Superman shrugged and said, "Hey, Mr. Monster, this is the price you pay for messing with a lady." He then used his heat ray to pin the man down, preventing him from moving.

"Damn it~~~!" Caught off guard, he was blasted into the ground by the Sun Goddess and suppressed by Superman. Typhoon was furious and struggled incessantly.

At this moment, the Sun Goddess had already grasped the longsword that had been stuck in Tip's body, and activated the runes on the divine sword again. Tip kept wailing and cursing, but as the Sun Goddess moved, Tip's struggles began to weaken, until finally he seemed to have lost consciousness and stopped moving.

"So... have we won?" The Sun Goddess drew her divine sword and asked Tip with some doubt, after all, Tip had previously given them a terrible beating.

“Let’s take him back. I have a feeling things aren’t that simple. And we also need to investigate why the Tifu tribe, which should have disappeared into the annals of history, is here, and why that child can transform into this monster,” Superman said, frowning.

"Since he's allowed this, I'll seal him away, lest he possess some unknown abilities that could deceive us." With that, he chanted an incantation, conjuring a crystal coffin and sealing Tip inside.

"Hey, someone's coming." Superman heard the voices coming from afar and said, "It's Dr. Reed, Susan, and the Thing."

“It should be the Fantastic Four. After we met them before, they were exposed to mysterious rays in space and seem to have gained amazing abilities,” the Sun Goddess explained to Superman, having returned earlier and knowing some things.

"So that's how it is. This world seems to be getting more and more interesting," Superman said with a smile.

"But it's also more dangerous, especially for ordinary people!" the Sun Goddess sighed.

"That's why we have a reason to exist. When humanity truly grows up to be fearless of any challenge in this endless universe, then we can rest," Superman said.

As they were talking, the Fantastic Four's fighter jet had already landed not far from Superman and his friends. Dr. Reed and his two companions got off the plane and walked towards Superman and his friends.

“Hey, congratulations, Mr. Adam,” Dr. Reed said with a smile. “I couldn’t believe my eyes. Thank goodness you’re finally awake.”

"Thank you." Superman smiled and said, "Speaking of which, congratulations on gaining some great superpowers and forming a wonderful team."

At this moment, the Sun Goddess also greeted Susan. After all, they were best friends and did not deliberately hide their identities.

“Hey, don’t say anymore. We had no choice but to do this. We didn’t originally want these abilities, but some things happened later, so we had no choice but to continue.” Dr. Reed sighed, and then said, “By the way, let me introduce you to this. He’s a very good friend of mine, Ben Grimm. He became like this because of that accident.”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Ben." Superman said with a smile, looking at the other person. Since a year had already passed, there was no need for him to comfort him.

“Me too, Superman.” The Thing nodded, then fell silent. Although he had come to terms with his appearance, he seemed to have become somewhat quiet since that day.

The Sun Goddess asked, "Huh, aren't there four of you? Where's the other one?" She knew some of the information, but not about Susan's brother.

“Oh, you’ve met him, that guy, my brother John.” Susan looked troubled. “But he flew here before us. Didn’t you see him?”

The Sun Goddess shook her head and said, "Oh, we didn't see him. Perhaps the battle was too intense, so we didn't notice him. Speaking of which, what are you all doing here..."

“Oh, this operation is a joint effort by several countries. The US government also invited us to participate because the Ten Rings gang caused quite a stir, so we came along. However, we are responsible for another region. We came to provide support because we lost contact with this area for a long time. But it seems you've already taken care of things here.” Susan looked at the crystal coffin behind the Sun Goddess and said, “Oh my god, what is that?”

“Tifu, an existence that should have been wiped out, an extremely powerful monster,” the Sun Goddess explained.

This is a blond man dressed in a Fantastic Four costume, his body wreathed in flames, who flew out from the mountains on the other side and landed beside them, right next to the Sun Goddess. His grinning face made you want to punch him.

“Hey, beautiful lady, do you have time tonight?” John asked the Sun Goddess, looking quite dashing.

Susan was speechless upon seeing this, but also a little smug, because John had long been terrified of Christine, and now he hadn't realized that the beautiful woman in front of him was his nightmare, Christine.

Of course, Adam was actually a little embarrassed at this moment. After looking at himself, this guy actually tried to flirt with his fiancée as if nothing had happened, reached out and grabbed her body, and placed her next to Susan.

"You'd better behave yourself, or I'll give you a chance to calm down!"

"Hey, Mr. Adam, what's wrong with you? You have a girlfriend, you know."

"As you can see, this is my girlfriend, Christine!" Superman said coldly.

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Chapter 256 The Merchant?

John was shocked by Superman's words, clearly astonished by Christine's identity, but even more so by fear. He cowardly hid behind his sister, pleading with Christine for mercy.

"Oh, Sister Christine, I didn't know it was you. Please pretend you didn't know anything. Look, we haven't seen each other for so long. I'm just so happy that I'm a little incoherent."

Christine smiled at John's expression and said, "Alright, alright, stop fooling around. I'm not angry."

John breathed a sigh of relief and said to Superman, "Brother-in-law, what about you? You're not really angry, are you?"

Superman smiled and said, "I'm not that petty. By the way, you've been there before, right? What was the situation like there?"

John stopped joking and said with a serious expression, "When I got there, I found that everyone except the nine people was dead, and a large number of civilians died in this operation. I have notified the S.H.I.E.L.D. medical team."

"It's that serious?" Dr. Reed frowned, looking at Tip, who was sealed away by the Sun Goddess, and asked, "Is this monster the culprit?"

Superman nodded and said, "This should be it. We checked the information, and this monster is a product of the ancient mythological period. It was a weapon used by a race called the Giants. But according to the records, it should have been destroyed by humans and the Olympian gods. I don't know why it appeared here."

The invisible woman said, "Perhaps we can ask those people, those survivors, what they should know."

The stone man asked, puzzled, "Haven't you already captured this guy? Shouldn't that be the end of it?"

Dr. Reed shook his head and said, "No, that's not the case. Superman said before that this monster is just someone else's weapon. If we don't find out who made this weapon, it will bring more disasters to the world."

Superman chimed in, "Besides, just one Typhoon has already exhausted me and the Sun Goddess. If a few more come, we won't be able to handle it."

"Hey, Superman. Don't forget about us! We can help too. The four of us can handle a few, oh, okay. One, one should be enough!" The Human Torch said coolly, toying with a spark in his hand.

“Yes, that’s right, you can certainly handle one,” the Sun Goddess rolled her eyes, “but you can’t expect them to only make two, can you? What if they end up with an army of Tiphs?”

"Fine, forget I said anything!" Thunderbolt immediately deflated upon hearing the Sun Goddess's words.

“Let’s go over there.” Susan patted her brother’s head, then said to Superman, “I think they probably know something.”

So, the group arrived at the Ten Commandments Gang's base and found nine people resting against the ruins in the middle of a pile of rubble. Although most of them were seriously injured, they were all conscious and lost in thought, not knowing what they were thinking.

Upon seeing Superman and the others, the dragon said to the wizard beside him, "It really is Superman and the Sun Goddess. It seems they've returned as well."

The mage leaned weakly against the crumbling wall behind him and said, "Yes, it's all thanks to them. If it were anyone else, we would probably just have a few more corpses. It's all Alexander's fault for keeping his team in check; otherwise, we might not have had to face this monster at all."

Long sighed. He said, "Who knew he hated certain groups in the Middle East so much? Although some people were indeed misled into becoming terrorists, most of them are just ordinary people living honest lives."

After listening, the magician said, "Perhaps it's because of the accident that happened in London last week."

At this moment, Superman and his crew arrived beside them, and their conversation was overheard by them. In an instant, Superman and his crew were enraged. Superman slammed his fist into a nearby pillar, smashing it to pieces.

"These beasts!"

"Are you saying that the civilians here were killed by the British super-powered team?" Dr. Reed asked incredulously.

Long nodded slowly and said, "Because during today's operation, our countries split into several small teams. Perhaps they were too hasty. By the time we arrived, most of the terrorists and civilians had already been killed. The rest were caught in the crossfire of the monster's attack during the battle with that monster."

"What's that monster all about?" the Invisible Woman asked. "I don't recall the Ten Rings having anything like that."

Upon hearing this, the magician said, "It was a little boy who turned into a monster. He seems to be a child of a commoner who was kidnapped by the Ten Rings. After witnessing the tragic deaths of his parents, he turned into the monster he was in before. However, it seems that he knew he couldn't stop after transforming, so he sent Spider-Man, who had never killed anyone, away."

"A little boy?" the Sun Goddess asked. "He must have made some kind of pact, sacrificing his soul in exchange for a chance at revenge."

The invisible woman asked, "So, does that mean the trail has gone cold?"

The Sun Goddess nodded and said, "Yes, the clues here have run dry. It seems I need to go back and do some research."

Superman nodded and said, "That's the only way. Oh, and there's Tifu too. Let's take it back and study it ourselves. If other countries get Tifu, who knows what crazy things they'll do? After all, to those leaders, we're both an asset and a thorn in their side. We certainly won't take their orders."

Mr. Fantastic nodded and said, "That's right, and we must get an explanation from the British government for this incident. They really went too far this time."

Superman shook his head after hearing this and said, "This is completely useless. At most, they will throw out a scapegoat to attract public hatred. As for what will happen behind the scenes, we can't guess."

“Even so, we need to make a statement,” Mr. Fantastic said. “If we don’t take action this time, they will be even more unscrupulous next time.”

At this moment, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s medical aircraft arrived at the scene, and the first person to disembark was none other than Maria Hill, now the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. After disembarking, Maria Hill saw Superman and the others in the nearby ruins, hurriedly gave orders, and then quickly ran to Superman's side.

"Oh, Maria actually came in person." The Sun Goddess looked at Superman and said, "Looks like someone has quite a lot of influence."

Superman shrugged. "You know that's not how it is," he said.

The Sun Goddess laughed and said, "I was just joking."

John stood behind them, next to the Stone Man, and whispered, "Hey, bro. This is going to be good."

He said, somewhat annoyed, "Why do I get the feeling that you're jealous?"

John immediately bristled, saying, "I'm jealous? Humph, you actually said I'm jealous? Oh my god. I admit I'm jealous." As he spoke, he stared in disbelief as Maria Hill ran over, hugged Superman tightly, and gave him a deep kiss.

Earlier, after giving Superman a deep kiss, Maria apologized to the Sun Goddess, saying, "I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself."

The Sun Goddess wasn't angry; she knew Maria was just overly excited, after all, they hadn't seen each other for a year. And most importantly, she had complete faith in Adam. She considered it merely a friendly kiss, though it had given her a slight thrill.

"Don't let this happen again!" The Sun Goddess curled her lip, then said to Superman, "And you, next time a woman pounces on you, remember to dodge!"

Superman shrugged and didn't reply. He should remain silent at this point. Although there was nothing shameful between him and Maria Hill, he hadn't pulled away when she kissed him. So, it was best to keep quiet.

Maria Hill smiled and said, "Sorry, Christine. I'm just so excited. You know, it's been a year since we last saw each other."

Then everyone started talking about the incident, and when Maria Hill heard about the British super team, her expression became serious and unpleasant.

"I knew these scoundrels would cause trouble someday," she said angrily. "It seems that the details of this operation must be disclosed to the United Nations, and a special oversight department must be established."

After hearing this, Superman said, "You can handle the specifics yourself, but I can't hand over Teepo to you. This thing is very dangerous. Christine and I fought with all our might to subdue it, and I can't let something so dangerous fall into the hands of those politicians."

“I can leave Tifu behind. But you need to give S.H.I.E.L.D. a copy of the analysis data on Tifu. After all, you just said that the real mastermind hasn’t been found yet, so we need to be prepared.”

When it comes to serious matters, Maria Hill is always very serious. Even if she kissed Adam a second ago, she is now the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., representing the authority of the United Nations.

“No problem, I will send you the information about Tifu as soon as possible.” Superman nodded. Humans cannot get used to relying on them, otherwise they will be eliminated by the constantly evolving advanced races in the universe.

After reaching an agreement, Maria Hill led the wounded, including Vanguard, away, leaving only one team to collect evidence at the scene. Superman and the Fantastic Four also said their goodbyes, as the matter on this side was considered closed. Of course, John kept reminding them that if they found the mastermind, they should definitely include him; in his words, "I'm going to kick that guy's ass!"

After Superman and the Sun Goddess left the battlefield with Typhoon's crystal coffin, they did not immediately return to New York, but instead chose to land in a remote location.

"Come out, you've already given us a long way," Superman said calmly.

Five minutes passed, but still no one came out or answered. This puzzled Superman. Had his senses been wrong? Here's what happened: shortly after Maria Hill arrived, Superman sensed that they were being watched. However, despite his own sharp eyesight, he couldn't pinpoint the source of the spy's location. So, after saying goodbye to the Fantastic Four, he led the spy here.

"Christine, use the detection magic!" Superman said calmly.

Upon hearing this, the Sun Goddess did not hesitate and immediately used her detection magic. An invisible ripple emanated from the Sun Goddess, and then the outline of a person suddenly appeared on a tree branch not far from Adam and the others.

When Superman arrived, he said, "You've already been discovered. Do you still want to remain invisible?"

"Oh dear, I didn't expect to be discovered." Seemingly aware that she had been discovered and seeing no need to remain hidden any longer, a person with purple skin, black hair, and otherwise appearing human-like, dressed in a white bodysuit, appeared in the tree and said with a smile, "Well, since I've been discovered, there's nothing I can do. Could you please return my toy? I would be very grateful!"

Superman looked at the other person's skin color and asked, "You're not from Earth?"

“You are too!” the man said nonchalantly. “I am a merchant who travels between stars. You can call me Makula, a merchant who likes to collect items.”

"What exactly do you want to do on Earth? And what do you mean by 'toy'?" Superman said, pointing to the crystal coffin.

"Ah, no rush, Superman. I'm just here to do business." Makula leaped onto the ground not far from Superman and said, "I pose no threat to your Earth. You know, harmony brings wealth—that's my business philosophy. As for my toy, yes, it's him. I traded it with someone for an energy crystal when I came here a hundred years ago."

"Harmony brings wealth? Do you know that many of us have died because of your so-called toys? And since these are items traded with others, they can never belong to you!" the Sun Goddess asked coldly.

"No, no, no, the transaction at the time only granted me the right to use this treasure once. I only came to retrieve it today after sensing that it had already been used." Macura waved his hand and said, "As for the many deaths you mentioned, may I ask, are the weapons manufacturers responsible for any casualties that occur after you purchase weapons here?"

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