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"Why does the team have so many Wolverines, and even two Sabretooths, but only one Deadpool!"
Wade counted on his fingers and suddenly became unhappy, feeling that his status in the team was in jeopardy.
Although he didn't really have much status to begin with.
Darian glanced at Wade: "Didn't you say that for now, you can only travel through film and television works under Fox's copyright? So, how many movies has Deadpool appeared in under Fox?"
Wade thought for a moment: "Uh... besides that mute Deadpool, it seems there's only my Deadpool solo movie trilogy."
In the World where he came from, the plot of the trilogy had long since passed. He couldn't just travel back in time to team up with himself; that would completely change history, and his own timeline might even cease to exist.
Wade was quite clear about this; after all, he had already messed up the timeline of his own World, using Cable's time-travel device to go back to the past, forcibly saving all his deceased girlfriends and friends, changing the future, and achieving a happy ending.
Darian spread his hands: "There you have it. Unless you want to invite that mute Deadpool, there are no other Deadpools to choose from."
"Wrong!"
Wade's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had found a loophole.
"Now that Disney has long since acquired Fox, we can even run into Hawkeye. Maybe we can travel to other Marvel Universe works and meet other versions of Deadpool. When the time comes, we can form a Deadpool Corps; the spectacle would definitely attract a large number of fans. What do you think of my idea?"
I don't think much of it.
Darian's mouth twitched. One Wade was annoying enough; if there were a few more Wades, that would be a disaster.
He quickly persuaded him: "Having you is annoying enou... oh no, I mean, it's enough. Otherwise, how would your uniqueness and irreplaceability be highlighted?"
"Hmm, what you said actually makes some sense!"
Wade rubbed his chin, nodded in deep agreement, and was successfully convinced by this argument.
While they were chatting, Wolverine had already settled his family and hidden them in a safe place to prevent them from being raided again.
After doing all this, the three of them got back on the quinjet and headed toward the territory of the Hulk Gang.
The territory of the Hulk Gang was located in a stretch of wilderness on the outskirts.
Various RVs and shipping containers were piled up here, forming the main body of the camp, where Banner's offspring were gathered—at least twenty or so.
It was evident that old Banner had been quite busy over the past fifty years.
As the quinjet lowered its altitude, some members of the Hulk Gang could be seen sitting on the ground in a circle, crudely tearing at chunks of meat in their hands. Judging from the joint contours and finger shapes that hadn't been completely destroyed, they were clearly human limbs.
This group of Hulk Gang members had long since transcended the category of humans.
Humans were on their menu, and each one of them was an expert in the way of treating people; they truly gave their hearts and lungs to their human friends.
Darian parked the quinjet in an open space on the outskirts of the Hulk Gang's camp, making no attempt to conceal their movements.
The massive engine noise and the unfamiliar aircraft immediately attracted attention.
Several Hulk Gang members gathered around, looking at the three people who stepped off the aircraft. Their faces showed mostly curiosity rather than vigilance; after all, this was the territory of the Hulk Gang, and no one dared to cause trouble here.
A particularly sturdy green-skinned brute walked forward, looking down at the three of them, and demanded: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Wolverine's eyes were cold: "Tell Banner to get out here!"
"I recognize you. Aren't you that old guy from the farm in the east?"
This green-skinned brute recognized Wolverine and asked in confusion: "I remember that Irod and the others were supposed to go find your family."
Pfft!
The green-skinned brute's words came to an abrupt end.
Three cold, gleaming Adamantium Claws suddenly popped out from between Wolverine's fingers, piercing through his heart, and then twisted with force!
A look of astonishment froze on the green-skinned brute's face.
As Wolverine retracted his Adamantium Claws, the whole body collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
"So, now it's my turn to find Banner's family."
Wolverine hung his dripping Adamantium Claws and swept a cold gaze over the corpse of the green-skinned brute.
The scene fell into a deathly silence, as if the air had frozen for a second.
Immediately after, the entire camp was like a powder keg that had been lit, instantly exploding into chaos.
"He killed Serna!"
A Hulk Gang member was the first to react, exclaiming loudly.
The gazes of the other Hulk Gang members focused simultaneously. The brief astonishment was instantly devoured by rage. Fierce light shone in their eyes, and their green faces twisted even more hideously.
"Kill them!"
"Avenge Serna!"
"Daring to cause trouble in our Hulk Gang territory! Tear them to pieces!"
Roars rose one after another, and several massive green figures moved in response, charging fiercely toward Darian and the others.
Without a word, Wolverine spread his arms, and six Adamantium Claws popped out instantly, charging fearlessly into the green wave.
Wolverine: 30(#dish)0
Darian and Wade stood where they were without moving, confident in leaving it to Wolverine to handle alone.
Wolverine dove into the middle of the green-skinned brutes, instantly becoming surrounded by man after man, trapped between men, riding the tiger of men, and locked in a struggle with men.
But the anger Wolverine had pent up for fifty years was not something these green-skinned brutes could withstand.
He endured the attacks of the green-skinned brutes, using his hard, long claws to stab into their bodies, and one after another, the green-skinned brutes fell beneath his jeans.
In less than a moment, more than half of the green-skinned brutes died under Wolverine's claws, their severed limbs and blood staining the earth.
Seeing Wolverine being so ferocious, the green brutes couldn't be fierce anymore and turned to flee in terror.
Wolverine didn't stop, continuing to chase down the members of the Hulk Gang until he reached the entrance of a dark cave.
"Dad! Save us!"
The last few Hulk Gang members screamed toward the depths of the cave.
"No one can save you!"
Wolverine's voice was as cold as iron. His claws flashed, and the final scream came to an abrupt end at the cave entrance.
"Logan, it's been so many years, and you're still as hot-tempered as ever."
Inside the cave, a thin, barefoot old man wearing overalls walked out slowly.
[NPC: Bruce Banner (Hulk)]
[Codename: Hulk]
[Favorability: -20]
[Evaluation: Wasteland Hulk, Big Goblin]
Seeing him appear, Wolverine said coldly: "Banner, your little brats are all dead. Are you finally willing to come out now?"
Banner smiled slightly: "They were just useless offspring. As long as I am still here, in a few days, I can breed a new Hulk Gang."
This standard villain speech coming from Banner's mouth felt exceptionally eerie.
However, Wolverine knew that Banner was no longer the honest man he once was, so he didn't feel surprised.
He asked coldly: "Why did you hurt my family!?"
"Why?"
A look of madness appeared in Banner's eyes: "Because life now is just too boring, Logan. I need a little stimulation, I need a real opponent to make me feel alive again. Killing your whole family, it's for nothing else but to bring Wolverine back, to let me bathe once more in the pleasure of fighting a strong enemy!"
This look, these lines... if he changed into a pair of flip-flops, anyone who saw him would have to shout, "Welcome, Big Boss."
Darian couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Wade said excitedly: "It's happening, it's happening! Wolverine vs. Hulk, a classic battle recreation. I bet ten U.S. dollars that Hulk will definitely win this time. Unless the screenwriter forces a cheat on Logan, there's no possibility of Logan winning."
Darian nodded: "Makes sense, I'm in too."
Wolverine: "..."
Damn it, whose teammates are you guys anyway?
Wolverine decided to give these two a hard slap in the face. He immediately lunged forward, claws out, and charged toward Banner.
Wolverine: 30(#dish)0
Bang!!
With a muffled sound, Wolverine flew backward faster than he had charged, slamming heavily into a rock wall more than ten meters away, shaking down a cloud of gravel and dust.
But strangely, Banner, who had knocked him flying, still maintained that scrawny, old-man appearance and had not transformed into Hulk.
In fact, during the great war fifty years ago that ended the age of heroes, Banner had also been a key target of the supervillains and was directly hit by a mushroom cloud.
Although that nuclear explosion failed to kill Banner, the high-concentration nuclear radiation permanently rewrote his genes, granting human-form Banner a portion of Hulk's power.
At this moment, Banner did not pause for a second.
He tapped his toes, and his thin figure leaped up like a cannonball, carving a high arc through the air, and lunged down toward the spot where Wolverine had fallen!
Wolverine rolled to the side at the critical moment.
Boom!
The ground shook violently, gravel exploded like a wave, and a shallow pit covered in spiderweb-like cracks instantly appeared beneath Banner's feet.
Wolverine quickly got up to counterattack, unleashing a frenzy of slashes at Banner.
Tearing sounds rang out one after another. Dozens of wounds, deep enough to expose bone, instantly bloomed on Banner's thin old-man undershirt, and blood splattered!
However, not only was there no pain on Banner's face, but he twisted into an expression of extreme pleasure, the madness in his eyes growing even more intense.
"Yes! That's the feeling! It's simply wonderful!"
Banner laughed wildly, completely indifferent to his own injuries, swinging his fists and smashing them repeatedly at Wolverine.
Both of them completely abandoned defense, falling into the most primitive hand-to-hand combat.
Trading injury for injury, blood for blood!
In just a moment, both were unrecognizable, having become two hideous, blood-soaked figures locked in a struggle in a pool of blood.
But Banner's human body ultimately had its limits.
The high-intensity exchange and the staggering amount of blood loss caused his movements to slow down quickly.
Wolverine seized the opportunity, tanking a heavy punch, using the momentum to lunge forward, and drove his six Adamantium Claws deep into Banner's body, up to the hilt.
"Go to hell!"
Wolverine twisted his hands with force, tearing Banner's internal organs to shreds.
"Argh!"
Banner arched his back, a large amount of blood overflowing from his mouth, but he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a hoarse whisper.
"Fool... you have already angered it..."
Before the words faded, a sudden change occurred.
A low, inhuman roar erupted from Banner's throat. The bones throughout his body clicked and popped, and his entire body expanded rapidly as if being inflated, tearing the clothes on his body to shreds.
In the blink of an eye, what stood before Wolverine was no longer that thin, weak old man in overalls, but a hideous and terrifying behemoth!
It was none other than Hulk!
However, although it was called Hulk, it was actually earthy yellow, as if it had been fished out of a septic tank, looking a bit like the Abomination that Darian had seen before.
However, although Banner had expanded into a Hulk several times his size, the overalls he wore remained sturdy, not revealing anything that shouldn't be revealed.
The BOSS has entered the second stage!
"Roar!!!"
Hulk let out a furious roar that threatened to burst eardrums, its giant palm carrying a vicious wind capable of crushing everything as it swiped fiercely toward the Wolverine in front of it!
Wolverine didn't have time to retract his claws and was hit squarely. His whole body flew out like a kite with a broken string, crashing through several RVs in succession before falling heavily to the ground.
Before Wolverine could struggle to get up, Hulk's massive body descended from the sky, crashing down heavily!
Boom!
The ground shook violently. Wolverine was smashed into the ground by Hulk, the surrounding soil and rock shattering to form a deep pit.
"Roar!"
Hulk roared, raising its fists high and smashing them down frantically toward Wolverine at the bottom of the pit!
Every strike caused the ground to shake, with dust and blood splattering together. Wolverine was beaten into a state of semi-consciousness, blood continuously gushing from his mouth.
Hulk seemed to feel that this wasn't enough. It leaned down, opened its blood-red maw dripping with foul-smelling drool, and bit down hard on Wolverine!
Snap!
A snapping sound rang out. Hulk couldn't help but loosen its jaw, and a few bloody teeth were spat out from its mouth.
Darian was amused at the sight: "Looks like it's really hungry, actually wanting to have some tough food."
Wolverine's whole body is made of Adamantium; biting him is no different than biting a pile of solid metal.
As if having heard Darian's mockery, Hulk turned its head abruptly, its eyes filled with rage instantly locking onto Darian.
"Roar!!"
Darian picked his ear and said with dissatisfaction: "Why are you roaring so loudly?"
Hearing this, Hulk's rage was instantly ignited. It tossed the Wolverine in its hand aside, leaped up, crossed dozens of meters in the blink of an eye, and lunged straight at Darian!
It raised its right fist in the air, determined to make Darian taste its sandbag-sized fist.
The result was that in the next second, it saw Darian raise his own fist, which was even larger than a sandpot.
Hulk: ∑(°A°;)
Bang!!
A huge crashing sound exploded.
Hulk instantly flew backward, crashing through a dozen or so abandoned RVs along the way. Its momentum undiminished, it rolled and bounced crazily across the barren ground, dragging a long trail of smoke and dust, until its entire body was embedded in a pile of rocks dozens of meters away, with gravel tumbling down.
Hulk was stunned by Darian's punch.
It shook its head, trying to get up, when it suddenly felt empty beneath its feet; its right leg was firmly gripped in the palm of a large metal hand.
Hulk: "..."
Such a familiar scene.
Before Hulk could react, the metal arm exerted force, swinging its massive body directly!
Bang! Bang!! Bang—!
Terrifying crashing sounds rang out one after another.
Darian grabbed Hulk and smashed it left and right against the ground, swinging it like a windmill, creating huge pits in the ground.
Wade cheered from afar: "That's right! That's the feeling!"