A crossover movie viewing experience, kicking off Marvel's Endgame.

The congressman didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present knew the unpleasant implication: that Shinomiya Kōkō was unfit for his position, unable to grasp such a simple calculation, and possibly even having seen through it but letting his emotions override his ideals, thus allowing King's actions to continue.

348: The First Day of Missing Iron Man

"Are you trying to force me to resign?"

[Shinomiya Kiko addressed the assembled council members.]

"If so, I can write my resignation right now."

Seeing Shinomiya Hikari's righteous indignation and determination to vindicate King, even at the cost of his own life, a female senator, not wanting the situation to escalate, spoke up.

"We can discuss this later."

"You really want me to resign."

[Shinomiya Hikari also turned around with an angry expression, as if to say, "So you guys have been unhappy with me and King for a long time, and now that you've ruined King, you want to ruin me too."]

"We've already discussed it, Mr. Minister, and the Council has decided to immediately restart the Insight Program."

"If you want to talk big, you'd better do it now."

Hearing the senator's words, Shinomiya Hikari was secretly delighted. The launch of Project Insight was entirely beneficial to him and the Hydra organization behind him. If Project Insight could be truly implemented, Hydra could launch a blitzkrieg across the world, first controlling or eliminating those at the top and their armed forces, then intimidating those below to complete Hydra's grand plan of unifying the world.

"If Hydra wants to eliminate anyone who can threaten them, then the Avengers, Xavier's Academy for Gifted Youngsters, and the Brotherhood are the three major forces that would naturally be their first choice."

"Judging from Shinomiya Hiroki's confident demeanor, it would be fine if it were just blind confidence without knowing the details, but that's unlikely. To have climbed to a position that's even slightly higher than the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., there's no reason why Shinomiya Hiroki wouldn't know the strength of the two leading mutants, Professor X and Otosaka Yuu."

"There's also the Hulk, with his super individual strength as Senku Ishigami, and Thor, the outside helper in the Avengers."

"In that case, how much of Hydra's resources are left is a terrifying unknown."

Looking at the Hydra organization's ambition to dominate the world displayed on the light screen, Light Yagami said, "I originally thought that Hydra's foundation consisted of advanced technology, such as the helicopter carrier that Captain Rogers saw below the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, plus the personnel and troops infiltrated within S.H.I.E.L.D., the unknown number of artificial mutants, and possibly some powerful individuals, but probably not many."

This is not enough to dominate the world. After all, in terms of advanced technology, Iron Man's Zhuge Cong's artificial intelligence invasion or Magneto's Yuu Otosaka's simple and crude magnetic field control are both huge threats to helicopter carriers. Hulk and Professor X's Hayabusa Otosaka are also a huge countermeasure against ordinary people and mutants.

Professor X's mind control is almost a misunderstanding, while the Hulk possesses overwhelming physical strength.

Unless Hydra truly cracks Loki's Mind Scepter and uses it to improve the creation of superhumans—after all, only one brother and sister have succeeded so far—and if they crack the Mind Scepter, they could use it to create a mind control ability strong enough to resist Professor X and Hayato Otosaka, or even directly learn from Professor X to control high-ranking officials and rule the world by controlling their minds.

However, Light Yagami felt that the possibility was slim, since if it really succeeded, there would be no need to hide it anymore.

L thought for a moment and said.

"Perhaps Hydra really does have some kind of deadly weapon hidden away."

"The first rule of escape: you can only walk, you can't run."

"If I were running in these shoes, they would have fallen off long ago."

[Captain Rogers, having changed his appearance on the street, spoke to Ghivia and Vermouth.]

Captain Rogers knew that S.H.I.E.L.D. had probably already issued a warrant for his arrest and was now tracking him down. Black Widow Vermouth and Gavial the Ghost were likely also on the wanted list.

[Then Captain Rogers followed Black Widow Vermouth to an experience center. Knowing that all her electronic devices were unusable, Vermouth chose this place to use the equipment for free. Of course, another reason was to avoid being tracked down by S.H.I.E.L.D., since their tracking system is very tight.]

"This driver has a Level 6 location system; once we activate it, S.H.I.E.L.D. can locate us immediately."

[Black Widow Vermouth spoke to Captain Rogers while operating a laptop, simultaneously informing Captain Rogers and Gylvia that S.H.I.E.L.D. would locate them and swiftly arrest them the moment they accessed the USB drive.]

"How much longer?"

As an old-fashioned individual, Captain Rogers naturally didn't quite understand these complex maneuvers and chose to look around to see if anyone was tracking them. Hundred Ghosts Gvia, unable to offer much help, also chose to observe from the sidelines, just like Captain Rogers.

"About nine minutes."

【"start."】

[After speaking, Black Widow Vermouth inserted the USB drive. After all, to investigate why someone assassinated King, and whether the assassination was due to the contents of this USB drive, they needed to see what was on it to solve the case.]

[And just as Black Widow Vermouth said, S.H.I.E.L.D. reacted the moment the USB drive was plugged in.]

"Sir, we've tracked them down."

Upon hearing this, Koichi Fujito immediately moved closer and gave the order.

"Send four assault teams over."

"King's guess was correct."

[At this moment, Black Widow Vermouth also received the contents of the USB drive that King had given to Captain Rogers.]

"Someone is trying to hide something on that Rembelia-class launch ship."

"This driver is protected by some kind of artificial intelligence, and it's currently undergoing restructuring, resisting my commands."

[Black Widow Vermouth attempted to crack the USB drive, but the artificial intelligence protecting its core contents kept blocking her way.]

"Can you crack it?"

"The guy who developed this program is a tiny bit smarter than me, but just a tiny bit."

"Tsk, if only we had Zhuge Cong's Jarvis. Cracking this kind of thing would be a piece of cake, and it could also directly help us block S.H.I.E.L.D.'s pursuit."

[Black Widow Vermouth, while deciphering the code, said, "When do I miss Zhuge Cong the most? Of course, it's during information warfare. After all, Zhuge Cong's AI, Jarvis, is a natural cheat code. There's no AI on Earth more powerful than Jarvis."]

349: The Vanished Him

"Then why don't we contact Iron Man and the others?"

[Givia, standing nearby, overheard her master, Black Widow Vermouth, asking, "Aren't the three of them going to fight against the behemoth that is S.H.I.E.L.D. without seeking any assistance?"]

"The reason we're contacting them now is twofold: firstly, it will take them time to get here; secondly, if we contact Iron Man and the others, S.H.I.E.L.D. will find out and will definitely try to stop them. As for the others who come by plane, Hydra will definitely try to assassinate them as soon as they arrive."

"Although Zhuge Cong and Hachiman Hikigaya can fly over in their armor, they are ultimately just mortals. Hachiman Hikigaya, being a soldier with strong counter-surveillance awareness, is better off, but Zhuge Cong might be assassinated by Hydra. His head can't withstand a sniper rifle."

[While cracking the code, Black Widow Vermouth explained to her apprentice that she would actually like to find outside help if possible.]

"Indeed, without their armor, Cong and Hachiman are quite vulnerable, but why didn't they just assassinate us directly? Are they afraid of causing social unrest, or do they want to launch a blitzkrieg attack so that no one has time to react?"

Kirito looked at what Black Widow Vermouth said on the screen and said, "It is indeed as Black Widow Vermouth said. Moreover, it's not just Zhuge Cong, but also Hachiman Hikigaya. He and Asuna are not invulnerable. Although their reactions are faster than ordinary people, if the Hydra organization goes all out, he and Asuna may really be in danger."

"Hmph, anyone who offends Sato Kazuma will be defeated and crushed. If he dares to offend us, we will make Hydra suffer a crushing defeat."

As Sato Kazuma spoke, he revealed a... grotesque smile.

"They can't kill you, but they can blow you up and take you away in pieces. After all, you've offended Hydra by killing one of their creators of artificial mutants, even though that guy is no longer of any use to Hydra."

Zhuge Cong looked at Sato Kazuma and said, "It's true that Sato Kazuma is unkillable, but I didn't say that we must kill Sato Kazuma."

Sato Kazuma was stunned when he heard this. If he were taken away like this, he probably wouldn't have a better life than when he was with that beast Asagiri.

[Crossbones, led by Nobuyuki Sugo, arrived at the location of the locator signal by car. After confirming the equipment, the group, brimming with murderous intent, pursued Captain Rogers and his men.]

"I'm going to try out the tracking program."

"This is a program S.H.I.E.L.D. uses to track malware. Even if we can't read the files on the USB drive, we might be able to trace its origin."

"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

[As Black Widow Vermouth was introducing Captain Rogers, a chubby salesman in the store walked over with a beaming smile and spoke.]

【"fine."】

[Black Widow Vermouth turned around and smiled, saying...]

"My fiancé and I are choosing a place for our honeymoon, and this is my best friend who came with me."

[Then, Black Widow Vermouth put her hands on Captain Rogers' shoulders, looking like a little bird nestled against him, and then leaned half her body on Ghivia, speaking to the salesman.]

"Yes, we're getting married."

[Captain Rogers also took over the role of Black Widow, Vermouth, saying...]

"Congratulations, where are you headed?"

The salesman offered his congratulations while glancing at his laptop, but Captain Rogers stepped forward to block the salesman's view, then noticed the location displayed on the laptop screen and spoke.

"It's a small place in Area C. It's remote, but the scenery is beautiful, isn't it?"

The salesperson stared wide-eyed for a long time before finally speaking.

"I also have these glasses."

"We really are twins. Actually, I used to be just as strong and handsome as you."

The chubby salesman gestured to indicate Captain Rogers' physique, but judging from his facial features, it was clear that he used to be quite handsome.

"If you need anything, feel free to contact me. My name is Masamune Makabe."

The salesman flashed his sign as he left.

【“谢谢。”】

"puff!"

Masamune Makabe looked at his reflection in the screen and spat out a mouthful of water. He had been hurt because he was a cowardly little fat pig who was bullied by everyone when he was a child, and his self-esteem was also hurt by the girl he had a crush on when he was a child. Later, his grandfather took him back to his hometown to undergo eight years of grueling training in order to change him. Eight years! Do you know how he spent those eight years?

Now that he's being told he'll gain weight again, and it seems he'll even gain more, Masamune Makabe is already imagining how his grandfather will drag him back for extra training.

Suddenly, Masamune Makabe wondered if he might be a member of the Hydra organization.

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"Masamune."