Chapter 279 Who is America’s Butt?
new York.
The city has been transformed.
New York, originally a prosperous modern city, has now become a veritable city of the future.
The Manhattan area in particular, under Ultron's control, seemed to have become a steel city, with silver buildings shining brightly and more and more hovering cars passing in the air.
However, in such an advanced city, the citizens living here do not have any look of pride on their faces. Instead, most of them have sad faces, and each of them is as gloomy as a piece of lead.
This city is so depressing!
When did it start to become like this?
Lightning thought while sitting on the school bus.
Not long ago, all areas of New York were rebuilt and Midtown High School opened again.
But he didn't see Parker Brothers.
This is a very strange thing. It's okay for Bant, as Lightning knows that he is Primus's boss and it is common for him to not come to school. However, Peter is a good student who will never skip classes (at most he will be late, ask for leave, leave early...).
He tried to find them in Primus, but before he could get close, he was stopped by several Ultron robots.
This made Lightning feel very strange, he didn't know when Primus had also been under the jurisdiction of Ultron.
"I don't know what happened to Ben and Peter, and that person..."
He thought of the medium-length haired man with only one arm whom he had met in the Primus Sanatorium, James Barnes, who, like him, had some memory loss and was deeply hurt by a forgotten past, and he couldn't help but become more worried.
Because Flash had already seen Bucky's wanted poster on TV - along with Spider-Man and Captain America.
"Did you hear that, Lightning?"
A classmate was sitting next to Lightning, with an expression as if he was watching a joke on his face.
"Liz's dad got arrested."
"Liz's dad?" Lightning was surprised, and quickly stood up with sympathy, looking for Liz.
He knew that Liz was his ex-girlfriend, but he didn't remember much about his past and didn't have too many feelings for her. At the moment, he was just worried because he cared about his classmates.
But he couldn't find Liz.
"She didn't come to school."
The man pulled Lightning back, and the teasing expression on his face became even more serious.
"Well, this is a good opportunity. That bitch betrayed you and got together with that guy Peter. Now Peter is gone. Here's your chance..."
Lightning frowned.
The other party's tone was a bit obscene. Obviously, the "opportunity" he mentioned was by no means as simple as getting Leeds back. It was probably a threat.
This made Lightning feel a little uncomfortable. He did not despise the person in front of him, but despised himself, because making friends with such a person was enough to prove that he was probably not much better.
But he still wanted to know what happened next, so he didn't get angry and continued:
"I dumped her. She can date anyone she wants. Come on, John, tell me what happened. How did Liz's dad get arrested?"
"Who knows!"
"Haven't there been many people arrested in this period?" John shrugged. He was not that interested in this. "Since they were arrested, they must be criminals. Otherwise, why would Ultron arrest them? Even if they haven't committed any crimes yet, they will definitely commit crimes in the future."
He didn't bother to think about how things actually happened.
"Anyway, Ultron is always right. Aren't Spider-Man and Captain America the same?"
"Spider-Man is not a criminal!"
When Lightning heard him talking about Spider-Man, he suddenly became angry and spoke for Spider-Man: "Have you forgotten how many good things he has done in the past? He defeated so many enemies and helped everyone, but he never asked for anything in return."
John was startled by the lightning and didn't dare to refute. He just agreed perfunctorily: "Maybe... It's not me who said that, it's the Daily Bugle who said that."
"You know that the Daily Bugle never says anything good about Spider-Man."
Lightning's muscles relaxed again. He felt that he should not be angry with John because it was equivalent to using his force to intimidate John and force John to obey.
He knew Spider-Man couldn't be a criminal, but he also knew Spider-Man wouldn't use violence to resolve defamation.
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"Oh my god, Jameson is talking bad about me 48 hours a day again. I really want to punch him, pull out all his beard, and put cigar ashes in his eyes!"
In the sewer, Peter was jumping with anger while receiving the city's signal through an old radio.
They left the safe house and returned to New York, intending to find Stark and force him to stop the Ultron program.
In fact, Steve's injuries have not fully healed yet, but their chances are running out. Now Ultron is at war with Wakanda, and most of the Ultron robots have been sent to the battlefield. There are not many robots left in New York. If they want to counterattack, now is the time.
However, as soon as the group returned to New York, they heard Jameson throwing dirty water on Spider-Man, putting all kinds of weird charges on his head, and even spreading rumors that he stole toilet seats from several public restrooms. It was ridiculous!
"There are only 24 hours in a day, Spider-Man; and, have you ever really stolen a toilet seat?" Natasha asked.
"of course not!"
Peter narrowed his eyes and looked at her unhappily.
"Also, although there are only 24 hours in a day, for Jameson, he will curse me once verbally and again in his heart. If you count newspapers and television, it will be thousands of hours."
“Isn’t it 72 hours?”
Steve glanced sideways, doubting Peter's intelligence for the first time.
Peter didn't look back, but waved his hand: "Go this way," and then replied, "You didn't count the reporters in the newspaper. He will ask every employee to write a report scolding me. As long as you scold me, you will get money. The more you scold, the more you will get."
"It's not easy for you either." The others looked at Peter with sympathy.
In fact, because Peter attracted most of Jameson's firepower, although the others were also wanted, they were not notorious.
Peter said he was used to it.
"It's okay. When I took pictures of him, the more evil Spider-Man was in the pictures, the more money he was willing to give me. This way, I remember there is a passage in front. It's a bit narrow, but you can crawl through it. Fortunately, Ultron didn't install cameras in the sewers."
"Because usually, it only needs to stare at every manhole cover to make sure that no one is here." Hawkeye Barton said, wiping his face with difficulty, as if to get rid of something smelly, "But we swam in from the outlet, carrying the city's excrement--"
"Shut up!"
Natasha kicked him: "We are wearing isolation clothes!"
“But the smell still won’t go away.”
Peter found the passage, which was only about the width of the shield, and it might not be easy for Steve to squeeze in.
The passage was still filled with sewage that smelled of feces, and anyone who saw it would change their expression. Natasha pinched her nose and took several steps back: "Is there no other way?"
"Yes, there is, but it's a long way around." Peter didn't want to take a detour. In his opinion, being a little dirty was no big deal. He had swam with monsters in sewers before.
We are going to save the world, so don't be so obsessed with cleanliness.
But in the end they chose to take the longer route because Natasha's hips, which were wider than her shoulders, were stuck in there.
"You know, this reminds me of our first mission, against Dr. Dong Wu, when you were stuck in the ventilation duct like this." Steve began to reminisce.
Natasha glared at him unhappily: "If you had drilled first, you would have been stuck. Do you know what would happen next if your American butt was placed in a Nantong love movie?"
“There is no Nantong here.”
“I don’t think so.” Natasha glanced at Bucky inconspicuously, shook her hair and followed Peter.
Peter said in distress as he led them around everywhere, "The best we can do is get to the outside of the Avengers Building. Mr. Stark increased security when he rebuilt the building, so we can't get underground."
"But I'm afraid we'll be discovered as soon as we show up, right?"
Patton said with some concern.
Peter nodded: "We can only force our way in. At least now we are only a few hundred meters away from Stark."
He turned around, glanced at everyone, and said, "Most of the Ultron robots are now on the Wakanda battlefield. Even if we are discovered, Ultron will not be able to subdue us in a short time. I suggest that we split up and some people go to divert Ultron's forces, and the other group goes to find Mr. Stark."
"I'm quicker and can lure Ultron away," he volunteered.
At this time, Peter couldn't help but think of Harry and Pietro.
Unfortunately, Pietro and his sister Wanda rebelled and controlled Harry and Norman. Even Mary Jane and Felicia were manipulated by Wanda and became enemies standing against them.
This is also why Peter did not seek support, as that would be like walking into a tiger's mouth.
"Let's also lure those robots away." Barton and Natasha thought for a moment and said.
They are quite skilled and can use the buildings and cities to fight guerrilla warfare, especially Hawkeye, who can be more useful outside. If he really squeezes into a building, his archery skills will be wasted.
Fortunately, when Fury built the safe house, he took into account that their group would most likely need it, and prepared matching equipment for them. Otherwise, Patton would have to cut branches as weapons.
"I'll join you, too."
Bucky scratched his head.
He felt that if he, the murderer of his father, stood in front of Stark, he would probably not be able to persuade him.
So, the final task fell on Steve.
The man who had been fighting since World War II nodded, turned around and handed the shield to the Winter Soldier: "You need it more than I do now."
Bucky took the shield solemnly, with mixed emotions welling up in his heart. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Natasha interrupt him, "Is it possible that I need it the most?"
She spread her hands, indicating that she had no symbolic weapons, only a small ladies' pistol, which had difficulty killing a tiger. The Winter Soldier at least had an iron arm made of vibranium.
"Then here you are..." The Winter Soldier didn't hesitate.
To him, it wasn't the shield that mattered.
"never mind,"
Natasha didn't answer. She was just talking. She felt that among all the people here, if someone was destined to be sacrificed, it would be best if it was her.
Peter is the youngest, and he still has brothers and elders, so he must not die. Barton has a wife and children, a happy family, and Steve and the Winter Soldier at least have each other. Only she...
It's a miserable life, and once it dies, it's dead.
Just in time, let the ghost of the red house disappear completely.
"OK, then get ready - three, two..."
They had already walked under the manhole cover. Peter put one hand on it. With a little force, he could instantly push it hundreds of meters high.
Outside the sewer, the area around the Avengers Building was empty.
In this most prosperous Manhattan, there is not a single car, and it is as clean as a vacuum area.
Ultron blocked Tony Stark's news, and naturally didn't want anyone to get close to him and tell Tony what had happened recently. Even Pepper Potts hadn't appeared in front of Tony for a long time.
Ultron sometimes uses virtual images to simulate video so that they can talk. In the fake video, Pepper always looks busy with work and has no intention of communicating with Tony.
Facing Pepper, all of Tony's intelligence seemed to have failed, and he couldn't find any problems.
He continued to stay in the room lit only by the cold electronic screen, thinking that he was monitoring the whole world, issuing orders for non-existent cases. Every day, countless calls came in, telling him what happened, what was settled by the Ultron system, and how many people were rescued...
Thriving!
Whatever he wants to see, Ultron gives him.
If Ultron really can't resist, he will let Wanda control a group of people to meet him.
As long as he's in New York, everything Tony sees and hears is what Ultron wants him to see and hear.
Ultron only needs to guard against things that are not under its control coming into contact with Stark.
At this moment, several robots were patrolling over the Avengers Building as usual.
next moment--
boom! ! !
There was a loud noise, and the robot immediately looked in the direction of the sound, but its eyes were caught by a round shield flying towards it at a rapid speed.
click!
The manhole cover cut through like a disc blade, instantly cutting off the robot's head.
The falling Ultron robot finally saw what was happening.
Spider-Man grabbed the manhole cover with spider silk and swung it in the air, and the sound of the sharp blade cutting through the air was whistling.
the Avengers?
When did you return to New York?
Ultron couldn't figure it out.
But it did not prevent it from immediately sending a signal to the remaining robots in New York and notifying Wanda and Quicksilver as soon as possible.
They must not be allowed to see Tony Stark!
(End of this chapter)