Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 246 The Sudden Appearance of Serum

Once Wall Street becomes a dense forest, the specific details of the battlefield become unclear.

No one knew that the atmosphere on the battlefield had suddenly changed, transforming from a life-or-death battle between superhumans into a scene of eagle training.

Whether it was the television cameras or the spy satellites allocated by S.H.I.E.L.D., all they could see were the lightning and snowflakes constantly erupting in the forest.

Based on such incomplete information, even Director Ludan made the wrong judgment.

He stood in front of the door to the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters command center and shouted, "Tony Stark! You're completely useless here!"

Stark had finally waited for his spare Iron Man suit to arrive and was eager to return to the battlefield, so he couldn't accept Nick Fury's explanation.

He retorted, "Do you think that me sitting here with you watching the severely delayed TV news is more useful than me being on the scene?"

The bureau chief said expressionlessly, "At least you won't cause Mr. Xia Zuo any trouble by being here."

"Previous battles have proven that the Iron Man suit is meaningless against the Hulk."

Stark, his neck stiff, said, "I was careless before. I didn't expect that green-skinned creature to be so tough. But as long as I'm in the air, can that monster still hurt me?"

Tony Stark truly lives up to his reputation as a genius. The Hulk's weakness that Shazo discovered in actual combat was also discovered by him while watching the news channel.

Nick Fury, a seasoned top agent, knew Stark was right when he heard him, but he still didn't want the guy to get past him.

"Stark, you've seen it yourself, Hulk's size, strength, and jumping height are constantly increasing. How can you guarantee that the height you've chosen as safe is actually safe?"

"Besides, that's Wall Street, a place with skyscrapers. How can you be sure Hulk won't jump off a building? And how confident are you that you won't get hit by a piece of concrete he throws?"

"I know you can fly to a height of 1000 meters, which is an absolutely safe height, but what can you see then?"

Is there any difference between watching TV here and watching TV with me?

Just as Tony Stark was speechless, Steve Rogers walked up to Fury and said, "Nick, your words are sophistry."

"There's not much movement on the battlefield right now. Mr. Shazo and Hulk are probably locked in a stalemate, and he might need our help."

"This is a battle! Unless you're a coward who absolutely refuses to participate in the fight, there is no such thing as a 100% safe soldier."

Now Nick Fury was speechless.

He knew that if he continued, the captain would say something like, "Back when we joined the Howling Commandos and charged the Nazis, who didn't have the will to die?"

Left with no other choice, he had to step aside and let Stark and Captain Rogers walk out together.

In fact, Nick Fury wasn't worried that Stark would be in danger.

As the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he knows Bruce Banner and the Hulk very well, and knows how volatile the Hulk is.

The battlefield is now so quiet that it can only mean that Shazo has suppressed Hulk and is about to win.

So he had secretly dispatched a second wave of agents long ago, whose mission was to subdue the Abomination on the battlefield and the Hulk who was about to be defeated.

Even if they can't steal Hulk from Shazo in front of him, they should at least try to collect some blood or something from the battlefield.

Even though Stark is an amateur, the battle is almost over, so what danger could there be?

Moreover, Captain Rogers will definitely be going with him. With this combat expert as a backup and the Iron Man suit providing protection, Stark's life will not be in any danger.

Nick Fury stopped the two superheroes from going there because he was worried that they might stop him when he tried to take over the Hulk's assets.

After all, once Hulk stops being angry, he will revert to Dr. Bruce Banner.

This is a living, breathing person.

Captain Rogers would never accept S.H.I.E.L.D. locking up innocent people, let alone using them as experimental animals.

Captain America's reputation is so high that he would surely help Dr. Banner regain his freedom if he were present.

Tony Stark is the same. He may seem carefree all the time, but he has an insatiable sense of justice and would not allow S.H.I.E.L.D. to detain Dr. Banner as a monster.

Stark wouldn't even need to help Dr. Banner escape; instead, he would invite Dr. Banner to join Stark Industries and offer him direct protection.

In short, things will become very complicated once these two get involved.

Or rather, S.H.I.E.L.D. can forget about ever getting their hands on the Hulk again.

However, Fury wouldn't forcefully stop the captain from going.

Because the Captain is far more important than the Hulk, the two are simply incomparable.

Outside the door, Tony Stark praised, "Well done! I think you do look a bit like Captain America now."

Captain Rogers scoffed, "Tony, I'm friends with your father Howard. You should call me Uncle Rogers."

The captain was only halfway through his sentence when Tony Stark, upon hearing Howard's name, quickly put on his faceplate and took off on the spot.

The captain shook his head and gave a wry smile, then found his motorcycle and sped off to the battlefield.

Every large tree in the Wood Release Forest serves as Xia Zuo's eyes and ears. The moment the agents and soldiers enter the forest, he knows someone has come in.

Xia Zuo couldn't help but mutter, "The agents in this world are too skilled. I just finished here, and they dare to risk entering the forest."

"American organizations are too greedy and don't value human life at all."

"Luckily I finished early, otherwise you would all be dead."

Hulk is just a child, with a mental age of at most one and a half years old, and he doesn't have any strong will at all.

When he developed a fear of Xia Zuo, he surrendered completely after only two minutes, trembling and doing whatever Xia Zuo commanded.

Hulk lay down so quickly and was extremely obedient to Xia Zuo's orders that Xia Zuo felt embarrassed.

So he gave Hulk a gift: a packaged memory, including basic common sense, language skills, literacy, and knowledge from nine years of compulsory education, which needed to be slowly unlocked.

However, Hulk's brain was completely unaffected by illusions, so it took a lot of effort to get this gift into his head through visual means.

In this way, even if Hulk is suppressed deep within Bruce Banner's mind, he won't be idly passing the time. He can pass the time by studying, while also improving himself.

As a reward for learning, Xia Zuo added many fighting techniques from various schools to the knowledge, including the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Divine Skill".

Those were spoils of war that Xiao Ao Xia Zuo seized after transmigrating to the world of Tianlong and storming the Tantric temple on the plateau.

It's hard to imagine what kind of monster would be created by combining this incredible, miraculous power with the Hulk's limitless strength.

However, if Hulk wants to learn kung fu, he can't be a loser.

Reading can enlighten people, and the Hulk who read "Dragon Elephant Prajna Divine Skill" would most likely not be the same as he is now.

Before anyone could find him, Shazo finished presenting the gift and then commanded Hulk, "Now, go back to the depths of your heart and bring Banner out."

"Remember, study hard when you get back!"

Hulk nodded obediently, docilely suppressing his temper, and his body quickly shrank, soon turning back into Bruce Banner.

After regaining consciousness, the mild-mannered PhD student, looking embarrassed, clutched his enormous underwear and gave an awkward laugh to the masked man in front of him.

Banner was completely unaware of what Hulk had done, but he was able to perceive some of the situation when Hulk's consciousness regressed.

He was intelligent enough to guess that it was Xia Zuo who had pushed Hulk back down, and he was filled with gratitude.

But being naked in front of a man left him completely at a loss for what to do.

After hesitating for a while, he stammered, "Hello, I'm Banner, Bruce Banner."

Xia Zuo chuckled: "Dr. Banner, I've heard so much about you."

He removed his mask, revealing his face, and then introduced himself: "I am Shazo Dawson, you can call me Shazo."

Banner nodded gratefully. "Thank you so much. You were the one who pushed Hulk deep into my consciousness, weren't you?"

Xia Zuo said, "Yes."

Banner relaxed a bit and asked, "Then can you tell me where this is?"

"I remember I think I jumped off a plane in Manhattan, and then... how did I... how did I..."

Xia Zuo: "This is Wall Street in the South Side of Manhattan. Without a doubt, it was when I was fighting the Hulk that I turned this place into a forest."

He reached out and directed the branches to find clothes in the rubble, which he then handed to Banner.

"Controlling plants is my ability."

Banner stared at all in astonishment, swallowing hard, and said, "This is incredible."

Xia Zuo laughed and said, "You and Hulk are the most incredible miracles."

"Okay, hurry up and change your clothes, someone will be here soon."

"Oh? Okay, okay."

Bruce Banner discarded his underwear, which had swelled to ten times its original size, and put on a janitor's uniform.

After he finished dressing, Xia Zuo said, "Dr. Banner, although your initial intention in jumping off the plane was to stop the rampage of hatred, you did demonstrate your power to the whole world."

"So, have you decided where to go next?"

"Let me make it clear beforehand, you won't be able to leave Rice Grain Tips this time."

Banner, who had already planned to go abroad before jumping out of the helicopter, froze. He anxiously asked, "Why?"

Xia Zuo suddenly put on the mask and pointed behind Banner, saying, "Because they're here."

Just where Xia Zuo pointed, a group of soldiers emerged from the woods and appeared in his and Banner's field of vision.

These soldiers wore very inappropriate urban digital camouflage, but their weapons were very sophisticated. Their helmets were equipped with cameras, identification devices, night vision goggles, and laser anti-sniper systems, while their rifles were equipped with tactical flashlights, laser sights, and red dot sights.

Upon seeing Banner and Shazzo, they immediately raised their rifles, aimed, and shouted, "Let me see your hands!!"

However, as they were shouting, the rifles had already opened fire, aiming at Xia Zuo.

It has to be said that Xia Zuo was a little confused.

Could it be that my stylish outfit wasn't broadcast on TV?

In order to spread his image, Xia Zuo did his best to protect the helicopter even when the shockwave was trembling.

Without Xia Zuo's efforts, the helicopters would have been destroyed several times over, and there would have been no way to maintain a continuous live broadcast.

But would someone who has watched TV be unaware of their own power and casually use a rifle to kill themselves to silence them?

Although Xia Zuo couldn't understand it, it didn't stop him from returning it casually.

The steel-core copper bullet had just left the barrel when it was rapidly slowed down in the electromagnetic field and stopped about five meters in front of Xia Zuo.

The soldiers noticed this anomaly and instinctively pulled the trigger all the way down, but the rifle bolt was held in place by a strong magnetic force, preventing the firing pin from moving.

The rifles were then forcibly taken from the soldiers, then floated in mid-air, changed direction, and aimed at their original owners.

Just as the soldiers were at a loss under the dark muzzle of guns, Xia Zuo's [Mind Network] had already extracted the information he wanted from their shallow consciousness.

Just then, the first guy with the pert buttocks, dressed in a tight-fitting American flag outfit, appeared. Seeing the situation, he shouted, "Stop!"

Xia Zuo ignored the captain's voice and casually snapped his fingers.

The jammed bolt was freed, and the firing pin struck the primer, igniting the bullet in the chamber.

boom!

More than a dozen rifles fired simultaneously, producing a loud bang. Bullets pierced the soldiers' foreheads, taking their lives.

Captain Rogers rushed over, angrily demanding, "Why did you kill him?"

At the same time, the shield in his hand was flung out, flying like a shuriken along an arc towards Xia Zuo.

Shield Strike is Captain Rogers' signature move, which can knock down 4 to 5 enemies in a row before bouncing back into the captain's hand.

It's even more amazing than a flying device.

But no matter how amazing the shield-throwing technique is, it cannot change the fact that it is a metal shield, and metal is useless in front of Xia Zuo's [Electromagnetic Control].

Xia Zuo simply extended his left hand and gently beckoned, and the spinning shield suddenly stopped, then obediently appeared in his hand.

Xia Zuo flipped the shield over, looked at the silver star on it, and then sneered, "Who said I was killing someone?"

"I'm helping these poor bastards get rid of their burdens."

With a flick of his finger, Xia Zuo caused the helmets of the dead soldiers to fall off on their own, followed by their face masks, revealing their faces covered in sores and scars.

Several soldiers had the most severe ulceration; some even had lost their lips, noses, and eyelids, their faces revealing red, bulging muscles, making them look like demons from hell.

Steve Rogers' eyes widened, as did Nick Fury's, who was watching the scene through his shoulder camera.

Rogers murmured, "Failure serum—"

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