The Undersea Temple

After leaving the hearing hall, Russell walked to the plaza outside the Capitol building and waved to the reporters and onlookers who had gathered there.

Then, amidst the cheers of the crowd, he donned his Endosymbiotic Battle Armor and soared into the sky, heading towards New York.

"No. 3, look up the information on that female officer. I'm curious about this stern-faced female officer."

Russell instructed No. 3. 

"Yes, sir!"

No. 3 didn't hesitate and immediately responded.

Hawaii, Waikiki Island.

Temporary camp.

Johnny sat inside a large tent, looking unhappy as he stared at his phone.

Although he hadn't returned to New York, he watched Russell's live broadcast from the hearing on his phone.

After watching Russell's performance at the hearing, he increasingly felt that Russell was starting to replace him as the representative of New York's superhero.

No, he couldn't let that happen!

Although he didn't have much fondness for General Hagg and the others and found Russell's words at the hearing quite reasonable, he decided he needed to do something to maintain his identity as New York's superhero representative.

However, he hadn't figured out how to redirect the media's attention yet when his sister, Susan Storm, also known as the Invisible Woman, appeared before him.

Susan looked at Johnny disapprovingly, saying with frustration, "Everyone is busy, and here you are, slacking off all by yourself. Don't you think it's a bit inappropriate?"

Upon hearing Susan's words, Johnny lifted his head to look at his sister. She was shorter than him, but her presence was no weaker than his.

"Alright, alright, I'll go help now!"

Johnny stood up.

Just as he was about to leave the tent to assist Reed in collecting biological samples from the male MUTO, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked at Susan seriously, saying slowly, "How's things going with Reed lately? Is that bookworm still too afraid to confess his feelings to you?"

Johnny had barely finished speaking when a translucent, glass-like energy field enveloped him, rendering him as stiff as a statue.

"What are you up to?" Susan frowned.

As Johnny's older sister, she knew him well and understood his personality.

"Nothing, I'm just concerned about your recent love life, sis."

Johnny tried to resist the energy field generated by Susan, but unfortunately, his physical strength was no match for her energy field.

"To be honest, what's on your mind?"

Susan controlled the energy field, causing the glass-like energy to squeeze Johnny.

"Stop squeezing, I'll talk!"

Feeling the pressure from the energy field, Johnny hurriedly spoke up.

Upon hearing his words, Susan removed the energy field and looked at Johnny with a furrowed brow.

He stretched his limbs and slowly said, "Sis, what do you think of Russell? Does he fit your taste?"

"If you think he's not bad, I don't mind if you date him."

Johnny had just finished speaking when the transparent energy field once again enveloped him, pressing down on him like squeezing toothpaste.

"What are you talking about?!"

Susan gritted her teeth.

"No, what I meant is, anyway, Reed, that bookworm, doesn't dare to confess his feelings to you."

"A guy as timid as him isn't worthy of your affection. You could consider someone else."

Johnny quickly explained.

He had thought that Susan would remove the energy field after hearing his words. However, reality proved him wrong.

Susan not only didn't remove the energy field but further intensified the pressure on Johnny.

In the end, unable to withstand the pressure from the energy field, Johnny transformed into his Human Torch form.

In his Human Torch form, he possessed greater strength than usual.

Taking advantage of Susan's momentary distraction, he forcibly broke free from the energy field and flew out without looking back.

After seeing Johnny fly away, Susan let out an annoyed huff.

Then, she left the tent and continued to assist Reed in collecting biological samples from the male MUTO.

New York, Manhattan.

Octopus Monster Headquarters.

After leaving the Capitol building, Russell didn't go anywhere else but returned directly to his office.

Although he had temporarily resolved the issue at the hearing, he could easily guess that the Senate's Military Committee would not let Godzilla off easily.

After thinking for a few minutes, he had No. 3 establish a connection with the communicator on Grendel's body.

To be precise, it was now on Godzilla's body.

Grendel had merged with Godzilla and could no longer encase the communicator within his own body.

However, he had come up with a new method of handling it.

He had created a small bump composed of symbiotic organisms behind Godzilla's head and placed the communicator inside it.

Although maintaining the existence of this small bump required him to constantly exert effort for 24 hours, it was not a difficult task for him.

Upon hearing the signal indicating a successful connection, Grendel, or rather, Godzilla, responded immediately.

"Your Majesty, your most loyal, reliable, and trustworthy servant, Grendel, is ready to serve your commands at any time!"

Upon hearing Grendel's voice, Russell furrowed his brow slightly.

As the First Generation King of the Symbiotes, Grendel had now fallen to the point of being utterly subservient and lacking dignity.

"Where are you now?"

Russell asked Grendel.

"Godzilla's home... uh, according to human terms, it's in the deep sea of the Atlantic Ocean."

"Your Majesty, if you have the time, you can come over in person. There's a lost temple here, a magnificent temple."

"You wouldn't believe it, but Godzilla actually has followers, and they built this temple for it!"

Grendel exclaimed excitedly.

Although Grendel was enthusiastic, Russell had already known about this development.

If everything followed the plot as he remembered it, Godzilla's home would continue to exist until the moment when humans delivered their first takeout order of "nuclear rice" to it.

"How's your communication with Godzilla going?"

Russell continued to inquire.

"It's going fine. It's just that its temper can be a bit difficult, and it's not very talkative."

"But that's okay. I can directly access its consciousness and engage in telepathic communication with it. So far, our communication has been quite good."

Grendel boasted.

"Very well! Continue your communication with it. I may need it to make an appearance in the near future."

"Also, I'll send a few evolved Second Generation Symbiotes over to your location. Take a look at them first. If you'd like to turn white as well, I can arrange for your evolution."

After finishing the conversation with Grendel, Russell ended the call.

"No. 3, create a new communicator for Grendel, with better radiation resistance."

While speaking with Grendel just now, he had heard some unexpected interference.

Although the communicator currently used by Grendel was of top-notch quality, its reliability far exceeded those used by the military and S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, in the radioactive environment of Godzilla's home, there were inevitably some minor issues with the communicator.

"Understood, sir. I will arrange it immediately!"