Victor had no time to concern himself with the conversation between Natasha and Fury.
He had to act quickly.
Victor had long been prepared for exposure to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s gaze, but he hadn't expected them to react so quickly.
However, he was only surprised, not incredulous.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. seemed to do nothing major in Marvel, mostly taking the blame, don't forget.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is a massive, world-class organization, and Mutants are its primary surveillance targets, possessing power beyond normal human imagination.
There might even be S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents in that underground shelter.
Time was running out for Victor.
During his studies in his previous life, Marvel, as a leading phenomenon in sci-fi movies, was often used for research projects.
Unlike most people who focused on the various Marvel superheroes, Victor was more interested in the entanglement of the various organizations within Marvel.
He even formed a project group to thoroughly analyze all organizations appearing in movies, comics, and animations.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was naturally the top priority.
It was precisely because of this in-depth analysis of S.H.I.E.L.D. that Victor, while admiring this organization that fought supernatural abilities with Mortal bodies, also understood that it was best to keep his distance from it in the Early Stage.
Otherwise, the greater good of humanity would be pressed upon him, and the greater his abilities, the more troublesome things would become.
Therefore, from the very beginning, Victor had refused to have too much contact with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Now that Natasha had come knocking, making a quick escape was the best option.
He wasn't worried that S.H.I.E.L.D. would use force.
This was S.H.I.E.L.D., government civil servants.
Even the HYDRA operatives lurking within, as long as Victor didn't display anti-human tendencies, would be bound by justice, law, and morality.
Whether it was the first choice of recruitment, being set as an observation target, or being labeled as a dangerous individual, initial observation was an indispensable process.
The duration of this period was uncertain, and Victor had to complete his next plan within this time.
By then, the decision-making power would have changed hands.
So, Victor was now racing against time.
After clarifying the current situation, Victor changed into a suit, took his room card, went to the front desk, and checked out directly.
Before leaving, he also withdrew 1000 US dollars for himself.
This behavior was not unusual, as a 10% service charge meant most international hotels offered this service.
After settling the bill, Victor made no attempt to conceal his intentions.
He directly asked the hotel to book a private car, stating he wanted to go to Denver, with a reward of ten thousand dollars.
Although the journey was long, the price was genuinely tempting, and Victor soon embarked on his journey to Denver.
Later, before arriving in Denver, Victor had already contacted a new driver through Alice and switched cars to head to the next location.
Thus, starting from Las Vegas, Victor, using 14 cars, crossed 4064 kilometers in just 44 hours, arriving at America's economic core—New York, Manhattan.
The root cause of him going to such great lengths was simply that he didn't have a usable ID card... He could have gone to the police station to apply for a replacement.
But with S.H.I.E.L.D. involved, if he went to the police station again, he probably wouldn't be able to leave without getting the information he wanted.
Upon arriving in New York, Victor had no time to rest and immediately rushed to the nearest supermarket.
His abnormal drive across America, from Las Vegas on one end of the continent to New York on the other, must have already attracted S.H.I.E.L.D.'s high attention.
Currently, there were definitely Agents monitoring him nearby.
Regardless of whether he continued to do anything next, he could be arrested at any time under various pretexts.
Now was the time to seize every second!
He circled the supermarket, gathered a mask, a dropper, a small box, a document bag, and a pen, and was about to check out when he was stopped in the toy section.
Victor was naturally not interested in toys; he had simply seen a very unexpected toy—a Superman model.
This Universe also has Superman? Also has DC comics and movies?
He quickly asked Alice to investigate and found that there really were DC movies, and they were also products of Warner Bros. Entertainment, whose parent company, Time Warner, was headquartered in New York.
"Alice, do you know what's going on?"
Victor had only asked casually and hadn't expected Alice's answer.
Unexpectedly, Alice actually gave a clear response.
"Regarding this, Royce mentioned relevant information," Alice explained in detail: "Between planes, they can be seen as countless identical twins starting at the same point, diverging into different futures and forming planes of different civilizations due to multiple minor differences at different nodes.
Occasionally, plane barriers will briefly open, releasing a large number of signals to other planes.
If the brainwaves of a life form resonate with them, the so-called 'inspiration' will be produced.
And when some of these people are cartoonists, authors, or editors, then various comics, novels, and movies come into being.
It's clear that in the Marvel Universe, some people have also resonated with the DC Universe, just like in your original Universe."
This... sounds a bit mysterious.
Victor rubbed his temples, thinking about another problem.
If he were to go around doing good deeds under the name of Superman in the future, would he be sued for infringement by Time Warner?
He shook his head.
Now was not the time to worry about these things.
He turned and went to the counter to pay—35 dollars.
Supermarkets were indeed places with good quality and low prices.
Leaving the supermarket, Victor strolled leisurely down the street with a plastic bag, then suddenly accelerated and rushed into a small alley.
In just ten seconds, two ordinary-looking men followed him in, sprinting to the end of the alley, only to find it was a dead end, and Victor had vanished.
One of the men immediately pressed his ear, speaking urgently: "Target lost! Repeat, target lost! Request re-locking target position."
They had installed a tracking device on Victor.
After waiting for about a minute, the man did not receive new coordinates but was given the command to end the mission.
The man only assumed that other colleagues had taken over the target, as they had likely been exposed if the target had shaken them off, making it unsuitable for them to continue tracking.
Little did he know, at the temporary command center, they were now also blind because the tracking device on Victor was no longer emitting a signal, and had likely been discovered and destroyed.
Retrieving all nearby surveillance footage also failed to locate the target.
The target was very experienced, avoiding all cameras during his escape—this level of awareness was not something an ordinary person should possess.
This guy is problematic!
Immediately, a team of Agents went to search the blind spots of nearby cameras, with orders to capture him upon discovery.
But they were destined not to find Victor, because their initial direction was wildly wrong.
At this moment, Victor was openly sitting in a cafe several kilometers away, looking through the glass at a camera on the street that was pointed directly at him.
His telekinesis was growing stronger, and flying over a four-meter-high dead end was not a problem.
The tracking device S.H.I.E.L.D. placed on him had long been discovered by Alice.
As for making Victor disappear from under the cameras, Alice had demonstrated this ability at Los Angeles airport.
For a short time, he had escaped S.H.I.E.L.D.
However, if he were to be found again, they would likely begin to take corresponding measures.
Victor, however, was not worried about this.
Because soon, he would no longer be an object S.H.I.E.L.D. could easily manipulate.
As the morning sun rose, Victor savored a hot cup of Blue Mountain coffee and opened the Platform interface.
Next, he would demonstrate the correct use of intelligence to seize control of one of America's two major arms groups within 24 hours.
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