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Chapter 196 Establishing Authority (First Update)

"Don't trust him. He's treacherous and cunning, a complete liar. He'll definitely order his troops to attack us when he gets back."

Seeing Ross escape, Banner quickly reminded Hawking.

He had been tricked by Ross into helping with the research, and now he saw Ross's true colors. He knew that Ross was definitely not going back to get any evidence, nor did he have any evidence at all.

He wanted to hide and command the army to take them down.

However, Hawking waved his hand and laughed:

"It's alright, we'll only be satisfied if he gets a chance to try."

With his ability to manipulate thoughts, how could he not know what Ross was thinking?

He just wanted Ross to launch the attack first, so that it would be easier to deal with it afterwards.

He also planned to give these military personnel a good talking-to, to let them know that even without Magneto, their modern weapons would be useless against him.

Many high-ranking government officials, though cunning and treacherous, are very risk-averse. Given past examples and the uncertainty of whether they can kill Hawking, or if there are sufficient incentives to entice them, they will not take any risks.

But the generals in the military were different. Most of them, like General Ross, were quite arrogant and were basically hawks. They believed that they had a large army and various powerful weapons, and were much bolder than those who just sat in offices.

Just like Colonel Stryker before him.

So this time he didn't take Banner away directly, not only because of the agreement, but also because he wanted to make an example of him again, to let the military know that their proud modern weapons were useless against him.

Even if a nuclear bomb were used, it would not be able to harm him in the slightest.

"Electromagnetic Girl, has it all been broadcast?"

As Ross entered the command vehicle, Hawking asked without turning his head.

The blonde girl standing among the group of superheroes nodded:

"Boss, they've all been sold off."

"Okay, let's continue."

Hawking smiled and nodded.

Electromagnetic Girl is a non-combat mutant, but she is usually taken along on any major mission.

Because she can use her ability to broadcast everything she sees live to all the televisions covering an entire city, it's perfect for propaganda.

He had the Electromagnetic Woman start a live broadcast the moment Banner woke up.

If Ross launches an attack, it will confirm Banner's claim that Ross intends to silence him. Then, there will be no problem for Banner to retaliate and capture General Ross.

Sure enough, the next second, the elite snipers who were already positioned on the surrounding buildings, originally intended to deal with the Hulk, launched an attack on Hawking.

Thirty Barrett sniper rifles, capable of accurately penetrating 15mm thick steel plates from 500 meters away, were simultaneously aimed at Hawking's vital organs and fired. All thirty bullets appeared in front of Hawking at the same time.

"I refuse to believe you can stop me!"

Inside the command vehicle, Ross stared wide-eyed at Hawking on the screen in front of him.

Without Magneto's natural ability to counter him, he didn't believe Hawking could withstand thirty Barrett rifles attacking simultaneously.

The Barrett, known as the "human cannon," is so powerful that even armored vehicles would have to give way to it. Could Stephen Hawking's physical body compare to an armored vehicle?

Moreover, this was a surprise attack, unlike the attack on Apocalypse which was prepared in advance. He estimated that Hawking wouldn't have had time to activate his abilities.

Based on his understanding of these ability users, many of them, no matter how powerful, would still die if attacked before or after activating their abilities.

For example, the famous Professor X, once located, can still be killed by a long-range missile.

If he could hit Hawking's body before Hawking activated his ability to transform into a terrifying giant ape, he felt that Hawking would also be unable to withstand it.

Unfortunately, Hawking was neither a mutant nor a superhuman, so the methods he used to deal with other superheroes were completely ineffective against him.

Moreover, his strength at this time is much greater than when he fought Apocalypse. Even without transforming into a giant ape, he would not lose to Apocalypse.

His apparent basic combat strength is only 1200, but he has too many magical and ninjutsu abilities.

With proper coordination from all sides, it's quite normal for them to achieve a combat strength of three to four thousand.

"A trivial skill!"

Hawking's body instantly transformed into a series of afterimages, which then merged back into one. To others, he seemed to move, yet he also seemed not to move.

The only difference was that he now had a handful of flattened bullets in his hand.

"Everyone be careful!"

Only then did everyone realize that Hawking had been attacked, and they quickly activated their defensive abilities.

Colossus transformed into Steel Man once more, the female knight stood in front of Hawking with her large shield, and Spider-Man and the others formed a defensive circle around Dr. Banner.

"I knew he wasn't the type to keep his promises. I'll release Hulk to help!"

Surrounded by everyone, Banner suddenly realized that when faced with danger like today, he still had to rely on the Hulk.

"No need. You and he haven't fully communicated yet. Releasing him might just do more harm than good."

Hawking released his grip and threw the bullets on the ground:

"Piotr, Peter, and Jessica, you stay here and don't move. I'll handle what happens next."

"Attack with all forces, dead or alive!"

Seeing that Hawking had actually caught Barrett's attack with his bare hands, Ross in the command vehicle was shocked and immediately gave the order for a full-scale attack with no survivors.

Even if they are all killed, it doesn't matter, as long as there are corpses and blood, experimental research can still be conducted.

It's not surprising that General Ross didn't expect this outcome, since the only information he had about Hawking was from Hawking's early days fighting crime in New York City.

In the battle of Cairo, thanks to Magneto, the intelligence they obtained came from television, just like everyone else.

They didn't really understand Hawking that well. The only ones who truly understood Hawking's abilities were S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra, and Magneto.

Magneto was imprisoned at the mutant school and personally supervised by Professor X.

S.H.I.E.L.D. would never share its intelligence with the military, and Hydra would certainly not.

If Nick Fury knew that Ross was going to kill Hawking with a sniper rifle today, he probably wouldn't say anything other than "stupid."

"Boom boom boom!"

Rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, rockets, missiles, tanks, and other weapons were unleashed in a full-scale, overwhelming attack on Hawking and Colossus and his men behind him.

This is more than ten times stronger than the firepower when we fought the Hulk.

"Super Armor Protection!"

Hawking pointed, and a magical protective shield instantly enveloped everyone, isolating them from all attacks.

(End of this chapter)