Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Unexpectedly, Valentine was sitting behind his console, like a boss interviewing a new employee, waiting for Ash to arrive.

However, Valentine ruined the atmosphere as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Motherfucker, you cancers of the earth, you ruined my plans, Motherfucker!"

Valentine is still thinking about his plan to exterminate humanity, pointing fingers and spitting at Ash and Galahad.

"Ash, control him, we need him..."

Representative Ami kept urging him on, which drew sarcastic remarks from Jung Hyun.

"Yes, yes, you need this kind of killer, but I don't. I just want to tear him to pieces. Don't drag me into this!"

“We Russians don’t want this kind of inhuman scum either. The last one we took down was Little Mustache. Only brain-dead people like you would choose to accept this kind of person.”

Mao Xiong also spoke up, forming a united front with Zheng Xian to refute Ami's statement.

Everyone can see that the situation is now basically under control. As for how much more valuable intelligence Valentine can extract, that depends on Ash and the Gaulish support personnel who will arrive next.

The important thing now is to disrupt Ami's formation and give everyone an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

While the World Security Council was still debating, Ash couldn't take it anymore.

Firstly, the incessant arguing of this group annoyed Ash. Secondly, in Ash's eyes, this was definitely not Nick Fury, but a green-skinned Skrull.

If we hand this guy over, who knows what kind of trouble will follow? For the sake of alien technology, who knows what conditions will be agreed upon?

So Ash's hand, hidden behind her back, quietly began to move.

"You bunch of cancer patients, I will not submit to you! Prepare to die!"

Valentine pulled out a pistol and began firing wildly at Ash and Galahad, but whether it was due to his poor marksmanship or some other reason, not a single shot hit either of them.

Ash, who dodged the attack, clearly captured everything, followed by Galahad's counterattack.

A swift and decisive shot, hitting Valentine squarely in the head.

The once arrogant Valentine died at Galahad's hands.

Upon seeing Valentine's death, the World Security Council ceased its arguments. Representative Ami's face darkened; the prize he had almost obtained had been snatched away.

And that's not all; anyone who saw Valentine's shooting earlier would consider it self-defense.

Furthermore, Ami couldn't say anything about Ash sacrificing himself to protect Valentine, because everyone knows Valentine is an anti-human being, and protecting him would be no different from being an anti-human being.

Apart from Ami and the representative from Gaul, everyone else breathed a sigh of relief. This way, they wouldn't have to see one company dominate, and everyone could share the pie.

"Galahad, go check on Eggsy. He rescued a big shot."

Ash instructed Galahad to open the door and gave Galahad frantic winks. With Galahad's keen intuition, Ash was sure to understand what he meant.

Galahad understood when he heard the word "important person": find the princess and, incidentally, ascertain how many more important people remain. Since the princess outside is dead, it means Valentine has imprisoned more people who are unwilling to cooperate and is holding them hostage.

Although the imprisoned individuals do not possess the power of the Big Five, their combined strength is not to be underestimated.

Galahad immediately went downstairs to find the imprisoned VIPs. He wanted to 'rescue' them and reach an agreement with them before the arrival of the Gaulish reinforcements.

Ash, on the other hand, wandered around Valentine's control room, hoping to find something of value.

However, Ash was a little confused when he saw Valentine's control panel.

Transmitting the scene before him to the World Security Council, Ash asked, "Alright everyone, if you've had enough of arguing, help me figure out what this means."

Before Ash's eyes, the screen on the control panel clearly displayed 'Satellite information has been sent'.

In the end, Valentine, by using the time he had bought with Gazelle, did not carry out his plan to destroy humanity. Instead, he turned the satellite around and sent a message into space.

This scene instantly put the representatives of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council on high alert. They knew, to varying degrees, that Earth was not the only planet in the universe, and that such blatant exposure of Earth's location under the current conditions was something that everyone had to stop.

"Wait, Comrade Ash, has Valentine next to you changed?"

Zheng Xian noticed something amiss in the video. In the corner of the video, Valentine, who was lying on the ground, had an unusual skin color.

Ash turned the camera around and showed Valentine's death to the World Security Council.

Ash exclaimed in surprise, "Guys, there really are aliens!"

Chapter 155: Reinforcements Arrive

Valentine, a Skrull, could no longer maintain his disguise after death and reverted to his original green appearance from head to toe.

After feigning surprise, Ash added weight to the matter.

"You just said that you confirmed his voiceprint is Nick Fury's, right?"

No one could answer Ash's question, not even John Bull, the representative who had just confirmed the voiceprint information.

If Nick Fury is an alien in disguise, is it possible that there are other aliens disguised as other people, or that there are aliens among us?

Everyone in the conference room considered this possibility and fell silent, until Zheng Xian broke the silence.

"Let's confirm that we're Earthlings first. Now, let's seal off the meeting room until we're sure everyone else is okay. Ash, preserve that body and don't let anyone touch it."

After saying that, Zheng Xian was the first to close the communication, and then everyone else went offline.

Having successfully shifted the blame, Ash jumped directly from the glass shattered from the inside of Gazelle.

Galahad, Eggsy, and the princess were no longer outside; they must have gone to rescue the hostages.

Roxie was holding the fallen agave plant, while Swagger stood beside her with a strange expression.

Tequila had a penetrating wound that pierced through her liver from her abdomen and extended into her chest cavity. This kind of wound could only have been inflicted when she was holding onto Gazelle's leg blade.

Without any surgical options available, this kind of injury wouldn't even stop the bleeding; we could only watch him bleed to death.

Unable to breathe, Tequila saw Ash struggling and asked, "Ash, did we win? Did we succeed?"

Positive pressure in the chest cavity, with the outside air constantly compressing the lungs, caused Agave's lung on one side to shrink into a small lump.

The agave's voice had become so faint as to be almost inaudible, but its eyes were filled with hope.

"Yes, we won. We successfully prevented the world from being destroyed."

"Really?"

Hearing Ash's answer, Tequila breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to close its eyes.

Ash stood in front of the tequila and snapped his fingers to attract his attention.

"Wait, wait, wait, what do you mean? Are you trying to kill yourself? Do you look down on me?"

Tequila was too weak to utter a single word, while Roxie held Tequila with a puzzled expression. She had never met Ash and was unaware of Ash's abilities.

Ash shook the sacred bell, and a warm yellow light emanated from his body, then spread to Tequila.

[Vitality Surge: A miracle once cherished by priests. It slowly restores health. This is a remnant of the ancient Lloyd faith, which is said to have prevented priests from ever falling in battle.]

"Tequila, you are a warrior, and warriors should not fall in battle. Rise!"

Ash tried to increase the intensity of the miracle little by little, while Roxie, who was pressing her hands on the agave wound, seemed to sense something.

She quickly moved her hand away and uncovered the clothing covering the wound. Roxie could clearly see the wound beginning to contract on its own.

I quickly removed the hemostatic clothing from the wound to prevent it from being wrapped by the healing wound. In just a few seconds, Agave's wound was completely healed.

At this moment, Roxie remembered Swagger, who had been standing beside her with a strange expression, and turned to Swagger, asking, "You knew this would happen? So you did nothing!"

Her questioning tone hardened, and Roxie looked at Swagger with a completely unpleasant expression. Swagger, standing beside her, saw her grotesque behavior clearly.

At this point, Swag couldn't hold back any longer and squatted down on the ground, clutching his stomach and laughing.

Seeing this embarrassing situation, Roxie couldn't take it anymore. She threw down the tequila she was holding and walked towards Swagger, ready to kick him a couple of times to vent her anger.

Once freed from Roxie's embrace, Tequila's head slammed directly to the ground, waking the guy who had closed his eyes and was waiting to die from the pain.

Looking at the environment before him, exactly the same as before his death, Tequila couldn't help but mutter to himself, "How come the afterlife is the same as before I died? There are priests and other people here?"

Ash said ominously, "Welcome to Hell. Given your bad habits, you will have to repeat the scene of death ten thousand times. The scene is set up now, let's begin!"

Upon hearing this, and comparing it to her own body, which was completely unharmed, Agave screamed like a little girl.

This made Roxie, who was chasing Swagger and beating him up, look over, wanting to know what Tequila had gone through.

As Tequila shuffled backward on the ground, trying to get away from Ash who had spoken, she screamed, "I saved the world in my life, I shouldn't be in hell!"

Unexpectedly, Ash followed up, saying, "Yes, we all know, but you have a bad habit, so you have to be punished before you can go to heaven. Hurry up, it's just dying ten thousand more times, it'll be quick..."

The agave plant, already attached to the stone wall, exclaimed in surprise, "I was just curious, I didn't mean to do that, it's just because..."

"Why? Because it's cool? Kid, a mistake is a mistake, and it won't be covered up by the good things you do."

Ash moved closer to the agave, constantly provoking it. The agave was already pressed tightly against the rock wall, trying to blend in, its eyes closed, ears covered, and neck stretched out, not wanting to hear a single word.

"Can't you guys do something good for once?"

Roxie couldn't stand it anymore, so she came over, pulled away the still-shaken Tequila, and told him the truth.

Tequila clutched her heart, listened to Roxie say a few words, and then glanced at Ash.

At that moment, Ash's communications were connected by the World Security Council.

Zheng Xian was shaking his wound, which had just bled, as he looked at Ash with a curious expression.

Hiding his hands behind his back and pretending nothing was wrong, Zheng Xian said to Ash, "We've already confirmed it, Ash. The troops sent by Gaul will be here soon. Just hand over that 'thing' to them. Don't worry, they were all checked before they set off; they're all Earthlings."

After saying that, Zheng Xian hung up. Judging from his anxious look, Ash could guess that a comprehensive screening was about to take place.

After Roxie finished speaking to Tequila, Tequila acted like a primary school student wanting to talk to a teacher, trying to get closer while frantically backing away whenever Ash looked at him out of fear.

While Tequila was preparing herself mentally, the advance team sent by Gaul arrived.

Soldiers, fully armed in snow camouflage, entered in single file, forming a tactical formation, cautiously guarding against everything.

The gun barrels were pointed at everyone in the banquet hall, and if they made the slightest move, bullets would come from all directions.

A man with stars adorning his beret walked in through the doorway, saying as he went, "Put down your guns. Can you please listen to the mission briefing? There are no enemies here, no enemies!"

Chapter 156: The Fall

Upon receiving the order from the newcomer, the soldiers removed their guns from Ash and the others, but kept them in their hands, ready to fire at the fastest speed should anything happen.

"Ash, you can't escape now!"

"General Hawke, I have other matters to attend to, so I won't disturb you any longer."