Chapter: 356
"Up in the sky!"
After a brief moment of uncertainty, Captain finally decided to trust his own judgment. He forcefully threw the carbide-reinforced shield on his arm towards the path of the flying knife.
Clang!
Unexpectedly, reality provided Captain with a surprise as the shield he threw hit a solid target.
After a crisp sound, behind a seemingly flawless expanse of clouds in the sky, the figure of Green Goblin descended. However, relying on agile reactions and exceptional balance, Green Goblin quickly adjusted their posture and regained control of the glider.
"Hi~ Hi~ Hi, I never thought you would be able to spot me! But since things have come to this point, there's no turning back. I can't let you ruin my carefully planned revenge scheme!"
Since his concealment had been exposed, Green Goblin could only face Captain head-on. Although in terms of strength, Captain was undoubtedly superior.
However, the issue was that Captain was in a hurry to stop the countdown of the emitter and deactivate the device's startup program. Time was extremely limited. In this situation, they also had to deal with Green Goblin's harassing attacks, making it unfavorable.
Furthermore, due to the limited space at the top of the tower, Captain couldn't fully utilize his speed advantage. Coupled with Green Goblin's flying ability that gave him a wider range of movement, this was another disadvantage.
Finally, Captain was fighting alone at this moment. His teammates who could provide support had not yet arrived, and Quicksilver at the base of the tower couldn't offer assistance. This was a disadvantage in terms of manpower.
With timing, location, and manpower all against Captain, he was in a completely unfavorable situation, without any advantages. Green Goblin only needed to wait for Captain to exhaust himself while continuously causing disruptions, delaying the time for charging of the emitter.
So even though Green Goblin's concealment had been revealed, and he had to engage directly, he was confident and showed no signs of panic.
If there was one factor that was unfavorable to Green Goblin, it was the need to avoid damaging the emitter with his attacks. He had to control his attack angles and avoid using weapons with a large area of effect, such as the pumpkin bomb.
Thus, for a time, Captain and Green Goblin were locked in a stalemate. Green Goblin remained at a distance, using a machine gun and throwing knives to attack, avoiding getting too close to Captain for fear of his shield hitting his glider.
While Captain reacted swiftly and could dodge and block all of Green Goblin's attacks with ease, he lacked effective means of counterattacking and couldn't find an opening to stop the emitter.
Once again, Captain blocked the flying knife launched by Green Goblin with the carbide shield in his hand. Captain quickly glanced at the central computer screen. There were only two minutes and twenty seconds left. He had to hurry and complete the connection operation to leave a sufficient time window for Mark on the other side.
Captain knew that there was only one way for him to reverse the situation now: find an opportunity to take out the capsule containing the Vibranium Nano Suit and equip it.
If Quicksilver were here now, completing this action would be quite simple. Although Quicksilver's superpower was primarily about his fast movement speed, in reality, maintaining balance while moving at such high speeds required extraordinary levels of coordination involving body strength, brain reaction speed, and especially the swinging speed of his arms.
Quicksilver's speed wasn't just about running; his every movement, even the blink of an eye, could reach astonishing speeds. To complete the equipment of the Vibranium Nano Suit in an instant under Green Goblin's attacks was undoubtedly effortless for him.
However, for Captain, his ability to achieve the same level of movement speed as Quicksilver, maintain balance in high-speed movement, and control his reactions all relied on the assistance brought by the Flash suit, which only increased his speed.
If Captain wanted to equip the Vibranium Nano suit under Green Goblin's continuous harassing attacks, it would indeed be quite challenging. Moreover, given Green Goblin's understanding of the Avengers, he wouldn't let such an opportunity go to waste.
"It seems that in order to get this opportunity, I must withstand one of Green Goblin's attacks."
As the time dwindled away, and still not finding a suitable opening, Captain decided to endure an attack from Green Goblin, even if it meant getting injured, to gain the chance to switch equipment to the Vibranium Nano Suit.
Seizing an opportunity, Captain used the carbide shield in hand to block the machine gun bullets shot from Green Goblin's glider, then turned around and took a direct hit from Green Goblin's flying knife with his back.
Green Goblin's flying knife was no ordinary weapon. The blade was made of a super alloy developed by the Osborn Group, extremely hard and sharp. The hilt was equipped with two miniature accelerator-guided thrusters.
Therefore, even though Captain's Flash Armor was made of graphene fiber material, it still couldn't prevent the flying knife from piercing through. With the powerful thrust of the two miniature thrusters, the blade deeply penetrated Captain's body.
At the same time, enduring the pain of his muscles being torn by the flying knife, Captain's actions were not slow. He quickly took out a capsule box from his waist, retrieved a capsule containing the Vibranium Nano Suit, and completed the suit's equipment.
Clang!
The automatically deploying Vibranium Nano Suit covered the entire body of Captain, simultaneously pushing out the "foreign object," the flying knife. The highly intelligent nanoparticles detected the injury on Captain's back and immediately took emergency measures to halt the bleeding from the wound.
Green Goblin's flying knife had indeed inflicted considerable harm to Captain. The high-speed penetration of the blade into the muscle tissue, coupled with the chaotic jet stream generated by the thrusters on the hilt of the knife, caused the blade to rotate irregularly inside Captain's body, resulting in a secondary injury.
And this secondary injury caused by the rotation of the blade was even more severe than the initial piercing wound. Captain could clearly feel the intense pain emanating from the wound on his back.
If it weren't for the Nano Suit temporarily suppressing the injury, he might have been unable to move by now.
However, the plan was proceeding relatively smoothly. After equipping the Vibranium Nano Suit, Captain turned his back to Green Goblin, using his own body as a shield and continued the operation he hadn't completed before.
After Green Goblin's attacks landed on Captain's Nano Suit, they lost their original power and had no effect on Captain whatsoever.
As a result, even though Green Goblin was reluctant to engage Captain in close combat, he had no other choice now. The situation had reversed, and he had to get personally involved to prevent Captain from completing his actions.
Without any hesitation, for the sake of fulfilling his revenge plan, Green Goblin had put everything on the line, including his own life. He flew over Captain's head and then disengaged from the glider, leaping from the air.
Thunk!
Following the enormous kinetic energy from the acceleration due to gravity, Green Goblin directly tackled Captain to the ground. In this self-sacrificing attack from Green Goblin, Captain's mobile device slipped from his grip and fell to the edge of the platform, as if a light breeze or a slight tremor could cause it to plummet.
Seeing this, Green Goblin, who was on top of Captain, immediately attempted to knock the device off first. However, in the split second when Green Goblin started to rise, the quick-thinking captain grabbed his ankle, bringing him into direct contact with the ground.
But at this moment, Captain didn't immediately retrieve his phone. Instead, he seized the opportunity to kick Green Goblin off the platform. Only after doing so did he look at his device teetering on the edge of the platform, retrieve it, and return to the central computer to resume his previous operation.
Green Goblin, kicked off the platform by Captain, rapidly descended several dozen meters in a short span of time. However, Green Goblin's reactions were swift. Calmly, he summoned his glider, stopping his descent just in time.
Yet, just as he was about to ascend again to continue engaging Captain, a series of rapid thuds echoed through the air!
A series of bullets came at him from behind, landing directly on his Green Goblin battle armor. Although Green Goblin battle armor utilized the highest-level bulletproof technology from the Osborn Group, it was still somewhat insufficient against such powerful machine gun fire.
The dense bullets left a multitude of marks on the armor at first, and then, quite coincidentally, some of the bullets hit those marks, completely bypassing the armor's defense and causing damage to Green Goblin.
The bullets had their energy weakened by the armor, and combined with the serum-enhanced Green Goblin's own heightened pain response, his reactions became even quicker. He immediately adjusted the glider beneath his feet to evade the bullet onslaught.
Turning his head, Green Goblin realized that the attacker was a Quinjet in the sky. Captain standing on the tower had a clearer view. He could see a familiar face waving at him through the cockpit's glass—the seasoned agent and his junior fanboy, Phil Coulson.
Upon receiving Mark's speculative report about Green Goblin's plan, Coulson promptly reported the situation to a member of the World Security Council. He began assembling his team members and prepared to take necessary actions, even if it meant acting against the Council's decision, in order to assist the Avengers.
As expected, his action request was denied on grounds of insufficient key evidence. Helpless, Coulson rallied the team members who were willing to defy the Council's decision and participate in the operation, and they set their plan into motion.
The reason Coulson and his team were able to arrive so swiftly was because, after contacting Mark, they obtained permission to use a spatial teleportation gate. At the same time, Mark provided them with Green Goblin's location information.
With Coulson's "S.H.I.E.L.D." providing cover against Green Goblin's harassing interference, Captain focused entirely on his task. With only one minute and five seconds left until the emitter finished charging, time was ticking away.
Sixty seconds, fifty-nine seconds, fifty-eight seconds—time continued to diminish. Captain remained steady as he meticulously connected each wire to the device's data interface.
Twenty seconds, twenty-one seconds... Finally, with only eighteen seconds left on the countdown, Captain successfully linked the device to the central computer.
"Mark, I've completed my end!" Without delay, Captain immediately contacted Mark to share the news.
"Understood, Captain. Leave the rest to me, you can relax."
After receiving Mark's reply, Captain could finally let go of the tension in his heart. He believed that Mark could handle the remaining tasks.
As expected, just a few seconds after his communication with Mark ended, the countdown on the central computer froze at ten seconds. Soon after, the entire system started displaying a series of numerical gibberish. Ultimately, all data on the screen returned to nothingness, and the entire control system was completely destroyed.
At this moment, Captain dared to focus all his attention on Green Goblin. Turning around to look at Green Goblin, who was constantly maneuvering to evade as the Quinjet locked onto him, Captain took a deep breath into his lungs and shouted loudly towards Green Goblin, "Norman Osborn! Your identity has been uncovered by us, and your plan has been thwarted.
While I deeply regret the unfortunate events that befell your son, Harry Osborn, due to the Avengers' insufficient capabilities, your current actions, if known by your deceased son, would surely not make him proud of you.
While your sins are not yet irredeemable, surrender now, drop your resistance, and accept the legal consequences!"
"Hi~ Hi~ Hi~ Hi! Consequences?! If justice truly imposes consequences on those with severe sins, then how would you be judged for causing the death and injury of thousands in Seoul, bringing the entire city to ruin?
You Avengers, who claim the banner of justice while inflicting violence upon innocent civilians, still bask in the applause of the masses, the fear of the government—have you faced any punishment at all? Is that your version of justice?"
"I've heard from media reports about the code name you've given me, "Green Goblin." I quite like that name. Justice that angels cannot impose, let demons execute in their stead. I will show you the true hell!
You all think my ultimate plan involves releasing a massive biochemical gas emitter, spreading deadly biochemical weapons across all of Europe, shattering the Avengers' faith. I'm not wrong, am I?
But that was merely a ruse I wanted you to believe. Hi, Hi, HI! Even my fervent efforts to stop you from halting the emitter's startup sequence were nothing more than a facade.
The reason I've done all this, the reason I stayed here to play this hero-villain game with you, was merely to buy time. The adversaries you're about to face are more numerous, stronger, and devoid of any reason...".
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