Volume 5: The Young Wolf Seeks Home Chapter 31 If this continues, Mason Cooper will die soon.
In the speeding Spider-Car, Harley was ordered to jump into the suitcase factory to find Mr. K and inform him of the bad news that the entire army was annihilated.
However, after searching for a while, he finally found Mason, who was sleeping soundly on the forging table in the rest area on the seventh floor of the suitcase factory, which had been divided into ten floors.
In front of Mr. K was a restored Mjolnir forging hammer.
Compared with the previous one, this Thor's Hammer seems to have been refurbished. After being incorporating inscriptions made from Loki's bones and being repaired, it seems to have been reborn.
The extra cut pieces of Urugin were put aside, and the new forge hammer could still be used in combat, but it was obviously no longer a perfect weapon.
Seeing Mason sleeping soundly, Harley couldn't bear to disturb him. She knew very well how tight Mr. K's schedule was every day, and he must be very tired.
I am so tired that I don’t even have time to make out with a beauty like myself.
However, the situation was urgent, so Harley reached out to wake Mason up. But at this moment, a blurry face suddenly popped out of the hat on the workbench and shouted:
"Don't touch him, Hari. This is no ordinary sleep. He has just completed his 2,000th Isu creation and is currently communing with the newly unlocked Isu Sages in his bloodline.
This process may take several hours.”
"Oh, what about outside?"
Harry was a little confused for a moment.
She looked at the hat, seeking experience from the wise hat. The hat thought to itself, I don’t even know what’s happening outside, what good idea can I have?
But as a representative of wisdom, it obviously cannot say that at the moment.
So the hat thought for a moment, and then said in a voice full of wisdom:
"You can't rely on Mason for everything, Harley. You should learn to solve problems by yourselves. Didn't Mason appoint Barbara Gordon as his adjutant for this trip?
Why doesn't she take full responsibility for the current situation?"
“Yes.”
Harry thought what the hat said made sense, so she ran out to pass on the message and quickly ran back. The hat looked at her and said puzzledly:
"What are you doing back again? He needs quiet now."
"I know. I'm here to protect Mr. K."
Harley grabbed her colorfully painted kinetic pistol and stood guard outside Mason's lounge. She asked:
"Hat, you just said that Mr. K completed the 2000th Isu item? What does that mean? Is this some weird game?"
"It's hard for me to explain to you, Harley. This is about the contract that Mason signed with the ancient Isu civilization."
The hat bent its tip, pointed at something on the tool bench, and said:
"Look, that's what he just finished, an Isu suit made just for you. He was planning to give it to you as a gift the next time they were alone."
“Hmm…”
Harley leaned over to take a look and found that it was a very beautiful suit, very delicately made, similar to Catwoman's battle suit, with a flexible and close-fitting material.
Seeing this gift, Harley held her hands to her heart and tilted her head, feeling warm for the "little surprise" of her sweetheart.
After a few seconds, she suddenly turned around and glanced at Mason, who was sleeping soundly there. She licked her lips, unbuttoned her coat, and said to the hat:
"As long as we don't wake him, right? Hat."
"You...what do you want to do?"
The Hat sensed that something was wrong.
But it was covered by the coat thrown by Harry before it could remind him. Harry, with his eyes flashing like red hearts, stepped forward and hugged Mason and laid him flat on the ground. While stretching his body, he said:
"Of course I'll hurry up while it's hot! Don't worry, I'll be slow and won't wake him! No peeking! Hat! I'm warning you!"
——
Over there, Harry was hiding in the magic suitcase doing bad things that could not pass muster, and Barbara, who had been informed of the news, did not abandon her duties at this time.
She put away the Demon Lizard Heavy Tank.
A Zeta Octant armed aircraft specially designed for offensive operations with super firepower and defense was released. Hawkeye and Logan were pulled up, and they and a large number of drones were quickly rushed to the scene of the accident.
Neither old man refused the call-up.
While Hawkeye was preparing for the assault, Old Wolf was also preparing himself mentally.
He kept stroking his fist, as if hesitating. When he really needed to fight, how much strength could Wolverine, who had been sleeping for seventeen years, exert?
A guy who could destroy three Kryptonians and two superhumans in an instant was considered a super strong man even before the war. It stands to reason that such a person wandering in the wasteland would not fail to attract attention.
Where on earth did such a powerful guy come from?
"Draman, can I get temporary access to Fenrir's armor?"
At the Octant's control panel, Barbara, who was ready to attack, asked the onboard AI. The old driver AI in its normal form immediately replied:
“According to the taboo principles set by Mr. Mason, since Passenger No. 1 is currently unable to move, the control of the Fenrir Armor can be transferred to Passenger No. 4.
Passenger information is being downloaded and preloaded into the Warframe database. Please wait.
The list of secret affairs and the authority to operate secret weapons are being delegated.”
"Secret weapon?"
Barbara was stunned for a moment.
She checked the unlocked permissions in front of her and said doubtfully:
"How come I didn't know that Mason had a secret weapon for this operation? What is this thing codenamed 'BOOM'?"
"Passenger access rights are sufficient, details are being unlocked."
Delaman switched to an electronic voice without any fluctuations in tone , and showed Barbara an instruction document. It was so shocking that the Batgirl even screamed out loud.
She suddenly covered her mouth and looked at the floating instruction document in front of her.
Mason is actually planning to blow up the world?
And he really brought a secret weapon that could accomplish this goal, the doomsday bomb made by the Atlanteans from the War World.
This is really...
"Fenrir's armor is ready! It can be ejected at any time!"
Delaman's sharp reminder brought Barbara back to her senses. She took a deep breath and prepared for the attack.
However, when the Zeta Octant military aircraft, which looked like a real "flying coffin", approached the "crash site", Hawkeye, who had been on guard, suddenly exclaimed.
"No, Barbara, release the attack stance!"
The old hero turned around and shouted:
"That's not an enemy! That's a friend!"
"friend?"
Batgirl said suspiciously:
"We wiped out our own friends? Is this how you wastelanders greet each other?"
"There must be a misunderstanding here."
After preparing himself mentally for the battle, Old Wolf heaved a sigh of relief. He put down his binoculars and said to Barbara behind him:
"That's Black Bolt, one of the original Illuminati members. He was the one who finally approved the Weapon X project that Mason came to the wasteland to find out about his origins.
He is the king of the Inhumans.
From what I've heard, he's a pacifist most of the time, and our guys are fine.
They were just stunned.”
"This is even more outrageous. I really can't imagine how powerful a person must be to capture three Kryptonians alive at once."
Barbara immediately restarted the biological monitoring devices on her team members, but the armor and devices on the five unlucky guys were almost destroyed in the violent energy explosion just now and could not be restarted at all.
The man in black robe who was standing on the edge of the huge pit on the ground where smoke and dust were flying raised his head and looked at the futuristic aircraft slowly falling above his head. He reached out and pressed down his hood and waved to the sky.
To show friendship.
Behind him, three Kryptonians, Blue Beetle, and two members of Firestorm were lined up. They were indeed not seriously injured, except that they were hit hard on the head and fell into forced dizziness and coma.
"Click"
The hatch of the octant, which was heavy enough to withstand a barrage of small missiles, opened, and Barbara jumped down, fully armed, holding the key to summon Fenrir's armor in her hand.
Old Wolf and Hawkeye dressed as a ronin then jumped out.
Clint, who knew sign language, stepped forward to negotiate. The two old friends first hugged each other, and then after a quick sign language exchange like a ninja seal, Hawkeye walked back.
Barbara was checking on the team members. The old man squatted beside her, pulled down his mask, and whispered:
“Black Bolt said that he came to observe us on behalf of the entire Inhuman race, and this observation was already in effect when you entered this world.
He said he had only fought back in self-defense, and told us that Attilan was ready for us.
Plus, there's a mysterious person in Attilan who desperately needs to see Mason.
Black Bolt said that was one of Mason's 'creators'!"
"Attilan? What is that? It sounds like a city?"
Barbara asked doubtfully.
Hawkeye nodded and said:
“It is the city of the aliens, who have lived there since ancient times.
That city has advanced technology that allows it to be moved around, and it would be easy for the aliens hiding in it to rely on their city to avoid a nuclear war.
I really didn't expect that I would have the chance to step into there again in this life.
That may be the last intact city on the planet, and I can assure you that we will be absolutely safe there. Of course, the choice is yours, Barbara.
We are just making suggestions.”
"You just said that the creator of Mason is in that city?"
Batgirl glanced at Black Bolt, who was silently talking to Old Wolf in sign language, and whispered:
"How credible do you think this statement is?"
"It's hard to say."
Hawkeye pursed his lips and said:
"But we should go over and take a look. Black Bolt himself definitely showed up not just to invite us to be his guests. He might have something to ask for, but we won't know his true thoughts until we go over there."
"good!"
Barbara nodded and said:
"Then let's go over and take a look. How do we get there?"
"Hold on."
Hawkeye stood up and gestured to Black Bolt, who nodded, took a step back and activated a device in his hand. Soon a prismatic energy gate tore through space and appeared before everyone's eyes.
Barbara helped her team members into the Zeta Octant to let them rest. As she followed Hawkeye into the door, she asked:
"This Black Bolt...what exactly are his abilities?"
"sound."
Clint replied quietly:
"The most terrifying sound in the entire universe, it can flatten cities with just a whisper, move mountains and fill the sea with a whisper, and shatter stars with a roar.
But your Kryptonians are pretty awesome too.
This is the first time I have seen someone who is helpless against Black Bolt. Look at them, they don’t even have a single wound on their bodies. Their defense is almost as strong as Hulk’s.”
"But they were still wiped out. Mason will be very unhappy about this reckless failure."
Barbara sighed and said:
"These guys suffered later."
A few hours later, when Mason walked out of the suitcase, rubbing his waist and looking confused, Barbara was already waiting for him.
"I felt like I had a fight with She-Hulk in my dream and was punched in the face by her."
Mason rubbed his head and complained to Batgirl quietly.
His head hurts a little.
Perhaps it was because his Isu talent of [Forger I] had finally grown to [Forger II], and the unlocking of a large amount of advanced Isu knowledge made it seem like had downloaded a database into his brain.
He needed some time to sort out these newly unlocked things.
However, when Mason saw Barbara's complicated expression and the extremely low mood of a group of people not far away, he realized that something had happened. He learned the whole story from Barbara and raised his eyebrows and said:
"Not bad, you can escape unscathed from a fierce man like Black Bolt. It seems that you have not stopped practicing your abilities recently. This is a good thing. It lets everyone know how powerful the world is, so that they don't become so overconfident that they really think they can conquer the world.
We are in Attilan now?"
"Well, this city is unexpectedly nice."
Barbara walked to the French window and looked at the royal gardens that were growing beautifully in the sun. There were also some birds she had never seen flying around in the lush greenery.
Further away is the landscape of the entire city, which looks like the temperament of a large city that is not so prosperous but exudes a sense of technology.
This place is completely different from the doomsday wasteland outside.
"Are you really not angry?"
Batgirl looked at Mason who was enjoying the scenery beside her and whispered:
"We just had a failure."
"Not angry at all, really."
Mason turned around and explained:
"Letting a bunch of rookies defeat Black Bolt is something I wouldn't even dare to dream of. Even if you bring in the Justice League, they definitely won't be able to defeat him.
Do you understand what I mean?
This is not the team members' fault. Although their recklessness is indeed not worthy of encouragement, as a commander you also have to reflect on your own dereliction of duty.
I have to go talk to Black Bolt now.
When I come back, I want to see a 4,000-word review. If it is not profound enough, I will send it back for rewriting. In addition, after this operation is over, you have to go back to accompany Grayson and Gordon.
At least seven days!
Oh, don't refuse!
This is also part of the commander's punishment for dereliction of duty. Talk to them for me."
Mason patted his sister on the shoulder, turned around and walked out of the royal palace left to them, rubbing his lower back and muttering something in a low voice as he walked.
Batgirl shrugged and was about to go talk to the team members, but suddenly she found the magic suitcase opened with a bang, and then Harley, with a peach-colored face, climbed out of it, panting and disheveled.
"What have you been doing? Why have you gotten yourself like this?"
Barbara looked at the disheveled Harry in surprise. His hair was disheveled and draped over his forehead, soaked with sweat, as if he had fought with an elephant.
"Help me, my legs are a little weak."
Harley held out her hand and spoke to Barbara.
After she was helped out of the suitcase, facing Batgirl's increasingly suspicious gaze, Harley threw a bubble gum into her mouth and proudly gestured with three fingers!
She whispered:
"Oh my god, I'm so tired from moving around. I need some sleep! I need to get a full eight hours of sleep. Don't bother me."
After saying that, Harley, with weak legs, climbed up the stairs, and Batgirl walked to the side of the team members who all looked unhappy because of their failure. She crossed her arms, coughed, looked around, and said to everyone:
"I have spoken to Mason, he believes this failure is force majeure and does not intend to hold anyone responsible, but we cannot pretend it never happened.
Now, take a moment to review this, everyone.
We need to learn from our failures, this kind of thing... must never happen again!"
