American Comics: The Matrix

Chapter 453 The Rebels
"Do we really want to risk contacting those people?"

"And what tricks is Hydra up to now? Evacuate Earth? Are they crazy? If they actually dare to open the planetary shield, Captain Marvel will come back and blow their heads off!"

Inside the room, completely sealed off by blackout curtains, several pairs of eyes cautiously peered at the outside world, their heads huddled together, chattering incessantly.

Their faces were barely visible in the dim light.

A black-haired Asian youth, a green-haired girl with multicolored skin, a little black spider, and a little girl who looks like she's of Indian descent (but is actually Pakistani).

“I don’t want to take the risk, but… Ultimate Spider-Man said they are trustworthy.”

Miles Morales said.

He is not the Miles that Bant met in the parallel universe, but he comes from the same universe as Octopus from the Spider Wars.

That's not entirely accurate either.

In reality, his universe and the current universe merged a long time ago, which is why there are two Spider-Men in the same universe.

However, he did not participate in the Spider Wars at the time, and initially, Zhang Parker was not on the same side as them.

After the Spider Wars, Octopus was resurrected by Bant once. Whether he had a change of heart or not, he left the Hydra Avengers. Although he was no longer their ally, he was at least no longer their enemy.

Their original mission was to make contact with an informant, but after arriving in Washington, Miles and his team unexpectedly received a letter from Zhang Parker, suggesting that if they wanted to change the status quo, they might try to contact these people.

His advice was well-intentioned, but Miles and the others were unsure whether to trust him.

“Wait a minute,” Miles suddenly exclaimed, his face full of surprise, “He’s Spider-Man! My spider-sense is working on him!”

“Oh, that’s only human nature.” Kamala’s eyes sparkled with hearts.

"what?"

"I mean, he's quite handsome."

Miles gave her a disapproving look: "Is this the time to talk about this? I mean, he found us!"

The connection between Spider-Men is mutual.

“He seems to have connections with Hydra, could it be…” Amadeus Zhao said with some concern.

He had personally witnessed Bant and his group disembarking from the Hydra ship, and was therefore very worried that Hydra was in cahoots with them.

“But we have to try to reach him,” Vivi said. She looked like a fake person, and in fact, she was.

She is Vision's daughter, but not related to Wanda. Her mother is Virginia. Since Hydra took over the world, Vision has also joined the Hydra Avengers, and as his daughter, she has to constantly fight against her father.

“We shouldn’t put all our eggs in one basket. We’d better split up,” Amadeus Zhao thought. “There are four of us. Two of us will meet up with our informants, and the other two will make contact with them. If anything happens, we’ll immediately send a message to Tie Xin. She’s prepared transportation for us to leave.”

“I’ll go,” Miles offered. “I’ll try to use my spider-sense to lure them over.”

Ms. Marvel Kamala wanted to volunteer as well, but Vivi Vision said first that she would team up with Miles.

"My abilities make it easier to escape with him."

Amadeus Zhao nodded, then became worried again: "Although we had arranged a time and place to meet with that informant, Hydra's sudden global evacuation might disrupt our plans."

Such a massive mobilization will inevitably intensify the surveillance by Hydra's mobile unit. It's hard to say whether the informant who originally promised them might be too afraid to act.

At the same time, as Miles said, Bant also sensed Miles's presence.

But since they hadn't met, he didn't know who the other person was.

"Looks like the Spider-Man of this universe has something to ask us."

"Spider-Man? Is it Peter Parker?"

Felicia asked.

"It's not clear yet, but it's certain that the other party is being so cautious, probably because they are a force resisting Hydra."

T'Challa asked, "Then what do we do?"

What he wanted to ask was whether he should side with Hydra or with the rebels.

“Don’t be impatient,” Bant shook his head. “It’s good to see them. They know more about Hydra than we do, and maybe they can find out if Hydra really intends to leave Earth.” From what Bant and the others had seen, it seemed that the Hydra captain was indeed gathering people together, planning to carry the people of this world to safety like Noah’s Ark during the Great Flood.

but……

After all, it's Hydra.

Stereotypes alone make it difficult for Bant and his group to trust each other.

Bant took out several miniature instruments and handed them to them.

"what is this?"

T'Challa put it on as he asked the question.

“The Ghost Plugin leaves behind a phantom of us while enveloping us in an invisibility field,” Bant explained.

This was also a little thing he invented, an enhanced version of the "mimicry" device that Peter had used before.

After leaving four phantoms for Hydra to monitor, Bant led them into a narrow alley. They hadn't gone far when they heard voices coming from inside.

"Are you sure they'll come?" Vivi asked. "I clearly saw that they weren't moving at all."

"how come?"

"My spider-sense tells me they're very close, right..."

"Right at the door, is it?"

Bant pushed open the door, and five figures appeared out of thin air, startling Miles and Vivi inside so much that they forgot to breathe.

Miles Morales?

Bant looked at the black uniform in front of him and asked.

“You know me?” Miles removed his mask, revealing a face with thick lips.

There were slight differences between him and the Miles that the blond Peter had seen back then.

"I've seen you in another universe."

"Bant said softly."

Luma looked around and found a sofa to sit on. She felt the space was a bit too cramped.

"So you're from another universe?!" Miles and Vivi's eyes lit up.

If they are from another universe, there's no reason for them to help Hydra.

"Great!"

"Please help us!" Miles and Vivi pleaded, bowing deeply.

"This world was taken over by Hydra, but it wasn't always like this!"

As they spoke, they glanced at Steve with lingering fear, as if afraid that if he gave the order, the Hydra robots would immediately rush in.

"It seems there really is another reason."

T'Challa crossed his arms and said helplessly, "But no matter what, it's your own effort to resist them. We're just here to remind you of the collision crisis. In less than seven hours, the two Earths will collide, and we will destroy one of them. Steve Rogers has already agreed to evacuate Earth, so you should try to leave as soon as possible."

But Miles' expression turned to surprise.

"Evacuate Earth?"

"They can't possibly be leaving Earth; you've been fooled!"

“Captain Marvel and Quasar are outside the shield. Once the shield opens, they will immediately attack Hydra,” Vivi added.

"I suspect Hydra is using the pretense of evacuation to mobilize its soldiers and then invade your planet."

(End of this chapter)