Chapter XVIII: Prologue
There have been bizarre rumors in Manhattan in recent days that "city vigilantes in armor in the middle of the night are invulnerable".
This mysterious figure has no name, and no one has ever seen what he looks like. According to reliable sources, the Batman-esque figure is two meters tall and as strong as the Hulk, with metal armor similar to that of Tony Stark.
Outside a convenience store in Chinatown, Ted, who had just made a zero-dollar purchase, stood motionless by the wall. The fruit knife he had just used to coerce the clerk was flying like a butterfly on the surface of his skin, but it didn't hurt him in the slightest. The other party is dressed in metal armor as in urban legends, and is invulnerable.
The "Armored Man" confiscated Ted's purse and fruit knife, and watched as another misguided man ran away, turning around and walking into a dark alley.
"Is that really interesting? I didn't feel it at all. Han Li took off his metal face armor, and his face was full of helplessness.
"Isn't it interesting enough for a young vigilante in the dark to use his superpowers to fight crime? It's like making a movie. ”
After he exposes his superpowers, Christine keeps his promise and keeps his secret as an "alien". As for the title of "alien", it comes from the story told by her maternal grandfather, Gongsun Bin.
The Gongsun family has a legend about "aliens" throughout the ages, and it is said that they maintained a cooperative relationship with aliens a long time ago, and there were also aliens in the Gongsun family.
His grandfather said that he had seen the Inhumans create a white light that was more dazzling than looking directly at the sun, and that the river was as bright as day in the dark night, and he felt dizzy even when he lowered his head and closed his eyes.
After that day, Christine often came to fool Han Li and made him pay full attention to his superpowers. Uncle Ben said that with great power comes great responsibility. As a rare Inhuman, he is simply blind to such a powerful superpower if he doesn't debut as a superhero.
But Han Li refused every time, he felt bored. Superpowers, it's good to put them there, and you can live your life how you want.
But he couldn't resist Christine's repeated invitations, and he finally agreed to come out and try.
As a result, going out for a blind walk every night doesn't gain much except for seriously affecting sleep. How can the crime rate be so high that you can go out for a walk.
The main effect is only to scare a few bullying thugs. He simply manipulated the metal, and he didn't even use the heat, which usually solved the problem.
"Think about what your hero's code name should be. Iron Man has been preemptively registered, how about being called Metal Man?
Oh, you can still make heat, how about that called Flame Dragonman, Metal Flame Dragonman......"
Han Li didn't bother to deal with Christine at all, he was not a hero at all, and there was no one who needed him to save him. He's just messing around in a little antique shop, and it's good.
Han Li's "superpowers" are dangerous and powerful, but the girl has never been worried. A boy who likes to watch "The True Color of Heroes" and help her fix the music box for free, how can he be a villain?
"Christine, why are you so obsessed with making me an inexplicable hero? If you encounter a problem, just call the police. Han Li took off his armor, and the majestic metal armor was folded and folded away like in a science fiction movie, and he turned back into the image of a sick and weak boy.
"My parents were in a bad financial situation for some years, and I grew up in Brooklyn. The law and order situation in Brooklyn has not been very good, and many times calling the police does not solve the problem. ”
The girl smiled, her blue eyes shining with a sly light. "But the main reason is because it's fun! It's as simple as that.
Boredom is the norm of life. The world seems to be big, but in fact it is pitifully small, and everyone can only have such a small share. ”
"Because of the tuition, I went to Brooklyn's public school in high school, and the school was really bad. At that time, I always dreamed of going to a good university, maybe the world would change.
When I got to Columbia, I didn't see that much had changed. The world is still so small. The only difference is that I have to pay off my student loan later.
But one day, bang, like a magic, more like a miracle. I walked into an antique shop and met a future hero. Don't you think it sounds interesting, it's like the beginning of a movie. ”
"It's not early, the movie is closed. The group performers who strayed into the set had to go back to show the boss the store. The boy was very neat and finished himself.
"Well, you're boring like an old man." Christine walked down the long street with Han Li with her hands behind her back.
"Next month a few friends and I are going to take a boat out on the sea, and we're all nice people. Would you like to come along? ”
Han Li was silent and did not answer. Walking all the way to the door of Li Kee's antique shop, he finally replied, "I'll go if I have time." ”
He is a misfit, but he has a weaker personality and is always reluctant to reject others head-on. It's good to find a reason to refuse in two days.
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"Aki, what about Ye Shengren, why are you here alone on a mission?"
Nono was lying on the beach and typing on the keyboard, patiently entering today's observation data and submitting the mission report.
"It's because of the regulations of the Executive Department, which may involve dangerous tasks such as diving, where two people work alone, and couples can't team up." Aki replied with some grumbling.
"We used to train as a group, but now Ye Sheng has been sent to the Three Gorges task force. Aren't you the same as Caesar? ”
"Me and Caesar? That's just his unrequited love. Nono had pride written all over his face.
The academy has been under a lot of pressure recently, and perhaps as the prophecy suggests, the recovery of the dragon clan has entered a period of high incidence. In a number of suspected recovery locations, the college has to arrange adequate manpower.
The Three Gorges team, led by Professor Rundstedt, has arrived at the reservoir and will soon begin its test mission. Both Caesar and Ye Sheng were assigned to the Three Gorges Group, and there were many experienced A-level commissioners in the team.
After Chu Zihang failed to find the Nibelungen in X City, he was assigned to the combat team of the New York mission and was the most powerful combatant. Nono and Aki belong to the observation and diving group, and have been on a mission in Manhattan for half a month since September.
Soon, the Lionheart's rising stars, S-Class Lu Mingfei and A-Class Zero, will also join the New York mission. Many in the college call this the darkest era of the student union, and the Lionheart Club has absorbed 80% of the outstanding freshmen in one fell swoop.
The only regret is that Susie, the vice president of the Lionheart Association, has not returned. Nono contacted her roommate who had taken a leave of absence several times, but only received some vague replies, and she seemed to have a lot of things to deal with.
On the Manhattan side, after a long period of data collection, Norma has deduced that there is a probability of more than 95% of the existence of a noble ancient dragon in the waters off Manhattan.
A total of 23 suspected short-term dragon heartbeats and 4 valid sightings were detected. Combined with data on water quality, offshore populations, etc., Norma has already given some speculative data about this dragon.
His body is more than 25 meters long and belongs to the giant species. Eats very heavily and is not dormant. There are no injuries, no obvious sightings, high intelligence, and good at hiding.
The academy may have found a dragon with an extremely noble bloodline, a secondary species, or even a primary species. And creatures of this caliber live quietly off the coast of Manhattan.
Everyone was wondering why he was stuck here, why he had been restrained. If Ange's guess was correct, what was he looking for in Manhattan for a dragon of this level?
The mission team's communication channel came the creepy voice of the leading professor Schneider. Nono immediately got up from the beach and sat upright.
"This mission is tentatively titled 'Project Titan'. The mission will also be assisted by an outstanding Kassel graduate, who will provide alchemical objects and other devices for detection free of charge.
You may have heard her name, Olivia Schmidt, the founder of the off-campus alchemy workshop. ”
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