The man had no expression on his face, but his hands suddenly formed a defensive fist stance.
Before Natasha could figure out what he was doing, the ten ring-shaped metals glowing blue instantly returned and formed a round shield to protect the man's entire body.
The ring was clearly full of holes, but the bullet was like hitting a transparent shield and couldn't get past it.
Natasha was stunned and asked the soul-searching question again.
"What the hell is this?"
Chapter 786 Xu Wenwu
Seeing the ten metal rings moving around the man with the bun, Natasha felt that this world was outrageous.
Are there so many people as special as Jessica?
"Are you a Rakshasa?" the man asked first in Chinese, then switched to Russian: "Are you Russian?"
Natasha could only roughly understand Chinese and could not speak it at all. It was a great help to see that the other party could speak Russian.
"Yes, sir, what is your name?"
The man looked at Natasha, and the corners of his mouth seemed to curl up slightly. Suddenly, he raised his hands, and ten rings flew into his arms and were put on his forearms.
"My name is Wenwu!"
"Wenwu..." Natasha chewed on the name, sure that she had never heard of it.
But you can tell that this should be a Chinese name, and the other person is most likely from that country.
Natasha secretly glanced at John Garrett at Wenwu's feet and found that his chest was rising and falling, confirming that he was still alive.
Then he said, "I don't know how my colleague offended you. I can apologize on his behalf."
Wenwu did not answer her question, but asked: "Are you in cahoots with him?"
"Tonight is the first time we meet." Natasha tried to distance herself from the matter subtly, but she didn't lie anyway.
Wenwu didn't care when he saw this, and said, "Since you are together, are you here for the Ten Commandments Gang as well?" This time he switched to English.
This is not a good sign, meaning that the other party may have some understanding of their identity.
Natasha was a little hesitant because she was not sure what the relationship between the other party and "Manchu Lord" was.
"Is he the person you are looking for?"
At this time, Wenwu suddenly threw out a ring in his hand. The ring flew out and directly penetrated the deck. Not long after, the ring returned again, but brought back a man with a terrified face.
Natasha recognized the man's identity at a glance. He was the real body of "Manchurian" - Trevor Slater.
This is a bald man, a middle-aged white man with a big beard.
Seeing Wenwu's disrespect for her, Natasha's heart moved: "In other words, you have nothing to do with this person, right?"
If possible, Natasha didn't want to make enemies with someone of unknown depth, and now she even lost the desire to save John Garrett.
She had a premonition that if she insisted on rescuing him, she would probably fail and might even lose her own life.
So Natasha was secretly preparing to escape. The reason she didn't move was that she was worried about the other party's methods. She didn't want to be caught by that strange ring like Trevor.
"It's okay? How is that possible?" Wenwu said this, watching Trevor's face gradually turn cold.
"If you want to be a terrorist, go ahead and do it. Why are you using my name?"
Trevor suddenly shuddered and looked up tremblingly: "You...you are the Manchu?"
"I'm going to kick you in the face!" Wenwu was furious when he heard this and kicked Trevor in the face.
The kick was so heavy that it almost broke Trevor's head. Fortunately, Wenwu did not use his full strength, so Trevor just flipped in the air and fell to the ground again.
But because of this, he saw stars in front of his eyes and felt that he had probably been kicked and had a concussion.
However, Trevor knew that his opponent was too strong and didn't dare to say a word.
But Wenwu did not let him go. Instead, he grabbed his collar with one hand and lifted him up as easily as if he was lifting a chicken, demonstrating his strong arm strength.
"I heard that you imitated me and founded an organization called the Ten Rings Gang?"
Trevor was awakened by Wenwu's murderous aura. His mind instantly cleared up and he quickly explained, "It's unfair! I'm innocent! I didn't form the Ten Rings Gang, sir. It was Killian! He established this organization. I'm just an actor!"
Not to mention Wenwu, even Natasha was stunned.
"Wait, you mean, you're really just an actor?"
Wenwu turned his head and asked in surprise, "You also know about this?"
Natasha was a little embarrassed: "Although his information shows that he used to be an actor, it doesn't mean that he can't be the leader of the base."
The United States also has a president who was an actor, and he did a pretty good job. In the future, there will be a country that even lets a comedian become president. This is a sense of humor that is unique to Western politics and most people can't learn it.
"What you just said is that you are still an actor in the organization, not a leader?"
Although he didn't know who Natasha was, Trevor nodded desperately as if grasping at a lifeline. "Yes, yes, yes, I was captured by Killian and pretended to be the leader. In fact, he was the one who made the decisions all along!"
Natasha didn't expect this to happen. She immediately questioned, "Who decided the organization's actions after Killian disappeared?"
Trevor's face showed a painful expression. "It's me... but I have no choice. Except for Killian, no one else knows I'm a fake. I can only keep pretending. If anyone finds out, I'll die a miserable death!"
"You haven't seen those terrorists kill people. They behead people with blunt knives! The people being executed have to be chopped several times before they die. It's too cruel. I'm scared..."
Looking at this big man who had a fierce look on his face but was crying, both Wenwu and Natasha felt a sense of weirdness. They felt it was funny, but also pitiful and sad.
But Natasha still had one question: "Who ordered you to plan the bombing of the Ali Osalim Air Base?"
"not me!"
"I asked you who you are!"
Trevor rubbed his face vigorously, as if he had endured some unknown mental torture. "It's the big and small bosses from all over the country. They said they wanted to pull off a scene bigger than 9.11/, to let America know how powerful the Ten Rings are..."
After hearing this, Wenwu, who was originally a little annoyed that his reputation was being tarnished, suddenly became less angry and even wanted to laugh.
Who would have thought that the leader of a large-scale terrorist organization spread across the world is just an actor who worries about his identity being exposed every day? Isn't this a comedy?
At this point, Wenwu's murderous intent had almost disappeared. Instead, he listened with great interest to Trevor complaining, as if he was entertaining his story.
He hadn't been this happy in a long time since his wife died.
Natasha was also a little amused, but she knew in her heart that it didn't matter who Trevor was. What mattered was that after Killian disappeared, he had become the only leader of the Ten Rings in public. From the perspective of S.H.I.E.L.D., he still had to be sanctioned.
However, Natasha did not focus all her energy on Trevor, but always paid attention to Wenwu.
When she realized that the other party seemed to be attracted by Trevor's words, she turned around and ran away without hesitation!
By the time Wenwu noticed, Natasha had already jumped into the sea and the water had subsided.
He frowned slightly, and the ten rings on his arms flickered faintly, as if he was considering whether to give chase.
But in the end he did not choose to take action. Not only that, he did not even intend to kill the American under his feet, just let him fend for himself.
But Trevor, this funny clown...
"'From now on, you will merge the Ten Rings Gang with the Ten Rings Gang and work for me.'
"Of course, Boss, Trevor is happy to serve you!" Trevor expressed his loyalty without hesitation, and his righteous look showed no moral integrity at all.
He hesitated for a moment, as if he was about to speak. Wenwu glanced at him and said, "Just say whatever you want to say!"
"Yes! Boss, I heard you have ten rings..."
Wenwu sneered, stretched out his arms, and gestured for him to look at the ten rings on his arms.
"It's the Ten Rings, not the Ten Commandments! You foreign devils, you can even copy wrong."
Actually, it’s not Trevor’s fault. In English, “Rings” can mean both “ring” and “ring”. From a Western cultural perspective, “Ten.Rings” is more like a description of Solomon’s ten rings, so they naturally think that “ring” is the most reliable translation.
How could they know that there is a kind of Kung Fu called "Iron Wire Fist" in this world?
Chapter 787 Face to Face
Natasha quickly escaped from danger, and as soon as she ensured her safety, she contacted Dane.
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be late at night over there?"
"Boss, I met a strange guy!" Natasha went straight to the point.
"Who?"
"He calls himself Wenwu, claiming to be the true master of the Ten Rings Gang, and that Lord Man is a fake..."
She then recounted what Trevor had previously explained, and Dane on the opposite side just listened quietly.
Wenwu? This guy has made a comeback?
According to MCU records, Xu Wenwu was born during the ancient dynasty. After he grew up, he was lucky enough to obtain the artifact "Ten Rings" and was able to achieve immortality under the power of the Ten Rings.
Judging from Xu Wenwu's performance in the movie, the immortality granted to him by the Ten Rings seems to have no side effects, and using the Ten Rings does not require Wenwu himself to pay any price.
It's impossible to say that Dane wasn't interested in this thing.
But Dane was not fully fledged before, and the base of the civil and military forces was hidden in the eastern country, which was a restricted area. Even Dane could hardly do anything.
But it’s different when Wenwu comes out on his own.
The MCU has not given any explanation for the origin of the "Ten Rings". Some people speculate that it may be the ring of the Celestials, while others speculate that it may be a weapon left by one of Kang.
In the comics, the Ten Rings are the magical weapons of "Heaven" and are part of the five sets of heavenly weapons, but 840 is that there seems to be no such organization as Heaven in the MCU.
Therefore, the speculation that the Ten Rings are technological weapons is not necessarily nonsense. From the movie "Eternals", we can see that the technology of the Celestials is not industrial style, but more like the style of Asgard. Packaging high technology into magic or spells is more in line with their aesthetics.
If this is the case, then the Ten Rings as a technological weapon would have great strategic value to Dane.
After a period of research, Dane has figured out Jessica's abilities, but the results have left him somewhat disappointed.
In the past, he always believed that Jessica's ability was caused by the influence of radioactive compounds, which led to genetic mutation.
But the research results show otherwise. From a genetic point of view, there is actually not much difference between Jessica and ordinary people. Her abilities may not come from gene mutations or mutations in her body organs.
But it's something on another level, like the soul.
After analyzing her gene chain, Dane discovered that her superpowers might be interfered with by an immaterial force. He was very familiar with this force, which was the power of dimension.
So he had a guess that Jessica might have died in the disaster caused by the radioactive chemicals, but her soul entered an unknown dimension by chance.
But she was not trapped like the other dimensional demons, but somehow returned to her own body.
Her super powers come from that other dimension, but she herself is not aware of it.
In other words, Jessica may be essentially a spellcaster like the wizard of Kamar-Taj.
It’s just that she might have entered a very small dimension, and the energy she used had no owner, so she didn’t need to pay any price.
This would explain why her genes were just those of an ordinary person, because spellcasters relied on energy from other dimensions to cast spells, but they could not change their own biological properties.
Unless one uses forbidden magic to transform oneself, like the dark Doctor Strange in "What If?", who transforms his own body by devouring creatures from other dimensions.
But Jessica has no ability to cast spells, so she usually just instinctively gathers this energy from the other dimension into her body to strengthen her body functions.
However, the ability to fly makes her stronger than the mages of Kamar-Taj. Vishanti seems to be stingy with the spell of "flying" and the cost is relatively high.
Therefore, wizards almost never use flying spells. Even Doctor Strange himself flies with the help of a magic levitation cloak. Generally, wizards use the Seven Rings of Raggador as pedals to complete air combat.
Dane didn't know whether to say Jessica was lucky or unlucky. Judging from her ability, the dimension she had entered must be very small. Even if she was strengthened, she would only be strengthened into a monkey version of Supergirl, with limited strength.
But the good thing is that in this ownerless dimension, no one is competing with her for it. If she is alone, then there will be enough for her no matter what.
This is also where Dane was disappointed. Such a small dimension should not be enough to support one more person, otherwise Jessica's already mediocre ability would become even more mediocre.
He would have plenty of opportunities to study dimensional power in the future, so there was no need to snatch it from Jessica, so he had to give up. This meant that Dane's original strengthening plan was invalidated.
Fortunately, Natasha brought the good news in time. I hope Wenwu will not let him down.
"Don't worry about Wenwu's affairs. He is not an enemy you can handle. Go back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and help me keep an eye on Nick. If he has any research plans, please report to me in time."
"Okay." After the discussion, Natasha gathered her emotions and then called Nick again.
"Boss, I met a strange guy!"...
After hanging up the phone, Dane immediately asked Cortana to locate the ferry docked at the port of Aden.
"Cortana, get your suits ready, it's time to go!"
"Okay, Dane."
Cortana's voice was as gentle as ever.
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