Chapter 328 Loki appears
"Mr. Cheng, you really did it! It's incredible, I have never been so clear-headed when I transformed..." In a flash, Bruce Banner, who had transformed into the Hulk, raised his strong hands and spoke incoherently with excitement.
It feels great to have reason and control surging power!
He loves this feeling!
——Combines strength and wisdom in one!
It's just that my hands and feet are a little big, which makes it very inconvenient when doing scientific research or typing on the keyboard. In the future, I may have to customize a batch of larger high-precision equipment!
"Banner, it's time for you to fulfill your promise."
Natasha smiled and handed over a membership contract, which listed the obligations that the Avengers needed to fulfill, as well as the salary and benefits paid on a daily basis.
The Avengers under Peggy's leadership are becoming more and more realistic.
Banner signed the contract without hesitation.
Betty, who was watching from the side, inadvertently discovered that there was a big thing hidden in Banner's torn pants, and her fair cheeks turned red instantly.
"From now on, we will be colleagues." After signing the contract, Banner extended a hand to Cheng Long.
"I didn't join the Avengers..." Although Cheng Long was not Banner's colleague, he still shook hands with him in a friendly manner.
At this time, Natasha put away the contract and said to Betty jokingly: "I'm sorry, my man has ruined your future happiness, but... in my opinion, since Banner can transform into the Hulk, he has a chance to return to his normal form. You'd better spend more time urging him so that he can control this power."
"I will."
Betty nodded tenderly.
If nothing else, just for the sake of future happiness, she has to urge Banner to become familiar with the power of the Hulk and to switch freely between normal and giant forms.
When Banner heard the conversation between the two ladies, he looked at Cheng Long with hope on his face.
"Mr. Cheng, can I really switch back and forth between my normal state and giant state?"
"Of course you can. After all, this is your power. As long as you can control it in detail, not to mention becoming a giant, even shrinking to the size of an ant is possible." Cheng Long was not bluffing. Banner's giant form had some meaning of the size being determined by the will, just like his normal state and the true form of the devil, which could be switched freely.
But Banner doesn’t have this skill, so it will probably take a long time for him to switch freely.
"Can you teach me?"
Banner asked impatiently.
Upon hearing this, Betty also cast a pleading look at Cheng Long.
Because this concerns her happiness for the rest of her life!
"No need to teach, you just need to feel the changes in yourself with your heart, and you will slowly gain enlightenment." Cheng Long has already helped Banner a lot, and it is impossible for him to provide help without restraint.
After all, the person in front of him is Banner, not Banner’s cousin, Female Hulk Jennifer!
Mr. Cheng's patience with women is obviously much higher than that with men.
"Use your heart to comprehend?"
Banner was in a dilemma. If he could use his heart to understand, he would have dealt with Hulk long ago. Why would he have to wait until now?
Cheng Long didn't care about Banner's thoughts. He turned his head to look at General Ross who wanted to speak for a while, and said with a smile: "General Ross, do you have anything to say?"
"Mr. Cheng, because you need death row prisoners, death row prisoners around the world have become increasingly valuable. Although I have snapped up more than 700 death row prisoners, it will take at least half a year to gather 1,000. I wonder if you can... just owe them to me first, so that I can regain my youth sooner?"
Although General Ross is not particularly old, he is also at a stage where he is unable to do things. He has finally made a name for himself, but before he has time to enjoy himself, he is forced to take care of his health due to his age. This is not what he wants.
"General Ross, rules are rules. If they can be changed at will, others will definitely follow suit." Cheng Long refused very straightforwardly.
"I'm sorry, I'll get the death row inmates together as soon as possible."
General Ross is a bachelor and he doesn't rely on Banner's relationship to pursue Cheng Long.
A few minutes later.
Banner bid farewell to his reluctant girlfriend and boarded the Quinjet with Cheng Long and Natasha.
On the way to the Avengers base, Banner glanced at the Black Widow who was flying the plane, and said to Cheng Long: "Mr. Cheng, excuse me, I wonder what you want so many death row prisoners for? Are you taking their souls for spiritual practice?"
"Of course, why else would I go through all that trouble?"
Cheng Long has sucked blood from more than 200,000 death row prisoners in the past few months. People have already speculated about his purpose. Some say he is a demon who devours human souls, while others say he is a demon who needs to suck blood to achieve immortality. There are all kinds of messy versions of the story.
In many people's hearts.
He has long become a devil who does all kinds of evil.
But it’s also good this way. Knowing that they are not easy to mess with, many people give up on the inappropriate thoughts they have.
Look, even General Ross, who was so arrogant when hunting the Hulk, was submissive to Cheng Long, for fear of accidentally angering him and bringing disaster upon himself.
"..."
Look, Banner subconsciously straightened his posture when he heard that, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Guys, the fighter plane is about to land, please fasten your seat belts!"
Soon, accompanied by Natasha's humorous voice, the fighter plane landed vertically on the base apron.
Then a group of three people hurried into the meeting room.
"Banner, welcome to the Avengers. I'm Peggy Carter, the commander of the Avengers!" The graceful 90-year-old woman, Peggy, walked quickly up to Banner and shook his hand enthusiastically.
In this Avengers base that is extremely lacking in high-end combat power, Banner's arrival undoubtedly fills this gap.
"Are we the only ones in the base?" Banner asked embarrassedly.
This guy has been pursued by the military for several years and has had to hide his identity all the time, which has caused his personality to become somewhat timid, and it will be difficult to correct it in a short period of time.
“There are still a few more coming, so hopefully everything goes well.”
……
After one hour.
Another Quinjet landed vertically.
Jane Fortess, a blonde female Thor wearing armor, walked in heroically with Thor's hammer in hand, led by Captain America Steve.
"Jane~~"
"Brother Cheng..."
Cheng Long and Jian gave each other a bear hug when they met.
In this unfamiliar Avengers base, Jane felt relieved when she saw Cheng Long, an old acquaintance.
"Jane, you only have Aaron in your eyes, not me?"
"Haha~~ Natasha, I'm just hugging your man, you're not going to be jealous, are you?"
"What a joke! I'm so generous, how could I be jealous? I don't mind even if you kiss wetly in front of me."
Natasha really took this matter very lightly, because after signing the devil's contract, she knew Cheng Long's background and realized that Brother Long was not the only woman with her.
There are three female ghosts who are with him: Ning Zhongze, Bai Ling, and Xie Ling, each one more beautiful than the other.
"That's what you said."
A hint of cunning flashed in Jian's eyes. She suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed Cheng Long in public.
Of course, it was just a brief touch, which is nothing in the West. It is normal for old acquaintances to give each other a kiss on the cheek.
While a few people were chatting, Crossbones Brooke and Iron Knight Melinda also rushed over.
When everyone who was supposed to come arrived, Peggy immediately took out the latest intelligence and began assigning tasks.
"The enemy we are facing this time is from Asgard, the realm of the gods. The person who stole the Cosmic Cube is very familiar to some of you. He is Thor's younger brother - the evil god Loki!"
"According to the information provided by Mr. Cheng, a few months ago, Loki committed some crimes and was forced to flee the divine realm. This time he appeared on our Earth and took away the magic cube. There is a high probability that he did so in order to open a cosmic channel to facilitate a certain force in the universe to invade the Earth..."
Hearing this, Iron Man Tony, who had just sat down, asked curiously, "Aunt Peggy, to the interstellar empires in the universe, Earth is just a barren land with ignorant people who are not yet able to leave the planet. What is there to be invaded by aliens?"
"One race invades another mainly for profit. Since Loki has come and taken away the Cosmic Cube, it is enough to prove that we are not as bad as you say..."
Although Peggy has never come into contact with aliens, she has been in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. for so many years and can see through many things.
Aliens are also human beings, and as human beings they have desires.
When a race becomes strong enough, it may sometimes invade other races, even for fun, and expand its interstellar territory.
So, when she learned that the Cosmic Cube had been stolen, she was more worried than Nick Fury, and she concluded that there would be an impending interstellar war.
It's an uphill battle.
The most urgent task, without exception, is to find Loki.
Although Cheng Long has spiritual awareness, it will still take a lot of time to catch a little mouse in such a big earth.
Therefore, he did not interfere with the actions of the Avengers, and the task of searching for Loki naturally fell on Banner. When the Cosmic Cube was stationary, it would also release gamma rays, and this was the area that Banner was most familiar with.
With him around, it's not difficult to find someone.
What's more, Loki had never thought of hiding one.
……
In fact, Loki came to the earth this time to be crowned and become the king of the earth, and then use the earth as a location to counterattack Asgard and become the king of that realm of gods.
Therefore, he will never hide in a corner like a mouse. He needs the help of Thanos' power to occupy the earth.
But if he wants to use Thanos' power, he needs some special materials to maintain the stability of the cosmic channel, otherwise it will be difficult for the Chitauri army to pass through the wormhole and reach the earth.
After all, it would be meaningless if there were too few of them. The earth is not made of mud. Even if there were tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of them, they would be able to kill these alien armies with human lives.
Only if hundreds of thousands or millions of Chitauri soldiers come to Earth can they help him occupy the planet and be crowned king.
In order to distract some people's attention, Loki swaggered into the concert, knocked down a doctor and took his eyeball.
The doctor's retina is the key to an important warehouse, which contains the iridium that Loki needs to stabilize the space gate after the Cosmic Cube is opened.
Of course, the movie doesn't show all. Barton alone cannot do all the preparations, so Loki also sent other people to collect various resources and scientific instruments to build the space gate.
If you can buy it, buy it. If you can’t buy it, grab it.
And now, even if Loki was just performing, he was acting with great devotion.
Seeing the doctor being killed, everyone around panicked and ran out of the scene screaming.
Loki enjoyed this feeling. The suit he originally wore made him look like a gentleman, but now he was transformed into the real evil god Loki in the golden light.
He walked step by step on the bright red carpet, as if he was a king...
"Give me a sigh!"
Loki announced.
However, the panicked crowd didn't care at all and just ran away in all directions.
"Meow!"
Loki raised his scepter in anger and slammed it on the ground. In an instant, four identical Lokis appeared around the crowd, achieving the feat of surrounding everyone by himself.
"Submit to me!"
Loki is fully capable of manipulating everyone's mind and making them obey him.
But that was meaningless, what he wanted was to conquer, to become king, not just to have a bunch of puppets.
Under his threat, many people knelt on the ground.
"How wonderful it is, to return to your original state. You are a group of slaves. Don't think that you can hide your true nature by wearing this outfit that symbolizes freedom and nobility. You are born to be ruled by others, and in the end you will all bow down and become slaves."
It would be better if no one said anything. Ordinary people who don't know the truth will follow suit and wait for the relevant departments to rescue everyone. However, Loki's arrogant sarcasm made many people feel rebellious.
An old man who was not open-minded suddenly stood up and said: "No one will surrender to you. You are just a poor creature who is destined to be abandoned."
The old man's words hit the biggest soft spot in Loki's heart.
As a result, Loki, who was stabbed in the heart, immediately raised the Scepter of Mind in anger.
"Just watch, this is what happens when you resist me."
The Mind Scepter in Loki's hand lit up with a shining blue light.
At this moment, a Quinjet suddenly roared over, and a man holding a star-spangled shield fell from the sky, landed steadily in front of the old man, and used the shield to block the random attack of the Mind Scepter.
"You know what? I also met a man who stepped on others in Germany last time, and he died later!" Steve said calmly to Loki.
"It seems that that little piece of trash was actually dealt with by a clown like you." As he said that, Loki suddenly pointed the Mind Scepter at Steve and a beam of energy was emitted from it.
"A clown is someone who does sneak attacks!"
Steve raised his shield without hesitation, blocking the energy beam, then quickly stepped forward and engaged Loki in close combat.
Loki adheres to the idea that "a wizard who doesn't like close combat is not a good wizard" and takes the initiative to fight with Captain America. The two sides fight back and forth, making the battle instantly become tense.
"Long, go down and help Steve, don't let Loki escape."
Natasha, sitting in the driver's seat, couldn't help but make a request to Cheng Long. Her man was an invited guest, and all the weapons seized in this operation would belong to her man.
Of course, this is limited to the weapons seized by Cheng Long, and it cannot be the Cosmic Cube.
Fortunately, Cheng Long's current goal is the Mind Scepter, and the Rubik's Cube is not yet under consideration...
(End of this chapter)