Chapter Seventy-Four: Life Is Always Less Logical Than a Script
「…… Attention all squads! The highest level of response, the first priority is to block the possibility of the enemy's counterattack, and the rebels do not pursue capture alive, repeat! If there is any resistance, give up the capture and kill with all your might!"
Two formations of standard shuttles and supersonic law enforcement fighters spewed out ice-blue repulsive flames, hovering steadily over the ruins of the city centered on the Grand Army Square.
Groups of agents and law enforcement members of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Whip of Order team descended from mid-air, armed with full-coverage armor and energy firearms, facing the dilapidated square one by one who had passed out and fell to the ground, but they were still like a great enemy.
Peggy Rogers, dressed in a blue-blue armor, carrying a two-handed sword, and wearing a "Gun and Rose" Erdman alloy pistol at his waist, stood on the edge of the ruins and gave orders through a headset.
With both Professor Charles and Steve not in order, Peggy decisively took command of the "Whip of Order" and rallied the fighting forces of New York City and the surrounding area to rush to the scene.
The major anomalous disaster in Brooklyn is the largest and most damaging supernatural force malignant destruction event in the history of the United States.
Nearly half of New York's Brooklyn was swept away by a torrent of earthquakes, hurricanes, lightning and steel, and even Peggy and Steve's house next to Hull's Kitchen was affected.
From the moment she received the first information about the "Howlett Family Civil War", Madame Rogers had never believed in the slightest, and the strange details that Peggy had felt from the aggregation of intelligence information from all sides for a long time suddenly came to light in an instant.
Although she finally saw Mr. Howlett defeat all the "family members" from a distance, and suddenly flew away into the distance, she still did not dare to let her guard down.
"Fury, be careful to keep the squads in sight of each other, and reiterate the password rules, Raven."
"I'm here, Peggy."
The "Demon Girl", who had turned into an ordinary member of the Order team, responded in the headset, kicked a turquoise lizard face at her feet, and after confirming that the opponent was blocked by the energy suppression lock, she changed into his appearance, and was also captured by the team members next to her.
Even when she saw the unconscious or even completely dead alien body in front of her, Peggy still looked at the busy team members with suspicion, fearing that a hidden shapeshifter would be mixed in.
A group of alien races that can all change form like Raven, and even go one step further to replicate variants or supernatural abilities, are simply the natural nemesis of intelligence power.
In the past two years, Peggy Rogers has found some strange clues many times in the intelligence work of S.H.I.E.L.D., such as the example of a certain agent in the record who retrieved some more information and applied for the use of the fighter, but he did not admit it.
She had also thought that there were special forces such as transformation and mind manipulation at work, but after repeated checks, there was still no tangible evidence, and these clues pointed to no important intelligence secrets, which also made Peggy even more puzzled.
Nick Fury, who had been promoted to the top agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'S intelligence department, came to Madame Rogers with a team of three unconscious humans and a giant "stone man".
The four figures were encased in some kind of metal coffin, and the miniature anti-gravity engine below slowly pushed up, floating forward.
Fury glanced at the "lizardmen" who were lined up in a row, shackled in heavy restraining armlocks, and reported in his usual Alabama accent:
"Ma'am, these four men are Reed Richards, Susan Stone, Jonathan Johnny Stone, and Ben Graeme, who are members of one of the Howlett Group's space experiments."
「…… About an hour ago, the Whip of Order, received an alert message about these four violently escaping from the experimental base in the suburbs, and they should not be on the same path as these 'green-skinned toads'."
Peggy pulled out the cross-sword from behind his back and slashed diagonally through the "stone man's" chest, the blade of the primordial vibranium slashing a slender sword mark into the thick yellow-brown rock pectoral muscles, shooting out a fragment of gravel.
"It can't be ruled out that they are still shapeshifters, and these four people are very capable
I caused a lot of trouble again, and I was detained at the first level."
「…… Well, yes, it's a great talent, and there's an invisible energy field around Miss Stone even when she's unconscious, so I'll have to be serious to get my hands on her brainwaves."
"Professor Xavier!"
Peggy listened to the gentle voice that suddenly appeared in her head, tilted her head and whispered excitedly.
Charles Xavier, who has not been heard from for more than a year, has finally appeared, and with him, the identity and control of these alien shapeshifters are guaranteed to the greatest extent.
"Madame Rogers, sorry to interrupt me suddenly, I just received the news not long ago."
In the Greenland Wolf's Lair base, in a rotunda of almost the same size as the brainwave machine at the headquarters of the Whip of Order, Charles, wearing a brainwave helmet, continued to communicate with Peggy in his thoughts:
"These humanoid races, known as the Skrulls, who evolved from amphibians, also built a vast interstellar empire thousands of years ago, but were later overthrown by the originally enslaved Cree and turned into interstellar refugees..."
Raven, who was also listening to Charles's voice in her head, lifted her distortion and tilted her head at S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson next to her, who quickly unshackled and smiled cutely.
"Mr. Howlett and I have obtained information about the Skuru Empire from the memories of the Kree captives, and their disappearance for some time has something to do with them."
Peggy shook her head slightly, looking at the ruined buildings around her and the large number of casualties in the crowd, silently dissatisfied
"You and Mr. should have told us sooner, maybe we could have prevented this from happening..."
"I'm sorry Peggy, but we have to think about the trouble that may be caused by releasing this information too soon, the existence of the Skrulls is only a memory message, and their population is very limited, if it is rumored that such a natural shape-shifting race may exist among the humans, it will cause suspicion and distrust within the Organizations."
"And if they're already among us, then it's all the more important to keep this message private."
Raven was rare to be silent, crouching down to take a closer look at a face with softer lines, more like a female Skurull's face.
Dark blue fingertips caressed the folds and scales of the Skurull's skin, a race of shapeshifters whose skin had many similarities to hers, and Raven had been trying to go further in the flesh for many years, and there were already successful examples.
A sonic boom of air blasting suddenly came from the sky, and a vague black dot instantly became clear, and James Howlett fell straight down from the sky.
He grabbed the back of King Skrull's neck with one hand, his upper body was naked, his black hair was dancing, and a bloody piece of "leather armor" was strangely wrapped around his waist.
The stout Skrull who was casually thrown on the ground seemed to have been skinned, and the large area of tender green skin on his chest and back was filled with dark green liquid. "Raven, go find me some clothes."
James waved his hand and commanded, and the surrounding warriors all looked at Mr. Howlett's strange appearance curiously after saluting, and finally, Peggy couldn't help but ask:
"Sir... Who are you?"
"Ahem, you know I've always disliked armorwear, and I wanted to get some clothes out of him... But who knew it was his skin... Charles, keep an eye on these Skuruls, I'm afraid that the existing means of detention may not be able to control them."
James handed the half-dead Emperor Skuru to Peggy, and while communicating with Charles in his head, he took a set of blue uniforms handed by Raven and slowly floated into the air.
"Raven, Peggy, take them all to the 'Wolf's Lair, I'm going to pick up the kids first, see you later.'"
Boom!
James, who had broken through the air, suddenly disappeared in front of everyone, and at this moment, 117 Black Street had already become a pot of porridge.
Master Xiao Li stood in the center of the entrance hall with his waist crossed, directing a group of mages to enter and exit through the portal, and the two mustaches he had raised were anxiously tilted upward, quite blowing his beard and glaring
stance.
"Master Lee, there's no news from Queens."
"Mage, there's no sign of the suburbs." "Lee, someone near Hell's Kitchen said they had seen a little boy with silver hair..."
As soon as James left, the young master entrusted to the sanctuary disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the streets outside were in chaos because of the disaster in Brooklyn, and some people even took the opportunity to loot the shops.
"Damn! If Mr. Howlett's little grandson has something to say, how can I explain it... I-huh?"
Master Li was on fire, and when he looked up, he saw a silver-haired boy in a blue sweater sitting on the bronze tripod displayed in the hall of the sanctuary, licking ice cream and shaking his feet, looking at himself happily. A figure suddenly fell from the door of the sanctuary, and Master Li saw another flash in front of him, and the boy had already slipped into Mr. Howlett's arms, and was carried and strode forward.
"Excuse me, Xiao Li, is Pietro not well-behaved?"
"Ugh...... This, well, he shouldn't have it, is a... Very obedient little one..."
Master Xiao Li was speechless for a while, and he didn't know what to say, and he agreed a few words casually.
James briefly explained the situation at the place of the accident, thanked the mage, and left the Holy of Holies with Pietro in his arms.
The crowds on the streets have gradually subsided, and the police force of New York City has been mobilized to suppress the panic and unrest in society.
When the sun was gradually setting, the dim yellow sunlight shone on Pietro's silver hair and was particularly dazzling, and the little guy sat in the crook of James's arm and licked his mouth with shiny cream, looking like he was having fun.
"Tell me, where have you been wandering? Who gave you the ice cream, you didn't take other people's things, right? Let's give grandpa a bite to eat."
Pietro's eyes widened in a matter-of-fact manner, and he babbled as he brought the ice cream to James' mouth.
"I'm going to do good deeds! It's going to blow a lot~ It's a big wind, and some people on the road were almost hit by something that blew off, so I went to help! By the way, Grandpa, I also met a very strange little brother who bought me ice cream."
"Oh's too sweet, what a strange little brother, remember not to let people buy you anything in the future."
The slanting sunset stretched the shadows of James and Pietro for a long, long time
The pedestrians on the road were discussing the disaster in Brooklyn with palpitations, and no one noticed a tall figure holding a boy walking by, but the child's milky voice faintly floated from behind.
"My little brother is blind, but he reacts almost as fast as I do! You don't have to look at it to know where the flower pot fell or a billboard or something, I asked him if he was a student at the Transcendent Academy, but he said he wasn't a mutant."
「.. Grandpa, where are we going?"
"It's time to go home, what, you haven't had enough fun!"
"Hey, hey. Hee-hee..."
Ophelia Green was the first time she had set foot in the most important core of the Howlett family.
Even though the name of Miss Viper in the upper echelons of the group has made the bigwigs at the summit of the mansion treat each other with caution, Ophelia still lingers outside the true power of this mysterious family.
She put away the arrogance and bewitchment of the past, tied up her fluffy blonde hair, and kept her hands folded in front of her, following closely the "Wolf's Lair" guard who led the way.
From the moment she stepped into this "city" hidden deep under the frozen soil of the Arctic Circle, Miss Viper tried her best to suppress her excitement and excitement.
A place that a person from the Howlett family could naturally enter, but after nearly seven years of hard work and struggle, she still didn't know if she could really stay.
She walked through the long alloy passages and halls of the base, and finally came to a silver-gray giant metal wolf-headed skeleton, the wolf's gaping mouth forming a two-man entrance, and its long pointed teeth lined up like a great sword and spear.
Entering the main hall inside is like a blazing fire
The burnt blue-black steel furnace, the irregular scattered broken pillars and crude giant weapons, you can still vaguely see the magnificent and majestic scene of the palace at the beginning.
On the first platform of more than ten meters above the main hall, a high-backed throne stood in the distance, and the man sitting upright held his chin with one hand, looking with great interest at the four people who were sealed into alloy "coffins" below, with only their heads exposed.
There were more than a dozen figures of different postures standing on both sides, most of them young and heroic, especially the beautiful girl with bright red hair on the top, who was tingling in the back of her spine just by glancing at Ophelia.