The post-battle inspection of the Anti-Superman Warframe was completed quickly.

The good news is that Crossbone's final counterattack is just to destroy the outer armor, and Mason can fix it by going back and refining a few pieces of alloy. The bad news is that the tritium engine that Dr. Otto put on this thing has been confirmed to be unusable.

Not only did this thing fall into disrepair and cause electricity leakage.

In addition, due to design flaws, its energy output was unstable, and several power control modules were burned out in succession when the overload mode was finally activated.

That is, Crossbones is not a villain of the science and technology department, even if he wears the armor of the war machine, it is difficult to exert his full strength, and Itregan, who was killed, carried out a wave of sneak attacks, otherwise it is not certain who will win and who will lose in the final mecha battle.

But Mason wasn't disappointed when he looked at the energy engine that had been taken out and was still emitting strange smells and smoke.

He retrieved the Anti-Superman armor into the armor storage jar and tossed it back into the suitcase factory, then looked at the fist-sized ring-shaped precision device in his hand.

It's like some kind of opaque crystal craft.

He had seen this thing once before at the Edward Brothers' wandering dealer stall, but at that time, he was shy and had no money to buy it, so he didn't think that he would casually fight a boss tonight and actually "explode" it for him:

Stark Industries Micro Ark Reactor Standard Edition

Quality: Epic engineering, high-precision creation, and perfect craftsmanship

Status: Missing atomic battery and residual radioactive palladium

Maker: Commander of the Cleaner Legion Assigned to Lab 3

Item Description: Keeping an object filled with radiation close to you? No, it's not a good idea.

Hint: Engineering Lv6 can parse this drawing.

"The reactor version is at least a generation behind the Elric brothers, and it doesn't contain unknown elements invented by Tony Stark, which would require a traditional palladium battery as ignition material.

But the good news is that as long as there's enough palladium, it will work forever.

With my current understanding of engineering, I can't crack the technology at all if I am given the most advanced reactor, and it is not as convenient as the next generation of products. ”

Mason stroked the Ark reactor in his hand and glanced at his current Lv5 engineering skills, feeling that he was only one step away from mass-producing Tony Stark's backward reactor.

The mere fact that the reactor was paid made Mason feel like he hadn't fought this battle in vain.

Satisfied, he put it in an engineer's box, tossed it into his bag, and waved his hand to stop the speeding Batmobile.

It's like waving gracefully to a taxi.

The cockpit popped open, but it was not Catwoman who was driving, but Captain Jack, a pirate, who was wearing a toad glass, hooked his fingers and motioned for Mason to get into the car.

This guy who has made excellent contributions tonight will be proud, and he will almost write the sentence that he is a big hero on his face.

"They're probably going to erect a monument to me or something."

Jack turned the steering wheel and said to Mason in the co-pilot:

"Maybe there's a statue on the beach with the story of the life of the great Captain Jack Sparrow, and it dawned on me that maybe I might be the right choice to move to Osborne Tower.

Gotham City is so noisy and with dangerous Batman flying around at night, it's really not safe and not for a hero like me.

You tell me? ”

"I think you're probably thinking too much."

Mason glanced at Captain Jack and said:

"Well, I'll admit you did a good job tonight, keep up the good work, Jack, one day your name will spread all over the sea of stars. Now drop me off at Osborne Tower, and we'll rest and leave before dawn. ”

"Huh? So fast? ”

Jack complained with some dissatisfaction:

"Why don't you stay for a celebration or something? I'm going to invite Mrs. Mary Jane to dinner. ”

"I want to give old Peter a green hat and have a chance in the future."

Mason shook his head and said:

"But we can't waste time now, what happened here needs to be reported immediately, we can't afford such a big thing, we have to find our thighs to help wipe our butts."

Batmobiles are speeding through the city where there is still war, and the sound of gunfire streaks across the night sky, and while Blocks C and B, plus the interior of Osborne Tower, have been cleared, at least a third of the city area is still in the hands of the cleaners.

However, now that the Vault Warriors, Osborne's guards, and the people of the Underworld have converged, and the Grand Demon Itreigan has slaughtered to his heart's content, there is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

After all, the main base of the cleaners has been completely blown up by a tactical nuclear bomb, and the rest of the people, no matter how ferocious, are only trapped in the beast.

The battle isn't over yet, but Team K doesn't plan to continue to get involved.

Mason now only hopes that Mr. Hunter won't lash himself to death in anger when he receives the news. With this in mind, he walked into the elevator and went all the way up.

Before leaving, he still has some things that he must make clear to the current controller of this world, the old Green Goblin.

As a result, when the elevator door opened, I saw two corpses carried out of the Green Goblin's secret office by several Osborne guards.

Mason stopped the process, put on medical gloves and retrieved their enhanced medication preparations and some belongings from the corpses of the two commanders, intending to go back and study them.

And Norman Osborne, sitting in the boss's chair in his office, witnessed all this.

After Mason finished the "autopsy", the old green goblin took the initiative to speak:

"I apologize for the mistake I just made."

"Accept your hypocrisy."

Mason took off his bloodstained gloves, threw them on the Green Goblin's desk very weakly, and interrupted the insincere apology with a straightforward wave of his hand, and said coldly:

"When I heard that the Mimic Master, the White Ghost, and Crossbones had escaped from you, I knew you bastard was playing tricks.

The normal Norman has wisdom, the evil Norman has power, and now the two of you are working together on your territory to do things that can't even kill a few second- and third-tier villains!

This is simply an insult to my IQ!

I'm not really curious at all why you're doing this, but your actions put K-Team at unnecessary risk, and two of my team members were injured as a result.

I said to be direct.

Show some sincerity, Norman, or it's over! ”

"Huh"

An object was taken out of the drawer and flicked into Mason's hand, where he looked at the object and saw that it was a well-made authorization card.

As he gripped the thing, the information label popped up:

S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 10 Agent Authorization Card

Item Utility: Grants S.H.I.E.L.D.'s subordinate facilities access permissions, and can obtain [Temporary Captain] privileges when in the Aegis Mothership Control Room.

Note!

This item is available in all worlds where S.H.I.E.L.D. forces exist.

Item description: The atmosphere is set to this point, don't you think a sentence of "Mazefak" looks like a word?

This thing caused Mason to raise an eyebrow, and then he heard the Green Goblin get up and say to him:

"The Helicarrier outside the docks where the Cleaners are stationed was largely repaired a year ago, and I say to outsiders who enter this world that it is the property of the Cleaners Legion.

But in reality it is not.

I'm just going to leave it there lest anyone with a heart hit with it. ”

Old Norman Osborne also lost his hypocritical smile on his face, and he said frankly and directly:

"Now, the Helicarrier, which is ready to take off with a power system installed, is yours, and the power system it needs is hidden in the underground warehouse of Osborne Tower.

It only takes a month of assembly and commissioning, and you can have your own flying fortress.

Will this apologetic reward soothe the anger of Team K? ”

"It's quite generous, barely enough."

Mason put away the authorization card with a blank face, flicked his finger again, and said:

"But I heard Mary Jane say that the ship's weapons systems were all dismantled, so what good do I want an empty shell ship? You're like the king in this wasteland, Norman, and you might be able to do us a favor? ”

"Of course I'm willing to help, but it takes time to renovate."

The Green Goblin didn't refuse.

The emaciated and gloomy middle-aged man walked to the office window with his hands behind his back and looked at the city that was still emitting gunsmoke under his eyes.

He said:

"Maybe the next time you come over, it will be of use to you. But I'm going to confess something to you, Mason, as a collaborator.

I have to be honest with you, but I'm almost at the bottom of my grip on the Trailblazers who have come out of this world.

The Six-Headed Squad is the only force I can command.

But they were ruined by you.

However, there is still a chance that this situation can be saved, and someone as smart as you must understand my intentions. ”

"I'll report your situation to Mr. Hunter truthfully, and it's his problem to help you or not."

Mason didn't answer the stubble at all.

He could understand the Green Goblin's intentions, but he didn't participate in the idea of these power games at all, and the K-team was still a little lower now, and Mason had no cards in his hand to balance the others.

So the best thing to do is to let the Green Goblins and Quint talk to each other, and just be an intermediary himself.

He has always been sensible in this regard.

"I'm curious, how many people did you let out?"

Mason looked at Old Norman and asked:

"You have to tell me their team number, maybe you can say hello and contact you when you meet in the future."

"There are three more teams at the moment, all of which are B-level squads."

The Green Goblin turned back to Mason and raised three fingers and said:

"The 'Defenders' are made up of three members of the League of Defenders, Tekken, Jessica, and Luke Cage, as well as several street heroes active in New York City.

I heard you cured a paralyzed Matt Murdoch.

Well, I need to talk to the blind man so maybe the Defenders can get back under our control.

There's also Frank Casul, Gwen Stacy, and several of the Vault's heroes. It's hard to deal with these people's already hostile to me, but Peter Parker's comeback may allow them to reconnect with their hometown. ”

Norman shook his head, leaving one last finger and said to Mason:

"The last and most troublesome of them are the Captain, the Winter Soldier and Phil Coulson, as well as a group of elite S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives and the superheroes who work for them.

They're doing well in the Stars Club, and as I said before, they're already applying for the promotion process to the Council of Twelve.

But they don't trust me at all.

The only connection I have with this group of secret agent spy-turned-guys is to use each other, but I believe that with Mr. Hunter's permission, my relationship with them will be the easiest to repair.

But the Trailblazers weren't my trump card. ”

The old green goblin smiled mysteriously, he pointed to the top of his head, and said cryptically to Mason:

"Actually, there are also our people in several brother organizations of the Stellar Society, remember what I told you before? Tony Stark left with a group of people.

They are the best researchers.

Naturally, we were courteous when we entered that organization, which led to our scattered but diverse spheres.

As long as they have the support of Mr. Hunter and the high-ranking forces behind him, these scattered sparks can immediately converge into a surging undercurrent!

This is also where I dare to get in touch with the characters behind you.

They may not lack us in terms of power, but the people and networks we lurk among them are an endless asset! ”

"That's right, just listening to the strength on paper, I feel that your resistance army is strong."

Mason rubbed his chin and looked at the Green Goblin, and after a few seconds of silence, he said:

"But the most important question you didn't tell me, what the hell are you going to do? What do you want to do? Is it for revenge? Is it to find out the truth?

Or do you just want to live? ”

"Why do I have to choose one? Why can't I have them all? ”

Old Norman gave a grim expression and glanced back at Harry Osborne, who was sleeping in the biological pod in the corner of the office, and said:

"I don't have as much affection for the world as Peter Parker, and I don't think there's anything remarkable about the protection that the stars will proclaim, and the more you get to know this organization, the more you'll understand that they're just luckier than we know that the impact is approaching and prepare for it in advance.

They played the gods before me, returned my sons who had died in the war, and asked me to work for them.

I did.

I didn't feel satisfied, or even humiliated.

I'm just acutely aware that the rise of the Stars is just a fluke, and the best thing is that it can be replicated, I mean, I wouldn't have done any worse if I had given it a chance.

And if you have to give a specific answer, I will tell you that my original thought is probably that I don't want to die with the stars of the world that are going to perish.

I, Norman Osborne, the Green Goblin, I don't want to die quietly and humbled like stardust under the end of the world. ”

"Which one are you?"

Mason asked.

The old green goblin lowered his head and smiled evilly, and said:

"I'm like both, one I want to fight them and the other I want to cause trouble for them, so we put our suspicions on the back and choose to join forces.

Well, you don't know how difficult it is for two people to reach a tacit understanding.

Luckily

We did it. ”

His strange smile made Mason chill worse for a moment, but it seemed to be an illusion, and in the next second, he reverted to the wisdom bead of old Norman.

He said to Mason:

"Otto and I will return the Gravity Restraint stored here to the ground, but there is still some left above the security line, and Otto means let me give you some as a gift.

This scarce resource isn't available in every world, and you don't know how long you'll have to wait if you miss this one.

I heard you're a good engineer?

Very good, then make proper use of these rare resources, I can't give you this Patriot armor, but the previous 'Green Goblin' set blueprints will also be given away.

Not too good stuff, but nice for the minion military.

Ten standard units of purified liquid gravity are already in the works, so consider this my personal gift, Mason, and I hope you will say a few kind words for me in front of Mr. Hunter. ”

"Thank you."

Mason nodded and said to the Green Goblin in front of him:

"I'll help you say good things, if my boss is willing to listen."

(End of chapter)