Black American Comics: Start with a Snap

Chapter 76 Seeking Help from the Supreme Sanctuary
Before traveling through time, Su Ze had always been curious about one question: in a world full of superheroes and supervillains, and always facing the crisis of world destruction, how do ordinary people maintain a normal mentality and live their lives?

In movies and a series of artistic works, it seems that the camera has completely ignored the perspectives of these ordinary people. In all the perspectives that can be presented to the audience, those ordinary people still live normal lives, as orderly as NPCs.

They will scream and run away in panic because of the destruction caused by the villains, and they will applaud and cheer when the superheroes appear. They have even become accustomed to all kinds of disasters.

At least that's what Su Ze thought before.

In his imagination, the people in this world have at least experienced the great event of the Battle of New York. Even if they did not choose to follow in the footsteps of their idol like young Kate Bishop after seeing Hawkeye's heroic demeanor, they will at least have greater hope in their future lives.

However, when Su Ze witnessed with his own eyes a man jumping from the top of a tall building, all these groundless speculations were thrown out of his mind.

That was when Suze successfully left Hell's Kitchen through the spirit of the Vanguard.

The man held a board with the words "The Disaster Control Bureau is a bunch of robbers" in his hand and ended his life in the dark night. It was like a stone thrown into the abyss, without any splash or response.

Su Ze finally understood that these people were not used to natural disasters and man-made tragedies, they were just numb to them.

The last time he was in New York City was when Su Ze had just traveled to this world. At that time, New York was under the influence of Thanos's snap, and the whole city was in chaos. After that, he was transferred away from here on a mission assigned by Ms. Kalina.

Now back in New York, looking at this area again, Su Ze felt that it seemed no different from when the snap happened - dirty streets, scrapped cars on the streets, and cracks on the road that no one repaired, everything retained the flavor of the disaster.

After walking through several blocks, Su Ze never saw any law enforcement officers. Instead, the streets were full of homeless vagrants.

With a confused mind, Su Ze walked two more streets and finally arrived at the destination of this trip - 177A Bleecker Street, which is the New York Temple in Manhattan.

Doctor Strange's residence and base is one of the few addresses that Suze can remember in the Marvel world. The reason is that this address is similar to the non-existent 221B Baker Street of Sherlock Holmes, giving people a mysterious feeling.

Raising his hand and knocking on the door, Su Ze looked around. For some reason, there was not a single passerby at the entrance of the New York Temple, and even the surrounding shops were closed.

It must be the effect of magic, Su Ze thought to himself, and at the same time, he knocked on the door again.

After standing there quietly and waiting for a while, the door of the New York Temple was still closed, with no intention of opening. At the same time, no sound came from inside, as if there was no one in the temple.

Su Ze frowned slightly and tried to push hard, but the result was the same as he had guessed. The door did not move at all. His strength was simply not enough to shake this strange door.

It seems that some special methods need to be used. Su Ze looked around and saw that there was no one around. He took a deep breath and silently said in his heart, "Transform into a vanguard."

The next moment, Su Ze's whole body instantly rose taller, and two thick arms stretched out from his shoulders. At the same time, Su Ze's face became terrifying and ferocious.

This was not the first time he transformed into a vanguard, but Su Ze had to admit that every time he transformed, he was a little uncomfortable with the two extra arms.

Just as Su Ze was about to raise his arms and use brute force to try to push the door open, a strange voice suddenly sounded from behind him, startling Su Ze so much that he stopped.

"Who asked you to come here?"

The strange voice was a little hoarse, and Su Ze's whole body stiffened for a moment. Having observed his surroundings beforehand, he was sure that there was no one around him before this, but this person seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

Turning around suddenly, Su Ze saw a burly Asian man wearing khaki retro clothes looking at him with a bad face, his eyes full of confusion and anger.

"I'm here to find the Supreme Mage. I have something important to say to the Temple Mage." Su Ze didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, so he spoke immediately.

"What are you talking about?" The man frowned, seeming to not understand what Su Ze said.

Su Ze was also stunned by the other party's reaction. He moved his body and returned to his original appearance, and his perspective changed from looking down to looking straight.

After a pause, Su Ze continued to speak. "I'm here to see the king." Hearing this, the man opposite carefully looked Su Ze up and down, with no expression on his cold face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After a moment of silence, although he still maintained a cold expression, his tone softened a little.

"I am the king. Who are you to dare to transform into an alien life form and appear in the New York Temple?"

After he finished speaking, Su Ze breathed a sigh of relief. No wonder he felt that the man in front of him looked familiar. It turned out that he was the 'king' he was looking for.

During the five years when Doctor Strange disappeared, it was Wong who led the wizards of Kamar-Taj alone to shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting the invasion of dimensions. At the same time, he was also the new generation of Sorcerer Supreme after the death of the Sorcerer Supreme.

"I'm not your enemy. I'm also a member of the Avengers." In order to gain the other party's trust, Su Ze borrowed the name of the Avengers without any psychological burden. "The purpose of my coming here is to inform you about the Skrull invasion."

"Skrull."

The king's eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression became a little serious.

"Invasion?"

"Yes, those guys have been lurking on Earth for decades, and now they have the means to imitate the supernatural powers. I suspect that there is more than one Super Skrull among them. Now we must..."

Listening to Su Ze's words, Wang's expression became more and more ugly. Before Su Ze finished speaking, he raised his hand and interrupted Su Ze.

"Don't say it here."

After saying this, the king turned around and waved at the gate of the temple. Then, without any sign, the gate opened automatically as if affected by some force.

After doing all this, Wang walked towards the interior of the temple, greeting Su Ze at the same time.

"Come with me, it's not safe to talk about these things outside."

Seeing this, Su Ze knew that the other party had believed in him, and he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he had the help of the wizard group, he was not without a chance of winning against the Skrull army.

Thinking of this, Su Ze raised the corner of his mouth, and quickly followed the king's pace, walking straight into the main hall of the New York Temple.

Stepping onto the last step, Su Ze raised his head with some excitement, and looked curiously into the interior of the hall in front of him that was full of mystery and ancient atmosphere.

In the lobby inside the temple, three clusters of blue ghost fires were swaying slowly in the air and distributed in every corner.

And Su Ze's expression froze instantly at this moment.

Although their location is inconspicuous in the temple, they are extremely obvious in the dim environment.

Su Ze paused, looking at the three clusters of [spirits] floating in the air, his eyes a little dazed.

At this moment, the king in front stopped and looked back at Su Ze.

"come."

With a somewhat subtle expression, Wang waved gently.

"Tell me more about those Skrulls."

(End of this chapter)