Kamen Rider ZZZ, the American comic book spiritual mentor

"Tony, there's a nuclear bomb heading straight for New York. It'll be here in about three minutes. I couldn't reach you just now... Captain...?"

Tony didn't hear the second half. A chill ran through him, followed by endless anger and a sense of absurdity. What were those politicians doing?

With so many people still in New York—soldiers, police officers, medical personnel, and all these heroes fighting—they actually dropped a nuclear bomb on the city?!

"Tony, what's wrong?!"

Seeing Tony's expression, Lin Nan had a bad feeling. Could it be that the original plot was full of silly nonsense? The fighting was going so fast, and the situation hadn't even deteriorated to that point yet, and they were going to drop a nuclear bomb?

Is the world really such a giant makeshift operation? It can't be that ridiculous.

Tony's words shattered his illusions: "A nuclear bomb is flying toward New York and will explode in three minutes."

what? !

These words stunned all the heroes. Clearly, such an absurd thing happening before their eyes made their initial reaction impossible. It must be fake.

Just then, Captain America finally came up in the elevator and shouted from afar, "Nuclear bomb! Nuclear bomb!"

Okay, second authentication.

With a click, Tony put his mask back on and said, "Jarvis, calculate the trajectory of the nuclear missile. I'll go throw it into the portal."

"Sir, the portal has begun to close, and the armor's energy cannot support short-term bursts of flight..."

"Execute! Jarvis!"

Lin Nan patted Tony on the shoulder: "Tony, let me do it."

"No, you..."

"Listen to me, you definitely won't survive if you go there. As for me, there's still a chance. Send the nuclear missile trajectory to my channel."

Thor stepped forward: "Let me do it. I am the body, which can survive in space for a short time, and I have a higher record of surviving."

Lin Nan waved his hand and refused: "Sol, let me do it. You can't have any accidents, otherwise it will be a huge loss for me."

Before Tony and Thor could refuse, Lin Nan had already soared into the sky.

Tony and Thor remained silent, the others exchanged glances, and Spider-Man waved: "Knight..."

But Lin Nan's figure had already disappeared, leaving everyone with a resolute back view despite being exhausted.

In the Battle of New York, the Avengers were almost paralyzed, leaving only the Big Three. This was largely due to Lin Nan's appearance, which caused Loki to change some of his strategies.

At that moment, the message came through the coded channel. Wanda's eyes narrowed, and she dragged her tired body to her feet, trying to muster a little bit of her energy to rewrite the probability and help Lin Nan a little bit.

"Lin, you can't get hurt..."

In the sky, Lin Nan quickly approached the nuclear bomb, wrapping his arms around it. The nuclear bomb, weighing several tons, carried enough kinetic energy to crush an ordinary person into mincemeat, which was transmitted into his body, causing his internal organs to ache faintly.

Lin Nan didn't care and activated the full power of the thrusters behind him, forcibly changing the flight trajectory of the nuclear missile.

He exerted his strength, hurling the nuclear bomb along with himself towards the shrinking portal.

"Hang in there, hold on, Winged King!"

Chapter 101 The Butcher

The moment he passed through the portal, Lin Nan released his grip, letting the nuclear bomb fly on its own due to inertia.

After doing all this, it quickly turned around and, in the last second before the crack completely closed, slid out from the edge of the crack and returned to the night sky above Earth.

On the rooftop of a Manhattan building, several heroes stared intently at the gap in the sky.

Finally, at the very moment the gap disappeared, a tiny object, no bigger than a grain of rice, fell from the sky, plummeting freely.

The crowd cheered, applauding the hero's return.

Thor's eyes lit up, and he spun the hammer, trying to catch the figure.

Unexpectedly, Tony was even faster. Using the remaining energy of his armor, he accelerated and flew over like a shooting star. He caught Lin Nan and then turned back to land in the same spot.

Lin Nan's armor instantly deactivated, but his face was still covered by the force field, barely maintaining the last vestige of his disguise.

"You've succeeded, Tony. It's time to keep your promise."

Tony was taken aback: "What promise?"

"What do you say?"

Tony suddenly remembered that he had said he would call him "uncle" if he won. He looked around at the figures and said somewhat awkwardly, "Can I call you that in private?"

Lin Nan sat up abruptly: "Okay, no problem!"

The coded agents came over, checked Lin Nan's body, and found that he was just a little exhausted, so they were relieved.

Quicksilver said helplessly, "Don't do that again. Wanda was almost worried to death."

"Aren't you worried?" Lin Nan asked casually.

He was clearly saying one thing but meaning another, stammering, "I...I'm alright, a little worried, but not much."

Tony said, "Everyone, don't leave. Let's go back to Stark Tower for a casual meal and celebrate after the big battle."

Captain America nodded: "Once the S.H.I.E.L.D. people arrive and lock Loki up, we can definitely relax a bit."

Lin Nan asked, "Still eating hamburgers?"

"What would you like to eat?"

"I want to eat hot pot."

Tony paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Okay, I'll have Happy prepare."

When Thor heard that his brother was going to be locked up, he was about to say something, but then he remembered the prophecy of the three goddesses and thought that the knight was more important. He decided to teach his brother a lesson first and lock him up, since it didn't matter.

Poor Happy, he still has to be dragged out of bed by his boss to work overtime late at night.

At this moment, Attorney Matt walked over and calmly said, "I'm sorry everyone, but I still prefer to be alone. You guys continue your gathering, I'll head back now."

Before anyone could react, Attorney Matt slid down the glass curtain wall and disappeared from sight in a few seconds.

Those familiar with Matt wouldn't be surprised; he really doesn't like throwing parties.

Half an hour later, the heroes, dressed in uniforms, arrived at Tony's private villa in two cars.

The moment Tony entered, he closed all the windows, slowly lowered the alloy curtains, and said, "Jarvis, cut off all communication and play music."

Lin Nan gave him a thumbs up, praising his strong sense of confidentiality, a perfect score.

The warm yellow lights in the villa made everyone feel relaxed. After the battle, the group was a little tired and sat on the sofa waiting for Happy to bring the ingredients.

Spider-Man and Quicksilver, both dressed in uniforms and with their faces covered, were sprawled on the sofa.

Captain America realized that, apart from him being an outsider, everyone here seemed to have a good relationship with the Knight.

The power this knight possessed was far more unfathomable than what was mentioned in the files, and more importantly, it was his spirit of self-sacrifice that he deeply admired.

As for him telling Loki that he was a hypocrite, that was obviously an absurd lie. How could such a person be hypocritical? He was clearly pure!

Captain America grasped Lin Nan's hand and said earnestly, "Knight, you have earned my respect. The world needs people like us!"

Lin Nan thought to himself, "You've misunderstood something," but he still smiled and said, "I just did what I should do, Captain. In times of crisis, the world needs people to step forward!"

Captain America nodded, sat down beside them, and observed the Knights' team. From their attitude and demeanor, it was clear that the Knights held a high position of prestige among them, not because of power or strength, but because of trust.

Tony didn't care about all that. He took a few glasses, filled them with red wine, handed them to the group, and said to Lin Nan, "Happy will pick up your little sweetheart and Otto soon. She's very worried about you."

All eyes immediately turned to Lin Nan, filled with curiosity.

Of course, aside from Quicksilver, he felt no curiosity, only the helplessness of seeing a pig rooting up a cabbage.

Although this pig has a hundred good points and no bad points have been seen yet, Pietro, as the older brother, is still uncomfortable.

Lin Nan blushed slightly: "Nephew, don't talk nonsense. What little lover? I don't understand."

Tony choked for a moment and obediently shut his mouth.

Everyone's attention has shifted back to Iron Man.

Uncle? Seems like there's something going on.

Then Happy came again, saying that Wanda was severely exhausted and needed rest, and that Dr. Otto, who had just broken free from mind control, also needed rest, so they wouldn't come anymore.

Everyone felt a little sorry, especially Spider-Man. He had met Wanda, but he hadn't thought about it that way. His friend actually had a girlfriend, and he hadn't even told him first. Really!

The hot pot was ready quickly, and everyone ate until their mouths were burning and they were drenched in sweat.

Tony took a bite of the lamb roll and praised it highly. Suddenly, his eyes fell on the hammer hanging from Thor's waist.

He casually asked, "Thor, is your hammer made of magic?"

Thor proudly took off his hammer and slammed it on the table: "My father ordered the Dwarf King to use a dying star as a furnace and forge it with Uru metal. He even personally cast a spell on it. Look."

All eyes were focused on the side of Thor's hammer, where a line of runes was engraved.

Thor translated with some pride: "Whoever lifts this hammer, if worthy of it, will gain the power of Thor."

Tony seemed unconvinced: "You mean whoever can lift this hammer will gain the power of lightning?"

Thor nodded. "In a sense, yes."

Tony raised an eyebrow, the ornament on his wrist glowed, and a piece of steel arm armor shot out, landing steadily on his forearm: "Can I try it on, Thor?"

Thor shrugged. "Of course."

Without any hesitation, Tony gripped the hammer, his arm armor thrusters spitting fire, but to his disappointment, the hammer didn't budge.

"It really is true. It seems I really can't become a god," Tony said with a self-deprecating laugh.

At that moment, Quicksilver's youthful instincts kicked in, and he rushed over, his eyes gleaming with eagerness. Thor, seeing this, nodded.

Pietro gripped the hammer with both hands, pushed off with his legs, and with a crack, the floor split open, but the hammer remained motionless.

He was somewhat unwilling, his whole body vibrated rapidly, and he used all his strength.

The floorboards were cracked like a spider web, but the hammer remained unmoved.

Somewhat dejected, Pietro finally let go and sighed, "It seems it really won't work."

Tony joked, "Quicksilver, you'd better pay me back for the flooring you worked for!"