Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Chapter 253: District Seven

Russell is currently enjoying a peaceful time at the Hoover Dam, where he doesn't need to face any behemoths or scheme against S.H.I.E.L.D.

Here, all you need to do each day is complete two scheduled patrols and check on the large robot called NBE1.

As the highest-ranking officer of this base, Russell could even exempt himself from the aforementioned regulations and only needed to manage his subordinates.

Touching her slightly protruding belly, Russell decided to use the money she had saved to make herself a few more outfits.

Watching Ash's battle on TV, accompanied by the background noise, Russell whistled and lightly unfolded today's newspaper.

However, the phone rang again. It was Ash calling. Russell was about to chat with Ash about his experience of slacking off at work when Ash's urgent and rapid-fire questions made Russell knock over the coffee cup next to him.

“Hey Ash, how did you know? Don’t tell me you found something special…”

While answering Ash's question, Russell crumpled up the newspaper and wiped his clothes that had been splattered with coffee. He was so excited that he quickened his pace, and Ash could hear the rustling of the clothes.

Ash held the phone away from her and asked suspiciously, "Are you 'doing something'? Did I disturb you? Remember not to be like Kennedy, digging a secret tunnel and making it public knowledge..."

"Fuck, I just spilled coffee!"

"Okay, okay, it's just spilled coffee, I understand. Don't worry, I won't say anything. I'll give you time to clean up. I'll call you back later..."

After saying that, Ash didn't give Russell a chance and hung up the phone, leaving Russell to curse a couple more times on the other end.

Looking at the enormous robot in front of her, Ash thought it would be better to give it to Russell to deal with. It's better to share the spoils and make friends together. No one would like to take on everything themselves like S.H.I.E.L.D.

After taking two photos and sending them to Russell, Ash had others bring over a large tarpaulin to cover the robot and avoid any misunderstandings.

Earth's current technology is enough to rip out and break their oil pipelines in order to fight these Cybertronian Transformers.

The scenes of helplessness in the movie are just propaganda for Ami's recruitment drive. No matter how powerful you are, you can't stop depleted uranium bombs, the justice of 155mm munitions, or the passion of thermite bombs.

For machine creatures like these, relying on the metal on their bodies to resist armor-piercing bullets is a bit risky, unless they have an energy defense barrier.

Ash felt increasingly uneasy about adding pressure to the enemy, so he hurriedly ordered Anderson to prepare armor-piercing weapons for assault and distribute them to the soldiers.

Anderson had already packed his bags, preparing to study at other prison systems Ash had mentioned, but when he saw the message in his hand, he sighed helplessly, put down his bags, and went to arrange supplies for Ash.

Ash sent the photos and location to Russell. Hoover Dam is in Arizona, thousands of kilometers away from New York. Ash simply took his men and started a picnic on the spot.

Anyway, Ash has everything in her own backpack. More importantly, she doesn't need to see Jade. As long as she doesn't see Jade, she won't be responsible for what she does. Jackie Chan is watching over her, so if anything happens, Jackie Chan will take the blame.

Ash silently gave herself a thumbs up, pulled out a deck chair, lay down on the water's edge in the harbor, yawned, and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Swag woke Ash up.

A sleepy-eyed Ash squinted and asked, "Has Russell arrived? We can just hand the things over to him and then we can go back..."

"No, a 'friend' arrived early..."

Swag's words jolted Ash awake. The people around her had already begun to move and take up advantageous positions.

While Ash was sleeping, Anderson had prepared weapons and ammunition and used airlift to resupply the soldiers at the dock.

The monitoring around the dock has also been improved and made more detailed, with small drones placed at every corner and even underwater.

In the footage, a dilapidated Chevrolet is parked not far from the dock, and through binoculars, a middle-aged man can be seen inside.

The middle-aged man seemed to be taking a break, and soon after, he gripped the steering wheel and drove away.

Seeing this person's behavior, Ash knew without even using his senses that there was something wrong with the car. Anyone who drives to a secluded spot needs to take care of something, either to find a place to relieve themselves or... But for this person to remain motionless like this definitely indicates something is wrong.

Ash gave his men orders: "Track it. Don't use any electronic devices or communication networks, and don't use satellites. Just confirm its approximate range..."

Late at night, Russell finally arrived with his men. Several helicopters landed at the port, accompanied by the Bureau of Investigation's own armed forces.

Russell, still wearing the same suit bought with public funds, stood in front of the rear door of the helicopter, looking at the huge machine under the canvas.

After the Bureau of Investigation completed containment, an excited man, seemingly suffering from hyperthyroidism, reported to Russell: "Sir, this is the second alien body we've found. We can conduct violent analysis on it, and we'll obtain more technology..."

The man was talking excitedly to himself, completely oblivious to Ash standing next to Russell.

He kept looking back at the robot's remains to confirm the suit.

Russell explained to Ash about his subordinates' excitement: "This is Seymour Reggie Simmons, one of the supervisors at the dam. If I hadn't parachuted in, he might be the top supervisor of District Seven..."

Upon hearing the name Sector Seven, Simmons glanced at Ash with some wariness and then said somewhat unnecessarily to Russell, "Sir, we shouldn't reveal the specifics of Sector Seven to others, especially when we have business conflicts..."

Russell was displeased by Seymour Simmons's words. A subordinate instructing his superior, and in front of others?

But Seymour is an old hand in District 7. Even though Russell is the supreme commander, he has only recently been parachuted in and is still somewhat weaker than his truly powerful subordinates.

Sensing Russell's displeasure, Seymour made an excuse and left to go see the robot he had been longing for.

After Ash and Seymour left, Ash asked Russell, "What, haven't you got all your men under control yet?"

Russell shook his head and said, "Sector 7 is basically a retirement home. Apart from its high level of secrecy, everything else is pre-arranged. The biggest expense I've spent recently was replacing the coffee machines in Sector 7..."

The fact that Russell couldn't spend his money made it difficult for him to make any new adjustments to his team, which meant that the original organizational structure remained unchanged. Russell only had the initiative in major decisions.

Ash quickly pulled out a piece of paper, wrote something on it, and then handed it to Russell.

Looking at the message on the paper, Russell was somewhat pleased; the moment to break the deadlock had finally arrived.

Ash looked at Russell, called Seymour aside, and reassigned him a task. Seymour, blinded by his long-held pursuit of Cybertronian robots, excitedly went to recruit subordinates and head to the location given by Russell.

Sam Witwicky, a 17-year-old high school student, didn't have great grades, but he still managed to get into a university.

To reward his son, Sam's father spent a huge sum of $4000 to buy Sam a beat-up Chevrolet that had been owned by many people.

As Sam excitedly drove off to pick up girls, the car carrying one of them suddenly went crazy, ejecting them both from the vehicle and speeding away into the distance.

The girl stormed off, and Sam, exasperated, mumbled something to the police, claiming he had driven his car away. Faced with this false alarm, Nan Wanwan had more important matters to attend to, so he simply categorized Sam as someone who made a false police report.

Sam walked step by step toward his home, pondering how to persuade his father to buy him another used car, when his dilapidated Chevrolet miraculously drove back home by itself.

The Chevrolet pulled over to the side of the road, its right door open as if inviting Sam. After a brief hesitation, Sam rushed into the Chevrolet.

Sam clearly had a problem with his car, but he selectively ignored it; nothing was more important to him than his tool for picking up girls.

However, once inside the vehicle, Sam found himself completely unable to control it and could only shout as the car took him to a more secluded location.

Sam was completely unaware of the truth behind all of this, and he was also unaware that Seymour Simmons, a fanatic from District 7, had come looking for him.

Seymour Simmons was unaware that Ash was re-sifting through various unusual information gathered by the NYPD, working with Russell to analyze the impending enemy.

Closing his tablet, Ash sighed, "The Security Council was just preparing to implement a space defense plan, and tonight alone, dozens of meteorites have fallen. One even landed in the swimming pool and disappeared..."

"You mean these are all robots like NBE1?"

"Who knows? We'll know when we see them. By the way, how are your people being arranged?"

Upon hearing Ash's question, Russell rolled his eyes and said, "The Seventh District's armed forces are thousands of kilometers away. I'm not a magician who can open a portal..."

Ash grinned mischievously and said, "This is a huge achievement! Don't you want it? You'll be promoted to Director of the Bureau of Investigation, and taking over Davelin's position will be just around the corner..."

Russell glanced at Ash's hand behind his back and said, "Take out the tape recorder behind you first, then we can talk about taking over..."

However, what was behind Ash was not a recorder at all, but a cell phone that was on a call, and the name Davelin was clearly displayed on the phone.

Ash waved the phone in front of Russell's terrified expression and tossed it to him.

"Okay, okay, I understand..."

After making the call in a humble tone, Russell adjusted his watch to recharge his tuxedo, then raised his fist at Ash.

"I'll smash you to death, you wicked thing!"

Chapter 254: You've Broken the Law

Sam eventually discovered that his car was parked outside a dilapidated factory, and more unidentified vehicles were following behind it.

Sam, peering through the car window, recognized the vehicles: a Peterbilt tractor unit, a Pontiac Solstice, a TopKick 4500 pickup truck, and a Hummer H2 search and rescue vehicle.

Each car was newer and cooler than the last, but Sam looked at the beat-up Chevrolet he was sitting in and felt a little disgusted.

As if sensing Sam's thoughts, the Chevrolet performed a sudden drift and stopped abruptly, throwing Sam out of the car and onto the roadside.

The other vehicles also stopped around Sam, then transformed in front of him, revealing a group of robots of varying heights.

The largest of the three, Optimus Prime, lay on the ground, stretching his head to about Sam's height, and asked, "Are you a descendant of Samuel James Witwicky Archibald Witwicky?"

Sam nodded blankly, then heard Optimus Prime continue, "We are mechanical organisms from the planet Cybertron. We came to Earth to search for the AllSpark, and we must find it before Megatron..."

At this moment, Sam inexplicably felt something called a sense of responsibility, which pushed him to tell the whole story about his grandfather.

Without knowing whether the enemy was friendly or pretending, Sam directly revealed everything about himself.

When Sam heard that Qin Tianzhu was looking for his grandfather's glasses, he asked curiously, "How did you know?"

"eBay, you sell glasses online, and we've learned a lot from the internet, including your Earth's languages..."

Upon hearing Optimus Prime's words, Sam scratched his head somewhat awkwardly and told Optimus Prime that his grandfather's glasses had already been sold.

Bumblebee chimed in, "I found out where the glasses are, but I also saw them take down a Decepticon Transformer at the port not far away..."

The Transformers on Cybertron use language as a means of communication entirely to cater to human needs. Through Bumblebee's data link, all the Transformers saw the situation at the port.

Ash's face also appeared in the eyes of these Autobot Transformers.

All the Transformers present were blaming Bumblebee in the data link, blaming it for not saying earlier that it had picked the wrong person.

But Optimus Prime, true to his compassionate nature, appointed Bumblebee as Sam's guardian, protecting him from Decepticon attacks. Meanwhile, the other Autobots prepared to find Ash and retrieve Sam's grandfather's glasses.

The third encounter left Sam completely disoriented; he didn't even know how he got home.

Looking at the bumblebee parked outside the window, Sam tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

"Farborough, open the door!"

Shouting slogans and commands, Seymour Simmons, leading the Seventh District's exclusive armed forces, smashed open the door to Sam's house.

With a loud crash of a battering ram, armed agents stormed into Sam's house and took Sam's parents into custody in the living room.

Sam heard the noise and hurriedly got out of bed, preparing to jump out of the window at the bumblebee below.

However, the agents acted faster and captured Sam at the window.

Knowing that Sam had a problem, Seymour Simmons didn't try to communicate in a more amicable way; instead, he simply took Sam and his family into custody.

"Check the radiation levels and isotopes. I need to know how much of this is problematic..."

Simmons conducted a thorough search of Sam's house, but Sam's family did not confront him because of the firearms.