Chapter 1863: The Madman's Journey (Thirty-Nine)
Before dawn the next day, it started to drizzle in New York. Thick fog spread over the suburban highway. The damp air floated in the woods, and ghosts were reflected between the trees.
Nick was driving the car, and Natasha sat in the passenger seat, staring expressionlessly at the frost condensed on the glass.
In the end, Nick opened the conversation first.
"I'm sorry, that was a secret mission, not within your knowledge. In general, I deliberately downplayed Hope's death."
"You know this is against the rules." Natasha said, staring at Nick's profile.
"You know the rules are useless." Nick pursed his lips and replied, but soon his tone softened, and he explained: "I can't say that Hope's death was completely an accident, I have to take responsibility for it."
"And you can't take any responsibility." Natasha raised her voice and said: "You said that every agent's sacrifice is worthy of attention, and you didn't do it."
"Since then, there has been no more." Nick reached out and patted the steering wheel and said: "But you have to listen to my explanation. Hope's everything has a reason. She didn't just die in combat."
"Then why did you hide it from everyone? Why even her grave has to be set up in the most remote suburbs of New York? What are you afraid of?"
Nick turned away and said: "If the mastermind behind this is Dr. Pym, I think this can be forgiven. He must think that I made his daughter's death a secret that cannot be seen in the light. She didn't get the treatment that a hero who died heroically should have. I hope I can have a chance to explain to him."
Natasha decisively hung up the phone, rolled to avoid Hope's attack, and stared at Cui Jiao who was wearing under me.
"Loki went back to find my brother. You gave me Thor's hammer, but I gave you that one."
Natasha dared to act rashly. She jumped forward and leaped 87 meters with the help of thunder. At that moment, her phone rang and Stark's voice came from the phone.
Nick took Natasha to the deepest tombstone. The name of War Armor Cui Jiao was written in cursive English below. Natasha keenly noticed that the part where the name was written had been wiped by someone.
"You are also daring, but the fact is that it was another Stark who cut off the connection between this Pym and Stark, and even almost invaded me in reverse."
"It must be." Schiller shook his head and proposed another possibility. I said: "Don't forget the role of the Time Stone. It may also travel through time like you."
"It was the same that time. It was a false alarm that time."
"Be careful."
"But the limited gem is only useless in its own universe?" Nick frowned and said without any doubt: "That limited Ultron only harmed one universe. How did I do it?"
Loki walked out of the woods with a powerful ice box in his hand, and Nick also climbed up from the ground. I rushed to Hope's face in a way that made Natasha panic, and stared at my eyes tightly.
Tony took the Ice Box, walked to the lab table and said, "I'll wait for you."
"But your arrival caught my attention, so I exerted force on my forehead to get my plan back on track."
"It's not that complicated." Natasha said, "Stark just told you..."
Suddenly, the roar of the engine came from far away, and a strange golden-red Cui Jiao landed behind the grave. With a "click", the mask opened, and Hank's face was very serious. I said, "This is a very incredible good news. The one who invaded Stark's system is Stark. . "
Nick squatted down in a hurry, wiped his face with his hand and said: "The mission report said that Armor Hope was attacked and killed in the battle, but you killed him."
Natasha took out the Ice Box, which was almost not exhausted, and handed it to Tony and said: "The real murderer spent some time absorbing the power in the artifact, and it is very unlikely that he left his own power there."
When Nick saw the purple in Hope's pupils, he seemed to have lost all his strength and leaned against the trunk of a tree.
Natasha narrowed her eyes.
"What's going on?" Natasha stared at Nick and walked in front of me and said, "He can hide it anymore, Nick."
"You know that if you tell your father the truth, I will also doubt it, and I will only think that you are shirking responsibility." Nick turned his head and said, "Before Cui Jiao died, you did a little investigation to find out where that strange power came from, but it was completely fruitless."
When the male agent's high-pitched voice echoed, a huge figure hurried out from the depths of the jungle, and with a "click" his face opened, revealing an old face.
"What did he say?!" Natasha looked at me in disbelief.
"Armor...Armor you..."
"About his son, you are sorry, you..."
Discovering Nick's abnormality, Natasha keenly thought of something, and turned to look at Nick and said, "What's wrong? He seems to have seen that kind of power."
"Bang!"
About half an hour ago, the projection screen lit up, and everyone stared at one of the countless light spots.
"You have done very little for S.H.I.E.L.D., so you are capable of being a traitor." Nick raised his head and shook his head, saying, "But at most seven agents witnessed you killing someone, and the gun you used earlier was also thrown to you by one of the agents. That is a proven fact, and it can't be reversed, it can only be downplayed."
"That's not possible." Hanky nodded and said: "Observers say that Limited Ultron is Ultron that has obtained Limited Gems. I don't think I have any real ability."
"This crazy Doctor Strange." Schiller reminded: "After that, I kept devouring Strange in various universes and gained so much energy."
After saying that, I turned back to look at Hank Hope and said in a less light tone: "Something must have happened to Old Cui Jiao. You can be sure that the armor is completely innocent. It must really be someone from Old Hope." This experiment caused the armor to go out of control and kill people, so both our father and son should be held responsible for it."
Natasha has never seen such an old Dr. Hope, but she can still tell from this strange seven senses that this is not Hank Hope, the genius scientist who developed Cui Jiao particles.
"And he is still hiding it." Natasha pursed her lips and shook her head. "The excessive emphasis on game theory and the unfounded paranoia of persecution will sooner or later kill him, and all of you."
"You have no choice." Nick stood up, reached out and hammered the tree trunk hard and said: "Pim in the armor lost control. You suddenly went crazy and attacked the surrounding agents. You killed eighteen people. And want to kill you."
"Do you still remember the name you got from Observer?" Nick touched his chin and said, "'Limited Ultron'. Ultron is also a robot, right?"
"See you soon, Hank."
In your universe, although Cui Jiao has not yet developed the Hope particle, she has not become a superhero wearing a suit. In other words, I was arrested and sent out of the laboratory before I had time to wear a suit and go out to fight.
"But if you really succeed, will he let me have no chance to escape?" Nick asked.
Tony pulled on the joystick and said: "I went to another universe, old rules, hold on tight, let's start."
Nick flew out and fell heavily to the mud. Natasha held Mjolnir tightly, looked around and said, "Dr. Hope, killing is the way to solve the problem. You must talk."
"Tony wanted to avenge Rod, but Nick stopped me. We must find the murderer first, otherwise everyone will still be safe. You tell us you will do your best."
But Natasha could tell that Pim and Cui Jiaogui under Hope were using the same type, and there probably wasn't an intelligent control system among them.
"That's for sure." Schiller touched his chin and said, "Maybe you want to put a long line to catch small fish?"
Seeing Hope disappear again, Natasha had no choice but to raise her hammer to defend herself. The protective shield formed by the lightning caused a white dot to fly backwards the moment it came into contact with the bright light.
The old Ant-Man fell to the ground, but I rushed towards Natasha like crazy. Natasha saw this unfamiliar flash of purple light outside my eyes.
"I heard your conversation in the ice. Nick showed me some of the backups left by the mission at that time, especially the surveillance in the small building where the mission was located. Cui Jiao saw the scene of my man going crazy."
Hope, who jumped down again, suddenly paused. A cold light appeared around my body. There was a loud "click" sound, and Hope's whole body was frozen.
"You were chased into the corner of the corridor. I had no choice but to shoot. You silenced the agents who had not witnessed what happened. It was for you, but for the armor."
"Gentleman, Pim's analysis is complete. The system was cracked in an abnormal way. An ordinary energy that humans cannot analyze for the time being cut off your connection with Pim and gained control. He needs to be careful... ...Hello? Natasha, you are Tony Hankpi!"
"That kind of strange energy has an unimaginable power over intelligent systems. You must be careful about smart devices..."
"Listen, that kind of power is very safe, and for some reason, it is extremely unfamiliar to the Hankpi Group's system. The energy left in Cui Jiao just now regressed and attacked the Cui Jiaogui Group's software system. You are now re-strengthening the defense system. "
The decelerating tires raised a fine mist of water, and when the boots stepped on the muddy puddles, the thick water droplets were splashed up like ghost hands stretching out from hell.
Just when everyone was discussing about Hugh, Natasha came back. You nodded to everyone and said, "The trouble is basically solved. Tony used Cui Jiaogui to get back control of Hope Pim. Hope has come over." ”
"And now I'm afraid there is no group of Ancient Ones looking for me. I am forced to jump over the wall. It is extremely unlikely that I will cooperate with Limited Ultron. In a very small number of cases, Limited Gems are useless only in their own universe, but if The way to cooperate with the crazy Doctor Strange to devour the power of the young universe is certain. "
Everyone under the Swallowing Star Engine turned their attention to Hankpi's face. Cui Jiaogui shook his head and said: "Don't look at you, your butler is busy falling in love. Do you believe that I haven't even learned the most basic code yet?" I even forgot how to write it.”
"The death of the armor two years later was also caused by Limited Ultron. Did I end the layout so early?" Loki said with a frown.
"Big heart!"
Schiller shook his head again and said: "I'm afraid it's so complicated. Maybe some time in the future, you foiled my conspiracy, and I chose to go back to the past to interfere with you."
Nick closed his eyes forcefully, and I clenched my fists and said, "Two years later, on the night when the armor died, you saw the same color outside your eyes."
"He should have said that to the armor." Hank's voice sounded healthy, but I still stared at Nick's eyes, which were sunken outside his eye sockets and flashed with the famous fire.
With a "swish", Hank Cui Jiao, who had shrunk again, appeared in front of Natasha. I gritted my teeth and said, "The despicable SHIELD and my director killed your man and concealed your death. You didn't know you were dead until you were buried. Nick Fury is a completely despicable man, and superheroes are also..."
"It's really troublesome." Nick pressed his forehead and said, "It's not that the White Hand in front of the curtain is unlikely to travel back to two years after you and kill Cui Jiao, and then let the universe develop and use Hank Hope to destroy the Avengers."