American Comics: Starting with Muggle Wizards

The smart access control system beeped.

"Please show your access pass!"

Logan easily opened the access control using a research institute employee ID card with bloodstains on the corner.

"Authentication successful!"

Logan was still somewhat incredulous when the glass doors opened automatically to both sides.

"Never mind, let's deal with whatever comes our way and go in first."

He stepped into the building and took the elevator down to the fifth basement level.

The main building of the research institute is built inside the mountain and consists of a complex, multi-layered cylindrical structure.

The elevators connect the equipment room and energy supply center on the ground floor, the laboratories and research areas on the middle floors, and the office areas and meeting rooms on the upper floors.

The overall research institute environment adopts a cool industrial style design, with cool gray metallic walls and large areas of tempered glass making the entire institute as bright as day.

"Ding-dong-"

Logan stepped out of the elevator, stood behind the railing, and looked down, where he could see the research areas on more floors below.

"Intruders are here! Calling for backup!"

A dozen or so fully armed sentries rushed up the spiral staircase, shouting and yelling.

Logan was exhausted and only wanted to find the mastermind as soon as possible; he didn't want to engage in a pointless battle with these Sentinels.

He decisively ran down the spiral staircase on the other side, trying to avoid the pursuing sentries.

"Ta-da..."

Several round grenades flew in a graceful parabola and landed in front of Logan, blocking his way.

At that moment, the air seemed to freeze.

Logan was quick-witted and agile; he climbed over the railing and jumped over it, rappelling down layer by layer like he was doing an extreme sport.

"boom--"

The sound of a grenade exploding came from overhead.

The pursuers obviously won't be able to catch up anytime soon.

Logan also went up to the middle floor, and through the glass curtain wall, he could see a conspicuous silver metal armor in the laboratory.

Apart from that, the laboratory was completely empty.

He picked up a steel pipe, smashed the glass with force, and cautiously walked into the laboratory toward the silver armor.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The silver armor seemed to come alive, its metal parts rubbing and colliding, producing strange sounds.

"Boom boom boom!"

The massive, silver "giant," wielding a high-powered laser samurai sword made of adamantium alloy, strode slowly toward Logan.

Chapter 102 Where did you get the courage to negotiate with me?

The silver "giant" put immense psychological pressure on Logan.

After all, anyone would feel pressured if they saw a "land tank" crashing into them.

But he did not despair. Logan had experienced countless desperate situations in his life, but he overcame them all with his perseverance.

He believes this time will be no exception.

"who are you?"

Logan wouldn't be foolish enough to confront his opponent head-on. Instead, he would try to disrupt the opponent's movements by talking to them while using the obstacles in the surrounding laboratory to evade them.

But the silver giant didn't answer any questions at all; it charged around recklessly, taking advantage of its massive size.

"Boom...boom..."

Driven by an intense desire for immortality, Yashida mercilessly smashed the expensive, high-tech precision equipment to pieces.

In his view, it would be worth it to smash the entire research institute as long as he could prolong his life.

"Judging from your clumsy movements, it seems you haven't yet mastered the use of this armor?"

Logan dodged relatively easily, discovering that the silver "giant" was extremely agile.

"You wouldn't happen to be Yashida, would you?"

Logan's guess came true.

Perhaps the enemy was too slippery, so Yashida stopped this meaningless cat-and-mouse game.

Because he was so old, even though the armor had a power assist function, the chase game, which lasted only a few minutes, had already exhausted half of his strength.

Yashida removed his metal mask, revealing his aged face, and said in a low voice:

"Logan, you saved my life once, why can't you save me again now?"

"If you give me your abilities, not only will I survive, but the Yashida family will also achieve greatness under my leadership for generations to come."

"Therefore, in order to make the family great again, I have no choice but to ask you to die!"

After making his shameless remarks, Logan realized that Yashida's focus was on his back.

"Whoosh!"

A jet of dark green liquid flew straight toward Logan at a tricky angle.

At the critical moment.

With his keen intuition for danger honed over the years, Logan quickly crouched down and performed a standard tactical roll.

Barely dodging the attack of the dark green liquid, he rolled to the other side.

Logan saw the wall that had been hit by the dark green liquid, which looked as if it had been corroded by concentrated sulfuric acid. It was sizzling with green smoke and had a hole that was half a meter wide.

“Logan, it’s a pleasure to introduce you to my partner, Lady Viper.”

Seeing that Lady Viper had made her move, Yashida realized that Logan was doomed and, in a good mood, helped with the introductions.

After all, Madam Viper didn't come alone; she brought fifty elite Hand ninjas and one hundred fully armed Hydra agents.

Logan's strength has been severely diminished after such a long period of fighting.

Yashida doesn't even know how he's going to lose?

Even when surrounded by enemies, Logan remained fearless, saying:

"Where did this idiot Lady Viper come from? These days, it seems like anyone and everything dares to use her name!"

Hearing Logan's sharp tongue, Madam Viper wasn't angry at all; instead, she chuckled and said:

"The infamous Wolverine, isn't he going to become my dead body now?"

"If your strength were half as strong as your words, you wouldn't be in this predicament now."

Logan smiled mysteriously, knowing he had powerful backers who could provide support at any time.

Not only was he completely unfazed, he even engaged in a back-and-forth exchange of sarcasm with Lady Viper.

"Old woman, your facial muscles look disproportionate. Could it be that you've had plastic surgery? Did your mother forget to give you a proper face when she gave birth to you?"

"Fuxx... What good are sharp teeth and a sharp tongue? Once you fall into my hands, you'll be in for a lot of torture!"

"I won't let you die easily; I'll make you experience the most terrifying pain in the world..."

"Haha, is this old woman getting angry? Anyone can say tough things, but the question is, do you have the ability to do them?"

"All troops, charge! The first to capture the target alive will receive a reward of 100 million US dollars!"

"Tsk tsk, poor bastards shouldn't try to put up bounties. If anyone on the other side betrays us, I'll give them 1000 million US dollars each!"

"What are you looking at? Go get him! Tear his filthy mouth apart!!"

After a round of insults, a fight was about to break out.

Logan had vented his anger, but faced with a large number of enemies charging towards him, he decisively turned and ran.

There's nothing shameful about a strategic retreat.

Harvey, who had been watching the show from the sidelines for so long, knew it was time to make his move.

"Freeze everyone!"

At this moment, the ninjas and Hydra who were charging forward, as well as Yashida and Lady Viper who were wearing silver armor, all seemed to be frozen in time.

They were stuck in place, unable to move.

Yashida stared in astonishment at Logan, who was still able to move freely, and Harvey, who had deactivated his invisibility.

"Master Harvey, you wouldn't be thinking of breaking our agreement, would you?"

Lady Viper's gaze turned grave as she stared at the suddenly appearing Harvey and said:

"So you're that legendary sorcerer? I never expected you to dare obstruct Hydra's revival efforts. I advise you to..."

Harvey interrupted impatiently, "Alright, enough nonsense. I'll only say this once: do you want to live or die?"

"Hand over the Serpent Crown of Set and you may live; otherwise, you will all die!"

Yashida was extremely anxious. "What snake crown? I've never even heard of it."

But he was bound to the spot by an invisible force and could not escape.

When Lady Viper heard that Harvey's target was the Set Serpent Crown, she thought she had found his weakness. She arrogantly raised her head and said in a sinister tone:

"Want the Serpent Crown? You'll have to release me first, then kneel down and become my servant before I'll even consider it."

Lady Viper thought she had Harvey under her control.

But actually, Harvey was laughing so hard he almost cried.

"No wonder Hydra has never been able to gain momentum. With a foolish leader like you, I probably won't even need to lift a finger. Hydra will be destroyed by your stupidity sooner or later."

"You think I'm negotiating with you? Why don't you open your eyes and take a look at your current situation? Where do you get the audacity to try and negotiate with me?"

"You'll kneel down and become my servant?"