American comics: Starting as the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast

Chapter 114 The Best Gift

Rogers quickly dealt with the desperate soldiers in front of him.

Natasha wasn't as efficient as him.

She was not as strong as Rogers, nor did she have an indestructible vibranium shield.

Although she has extensive combat experience and superb combat skills, she is unable to quickly eliminate the Desperate Soldiers.

However, her fight against the Extremis soldiers was much more entertaining than Rogers' fight.

Upon seeing Natasha being entangled by a female Extremis soldier and falling into a disadvantageous position, Rogers' first reaction was to rush over to help.

However, he had only run a few steps when another Extremis soldier came up in front of him.

After being stopped, he had to abandon his idea of ​​supporting Natasha and focus on dealing with the Desperate soldiers in front of him.

Although he was stopped, Natasha still received the support she needed.

The person who came to her aid was not Roy, but Hawkeye, who had reached the high ground.

At that moment, Hawkeye stood on the crossbeam of the giant crane and fired an arrow at the female Extremis soldier who was fighting Natasha.

To be precise, an arrow was shot at the female Extremis soldier's head.

On his way to the gantry beam, Hawkeye kept an eye on Rogers and Natasha.

Although he had never fought an Extremis soldier, while waiting for news at Avengers Tower, he learned from Tony about the Extremis virus and that the Extremis soldiers' weakness was their brains.

He had some doubts about the Extremis soldiers' extraordinary regenerative abilities.

However, seeing that the female Extremis soldier was shot several times by Natasha but still acted as if nothing had happened, he knew that Tony had not exaggerated the Extremis soldiers' regenerative abilities.

Therefore, instead of firing ordinary arrows, he fired an explosive arrow at the female Extremis soldier.

As the saying goes, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark!

What's more, it was a hidden arrow shot by Hawkeye!

The arrow, carrying an explosive tip, struck the female Extremis soldier precisely in the head.

boom!

The female Extremis soldier's head exploded like a watermelon falling from the sky, and blood, brain matter, and bone fragments immediately splattered all over Natasha.

If it were an ordinary woman, being splattered with blood and brain matter would definitely cause her to scream sharply.

But Natasha was no ordinary woman.

She didn't take it seriously at all. While changing the magazine of her pistol, she ran towards nearby cover to avoid being shot dead by other terrorists.

Roy turned his gaze away from Natasha and looked at President Ellis, who was hanging above the oil tank.

Tony quickly rescued President Ellis and helped him to the top of a nearby shipping container.

After a few seconds, he said to President Ellis, "Mr. President, I have set up the flight plan for the Iron Patriot. You don't need to do anything; it will take you back to the White House."

"Okay," President Ellis replied immediately.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Steel Patriot's helmet and visor closed immediately, and the thrusters on his hands and feet ignited, spewing out orange-yellow tail flames.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Steel Patriot soared into the sky like a rocket, flying at full speed towards Washington, D.C., according to the pre-set flight plan.

Soon, the Steel Patriot turned into a small dot of light and disappeared into the night.

Tony turned and looked at Killian on the bridge of the Enterprise.

Without any hesitation, he immediately flew towards Killian, ready to personally eliminate the "demon" he had created.

After Tony flew toward Killian, Roy also used his teleportation ability to arrive on the Enterprise.

He did not come to Killian, but went to the mast of the bridge.

After thinking for a moment, he squatted down on the mast.

He had just crouched down when Tony flew in front of Killian, hovering in the air, and said to Killian, "Did you do all this just to get revenge for how I toyed with you back then?"

Killian looked at Tony calmly and said slowly, "My father always told me that the early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

"I'm not angry with you. On the contrary, I want to thank you. You gave me the best gift."

"That is, despair!"

After saying that, Killian's expression immediately turned extremely gloomy.

Although more than a decade has passed, he still can't suppress his anger whenever he thinks of that night in Switzerland.

It was this anger that led him to start a completely new life, transforming him from a scientist who was once neglected and even looked down upon into the person he is today.

Tony didn't speak, but stared coldly at Killian.

Before experiencing the kidnapping incident in Afghanistan, he did not think there was anything wrong with what he did back then.

But now he knows he went too far back then.

Killian was somewhat fanatical and impolite back then.

But at that time, Killian wasn't a bad person.

Not only that, he can also be considered a very pure scientist.

However, it was because of his trickery that Killian, who could have shone brightly in the scientific community, was turned into an ambitious terrorist.

"What did you say to me that night in Switzerland?"

"You told me you'd be happy working with me, and that you'd meet me on the rooftop in five minutes after you've ditched those people. You should go grab a drink to soothe your throat first."

Five minutes have passed, and you haven't come.

"Ten minutes later, you still haven't come."

Even if 20 minutes have passed, I still feel that you will come, but you are just temporarily held up by other things.

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"An hour later, standing on the edge of the rooftop, looking at the celebrating crowd in the square and the fireworks in the sky, I thought about taking a step forward and parachuting directly into the square."

"You should understand what I mean, right?"

Tony replied, "To be honest, I'm still wondering why the first mouse didn't get to eat the cheese?"

Seeing Tony spouting nonsense just like before, Killian gave him a "I knew it" look and continued, "But in the end, I still didn't take that step."

"Because when I looked down at the whole city, I suddenly realized that even if I jumped off a building, people still wouldn't care who I was?"

"No one cares who I am, and no one cares why I ended my life on the first day of the new year."

"At that moment, an idea popped into my head."

"Hide yourself!"

"From that time on, I made it my code of conduct, and I controlled everything from behind the scenes."

"Because once you give evil a face, like Bin Laden, Gaddafi, or the Mandarin, they will become the target of everyone's hatred."

"If I'm not mistaken, Trevor should already be in your hands."

Tony didn't deny it, replying, "That's right, we've already arrested him."

"However, I didn't expect you to choose him as your stand-in."

Killian shrugged and said casually, "I know he exaggerates sometimes; all stage actors are like that."

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"What's more, he's a drug addict."

"I heard that his portrayal of King Lear was a big hit in Croydon."

"However, exaggerating a little isn't necessarily a bad thing."

"Since Thor in Norse mythology can descend from the sky with a hammer, there seems to be no need for him to keep a low profile."

Tony wasn't going to waste any more time and asked directly, "What's your purpose in doing all this?"

"I originally wanted to repay you by giving you a gift to thank you for your guidance back then."

"However, you were clever to have Pepper sent away beforehand."

At this point, Killian looked up at Roy, who was crouching on the mast.

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