Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 231 Air Raid Shelter

"Congratulations, Kent..."

Anti-world, frontline newspaper.

The colleagues who came and went expressed their blessings to Ke Lin, and he also responded with a smile.

"Thank you."

In the recently announced 'Pulitzer Prize' nominations, Colin's coverage of the New York mayor's attack in "Frontline" was nominated for the latest scoop award, which is also "Frontline" since its inception. The first 'Pulitzer Prize' nomination.

Moreover, everyone believed that it was highly possible for Colin to win this award.

"Well done, Kent, I knew you could do it."

In the office, Ben Yurich expressed affirmation to Colin with a smile on his face.

"I knew from taking photos of the Green Goblin before that you are an excellent reporter with courage and courage. After the 'Pulitzer Prize' is confirmed, "Frontline" will prepare an exclusive interview for you."

A 'Pulitzer Prize' winner is definitely a boon for Benjurich's Frontline.

"I'm just doing what a reporter should do."

Facing Ben Yurich's praise, Colin's expression was very calm.

To be honest, he didn't have much feeling about being nominated for the 'Pulitzer Prize'.

Especially in the real world, his "Daily Courier" and the "World Journal" founded by Joseph Pulitzer are actually still in the relationship of newspaper industry competition.However, in the anti-world, Ke Lin became a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize. The difference between the two worlds gave him a strange sense of confusion.

After all, the world is being impacted by the "Daily Courier", and there are already some problems with the operating conditions of the "World Journal".

As an agent of the Messenger Machinery Factory, Lange Vorst tried to contact the "World Journal" to promote the four-color double-sided paper offset printing machine produced by the factory.

The attitude of "World Journal" seems to be very reserved, vaguely revealing that the current internal financial resources of "World Journal" seem to be insufficient to support the newspaper office to purchase new printing machinery.

It can be seen from this that the wave of the Great Depression also swept through the "Journal of the World".

The newspaper, founded by Joseph Pulitzer, is likely to fall before hope comes.

In this regard, Ke Lin didn't think there were too many surprises. After all, there were too many companies that went bankrupt during the Great Depression. Even the Messenger Machinery Factory in his hands was acquired from a previously bankrupt machinery manufacturer. .

I just thought that less than a year ago, the person in charge of "World Daily" wanted to buy the copyright of "Superman" in his hand, and even competed with Colin on superhero comics, but the result was not short In just one year, the "World Journal" itself had problems.

Compared with imagination, it always gives people an inexplicable sense of irony.

Having said that, Ke Lin is still very interested in the "World Journal" itself.

In fact, he has already explained that Lange Vorst will continue to contact the "World Journal", and once it is confirmed that there is a real problem with the internal operating conditions of the "World Journal", he will start the acquisition of the "World Journal".

As the most influential newspaper in New York during the Great Depression, "World Journal" had many internal resources that Colin's "Daily Courier" lacked.

It's just that, if the time comes, the Messenger Newspaper really buys the "World Journal".

Doesn't the 'Pulitzer Prize' become an award for oneself?

……

Click, click—

Late at night, New York, inside a bomb shelter in disrepair.

Accompanied by dull footsteps, Natasha's figure appeared in the empty air-raid shelter.

"Find the target trace."

Looking at the wet ground of the air-raid shelter for a while, Natasha reported to the communication device in her ear, and at the same time reached out and put two pairs of uniquely shaped bracelets on her wrists from her waist.

Widow's Bite (Widow's Bite), this is a special weapon upgraded and transformed by the technicians of the Thunderbolts, which can effectively help Natasha deal with various combat situations.

Slightly pressing a button on the bracelet, a bright light flashed in the dim air-raid shelter, and Natasha saw clearly the two roads in front of the air-raid shelter through the brightness brought by the bracelet.

During World War II, the United States implemented various civil defense programs

Includes anti-aircraft sentry posts, night-time blackout screens for first aid training, and bomb shelters to ward off enemy bombers.

However, no one thought that the United States had already surrendered before the war reached the mainland, and with the confirmation of the identity of the defeated country, these prevention and control facilities originally built in the United States lost their original meaning and were gradually abandoned.

What Natasha is entering at this moment is a special air-raid shelter built by the military during World War II.

Of course, the purpose of her coming here is not to find the mysterious weapons or secret plans left by the United States, but to hunt down the traces of the moonstone Kara Sofin.

Because of the committee's previous decision to disband the Thunder Special Agents, the Secret Service fell into great chaos.

Carla Sofin also disappeared during that period.

Surveillance video from inside the Thunder Special Agents base showed that Kara Sofin used special means to avoid the surveillance of the guards, and secretly carried a top-secret secret document before leaving the base.

In this regard, the Superhuman Behavior Supervision Committee immediately intervened in this incident, and ordered the escaped Kara Sofin to be arrested, and the top-secret documents in the hands of the other party were recovered.

According to the information disclosed by the committee, what Carla Sofin took away was part of the information on the satellite shield project that the United States participated in under the leadership of Germany. It has extremely important military significance. The satellite barrier over the territory has a very significant impact.

Natasha was a little strange about the news that Kara Sofin had stolen satellite barrier information.

However, what made her feel weird even more was the power of Carla Sofin.

In the previous battle, as the Moonstone was snatched by Colin, theoretically speaking, Kara Sofin should have lost her share of power.

However, from the images shown in the surveillance video, Kara Suofen's power seems to have returned to her body.

These problems made Natasha vigilant.

She couldn't be sure whether Carla Sofin had regained the power she had lost before.

In the air-raid shelter, with the rotation of thoughts.

Natasha's footsteps did not stop at all, and following the clues inside, she quickly determined the possible direction of Carla Sofin. While illuminating the surroundings with the help of the widow's sting on her wrist, the two ends of the bracelet slightly The flickering infrared light also represented Natasha's vigilance at the moment.

Inside the widow's sting, it not only has auxiliary functions, but is also loaded with miniature bombs and a current of up to 3 volts, which can make a counterattack in the first place.

"Whoo~"

Adjusting his breathing, he walked carefully in the dark and damp underground space of the air-raid shelter.

As the position deepened, a slight light in front made Natasha's footsteps pause, but she quickly adjusted her mentality.

While pressing the signal transmitter in the earphone, she walked towards the place where the light came from.

This is an extremely concealed air-raid shelter room. The gate is made of ten centimeters thick metal and concrete, which can withstand the bombing attack of missiles.

Slightly raising his wrist, he entered through the half-closed door.

"Here you come..."

The moment Natasha stepped into the room, a familiar but somewhat old voice suddenly rang in her ears.

Following the direction of the sound, aim the widow sting in your hand at the opponent.

What appeared before Natasha's eyes was an old man curled up with wrinkled body and exuding a decadent aura.

"Kara Sofin?"

Looking at this wrinkled face, Natasha frowned slightly, and said in an uncertain tone.

"Sorry for letting you see me so ugly."

Under Natasha's gaze, Kara Sofin shrunk her body subconsciously, trying to hide her wrinkled old face in the darkness as much as possible.

"What is this..."

Moving her raised wrist away a little bit, Natasha couldn't help asking as she looked at the moonstone Kara Sofin who was completely different from her own impression.

"cost."

In this regard, Kara Suofen explained the reason in a hoarse voice.

"The moonstone has been combined with my body for too long, and it has almost become a part of my body. With the disappearance of the moonstone's power, my body naturally began to change, becoming what it is today."

All of Kara Sofin's powers come from the moonstone, which is why she is so desperate for the power of the gem.

Natasha was a little surprised by the changes in Kara Sofin, but she did not let down her vigilance.

Staring at Carla Sofin in front of her, Natasha lowered her wrist to sting the widow, and she seemed to have believed the other party's description on the surface, and then asked.

"Since that's the case, why did you steal the base's top-secret information and escape from the base?"

"I just don't want you to see me in this ugly state."

Facing Natasha's questioning, Carla Sofin covered her face with her old hands, and said with a little weeping in her words: "After the moonstone was taken away, the remaining power in my body gradually disappeared. Dissipate, I can only watch my body grow old little by little, can you imagine the despair when I saw the wrinkles around my eyes appear little by little in the mirror?"

"I don't want to go on like this, to die in such an ugly appearance, so I stole the information, and there is no possibility of stopping all this even if I try, but I failed, there is no way to stop everything from happening..."

While speaking, Kara Sofin put down her hands covering her face, revealing her wrinkled crying face.

Looking at Kara Sofin's face, the expression on Natasha's face seemed to have also become a little moved.

She opened her mouth silently and said, "So, you plan."

Reaching out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, Kara Suofen stood up tremblingly, and took out a document marked top secret from her arms: "I have already figured it out, since there is no hope, why should I continue to struggle?" , in fact, with the gradual aging of my body, I have lost the ability to resist. Instead of dying alone in the air-raid shelter, I would rather be caught by you, so that at least I will not suffer too much when I die .”

With that said, Kara Sofin reached out and handed the document to Natasha in front of her, while watching her, she said slowly: "Let them all come in, anyway, I was once a member of the Thunder Special Forces, and I know exactly what to do. It is impossible for such a dangerous action to be the only one that appears in you."

Hearing Carla Sofin's words, Natasha took a deep look at her, and the latter responded with a calm face.

"..."

"Come in, there's no danger."

After staring at each other silently, Natasha spoke to the people on the other side of the headset.

Sure enough, as Natasha's voice fell, a small group of fully equipped armed forces entered the room of the air-raid shelter.

"So, is this the new Thunderbolt ops squad?"

Looking across the muzzle aimed at her, Kara Suofen sighed calmly.

……

Click, click.

Because of Kara Sofin's cooperation, there was nothing unusual about the next action.

In the damp corridor of the air-raid shelter, members of the armed forces surrounded Kara Sofin and walked towards the exit. I don't know if it was due to the influence of aging, Kara Sofin moved slowly.

Walking at the back of the team, silently watching Kara Sofin's trembling back, the expression on Natasha's face did not relax in the slightest.

For some reason, she felt that the situation in front of her was strange. Carla Sofin was not an existence who would give up so easily. According to the data, the other party was a person who would do anything for the sake of power. One of the reasons for the master.

However, judging from the current situation, Kara Sofin seems to have really lost the power to resist.

That kind of physical aging is not like a disguise, but more like a situation that actually happened to Kara Sofin.

Watching Kara Sofin's trembling moving back, Natasha suppressed her uneasiness in her heart, looked down at the top-secret information in her hand, and thoughtfully opened the contents inside.

Consistent with the information disclosed by the committee, most of the information recorded in the information is about the planning information of the satellite shield, including the design arrangements that the German army participated in.

With the light from the widow's sting on her wrist, Natasha silently flipped through the content of the information, and at the same time, at the upper right corner of the widow's sting, an imperceptible scanning device also started to move automatically.

The manufacture of Widow's Sting not only involved the technical staff of Thunderbolt, but Howard also secretly modified it.

"Wait a minute, here?!"

While Widow Sting was scanning the data, Natasha's gaze was suddenly attracted to a marked location on the map on the data.

This mark obviously doesn't look like it was originally in the document, but more like it was added later. Judging from these notes, the person concerned is obviously looking for something through the map marked on the document.

Stretching out her hand to touch the marks on the document, Natasha frowned, and the anxiety in her heart became a little stronger.

Just as Natasha was thinking, in front of the team, Carla Sofin had already walked out of the air-raid shelter surrounded by the armed team, looked up at the moon hanging in the night sky, and suddenly showed a strange smile on the old face of the other party. .

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight."

(End of this chapter)