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"Too strong!"
Thor said in shock.
He'd originally wanted to help.
But Eustass and Malekith kept flashing in and out of sight, teleporting so often that Thor couldn't keep up.
He followed them into Svartalfheim, only to find the two had changed battlefields ages ago.
With no idea which way to go, he stumbled into a warp zone and landed in Alfheim. In the end he gave up, returned to Earth, and resigned himself to mopping up minions.
"Handle the Aether Particle yourselves."
Eustass tossed the canister straight to Thor.
The Space Stone already let him travel in the blink of an eye; he didn't need the Aether for extra power.
Eustass has always preferred pushing his own strength higher, never relying on outside toys.
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Thor nodded at the canister holding the Aether.
Asgard currently keeps no Infinity Stones, so safeguarding the Aether is fine.
Otherwise they'd have to hand it off—two Infinity Stonesshould never sit side by side. Eustass's Mind Stone and Tesseract are already stored separately.
"Great! With the Nine Realms safe, let's celebrate in Asgard!"
Sif laughed, grabbing Eustass's arm.
"Tomorrow. I'm beat today; I want to go home and rest."
Eustass said.
"Alright."
Sif nodded.
"Heimdall!"
Thor shouted upward.
A beam of light shot down. Crisis over, Odin could finally sleep again, and Heimdall resumed his post at the Bifrost Bridge.
Eustass went to Asgard as well. Heimdall nodded, reactivated the Bifrost, and sent him to Manhattan, New York.
New York.
Manhattan, Bleecker Street.
A beam of light crashed down.
Standing at his doorstep, Eustass glanced at the Asgardian seal stamped on the pavement and walked inside.
He opened the door and stepped in.
A figure dashed over, leaping into his arms and hugging him tight.
"I saw the livestream—so dangerous…"
Helen Cho said worriedly.
"Just went to swat a nobody. I'm fine."
Eustass smiled.
In his eyes Malekith was a total pushover.
"It looked terrifying!"
Helen Cho pouted, looking up at him.
On the TV, a replay showed Eustass battling Malekith.
Then came the most iconic scene.
A swirling crimson-crystal storm; darkness invading the Nine Realms. The camera framed portals in the sky as World after World was swallowed by shadow.
Watching it, Eustass had to admit it did feel a bit apocalyptic.
But only the CGI was scary. The Nine Realms aligning plus the Aether's dark invasion looked horrifying—yet Malekith was just too weak.
Once he croaked, the so-called dark-invasion apocalypse became a joke.
Without the power to pull it off, even the scariest plan collapses.
"So how should I comfort my wife?"
Eustass asked, lowering his head with a grin.
"Let's talk inside."
Helen Cho tugged him toward the bedroom.
The door shut.
Curtains drawn.
Moments later
soft recitations of a foreign-language text drifted from the bedroom.
The next day.
Eustass took the Bifrost back to Asgard, another giant "mooncake" print left at the gate.
He headed straight for the palace; Asgard's women bustled about, prepping feast ingredients and wine.
Warriors fanned out across the realms to fetch their stashed treasures of booze.
That night, in the resplendent hall,
Eustass draped an arm around Sif, raised his cup, clinked with Asgard's warriors, downed millennium-old brew while cheers rang on and on.
For days he drank battalion after battalion under the table, spending blissful nights with Sif… End of year.
After New Year's Day came the Gregorian new year.
Thirty days later, Eustass and Helen Cho welcomed Lunar New Year.
That night he hired a fireworks company to light up Queens for hours.
When the festive holiday ended, the two of them, with no relatives around, lazed at home for ages.
In the blink of an eye it was April Fools'.
Washington.
Beside the Lincoln Memorial, on the path edging an artificial lake.
A Black man jogged steadily.
Rapid footfalls approached.
"On your left!"
Rogers sprinted past him. Sam nodded helplessly, "Got it…"
A heartbeat later
another tall figure whooshed by, flashing him a thumbs-down.
"Holy crap!"
Sam felt brutally mocked and surged forward.
Eustass circled the lake at top speed, overtaking Rogersand turned into a broken record:
"On your left!"
Rogers gritted his teeth and gave chase as Eustass shot past.
Eustass was so fast he left both men in the dust.
Rogers and Sam pounded after him, panting like oxen yet never catching up.
And this was while Eustass wore metal weights.
Rogers couldn't match Eustass, but he could outrun Sam.
Sam heard steps closing from behind and yelled sideways,
"Don't say it—don't you dare!"
"On your left!"
Rogers called, surging past him.
Sam's mind exploded:
"What the heck!?"
He strained to speed up but simply couldn't; the gap stayed.
Moments later
Eustass's steps sounded. Sam shrieked in despair,
"No thumbs-down, aaaaargh!"
He watched Eustass flash the downward thumb and streak past, teeth clenched, eyes shut, sprinting with every ounce of strength.
Eustass zipped past Rogers again, back to broken-record mode:
"On your left!"
What goes around comes around.
The Captain stared, desperate to catch up, yet still failed; even his composure cracked.
Eustass just kept running with a grin.
Over the past year he'd either trained or vacationed around the globe with Helen Cho.
They'd recently come to D.C.; the morning jog happened to meet Captain America and Falcon.
Naturally he had to toy with them.
Moments later
Eustass lapped them again.
"Enough already!"
Rogers shouted, grinding his teeth in pursuit.
"On your left!"
Eustass called, leaving the Captain far behind and vanishing up the path.
"Haha… ow!"
Sam burst out laughing at seeing the Captain bullied, then winced when the laugh gave him a stitch.
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A short while later.
Sam, drenched in sweat, sat under the shade of a tree, gasping for breath.
"Need a Doctor?"
Rogers walked over quickly, asking with a smile.
"Heh-heh…"
Sam grinned, shooting the Captain a look of admiration. "I need a new set of lungs, man—you just ran thirteen miles in half an hour."
"Guess I started late."
Rogers shrugged, acting as if the result was nothing special.
"Really? You should be ashamed. You ought to run another lap.
Look—he's still tearing along with sparks flying."
Still panting, Sam pointed to Eustass sprinting along the lakeside path.
Rogers glanced over, gave a helpless shrug; he knew he couldn't compete with Eustass.
"He's covered more than thirty miles in thirty minutes, loaded down with all that metal. Honestly, some people suspect his wife cooked up a Super-Soldier Serum."
Rogers chuckled in jest.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had wanted to draw a vial of Eustass's blood for analysis, but Eustass and Helen Cho flatly refused.
"Oh, he's awesome—lap forty. I'm practically his fan now."
Sam laughed.
Still running, Eustass circled the lake while Sam and Rogers watched and chatted.
Rogers checked his phone: mission call. HQ wanted him to try inviting Eustass one more time.
Rogers smiled wryly.
For years Eustass had ignored S.H.I.E.L.D.; no matter how they begged, he kept living his life, too lazy to answer.
Even when Fury showed up, he treated him like background noise.
Rogers didn't think Eustass would bother answering this time either.
At lap fifty Eustass checked the time, realized it was getting late, and stopped.
"Gotta admit, I kind of admire you."
Sam grinned.
"Hi, I'm Eustass Mola."
Eustass offered his hand to Sam.
He simply despised scumbags, and unfortunately they made up most of the crowd.
Falcon seemed decent—worth knowing.
"Hi, I'm Sam Wilson."
Sam shook his hand at once.
"I've got a mission—want to tag along?"
Rogers asked, tossing him a bottle of water.
By the roadside, Natasha sat in a sports car, watching them.
"Since when is S.H.I.E.L.D. rolling in cash?"
Eustass asked with a smile.
His Mora Group was partnering with Stark Industries in the energy sector, and every bit of nanotech belonged to Mora.
Even Stark's nanotech was only a multi-year license bought from Mora.
Helen Cho had now rebuilt the regeneration cradle.
Mora Group was raking in profits, its scale already rivaling Stark Industries.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to hire Eustass, they probably couldn't afford the price.
"All right, knew you wouldn't. See you next time."
Rogers turned to Sam. "Thanks for the run—if you can call that running."
"Oh, harsh score."
Sam laughed.
"Can go lower—trust me."
With that, Rogers climbed into the sports car and left with Natasha.
"Sam, I'd better head off too—bye."
Eustass finished as a self-driving sports car pulled up, guided by the wisdom system.
"See you—let's train together another day."
Sam smiled, shaking his hand.
"Bye. Your power-walk is seriously impressive."
Eustass got in, switched to manual, and the car roared off.
Sam chuckled; good grief—his sprint didn't even qualify as a jog to that guy.
Sure enough, the rating could sink lower.
Eustass drove back to his Washington Villa, sat down to breakfast, and enjoyed a rare moment of peace with Helen Cho.
"Is refusing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s cooperation really okay?"
Helen asked, lying in his arms.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had been running a secret program to build three giant Helicarriers.
They wanted nanotech and had approached the couple, hoping to apply it to the carriers.
Eustass flatly refused.
"It's fine—don't worry."
Eustass thought for a moment and replied.
Hand nanotech over to S.H.I.E.L.D.?
That would be aiding the enemy.
If they dared to steal it, he'd have every reason to strike back.
Besides, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s days were numbered.
Eustass was still plotting how to pour fuel on the fire and wipe out both S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA.
Those flies kept hacking his home systems and dropping by uninvited—utterly infuriating.
After breakfast.
Eustass sat in the Villa garden, looking at photos on his phone.
They showed elite operatives of the Agent organization Sharon Carter had set up.
Some had sharp horns, others gazelle legs, big mouse ears and snouts, eagle wings, or turtle shells on their backs.
The group looked fierce; some excelled at combat, others at reconnaissance or defense.
A few even sported Beast features plus an extra animal head.
Eustass had acquired a batch of SMILE fruits—artificial Devil Fruits—and used them on these people.
They were known as the Empowered Ones.
Having eaten the artificial Devil Fruits, they gained all kinds of mighty combat abilities.
The next day.
Washington D.C.
Nick Fury sat in a black Chevy SUV, driving and ordering Agent Hill to get here ASAP.
A Patrol Car passed and honked at him.
Fury's face darkened—were they going to pull him over because of his skin color?
He was the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Want to see my license?"
Fury snapped irritably.
The light turned green.
The Patrol Car moved on; Fury ignored it and drove through the intersection.
Suddenly another Patrol Car rammed him, sending the SUV spinning; more patrol and armed vehicles boxed him in.
The impact broke Fury's bones.
Numerous patrol and armored trucks screeched to a stop nearby.
Armed men jumped out, raised rifles and sprayed the SUV with bullets.
"Propulsion offline—restarting."
"Armor integrity at 81 percent."
Fury's car was heavily armored, keeping him alive for now.
The attackers set up a Battering Ram and pounded the armor to pieces.
Fury grabbed the built-in Machine-gun and returned fire.
Propulsion restored; the auto-drive hurled the SUV forward.
"Initiate vertical take-off!"
"Flight systems damaged!"
"Contact Eustass, Stark, Agent Hill for help!"
"Communications down!"
"Anything still working?"
"Air-conditioning operational!"
"Mother—! Engage autopilot!"
Fury yanked out his phone and dialed Eustass.
"Sorry, the number you are calling is busy. Please try again later…"
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Fury called several times, but the line was either busy or engaged.
He understood.
It wasn't actually busy; it was a subtle, friendly hint after the other party frequently ended the call.
"Shit!"
Fury cursed... The next morning.
Eustass woke up early for his morning run. Just as he finished, a text message arrived on his phone.
It was Steve Rogers.
"At 1:03 AM today, Director Nick Fury died after resuscitation failed. He was assassinated by a metal-armed man. Be careful of that guy."
Eustass thought for a moment and remembered: it was Buggy, the Winter Soldier.
"Do you need my help?"
Eustass activated Encrypted Communication and sent the message to Rogers.
He felt he could fight the Winter Soldier; even a small mosquito has meat.
He waited for a long time, but Rogers didn't reply.
"Contact me if you need anything."
Eustass sent another message, drank some water, and prepared to go home.
Rogers suddenly sent a message.
Eustass took a look.
"Can I trust you? You repeatedly ended communication when he needed you most."
"Believe it or not."
Eustass replied immediately, put away his phone, and left by car.
Yesterday, he was busy being intimate with Helen Cho at home, so naturally, he had no time to deal with Nick Fury.
Besides, he wasn't an employee of S.H.I.E.L.D., nor did he need to constantly worry about the safety of Motherfucker Man.
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Black卤 Egg looked at the information on Rogers' phone, speechless.
"Can we trust him?"
Rogers asked hesitantly.
"Don't notify him yet."
Black卤 Egg shook his head. Eustass had too many suspicious aspects. Having barely managed to escape through faked death, he dared not contact the other party.
Several days later.
The Triskelion S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters Building.
Eustass stepped out of the car and looked up at the building.
Director Alexander Pierce of S.H.I.E.L.D. invited him to tour S.H.I.E.L.D.'s masterpiece.
Helen Cho was also invited, but Eustass guessed what kind of trouble Director Pierce was planning, so he didn't let his wife come along.
Not far away.
Several sedans slowly came to a stop.
Several Council members of the World Security Councilstepped out of the sedans, walked over, and shook hands with him.
"Oh, my god, you're finally here. If you came any later, you wouldn't be able to see our masterpiece."
Pierce, dressed in a suit, walked out of the S.H.I.E.L.D.building and smiled at the group. "Wait, where is Ms. Zhao?"
"She hasn't been feeling well recently, so I came alone."
Eustass said with a smile.
"That really is a shame. Please come inside, everyone."
Pierce shook his head regretfully and led the group into the building.
"Did you have a pleasant flight?"
Pierce asked the Female Council Member.
"Quite nice."
The Elderly Female Council Member said with a smile, "But the drive from the airport wasn't great."
"My apologies, S.H.I.E.L.D. can't control everything."
Director Pierce shook his head and replied.
Eustass glanced at Pierce; these guys clearly wanted to control everything.
Whether it was S.H.I.E.L.D. or HYDRA.
Neither was any good; both attempted to control everything.
"Including Captain America and Mr. Eustass?"
A White-Haired Council Member nearby asked, even showing a little anticipation.
Eustass smiled and memorized the person's appearance.
Although it was just a joke, it proved that someone wanted to control him, so he could only eliminate some enemies ahead of time.
"This device is controlled via biometric identification and will allow you unrestricted access here."
Pierce took a box, handed several Chip Badges to the group, pointed to his chest, and indicated they should be worn on the chest for identification.
Eustass took the gadget and smiled.
Pierce was truly a little bit mischievous.
This gadget wasn't a small biometric device at all, but rather a terrifyingly powerful object designed to threaten people.
If anyone disobeyed, Pierce only needed to lightly move his finger, and the small device could burn through their chest, helping him eliminate the enemy.
"This Badge design is quite good, very interesting."
Eustass put it on his chest and said with a smile. He didn't care; this thing couldn't even burn through his Armament Haki.
"Yes, it is truly excellent."
Pierce smiled meaningfully. "Please surrender all weapons on your person. Weapons are not permitted inside."
As he spoke, a soldier walked over carrying a tray, hoping Eustass would hand over his Mobile Nano Armor and nano core.
Pierce was afraid that if Eustass suddenly put on his nano armor at a critical moment in the plan, his little toy would be useless.
"OK, understandable."
After Eustass finished speaking, he placed the Sunglasses hanging on his clothes onto the tray.
"Is there anything else?"
Pierce quickly asked.
"I don't have a deep wound on my chest; I can't hide the nano core."
Eustass said with a laugh.
Pierce had someone search him, and finding nothing, he finally relaxed a little and felt relieved enough to let Eustass and the council members enter.
The group entered the elevator, and Pierce instructed the wisdom system to go to the top floor office.
He turned and smiled at Eustass.
'So what if your physical fitness is great? What if you possess Nanotechnology? You're still a lamb waiting to be slaughtered by me.
Wait, it won't be long before I can manipulate your life however I please.'
Pierce sneered inwardly.
Eustass smiled back at Pierce, waiting to thoroughly beat Pierce, thrash Crossbones, step on the Winter Soldier, and shoot down the Helicarriers.
Soon after.
The top floor.
Pierce's office.
Eustass and the others arrived together. Pierce poured everyone a glass of liquor, preparing to celebrate.
While he was at it, he would try to win over a few people and see if he could bring them into HYDRA.
"Although some of you previously looked down on me, or even wanted to kick me twice."
Pierce joked, "However, we succeeded, and the whole World should thank us."
Pierce finished speaking, raised his glass, and drank.
Eustass held his glass but didn't drink at all.
He looked around, wondering why those three helicarriers hadn't come out yet.
He was waiting until the flowers withered.
Just at this moment.
Rogers' voice came through the broadcast, echoing throughout the entire building.
"Attention, all S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel. This is Steve Rogers. You've heard a lot of things these past few days, and some of you have even been ordered to hunt me down.
Now you deserve to know the truth. S.H.I.E.L.D. has changed. It has been taken over by HYDRA!
Alexander Pierce is their leader, and so are the Strike Team and the Insight Project team.
I don't know who else is involved, but they are in this building, perhaps standing right next to you.
They are close to succeeding, to gaining absolute control. They assassinated Nick Fury.
This is not over. If you launch those helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to eliminate anyone who tries to stop them, unless we stop them..."
Rogers' voice echoed in Pierce's office, and the council members looked at Director Pierce in shock.
Eustass casually tossed his wine glass aside and looked calmly at Pierce, feeling no surprise.
"Oh, it seems you already knew?"
Pierce smiled at Eustass, his face full of arrogance and the triumph of a successful plan. "But what if you did know? Your life is in my hands. From now on, obey me, and I will spare your life!"
After Pierce finished speaking, he picked up his phone to control the Badge Chip.
Eustass looked at Pierce mockingly and burst out laughing.
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"Aren't you afraid to die?"
Pierce stared at Eustass, displeased.
"It's not that I'm fearless; it's that you simply can't touch me."
Eustass sat on a nearby table, smiling as he spoke.
A squad of special-ops Agents rushed in, raising their guns at him and several Security Council members.
"Is that so?"
Pierce tapped his phone.
The Badge Chip on an elderly white-haired council member's chest suddenly erupted in a burst of electric sparks, sending him to the ground in agony.
The sparks bored a hole straight through the man's sternum.
It looked horrifying.
"Unless you want a hole in your chest, cooperate—hand over the nanotech and every share of the Mora Group."
Pierce smiled smugly at Eustass. "Oh, and I heard you whipped up some magnetic field on the New Yorkbattlefield that sent every Chitauri soldier haywire? Toss that over too—you won't be needing it."
Like everyone else, Pierce assumed Eustass's Conqueror's Haki stun was just some magnetic trick.
"Director Pierce, sometimes your misplaced confidence really impresses me."
Eustass chuckled. "You're absolutely amazing."
He applauded Pierce, utterly unfazed.
"Kid, imagine you and Helen Cho have a child someday. The kid's kidnapped, but with one press of a button a bullet from a kilometer up blows the kidnapper away—would you press it?"
Pierce urged.
"No, you've got it wrong."
Eustass waved dismissively, eyeing Pierce with contempt. "Even if I do have kids one day, anyone who even thinks of touching them will be dead long before they can try."
"Stubborn fool!"
Pierce barked, jabbing his phone.
Next instant.
A blue-clad elderly Congresswoman snapped a kick that sent Pierce's phone flying, yanked the pistol from his other hand, and opened fire on the Special-Ops Team.
As the Agents tried to return fire, she locked an arm around Pierce's neck, using him as a shield, forcing the HYDRA troopers to hesitate while she kept shooting.
Moments later she'd dropped every Agent and handed the pistol to a council member.
Pierce was subdued; the council members tore off their Badge Chips, cold sweat on their backs.
The old woman pressed her temple; her face flickered and wavered.
"Sorry, did I ruin your fun~"
She peeled off the Electronic Mask and wig, revealing vivid auburn curls.
She was Natasha Romanoff, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Black Widow.
Eustass, twirling the Badge Chip, stepped up to Pierceand smiled; then he brushed his clothes.
The fabric shifted into nano-particles that swept over his body, forming a nano armor suit.
The armor could take any shape; he disguised it as clothing—after all, it still flew faster than cloth.
"Pierce, you celebrated too soon."
Eustass crushed the chip; a spark flashed and died.
"Natasha, it's all yours. I've got things to do."
He slapped Pierce, ignited the suit's thrusters, and rocketed outside, scanning for Buggy.
He had only four tasks today.
One: beat up Buggy.
Two: beat up Rogers.
Three: destroy the three Insight Project Helicarriers.
Four: dump every S.H.I.E.L.D. file into the open—HYDRAor S.H.I.E.L.D., he'd swat every last fly.
In the big fights they were nowhere; when it came to making trouble they never missed a cue.
Ground level.
Airfield.
Pilots grouped together, confirmed none were HYDRA, and sprinted for their planes.
"All Pilots launch immediately—we're Captain Rogers's only air support!"
The words had barely left his mouth when a grenade slammed into a quinjet and blew it apart, fireball and Pilot both hurled skyward.
More grenades whistled in, shredding aircraft one after another, Pilots screaming as shrapnel flew.
Winter Soldier Buggy pumped round after round from his Grenade Launcher, turning jets into wreckage.
A Crew Chief dashed up with a grenade; Buggy swapped to rifle and stitched him with a burst.
"Argh!"
The chief collapsed.
Buggy sprinted over, snatched the live grenade, and lobbed it into a quinjet whose ramp was still closing.
The door sealed, the grenade dropped, and the quinjetdetonated from within.
Buggy eyed the last quinjet in the distance and dashed for it.
He leapt onto the cockpit, shot the Pilot, and moved to slide into the seat.
A blur shot in; Buggy snapped his rifle up and fired.
Eustass planted a boot in Buggy's chest and sent him flying.
Buggy rolled across the tarmac, grabbed the Grenade Launcher, loaded, and fired a round straight at Eustass.
BOOM!
The quinjet blossomed into flame.
Eustass burst through the smoke and fire in nano armor, rocketing toward Buggy.
Buggy hoisted the launcher and pumped grenade after grenade skyward.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Explosions bloomed but never touched Eustass.
Eustass closed in; Buggy tossed the launcher and threw every ounce of power into his gleaming metal left arm, smashing a punch at him.
Eustass shot forward, right hand snagging the cybernetic limb; the cyborg's strength was child's play, no threat at all.
Eustass snapped a kick; Buggy raised a leg to block.
Leg met leg—Buggy's face twisted in agony.
Eustass's leg was wrapped in Armament Haki; the outcome was never in doubt.
CRACK!
Buggy's right leg snapped.
Eustass balled his left fist and drove it forward.
Buggy threw up his right arm to guard.
Eustass's Observation Haki read the motion; he slipped the arm and slammed the punch home.
Thud!
Blood sprayed as Buggy was flung away.
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Above the sky.
Rogers leaped off the Helicarrier, and a Rocket quickly flew toward the spot where he had just been standing.
"Boom—!"
"Hey, Sam, I need a ride!"
Rogers quickly shouted into the comms channel.
"Tell me when you're ready!"
Falcon Sam, flying high above using his wing gear, replied to the Captain.
"I'm ready now!"
As soon as Rogers finished shouting, Falcon immediately flew over, folded his wings, and rapidly descended. He grabbed the falling Rogers and roared as he flew upward, refusing to let go even though holding him at this height was extremely strenuous.
Falcon quickly flew upward. Just then, a rather surprising voice sounded in their comms channel.
"Need a hand, guys?"
A nano armor quickly ascended and flew over. Samlooked on in surprise; his grip was empty as Rogers was snatched away by the newcomer. Sam quickly flew to follow.
Eustass flew onto the Helicarrier and threw Rogers onto the deck.
Eustass landed on the deck and quickly walked toward Rogers.
"Hey, you're here, I need you to..."
Rogers rolled twice on the deck to absorb the force, then stood up, looking at Eustass in surprise and delight, intending to instruct him to help with something.
"Yeah, I'm here. Didn't you distrust me?"
After Eustass spoke, he launched a sweeping kick. Rogersquickly backflipped to dodge.
"Wait, wait, wait, I think we should discuss this calmly."
As soon as Rogers finished speaking, Eustass threw a punch. Rogers held his shield horizontally in front of him. With a loud clang, Rogers was continuously forced backward, man and shield alike.
"Calm down, buddy, or I'll start shooting."
Behind him, in the sky, Falcon was flying, holding two small submachine guns.
Eustass sighed speechlessly. Was Falcon serious with those two small submachine guns?
A Nanowire shot out from Eustass's hand, instantly wrapping around Falcon. With a thud, Falcon crashed onto the deck, wriggling uncontrollably like a stranded Black Fish.
"What is that thing! Oh, damn it!"
Sam kept shaking his body. He hadn't seen anything at all, yet he was bound, and his wings couldn't break free.
[The host has defeated Falcon Sam!]
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"Times have changed, Falcon Kid."
Eustass glanced down at Sam, then turned and walked toward Rogers.
"I know what I did before was wrong. How about we talk properly once this is over? Right now, our primary mission is to destroy the Insight Project. This plan is too crazy; it will endanger countless lives and shatter innumerable families!"
Rogers quickly said.
"I'll take care of it, but first things first, I want to punch you."
After Eustass spoke, he threw a punch. Seeing that reasoning was useless, Rogers held his shield and smashed it toward him.
Eustass changed his punch into a claw, grabbed the Captain's shield, and then yanked hard, stealing the shield outright. The Captain refused to let go and was dragged toward him.
Eustass tightly clenched his other fist, wrapped it in Armament Haki, and slammed it into Rogers' stomach.
"Pfft!"
Rogers' vision went black. The punch caused him immense pain, and he immediately collapsed to his knees.
The invincible Captain Five-Five-Split had fallen again.
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"Leave this place to me. You guys should go down."
Eustass picked up Captain Rogers, attached a parachute to him, and then threw him directly off the edge of the Helicarrier.
The Captain's body kept falling until, upon reaching a certain altitude, he quickly deployed the parachute.
Eustass looked down. It seemed the Captain was descending toward the airport.
The Winter Soldier Buggy, whom he had beaten half to death, was down there.
Half-dead Captain versus half-dead Winter Soldier?
Old flames rekindled?
Eustass smiled, turned around, and left.
"W-what are you doing? Stay away!"
Seeing Eustass approach, Sam fearfully wriggled backward.
"Leave this to me. You can go down now."
After Eustass spoke, the Nanowire dragged Falcon Sam. He walked all the way to the edge of the Helicarrier, ready to throw him off, lest he interfere and steal the kill.
"Wait, these three battleships require three Chips for program tampering. Two have already been locked down, and one Chip is in the Captain's hand. You can't do this to us! You'll need the Chips!"
Sam quickly shouted.
"Chips? No need."
Eustass shook his head. Today, he was going to demonstrate to S.H.I.E.L.D. what the strongest Hackerwas capable of.
Directly smashing the Helicarrier to pieces with a brutal beating—that was his simplest, most direct, and most satisfying way of "hacking."
"You do need them! This thing can't be destroyed by just one person!"
Sam quickly shouted.
"No, I can."
After Eustass spoke, he kicked Sam off.
"Ahhh! It's not undone yet! Are you trying to kill me?"
Sam kept falling, but the Nanowire hadn't come undone. He spun 360 degrees repeatedly in the air, screaming, but his voice was drowned out by the fierce wind.
It wasn't until he had fallen halfway that the Nanowire on Sam's body came undone.
Sam quickly spread his wings, slowing his descent safely, and finally flew back to the ground.
On the Helicarrier.
Eustass turned around and walked directly into the interior of the Helicarrier.
If he smashed all the Helicarrier's control systems, he didn't believe the thing wouldn't fall.
The Insight Project carried out by S.H.I.E.L.D. uses big data and a person's life history to determine and predict what they might do in the future.
Ostensibly, it was to eliminate bad guys in advance and maintain World peace.
To put it bluntly, it was an indirect way of eliminating all enemies who could threaten HYDRA.
And the tools for executing the plan were these three massive Helicarriers.
Eustass ran into the hangar bay and immediately encountered a small squad, who quickly raised their guns and fired.
Eustass quickly charged forward, sending one man flying with a punch. The soldiers slammed into the walls one by one and fell down in pain.
Suddenly, a dazzling light flew quickly toward him. Eustass looked up and saw Thermite—commonly known as the 'Death Firework'!
Eustass raised his hand and struck with an open palm. Armament Haki was released outward, transforming into an Impact wave, which directly knocked the Thermiteback.
The Taxi Soldier who had thrown the Thermite screamed in the distance and fell down in pain.
Eustass quickly ran toward the interior of the Helicarrier.
At the same time, he hacked into the Helicarrier system, searching for the internal structure map to locate the system control room.
Eustass, wearing the nano armor, had a route plan displayed on his screen. He looked at the route map and the transparent structural diagram of the Helicarriershown on the screen, remaining silent for a moment.
He clenched his fist, Armament Haki wrapping around it!
Eustass glanced below, spotting the system control room marked in his transparent view, and slammed his fist down fiercely.
"Boom—!"
Eustass punched straight through the steel deck beneath his feet and fell toward the next level.
Running there is too much trouble, and he'd have to take detours.
Isn't it better to just punch straight through, layer after layer?
...The ground.
The airport.
Buggy staggered to his feet. He wiped the blood from his body, stood on the tarmac, and looked around for a fighter jet, attempting to get to the Helicarrier to stop Rogers.
The current Buggy was still the ruthless, cold, mission-driven machine, the Winter Soldier, under HYDRA's brainwashing.
Day after day, he was constantly tortured and brainwashed by HYDRA, unable to recall anything from his past.
A figure slowly descended, suspended by a parachute. Buggy looked over, instantly reached behind his back, pulled out a small submachine gun, and fired at the slowly descending Captain America.
"Damn it!"
Rogers cried out in surprise. He wasn't far from the ground, so he quickly activated the buckle to get rid of the parachute and dropped straight toward the ground.
Rogers' sudden acceleration caused Buggy to miss his original target.
Just as Buggy was about to continue shooting, Rogers—who had rolled several times upon landing to absorb the force—quickly swung the shield in his hand and threw it directly at Buggy.
Buggy side-flipped to dodge the shield, then raised his hand and continuously sprayed bullets at Rogers.
Rogers dashed and dodged across the tarmac. The shield rebounded after Impact, and Rogers leaped up to catch it, then quickly used it to block Buggy's bullets while advancing toward him.
Buggy glanced down and fired the submachine gun at the ground near Rogers' feet.
"Shit!"
Rogers quickly rushed behind an obstacle.
Buggy quickly reloaded while warily watching the obstacle.
"Whoosh!"
The shield instantly flew toward him. Buggy frantically dropped his SMG, rolled his body to dodge it, and Rogersquickly sprinted over, kicking out at Buggy.
Buggy's mechanical left arm began to move, the prosthetic limb tensed, and he violently threw an uppercut at Rogers.
Rogers' kick landed on Buggy's mechanical left arm, causing Buggy to stagger backward in pain.
Buggy quickly pursued, pulling a dagger from his combat uniform with his right hand and stabbing toward Rogers.
Cold light flashed. Rogers' expression was startled, and he quickly raised his hand to block. Buggy pressed down with his mechanical left arm, and Rogers desperately resisted, crossing his other arm behind his right.
The sound of Buggy's mechanical left arm whirring could be heard. The prosthetic mechanism tensed and suddenly pressed down with force.
"Pfft!"
The dagger instantly plunged into the muscle below Rogers' shoulder, making him roar in pain. Rogersslammed his head repeatedly against Buggy's—once, twice, thrice... Buggy's mechanical arm activated, increasing its strength, and he directly flung Rogers to the side.
Rogers fell to the ground, and the Chip inside his clothing dropped out.
Buggy immediately looked at the Chip, bent down, and reached for it.
Rogers' expression tightened in surprise. He suddenly remembered: how exactly was Eustass going to destroy those three Helicarriers?
What if he lacked this Chip?
Rogers had no idea how Eustass planned to handle it, and neither did Buggy, so the two rushed to grab the Chip.
Buggy snatched the Chip. Rogers rushed over, struck Buggy right on the head, and immediately followed up with a chokehold.
Rogers locked his hand around Buggy's throat, lifting him with one arm. Buggy let out a painful, hoarse roar. The next moment, Rogers roared in fury and slammed Buggydown onto the ground.
Buggy crashed onto the ground. Rogers wrapped one hand around Buggy's arm and pressed the other against his neck, squeezing hard, leaving Buggy unable to resist the pain.
"Let go immediately!"
Rogers shouted.
Buggy completely ignored him, vigorously swinging his mechanical arm, trying to hit Rogers. But the arm's flexibility was too poor, and it couldn't reach... Buggysuddenly struggled, attempting to counterattack. Rogersgrabbed Buggy, spun around, and they both fell to the ground. He locked Buggy in a double chokehold and used his thigh to immobilize Buggy's mechanical arm, preventing it from functioning properly.
Rogers held Buggy in this intense lock, staring him down, trying to make him release the Chip.
Falcon slowly descended, looking strangely at the scene.
"What are you doing, Captain? Eustass doesn't need the Chip at all."
Sam said.
Rogers:???
Rogers pushed away Buggy, who was dizzy from the chokehold, and quickly stood up.
"Boom—!"
Right at this moment.
A huge explosion erupted from the Triskelion S.H.I.E.L.D.Headquarters.
Rogers and Sam quickly turned around and looked on in shock.
A ball of fire erupted from the building, and black smoke billowed toward the sky.
What kind of enemy would force Agents to use such destructive weapons indoors?
In the sky.
A figure instantly swept past.
He was wearing a combat suit. He suddenly stopped, flapping his wings, and looked back.
'Captain America Rogers?'
Empowered One No. 010, Skra, looked down at Captain America and Falcon below, pondering silently for a moment.
Rogers and Falcon quickly looked up.
The opponent possessed beautiful plumage and a pair of long black wings that were fully extended and constantly flapping.
Skra held a heavy sniper rifle beneath his wings.
Upon closer inspection, one would notice a bird head hidden within his loose clothing.
Skra, an Artificial Devil Fruit Ability User, was in the Frigatebird form. However, like most Artificial Devil Fruits, he had an extra physical manifestation of a soul on his body—the Frigatebird head on his chest.
He could share vision with the Frigatebird head, allowing him to fly at high speeds while instantly locking onto enemies.
Skra quickly raised the heavy sniper rifle and aimed it at Captain America. He had wanted to challenge this legendary figure for a long time. Ever since he gained the approval of My Lord Joker and received the smile fruit, he had obtained the qualification to challenge transcendent individuals.
"Bang!"
The sniper bullet flew out, rapidly following its trajectory. Rogers, sensing danger, quickly raised his shield.
The bullet struck the shield. The sniper round, capable of penetrating walls, instantly sent Rogers flying. The Captain tumbled a long distance across the ground. Empowered One No. 010, Skra, quickly raised his gun to reload and continue firing.
Falcon quickly flew over, grabbed the Captain, and threw Rogers behind an obstacle.
Empowered One No. 010 pressed the goggles on his face. A virtual screen appeared on the lenses, scanning the area. A thermal view displayed on the goggles marked Rogers' position.
The next moment.
Falcon quickly flew over, holding a submachine gun and firing at Empowered One No. 010, Skra.
Skra flapped his wings and instantly flew away, dodging the bullets. He then moved to a distance, aimed at Falcon, and fired a shot.
"Bang!"
Falcon quickly dodged. The bullet instantly landed, blasting a crater into the concrete ground.
If that hit a person, it could break an arm.
Falcon flew in and fired, while Skra rapidly flew by flapping his wings. The two constantly tangled and flew overhead, with continuous gunfire. This was the ultimate contest between mechanical and biological wings.
Skra had the advantage in the sky due to his auxiliary observation.
Falcon's mechanical wings were slightly faster, but they weren't a fighter jet. It was impossible to completely overwhelm the speed of a Frigatebird; he only had a slight advantage.
The two flew rapidly, sweeping over the ground.
Rogers stood up, grabbed his shield, and quickly threw it toward Empowered One No. 010.
"Whoosh!"
A figure darted out from the corner, spraying a large quantity of silk threads, which immediately glued the shield to the obstacle.
Rogers looked over warily, his pupils contracting in shock.
"Giggle giggle~"
Empowered One No. 011, Dave, held a long blade in each hand. He had a purple afro, and eight long, furry spider legs supported his body. The eight spider legs constantly tapped the ground, making a clicking sound.
"Oh, it's the legendary Captain America. I really want to challenge you!"
No. 011 Dave sneered. The next instant, his eight legs suddenly spun rapidly, and his twin blades flashed with cold light, instantly slicing down the pilot who was preparing to ambush him from behind.
Rogers looked at the opponent's back and gasped.
A spider head was hidden within the opponent's voluminous hair, observing the rear through the gaps in the strands.
The compound eyes constantly rotated, then suddenly all focused on Rogers. Empowered One No. 011, Dave, in Spider Form, sneered.
Among the Empowered Ones, there is a certain probability that they will possess a second spiritual entity on their body.
Some cause trouble for the host, but others provide tremendous assistance.
"Thank you, My Lord Joker, for granting me such terrifying power!"
No. 011 Dave curled his lip and said cheerfully.
Rogers suddenly threw his shield. No. 011 raised a sharp spider leg and directly knocked the shield away. Then, the spear-like spider legs lunged toward Rogers.
Rogers continuously backflipped to evade.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Another figure flapping wings flew in. Empowered One No. 013, Jimmy, who had bat wings and bat ears, held a bow and arrow, drew back an explosive arrow, and shot it at Falcon in the sky.
"Boom—!"
Falcon was instantly hit, his body smoking as he plummeted, his wings destroyed.
"Officer Carter has commanded that everyone focus fire on the Triskelion S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters! Whether they are S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel or HYDRA, destroy them all! Leave none alive!"
Jimmy, the Bat Empowered One, immediately shouted.
"Understood!"
In the sky, Skra, the flying Frigatebird Empowered One, nodded, flapped his wings, and suddenly dashed out, quickly heading toward the Triskelion S.H.I.E.L.D.Headquarters.
"Understood!"
Dave, the Spider Empowered One, retracted his blades and stepped back, then quickly headed toward the Triskelion S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
"Damn it!"
Rogers roared in anger, pulled the webbing off his shield, picked it up, and threw it toward the Bat-Man in the sky.
Jimmy, the Bat Empowered One, listened with his ears and instantly dodged the attack.
"Hmph, hmph. You can't stop what My Lord Joker intends to do!"
Having said that, Jimmy threw a large number of bombs toward the ground below.
Rogers was startled. He dropped his shield, rolled over to his close friends, and quickly dragged Buggy and Samaway to escape.
"Rumble—!"
A large number of bombs fell, utterly devastating the airport ground with continuous explosions.
Rogers jumped behind an obstacle with Buggy and Sam, narrowly escaping disaster.
After emerging from behind the obstacle, Rogers looked at the devastated airport and quickly contacted Natasha:
"Natasha, this is bad! Joker's subordinates are attacking S.H.I.E.L.D.! They brought three half-human, half-beast monsters!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Continuous gunfire echoed through the communication channel.
"Holy crap, I see them too! But I need to tell you, it's not just three! The ones surrounding us alone are eight half-human, half-beast monsters!"
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. building.
Natasha kept shooting. In the corridor, a woman in armor with a graceful figure strode quickly toward her.
Empowered One No. 009, Natalie, walked rapidly forward. On her back was a pink-furred gorilla. The pink-furred gorilla was also wearing armor, constantly swinging its fists and knocking down all the S.H.I.E.L.D.soldiers in its path.
Every punch smashed through a wall, flattening and sending soldiers flying.
"Come out and fight to the death, Black Widow!"
Natalie, the Gorilla Empowered One, said coldly. Behind her, a large number of Empowered Ones followed closely, rushing toward Director Pierce's office.
Chapter 87. The Helicarrier Falls to Earth; Destroying S.H.I.E.L.D.! (IV) 5K Word Chapter, Please Subscribe!
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. Building.
An Empowered One whose legs were replaced by a snake tail and a snake head quickly moved through the building. With one kick, he whipped his snake tail, sending an Agent flying.
Then, his other leg kicked out a snake head. The snake head hissed softly, opened its gaping maw, revealing sharp fangs, and immediately bit an Agent who had rushed out, preparing to shoot.
The venom entered the Agent's body. The Agent let out a wail, collapsed onto the floor, lost the ability to move, and awaited death.
The snake-form Empowered One, No. 015 Basel, looked around. A large number of Agents rushed out from the corner, and a dozen guns fired simultaneously.
Empowered One No. 015 Basel quickly transformed his body into that of a snake, moving swiftly and agilely between the office desks.
The bullets fell all around, but none could hit him.
Basel suddenly darted out from the corner. He held two daggers, and as his body weaved continuously among the crowd, he frantically wielded his pair of poisoned daggers.
Cold light flashed incessantly. The two daggers struck repeatedly, plunging into the Agents' bodies. The Agents were hit one after another, lying down and convulsing.
"Kill him!"
Fearing friendly fire, the Agents quickly drew knives and faced the man head-on.
"Puff, puff, puff..."
Cold light flashed. The curtain partition fell, obscuring half the sunlight. The room was dim, and the light was weak.
Inside the dark room, cold light flashed without ceasing, and the sound of sharp blades slicing through the air constantly rang out.
Rose Red Flowers bloomed continuously, followed by the sound of bodies hitting the ground.
Shortly after.
Empowered One No. 015 left the S.H.I.E.L.D. office, his snake body gliding happily, holding daggers dripping with liquid.
"Clatter!"
The curtain completely fell onto the floor, sunlight streamed in, and the room was littered with fallen Agents.
"Happy~ Happy~"
Basel's face was twisted, and red liquid dripped from his hair.
Clutching his daggers, his snake body twisted as he slithered down the corridor, disappearing around the corner, leaving two long red streaks on the floor.
Forty-first floor.
Crossbones Rumlow held a pistol, cautiously opened the iron door, and looked around.
There was no one around, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Holding his gun with both hands, Rumlow headed toward the southwest stairwell, preparing to go to the top floor to help.
Not far away.
The elevator kept opening and closing, closing and opening.
"Warning: Overweight! Warning: Overweight!"
Crossbones turned his head and glanced in surprise. From where he stood, he couldn't see inside the elevator.
However, at a time like this, an elevator controlled by the wisdom system was the least trustworthy.
Once the enemy controlled the S.H.I.E.L.D. system, they could trap and kill him.
Unless one possessed sufficient strength, ordinary people wouldn't choose to take the elevator at this moment.
"Dong dong!"
Two big boots stepped out of the elevator, followed by an angry groan, and then a massive pink hippo head emerged from inside.
A pink hippo wearing pants stepped out. Rumlow's eyebrow twitched. Which circus did this hippo escape from?
That hippo was extremely Strange, wearing pants, its two front legs wearing big boots, and its two back legs, which were slightly thicker, were bare.
Its overall attire was very odd.
The pink-skinned hippo jumped up with its hindquarters and angrily kicked the elevator, denting it directly.
Rumlow quickly backed away, trying his best not to attract the other party's attention.
The pink-skinned hippo turned its head to look.
Rumlow fired two shots at it and immediately turned and ran.
This massive size reminded him of the group of monsters currently rampaging through the building.
He couldn't win, he really couldn't win!
The ground trembled, and a loud crash sounded.
The pink-skinned hippo charged quickly toward Rumlow. Rumlow immediately sidestepped and jumped to dodge.
The next moment.
The hippo's massive mouth suddenly opened, and a tall figure with a prominent upper body suddenly shot out from the hippo's mouth. He gripped two swords tightly and slashed at Rumlow.
"Pfft!"
Rumlow took a slash across his back. His clothes were ripped open, and a long wound was left on his back, clearly exposing the bone.
"Ugh ahhh!"
Rumlow was in unbearable pain.
The next moment.
Hippo Empowered One No. 020 Eden stomped down. Just as Rumlow was about to roll over and dodge, one of his arms was pinned to the floor by the long blade Edenheld.
"Ugh ah!"
Rumlow cried out in pain. The massive pink foot descending into his vision slammed down, and Rumlowlost consciousness.
Top floor.
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. command center.
The HYDRA small leader stood in front of the command console, contacting the Helicarrier Commander and issuing the order to use the algorithm.
The Helicarrier used the Insight Project algorithm to mark all enemies who could pose a threat to HYDRA.
Inside the Helicarrier.
Eustass blasted through walls all the way, rushing toward the system control room.
"Warning, you have been locked on!"
The armor's wisdom system warned.
"Who else is locked on?"
Eustass asked.
"Natasha Romanoff, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Maria Hill, Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, Peter Parker, Virginia Pepper Potts, Matthew Ellis..."
Eustass was shocked looking at the list. Good heavens, was this really an algorithm designed to predict villains for World peace?
This was clearly an algorithm meant to eliminate major enemies!
What was most outrageous was that the list even marked Iron Man and Strange.
HYDRA wanted to kill Strange? They hadn't even asked if the Ancient One agreed.
The next moment.
With a loud crash.
Eustass directly smashed through the wall and rushed into the Helicarrier system control room.
Eustass assimilated the ground into white lines. A large number of white lines transformed into gigantic white waves, wrapped in high-density Armament Haki, and blasted into the control room.
1 God Execution!
"Boom boom boom—!"
The control room erupted in massive firelight. The entire system of Helicarrier No. 01 was thrown into chaos: the navigation system lost control, the satellite link system was broken, the targeting system collapsed, the entire vessel lost control, and its cannons fired randomly at the two surrounding Helicarriers.
The entire uncontrolled Helicarrier rapidly collided with Helicarrier No. 03.
"Woom—!"
No. 01 and No. 03 crashed together. Massive explosions erupted continuously, and No. 03 was also affected and faced a crash crisis.
HYDRA was forced to halt operations, and the small leader inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. Building quickly pondered countermeasures.
Explosions continued inside Helicarrier No. 01, and a huge fireball erupted.
Eustass, wearing his nano armor, quickly flew out, heading toward No. 02... The Triskelion S.H.I.E.L.D. Building.
Helicarrier Launch Command Center.
The HYDRA small leader was contacting Helicarrier No. 02, urging them to quickly leave the airspace to minimize losses.
The next moment, the iron door of the command center was blasted away by two huge fists.
A burly white man rushed in. His left arm was not a fist, but a large black gorilla, and the one throwing the punch was this black-furred gorilla, which only had a torso.
"Awooo—!"
The black-furred gorilla roared and was swung by its host, Empowered One No. 021 Alex, charging into the Agents inside the room, while also throwing punches frantically.
Many Agents wailed as they were blasted away, smashing through the glass and falling from the building toward the ground below.
As the Black-furred Gorilla Empowered One Alexcontinuously attacked the Agents inside, a graceful figure walked in. Sharon Carter held a pistol and fired several bursts at the HYDRA small leader.
"Thud!"
The HYDRA small leader was hit multiple times in the chest and collapsed, unable to get up.
"Guard outside!"
After Sharon spoke, she quickly ran to the console to rewrite the Insight Project permissions.
"Understood!"
The Black-furred Gorilla Empowered One Alex nodded and quickly ran outside, standing by the door with the gorilla, feeding the gorilla bananas while vigilantly observing the surroundings.
A team of Taxi Soldiers led by Sharon stood around, maintaining armed vigilance.
After receiving funding from Eustass, Sharon Carterestablished her own intelligence network and Agentorganization.
However, this organization was not of significant use to Eustass anymore; the existence of the Empowered Oneswas far more crucial.
There were large numbers of Empowered Ones in the Base waiting to be deployed at any time, and 32 Empowered Ones were dispatched for this mission to encircle and suppress S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Empowered Ones, combined with modern technology, were an overwhelming, one-sided force against the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents!
Sharon Carter stood in front of the console, revoking the weapons usage permissions for the three Helicarriers.
Then, she quickly led her team and rushed upstairs.
Outside the building.
Captain Rogers arrived with Sam, hiding outside the building and observing the interior of the lobby.
A large number of Strange-looking monsters—some even causing one's SAN value to drop sharply—had rushed into the S.H.I.E.L.D. Building to cause destruction, even threatening to wipe out S.H.I.E.L.D. Of course, Rogers had to come and stop them.
Sam's wings were broken, so flying directly to the top floor was impossible.
Rogers hid Buggy well, and only then did he take Sam, preparing to fight their way up from the first floor.
"There should be no one."
Sam said.
"Don't be careless, observe carefully!"
Rogers quickly said.
He figured that since the enemy intended to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D., they must have a thorough plan. If so, how could they not set up defenses after breaching the interior?
"These guys look really Strange."
Sam complained.
"Maybe someone intentionally created them through biological experiments, Sam. Do you have any information on that?"
Rogers asked, looking at Sam.
He suspected the US Military... After all, historically, those guys have done plenty of things like this.
They just haven't been very successful.
"I... I'm not entirely sure. We're not in the same department, after all."
Sam said, looking confused.
He himself was starting to suspect if the Military had conducted such experiments.
And then half the Test Subjects escaped and came back for revenge?
Sam guessed and imagined this in his mind.
"Move out!"
Rogers observed the first floor for a moment, then quickly led Sam further inside.
"Whoosh!"
A figure quickly swept past overhead.
Moth Empowered One No. 031 quickly flew across the ceiling. Rogers looked up, and Sam immediately drew his gun and fired.
"Whoosh!"
In the corner.
A red-haired beauty in combat gear rushed out. Her flat, long green mantis arms quickly slashed out. A green flash occurred, and Rogers kicked Sam away, taking the blow himself and falling to the ground.
Mantis Empowered One No. 007 Eunice blocked the path to the second floor, sneering at Captain America.
Rogers looked up at her, his face filled with shock. Where did so many monsters come from?!
"Rogers, hurry up and go!"
Sam quickly said, raising his gun to shoot at Mantis Empowered One Eunice.
Eunice's mantis legs ran quickly. Her highly developed nervous system in mantis form made her reactions extremely fast; she had already prepared her dodge before the bullets arrived.
The Mantis Empowered One's figure rapidly dodged and dashed across the hall. A green shadow flashed, and the mantis blade arm sliced past Sam.
"Ugh!"
Sam fell down in pain. Eunice was about to slash Sam a few more times when Rogers quickly ran over and delivered a flying kick.
Eunice instantly retreated, simultaneously slashing at Rogers.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
A shield instantly flew over. Eunice reacted extremely fast and dodged. The shield flew past, then bounced back.
"Clang!"
The Winter Soldier, Buggy, stood at the doorway. His mechanical left arm caught the shield. He glanced at Rogers, who was slowly getting up. Rogers looked at Buggy in surprise.
"You remember? Buggy..."
Rogers looked at his close friend with delight.
"Hiss..."
Buggy painfully clutched his head, then glared fiercely at Rogers. "Because I'll be with you till the end, you punk..."
When he woke up just now, he remembered many things.
Buggy quickly went to the airport to retrieve Rogers' shield and tracked him all the way here.
Rogers, Buggy, and Sam stood side-by-side. Rogers held the shield, Buggy's mechanical left arm whirred, and Samraised his small pistol... Mantis Woman Eunice backed away in fear, retreating until she reached the passage to the second floor, where heavy footsteps sounded.
A large number of Masked Soldiers quickly ran down the stairs, aiming their guns at Rogers and the others.
Behind them.
At the doorway.
Armored Empowered One No. 006 Bear Man and Empowered One No. 016 Hedgehog Empowered Oneblocked the entrance.
Rogers, Buggy, and Sam stood back-to-back, looking seriously at these guys.
"Captain America is so strong! Let's take him down!"
Bear Man clenched his fists, smashed the door open, and charged in, the ground thudding loudly.
"DIEDIEDIE!"
The Hedgehog Empowered One curled his body into a ball, his Sharp Quills, like steel needles, stood up, and he transformed into a fast-rolling spiky ball, tearing up the ground as he charged into the hall.
"Damn it!"
Rogers originally intended to use his shield to block the bullets, but this Hedgehog Man was even more troublesome.
Bear Man's steel fist, wrapped in armor, slammed down. Buggy's left arm whirred, and his taut left arm punched out.
"Boom!"
The two steel fists collided. Buggy was instantly sent flying, crashing through the Floor-to-Ceiling Window and tumbling outward.
After all, the size difference was immense; Buggy was no match for Bear Man.
Bear Man smashed through the Floor-to-Ceiling Windowand chased after him.
"Clang clang clang—!"
The Sharp Quills on Hedgehog Man's body spun wildly with his movement. Rogers held his shield in front, and the quills struck the shield, causing sparks to fly and quill fragments to scatter.
"Hmph!"
Hedgehog Man suddenly returned to normal, exposing his body, and kicked out at Rogers.
Rogers kicked the opponent's foot back, then, holding his shield, struck the man's forehead.
"Clang!"
Hedgehog Man was dizzy, his body swaying as he fell to the side.
"Fire!"
Mantis Woman said coldly.
The soldiers aimed at Rogers and Sam and opened fire.
Rogers quickly pulled Sam behind him, squatted down with the shield to block the bullets, and moved toward Cover.
Sam rolled into Cover, and Rogers, holding his shield, charged quickly toward Mantis Woman and the soldiers.
"Shoot their legs!"
Mantis Woman shouted.
The soldiers all shot at Rogers' legs. Rogers squatted, hiding behind the shield.
Sam instantly stood up from behind Cover, raising his Dual Pistols and firing continuously... Top floor, Pierce's office.
"Boom—!"
Empowered One No. 009 Pink Furred Gorilla, Natalie, wearing steel armor, quickly charged into the office. The Pink Furred Gorilla wildly swung its huge fists, smashing through the wall.
"Roar—!"
The Pink Furred Gorilla roared, punched out, and sent several Security Council Members flying across the room.
They all crashed through the Floor-to-Ceiling Windows and fell toward the ground below.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!"
Natasha suddenly threw out a small object; electric light flashed.
"Hmph!"
Natalie snorted coldly. Holding a Sky Shell in her palm, she slammed it forward, and an Impact Wave rushed out, blasting the electrical device away.
"Roar!"
The Pink Furred Gorilla on Natalie's back was enraged. It slapped out, sending Natasha flying away, where she landed and couldn't get up.
Natalie glanced at Nick Fury and Pierce, walked to the Control Panel, and began hacking to find all S.H.I.E.L.D.data and make it public.
S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA cannot be killed off completely.
It's better to make them public enemies.
Before long, the Insight Project, the introduction of HYDRA Scientists, and even the lists of HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel were all posted online.
Pierce watched the opponent with a face full of fury. He didn't know who they were, yet they had dealt them a Fatal Blow.
"You rats, hiding your heads and showing your tails, who exactly are you?"
Pierce roared.
"Hiss~"
Natalie sneered. The gorilla fist punched out, Pierce's body instantly distorted, and he crashed through the glass, plummeting downward.
"HYDRA Cleanup complete. The US Military is arriving. Retreat!"
Carter's voice came through the Headset.
"Understood!"
Natalie nodded, knocked Nick Fury down with a punch, leaving his fate unknown, and then led the Empowered Ones behind her toward the rooftop.
A Stealth Jet slowly materialized and flew over quickly, picking up all the team members.
Downstairs.
Rogers charged into the crowd of soldiers, quickly knocking them down. Mantis Woman, however, swept past from the side, grabbed Hedgehog Man, and ran outside.
Rogers quickly threw his shield.
Bear Man punched the shield away, retreating with Mantis Woman.
"Stop!"
Rogers quickly ran over and chased alongside Buggy.
"Pfft pfft pfft—!"
Heavy Machine Gun Bullets rained down from the sky, blasting numerous craters into the ground, filling the air with smoke and dust.
Rogers grabbed Buggy and quickly jumped back to dodge.
Three Stealth Jets materialized and descended. The ground Empowered Ones quickly boarded and retreated.
Rogers lay on the ground, watching the disappearing Stealth Jets in the sky, Questioning Reality.
What is wrong with this World? It's only been a few years, and suddenly such terrifying guys have appeared.
"Eustass, are you there?"
Rogers quickly contacted Eustass.
Connecting to Eustass's Communication Channel, successive explosions kept sounding, the noise piercing. Rogers covered his ears. "What are you doing?"
"Dismantling a Helicarrier. You better get out of the way!"
Eustass replied.
In the sky, two Helicarriers plummeted, crashing into the river in front of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Building.
The river water splashed several stories high. Deafening explosions rang out, and Rogers quickly covered his ears.
Flames shot into the sky, dazzling brightly.
"Wooo wooo wooo—!"
A Helicarrier howled through the air, tilting as it hurtled toward The Triskelion.
Explosions continued inside the Helicarrier. Eustasspunched through the outer wall and quickly rushed out.
Sharon Carter tampered with the authorization, causing the three Helicarriers to lose Firing Permission. Eustassdirectly hammered the system control rooms and other core areas inside the carriers, causing them to lose control and crash.
"Rumble rumble—!"
The Helicarrier slammed violently into the building, creating continuous loud noises.
Rogers, Buggy, and Sam quickly ran far away, turning back to look at Eustass standing beside them, and the collapsing building in the distance.
"Wait, Director Fury and Natasha are still inside!"