Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Having done all this, Ash used the Monkey Talisman to turn Stark back to his original form.

Stark was sitting on the table with his hands hanging down beside his knees, just like the sloth from before.

Finally, the human brain brought Stark back to his senses. He looked at his hands, at the ink on one of his hands.

Stark, realizing what was happening, jumped off the table and pounced on Ashe.

"Ash! I'm going to kill you!"

Stark chased after Ashe to hit him, but given Ashe's physical advantages, Stark was always just one step behind.

Xiaoyu looked at this behavior and sighed as if she were looking at a naive child. She then rested her head on her hand, imagining the terrifying scene of Jackie Chan and her father coming to find her.

Stark finally couldn't keep up, and he realized he could never catch Ashe. Just as he was calling for his armor to charge, Ashe's phone rang.

Ashe extended a hand to Stark in a stop gesture, and Stark's fist stopped right in front of Ashe.

Stark was waiting for Ash to give an explanation, otherwise he was really going to lose his temper.

“Russell said he found something, we need to go there now…”

Chicago is located southwest of Lake Michigan. Russell somehow got wind of the situation and tracked White Biotech's trading network all the way to Newberry, across the lake.

Newberry, situated between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, boasts vast stretches of pristine forests and swamps, making it a truly scenic spot.

However, when Ash arrived, Russell and his men were cleaning the ground.

Upon seeing Ash, Russell didn't explain the reason. Instead, he pointed to the figure peeking in at the door and said, "You bring a child to do something like this?"

"The child? Xiaoyu!!!"

Ash called out Xiaoyu's name, causing Xiaoyu, who was about to run away, to pause. She turned around, scratched her head, and gave Ash an embarrassed, silly smile.

Ash crouched down, looked at Xiaoyu seriously, and said, "Didn't I tell you to go back with the others?"

"But I don't know anyone. In this world, I only know you, Iron Man, and oh, a handsome older man."

Xiaoyu counted on her fingers, saying hurtful things.

Ash's heart softened when he saw Xiaoyu's aggrieved look.

"Alright, you can come with me, but I have a condition..."

Hearing Ash reassure her, Xiaoyu immediately assured him, "Don't worry, I'll listen to you in this world, just like Uncle Long!"

'You've never listened to Jackie Chan before...'

Ash shook his head, looking at Xiaoyu's lively appearance, and didn't say those words.

Ash, holding Jade's hand, played games using Stark's armor projection until Russell finished clearing the building.

The entire building resembles a research institute, with various compartments lined up on both sides of the passageway.

The passageway was littered with discarded, worthless equipment and documents, and there were no laboratory animals in the compartments, as if someone had hurriedly but orderly evacuated the research institute.

As Russell walked, he explained to Ash, "After I left, I was originally going to hand over the black book to S.H.I.E.L.D., but I didn't expect to catch a special signal that was constantly observing the White Creatures."

Following the signal, I finally found my way here. By the time I arrived, they had almost all left, with only the last group remaining, trying to take the big thing out of the room…”

With that, Russell opened the last door, revealing the massive machine inside to everyone.

It was a round, disc-shaped egg with a dark purple, somewhat transparent shell, and inside, one could see the larva moving about.

However, this egg was excessively large, with an overall diameter exceeding five meters and a thickness of over two meters. Considering its size and weight, it's no wonder it was the last to be evacuated.

Next to the oothecae were various tools, as if they were extracting the serous membrane from the egg for study.

Russell patted the eggshell, the vibration startling the little creature inside, which began to wriggle and try to avoid something.

"We only managed to capture one person alive, who is supposedly employed by a private foundation called Emperor. Guess where my investigation of Emperor ended up..."

Ashe rolled her eyes at Russell's antics and replied, "SHIELD, it's the most chaotic agency. I wouldn't be surprised if they did something..."

Russell snapped his fingers and said, "Bingo... But ever since the previous director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was removed from office, Monarch's communication has stopped, and I can't get any more information from that tongue..."

Indeed, it wouldn't be surprising if Nick Fury did something. The current issues are how to investigate Monarch and how to shift blame and create problems for S.H.I.E.L.D.

While Ash was pondering, Russell called the others and headed outside.

Ash grabbed Russell and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"If you still don't understand, I'm leaving!"

Ash pointed to the surroundings and the remaining egg case of the giant beast, asking, "What about this?"

Russell straightened his suit collar, patted Ash on the shoulder, and, as Ash often did, said slowly, "It's up to you now. This is the Bureau of Control's responsibility..."

"Then where are you going?"

"I got promoted. Chief Defferin sent me somewhere for further training, and when I come back I'll be the deputy chief..."

After saying that, Russell left, not giving Ash any further opportunity to ask questions.

Ash looked at the mess and the little jade climbing onto the egg sheath, and sighed wearily.

"Wait... Xiaoyu! Get down here!!"

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Dragon Academy, for some reason, has seen a large influx of girls. They come in all sorts of skin tones, and their perfect figures have attracted a large number of suitors.

However, the girls who came to Dragon Academy were very cold. They were indifferent to all contact, except for Constantine.

Everyone was whispering that this was a succubus Constantine had captured from hell, and that she had become like this because of some agreement she had signed with Constantine.

These succubi are a test for the trainees, to see who can break the curse on the succubi.

This rumor spread like wildfire until a reckless guy got his leg broken by a group of girls while relentlessly chasing after Black Widow.

Instead of treating this reckless fellow, the Dragon Academy simply threw him back to Earth.

Having learned from this experience, the atmosphere at Dragon Academy gradually returned to its previous diligent study environment.

Since Black Widow was rescued by Constantine, the lost souls have been trying to find another source of support.

Under Melina's guidance, the Black Widows' target is Constantine.

Constantine's mysterious identity as a magician, along with his amazing magic academy, gradually took root in Black Widow's heart through Melina and Natasha's introduction.

Despite having the Red House as their base, these Black Widows felt unsafe and sought refuge with Constantine.

But who could have imagined that Constantine wouldn't be interested in their various temptations and would instead leave the Red Room? This made the Black Widows feel abandoned.

Just when Melina could no longer appease the Black Widows, Constantine reappeared, took them to the Dragon Academy, and entrusted them to the witch Karula for safekeeping.

Natasha and her sister Yelena arrived at Constantine's door. Yelena was a little nervous and kept adjusting her breathing.

Just as they had been standing outside the door for a while, Constantine's voice came from inside.

"Come in, we've been waiting for you for a while..."

Natasa gestured to Yelena to open the door and go in herself. Yelena elbowed Natasa and glared at her.

Pushing open the door, Constantine, in his usual posture, had his feet propped up on the desk and was lying in a chair waiting for the two of them.

Once both of them were in front of the table, Constantine withdrew his foot and returned to a normal sitting posture.

Pointing to the two huge boxes in the corner, Constantine said, "Those are for you, a little help, though they're pretty much useless..."

Natasa and Yelena were curious as they examined the two boxes, wondering what Constantine meant by "useless help."

But when the two saw what was inside, they couldn't help but cry. It was a document with the name of every Black Widow printed on it, and the contents of the document were the past that every Black Widow wanted to know—information about their parents.

Constantine naturally obtained this information through the Time Stone, whose rewind function allowed him to easily access this information.

The reason they were considered useless was that all the Black Widows' parents had passed away, without exception. To avoid any trouble, Reznov erased the pasts of all the Black Widows, leaving them with no possibility of using them.

But this information is also the past that Black Widows crave, so that they can know where they came from—the most precious gift.

Yelena stared blankly at the two large boxes of documents, somewhat at a loss. She wiped away her tears, then looked at Natasha beside her, wanting to hear her opinion.

However, when Yelena looked at Natasha, Natasha was already in tears, sobbing uncontrollably while clutching her family history documents.

Yelena only saw one name on the document in Natasha's arms: 'Ivan Petrovich'.

Chapter 238: Preparations in Advance

The fact that White Biotech was connected to Monarch was something Ash hadn't really expected.

I originally thought it was just a product of gene fusion, but how did it turn into the breeding of Titans?

If Titan were just a handsome gorilla, that would be fine; it would just be a hundred-meter-tall ape whose punches could cause a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.

The later Rodan, Mothra, and MUTO all possessed energy-emitting techniques, and the battle between the cosmic monster Giratino and Earth's defender Godzilla was far more powerful than any nuclear weapon.

Now that Monarchy's research has progressed to the point where gene-editing agents can be used to create bio-weapons like Titans, Ash felt it necessary to see for himself how powerful the Titans were.

The easiest person to pinpoint is the handsome guy on Skull Island. He's probably not even a hundred meters tall yet, just a thirty-odd-meter-tall Skull Island guard.

Before that, go and confirm the power of the grown-up handsome boy, and then take advantage of the special terrain of Skull Island to explore the underground world.

They were ready to act immediately, but all their avatars were tied up with worldly affairs and couldn't get away. Only the greedy one, who had been sleeping soundly, was able to go out.

Concealing himself from the vault overseen by S.H.I.E.L.D., the Greedy One emerged from a ship.

This small ocean-going vessel sailing on the sea is the closest ship to Skull Island, because the storms and huge waves around Skull Island usually prevent other ships from choosing this route.

The small vessel was not crowded with people; it was only staffed with the bare minimum for the voyage, so that the greedy person was spotted as soon as he appeared.

"Hey! Who are you?"

A burly man wearing a red vest, shorts, and flip-flops, with a New Zealand-style tattoo on his right side, was carrying a pot of soup out of the cabin behind the greedy man. Upon seeing the greedy man's back, he called out.

At this moment, the Greedy One was not wearing its special hood—the mark of the Greedy One—but appeared in human form.

But this human-like figure had a tall, slender limb, and wore an unsettlingly well-tailored suit; anyone who saw him would immediately notice his difference. (Refer to the appearance of the Slender Man, who had a human-like appearance.)

When the greedy man turned around, and the burly man confirmed that the greedy man was not from the ship, he put down the soup pot he was holding and walked towards the greedy man, rolling up his sleeves.

"Hey! I said you're not on this ship, what are you trying to do! Smuggle yourself in? Or give the pirates directions!"

The greedy man offered no explanation for the big man's offense; he simply waved a finger in front of him, thus subduing him.

The big man, like a puppet, carried the soup pot back to the kitchen cabin, and the greedy one followed him in to enjoy a dinner.

Laura Crawford is on this ship, watching her father study the lost kingdom of Yamatai and its ruler, Queen Himiko.