Shadow of the Beautiful World

A few days later, at the place where the explosion occurred, the ruins on the ground were being cleared by large machinery, but the warning belt was still pulled around the explosion area, and staff wearing white chemical protective suits were walking around.

This scene alone is enough to make ordinary people feel scared.

But there are still guys who are not afraid of death wandering around...

Well, a bunch of reporters.

It has been four full days since the nuclear physics laboratory explosion in New Mexico, but we still have not received any official response, except for the statement issued by the state university immediately.

The famous reporter Louise Lane grabbed the microphone and pointed to the camera in front of her. Behind her was the scene of the explosion being processed.

The handsome, popular investigative reporter speaks professionally to the camera:

The State University claimed that the explosion was an accident and was caused by the release of dangerous chemical equipment. However, we consulted with many professionals, and they all said that this statement does not hold water.

In addition, our reporter interviewed many people who were evacuated, and more than one person told our reporter that on the night of the explosion, they saw with their own eyes a hemispherical energy field distributed around the explosion site. There are also dancing sparks, some extreme locals believe that the bombing has something to do with aliens, and of course some people told our reporter that the laboratory where the explosion happened has something to do with the military.”

Our reporter also found a video taken by the public during the evacuation that night...

Miss Louise put forward several hypotheses, which sound absurd, but they are enough to arouse the interest of news readers and keep this news hot spot that has begun to decline for a while.

After finishing the gossip, the on-site report came to an end, and the report turned back to the live news room in New York. Miss Lane winked at Clark Kent, who was carrying the camera, and the latter immediately turned off the camera.

Oh, another day of no harvest.

Miss Lane's face collapsed, and she threw the microphone aside in annoyance, and complained to her assistant Clark:

We all know that there is something tricky behind this incident, but we can't find evidence. In an explosion in a nuclear physics laboratory, only a few unlucky people were injured because they escaped too quickly, and there were no casualties... How can this be!

The famous reporter shook her fist as she told Clark:

It must be the official cover-up of the truth. You have seen the video, Clark, the hemispherical energy field in the dark night... that cannot be explained.

Well, if technology can't explain...

Clark said helplessly to his new girlfriend:

You might be able to think of it as magic.

Magic? Are you kidding me, Clark.

Miss Lane looked at her faithful assistant and boyfriend in surprise, and said:

You war reporter who has seen life and death, do you still believe in that?

The thing is, it's real, although I can't prove it.

Clark looked around, put his arm around Louise's shoulder, and said to Louise:

Okay, don't be irritable. Don't you want to go in and take a look? I just found a place with weak guards. Maybe we can sneak in tonight.

It's been four days, Clark.

Louise said angrily:

Even if there is any evidence in it, they must have been wiped out by them, what the hell! I have never seen the official follow-up work so fast... This must be the intervention of other agencies that we don't know, maybe it is The mysterious S.H.I.E.L.D., I heard from some colleagues that they have a department dedicated to dealing with such incidents.

Clark's expression became weird. His new girlfriend is fine with everything, but she is a little too persistent in news.

Clark stood outside the blocked area. He didn't even need to look to smell the sulfur smell left by Merlin's special magic power. This matter must have been handled by Merlin himself.

In theory, he is also a non-staff agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. He knew very well that this matter must have something to do with supernatural affairs. He wanted to persuade Louise not to get involved in this matter, but obviously, he couldn't persuade Louise.

If Louise really persisted like this, maybe it won't be long before the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will come to visit and use an Oblivion Curse as a 'gift' from Merlin.

It's embarrassing to have a friend on one side and a girlfriend on the other.

Well, I have to find a way to divert Louise's attention.

Thinking of this, Clark's ears moved a little, he activated his super hearing, and soon, a steady stream of sounds rushed into Clark's ears.

A few minutes later, a serious Clark found Louise, and he whispered:

Louis, don't waste your time here, my informant sent a message to me, let's go to Mexico!

There's big news over there! The kind that will definitely satisfy you, but it may take some time, and it's a bit dangerous.

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At the same time when the famous reporter Miss Louise Lane was half-coaxed and half-coaxed by Clark to go to Mexico, an interrogation, er, no, a conversation was going on in the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Pegasus base.

Coulson and Lincoln were sitting at the interrogation table, and a haggard Bruce Banner was sitting on the chair in front of them.

He has been awake for 3 days but did not regain consciousness until today.

Name!

Coulson looked at the patient-like scientist in front of him and asked.

Bruce Banner rubbed his forehead, and said in a weak tone:

Uh... Bruce, Bruce Banner.

age!

31 years old.

Do you still have any memory of what happened 4 days ago? About your accident in the laboratory, about the gamma ray generator, about the 'bio-cell technology enhancement project' you are in charge of, do you have anything you would like to tell us ?”

Coulson asked. Beside him, Agent Lincoln was manipulating a piece of medical equipment, keeping an eye on Bruce Banner's various physical indicators. Once he had violent emotional fluctuations, this questioning would be canceled immediately.

Facing Coulson's inquiry, Banner, who was haggard, raised his head and glanced at him. Banner said:

Without authorization, I can't tell you anything about this research. But about my accident... I just remember, Light.

Light?

Coulson asked suspiciously:

What kind of light?

Green... light, everywhere, I'm stuck in the lab pod...

Banner curled up in the chair, as if recalling something horrible, he said in a low, bleak voice:

There is a problem with a part, and the experimental cabin can't be opened... Betty wants to help, but when the experimental cabin is closed, I don't know who started the machine... It may also be that it detected the opening command, Anyway, light everywhere, green, it's like a fist has hit me... it hurts...

Banner's breathing became heavy, his eyes blurred, and he seemed to be back in the events of that night, saying:

I saw Betty being dragged out of the lab by the general. Everyone was in a hurry. I was terrified...I thought I was going to die...I've thought about dying before, but I never knew, It turns out that before dying... so terrible...

Drip, drip, drip

The medical equipment in front of Agent Lincoln issued a piercing warning. Coulson quickly grabbed the sedative potion used by the demon hunters on the table and stuck it on Banner's arm. The scientist's expression had already begun to twist. Obviously, those The painful memory of his near-death made another soul in him uneasy.

And as the silver liquid was injected into Banner's body, his ferocious expression quickly calmed down, and then he tilted his head and fell asleep on the chair.

Sir, do you want to continue?

Coulson looked back at the one-way transparent window behind him, Merlin on the other side of the glass shook his head, and he said to Coulson:

There is no need to continue, you come out. After he wakes up, let me ask.

After finishing speaking, Merlin turned his head to look at Nick Fury who was standing beside him. Chief Braised Director still had that indifferent expression that the whole world owed him money. He was wearing his black windbreaker and staring at the interrogation room with his single eye. Bruce Banner who was sleeping soundly.

He was thinking, obviously.

The Department of Defense wants people, right?

Merlin asked:

Not only Bruce Banner, but also General Thaddeus and his daughter who were taken into custody by us...how are you going to deal with it?

Pierce told me there's no need to worry about the Ministry of Defense.

Fury said:

This time, they made mistakes first. The World Security Council intends to take advantage of this incident and issue a new regulation on supernatural research projects. Of course, the soldiers of the Ministry of Defense are not happy, but this time, no one will support it. They...those bastards almost ruined a city with hundreds of thousands of people.

Um.

Merlin nodded and said:

Banner definitely can't give it to them. You have seen that video. Once this guy is released, it will only take a few minutes to destroy a city. I suspect that our existing weapons can't hurt him at all, and His infinitely increasing power...is tricky.

I'm going to contain him as Object 084, and I think Banner will agree to that.

He's a scientist, and he's smart enough to understand why we're doing this... General Ross and his daughter are in your hands, Fury, and it'd be nice to have that bastard court-martialed, if not If it comes, it's good to take off his rank and stop him from getting us into trouble. The first time I saw old Ross, I knew that guy was not a quiet guy. He longed for war, he was the kind People who have to fight to get by.

Merlin says:

If there is no war, he creates it for himself.

Don't think about court martial.

Fury looked at the watch on his wrist and said:

Thaddeus is a soldier with outstanding achievements. He has paid a lot for this country and he has a wide range of contacts. You handled this matter well, and it did not cause casualties, which in turn gave him points, so I guess He'll end up being idled.

As for Betty Ross.

Fury said:

I'm thinking about recruiting her into our system. Her knowledge and wisdom may help us unlock the secret of 'Hulk'. I heard that she and Bruce Banner are still lovers?

Well, a modern version of Beauty and the Beast.

Merlin shrugged and said:

If the relationship between them is real, then I don't think Ms. Betty will refuse, but you have to rule out the influence of her difficult father first. I don't think a normal old man will let go of the only daughter Fall in love with a monster.

Let me take charge of Thaddeus, you hurry up and get Banner.

Fury said to Merlin:

I actually have an idea, Merlin, what do you think of Banner... I mean Hulk, could he be, the Avenger?

You're kidding, right? Fury.

Merlin looked at Fury in surprise, and he said:

I think I'm going to add an uncontrollable beast to the Avengers team? Well, maybe I will, but it's definitely when I'm desperate that I ask a beast for help.

Hulk is an uncontrollable factor, Fury, you haven't faced him directly, I can tell you that he was born out of the bestiality hidden in Banner's character, a creature born out of despair and helplessness... In fact, I am more Willing to use the word 'monster' to describe him.

Merlin turned to look at Bruce Banner, who was sleeping soundly in the interrogation room, and he said to Fury:

Compared to Hulk, I think Bruce Banner is more important to this world...

There are enough monsters in this world, we don't need a monster anymore, but we need wise men, scientists who can advance world order and civilization, they are really important.

Well, whatever you want.

With his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, Fury said to Merlin:

I'm just making a suggestion. You are the reviewer of the Avengers, so you have the final say. Also, where are you going to lock Hulk? With the destructive power he showed before, I don't think Pegasus The base can pay attention to him, but the island prison is even worse... Once Hulk goes crazy there, I feel my scalp numb just thinking about it.

I do not know either.

Merlin held a cold key in his pocket, and he whispered:

But I think there's a place that would be a good fit for him...Look, our Containment 05084-2 is frowning. He might be waking up soon. I'm going to have a chat with him.

Merlin looked back at Fury, and he solemnly invited:

Fry, do you want to come with me?

Uh, forget it.

Fury waved his hand and said:

I have more important things to do, Hulk will leave it to you, I believe you can do it well, you will never let us down.

You're so cowardly, Fury, you're just a wild beast, there's nothing to be afraid of...

Shut up, Merlin, I can't turn into smoke, anyway, go and do your job.