American Comics: The Matrix

Chapter 454 Cosmic Cube
Inside the Hydra aircraft carrier, screens covering an entire wall were displaying footage of Bant and his crew.

Steve Rogers walked over slowly and asked the people keeping watch, "Are those people acting strangely?"

"Reporting to the director, there's nothing unusual. They strolled around the streets for a while and then stayed in a slushie shop."

Of course, there was no one left in the Snow Mud shop. Steve had put on a whole show; he was indeed relocating residents, but he didn't intend to evacuate them from Earth.

Hydra's forces were mixed in among them to deceive others.

“That’s good. Rick Jones stole our secrets. We don’t know who he passed the clues to, but in any case, we must not let these people have any contact with the rebels,” Steve said.

He felt very painful.

At this moment, the Hive and Dr. Faust walked over and spoke as if questioning:

“Steve, we’ve said it before, it would have been better to kill those superheroes. But you spared them, and now they’re lurking in the corners of Las Vegas, constantly causing us trouble. That was your mistake.”

"And that Rick Jones, if he refuses to submit to the great Hydra, he should be killed immediately as a warning to others!"

"I will think about it……"

"I'm tired," Steve said wearily.

Although he is the leader of Hydra, the growing power of the Hydra cabinet seems to be forcing him to make a choice.

“Now is not the time,” he explained. “If those outsiders discover anything, it will be detrimental to our plans.”

"Is it because of those outsiders, or because of your cowardice?" Dr. Faust pressed aggressively.

"..."

Faust knew he couldn't rush things. In the Hydra cabinet, Baron Zemo and Lady Hydra were firmly standing behind Steve.

He stared coldly at the screen and ordered, "Keep an eye on them!"

……

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple."

After listening to Miles' explanation, T'Challa finally felt it made sense.

He personally destroyed so many Earths, and not one of them was willing to cooperate obediently.

This world ruled by Hydra is the most despicable of all, feigning agreement while secretly preparing a counterattack.

Does this mean there's going to be a fight?

Luma had been feeling down and not thinking much, but now she suddenly realized that she could stretch her muscles a little.

“Generally speaking, at this point, the annihilation bomb would be activated directly.” T’Challa shook his head.

They don't have that much time in America to slowly fight Hydra.

Besides, it's going to explode anyway, so it's better to just blow it up.

"No, you can't do this!" Miles jumped onto the ceiling in desperation. "This is murder! You'll cause the deaths of billions of people worldwide!"

"If we don't do this, even more people will die."

Vivi shook her head and said, "Or you could choose to help us? As long as we deal with Hydra, we can do as you ask."

“There’s not enough time.” Bant looked at them and asked, “Even if we really agree to help you quell Hydra, there’s not enough time left for the relocation.”

Miles and Weiwei fell silent.

Bant offered another suggestion.

“I think it would be better if you took them away. There should still be some survivors in your shelter. There’s no hope for Earth. Why don’t you take them away?”

There may not be many people, but at least it's a way to survive.

"what?"

Miles immediately shook his head: "But what about the others? Apart from the residents of Las Vegas, the residents of other places are just ordinary people. They are innocent, and we can't abandon them!"

"There may not be enough time to transfer them."

Just then, a giant green figure crashed through the wall and rushed in, carrying a teenager in a yellow shirt in one hand, with Ms. Marvel following on his left.

Behind him, the Hydra robots were hot on his heels.

"Evacuate first!"

The people inside immediately sprang into action. Miles quickly put on his mask and jumped down from the ceiling: "Where's the vehicle Ironheart prepared? And Mr. Parker, you guys..."

He suddenly realized that Bant and the others had disappeared, but his spider-sense told him that Bant was nearby.

"This way!" A Black girl drove out of the street in a blue car and waved vigorously at them.

"Wow, the Fantastic Four's old beat-up car!" Amadeus Zhao excitedly jumped into the car with the informant. "With this, even the Hydra robots won't be able to catch us!"

"Are you all seated?"

"set off!"

As soon as Amadeus Zhao pressed the button, black smoke billowed from the car's exhaust pipe, the engine roared twice as if struggling, and then died completely.

???

"Tie Xin, what are you up to?"

As the Hydra Mobile Squad drew ever closer, Amadeus Zhao panicked.

"I don't know, it was fine just now, is it overloaded?" Tie Xin frantically pressed the control panel. This so-called heir of steel seemed a bit unreliable.

Bant, seeing her haphazardly trying to do things, got a bit of high blood pressure and pushed her aside, saying, "Let me do it."

Tie Xin thought he was seeing a ghost, but the next moment he heard a voice say, "Shapeshifter," and then a blackish-green substance spread out and covered the surface of the car.

In an instant, Mr. Fantastic's car was transformed and upgraded, its interior space expanded several times over, turning from a small sedan into a medium-sized truck, and its several huge exhaust ports became rocket-like engines, spewing flames like shooting stars.

"Wow!"

boom! ! !
The Hydra robots that were close to the car had half their bodies blown off by the car's exhaust fumes, leaving the group of naive teenagers speechless with astonishment.

Dude, is that an exhaust vent?

In the blink of an eye, Washington was thousands of miles away.

At this moment, Luma and the others deactivated their stealth mode. When Steve appeared, Ironheart was so startled that he almost slammed his palm into him.

"What the hell? You guys destroyed Hydra's headquarters?"

"We don't have that capability. It's a long story. Let's go back to base first," Amadeus Zhao said, shaking his head. "Brother, our base is in Las Vegas. Need me to show you the way?"

"Need not."

The shapeshifter's head popped out from the car's dashboard, its eyes flashed, and it said, "We'll be there in three minutes."

Three minutes later.

Inside the underground base in Las Vegas.

Black Widow, Hawkeye, and others, each armed, surrounded Bant and his group, or more precisely, Steve.

"Wait, Natasha, this isn't the Steve we know!"

"Of course I know, otherwise I would have shot already."

Natasha and Hawkeye lowered their weapons. Hawkeye looked at the car, now a wrecked mess after it had detached from the shapeshifter, and said, "Are these the people Zhang Parker asked you to find?"

“I am the only one.” Bant deactivated his transformation and walked over, looking at his two familiar yet unfamiliar old friends, and said, “Originally, I didn’t intend to get involved in the civil war in your world, but those Hydras just won’t change their ways.”

“Steve Rogers thinks he’s smart, and what I love most is saying no to those who are self-important.”

"Thank you for your help."

Natasha said calmly, looking somewhat numb, as if she didn't have much hope for Bant and the others to appear.

At this moment, Amadeus Zhao walked over with the informant he had practically "tied up": "Let's take a look at the information Rick Jones gave us first."

He opened his palm, revealing a USB flash drive.

Just as Hawkeye was about to have them take the item to Tony Stark, Bant had already taken the USB drive and plugged it into his left wrist.

The nanosuit conjured up a reader and began to read the contents of the USB drive.

Hawkeye gave him a strange look, feeling that this guy didn't seem to understand the concept of distance.

He doesn't fully trust Bant and the others yet.

Rick Jones's face appeared on the screen. Bant didn't recognize him, but Natasha and Hawkeye clearly knew him well.

The group quieted down and watched as Rick Jones infiltrated Hydra to obtain their secret information, including the contents of that top-secret document—how Hydra used the Cosmic Cube to turn Steve Rogers into Captain Hydra.

“Now we finally know why Steve works for Hydra.” Hawkeye clenched his fist.

Behind Bant, the evolved human [Steve] also clenched his fists, his body trembling: "That's..."

"The Tesseract!"

(End of this chapter)