Chapter 360: Radiance
Wakanda, a pearl isolated on the African continent, is a beautiful city in this land that has not faded from wildness and wilderness, showing the determination of human civilization to transform nature and build its own home.
Like all tropical countries, Wakanda, located in northeastern Africa, is hot and dry all year round, and its land area is very small, even in the fragmented territory of Africa, it is a small country among small countries.
The natural environment is not very good, the cultural environment is even worse, several countries in East Africa, although they are still competitive in Africa, but the whole is not very good, the emerging Wakanda and the surrounding countries have little exchange, whether it is the level of science and technology or the level of education, they have nothing to talk about with their neighbors, let alone do business.
But Wakanda's civilization is very developed, and it is not an exaggeration to use the adjective "very", for example, Wakanda has already conquered cancer many years ago, and the average life expectancy of Wakanda people is the longest in the world, they will wear a monitoring bracelet from birth to monitor their physical health, and once they have any disease, they will get free medical treatment.
At the same time, their spy agency is even more outrageous, not only can it wrestle with the CIA, but it has even developed a plan to defend against the Planet Devourer.
Not to mention the hard technology power, they are the only country on Earth that has a fleet of spaceships, although their fleet of ships is completely incomparable to the Kree ships, and they still use the most basic chemical fuels, but they are still a powerful military force in the solar system.
Meantime. They are also a civilization of technology and magic, with the exception of the most famous heart-shaped grass, they are able to obtain the power of beasts from the sacrifice of beast gods, and their royal palace guards and the king's exclusive female guards have more power than ordinary people.
The combination of these conditions constitutes Wakanda, which in the eyes of outsiders is simply a paradise on the African continent, even in New York, many people feel that it is simply paradise, thanks to the work of their powerful intelligence agencies, Wakanda is very dominant in the field of international public opinion.
Even political correctness aside, the majority of Wakanda's citizens are internationally respected because of their state welfare package, ridiculously high level of education per capita, and Wakandans are represented in every top university in the world.
They have a good reputation in the international community because they are of high quality, good at making friends, and committed to fighting color discrimination.
But such a country that is like a paradise in the report is not without troubles, and only after personal contact can you understand Wakanda's helplessness.
Like all high-welfare states, their political system depends on the welfare system for stability, and when welfare is reduced, unrest ensues.
What's worse is that the Nordic high-welfare state is a whole country, but Wakanda is a tribal union, and if something like this happens, the situation will only get worse.
Eric ...... Ahem...... "T'Challa clutched his chest, half-leaning against the wall, blood pouring from between his fingers, the whole room filled the room with the smell of blood, his lips began to turn blue, his eyes were a little dazed, it was clear that he had lost so much blood that he was on the verge of death.
"T'Challa, it's time for you to repent." Another black man stood in front of him, the light from the window shining on his figure in the room, so that his shadow covered T'Challa's body like a black beast that had chosen to devour people.
Eric said to T'Challa in Wakanda: "I should have been the one who became the king of Wakanda!" You are opportunistic in duels and have violated the code of honor of Wakanda warriors! ”
T'Challa's face was calm, and he turned his gaze to the spear in Eric's hand, the tip of which shimmered with the luster of vibranium, but at the same time, there was some dark energy that T'Challa had never seen before.
"Eric, you have converted to the evil god and betrayed our Black Panther God, you have disappointed me so much, ahem......"
"You don't understand at all." Eric clenched the spear in his hand and said, "You are trapped in this small country, trapped in this goddamn hopeless continent, and you don't understand how vast the world is, and how powerful it is for me......"
"You control such a precious resource as vibranium, but you only use it for some innocuous experiments, and even cooperate with those Yankees, stupid and short-sighted!"
T'Challa tilted his head back, as if this would give him more oxygen, and the self-healing power that the heart-shaped grass gave him seemed to be suppressed by an unknown force, which made his injuries worse.
"It's you who is stupid, Eric! Do you think I don't know about your little moves? Do you dare to hold the weapon that your father left you, and swear to me like a Wakanda warrior that you did not cooperate with those evil forces, with the Americans? ”
"Shut up! What right do you have to ask me to do this?! And I'm different from you, I'm for a greater cause......"
With a mocking expression on his face, T'Challa closed his mouth, as if he didn't want to speak to Eric anymore, and Eric was annoyed by his attitude and raised his spear in the air.
His Adam's apple continued to tremble, and he seemed to be a little hesitant and afraid, but soon, as if he had thought of something, his expression became more and more fierce, the muscles in his arm exerted force, and in an instant, he stabbed hard into the air, and shouted at the same time: "Hydra! ”
"Bang !!!"
The spear was blocked by a strong burst of energy, and the reaction force sent Eric flying straight out.
T'Challa had already closed his eyes, ready to die, but suddenly, he noticed a familiar force surrounding him, and he said suspiciously, "Your Majesty the Leopard God Bastet?" Is that you? How do you ......?"
He clutched his chest and tried to get up from the ground, when a familiar voice came: "If I were you, I wouldn't move, don't you think you don't bleed enough?" T'Challa? ”
T'Challa's eyes widened, and he said, "Tony? Tony, is that you? ”
Just as he turned his head to find Stark's figure, a strangely shaped portal suddenly appeared in mid-air, and several figures walked out of it, including Stark in a mecha.
Of course, it wasn't just the human figure that came out of it, there was also a cat shadow, or rather a leopard shadow, a black panther about the size of a normal leopard came out of the portal, and when the tip of his tail left the portal, the portal closed.
Feeling that divine power, T'Challa coughed heavily twice and said, "It's really Bastet, why are you ...... at this time?"
No one paid any attention to him, because one of the men in the trench coat turned to look at Strange and said, "What did that person shout just now?" Did I hear me right? ”
"What...... Hydra? Who is Hydra? Strange was also puzzled, just now Eric's posture was as if he was about to summon the demon god to come, Strange had a defensive magic in his hand, but he just shouted a slogan and stopped eating.
Schiller frowned, his expression a little serious, and he said to Strange, "Open a portal and get Steve, and if Peter is there, call him too." ”
Looking at Schiller's somewhat solemn expression, Strange also knew that now was not the time to joke, so he directly opened the portal and left.
Stark turned to look at Eric, and he whispered, "...... Hydra? Hell ......."
Schiller gave him a look, and the two spoilers instantly had a tacit understanding and did not talk about the topic again.
By this time, the panther had already pressed its claws on T'Challa's chest, and as a strong white power poured into T'Challa's body, his face began to improve significantly.
However, there was always a black energy surrounding the deepest wound, and the leopard tried several times, but only partially dispersed it, and the rest of it continued to open T'Challa's wound like an appendage.
T'Challa pressed his hand on the leopard's paw, he looked at Buster and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, it's enough." ”
The leopard's face showed a very human expression of disapproval, and he looked a little irritable, but he couldn't be blamed for that.
Why this group of people appeared here with the leopard god Buster still has to start from when they planned to enter the leopard god dimension before.
After Christmas, Nick Fury was rarely quiet, and this period of time until the beginning of next year is a rare time when he doesn't have to think about the budget, so when he received Schiller's invitation to negotiate with the leopard god, he happily agreed, and said that if the leopard is willing to help him solve next year's funding, then he is a staunch animal protectionist.
The combination of half Batman and Nick Fury is outstanding, and these two black creatures have taught Buster, the panther god, a truth, that is, black is also hierarchical, it can be black, but it can't be too black, and it can't be black with the face and heart......
Not long after the two entered the Leopard God Dimension, they were thrown out, and Buster agreed to allow other people of color to enter his dimension for the first time, and then, Schiller entered......
Of course, Schiller knew that it was important to save people, so after pulling Strange to sell a two-hour membership package to the Leopard God, he explained his purpose and asked Buster to save T'Challa.
But fortunately, in the dimension where the leopard god is located, the speed of time is different from the outside, so in reality, only a dozen seconds have passed.
And Eric, who attacked T'Challa, happened to belong to the type where the villain died from talking too much, and after seriously injuring T'Challa, he didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, but sprayed on the spot, so the rescue team just caught up with the moment when he started.
The leopard god was studying the dark energy on T'Challa's chest, but T'Challa had already gotten up and stood up, and when the leopard god turned around, he saw the spear that had been ejected by his own defense.
On the tip of the spear, there was a trace of ominous dark power, and the tip seemed to be shining with a strange brilliance, as if it had been quenched with poison.
The leopard god walked over and sniffed the spear with his nose, and he showed a puzzled expression, and at that moment, there was a "plop", and T'Challa, who had just stood up, fell to the ground again.
"Hahahaha, he's dead! I've smeared poison on it, and no one can save him! Eric shouted.
Stark showed a look of disdain, at this time, the leopard god had already jumped to T'Challa's side, and he used that strange power to melt into T'Challa's body, but after a while, the leopard god looked down suspiciously, and glanced at his claws.
Stark saw the leopard god's movements and realized that something was wrong, and he hurriedly walked over and half-knelt down to check on T'Challa's situation.
Since T'Challa was dark-skinned, so he couldn't see the state of his skin, and Stark opened the mech's arm device, plunged a probe into T'Challa's body, and turned on the scanner with his other hand.
As soon as the scanner was turned on, Jarvis sounded the alarm: "Warning! Warn! Life is in danger, unknown toxin is being cracked...... Can't crack ......"
"Collect blood for analysis."
"Analyzing...... No results. Jarvis explained: "Judging from the data, this is not any kind of toxin known to humans, its composition is unknown, and the cracking of the composition is blocked by a mysterious force, which may require the support of higher power equipment......"
At this time, Jarvis sounded two more alarms, saying: "Please take treatment as soon as possible, otherwise the other party may die immediately......"
Stark thumped the floor, and he stood up, reaching out to pull out the power core from his chest, changing it to a more powerful core to forcibly crack the ingredients.
At this time, the leopard god flicked his tail, T'Challa disappeared directly, and then he slapped the ground with his paws, and several people returned to his girth, Schiller looked around, looked at the leopard god and said, "You have stood still in time here?" ”
The leopard god let out a low roar, and then walked over to T'Challa, the leopard's face with a thoughtful expression very similar to that of a human.
"It seems to be the occult thing again." Stark tilted his head, and Schiller said to Stark, "You should have heard that guy shouting something, right?" …… Hydra. ”
Stark turned his head and looked into the distance, where there was an endless grassland, and the sound of a wild horn came from afar, and the light and shadow of this ancient land rolled before his eyes.
Stark said in a low tone: "The universe is not omniscient and omnipotent, but in the countless stories I have seen, this name has been mentioned countless times, like a cancer attached to the earth. ”
"I haven't asked you that question before, because I think that since you have chosen an attitude, it proves that you should already have the answer, but now I still have to ask, do you see your parents' ......"
"I see it." Stark answered the question head-on for the first time, and he continued, "...... But it's not just my parents, when several stories come to an end, thousands of parents die in an instant. ”
Stark's voice grew deeper and deeper, like the sound of the wind passing low in the wilderness.
"They didn't leave behind a huge amount of property, they didn't leave their children anything to live on, they just disappeared quietly."
Stark was a little dazed, as if recalling those images, and said, "...... There are no last words, no relics, no cause of death, and no one will explain to the children what caused their parents to die......"
Stark's eyes narrowed at the harsh sunlight of the prairie, and his vision was blurred, and he said, "It's ridiculous to say, it's these tragedies that stop me." ”
"In the only moment I was about to become, I saw the truth about Howard's death, and in that moment, I wanted to perpetuate that state and destroy everyone involved, and I knew that if I did that, no one could escape......"
"But soon, the ending of these stories flooded into my mind, completely crushing my momentary anger, and I felt hopeless about it."
Stark closed his eyes, and several deep furrows appeared between his brows, making his expression look a little painful.
"In an instant, I felt the cascading, endless, irreparable tragedy that almost broke me."
"So, you chose ......"
"Nope." Stark took another deep breath, his chest heaving for a moment, then calmed down, and he said, "Remember those questions you asked Jarvis and me before?" ”
"In between that split second of choice, I thought, what would Howard do if he saw all this?"
“…… He's a rotten man through and through, not a good father, but he'll stop it at all costs. Stark said, almost gritting his teeth.
"That's who we are, that's Stark."
Schiller looked Stark in the eye, and he saw a special light there, unlike other superheroes, where there was no humility, innocence, or kindness, only pride, which bordered on arrogance.
Schiller patted him on the shoulder and said, "If Stark can be indifferent after seeing all this, and do not hesitate to add another straw of civil war to the situation of human peril, then it will not be you." ”
"But you can think differently." Schiller still planned to do his duty, and said: "You have also suffered the same situation, it is obviously the military who provoked the war, you are just a weapon seller, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there are arms dealers who provoke a war in order to make a fortune, it is not you, but in the end, all the infamy is borne by you." ”
"Like I said when you were going to shut down the weapons department, don't be harsh on a gun, even if you want to judge the gun, you have to kill the person with the gun first, otherwise how do you know if he will take the gun and give you another shot?"
Schiller set his gaze on the unconscious, dying T'Challa, and Stark looked over as he looked, his gaze began to sink deeper and deeper, and he said, "Perhaps...... You are right. ”
"And now, they fired another shot and pulled the trigger in front of me, and I almost lost another important friend for it......"
With that, Stark turned and walked towards the portal where he had entered, and as he walked, he said, "This has taught me a truth, if I don't take action again, their bullets are endless. ”
In this imaginary grassland, the light is always strong, and when it shines on Stark's mecha, it makes those metals reflect a shining light, but Schiller prefers to believe that it is Stark himself who is shining, because of his innate sense of mission and responsibility.
It is also because these people who are called heroes have experienced extraordinary brilliance from all ordinary joys, sorrows, and sorrows.
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The big event is over, but it's not completely over.
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