Chapter 039: What Happened at That Time

"Guys, I hate to say that too, but we're really off to go." Coulson said.

With just over two hours left before the party starts at half-past eight, and until then, Thomas Wayne had been in danger, so Coulson had to make the decision to leave immediately, even though two-sevenths of the squad were wounded at once.

But I have to admit that the loss of May and Rhaegar is equivalent to half of the team's combat effectiveness at once. And before Coulson, they couldn't stop the saber-toothed tiger even with the cooperation of the Gotham Police Department, and now there is one more Wolverine, and the situation is very unsatisfactory.

Noticing the concerns of his teammates, Rhaegar stood up with Skye's support and said, "Don't worry too much, Wolverine is a completely different type than his brother Sabertooth Tiger. Although this guy doesn't like ordinary people very much, he doesn't attack ordinary people at will, but prides himself on being a mutant who is a step above ordinary people. And if the saber-toothed tiger goes on a killing spree, Wolverine might be able to stop him in turn. โ€

"That's good news in the bad news, but we're still in a worse situation at the big theatre. After all, if the saber-toothed tiger really wants to attack while the party is going on, all the guests in attendance could become his hostages. Coulson frowned, "Also, now that the communication has been restored, Rhaegar can tell us what you know on our way out." Apparently you're more familiar with saber-toothed tigers and Wolverines than all of us. You seem to know some details that aren't even recorded in Hydra's internal database. Also, you haven't said anything about how you fought Wolverine with May. I'm curious about how you fought off Wolverine, who has super self-healing powers. And how did you get to the machine room and get tied up with two bus cables? โ€

Coulson wondered if Wolverine had found Bus, defeated Rhaegar and May, and let them go, but then realized that this plausible guess didn't stand up to scrutiny. First of all, there was no sign of a battle on the bus, and since Wolverine was cleaning the saber-toothed tiger's tail, it was impossible for him not to check the main and important part of the 'teo'tail' after releasing Rhaegar and May, the paper ball that exposed the saber-toothed tiger's target.

For this, Rhaegar had no intention of hiding it. And now......

"No problem, I can tell you about it. But don't you think it's more appropriate for me to talk to you in the car, without having to communicate? โ€

Rhaegar had an obvious point, and he wanted to go with the rest of the team. Before that, Coulson gave him the task of staying on the bus, recuperating from his injuries while taking care of May, who was still not awake.

Considering the lack of combat effectiveness, it would have been good news that Rhaegar had taken the initiative to join. It's just that how much combat power Rhaegar still has at the moment, it's hard to say. So Coulson looked at Simmons.

And Simmons immediately objected with a straight face.

Naturally, Rhaegar would not give up like this: "Don't worry, Simmons, I'm fine." My injuries were mostly in both hands, no, mostly in my right hand, and my left hand was ready for combat after a simple treatment - my left hand was still good marksmanship. As for the other injuries on my body, they were just bruises, and as you said, my recovery is stronger than the average person. It's not as big as Wolverine and Sabertooth, but it's about the same in another hour or so. โ€

Simmons looked at Coulson a little confused. She also knew that the team's current combat strength was insufficient, and Rhaegar's situation was actually not too bad as he said it was, so although it was a bit against her heart, she still left the decision to Coulson.

What really made Coulson decide was the completion of a small task on Skye's hand. The master Black Warp teamed up with rocket engineering expert Fitz to design and install a remote-controlled security system for Bus in such a short period of time. With this system, team members can not only remotely follow what is happening inside the bus, but also do some simple remote responses, such as blocking the entire bus in case someone intrudes so that it cannot leave, and even disrupting and harming intruders by adjusting the indoor temperature. And the most important thing at the moment is that with it, it is no problem to leave Mei alone on the Bus.

So, Rhaegar joined!

This time, the team brought much more weapons and equipment than the last time they left the Bus. Last time, I went to the scene of the murder to verify the clues, but this time I went out to fight in a group - counting the Gotham police, a group of people besieged one or two others, and the other party was few and still on the strong side, so naturally it could not be the same. Here again raises the question: the death knell has not appeared until now. Otherwise, Coulson wouldn't have let the injured Rhaegar play.

On the way to the outskirts on the other side of Gotham, Rhaegar took the initiative to tell him what had happened. He started from finding an ordinary agent at the last murder scene and being suspicious, saying that he didn't tell the team members because he was afraid of leaking the news, and chose to find an excuse to verify it alone, and then he confirmed Wolverine's identity and found out that Wolverine was there to eliminate the traces left by the saber-toothed tiger, to the two fighting, and then to May's joining. In the end, May falls into a coma under Wolverine's onslaught, while Rhaegar secretly detonates the last remaining weapon, the grenade he took from Hydra agents, and takes advantage of Wolverine's crushing under the rubble to leave with May and the paper ball back to Bus.

This is certainly not the truth โ€“ at least not the whole truth.

The truth is that at the moment when May was about to be killed by Wolverine, he accidentally activated a new method of 'possession', and his azure form of the 'soul' flew out of Malik's corpse without his active control, knocked away Wolverine, and entered Mei's bodyโ€”well, body, and attached to the surface of Mei's body like a translucent body-tight coverall, completely controlling Mei's body in this way. Mei passed out in this 'invasion' without her own knowledge, and Rhaegar followed Mei's body and played some of the martial arts that Mei had already practiced. In addition, his 'possession' also temporarily enhanced Mei's own physical fitness, and it increased by more than 50%, so that he was able to fight Wolverine for a considerable period of time in the future!

Unfortunately, this somewhat 'shameful' method of possession has its flaws. First of all, Rhaegar still can't get all the skills that the possessed person has in this way, only some instinctive actions, and in addition, Rhaegar doesn't feel pain in this case, but the possessed person himself will still be injured. Considering that in this state, he still couldn't effectively kill Wolverine, who had super self-healing abilities, so Rhaegar used the grenade to blow up a pillar in the room at the murder scene, pressed half of the ceiling against Wolverine, and then snatched the paper ball that he put in his pocket, and then left there with Malik's body.

Back on Bus, everything seems to be settled. However, when Rhaegar broke away from May's body and returned to Malik's corpse, the 'side effects' appeared: he felt a sense of prostration like never before, as well as a feeling of hunger and thirst. These feelings even affected his thinking. He thought of recharging himself, so he went to the room on the first floor of the Bus, pulled out the bus cable, and directly touched the metal pins of the two sockets of the cable with his hands. It was also thanks to the electricity that did not scorch Malik's body, but instead recharged his 'soul'. And after what seemed to be centuries of discomfort, he finally felt a little more comfortable, and fatigue hit, and he fell asleep......

Well, now the question arises.

"Then why are those cables getting tangled around you?" Curious baby Fitz asked.

Rhaegar didn't know what to answer for a moment, because he had forgotten to come up with an excuse for this. And just when his mind was blank when he was asked, it was Coulson who relieved him.

"I think Rhaegar wanted to treat Mei at the time, and he wouldn't turn on your instruments in the lab, thinking that there was a problem with the power supply, so I went to the bus cable to see if I could fix it, but I accidentally got electrocuted."

Hearing this answer, which was not from his own mouth, Fitz did not realize the twists and turns in it, but nodded naturally.

Also, in order to maintain the integrity and sensitivity of the touch table of the console, the switch of the console is designed at the bottom of the entire countertop, and it is a recessed part, which is indeed a bit difficult to find. Hehe, this is making Rhaegar suffer. โ€

Simmons also naturally continued: "But maybe it was this electrocution that unexpectedly increased the cell activity of Rhaegar, making his recovery ability a little higher than that of ordinary people." I'm going to have to look into it when this is over......"

With the 'professional conclusions' of Fitz and Simmons, the scientific babies, Skye and Ward kind of accepted the statement. Rhaegar was glad about this, but also glanced at Coulson with a weak heart, only to receive a look from the other party. It seems that after this incident, he also has a new agenda - he is going to have an in-depth discussion with Coulson.

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