Lord of Cinder in American Comics

"When is it? If you don't come soon, our base will be destroyed. Jarvis! Replace Ash..."

Ignoring the impending loss of the game, Ash called out the codename belonging to Spider-Man, Peter Parker, in the channel.

"Toby Spider, come to the chief's office..."

“Okay…but my name is Peter Parker, not Harry Potter’s pet goblin…”

Since Peter Parker joined the Bureau of Control, Ash gave him the codename Toby Spider. Although the name Spider-Man hit the nail on the head, adding another name in front of it made Peter feel like he was a house-elf who could be summoned at any time.

219 West 47th Avenue, New York, is the NY headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D., and it is the office headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D. Unlike the Tri-Wing on Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., which is a multi-purpose facility, it only provides office space for civilian and non-combat units.

Melinda works here as a clerk.

Since losing two combat teams due to her recklessness, Melinda voluntarily withdrew from the ranks of field agents.

Furthermore, due to the previous Nick Fury incident, people who originally belonged to Nick Fury's faction were continuously investigated, and until now, only Coulson has been reinstated to a field position.

Melinda's clerical work allowed her to access all sorts of information, including various supernatural events.

The moment the teddy bear appeared, Melinda seized the opportunity and, by hacking into traffic cameras, was the first to find the owner of the teddy bear.

Melinda was the one who impersonated the Bureau of Control. It was she who took advantage of the time difference with the Bureau of Control and obtained the curled-up hand in the girl's hand before Ash did.

After learning about the existence of hell and gods, Melinda had a unique idea: she wanted to make up for the mistakes she had made.

And this withered hand was her hope.

Looking at the shrunken, withered hand, with its three fingers curled up, Melinda felt a slight pause in her heart.

'Wasn't it previously two fingers curled up and one extended?'

Despite her doubts, Melinda tucked her dry hands into her bosom and walked into S.H.I.E.L.D.

After what happened last night, S.H.I.E.L.D., under Hill's orders, launched a tracking investigation of all its field agents in New York.

But Melinda is now in an administrative position and thus escaped this investigation.

She knew that if she didn't hurry, the scope of the investigation would expand, and she wouldn't have time to complete her goal.

Good morning, Melinda!

Coulson waited for Melinda with a cup of coffee in his hand. Now that Coulson was able to go out on field missions, the first person he thought of was his former partner. He wanted Melinda to join his team.

"Don't say that, Coulson, I'm fine now, and I don't want to go on fieldwork at all..."

As she spoke, Melinda, holding the documents and using them to cover her shrunken hands, shoved the workroom door open with her body, then kicked it shut, keeping Coulson out.

"Uh... okay, I hope you'll change your mind..."

Listening to the footsteps fading away outside, Melinda clenched her dry hands, calculating the distance Coulson had gone.

Once the footsteps disappeared, Melinda swiftly opened the door and rushed toward the freight elevator; she wanted to go to the very bottom of the building.

Generally speaking, the bottom floor of a building is either an underground parking garage or a deep storage space.

In addition to these, special organizations like S.H.I.E.L.D. also have experimental sites for some combat units and morgues.

Melinda's goal is the morgue; she wants to make amends for her past mistakes and bring the dead combat team back to life.

There was only one guard in the morgue, who was watching a show with headphones on. This was a way for him to deceive himself about his surroundings, and it made him unable to concentrate, causing him to ignore the fact that the documents in Melinda's hand did not fit her current identity.

Once inside the morgue, Melinda locked the door and retrieved her hidden, shrunken hand.

Following the names, Melinda found all the members of her team and painstakingly gathered them together, placing them on a portable bed.

“Edmund Christie, Joe Werner, Nick Arnold… Don’t worry, I’ll bring you back to life…”

With her withered hands raised, Melinda prayed over the corpse before her.

"Resurrect Nick Arnold, resurrect Edmund Christie, resurrect Joe Werner, resurrect..."

This narrative prayer had no effect whatsoever; Melina even saw the shriveled fingers slightly extend and then retract.

This was completely different from what the little girl said about making a wish. According to the little girl, it was just a casual wish that was fulfilled by shrinking her palm.

Melinda became more and more agitated as she spoke. She didn't understand where she had gone wrong. It was so easy for the other girl to make a wish, so difficult for her.

"Resurrect Edmund Christie, Joe Werner, I said resurrect them, bring them back to life!"

Melinda was overwhelmed with emotion and started screaming in the morgue.

This unusual behavior attracted the attention of the guards.

"Agent, I hope you can stay calm. After all, nobody wants to see their comrade's body... Damn it! What have you done!"

On the guard's monitor, all the morgue's refrigerated cabinets began to tremble, and then one by one, the bodies burst out of the cabinets, scattering all over the floor...

The last thing the guard saw on the monitor was a person crawling on the ceiling, twisting their limbs as they walked toward the camera and then bit down.

Alarms blared, and although it was an administrative management center, it was put into a state of emergency.

Based on the morgue's report, a fully armed emergency response team entered the morgue.

However, those outside could only hear gunshots, screams, and the sound of food being chewed. The guns and the personal surveillance cameras became ineffective once inside the morgue.

No one knows what the morgue is really like, and no one knows what happened.

Upon receiving the news of the unusual activity from S.H.I.E.L.D., Hill immediately thought of the assistance request from the previous night.

S.H.I.E.L.D. had only conducted one screening of field personnel and had not yet had time to screen local civilian staff, and Melinda was the one who hijacked the agency's plan.

"Damn it, what kind of people did Nick Fury hire?! They don't read operation reports, they don't follow orders, and they don't even read the 'Guide to Paranormal Events' that they're required to study?!"

Hill, who was usually calm and composed, suddenly cursed, leaving the other agents who had been handling matters beside her stunned.

"What are you standing there for? Take a count of the people at 219 West 47th Avenue, New York, check everyone's condition, and simultaneously screen everyone's background and recent mental state. Seal off the entire basement of the building; even if it's a rat, make it leave lying down!"

Ash, who was closely monitoring the situation, noticed the anomaly at S.H.I.E.L.D. from the very beginning. However, the first to arrive were the NY police.

Almost every law enforcement agency in New York knows that the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters is currently evacuating people, and everyone is bound to speculate about what is happening inside.

George led his rapid response team from the police department to begin setting up defenses around S.H.I.E.L.D. Seeing the SWAT team's biohazard-proof gear, passersby started running away.

"George, you need to take a look at this!"

At the temporary command post, the others called George, who was observing outside with binoculars, and asked him to come inside.

"This is exactly what happened to the holy water when we got here..."

In George's eyes, the holy water he brought from Ash last night but hadn't yet been distributed was now emitting a regular white light, with varying brightness, the brighter parts pointing precisely towards the S.H.I.E.L.D. building.

"Keep everyone in that building under one-dimensional control. Everyone must undergo a holy water test before being allowed to leave... Oh, and I got a batch of blessed silver bullets last night; send them to SWAT..."

"So how do we handle things inside?"

George looked at his men as if they were fools.

"Why should we handle this? We're just regular police officers. Leave the professional stuff to the professionals... Besides, what kind of place is this? We don't need to report it. Just tell the control bureau we've found a problematic location and wait for their support..."

Upon hearing George's words, his subordinate nodded, then turned on his computer, preparing to slowly type out a notice for assistance in the investigation, and then print it out and mail it to the Bureau of Control.

His men are all close associates of George. Last night, news of the batch of holy water George received from Ash has spread throughout the entire police station, and everyone is eagerly waiting to receive it.

If they could get so much holy water and a large amount of silver bullets from the head of the control bureau, wouldn't they just make a phone call? Why did they have to issue a report themselves?

The subordinate understood George's meaning and slowly typed, and then at just the right moment, his computer malfunctioned.

“George, the police station’s computer is broken. I’m requesting a replacement…”

"Mine is broken too..."

"Me too……"

"Adam, since your computer is broken, use mine... I'll take care of it and fix it up..."

"Get lost! Everyone knows I have 1,353 girls on my computer. You're just eyeing my treasures!"

Instantly, the entire command room transformed into a joyful space, the air thick with the scent of hormones.

Everyone knows that George has a lot of money at his disposal. Is it wrong for him to give his ladies a bigger house?

At that moment, George received a text message.

"Alright guys, this area is no longer under our jurisdiction, let's call it a day!"

"What should I do about my broken computer?"

Chapter 212: The Talkative One Makes His Appearance

George received a text message, and so did Hill.

At 3:27 PM, the Bureau of Control inadvertently lost a case of exorcism holy water near West 47th Avenue in New York City. The holy water showed signs of damage. If you see white light or feather-like light effects, please do not panic; this is a normal reaction. If the relevant law enforcement agencies obtain it, they may keep it.

The instructions for use are also provided: Holy water can be sprayed on the body surface to provide a temporary protective effect. Alternatively, it can be used to soak bullets to provide a temporary enchantment. Contact with holy water can also detect whether a person is possessed…

This unusual text message was sent to all units that currently had departments in NY.

The massive and powerful S.H.I.E.L.D. has yet to request assistance from the Bureau of Control. But this incident and its location make it clear to everyone who this is for.

Hill glanced at the time on his phone—3:19—and sighed inwardly. Then he resumed his previous sharp and efficient demeanor.

"Remobilize combat units and have those in the office building with combat capabilities take over... to retrieve this box of holy water..."

Hill's orders were quickly carried out. Near the building, these S.H.I.E.L.D. employees paid an exorbitant price to take over the makeshift houses and decontamination equipment left behind by George and his team.

One group of people, armed, carefully blocked off 47th Avenue to prevent their only hope from being accidentally destroyed.

As the time slowly approached the twenty-seven mark, anxious sweat beaded on everyone's foreheads.

"Coulson, why hasn't it arrived yet?"

A gunman standing next to the easygoing Coulson was looking somewhat anxious, casually striking up a conversation with Coulson, whom he had just met.

"By the way, Coulson, I've never seen you before. Which department do you work in?"

"I used to work for Nick Fury..."

Before Coulson could finish speaking, he saw several people around him staring at him in surprise, their guns pointed in a strange direction.

Everyone in S.H.I.E.L.D. knows Nick Fury's name from back then, but now his reputation is completely ruined. It's somewhat surprising that Coulson used to work for him.

The person asking the question had a somewhat unfriendly look in their eyes, and their finger was already on the trigger: "So Melinda, who caused this, is also supposedly one of Nick Fury's men?"

"He tui!"

Spitting at Coulson, the armed agent gestured to his team members, saying, "There's a suspected defector here! This mission isn't suitable for him..."