American Comics: Today's Big News

Chapter 470 Thumbelina

In New York City, the Hulk is frantically raising his fists and pounding wildly, surrounded by dozens of giant ants, each four or five meters tall.

Ant-Man was also there, but instead of growing bigger or smaller to fight the Hulk, he flew in the sky with two mechanical claws protruding from his shoulders, constantly firing lasers at the Hulk.

The suit he was wearing was no longer the red and black "Ant-Man" suit, but a black and yellow suit with a pair of wings on his back.

In the comics, he was active for a period of time as "Yellowjacket", and the suit he wore at that time was the Yellowjacket style.

The giant ants active in the city at this time were not just the dozen or so Hulk's ants, but many more.

They are distributed in various places, equipped with mechanical equipment and drug pumps, and continuously launch drugs into the sky.

Meanwhile, almost every ant has a sentinel robot guarding it, either beside it or in the air. As for the Hulk, there are even more sentinel robots around him, numbering in the hundreds.

In addition, there were several similar encirclements within a hundred meters of the Hulk, which appeared to contain warriors from Sakaar, just like the Hulk.

Surrounded by enemies, they could only defend desperately and were unable to attack.

The same applies to the Hulk, except that as Hulk's anger grows stronger, sooner or later he will smash all the Sentinel robots to pieces and destroy the city.

Inside a building invisible to the giant ants, dozens of mutants are huddled, spying on the outside world.

Polaris Lorna, Blinking Clarice, Dazzling Alison, Skin-Changing Paige — these are all characters that Connors is familiar with.

"I have a question," Peggy said, raising her hand to indicate that she had something to say.

Polaris Lorna nodded in agreement, then Peggy asked with some confusion, "Weren't we here to find ordinary people who need help? What are we doing here?"

When she said this, the others also looked blank, as if they had forgotten something.

Connors, who was squatting on the ground watching the ants move their food, heard this and sent a telepathic message across the crowd.

He immediately shared the information he remembered about "Forget-Me-Not" Omega with them, and then said, "Omega has gone ahead to scout ahead. We just need to wait here for news."

The others suddenly realized, and then there was a period of silent waiting.

A dozen minutes later, Omega returned to the building, panting. After confirming that the group remembered him through Connors' telepathic connection, he quickly reported the information he had gathered: "The civilians within a 20-kilometer radius of the Hulk have been evacuated, and the Sentinel robots are evacuating people beyond that radius—in any case, it seems that helping ordinary people is not our responsibility, and the Sentinel robots have not shown any intention to attack ordinary people."

That's for sure. If Sentinel robots kill even ordinary people, the world will eventually become their domain, which is definitely not what politicians want.

"It seems we've made a wasted trip," Blink Clarice said meekly.

"In that case, there's no need for the others to stay here any longer. Clarice, you take the others and leave to reunite with your fellow countrymen," said Polaris Lorna.

"And what about you?" Clarice's hand shimmered with purple light, and a portal leading back to the way she came quietly opened.

"Connors and I will stay behind; we have other things to take care of," said Polaris Lorna.

Connors pointed to Alison X-Ray: "She'll stay too. She'll be very useful if we're going to cause a ruckus at the Illuminati."

Allison nodded in agreement immediately, without the slightest hesitation.

"Remember to send a signal if you need support," Blink Clarice said, before stepping into the portal with the other mutants.

Once everyone else had left, Polaris Lorna looked at Connors: "Shall we visit the Illuminati now? They're probably having a headache over the Hulk right now, so we won't get the results we want."

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what's your purpose in insisting on visiting the Illuminati?"

"To be honest, I also have the ability to teleport, but I can't use it. Perhaps the Light will be able to solve this problem." Connors didn't hide anything. "And they specifically came to Alison's hotel to try to recruit me. I'd like to know why too."

Alison nodded in agreement, confirming that Connors was telling the truth.

"But we need to solve a problem first." Polaris Lorna pointed in the direction where the Hulk was fighting the Sentinel robots.

"Perhaps I can try to soothe Hulk with telepathy," Connors said, and was about to leave.

"Wait, I'll go with you. If telepathy doesn't work on the Hulk, I can protect you and help you retreat in time." Allison grabbed Connors.

Seeing that the two of them were going to meet the Hulk, Polaris Lorna wasn't willing to stay put any longer and decisively said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Hulk's location is very easy to find; he's wherever the city is most bustling.

Moreover, Ant-Man, dressed in the Yellow Jacket suit, was constantly firing lasers from the sky, indirectly pointing Connors and his two companions in the right direction.

"This Hulk seems to be much stronger than the Bruce Banner I know?"

Standing outside the Sentinels' encirclement, Connors watched the Hulk grow larger and larger at a visible speed and sighed.

From the beginning, Hulk was surrounded by sentries and had to be on guard. By this time, Hulk had grown to be over five meters tall, and his arms were as thick as heavy motorcycles.

The surrounding sentries were gradually losing their ability to stop him; only the ants, enlarged by Ant-Man to five or six meters tall, could still use sheer numbers to suppress Hulk.

This can't go on. Dr. Pym, Ant-Man, was extremely anxious. Judging from the Hulk's growing anger, he estimated that the guy would grow to more than ten meters in a dozen minutes at most.

The increase in size meant that Hulk's anger was rising, and Ant-Man was very worried that by then, apart from nuclear weapons, there would be no one in the world who could stop him.

Even nuclear weapons might not be effective.

Ant-Man's gaze swept over the giant ants being crushed by the Hulk like mowing grass, and suddenly a brilliant idea struck him.

Hulk's size is related to his anger. If we shrink him, will we be able to extinguish his anger?

Seeing the Hulk grow even larger, Ant-Man didn't have time to think and fired a Pym Particle. The next moment, the five-meter-tall Hulk disappeared from the spot.

The ground exploded the next second, and all the ants, sentinel robots, buildings, and ruins were lifted nearly half a meter off the ground.

At the center of these shaken objects, a green grasshopper, the size of a fingernail, stood upright—or rather, it was Hulk—and let out a sharp, piercing cry: "Hulk! Smash!"