Chapter 1863: The Madman's Journey (39)
Before dawn the next day, a light rain began to fall in New York, and thick fog spread on the suburban roads, and the damp smell floated through the trees, and ghosts were reflected among the trees.
Nick drove the car, and Natasha sat in the passenger seat, staring blankly at the frost mist that had condensed on the glass.
In the end, it was Nick who opened the conversation first.
"I'm sorry, it was a secret mission, out of your knowledge, and in general, I deliberately downplayed Hope's death."
"You know it's against the law." Natasha said, staring at Nick's side face.
"You know rules don't work." Nick pursed his lips in reply, but soon softened his tone and explained, "I can't say that Hope's death was a complete accident, and I'm responsible for it." ”
"And you can't take any responsibility." Natasha raised her tone and said, "You said that every agent's sacrifice deserves to be valued, and you didn't do it. ”
"Not since." Nick reached out and patted the steering wheel and said, "But you have to listen to me explain that Hope did things for a reason, and she didn't just die in battle." ”
"Then why are you hiding it from everyone? Why is even her grave located in the most remote suburb of New York? What are you afraid of? ”
Nick looked away and said, "If it's Dr. Pym, I think that's forgivable, he must have felt that I had made his daughter's death a shady secret, and that she didn't get the treatment that a heroic hero deserved, and I wish I had a chance to explain it to him." ”
"And you're still hiding it." Natasha pursed her lips and shook her head, saying, "Excessive emphasis on game theory and unwarranted paranoia of victimization will kill you and all of us sooner or later." ”
"This time is different, this time it's not a false alarm."
The slowing tires kicked up a tiny mist, the boots stepped on the muddy puddles, and the heavy droplets were splashed up like ghost hands in hell.
Nick led Natasha to a tombstone in the deepest part of the country, where Hope Pym's name was written in flowered English, and Natasha was keenly aware that the part with the name had been wiped down in advance.
"Be careful."
As the female agent's deep voice echoed, a huge figure slowly walked out from the depths of the dense forest, and her cheeks opened with a "click", revealing an old face.
Natasha had never seen such an old Dr. Pym, but from the familiar facial features, it was Hank Pym, the genius scientist who developed the Pym particle.
"Long time no see, Hank."
"You should say that to Hope." Hank's voice sounded weak, but he was still staring at Nick's sunken eyes, flickering with nameless fire.
"I'm sorry about your daughter, I ......"
"Be careful!"
"Bang!"
Nick flew upside down and fell the mud, Natasha gripped Thor's hammer, looked around and said, "Dr. Pym, killing is not the solution, we have to talk." ”
With a "bang", Hank Pym, who had grown up again, appeared behind Natasha, he gritted his teeth and said: "The despicable S.H.I.E.L.D. and his director killed my daughter and concealed her death, I didn't know she was dead until she buried her, Nick Fury is a downright despicable villain, and superheroes are also ......"
Seeing Pym disappear again, Natasha had no choice but to raise her hammer to defend, and the shield formed by the thunder light caused a black dot to fly upside down the moment it came into contact with the bright light.
The old Ant-Man fell to the ground, but he rushed towards Natasha like madness, and Natasha saw the familiar flash of purple light in his eyes.
Natasha didn't dare to act rashly, jumped backwards, and jumped three or four meters with the help of the power of thunder, and at this moment, her phone rang, and Jarvis's voice came from the phone.
"Madam, the analysis of the Warframe is complete, the system has not been cracked in an ordinary way, a special energy that humans cannot analyze for the time being has severed my connection with the Warframe and gained control, you have to be careful...... Feed? Feed?! Natasha, I'm Tony Stark! ”
"Listen, this power is very dangerous, and for some reason, it is extremely familiar with the Stark Group's systems, and the energy that remained in the Warframe just now attacked the Stark Group's software systems, and I am now re-strengthening the defense system."
"This strange energy is incredibly contagious to intelligent systems, and we must be careful with all smart devices......"
Natasha hung up decisively, a roll dodging Pym's attack, staring at the armor he was wearing.
In her universe, although Pym has developed Pym particles, he has not become a superhero in a suit, or he was caught in a laboratory before he could go out to fight in a suit.
But Natasha can see that Pym's armor and Stark are of the same type, and there is probably also an intelligent control system in it.
Pym, who pounced on him again, suddenly stopped, a cold light appeared around his body, and after a soft "click" sound, Pym's entire body was frozen.
Loki stepped out of the woods, the faintly glowing Ice Box in his hand, and Nick rose from the ground, rushing up to Pym in a gesture that made Natasha panic, staring into his eyes.
At the sight of the familiar purple in Pym's pupils, Nick retreated against the trunk of a tree as if he had lost all his strength.
Spotting Nick's anomaly, Natasha keenly thought of something, she turned to look at Nick and said, "What's wrong?" You seem to have seen this kind of power. ”
Hope ...... Hope she ......"
Nick closed his eyes hard, clenched his fists and said, "I saw the same color in Hope's eyes the night she died two years ago. ”
"What the hell is going on?" Natasha stared at Nick, walked up to him and said, "You can't hide it any longer, Nick." ”
Nick slowly crouched on the ground, wiped his face with his hand, and said, "The mission report says that Hope Pym was killed in battle, but I killed her. ”
Natasha's eyes widened.
"I don't have a choice." Nick stood up, reached out and hammered the trunk hard, "Hope's armor is out of control, she suddenly went crazy and attacked the agents around her, she killed thirteen people, and tried to kill me." ”
"I was chased by her to the corner of the hallway, and I had no choice but to shoot, and I silenced all the agents who witnessed this, not for me, but for Hope."
"She's done a lot for S.H.I.E.L.D., and she can't be a betrayer." Nick lowered his head and shook his head, saying, "But at least four agents witnessed her killing, and the last gun I used was also thrown to me by one of the agents, which is a conclusive fact that cannot be reversed, can only be downplayed." ”
"I know that if I tell her father the truth, he won't believe it, he just thinks I'm shirking my responsibility." Nick turned his head and said, "I did a lot of research after Hope's death to find out where this strange power came from, but to no avail. ”
After speaking, he turned back to look at Hank Pym, and said in a heavy tone: "If old Pym also has an accident, I can't be sure that Hope is completely innocent, if it is really one of Old Pym's experiments that caused Hope to kill people out of control, then their father and daughter are both responsible for this." ”
"It's not that simple." Natasha said, "Jarvis just told me ......"
Suddenly, the roar of the engine came from far and near, and a familiar golden-red armor landed in front of the grave, with a "click", the visor opened, Stark's face was extremely serious, and he said: "An extremely incredible bad news, it was Jarvis who invaded the Jarvis system. ”
"What did you say?!" Natasha looked at him in disbelief.
"I can't believe it, but it's true, it was another Jarvis who cut off the connection between that armor and Jarvis, and even almost hacked him in reverse."
The eyes of the people on Starr's face fell on Stark, who shook his head and said, "Don't look at me, my butler is busy in love, and I suspect he has forgotten how to write even the most basic code now." ”
"Remember the names we got from the Observer?" Nick touched his chin and said, "'Infinite Ultron', Ultron is also a robot, right?" ”
"It's possible." Stark nodded and said, "The observer said that Infinite Ultron is the one who got the Infinity Stones, then he must have some real skills." ”
"Hope's death two years ago was also the work of Infinite Ultron, did he start planning so early?" Loki said with a frown.
"Not necessarily." Schiller shook his head and suggested another possibility, saying, "Don't forget the role of the Time Stone, it may also be able to travel through timelines like us." ”
"But aren't the Infinity Stones only useful in their own universe?" Nick frowned, a little puzzled, and said, "This Infinite Ultron is not only harming one universe, how did he do it?" ”
"That crazy Doctor Strange." Schiller opened his mouth to remind: "He has been devouring Strange in various universes before, and he has gained a lot of energy. ”
"And now I'm afraid there is a group of Ancient One looking for him, he was forced to jump over the wall, it is very likely that he will cooperate with Infinite Ultron, in most cases, the Infinity Stones are only useful in their own universe, but if it is combined with the method of Doctor Crazy Strange to devour the power of the multiverse, it is not necessarily."
"It's a nuisance." Nick pressed his forehead and said, "In other words, it is very likely that the mastermind behind us traveled back in time to kill Hope two years ago, and then let the universe develop and use Hank Pym to eliminate the Avengers." ”
"But our arrival caught his attention, so he exerted extra strength to get his plans back on track."
Schiller shook his head again and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple, maybe sometime in the future, we foiled his plot, and he chose to go back in time to interfere with us." ”
"But if we do succeed, will you give him a chance to escape?" Nick asked rhetorically.
"Not necessarily." Schiller touched his chin and said, "Maybe I want to put a long line to catch a big fish?" ”
While everyone was discussing, Natasha came back, she nodded to everyone and said, "The trouble is basically solved, Tony used Jarvis to take back control of Pym's armor, and Pym came to his senses." ”
"He overheard our conversation in the ice, and Nick showed him some of the backups left behind by the mission, especially the surveillance in the mission building, and Pym saw his daughter go crazy."
"Tony wanted to avenge Rhodes, but Nick stopped him, they must find the killer now, otherwise everyone is still in danger, I told them we will do our best."
"Loki went back to his brother, I gave him back the Mjolnir, but he gave me this."
Natasha took out the Ice Box, which was almost powerless, from behind her, and handed it to Tony and said, "The real murderer took a little time to absorb the power of this artifact, and it is very likely that he left his own power on it. ”
Tony took the Ice Box, walked to the bench, and said, "Wait for me for a moment." ”
After about half an hour, the projection screen lit up, and everyone stared at one of the countless points of light.
Tony pulled down the joystick and said, "He's gone to another universe, old rules, hold on, and it's time to go." ”
The downstairs of my house is a scenic spot, and when I open the window, I see that everyone is crowded from outside, and the seagulls are almost fed to death hahahahahahahaha