Golden light ripped through the heavy darkness deep within the mine shaft, and golden combat boots crushed the alloy gate blocking the way as if it were a biscuit!
Logan was like an enraged golden wolf, charging wildly through the narrow passage.
CIA Agents blocking the way?
A fist wrapped in a Saint Cloth was the hardest pass!
Along the way, only countless pieces of metal doors, cut into fragments, and humanoid indentations embedded in the walls or ground remained, silently testifying to the terrifying Impact they had suffered.
Blood rapidly evaporated under the golden glow of the Saint Cloth, leaving no trace.
The area ahead suddenly opened up! Blinding searchlight beams shot out!
A huge underground landing platform!
A gust of wind, carrying dust and the smell of oil, rushed towards him, and the deafening roar of helicopter blades filled the air.
A pitch-black military transport helicopter hovered at the edge of the platform, its powerful downdraft making it almost impossible to stand steady.
Valentina's damned figure, flanked by two Agents, was bending over and rushing towards the open cabin door!
"Valentina!!" Logan's roar overpowered the engine's rumble!
He pushed off the ground, and his entire body shot forward like an arrow released from a bowstring, tearing through the fierce wind!
At the edge of his right arm, the Saint Sword's light blade, capable of cutting atoms, hummed as it reformed!
The distance was rapidly closing! Three hundred meters! Two hundred meters! One hundred and fifty meters!
He could even see Valentina's glance back as she ascended the boarding ramp—cold, arrogant, with a hint of the victor's exclusive mockery on her lips!
"Stop right there!" Logan raised his right arm high, the brilliant golden light blade aimed at the massive fuselage!
Just one-tenth of a second! In one-tenth of a second, he could cleave this bitch and her iron bird in half!
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Deadly whooshing sounds erupted simultaneously from five different shadowy blind spots! Their speed was extreme!
Not high-tech weapons! They were five incredibly thick, silver-gray round shields!
Each one carried far greater power and speed than the previous soldiers! They whirled and whistled, forming a seamless, deadly cutting net that instantly blocked all of Logan's pursuit and attack routes!
The edges of the shields even tore through the air, emitting a high-frequency shriek!
The timing was infuriatingly precise! It perfectly caught Logan at the instant his old strength had just been expended and new strength had yet to be generated!
What was even more infuriating was that the flight trajectories of these five shields subtly formed a resonant matrix, pulling and amplifying each other, increasing their power!
"F**K!" Logan was so frustrated he wanted to vomit blood and had to forcefully twist his body!
The extraordinary speed granted to him by the Golden Saint Cloth was pushed to its limit at this moment! He danced on the edge of a blade, the Saint Sword's light blade transforming into a golden fan!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Five violent metallic Impacts, loud enough to rupture ordinary eardrums, exploded almost simultaneously!
Blinding sparks erupted around Logan like small explosions!
The immense Impact even caused the Golden God of War, Logan, to pause! Cracks appeared on the solid concrete platform beneath his feet!
Five towering figures, built like iron towers, wore combat suits that were thicker, more streamlined, and shimmered with the cold light of special metal compared to the previous soldiers.
In Logan's words, "that knock-off star on their chest looks even more f**king annoying."
The five men, like five human tanks, burst out from their hiding places with a roar!
Their movements were perfectly synchronized, with an eerie coordination, clearly indicating they were upgraded, high-level cannon fodder!
Their faces were expressionless, their eyes hollow and dead, with only one goal—to hold back that golden Beast at all costs!
The one at the front even threw another heavy shield, aiming directly for Logan's face!
"Persistent knock-offs!!" Logan growled, his Fury transforming into tangible power!
The Saint Sword's light blade suddenly surged!
"Shatter for me!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three extremely subtle, dazzling golden lines, capable of severing the void, instantly flashed through!
The mournful wail of tearing air was piercing!
The three Super Soldiers charging at the front, along with the shields they had just raised into an attacking posture, froze in unison!
The next instant, along the mirror-smooth cuts, they silently split and slid apart! There wasn't even a scream!
But this delay of a few tenths of a second was enough!
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!
The helicopter's engine let out a massive roar, and the heavy fuselage suddenly pulled up!
The fierce wind churned up a huge vortex of gravel and dust from the ground!
The cabin door was rapidly closing!
Logan suddenly looked up, just in time to see Valentina's hateful face pressed against the rapidly closing porthole, her red lips parting, silently mouthing three words:
"Goodbye… Beast."
Her face was filled with naked, pure, maddening mockery!
"Bitch!!!" All of Logan's rationality completely evaporated!
His furious roar seemed to tear his vocal cords!
The remaining two Super Soldiers, fearless of Death, lunged again, trying to grab his legs!
"Get lost!!!" Logan didn't even bother to use the Saint Sword; he simply stomped his gold-armored legs forcefully!
Crack! Crack!
A bone-shattering sound that made one's teeth ache!
The lower halves of the two soldiers, along with their sturdy combat suits, instantly twisted into a bizarre mass of metallic flesh!
Their screams were crushed by the immense force as soon as they began!
Logan, carrying a violent killing intent, shot into the sky!
The Golden Saint Cloth erupted with dazzling golden light!
Ignoring the height and distance, his right arm's light blade tore through the air, and he fiercely unleashed a Saint Sword slash towards the tail engine of the helicopter, which had already ascended dozens of meters and was accelerating away!
"Excalibur—!!!"
A magnificent, enormous golden crescent-shaped light blade, as if it could cleave the sky itself, shot out of his hand! It instantly traversed space!
Just as the slash was about to strike the helicopter, a figure jumped from the aircraft, curling into a ball and crashing directly into the slash.
It was another Super Soldier! He actually collided with the slash while holding three shields.
Although the slash could not be stopped by him, it was delayed by one second.
And in that one second, the helicopter swerved, moved out of the slash's path, and flew into the distance.
Logan landed heavily back on the ground, his golden combat boots smashing two deep pits into the platform.
He stared intently in the direction where the helicopter disappeared, his breathing heavy like a bellows, his chest rising and falling violently.
The light of the Saint Cloth slowly receded, but the overwhelming killing intent and frustration were almost solidified.
The roar of the helicopter sounded in the distance, announcing that the bitch had escaped.
"F**k! F**k! F**k!" Logan stomped his foot fiercely, and a large section of the concrete platform collapsed!
He impatiently tore off his golden helmet, revealing his stubbled, sweat-soaked, and furious face, and roared at the night sky, "Valentina! You wait for me! Sooner or later, I'll tear that pretty skin off you inch by inch!!"
Just then, Psylocke's clear voice, tinged with a hint of seriousness, came through his earpiece: "Wolverine, come back immediately. You'd better see… the 'things' left here."
Logan's raging anger was forcibly suppressed.
He narrowed his eyes, sniffing the complex scent lingering in the air—blood, gunpowder, and cheap serum.
"Tsk, trouble." He spat a mouthful of bloody saliva, impatiently re-donning his helmet, "Got it! Coming! Hope this damn place has something I can vent on!"
The golden light flared again, and Logan's figure transformed into an arrow released from a bowstring, shooting towards the depths of the mine shaft from which he came.
When Logan arrived at the location Psylocke provided, he saw Psylocke standing in the center of a chaotic mess of equipment wreckage.
In front of her, a military main-frame computer, half-embedded in the rock wall with its casing charred and deformed, was hissing and smoking.
An inconspicuous black USB drive was plugged into the only intact port of the main-frame computer.
The top of the USB drive projected a faint blue holographic screen, with dense data streams scrolling like a waterfall.
"Tsk," Logan unequipped the Golden Saint Cloth with a whoosh, the dazzling golden armor transforming into a stream of light and flying into the golden box carried by the drone.
He strode over to Psylocke, glancing at the dazzling data stream, his brows furrowed into a tight knot.
He pulled out a half-flattened cigar and a heavily worn military windproof lighter from his tactical waist pouch.
Click!
A flame shot up, lighting the cigar.
Logan took a deep drag, and pungent smoke exhaled from his nostrils, enveloping his face, which was clearly marked with "don't understand but very annoyed."
"What does this pile of gibberish mean? A bill left by that bitch Valentina?" His voice was hoarse, tinged with the lingering anger of not having shredded his target.
Psylocke didn't turn around, quickly tapping and swiping on the holographic screen.
Several highly encrypted archive photos were enlarged and highlighted: a yellowed experiment report cover bearing the HYDRA logo and the words "Winter Soldier Project"; several blurry laboratory photos, with rows of cultivation tanks soaking bodies with bulging muscles and hollow expressions.
Then she tapped her arm guard again, and Valentina's profile popped up on the arm guard, which Psylocke swiped to project onto the holographic screen.
"Katyusha," Psylocke's clear voice rang out, commanding the screen, "Unlock the core data chain and briefly describe the connection between Valentina Allegra de Fontaine's codename 'Gunrunning Queen' and this project."
The data stream on the screen instantly reorganized, and an elegant, cold, synthesized female voice with a Slavic accent spoke:
"Permission confirmed, Ms. Psylocke. Analysis in progress…"
Valentina's S.H.I.E.L.D. file was enlarged on the screen.
"Target: Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 9 Agent, with a security clearance second only to Nick Fury and former Director Alexander Pierce. Her true identity and activities are deeply hidden; known intelligence indicates she is a multiple secret transaction intermediary, codenamed 'Gunrunning Queen'."
The screen switched to the Winter Soldier report.
"Key action node: After the X-Men destroyed Baron Strucker's secret Base in the North Pole, core data was seized: 'Winter Soldier Modification Procedure and Enhanced Serum Samples'. The data showed that this serum had undergone unknown modifications based on Strucker's version, with significant power amplification, but accompanied by irreversible neurological inhibition and deep mental control side effects. It was later collected by the S.H.I.E.L.D. assault team led by Fury."
Several laboratory photos were displayed side by side.
"Valentina used her authority and the 'Gunrunning Queen' network to secretly obtain the aforementioned samples and some data from Dr. Erskine's original Super Soldier Serum. She integrated the two."
Complex molecular formula comparisons and energy spectrum analyses appeared on the screen.
"Results: A new 'Compensated Super-Soldier Serum - CSSS'. Its theoretical peak strength surpasses Erskine's original serum and all known Winter Soldier modifications."
"Core Flaw: The injectee will permanently lose self-awareness, becoming a biological weapon absolutely obedient to commands, with an even greater lack of humanity than the initial version of the 'Winter Soldier Serum'."
"Inference: Valentina used this serum as the core to mass-produce super soldiers code-named 'Silver Shield Soldiers'. According to data, the 'Silver Shield Project' participants had the support of the United States government. Other deeper inferences currently lack data support and cannot be confirmed."
The holographic image switched to a mine shaft structure map, with a secret passage highlighted, leading directly to the landing platform Logan had pursued earlier.
"—And Valentina has already evacuated with the original serum sample and core data. Location signal… lost."
"Damn it…" The cigar in Logan's mouth nearly fell out. He glared at Valentina's cold, ambitious face on the light screen, and the rendering of the serum next to it, which glowed with an eerie blue light. A surge of anger mixed with absurdity shot straight to his head.
"Holy hell! Valentina is truly resourceful! How could she dig up data from 20 years ago from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s grave!? Was Fury's brain slammed by a door?! Why keep that kind of data instead of destroying it?!"
He took a deep drag from his cigar, the pungent smoke swirling in his lungs before he exhaled. He irritably ran a hand through his messy hair:
"Damn it! I knew that knockoff star looked unlucky! It's a hundred miles worse than Rogers's genuine shield! What good is more power? A bunch of brainless living dead!"
Psylocke turned to Logan, her purple pupils reflecting the cold blue light of the holographic screen: "The serum, the data, the samples—she took all the core chips. These 'Silver Shields' are just consumables. The real trouble is that she holds the key to mass-producing super weapons."
Logan irritably exhaled a smoke ring, then viciously threw the cigar butt onto the ground and crushed it with his foot.
"Notify that brat Chen Tian. Tell him to cut his vacation short and return to Sky City."
Psylocke nodded, a neon glow flashing on her arm guard as she tapped it: "Katyusha, highest priority, call Commander. Package and send coordinates and initial action report."
"Command sent, Ms. Psylocke. Encrypted link expected in 3 minutes." Katyusha's synthesized voice remained cold and elegant.
The two quickly dropped several infrared beacons in the core area of the mine shaft, the crimson lights silently flashing, then turned and boarded the small transport plane hidden in a rock crevice when they arrived.
The engine roared, taking off vertically.
Almost the instant they burst out of the mine shaft exit—
Buzz—!
A piercing shriek tore through the night sky!
A thick, long drill missile, trailing a pale exhaust, plunged vertically from the sky like the God of Death's spear, accurately penetrating the mine shaft!
Boom—!!!!!!
The earth vibrated violently like a drumhead! A furious Impact wave swept across the ground, violently shaking the plane!
Below, a blinding white light suddenly expanded, engulfing the entire mountain! This was followed by a dull, lung-crushing roar! Smoke and dust mixed with rubble and twisted metal fragments shot skyward, forming a giant mushroom cloud!
Logan stood by the porthole, his Golden Saint Cloth box at his feet.
He watched the rolling scene of destruction below with a blank expression. The hill where the mine shaft was located had been completely leveled, leaving only a massive, smoking, high-temperature crater.
"Let's go," his voice was low, tinged with the smell of gunpowder and a hint of unvented frustration, "Back to Sky City."
The fighter jet's engines throttled up, tearing through the clouds, and sped into the distance.
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Mist swirled, and the hot spring water was smooth. Chen Tian leaned against the smooth stone wall of the open-air hot spring pool, eyes closed, a look of contentment on his face. Water droplets rolled down his well-defined muscles.
Splash, a soft sound of water.
2B, wrapped in a white bath towel, approached. Her silver-white short hair was damp, clinging to her smooth neck and shoulders. Barefoot, she stepped onto the wet stone slab, holding a thin tablet almost the same color as the bath towel.
"Master," 2B's voice was calm and unruffled as she handed the tablet to Chen Tian. The screen clearly displayed "Red Room Highest Level Encrypted Communication Access Request" and "Wolverine and Psylocke Emergency Action Report, Level: Burning. Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, code-named 'Gunrunning Queen', has appeared. The target escaped with the core serum and data of the 'Silver Shield Project'. The mine shaft has been completely obliterated by our drill missile."
Chen Tian opened one eye, glanced at the headache-inducing name "Valentina" and the glaring "Escaped" on the screen, then looked at the spectacular scene of the mine shaft explosion in the thumbnail below the tablet.
He pursed his lips, closed his eyes again, and sank deeper into the water, only his nose above the surface. His voice was a bit muffled through the water:
"Tsk… Got it. Tell the family I'm 'rolling' back now." He paused, then added, "Also, tell logistics to prepare some stomach medicine… Old Wolf is probably so mad he could gnaw on Adamantium right now."
2B nodded slightly: "Command transmitted, Master. Also, your bath towel… seems to be pushed up." Her gaze calmly fell on Chen Tian's noticeably distended bath towel.
Chen Tian: "…Looks like I need to heal properly."
He suddenly stood up from the water, splashing water everywhere!
Water droplets rolling down his strong muscles glistened in the moonlight. The wet bath towel clung to his body, outlining the sharp contours of his abdominal muscles, and clearly highlighting the undeniable bulge below.
2B tilted her head slightly, silver-white hair dripping water droplets. Her small face, whether blushing from seeing Chen Tian's strong body or flushed by the heat of the hot spring, was unreadable: "Master, I do not recommend you engage in procreative behavior here. Based on the time, Ms. Kiana will likely be here with sake in about two minutes to find you."
"I don't care!" Chen Tian roared, grabbing 2B's wrist and forcefully pulling her down from the edge of the pool!
Splash! Water splashed high again! He didn't care that 2B was still wrapped in her bath towel, easily securing her in the crook of his arm like a precious piece of tactical equipment. He strode out of the hot spring pool, leaving a trail of water, and charged towards his room!
Mist lingered around the hot spring pool, and a warm breeze blew, leaving only ripples in the water and a lonely tablet.
Chen Tian kicked open the exquisite Japanese sliding door, almost stumbling inside while carrying 2B!
"My dear, you're a bit too eager." A lazy, sensual voice spoke.
Inside the room, on the tatami mat. Bayonetta leaned languidly against a cushion, her posture as elegant as a stretching black cat. She wore only a black lace nightgown with very little fabric, its straps loosely hanging on her rounded shoulders, a deep abyss faintly visible beneath the sheer fabric.
Her long, purplish-black curly hair was splayed out, a few strands playfully falling onto her ample bosom.
Her long, straight legs were crossed, gleaming like ivory under the dim, ambiguous light. The sheer hem dangerously slid up her thighs, inviting endless imagination.
One hand lazily propped up her head, the other held a small bone china cup with amber liquid swirling inside.
Seeing Chen Tian burst in, wet and steaming, with an equally soaked 2B tucked in his arm, her alluring purple eyes first flashed with a perfectly timed hint of surprise. Then her gaze dropped, fixing on Chen Tian's "injury," and the corners of her lips slowly curved into an exquisitely seductive smile, as if she had found the most interesting toy in the World.
When Chen Tian saw Bayonetta looking so sensually almost burning, coupled with the alcohol (from the hot spring and the sake just now?) and the surge of anger from the emergency communication, his mind exploded with a "boom"!
"Awooo—!" He let out a primal, wolf-like howl that was utterly inhuman!
Bang!
He kicked the door behind him shut with his heel! The force was so great that the entire door frame shook!
The moment the door closed, it cut off the sounds of wind and water from the outside courtyard, leaving only a sudden rise in temperature and an amorous atmosphere within the room.
Immediately after, several clear giggles could be heard from inside—both Bayonetta's lazy, seductive, almost hooked low laugh, and 2B's short, slightly shy gasp (more like a system notification sound?) seemingly caused by her Master's rough actions.
There were also faint sounds of clothing being torn and muffled thuds on the tatami mat.
Outside, by the hot spring pool.
With a soft splash, Kiana, wearing a cute yukata and her hair tied in buns, carefully pushed open the bamboo fence door leading to the open-air hot spring, carrying a tray with an exquisite sake flask and two cups.
She had an expectant smile on her face, ready to have a little drink with Commander.
"Commander? Sister 2B? Sister Bayo? The sake's here!"
However, all she saw was a pool of misty hot water and empty stone steps by the pool. Moonlight shone on the gently rippling water, mist swirled, and it was so quiet she could hear the rustling of wind through the bamboo leaves.
Kiana's smile froze. She stood barefoot on the wet stone slab, holding the tray, her big, round blue eyes filled with utter bewilderment and confusion, as if countless materialized giant golden question marks floated above her head:
"???? Where are they???? Weren't they just saying they were all soaking in the hot spring here???"
She listened closely. Besides the sounds of water and wind, only some strange, blush-inducing sounds seemed to faintly come from behind the tightly closed sliding door nearby…
Kiana tilted her head, her small face filled with innocent, gigantic question marks: "Huh? Why would they close themselves in a room to soak in the hot spring? And… and close the door so tightly?"
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