Chapter 31: Well, I did it
It's just a must-hit, not a must-kill.
Although Amora was beaten and lost a left arm, a bloody hole was cut in her chest, and she vomited blood, she was still alive.
"Cut, I didn't hit the vital parts." Belle said, her tone sounding particularly regretful, "It's a pity, I can't make a second shot with that move just now." ”
Even if she didn't say it, Amora knew that it wasn't just anywhere that blood, and soul.
"Looks like you lost the bet, I'm not dead yet."
Amola spat out a mouthful of blood as she spoke, but she won, and as long as she didn't have the same moves as before, ordinary guns and bullets wouldn't hurt her at all.
Belle ignored Amora, she looked at her left hand, thinking back to what she had felt, the instinctive ability to snatch the blood and soul of others, the trembling of excitement when she unleashed the spear attack, and now, the restless, eager energy in her hand.
"Really?" Belle's left hand flickered with a faint thunderbolt, "I think we can try again." ”
Before she could do anything, a black Humvee burst out of a nearby alley, and a drift came to a halt between Belle and Amora. The windows on the side facing Belle were lowered, and the muzzles of two black holes protruded. The door on the other side opened, and Hitwell personally led people to pick up the seriously injured Amola.
The machine gun fired but failed to hurt Belle, and with a slight wave of her right hand, all the bullets immediately lost their inertia and fell to the ground crackling. But if you delay this for a while, you will also miss the best opportunity to pursue. In the face of the speeding car, she could not use the space jump just now, nor could she open a portal.
Amora fled with serious injuries, and the blindfold she had set up around Baker Street failed. Clint and Peter, who had been unable to find their way out for a long time, finally got out of the trap and split into two ways, Clint went to 221B Baker Street, and Peter followed the signal from Belle's ring to the battlefield two blocks away.
Peter's senses were unusually sensitive, and he sensed a strong smell of blood the moment Amora's psychedelic magic vanished. Following the ring signal all the way, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and his nasal cavity was irritated. His feet moved faster and faster, and his heart beat more and more violently, and when he ran to the corner of the street, he saw the blood all over the ground, and a pile of bullets, and Belle sitting on the ground against the shop window, and he was so frightened that his soul almost flew.
He crossed the last part of the distance with a big jump, and because the speed was too fast and the impact was too strong, there was a strong wind when he landed, and Belle's hair flew wildly.
"If you fall a little more accurately, just trample me to death, it's better than being frozen to death."
In August, the night temperature in the UK is just over 10 degrees. The ripper's trench coat was thrown by her on Baker Street, and the tight dress she wore to play the bait didn't have any effect on the cold at all, coupled with her weak body, Peter's handsome appearance also had its own airflow effect, and Belle shivered coldly.
"Ahh ”
Belle sighed and rolled her eyes. She pondered, estimating that the sum of people's IQ and EQ is a fixed value, and if the IQ is too high, people will not be able to do things. Although the sample size is insufficient, Peter's case clearly fits this hypothesis.
Just when Peter was stupid, Clint came to him. Looking at the messy street, Peter and Belle, who were shaking with their arms crossed, didn't understand much about the situation for a while.
But he was much more sensible than Peter, and without asking anything, he took off his leather jacket (he was wearing civilian clothes) and threw it to Belle, and then looked at Peter like an idiot, and said in his heart that this great opportunity had not yet been embraced, is this too pure in heart or too dull in the brain?
Belle put on Clint's clothes and finally felt a little warmer.
"I just came from Baker Street, how did that man die? What's going on here? Clint asked.
"The enemy ran away, but I didn't stop it. But don't chase her, it's a woman who is good at using seductive magic. She also has accomplices, whose identities are unknown, and the bullets are theirs. Most of the blood was the man who died on Baker Street, he was the murderer, and I wounded the witch with his blood. I'm fine, I'm just tired. Let's go back to the rest. ”
Belle explained succinctly, telling a particularly informative story in a very light-hearted tone. While Peter was still in shock, Clint immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. He made a quick phone call and told the S.H.I.E.L.D. members to clean up the aftermath as quickly as possible, and he himself collected some blood samples from where Belle was pointing.
"Let's get out of here." Clint said.
It was almost dawn when the three of them rushed back to the hotel. However, in the summer, the dawn in the UK is very early, and most people will not wake up for a few hours. They sneaked into the room without attracting anyone's attention.
The next day, both Belle and Peter took their leave. The president was told by Clint that the crisis was over, and that there would be no particular danger even if they were not there.
Belle was on bed rest in the hotel, and Peter was sitting watching TV, but his mind was completely off the BBC program.
After being quiet for less than half an hour, Peter couldn't help but say: "S.H.I.E.L.D. is really powerful, and it really hid such a big thing under the noses of the British." ”
"Actually, it's not a big deal," Belle replied, "and the Baker Street Museum has a broken window, and they have a way to clean up the blood on the street, and I stopped all the bullets, and I didn't do any damage, the only problem is that the man is dead." That's what you're asking about, right? ”
Peter asked, with some concern, "I saw the picture of Clint and the man had a sword in his chest. You didn't do that, did you? ”
"Not really, but the sword wasn't fatal." Belle said, noticing that Peter's face was not quite right, and knowing that he seemed to be guessing something terrible, she quickly explained to him: "What is really deadly is that I and the witch are fighting for control of him, and my and the witch's abilities affect his mind at the same time, burning out his brain. The blood was drawn after his death. The enemy is too strong, and I have no other way to defeat her. ”
"Are you okay?"
Anyway, after all, she killed someone, and Peter feared she would have PTSD.
Of course Belle understood, but she couldn't tell the truth, she couldn't tell Peter, she didn't feel anything after the killing, and she even felt a little excited, right?
"Of course it's not good, if it's good, I'll go buy the bobblehead doll I saw yesterday, why are you still lying here."
This is also true. After beating Amora yesterday, Belle happened to lean against the window of a tourist souvenir shop, and the bobblehead dolls of the Queen of England and Mr. Bean were in the window.
Unexpectedly, Peter actually laughed, he took out a packaged box and handed it to Belle, which contained the doll that Belle fancied.
"I bought it this morning."
Looking at the two little people who shook their heads in the box, Belle felt that she hadn't woken up.
"Why are you so smart this time?"
"Clint told me last night." Peter was very honest and admitted it directly.
"Didn't he tell you something else?"
"Tell me, I'll pay attention next time." He said seriously.
"Do you want to have a next time?"
……
London did not fall, and the president's family was unharmed.
After Britain, the president went around Europe in a big circle, Paris, Berlin, Budapest, and even Istanbul, where relations with the United States were tense. The Secret Service and S.H.I.E.L.D. did their duty, and the road was uneventful. It's just that some Hydra trackings have been found in both Paris and Istanbul. But it's just a trace, and no clues have been found.
After returning to the United States, Belle and Clint submitted very detailed reports to Tony Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. respectively on London. Combined with the previous report, Tony increasingly felt that the witch was an Asgardian, and was also very worried about Belle's murder and the use of human blood as a weapon to defeat the witch. As for why the witch found Belle, and whether there was any other purpose for that series of murders, there is still no conclusion. There has also been no progress in the study of the "Three Gens" obtained from the Minister of Energy. Not to mention that after Belle used General McConwell to scare the snake last time, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s tracking of Hydra has also reached an impasse.
"What the hell is this?"
Tony dropped the information, couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't want to. He turned and went to the workshop, tossing his steel armor.
Captain America is more responsible, and he specifically talked to Chief Belle. He talked about his experience on the battlefield against the Nazis and Hydra and so on. In short, he received a satisfactory answer, and Belle said that she would never fight in such a bloody and cruel way.
……
After this incident, Peter and Belle finally had a few days of peace in Washington. Peter applied for an exchange student while working as a governess for Charlie Conway, while Belle continued to work for the presidential couple at the White House. More than a month has passed, and the wind and waves have been calm.
Calm days don't last long, or I wouldn't be able to make it up.
In late October, on the eve of Halloween, the two finally got their vacation at the same time, and Peter drove south along Interstate 95, intending to make up for the summer they had missed in their busy schedule.
"Recently, the rent has gone up again." Peter complained.
"Didn't you get two salaries from the Avengers and the president's tutor?" Belle said, "Isn't it enough to pay the rent?" ”
"I mean, if you can share a house, wouldn't it save money and don't have to pay two rents, right? There's a two-room apartment for rent in the building across from me, so you might as well ......."
Yes, they don't live together, so they don't have to think about it.
But that's not the point, the point is that before Peter finished speaking, a black muscle car that was burning violently suddenly overtook from the left, and then made a 180-degree U-turn with extremely cool driving skills, and stopped head-on on the way of Peter and Belle.
Peter slammed on the brakes, and before the car could stop, he was about to rush down to save someone, but Belle grabbed him.
"Don't get out of the car, don't get out of the car no matter what happens."
Peter didn't understand what this meant, and was about to ask, when he found that Belle was no longer in the car, and she stopped between himself and the burning car.
Peter saw a fiery humanoid skeleton emerge from the muscle car. It was the most magical creature he'd ever seen, the black leather jacket and leather pants were so cool that he had no friends, but the blazing flames and terrifying skulls were a clear sign of extreme danger.
Robbie Reyes, who is the Ghost Rider, shows her phone to Belle, and the photo on it is the dead body of Jack Mitchinson, who has been drained of blood and stripped of his soul.
For the fact that Ghost Rider came to the door, Belle had long been mentally prepared.
"Well, I did it."
Ghost Rider nodded, and with a wave of his big hand, he pulled out a flaming iron chain, and with the dance of the chain, the streamer flew and sparks flew in all directions.
The chains thumped heavily on the ground with a loud bang, but it still couldn't hide the Ghost Rider's muffled declaration:
"The price!"