveness..."
Steve pouted, switched to an U.S. accent, and made a fist bump gesture to Ancient One:
"Hey, bro, check out this sick-ass Chinese kung fu outfit of mine. It's perfect for hiding my TEC-9, to blow those damn pig heads of the cops. That's so cool!"
"How about it, Ancient One, is that American enough now?"
Ancient One took a deep breath, rubbing her forehead. The thought of entrusting Earth's future to such a guy made her feel a sense of impending darkness...
But thankfully, there was another powerful being concerning Earth's future who had arrived.
Ancient One's gaze passed over Steve and landed on Dr. Banner, who had floated into the room. She pointed to the futon next to Steve.
"Dr. Banner, please sit down as well. The topic we are about to discuss concerns both of You..."
Dr. Banner, still unclear about the situation, had no other choice but to awkwardly sit cross-legged like Steve, quietly asking Steve beside him:
"Captain, is she the Ancient One magic user You mentioned? Can I ask where this is? Is it a magicacademy like Hogwarts?"
Before Steve could speak, Ancient One on the opposite side pushed two cups of fragrant tea towards them and said calmly:
"Dr. Banner, this is not Hogwarts, nor am I a magic user. That's a place that only exists in novels, at least such a place doesn't exist in this Universe yet..."
Banner gave an embarrassed laugh, not expecting that the other party could hear him even though he spoke so softly. At the same time, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
As a materialist, he didn't believe in magic users or anything. He had just thought his worldview was about to be overturned.
However, after taking a sip of tea, Ancient One seemed to know what Dr. Banner was thinking and revealed a mischievous smile:
"However, although I am not a magic user, I am indeed a sorcerer, or to be more specific, You can call me a Master of the Mystic Arts."
Banner's face twisted in disbelief, his worldview completely overturned:
"So this isn't some quantum form? You used magic to turn me into this?"
Ancient One calmly corrected him:
"Not magic, but mystic arts. And right now, You are in a soul state, or what You commonly call a ghost state~"
Dr. Banner's face turned green upon hearing this. He clutched his head in disbelief: "What the f***! So I'm dead?!"
Ancient One stroked the teacup lid, smiling without a word.
Steve couldn't stand Ancient One's cryptic behavior anymore. He put down his teacup and said helplessly:
"Don't worry, Dr. Banner, You're not dead yet. Your soul has just been separated from your body. You'll return to normal once You're back in your body."
"Ancient One, stop teasing the fool. Just tell us directly, why did You 'invite' us here this time?"
He didn't think Ancient One would specially travel to mediate just because he had fought with Hulk.
If Ancient One were truly so meddlesome, she would have appeared during his many previous battles, some of which had far more exaggerated impacts than his fight with Hulk. She wouldn't have waited until now.
Clang—
Upon hearing this, Ancient One closed the teacup lid, her expression turning serious.
"For my duty, to protect Earth from being destroyed by You."
Steve and Dr. Banner were both startled upon hearing this.
"Our battle, though intense, wouldn't lead to the destruction of Earth, would it?!"
Although both Steve and Dr. Banner were confident in their respective strengths, they also clearly knew that with their power, even destroying the surface of Earth would be difficult, let alone destroying Earth itself.
Ancient One shook her head: "You underestimate your power. Although your battle this time will indeed not have a significant impact on Earth, or even on humanity, it will be a devastating blow to Earth's future..."
As she spoke, Ancient One waved her hand, and countless images appeared around them.
Without exception, these images were all about Steve and Hulk, or rather, about their brutal struggles!
However, in some images, the battlefield was on Earth, while in others, it was in a place similar to a gladiatorial arena. There was even one image where the battlefield was on a burning star.
The image of Hulk on that burning star was also the most unique: his rocky, dark yellow skin was engulfed in raging Fire, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had a pair of demon-like horns on his head, giving off a terrifying feeling of having just returned from hell!
And even more terrifying was Steve, who was battling the demonic Hulk. In the image, Steve was shining with dazzling golden light, even his cape was made of pure golden energy, and he was using that burning star to smash the demonic Hulk.
If Hulk's image was like a demon crawling out of hell, then Steve was a Seraph descending from heaven, and that burning star was his cross, used to judge Hulk's sins!
Chapter 104 Steve senses something is wrong and passes the buck!
Anyway, that's what Steve thought as he watched the scene.
He didn't feel there was anything wrong with it at all; on the contrary, he thought his image in the scene was incredibly cool!
His eyes burned as he looked at Ancient One, his tone filled with impatience:
"Ancient One, how far into the future is this timeline? How much longer until I reach that level shown in the scene?"
Ancient One:...
Ancient One smiled with a forced expression, "Captain Rogers, you don't actually think that state of yours is great, do you? No way, no way?"
Steve was stunned; he really did think so.
"Uh, isn't this great? He can smash people with a star; isn't that great?"
Ancient One waved her hand, shrinking the other images and only enlarging this one:
"In terms of power, it's great, but look closely: did you have any sanity left then?"
Hearing this, Steve carefully observed himself in the scene and indeed found that at that time, although he could smash people with a star, his combat mode was completely chaotic, like a mindless beast similar to Hulk, with only the most primitive desire for battle in his eyes!
When the two fought, they completely disregarded the surrounding living Planets, and countless living Planets were incinerated into ashes by the burning stars during their battle!
Hiss! What happened to his future self to make him so out of control?!
Snap!
As if hearing Steve's thoughts, Ancient One snapped her fingers, and the scene rewound rapidly as if a reverse button had been pressed, until it reached the sky above a blue Planet.
In the scene, Hulk floated in space, struggling with his neck clutched, until his entire body was frozen into a block of ice by the low temperature, completely losing all signs of life.
Not far away, Steve watched this scene coldly, his aura even colder than the low temperature of space.
Seeing this, Steve's heart sank, and he already understood: the scene of the Golden Captain fighting the demonic Hulk was the future after Steve had killed Hulk in space!
He looked at Ancient One with a serious expression and asked:
"Hiss! Is Hulk really that hard to kill? Even after being killed, he still crawls back from hell to mess with me. Sorcerer Gu Yi, do you think throwing Hulk into the Sun to be utterly annihilated is a viable method?"
Ancient One:???
I showed you this scene hoping you'd understand the consequences, and you're still thinking about how to finish him off!
Banner, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but turn and glare at Steve: "What?! You want to throw Hulk into the Sun? What about me?!"
Hulk and he are one; throwing Hulk into the Sun would be equivalent to throwing himself into the Sun! He certainly didn't want to be thrown into the Sun!
Steve shrugged and said indifferently, "Isn't your soul form pretty good? You've always wanted to get rid of Hulk, haven't you? If I throw Hulk into the Sun, wouldn't you be completely rid of Hulk?"
Banner:???
Do you even hear what you're saying? What's so good about being in soul form all the time? Doesn't that just mean you're dead?!
Ancient One waved her hand, interrupting the impending argument between the two, and wearily rubbed her forehead:
"Leaving aside the success rate of your method to completely erase Hulk, do you even have the ability to send Hulk into the Sun alive right now?"
Steve thought about it; it seemed to make sense. With his current power, not to mention whether he could even fly there alive, it would take ages just to reach the Sun.
"Then, Sorcerer Gu Yi, how about you open a magic portal and directly teleport Hulk into the Sun..."
Before Steve could finish, Ancient One interrupted him with a dark expression.
"Young man, don't take advantage and then act smug. Do you think I'd be your accomplice?
Remember, I haven't even settled the score with you for angering Panther God Bast by massacring Wakanda last time, causing her to impact Earth's dark plane barrier!"
Steve's thick skin was legendary; hearing Ancient One mention Panther God impacting Earth's barrier, he showed not a hint of alarm, but rather an expression of 'I knew it'.
Indeed, as long as Ancient One was on Earth, she wouldn't easily allow those so-called gods to descend upon Earth, so he didn't have to worry about retaliation from those gods at all.
Of course, Asgard was an exception; after all, Earth was nominally Asgard's territory, so Ancient Onewould likely turn a blind eye to Asgardian gods descending.
Just like when Thunder God Thor and Destroyer battled on Earth, Ancient One also turned a blind eye.
But for any other god besides Asgardian ones, if they dared to descend upon Earth, Ancient One would dare to use them as free 'magic batteries' for Kamar-Taj sorcerers to draw magic from!
Don't ask if Ancient One has the power; as long as their power is below Dormammu's, Ancient One can use Dormammu's power to suppress them!
Dormammu is the MVP here!
On the other side, Banner's head was almost exploding; even with his seven doctoral degrees, the conversation between the two had fried his CPU!
Hulk seeking revenge after death was already absurd enough, but now it was about magic portals and gods!
"Uh... you two, aren't you getting a bit off-topic? How about we go back to talking about Hulk and Captain? By the way, what exactly happened before that made Captain and Hulk so relentlessly hostile?"
Ancient One glanced at Steve but didn't answer. Steve understood that she wanted him to explain, so he roughly recounted the events to Dr. Banner.
However, the more he spoke, the more Steve felt something was off, until his voice completely faded, and he fell into contemplation.
He hadn't felt it when fighting Hulk before, but now, looking back at his previous battle from a God's perspective, Steve felt so idiotic!
Not only did he ignore Hulk and kill General Ross, knowing Hulk was tough-skinned, he stayed put and pondered the stupid question Betty asked!
And he was successfully ambushed by Hulk despite having x-ray vision!
Finally, he even got distracted during the fight, leading to Hulk picking him up and replicating Loki's famous scene!
All of this would have been impossible for his former self!
He remembered when he first transmigrated, his actions were cautious and he held nothing back. How had he become stronger yet more careless and sloppy?
Steve pondered for a long time, then his eyes suddenly lit up, and he clapped his hands.
Could it be... that he had slandered 'Little Bambi' in his mind last time, and she was retaliating by influencing his thoughts?!
Yes, that's it, it must be! I'm practically the Marvel version of Sherlock Holmes!
You're a big idiot!
Ancient One, who was sipping tea nearby, had a flash of green light from the Eye of Agamotto on her chest and almost choked on the tea she had just drunk!
"Cough cough! Don't just shift blame; this isn't caused by others. It's your own reason!"
Steve looked at Ancient One strangely: "Are you reading my mind?"
Ancient One shook her head decisively: "Of course not, Kamar-Taj doesn't have mind-reading!"
Steve didn't believe her at all. He narrowed his eyes and watched Ancient One's eyes, secretly testing her in his mind: 'Hey, bald old nun, do you know what only White people can do, but Black people cannot?'
Ancient One frowned slightly, a hint of thought flashing in her eyes, but her face remained calm.
Steve then replied in his mind: 'It's spending father-son time~'
Ancient One's pupils constricted, and her mouth twitched involuntarily, barely suppressing the urge to smile.
Steve then asked in his mind: 'And do you know what Black people can do, but White people cannot?'
Before Ancient One could think, Steve answered directly in his mind: 'It's turning the Atlantic Oceaninto bubble tea~'
Chapter 105: Money-burning technique, mirror space!
Ancient One was stunned, and then, after realizing what he meant, she instantly felt that hundreds of years of accumulated merit had been greatly reduced.
Vishanti above, this Sorcerer truly didn't mean to instantly understand...
She looked at Steve helplessly and sighed:
"ε=(´ο｀*))) Alas, are You allergic to black? Can You say anything else besides black jokes?"
Steve shrugged and spread his hands:
"I'm afraid not, after all, this is a memory etched in my bones. I can't change it even if I want to, but it might also be because I have some Israeli blood in me."
"Israeli?"
Ancient One was surprised. How did she not know that this guy, whose soul and body didn't match, had a third bloodline?
Had the timeline gone wrong again?
Before Ancient One could think further, she heard Steve answer with his inner voice: 'Because I always can't help but 'Israel' people~'
Is... that kind of 'Israel' people!
Ancient One could no longer hold back and slapped the table:
"Enough, Captain Rogers, shut up! Stop telling Your hell jokes here!"
"This is Kamar-Taj, where everyone is taught without discrimination, not the U.S. where people are judged by their looks. There are other black Sorcerers here!"
Steve crossed his arms, a smile playing on his lips: "Oh, oh, oh, look, You're angry, You're angry! You said You couldn't read minds, but I think Your mouth is as hard as Chang Wei's, who killed thirteen members of the Qi family~"
Veins bulged on Ancient One's bald head. She flicked her finger, and the air in front of her rippled. Steve, who was still chattering incessantly, felt as if he had been struck by lightning in the chest. He crashed through the wooden door and flew out!
As soon as he flew out, a portal appeared above the cushion Steve was sitting on, and Steve fell out of the portal, landing back on the cushion.
What a smooth combo, coach, I want to learn!
Steve rubbed his backside and sat up from the cushion, gaining a new understanding of the seemingly quiet and gentle Ancient One.
This old nun, as expected of the woman who could toy with Dormammu, the Lord of the Dark Dimension, indeed struck harder than the Dark Lord!
Without a word, she gave him a Railgun similar to Misaka Mikoto's!
Steve was slandering her in his mind when Ancient One turned to him again, her fingers slightly curled. Steve immediately sat up straight with a clear mind.
With a serious and earnest expression, he said: "Sorcerer Gu Yi, I think we should continue our previous topic. You said those changes were caused by my own reasons, so what exactly were those reasons?"
Ancient One looked at the compliant Steve, smiled slightly, withdrew her fingers, and smoothly returned to the previous topic, saying indifferently:
"Haven't You noticed? Your two increasingly obvious fatal flaws are 'arrogance' and 'dependence'."
The two words went straight to the core of the problem, and Steve also put away his playful smile from his heart and listened carefully.
"Please elaborate."
A hint of satisfaction flashed in Ancient One's eyes. It was inevitable for young people to make mistakes, but being able to face their own problems meant that they were not beyond redemption.
"First, arrogance. You are overly confident in Your own strength, especially when Your power has increased too quickly and Your past experiences have been too smooth. You have subconsciously disregarded everyone in Your heart."
"This is also one of the reasons why You act more and more extremely, and increasingly disregard the consequences."
"Am I wrong?"
Steve couldn't help but nod at these words. Ever since he transmigrated to the Marvel Universe, apart from that damned electric chair (gritting his teeth), he had latched onto HYDRA from the start. He could say that everything had been smooth sailing, and his strength had steadily improved.
After rescuing Tony, his first main mission, his strength began to rapidly increase. He basically crushed all his opponents along the way, which indeed gave him the illusion that he was the protagonist of a power fantasy novel and could continue to advance triumphantly like this.
Now that he thought about it, his mentality might have started to change from that time, becoming 'arrogant' as Ancient One said.
Seeing Steve understand, Ancient One's expression softened a little, and she slowly extended her second finger:
"Second, dependence. You rely too much on the 'plot' and 'characters' You think You understand. You believe You can control everything, know everyone inside and out, and view everything from a God-like perspective."
"But You don't realize that this is a real World, not a comic or a movie. It's not static. Every flap of a butterfly's wings can cause earth-shattering changes, just like Hulk..."
"Time is a very strange thing. Even I, who constantly observe countless timelines, cannot guarantee that tomorrow will be exactly as I saw it. It is full of uncertainty..."
"For example, the scenes I just showed You of Your battle with Hulk, those are just countless possible futures, not necessarily the future that will actually happen among them. The future could be better, or it could be worse..."
Steve stroked his chin, thoughtfully: "So You want to change it, stop me from killing Hulk, and prevent these disastrous timelines caused by us from appearing?"
Ancient One, however, shook her head, staring at Steve with an inexplicable gaze: "No, what I want to change is not those timelines, but You, or rather, to complete Your shortcomings. You are the key to the problem..."
"Complete me? Is it my teeth? I shouldn't have any cavities~" Steve subconsciously quipped, but his mind was still pondering Ancient One's words.
His five-dimensional diagram had been growing synchronously except for his physical quality, so he didn't seem to have any shortcomings.
Ancient One merely smiled faintly at this, and casually slapped the air next to her. The air cracked like a mirror.
"Come with me."
With that, Ancient One stood up and walked into the strange crack, disappearing. Steve hesitated for a moment, then followed her in.
Dr. Banner, on the other hand, wisely stayed put and did not follow. In his soul form, he had a premonition that what was about to happen was not something he could participate in. For his own good, it was best to stay out of it.
In fact, Dr. Banner's intuition was very accurate...
Stepping through the crack, the surrounding gravity seemed to lighten considerably.
Steve looked around curiously, naturally understanding where this was. This was one of the culprits that led to Ancient One's forced offline in the movie, the Mirror Dimension, a place that burned through funds!
The inside of the Mirror Dimension looked not much different from the outside. The biggest difference was probably that the surrounding objects were mirror images, and the edges of the space had a special substance similar to a glass mirror, through which one could see another identical 'real World' outside.
Chapter 106: The War of the Multiverse
"Captain Rogers." Ancient One's elegant voice echoed in the Mirror Dimension, as if someone was speaking from all directions at once:
"This is the Mirror Dimension, a separate dimension that exists between reality and illusion. Everything here originates from reality but does not affect reality, and it is completely controlled by the caster."
After Ancient One finished explaining, she looked at Steve, her slender finger pointing to the edge of the glass-like substance.
"Captain Rogers, try to break through the Mirror Dimension's barrier with your strongest power and escape."
Steve raised an eyebrow at her words and, without hesitation, used his strongest killing move, Heat Vision!
Chapter 107 Magic Captain
"What exactly was that great war concerning the survival of the multiverse? And when will it happen?"
Steve asked whatever came to mind, getting straight to the core of the issue.
As long as he knew the specifics of the great war and when it would occur, he could prepare in advance.
But the Ancient One, facing his inquiry, merely shook her head:
"That is a time I can no longer see. That war exists outside of any specific time point. The Time Stone's power cannot detect the exact time. It could be tomorrow, or it could be a hundred years from now. I cannot give a precise answer…"
"I can only vaguely see that the key to that war for our Universe lies with You, and every key person on the battlefield is an anchor point from another Universe. As for the process and outcome of the war, I also cannot see them, or rather, time itself cannot provide the answer…"
The Ancient One did not speak in riddles this time, but it made Steve even more uncomfortable than if she had.
What is this? You're basically saying nothing at all!
You might as well not have said anything; why make me uncomfortable!
The Ancient One shook her head again: "I told You this only to help You adjust your mindset and to motivate your belief in becoming stronger. Haven't You noticed You've been much lazier lately when it comes to strengthening yourself?"
Steve thought about it upon hearing this, and it was true. Ever since his physique reached 50 points, he awakened his second ability, and became a little Superman, he had indeed relaxed quite a bit on the system tasks.
He only took on one system task: HYDRA retrieving the Super Soldier Serum.
"However, it's fine if You put aside strengthening your power for now. Compared to the lack of power, your other deficiencies should be compensated for more…"
The Ancient One suddenly changed the subject, raising her hand to open a portal:
"Come with me. This month, I will make up for your deficiencies in magic resistance and your lack of combat experience against equal power. This should also be our last meeting. After this, You will have to walk your own path…"
One month later.
On an endless expanse of White plains, two figures, one green and one blue, were clashing intensely. Each collision sent the White snow on the plains flying.
The two fighting were, naturally, Hulk and Steve.
However, it was clear that Steve was currently in a dominant position, because his strength was not inferior to Hulk's, and his fists appeared out of thin air from various tricky angles, landing on Hulk, while Hulk couldn't even touch Steve and could only passively take the blows!
Upon closer inspection, one could see that Steve's fists weren't appearing out of thin air, but rather emerging from small portals, allowing him to land punches in positions where the enemy was caught off guard.
"Hulk… Slash!!!"
Just as Steve was suppressing the Hulk in front of him, another roar from Hulk suddenly came from behind him, accompanied by a fierce gust of wind assaulting his back!
Behind Steve, another Hulk had appeared. And it was using Hulk's signature move, Hulk Slash!
Boom! ——————————
Hearing the roaring gale behind him, Steve did not immediately turn around. Instead, he lowered his head, his eyes bursting with crimson heat vision, blasting a Hulk beneath his feet, which was preparing to ambush him, deep into the ground!
Then, he sank down, following into the large pit created by the Hulk beneath his feet, dodging the HulkSlash gale from behind!
Steve did not emerge from the pit he had fallen into. Instead, he appeared at the feet of the Hulk that had used Hulk Slash, his hands breaking through the ice, grabbing the Hulk's legs, and pulling half its body into the ground, trapping it.
Immediately, a portal appeared on Hulk's face, and Steve's knee suddenly enlarged in its vision!
Thud! ——————
This powerful knee strike caused this Hulk to dissipate into sparks in the air.
Steve walked out of the portal and looked at the 'true' Hulk he had initially barraged with continuous portal attacks, sneering:
"Little Hulk, now your 'brothers' have all been dealt with by me. Are You ready to take a beating?"
To this, Hulk remained silent, simply stepping aside, and another identical Hulk appeared behind it. And the Hulk behind it also stepped aside, revealing yet another Hulk behind it, continuing until a hundred Hulks appeared!
Steve:???
Holy cow, you little scoundrel, You're playing dirty!
"Hulk!!!" ×100
A hundred Hulks roared simultaneously, charging at Steve. Steve felt the entire World tremble with their massive roars and movements!
"Holy moly…"
Even Steve, who had perfectly controlled his strength and greatly increased his power over the past month, couldn't help but swallow his dry throat.
A hundred Hulks had maximum oppressive power!
However, Steve did not panic. Instead, he glanced at the Ancient One casting spells in the air, sneering:
"So this is how You use Images of Ikonn, huh? Since You're playing dirty, then let's just stop playing altogether!"
Images of Ikonn: A high-level Kamar-Taj mystic art that can create physical clones, up to 100% strength physical clones.
Steve raised his hand, a transparent ball of light condensing in his palm. He slowly tightened his grip on the light ball, as if holding the entire World!
In a way, it was true…
The ground began to surge like waves, the sky suddenly darkened, and the endless snowy plain was overturned like fried rice in a wok, falling towards the 'bottom of the wok,' which was the ground!
Boom! ——————————
Whether it was the hundred Hulks on the ground, the Ancient One in the sky, or even Steve himself, all were buried together under this unavoidable upheaval of heaven and earth.
Real World.
A sparkling circle of Fire appeared, and Steve walked out of the Mirror Dimension, shaking off the snowflakes on his body.
That's right, the move Steve used at the end was indeed the Mirror Dimension, or rather, his training with Hulk had always taken place within the Mirror Dimension he had cast.
And today, he had completely mastered the application of the Mirror Dimension, able to use it for any form of transformation and attack!
Of course, not just the Mirror Dimension; in fact, Steve had learned many Kamar-Taj mystic arts this month.
Like portals, or rather, Mystic Arts Portals, this basic Kamar-Taj teleportation mystic art, he learned on the first day. Now, he can cast it freely without using the Sling Ring or any casting gestures, reaching a profound level.
In Kamar-Taj, he was also the second person, besides the Ancient One, who didn't need to use the Sling Ring as a medium for portals. This is something even the future genius Dr. Strange couldn't do.
It seems that even in the future, only the later Sorcerer Supreme 'Wong' achieved this.
Besides portals, Steve also learned several mystic arts for magic defense and mental defense.
For example, 'Lord of Hogarth,' which can neutralize almost all magic attacks.
Or, 'Winds of Watoomb,' which can dispel all illusions.
As for offensive mystic arts, Steve had not learned them yet.
In the Ancient One's words, too much to chew. Steve's own physical attack and physical defense were already high enough, completely negating the need for magical enhancements in this area. Besides adding some cool special effects, it was useless! (Though Steve personally felt cool special effects were quite useful…)
However, despite what she said, Steve felt that the portals and Mirror Dimension he learned could already be considered Kamar-Taj's strongest offensive magic.
Firstly, his no-wind-up portals. He could completely use them for spatial cutting. Imagine a portal suddenly appearing above your head, then closing.
Unless the opponent also has spatial abilities, this one move, spatial decapitation, is the enemy's nightmare, unless the opponent can react to the decapitation~
Chapter 108: Just returned to the Avengers, and someone provoked me?
Then there's the Mirror Dimension. Having perfectly mastered the Mirror Dimension, he can not only trap enemies inside but also use it to launch unpredictable attacks until the enemy is exhausted and dies within.
The drawback of this move is that if the enemy also possesses spatial abilities, they can simply slip away.
However, there's no way around it; space and time are inherently two very troublesome abilities, making it difficult to trap or kill opponents.
But fortunately, he now has spatial abilities himself, so others cannot control him with spatial means. He can also escape at any time using a portal or by hiding in the Mirror Dimension.
In short, a month's time transformed Steve from a warrior with maxed-out five-dimensional stats into a magic warrior with maxed-out six-dimensional stats!
As for Kamar-Taj's use of mystic arts requiring loans from Dimension Lords, Steve doesn't need to worry.
Firstly, loans don't necessarily need to be repaid. He could completely follow Ancient One's example: borrow from some weaker Dimension Lords first, and once his strength increases, directly kill the lender.
However, this is unethical and carries some risks, and Steve doesn't need to do it anyway.
Because he himself is a massive energy reservoir, he doesn't need to borrow from anyone else.
In Ancient One's words, "Where do you think the energy rays in your eyes come from?"
Where do you think that burning star in your hand in the future visions comes from?
Your eyes are connected to another Universe; that is the source of your eyes' energy, and even the source of your other powers comes from that Universe.
It's just that your current strength is too weak to fully utilize the power of that Universe.
To put it another way, when he becomes strong enough, he can even imbue every attack with the power of an entire Universe!
It's hard to imagine what it would be like for someone to smash people with an entire Universe. Tsk, tsk, simply brutal~
However, reaching that level would likely require an unimaginable amount of enhancement points.....
Real World.
Another circle of light flashed, and Dr. Banner, who was floating unconscious beside Ancient One, also emerged from the portal.
Upon seeing Ancient One, Steve couldn't help but complain:
"Sorcerer Gu Yi, aren't you going too far today? Usually, you only split into ten Hulk clones for sparring. Today, you brought a hundred at once. Are you a sore loser?"
"A sore loser? No, this is a parting gift....." Ancient One gently placed the unconscious Dr. Banner on the ground.
Steve was stunned: "Parting?"
Ancient One nodded lightly, a gentle smile on her face, and slowly said:
"Steve, a month has passed. You have completely mastered the most difficult Mirror Dimension. You have remedied your psychological and magic resistance flaws. It is time for you to leave here and return to your World....."
Is it time to leave? Yes...
Steve was silent for a moment, not saying any polite words. He picked up the unconscious Dr. Banner, and a portal appeared in front of him. He looked back slightly at Ancient One behind him:
"I understand. You said before that this might be our last meeting. Is there anything else you, as a senior, want to leave me with?"
Ancient One said calmly: "Eat fewer snacks, sleep more, play less on your phone, and exercise more."
Steve:.....
"Tsk, I'm off~" Waving his hand, Steve stepped into the portal and disappeared into Kamar-Taj's wind and snow.
Ancient One gently shook her head, sighing inwardly with helplessness.
She also wanted to say something profound like 'With great power comes great responsibility' or 'Be calm and contend with no one'.
But countless timelines told her that Steve simply wouldn't listen.
Steve would only reply to her with answers that left her speechless, such as 'With great power comes a bigger hamburger' or 'As long as the other party is breathless, no one in the World dares to contend with him'....
And in the timelines she had recently seen, the second one was probably about to come true.....
Forget it, let him be. Who told him he was the anchor point person, with the capital to be willful? I can only mourn for five seconds for those who oppose him~
Avengers Tower.
In the esteemed owner's office, a portal appeared out of thin air, and Steve walked out, carrying the unconscious Dr. Banner, placing him on the large bed in the office cubicle.
Don't ask why there's a bed in the office; those who know, know~
No sooner had he put Banner down and before Steve's butt had even warmed the seat, the office door was kicked open.
Tony, Bucky, and Sharon rushed in, their faces anxious and excited, immediately pressing down on him, their hands all over him.
This scene felt familiar, making him momentarily return to a year ago, to the scene when he had just put on the Iron Man armor and returned to the ground, frozen.
"Hey, hey, hey, alright, guys, I'm fine, and don't take advantage of me, okay?"
"I'm talking to you, Tony, get your dog paws off my butt!"
Steve slapped their hands away, glaring fiercely at Tony.
Tony, far from being ashamed, was proud, saying smugly: "Hmph hmph, wasn't I just verifying the authenticity of your classic U.S. perky butt for everyone?"
"I can now confirm, that is definitely a genuine perky butt!"
Steve's mouth twitched: "Well, I really thank You for proving it for me!"
"You're welcome, we're like family!"
"Too lazy to argue with you. By the way, why are you all so anxious? I was only gone for a while, right?"
It was better that he didn't say anything, but as soon as he did, Tony exploded, pointing at him and starting to rap:
"Huh? A while? I *#@&* %*....."
"You disappeared for a month, a whole month, didn't you know?"
"This month, I almost turned the entire Earth upside down, and I even searched outer space. Your indifferent attitude is really infuriating!"
"Cough cough, wasn't my phone broken during the fight with Hulk?" Steve coughed awkwardly upon hearing this.
He wasn't lying; his phone was indeed broken, but not contacting Tony and the others had nothing to do with the broken phone. It was entirely because he had been immersed in Kamar-Taj's mystic arts for the past month and had simply forgotten.
It should be noted that although Kamar-Taj is remote, it still has signal, and even Wi-Fi and computers, so there's no issue of disconnection.
Tony didn't think much of it, because Steve's last known location was indeed outer space, where even an undamaged phone would be useless.
He continued: "There's one more thing. While you were away this month, an important incident occurred with the Avengers, and we haven't decided on a solution yet. Since you're back, it's a good time to hear your opinion."
Upon hearing this, Steve's indifferent expression finally vanished.
"Hmm? What is it? Tell me."
Tony's expression became serious:
"About a month ago, didn't you kill that old General Ross?"
"Half a month after you disappeared, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Fury, who had been missing for a long time, somehow escaped from the Wakanda region."
"And he also learned the secure route for Wakanda to transport Vibranium to Avengers Tower. In cooperation with the Military, using your killing of General Ross as an excuse, the Military intercepted a batch of our raw Vibranium ore."
"Because this involves General Ross's death, it's very difficult for us to handle. One misstep could completely ruin your and the Avengers' reputation."
Upon hearing this, Steve's face instantly turned cold, and a tangible red light flashed in his eyes.
"Difficult to handle? I think we should just not handle it! Just tell me which Military Base that batch of raw Vibranium ore is in, and I'll go 'have a good talk' with their Officer right now!"
Chapter 109: Nano-vibranium suits for everyone!
Tony quickly grabbed Steve, whose eyes were glowing red, about to lift off the ground, and whose IQ was about to leave the high ground, and advised, "Calm down, calm down. This incident has really blown up. Nick Fury has already reported you to the United Nations. If they catch you with another handle now, your reputation will really be ruined!"
That's what Tony said, but what Steve heard was.
Tony: Let it go, let it go, everyone's having a tough time. You can't beat him!
Steve: I can't beat him? I should avoid his edge?!
At Kamar-Taj, he was inferior in skill, so being low-key was fine.
But if he still let it go outside of Kamar-Taj, this forbidden zone of Earth, then wouldn't he have gained this invincible power, invincible Biological Force Field, and invincible heat vision for nothing?!
Steve shook off Tony's hand and immediately started swearing:
"Damn it, Tony, when did you become such a coward? Let it go, my ass! You big Black bird, don't you dare stop me! After I deal with the Military Base that took the Vibranium and get the Vibranium ore back, the next one I'm going after is Nick Fury, that one-dollar item!"
Rhodes, who had just walked in with the letter from the United Nations:.....
Steve also turned to look at him, and both fell silent.
It was Rhodes who first broke the silence, shrugging his shoulders and finding an excuse for himself, saying, "It's okay, actually, my ancestors were African immigrants, not Black people. I have no problem with what you said~"
Tony, who was standing by, was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Africa just Black people?"
Rhodes shook his finger and said leisurely, "No, no, no, there's a big difference. My ancestors came by plane, his ancestors came in chains. I'm a passenger, he's cargo. We're completely different~"
The few people in the office instantly couldn't hold back and all showed knowing smiles.
"Humor~" Steve was amused by Rhodes, and patted Rhodes' shoulder: "I like the way you talk. You have a great future!"
With that, Steve, without formality, took the letter from Rhodes' hand and looked at it: "What's this?"
Rhodes didn't mind, pointing to the seal on it: "A subpoena from the United Nations to the Avengers Agency. Because of your action of killing General Ross earlier, they are now planning to re-examine whether the Avengers are qualified to safeguard Vibranium."
"Or to put it another way, they see that you're not around and are planning to gang up and bully us Avengers."
Speaking of General Ross's death, Rhodes, also an Air Force Colonel, didn't appear particularly sad. Instead, he seemed to lean more towards the Avengers Agency.
This was because their philosophies differed from the start. Rhodes always felt that General Ross's methods were too aggressive, and like all high-ranking officials, he liked to keep everything under control.
But he didn't realize that some things were simply beyond the control of ordinary people like them. The more you try to forcefully control an uncontrollable opponent, the more fierce resistance you will face from them.
Only by integrating and joining the other party, like him, will the relationship between the two parties be eased, and Rhodes himself is the buffer zone between the Avengers and the Military.
So from the beginning, the U.S. side was hedging its bets, one side supporting General Ross's aggressive approach to Super Heroes, and the other supporting Rhodes's approach of recognizing and joining Super Heroes.
But in the end, how these two factions operate depends on Steve, as the leader of the Avengers.
With a powerful and strong Steve, everything is easy to discuss, and the U.S. Military side is even more supportive of Rhodes's approach.
Even if General Ross was crushed by Steve, the U.S. Military initially had no intention of pursuing accountability. Instead, Rhodes, who supported the Avengers faction, was even promoted one rank, from Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel.
This was to show goodwill to Steve, fearing that Steve might vent his anger on them because of General Ross, leading to a repeat of the Wakanda army's tragic situation.
But once the Avengers lost Steve, that great Buddha, in the eyes of those high-ranking officials, it was like a tiger losing its teeth, and various forces began to eye the large cake that was the Avengers.
In this past month, Rhodes was summoned by the Military almost daily, asked several times if Stevehad returned to the Avengers, and their attitude clearly worsened day by day.
In recent times, the Military even asked him about taking sides and wanted him to hand over the Iron War Machine!
As an ancient Chinese saying goes, Sima Zhao's heart is known to all passersby!
This is most fitting to describe the Military's intentions at this moment!
But fortunately, now that Steve, the backbone of the Avengers, is back, there is still room for reconciliation, and the Avengers and the Military can re-establish a balance.
Should... be...
The next second, Rhodes saw Steve directly tear up the subpoena he had just received without even looking at it, and his body slowly floated into the air.
"Subpoena? Sorry, I'm uneducated and illiterate. When it comes to reasoning, I only believe in the hard truth of my fist!"
"Leave the Military side to me, Tony. You gather the remaining Avengers and bring Nick Fury back. Once I bring the Vibranium back, I'll let him know who the real Master is!"
After saying that, Steve didn't care if they agreed or not, and directly broke through the window, leaving the office without a window from then on.
"He's not using the main entrance again. I'll still have to fix the window later...."
Tony just smiled helplessly at this, then patted Rhodes' shoulder, comforting him: "Rhodes, this is how we Avengers operate. You need to get used to Captain's domineering style of doing things as soon as possible~"
"Let's go. Let's reclaim the glory of our ancestors. Let's go catch him together!"
With that, Tony pressed his hand on the external arc reactor on his chest, and countless liquid-like, particle-like substances crawled all over his body, forming a suit of almost pure blood-red armor!
Generation One Nano-Vibranium Armor, the Bleeding Edge Armor!
While Steve was cultivating magic in Kamar-Taj this month, Tony wasn't idle. He and Dr. Helen Cho successfully mastered one of Shuri's legacies, nanotechnology, and successfully custom-made a set of exclusive Nano-Vibranium armor or suit for every Avengers member.
For example, Rhodes also pressed his external arc reactor on his chest, and a black nano-armor, a size thicker than Tony's, covered his entire body.
Generation One Nano-Vibranium War Machine!
Next was Bucky. His wasn't nanotechnology, but a Symbiote Biological Battle Suit like Steve's.
However, compared to Steve's streamlined suit, Bucky's Symbiote suit looked much more ferocious, closely resembling Alex Mercer's ultimate form in Prototype!
And not only was the appearance similar, but because Bucky's suit was made by Tony using Riot, whose consciousness had been erased, it could also use Riot's 'Weapon Master' skill, freely transforming into various forms of weapons.
Coupled with Bucky's own top-tier combat skills, Bucky, wearing the Riot suit, had his combat power increased by more than ten times compared to his Winter Soldier period!
Finally, Sharon. Compared to the flashy appearances of these men, Sharon's was a simple White Nano-Armor, with a color scheme that matched Steve's initial Serum Suit.
However, her armor was the lightest and thinnest, almost perfectly adhering to her body's curves, and because of her special status as an Agent, Tony even specifically added an optical stealth function for her.
One can only say, my brother is too meticulous!
Of course, besides the Avengers present, Tony didn't show favoritism to those not present; they all had their own armors or suits.
Peter and Gwen's were two Biological Battle Suits, offspring of the Symbiote 'Chaos' that originally parasitized Deadpool, and offspring of its offspring.
And because Gwen's Symbiote had parasitized Peter, she also gained some of Spider-Man's abilities. Gwen is now considered half a Ghost-Spider.
Chapter 110 The ancestral captain returns and starts killing!
Deadpool goes without saying; he already had a Symbiote parasitic on him, and he wasn't willing to let Tony erase his little partner's consciousness to make it into armor, so he was in the original Symbiotehost state.
Then there's our war correspondent, Eddie Brock. Tony gave him the most 'useless' Venom. After Venom's wailing and begging, Eddie, unable to bear it, didn't let Tony turn Venom into a battle suit. Plus, for some reason, Venom's consciousness couldn't be erased, so Eddie was the second original Symbiote host among the Avengers who hadn't undergone modification.
Finally, even Dr. Helen Cho, a researcher, was assigned a basic nano-armor by Tony. As Tony put it, during team fights, you always target the support first, so researchers aren't absolutely safe. Equipping a set of nano-armor for self-defense is very necessary!
Ultron expressed: As expected of my father, you're right! (Gritting teeth version)
By then, except for the semi-imprisoned head of the research department, all Avengers had nano-armor or Symbiote suits!
It can only be said that being able to produce so many sets in a month, besides Tony's own genius brain, was inseparable from Vibranium's astonishing plasticity, which eliminated countless troubles during the armor manufacturing process.
Therefore, Steve's acquisition of the vibranium meteorite was very necessary!
Even if... many cotton machines would die because of it!
Ethan: ε=(´ο｀*))) Alas, another day of being forgotten. Never mind, I'm used to it. I'll just continue grinding my Resident Evil dungeon. Mia, hang in there, I'm coming!
New Jersey, at an altitude of 8000m from the ground in the stratosphere, a private jet was leisurely flying. Inside the plane were several congressmen preparing to go to S.H.I.E.L.D. to meet with Nick Fury.
They were all congressmen funded by Nick Fury, essentially Nick Fury's puppets; they did whatever he told them to do.
Half a month ago, under Nick Fury's orders, they collectively impeached Captain America, Steve Rogers, to the President.
Normally, even if Nick Fury made such an 'unreasonable' request, they would never dare to agree easily.
Because of Captain America's current popularity, a single wave of his arm would lead to their immediate downfall. Even worse, they could easily be assassinated offline by Captain America's fans, so how would they dare to impeach him?
But Nick Fury solemnly assured them that Captain America had perished with Hulk and showed them S.H.I.E.L.D. satellite footage of Captain America taking Hulk out of Earth and never returning.
Only then did they dare to muster the courage, risking their positions and doxing, to impeach Captain America to the President.
And half a month later, Nick Fury summoned them again, and this time the objective was even more ambitious!
Nick Fury planned to completely dismantle the entire Avengers, or rather, break them up and then reorganize them into Avengers under his control!
With the 'old gods' of the Avengers gone, Nick Fury felt he was capable again. He might as well become the 'new god'. He believed only he could lead the Avengers to the correct future!
Tsk tsk, as Rhodes said, these power-holders never consider whether they can truly control something first; they always choose to gain control first and then worry about it!
Steve's eyes scanned the contents of the documents in the congressmen's hands through the cabin window, a cold smile curling his lips.
Nick Fury, you have chosen the path to your own demise!
Starting with this pack of dogs you've raised!
A congressman whose mind wasn't on the meeting at all, but rather on the model in the luxurious Villafunded by Nick Fury at home, was idly looking out the window when he suddenly saw a faint, blurry black Shadow in the clouds not far from the plane.
He couldn't help but lean closer, exclaiming in surprise: "My goodness, look everyone, what kind of bird is that? It's so big!"
The other congressmen sitting around also put down their boring documents and all crowded to the window, curiously looking out. In their opinion, the meeting's outcome would ultimately be decided by Nick Fury anyway, so whether they read the documents or not didn't matter. But if they missed the big bird, they'd truly miss it!
So, seeing the big bird was more important!
"Lao Da, what bird are you talking about? Let me see. I'm quite knowledgeable about birds!"
A bird-loving congressman confidently pushed aside the Lao Da congressman by the window, put on his glasses, and leaned in. After carefully observing the blurry Shadow in the clouds for a while, he exclaimed in surprise:
"Hiss, Lao Da, you're right, this bird is really effing big, and why does it only have one wing? How can it fly?!"
Another congressman who had crowded to the window also exclaimed in surprise:
"Not only does it have only one wing, but look, the bird's eye seems to be glowing red!"
The bird-researching congressman turned his head sharply, realizing something was wrong:
"Wait, what did you say? Glowing red? Not good!!!"
Just then, the clouds also drifted past the 'big bird', revealing its entire body.
"OMG, that's not a big bird, that's Cap....."
Amidst the terrified expressions of all the congressmen, two fiery red beams of Light shot from Steve's eyes towards the plane they were on!
Sizzle——————————
Ahhhhhhh.....
Heat Vision swept from the nose to the tail of the plane. Amidst a series of screams, Congressman Lao Da crashed again!
Steve, with his arms crossed, remained high in the sky, looking down at the burning, falling private jet. His scorching red pupils, however, felt colder than snow in June!
"Jarvis, send me the location of the next target."
[Received. The location of the next person on the list who targeted You and the Avengers half a month ago is.....]
After leaving Avengers Tower, Steve also took the serum battle suit from the research department and had the built-in Jarvis compile a 'list'. Anyone who had participated in targeting him or the Avengershalf a month prior was added to the 'list'.
A list is all about 'clearing' things out, so...
Private yachts, bulletproof luxury cars, private jets—today, across America, there were continuous incidents of congressmen mysteriously attacked.
Some were done by Steve, others by Bucky and Deadpool, and without exception, these people were officials or congressmen who supported Nick Fury.
New Mexico, a certain Air Force Military Base.
Buzz buzz buzz————————
Suddenly, piercing alarms blared throughout the Air Force Base, putting all soldiers on alert.
But just as the Base's anti-aircraft guns were raised, red Light descended from the sky, giving them no time to react. The Base's defensive mechanisms were already completely destroyed.
Then a black Shadow descended from the sky, crashing straight into the Base's HESCO blast walls and landing in their highest command center.
Soon after, their general was seen being carried away by the neck, flying off like a chick!
The entire process took no more than 10 seconds. The soldiers had no time to react, couldn't even see what the assailant looked like, let alone launch fighter jets to rescue their general.
Washington, Black Palace.
Rumble rumble rumble————————
A thunderous sound of breaking air echoed over the clear sky above the Black Palace. Steve, carrying a bloody, mangled skeleton, crashed through the Black Palace roof, landing directly in the President's office.
As the guards drew their guns, a red Light sliced them all in half at the waist. Immediately, screams were accompanied by the guards' blood and intestines spilling onto the floor.
Bang——————
With a loud crash, the stunned President saw an extremely terrifying blood-and-flesh skeleton, smashed onto his 'Resolute Desk', staring at him with a pair of round, lidless eyes!