Chapter 213: T-1000 Robot Doppelganger!
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The title was already a riddle, and getting it wrong didn't matter.
But as for the reason Peter Parker went to Washington, everyone started speculating.
To be more precise, they were gossiping.
"Peter went to Washington, was it for a vacation?" Scott Lang said. "He aced a test, so his parents rewarded him with a one-day trip to Washington or something."
"I think he went for a date," Tony Stark chimed in. "A boring trip together with his crush."
"Tony, Peter is so young. You can't say that to him," Natasha Romanoff interrupted Tony Stark.
"Peter's going to be a handsome young man in the future. He already has two known girlfriends," Tony Stark said.
"That's in other worlds, don't count it against our Peter," Natasha Romanoff said.
"But on another note, saving a damsel in distress is indeed the best way to capture a woman's heart," Clint Barton said. "Maybe Peter saved a girl at the Washington Monument, and she fell for him at first sight."
"Fell for him? Peter hasn't revealed his identity like Tony has. He hasn't shown his face," Natasha Romanoff added.
"You never know, maybe girls like the sense of mystery," Stephen Strange said.
At this point, the video started playing. Peter Parker, wearing his suit, was squatting on top of a bus, talking on the phone with his good friend Ned.
"Peter, are you okay?" Ned was carrying a bag and was at the security checkpoint.
"Ned? Where's the glowing thing?" Peter Parker sounded anxious. "The glowing thing!"
"Don't worry, it's safe," Ned said, "It's in my bag."
"No, Ned, listen! The glowing thing is dangerous!" Peter Parker quickly warned.
"You missed the competition. I covered for you," Ned didn't hear what Peter Parker just said, "We're at the Washington Monument."
"Peter, is that you?" At this moment, Liz Allan, Peter Parker's crush, suddenly reached out and snatched the phone from Ned's hand.
"Liz, let Ned take the call." Peter Parker was happy that his crush was calling him, but he knew it wasn't the time to talk.
"You disappeared; luckily, we won," Liz Allan put her hand on her hip. "I want to be mad at you, but I'm more worried about you. What happened to you?"
"Liz, I have to talk to Ned. It's really urgent." Peter Parker had already come down from the top of the bus and was running towards the Washington Monument.
"Miss, please put your belongings on the conveyor belt." At this point, a security guard urged her, and Liz Allan absentmindedly put her phone on the conveyor belt.
"Liz, there's something extremely dangerous in Ned's bag. It can't go through the X-ray," Peter Parker's urgent voice echoed from the phone, but at this point, the phone was already on the conveyor belt, and no one could hear it.
To make matters worse, Ned's backpack was also being scanned by the X-ray.
Unaware of Peter Parker's warning, Ned picked up his backpack from the conveyor belt and put it on his back.
When Peter Parker arrived at the base of the Washington Monument, he heard a cracking sound. The top of the monument had cracked open.
It was the "glowing thing" that Peter Parker mentioned earlier. It had finally "activated" in Ned's bag as they were about to reach the top of the monument using an elevator.
"No, no!" Peter Parker looked up and asked, "Karen, what's happening up there?"
"The Arc Reactor energy explosion has caused severe structural damage to the elevator," Karen analyzed.
"My friend is up there!" Michelle Jones suddenly stood up and pointed upwards. She was the only one among the students and teachers who hadn't gone inside.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine," Peter Parker ran to the base of the Washington Monument, leaped onto it, and started climbing rapidly using his hands and feet.
"A major disaster is expected in 10 minutes," Karen's voice sounded again as he was halfway up.
Peter Parker was getting very anxious. Karen activated the drones in his chest to explore and found a window he could enter. Peter quickly climbed over.
After finally climbing up, Peter Parker felt a bit uncomfortable and restless, his breathing and heartbeat accelerating.
"What's wrong? You've reached the southwest window," Karen asked, "Why are you hesitating?"
"It's nothing." Peter Parker pressed against the wall, saying, "It's just that I've never climbed this high before."
"Also, you haven't reloaded your parachute. If you fall from this height, you might die," Karen warned.
"Oh my god." Peter Parker took a deep breath and began kicking the glass of the southwest window. "Why won't it break?"
"That's 10 centimeters thick bulletproof glass." Karen explained, "You need to generate more momentum."
Whoosh!
Peter Parker reached out his hand and shot a strand of web onto the wall above his head.
Then he pulled on the web with both hands, kicked his feet, and swung backward. When he swung back, he kicked the bulletproof glass with all his strength.
He did this twice, and cracks appeared on the bulletproof glass.
Boom, boom, boom!
But just at that moment, a helicopter suddenly flew over.
"This is the Washington Police. Identify yourself," the police loudspeaker sounded.
"My friends are inside!" Peter Parker urgently shouted, "You need to stop!"
"Get back to the ground!" The police had already trained their machine guns on Peter Parker.
Seeing his classmates trapped in the elevator inside, Peter Parker took a deep breath, climbed to the top of the monument, kicked off, and leaped from the top of the helicopter.
Then he shot a strand of web to the helicopter, swung under it, and kicked through the glass to get inside.
At that moment, the elevator inside the Washington Monument suddenly plummeted.
Peter Parker came in just in time.
He shot a strand of web to catch the elevator, kicked against the door frame with his legs, and managed to stop the falling elevator.
"I did it!" Seeing that he had successfully caught the elevator, Peter Parker shouted in joy. However, the door frame couldn't withstand the weight, and the next moment, it broke, causing Peter Parker to fall.
Because there was already a large hole on the top of the elevator, he fell straight into it.
The elevator, which had just come to a stop, continued to fall.
Whoosh!
At a critical moment, Peter Parker shot another strand of web upwards, grabbing onto it. He was now hanging upside down, using his feet to press against the top of the elevator, temporarily stopping it.
"Are you all okay? Don't worry, I'm here," Peter Parker looked at his three friends inside the elevator and reassured them.
"That's awesome!" Ned, who had narrowly escaped death, was overjoyed and almost broke into tears when he saw that his best friend had saved him.
"Everyone, stay still!" Ned's jump nearly scared Peter Parker, who shouted to prevent them from moving and causing the elevator to fall again.
Peter Parker hung upside down like that, alternating pulling himself up with his hands, gradually bringing the elevator to the doorway.
People inside the building opened the elevator doors and helped Ned and Mr. Harrington out.
But just as Liz Allan was about to step out, a sudden change occurred. The piece of metal that Peter Parker had used to stop the elevator suddenly broke under the weight, and the elevator dropped again.
Fortunately, Peter Parker reacted quickly. He extended a strand of web, grabbed Liz Allan, and pulled her up.
With the help of security guards and teachers, Liz Allan successfully stood on the ground.
"Is everyone okay?" Peter Parker, still hanging upside down, asked.
Liz Allan stood there, still trembling from the shock, clearly a bit frightened. However, her eyes were fixed on Peter Parker, unblinking.
"Your chance has come, Peter." Karen's voice sounded, "Kiss her."
In the next moment, Peter Parker's web snapped, and he fell down.
The space darkened, and the time came to an end.
After gossiping about Spider-Man and Liz for a while, the next question arrived.
[Question 7 begins, please get ready.]
[During the German police's capture of the Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes in Bucharest, which of the following characters did not intervene?]
[A) Captain America Steve Rogers]
[B) Iron Man Tony Stark]
[C) Black Panther T'Challa]
[D) Falcon Sam Wilson]
[Answer correctly to be rewarded with the liquid metal robot T-1000 transformation ability. Answer incorrectly, and one year of lifespan will be deducted.]
"Can transform into a robot?" Stephen Strange couldn't help but say, "This reward looks quite appealing."
"Transforming from a person into a robot sounds quite amazing," Steve Rogers remarked.
"I can imagine what a robot looks like, but what on earth is a liquid metal robot?" Bucky Barnes questioned, "A liquid form of a robot?"
"You'll know once you receive the reward," Steve Rogers said, "The background of this question seems to be someone framing Bucky for a murder, directly leading to the time of the Civil War among the heroes."
"Bucky was the Winter Soldier for a long time, and his identity was top secret, hardly anyone knew that the Winter Soldier was Bucky," Natasha Romanoff added, "I believe that with the Winter Soldier's skills, he wouldn't leave any clues for the police no matter what mission he executed. But in this question, he was actually captured by the police. It must be someone else impersonating him, intentionally leaving clues for the police, all to send a message to the Avengers."
"No need to ask, Captain will definitely intervene, there's no doubt about that," Bruce Banner said, "Given his friendship with Bucky, he wouldn't just stand by."
"And if Captain intervenes, then Sam, who's Captain's staunch supporter, is almost certain to be there too," James Rhodes chimed in.
"Where Cap goes, I go," Sam Wilson shrugged.
"I definitely will get involved as well," T'Challa added, "But my involvement will be different from Captain's. Captain is probably trying to help Bucky avoid being captured, but I will definitely be there to catch him. After all, I believed at that time that he killed my father."
"So, the answer to this question is very clear," Bucky Barnes concluded, "Choose B!"
[Answer is correct! Reward granted!]
Immediately, Bucky Barnes' body transformed into a humanoid figure made of mercury-like substance in full view of everyone, then returned to its normal form.
"Was that just the liquid metal robot?" Steve Rogers quickly asked.
"That's right, that's the liquid metal robot," Bucky Barnes' body changed back into the liquid metal form, and the next moment, the liquid metal took on the appearance of Steve Rogers, "The T-1000 can transform into anything I've touched."
"Anything?" Steve Rogers raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, anything, not just people," Bucky Barnes' body flattened and spread across the ground, blending into the surroundings, turning pitch black, making it almost impossible to tell there was a person there.
"This is some top-tier camouflage ability," Clint Barton remarked.
"Even better," Bucky Barnes extended his hand, and the liquid metal flowed and transformed into a gleaming cold knife, "I can also transform into almost any cold weapon."
"Can this liquid metal robot withstand physical attacks?" Tony Stark stared at Bucky Barnes' T-1000 body and asked.
"It can resist to some extent," Bucky Barnes replied, "But this body has strong regenerative abilities. Even if you blast me to bits with a cannonball, I'll still recover. It's practically immortal."
"This reward is great!" Steve Rogers genuinely felt happy for Bucky Barnes.
At this moment, the space began to play a video. Bucky Barnes was buying fruits at a stall, "I'll take six."
It was quite peculiar to see such a notorious cold-blooded killer doing something so mundane and lively.
As he was crossing the street after buying the fruits, he noticed a vendor across the street who kept staring at him nervously, almost as if he had "I'm guilty" written all over his face.
Bucky Barnes strode over, and the moment the vendor saw him, he turned and fled, leaving his stall behind.
Bucky Barnes paid no attention to the vendor. He picked up a newspaper from the stall and saw the headline, "Winter Soldier Wanted for Vienna Incident."
Bucky Barnes knew the vendor must have alerted the police, and he decided to pack up and leave.
When he got back home, an unexpected guest was waiting for him.
A person he recognized.
Almost everyone recognized him.
It was Captain America, Steve Rogers. He was standing there, flipping through a small booklet in Bucky Barnes' hand, which he couldn't tell was a diary or something else.
But it probably wasn't a diary, after all, who writes diaries these days.
"Captain, be aware, German Special Forces are approaching from the south," Sam Wilson's voice sounded in his earpiece as Steve Rogers was looking at the booklet. Steve Rogers put down the booklet and turned around.
These two old buddies of nearly a hundred years finally met again under clear-headed circumstances.
"Do you know who I am?" Steve Rogers asked Bucky Barnes.
"You're Steve. I learned about you in the museum," Bucky Barnes replied.
"They've set up a perimeter," Steve Rogers heard Sam Wilson's voice again in his earpiece. He casually put the booklet down and said to Bucky Barnes, "I know you're a bit nervous, and you have reasons to be, but you're lying."
"I haven't been to Vienna, I don't do that kind of thing anymore," Bucky Barnes said.
"They're entering the building," Sam Wilson's words made Steve Rogers glance to the south. His speech speed slightly increased, "The people they think are you have arrived, and they're not planning to leave you alive."
"Very clever, good move," Bucky Barnes showed no signs of nervousness.
"They're on the rooftop, I need to retreat," Sam Wilson's voice echoed again. Steve Rogers said to Bucky Barnes, "We don't have to fight, Bucky."
"We always end up fighting," Bucky Barnes replied, removing his left-hand glove to reveal the blood-stained metal hand beneath.
"Why did you save me from the river?" Steve Rogers asked.
"I don't know," Bucky Barnes said.
"No, you know," Steve Rogers looked at Bucky Barnes.
And Bucky Barnes looked at Steve Rogers.
Just as the two were locked in this "intense" stare, a bomb was thrown in through the window. Steve Rogers used his shield to deflect it, but another bomb was thrown in, rolling to Bucky Barnes' feet.
Bucky Barnes glanced at the bomb and without hesitation, kicked it towards Steve Rogers, who immediately used his shield to cover it.
Bang!
A muffled explosion occurred as the bomb detonated directly under the shield, not even killing an ant.
Look at that, these two had such incredible understanding, even more than many couples.
Crash!
Crash!
The sound of shattered glass followed as two fully armed police officers barged in, but they were basically walking into a trap set by Bucky Barnes and ended up getting knocked over.
"Bucky, stop!" Steve Rogers also pushed the two police officers who broke through the door out, loudly telling Bucky Barnes, "You'll kill them!"
"I won't kill anyone," Bucky Barnes punched through the floor and pulled out a package, throwing it out of the window.
At this moment, another police officer jumped in through the window, and without a word, he started firing his submachine gun. Bucky Barnes raised his left arm to block in front of him, and the bullets kept hitting his arm with continuous clinks.
On the other side of the window, another police officer popped up and started shooting. Bucky Barnes picked up Steve Rogers and hurled him at the officer, knocking him down.
After quickly dealing with the other two police officers, Bucky Barnes made his way into the staircase.
The staircase was already filled with waiting police officers, all fully armed. However, the difference between an ordinary person and a super soldier was significant. Bucky Barnes effortlessly took them all down with his bare hands, leaving them no chance.
With Steve Rogers causing a distraction on the side, Bucky Barnes easily broke through the police ambush and jumped from one balcony to another on a different building.
He had surely planned his escape route in advance. The package he threw out of the window earlier in the house was now on this building.
He grabbed the package and ran.
Suddenly, a figure jumped out from behind and tackled him to the ground.
The person was wearing a Black Panther suit, none other than T'Challa, the Black Panther, who had come for vengeance on his father's behalf.
T'Challa was determined to kill the man who had murdered his father, while Bucky Barnes was focused on escaping. So, without any words, the two engaged in combat.
"Sam, head to the southwest rooftop," Steve Rogers, who was on the other building, saw the fight between the two on this building and instructed Sam Wilson.
"Who's the other guy?" Sam Wilson asked.
"You'll find out soon enough," Steve Rogers took a few steps back and ran before leaping down as well.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A helicopter flew in from the side and started shooting at the two on the ground.
At this moment, Bucky Barnes was knocked down by the gunfire, leaving only T'Challa standing. He was getting hit by all the bullets.
T'Challa was wearing the Black Panther suit, he wasn't afraid of bullets at all. He didn't even bother dodging them, letting the bullets hit him.
"Sam," Steve Rogers, who had just jumped down, called out to Falcon.
"I've got this," Sam Wilson unfolded his wings and flew over. He kicked the back of the helicopter with his legs, causing it to sway and move to a different location.
Taking advantage of the situation, Bucky Barnes kicked T'Challa away and jumped from the building to the ground. Despite the helicopter's gunfire, he managed to reach a road below.
T'Challa and Steve Rogers followed closely, also jumping down to the ground.
The three of them started running in the midst of the moving cars.
"Stop!"
"Stop!"
Another police car was chasing after them.
Steve Rogers glanced at the police car behind and suddenly threw himself onto it, a move that could rival a professional stunt.
The police car was taken aback and quickly came to a stop.
Steve Rogers was unharmed. He opened the car door, pulled the police officer out, and got in himself. He started driving and pursued Bucky Barnes.
Steve Rogers managed to secure a car this way. T'Challa, on the other hand, didn't need a car at all. He leaped onto Steve Rogers' car and held on tight.
Seeing this through the rearview mirror, Steve Rogers sharply turned the steering wheel, causing the car to sway from side to side. However, T'Challa remained firmly attached to the car and couldn't be shaken off.
"Sam, I can't shake this guy off," Steve Rogers had to ask for Sam Wilson's help again.
"I'm coming right away," Sam Wilson replied and flew over.
As for what kind of "contest" was happening behind them, Bucky Barnes had no idea. He was just running for his life.
After running for a while, a motorcycle came speeding toward him. Bucky Barnes grabbed the motorcycle in motion, pushing the rider off, and quickly mounted the motorcycle.
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