He's in Marvel, working behind the scenes.

However, it remained completely still.

"What are you doing? Do you want to die?"

Barton turned around angrily, only to see Yamamoto Takeshi regain his friendly older brother aura and laugh, "Don't worry, this is just a world constructed by Chrome."

"A constructed world?"

Barton looked at Chrome, the mature and beautiful Mist Guardian who had taken off her sunglasses at some point, and the number in her right eye had changed to "five"!

Thinking of the intelligence Fury had given him before the surveillance mission, he suddenly understood.

This is all an illusion!

But is it really an illusion?

Patton stared blankly outside. The air was filled with the sounds of gunfire, and the shockwaves of flames and explosions swept across the magnificent palace, tearing it apart bit by bit before it collapsed.

The heatwave, the breeze, even the clear feeling of pebbles hitting your skin—everything felt so real.

Is this really an illusion?

Patton continued to survey the battlefield, where countless people caught in the explosions were screaming and groaning in agony…

Wait, how could someone be hit by such a close and violent explosion and still scream?

Patton finally noticed something amiss.

Based on his understanding of modern weapons, such a close-range explosion would definitely kill someone instantly without even having time to scream... Although there is a survivor bias, it is extremely rare.

Here, almost everyone who experiences such an explosion screams, rolls on the ground a couple of times, and then dies.

(It seems that Chrome doesn't know enough about this kind of weapon of war!) Patton thought to himself.

"I'm sorry about before!"

"Ok?"

Barton was awakened by the voice, looked up at Yamamoto Takeshi strangely, wondering why he was suddenly apologizing to him.

I was very sorry for misunderstanding you before.

"what!"

Patton was a little bewildered as he looked at Takeshi Yamamoto bowing to him at a 90-degree angle.

What the heck is this?

Isn't this guy a member of the mafia?

So polite?

Are you still angry?

Yamamoto Takeshi looked up and, seeing that Barton didn't react, asked, "If you still can't calm down, then I'll have to..."

"No, I'm not angry at all."

Patton stopped Yamamoto Takeshi.

I don't know what this guy will do if I don't stop him, nor do I know if his apology is sincere.

But this is not the time to care about that.

The large army outside is the most important.

"Really? That's great."

Yamamoto scratched the back of his head and laughed heartily, making Barton wonder: Is this guy really an assassin?

No, the chill I felt earlier couldn't have been fake.

This guy is likely a wolf in sheep's clothing; don't be fooled by appearances and let your guard down.

"Chrome, quickly dispel the illusion on Barton, or he might get accidentally injured!" Yamamoto shouted to the Mist Guardian who had walked to the front.

Chrome glanced at him out of the corner of her eye.

Suddenly, everything went blank, and then all was calm again.

There were no missiles, no artillery fire, only the American troops in the distance, as if performing a stage play, carrying out the general's orders and conducting virtual operations on various equipment and weapons.

This scene amused Patton.

However, he was also alarmed by the power of the Vongola family.

I originally thought the other guardians were all at the level of Gokudera Hayato, and even the extraordinary ones weren't too outrageous.

But Chrome's actions completely changed his mind.

If the Mist Guardian had been the one to fight yesterday, he would have had absolutely no chance of winning.

After all, even if the environment cannot be 100% synchronized with reality, he would hardly notice the subtle inconsistencies without being reminded.

Moreover, even if they were to detect it, they wouldn't have a way to break it.

(It seems that the six guardians of the Vongola are all different types of extraordinary beings.) Barton noticed that Gokudera had mentioned the six attributes of the Dying Will Flame when he arrived. Then, combining the six guardians and the current situation, he easily arrived at this answer.

However, there was one thing he didn't understand.

No matter what, it's still an illusion. That's why Yamamoto Takeshi said before that if I didn't get rid of it, I might get accidentally injured!

Could illusions cause real-world harm?

The idea had barely formed when Patton heard screams coming from the distant army.

He was startled and quickly looked up.

Within the army, countless people were seen frantically running around as if on fire, or rolling on the ground screaming in agony. The commotion gradually subsided until it completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, three helicopters in the sky plummeted at an angle in the distance before exploding with a loud bang.

Silence, silence, silence...

Looking at the battlefield ahead, devoid of any smoke or fog, Patton felt utterly absurd.

Two U.S. Marine battalions equipped with the world's most advanced gear... It was expected from the start that they would fail against the Vongola family.

However, they were defeated in less than five minutes without firing a single shot.

This is fucking utter bullshit.

Did all these soldiers betray the enemy?

What exactly happened in the illusion?

Fury was just as dumbfounded as Patton.

The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was never pulled into the illusion from the beginning. He had no idea what was happening. He just saw the U.S. Marines guarding him start an impromptu performance, and then one by one they screamed and went silent.

He knelt down in front of the nearest soldier and carefully reached out to check his breath.

He was completely lifeless.

he died.

Fury's face turned ashen, and his fists clenched involuntarily, but he still didn't explode.

He checked every soldier, and apart from Talbot, none were alive. What puzzled him was that the soldiers' bodies were extremely hot, as if they had been roasted, and even emitted a burnt, stench.

"Oh dear, these guys are so strange!"

Tsuna led the Vongola family over. Gokudera Hayato looked at the corpses lying all over the place, grinned, and said sarcastically, "They surrounded our house with weapons and demanded that we come out and surrender. We came out, and here we are in this state?"

"quack……"

Chapter 48: Another 100-pull is available!

Everyone looked over at the sound and saw Barton with his head down, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

Gokudera Hayato shut his mouth and looked at him silently.

The same applies to the others.

Although they couldn't see Patton's expression, they could all feel his anger... to be angry for the dead is a sign of respect for life.

And this feeling deserves respect as well.

Even if the other person is angry at you, it doesn't matter.

"Snapped!"

Just as Barton was about to explode, a hand patted him on the shoulder from behind.

"...Fury?"

Patton turned around and saw that familiar black bald head, and immediately opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

Fury said nothing, just shook his head slightly, pulled him behind him, and then faced Tsuna and his six guardians.

After a moment, he exhaled and said, "You destroyed two American Marine battalions, don't expect peace and quiet afterwards!"

"Director Fury, you can't just say things like that!" Tsuna looked at him calmly. "We haven't left the house the whole time, so how are we supposed to destroy them?"

"..."

Fury was speechless.

Indeed, although he knew it was the Vongola family who did it, there was no trace of them doing it at the scene, and there was no way to prove that they were the ones who did it.

“Director Fury, as I said, the Vongola will abide by the rules of the game in human society, and naturally accept prosecution by the US Department of Justice. If you suspect that we did it, then go ahead and sue us. As long as we can present valid evidence in court, we are willing to accept US legal sanctions. As for now…” Tsuna looked at Brigadier General Talbot lying in the distance and said, “He seems to be still alive. You should take him back for treatment as soon as possible. Maybe we can find some useful clues.”

(That means we won't get any clues!)

Upon hearing this, Fury immediately understood.

The fact that the other party was so generous in letting him bring back survivors means they weren't afraid of them finding evidence. It's even possible that Talbot didn't die, and that the other party deliberately spared his life to demonstrate against the United States.

But even knowing this, Fury had no way to change it.

Hovering high in the clouds at this moment is a Quinjet fighter jet, carrying missiles capable of leveling this area... This was originally intended as a backup plan to threaten the enemy after negotiations break down, so as to escape smoothly or simply perish together with the enemy.

But after witnessing two U.S. Marine battalions being wiped out without firing a single shot, he no longer had confidence that this backup plan would work.

(I should have pointed a gun at Talbot or threatened him with missiles to withdraw his troops!) Fury felt a pang of regret.