Aegis, three flying as headquarters.

When the number on the elevator reached the top floor, the elevator door "ding" opened, and the graceful woman in the black trench coat stepped out on black high heels, her light red hair hanging down behind her, and the soles of her high heels kicked on the mirror-smooth ground with a crisp sound.

After scanning the retina in front of the director's office, a crisp electronic female voice came from inside the door: "Scan verification, Agent Sandra Butler, please wait...... Enter Approved. ”

There is an unlocking sound of "click" in the door, and the electronic door automatically slides open. Agent Sandra stepped inside and bowed respectfully to the Director behind his desk.

"You're late." Lex Luthor said in a flat tone.

"I'm sorry, but there were some surprises when reporting the statistics." Sandra said.

"What's the situation?"

Sandra said, "Last night, the Hydra detachment we were tracking was intercepted in the harbor of New York by the team of the Teen Titans led by Nightwing. After getting the news of their engagement, we rushed to the scene as quickly as we could and cleaned up the battle. We counted the items stolen from us by the Hydra detachment and found that most of them were conventional weaponry and unfinished scientific products, but when we checked the number of stolen items, it seemed that not all of them were seized at the scene. Hydra stole something else from us. ”

"What?"

"That's the problem, sir, we don't know." "We tried to check the list in the database, but that part of the data was locked and we didn't have access to it. But I copied all the contents of that part into the USB flash drive and brought it. ”

As she spoke, she placed a black USB stick with the Aegis logo on Luther's desk.

"Got it." Luthor picked up the USB stick, pinched it in his hand and looked at it for a moment, and said, "You go down." ”

Sandra gave a final bow and left the room.

Luthor stared at the small USB stick for a few moments before plugging it into the connector under his desk. His desk itself is a computer, and the moment it is connected to the USB flash drive, the whole desktop suddenly lights up with light blue fluorescence, like a calm lake.

Sure enough, after the computer scanned the contents of the USB flash drive, a bright red prompt logo popped up on the screen, and there was a warning word "authorization required".

Luthor pulled out a small electronic orb and threw it on the table. After rolling a few times, the ball was firmly attached to the glowing tabletop, and the screen under the base seemed to ripple. The computer reacted quickly, and after a few moments, the "Authorization Required" window disappeared and was replaced by a "Reading" prompt.

This is a matter of course, the ball that Luthor threw down is equivalent to the universal pass in the Aegis system, representing the highest authority that only the S.H.I.E.L.D. director has alone, which is equivalent to the universal key, and there is no lock in all the systems to which Aegis belongs that it can't unlock-

- Theoretically.

A screeching sound of "Didi" meant that the visit was once again banned. The on-screen "Reading" prompt was changed back to the red "Authorization Required" lettering, indicating that Luthor was not on his clearance.

But that shouldn't be possible, he has the highest level of clearance, and there shouldn't be anything that he can't access.

"Voice command overlay, executing Alexander Luthor, password, peanut oil."

Luthor showed his final cards. The S.H.I.E.L.D. director has more than just supreme access to any secrets, but also the last resort to override any lock. This is the true master key that will help him pry open any door.

Unfortunately, even this last resort is useless.

"The order was denied." Without a hint of emotion, the electronic female voice replied coldly, "There are other instructions that have denied access. ”

"Whose order?"

"Alexander Luthor." The electronic voice replied calmly, and the unwavering voice made the hairs stand on end.

Luthor froze. At this point, even if he didn't have the super high IQ that he was proud of, it was already obvious that something was wrong. He vaguely felt that there was already a force in the darkness that was close at hand, but he couldn't see where the enemy was.

At that moment, a red icon representing a communication call lit up in the lower right corner of the screen on the desktop, and Luthor put aside anything else and pressed the connect button.

"This is Lex Luthor."

An agent's voice rang out from the other end: "Chief Luther, information from the front-line agents - traces of a suspected Hydra base have been found in the Appalachian Mountains. ”

"Hydra." Luthor muttered, "Are those guys again?" ”

"Do you need to arrange a team to organize a raid?"

"No, I don't have to." Luthor said lightly, "Just connect me to the Avengers Mansion and let them go." After all...... That's what they're all about. ”

New York, Raven's home.

Raven locked himself in his room, turned off all the lights, closed the curtains, and placed a delicate birthday cake on the table. She carefully inserted the candle, and with a flash of magic on her fingertips, the candlelight instantly illuminated the entire room, and also reflected her pale and beautiful face.

Four months after Eric's disappearance on the other side of the wormhole, Raven eventually entered college and became a female college student, not only because this part of her life as a normal person was precious to her, but also because she felt that if Eric was there, she would have persuaded her to continue her studies.

Of course, her identity has been revealed in the final battle with Yamozhuo, but this is difficult for Nightwing, who helps her get a new identity. Aunt Alice's family also learned that she was a raven, but after being shocked, they also said that it didn't matter, and they would still accept her as a member of the family.

Sometimes she feels so happy because there are such close people in her life.

Eric was still alive, and though there was no evidence, no idea where he was, and no one seemed to think that way except her, but she just believed it.

Because Eric said that she would wait obediently, that he would definitely come back, then he would definitely keep his promise.

She sat by the candlelight with her knees folded and closed her eyes gently.

"Happy birthday, Eric."

At the same time, between the barren mountains outside the city.

A flame lit up the sky in an instant, and a long string of smoke pierced through the dark clouds and fell. It smashed a mountain in its path and landed in the valley like tons of explosives exploding in the valley. The flames rose into the sky, the earth shook violently, and the rocks rolled down one after another, as if they were about to collapse.

In an instant, starry flames were lit all over the mountains, and the evening breeze swayed in the wind. In the middle of the huge pit in the middle of the valley, the shape of a person slowly stood up. The flames elongated his shadow and cast it on the mountain wall like a demon.

Eric clenched his fists, turned his head, and looked firmly in the direction of the city, as if silently proclaiming—

- I'm back!