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

Chapter 375 The Nuclear Bomb from Behind

In the dimly lit room, only the round table in the center was illuminated by a light.

Illuminated were also hands placed on the table, their fingers adorned with rings of various sizes, but their left thumbs all wore the same Sunbeam Ring.

"Too dangerous. Shazo Dawson, Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, their power is too great."

"We cannot allow them to continue flaunting their military might."

"No, you can't. How can you stop them? Can you muster even greater power?"

"We can't do that. We control banks, securities companies, investment companies, and hedge funds, but we lack direct military force."

"Damn it, why is the military industry we control declining so rapidly?"

"Sigh, stop with the useless complaining. What should we do now?"

"I have a solution."

"What method?" N

"Since we have no power, let's just make them disappear. Then everyone will be on the same level, right?"

"Good idea, but—how to do it?"

"I have connections in the Security Council and can orchestrate an attack."

"I have an inside man in Hydra who can mobilize the use of nuclear weapons."

"Great, I've bribed a few pilots from S.H.I.E.L.D., they can carry out bombing missions."

"One last question: What if the aliens are too powerful and the United States loses the war?"

"What's there to be afraid of? If the US loses, we'll go to Europe. If Europe doesn't work out, we can surrender. Why can't we control aliens?"

"Hehehe————"

"Hahaha----"

"Give it to me, give it to me—"

"Hmph, that's true. We've controlled Egyptians, Romans, the Papacy, the French, the British, Russians, Germans, and Americans, so why can't we control aliens?"

"Then let's do it. If we're not the strongest, then none of us should live."

"By the way, we can't use electronic communications. If we absolutely have to, we must use multiple layers of encryption, using the cipher from the first edition of the Old Testament."

"Well, Xia Zuodaosen's nose is too sensitive; he had no choice but to do this."

"If we blow him up this time, we won't have to worry about him anymore."

"With the arrival of the swarm of drones, humanity achieved a phased victory in the war, blocking the Chitauri outside the space tunnel. One drone that came in was blown up, and a whole swarm that came in was blown up."

The Avengers regrouped and charged toward Stark Tower.

The Shazor Legion has taken care of the main battlefield; now they must deal with the teleportation portals and the Space Stone, or the Avengers' reputation will be ruined.

The Chitauri soldiers, whose fate was sealed, could still fight, but they were scattered by the drones. Only one or two of them clung together, and they were powerless against the fierce Avengers.

The Avengers quickly stormed the roof of Stark Tower and took control of the Space Stone machine and Dr. Erik.

The experienced Captain Steve used six large pockets to awaken Dr. Erik and obtain firsthand information about the Space Stone machine.

Then the Avengers discovered that they couldn't touch the machine at all.

A pale blue light enveloped the machine, binding it to the blue light beam and the spatial passage, locking it in place.

Captain America and Hulk tried their best, but they couldn't even touch the machine, let alone the rooftop where it was located, let alone move it.

When Stark found out, he rushed over and fired a powerful shot from his chest cannon, but the machine was unharmed.

When the Avengers summoned Thor, he said, "There's no need to try. This is the Space Stone's self-protection mechanism. It and the machine that activated it are no longer in the space in front of us; we can't touch it at all."

Loki, whom he had dragged over, laughed heartily: "Don't even think about it. Once the Space Stone is activated, it's invincible. Nobody can touch it."

"Unless you are as powerful as Thanos, the Emperor of the Universe, and can use your profound spatial knowledge and power to sever the connection between the two from the other side of the spatial channel."

"Can you do that?"

As the Avengers looked at each other in bewilderment, Dr. Erik put his glasses back on and said, "No, there is a way. As long as we find Loki's Mental Staff, we can cross the spatial barrier."

He pointed to a very conspicuous red button on the machine and said, "Press the emergency stop button to close the space tunnel."

Loki stared at him blankly: "Huh?"

Thor asked in surprise, "Weren't you being controlled by Loki? How could you betray him?"

Eric was utterly baffled: "What do you mean by betrayal? As a scientist, it's common sense to equip the machines you create with emergency stop buttons or self-destruct systems!"

Stark nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's necessary."

Loki was dumbfounded: "Are all you scientists from Midgard crazy?"

Stark & ​​Eric: "No, this is a fundamental attitude of being responsible for the Earth and human civilization."

Natasha sighed. "So the question now is, where is that scepter—what is it?"

Captain Steve said decisively, "Everyone, spread out and search. Hawkeye, you continue interrogating Loki. We'll stay in touch."

Just then, a violent explosion erupted in the space tunnel.

The Shazor Legion's drones were destroyed in droves, and tall, strong Chitauri warriors emerged from the flames and smoke.

They were more robust than the previous Zeta Swiss soldiers, their armor was larger and thicker, and their demeanor was more fierce and composed; they were clearly elite soldiers.

According to Marvel's rules, these soldiers wielding laser swords, laser halberds, and other melee weapons are powerful beings who are close to heroes.

When a drone approaches and explodes near these Zeta Swiss soldiers, a layer of iridescent patterns appears on the soldiers' armor, blocking the shockwave and steel balls from the explosion.

When these soldiers wield their melee weapons, a dazzling beam of light appears, detonating all drones in its path.

A dozen elite Chitauri warriors annihilated the drones surrounding the exit of the space tunnel, reopening the tunnel and allowing more elite warriors to emerge from it.

There were even gigantic monsters that were more than twice the height of elite warriors.

Clearly, the Chitauri were serious; they were unleashing their true power.

Upon seeing the monsters that were over 4 meters tall, Hulk instinctively sensed a threat and let out a deafening roar to demonstrate his power to these formidable enemies.

Not far away, the yellowish-brown abominations roared, venting their resentment and fear.

Then, Hate was silenced by Xia Zuo's slap: "What are you yelling about? You're only fighting one monster at most. Shouldn't you be hiding yourself?"

Shazo then looked at Norman Osborn: "Norman, blast them down! If a hundred aren't enough, send a thousand. If a thousand can hold them off, send ten thousand!"

"Yes, Mr. Xia Zuo!"

Norman immediately began operating the drones that had been waiting on the edge of the battlefield. They started up and roared into the battlefield like a dark cloud.

The Chitauri's elite warriors and trolls all wore helmets, obscuring their expressions, but their suddenly dilated pupils revealed their fear.

Sure enough, under the relentless and ubiquitous attacks of the drones, these elite warriors quickly became exhausted and were subsequently killed on the spot by the endless stream of drones.

Those towering giants were indeed extraordinary; even after being blasted more than a dozen times, they still roared with full force, before being beaten into screams by the Hulk.

Hulk smashed the Chitauri giants flat with a few punches, even creating a six-meter-deep crater in the ground. He stood at the bottom of the crater and laughed triumphantly.

Seeing the Hulk's imposing presence, Abomination was stunned into silence.

He carefully calculated his defensive capabilities, then silently curled himself into a ball and hid behind the boss, pretending not to see Hulk.

After this incident, the Chitauri remained inactive for a long time.

The Chitauri who reappeared were once again cannon fodder soldiers riding individual flying machines, seemingly intending to use numbers to exchange for numbers and exhaust the Earth's weapons and equipment.

The war situation has returned to a stalemate.

Seeing this, Nick Fury breathed a huge sigh of relief: "It's all right now."

The United States is the world's strongest military power. The Battle of New York was merely a case of the enemy directly tearing out its heart, not a case of its own armed forces being crippled.

As long as the front lines can hold out for a few hours, the powerful US army will continue to arrive.

That spacetime tunnel, which was only 50 meters wide, limited the aliens' truly powerful weapons and equipment; they simply couldn't defeat the US military with their existing forces.

That's why Nick Fury made the judgment that it was safe.

As for how things develop after the US military confronts the Chitauri, that's not his concern. S.H.I.E.L.D. is an intelligence organization, not a military responsible for war.

Just as Blackie was relaxing in the boss's chair, a warning suddenly came from the monitor: someone had started up two Quinjet fighters.

Nick Fury immediately issued the order: "Stop takeoff, shut down engines!"

Seeing the two planes ignore warnings and orders and taxi directly into takeoff position, Nick Fury roared, "This is defection! Shoot them down! Shoot them down immediately!"

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To Black Egg's horror, his orders were ignored once again, and even the unmanned defensive weapons automatically canceled their attack programs.

Because: The two fighter jets were carrying nuclear weapons, and according to combat regulations, they could not attack the nuclear weapons on the aircraft carrier deck, lest they sink themselves.

nuclear weapon!

Upon seeing the bright orange warning, Nick Fury's face turned ashen. Without hesitation, he jumped up, grabbed a man-portable air defense missile from the armory, rushed onto the flight deck, and shot down the taxiing aircraft without a second thought.

But Nick Fury didn't have time to get out a second anti-aircraft missile and could only watch helplessly as the second plane took off, turned around, and flew towards New York, which wasn't far away.

When he dialed Stark's communication, the Quinjet had already launched a nuclear missile and turned around to escape.

Then, Nick Fury watched helplessly as the plane exploded in mid-air, destroying the biggest lead in the investigation.

"Nuclear missile?! Or is it one of your own?"

Stark listened incredulously to Nick Fury's worst news. After a three-second pause, he burst out, "Nick Fury, you're a complete idiot!!"

Nick Fury remained unfazed: "This is my fault. I will find out who's behind it, but the crucial thing now is that the nuclear missile has been launched, and you must evacuate immediately!"

Stark roared, "Retreat? How can we retreat? That thing was launched from 60 kilometers away; even during its acceleration phase, it wouldn't take 30 seconds to get here!!"

"How far can you run in 30 seconds? Are you fucking an idiot?"

After saying that, Stark soared into the sky, ignoring his lack of energy, and activated his propulsion to the maximum, heading towards the direction from which the missile was flying.

Although the launch location changed, Stark, just like in the original storyline, sacrificed himself to drag the nuclear missile into the space portal.

But unlike the plot, the other side of the portal was crowded with metal fish, cannon fodder soldiers, elite soldiers, and even giants.

After Stark passed through the space-time tunnel, he had no chance to control the nuclear missile to attack the Chitauri mothership and could only watch it explode at the entrance of the space tunnel.

Because the explosion point is in the vacuum of space, the enormous energy of nuclear fusion cannot form shock waves and high temperatures; most of the energy can only be released through radiation.

For a nomadic race in the universe, this level of radiation is not a threat at all.

Conversely, because the explosion point was too close to the space tunnel, the powerful radiation not only burned Stark's suit but also passed through the space tunnel.

High-energy radiation entered the Earth, ionized the air and transformed into super electromagnetic radiation, which spread over New York and burned out all electronic components within a 25-kilometer radius.

Tens of thousands of drones fell from the sky, and all the drones that were parked and waiting for combat nearby were also grounded and could no longer take off.

The nuclear explosion in the vacuum lasted only a dozen seconds before it ended completely. The Chitauri, accustomed to this, passed through the high-radiation zone of the explosion and re-entered Earth.

This time, no drones came to intercept them, and the Chitauri launched another attack.

"Hehehe, although it wasn't detonated directly in Manhattan, the effect was still pretty good; at least the result was the same."

"Unfortunately, all the nearby surveillance cameras are broken, so we can't see how Stark died or Shazor's despairing expression."

"There's no need to feel sorry. As long as the result meets our expectations, a little bit of pleasure is insignificant."

"That's right, that's enough. Now we need to consider how to deal with the counterattacks from Rockefeller, DuPont, Stark, and Osborn."

"After Stark's death, all that's left at Stark Industries is Pepper Potts. She's a shrewd but ruthless woman, so there's not much to worry about."

"There's no need to worry about Osborne Industries either. I own 15% of its stock. Norman is dead, and his son Harry Osborne has absolutely no control over the entire group, let alone any revenge against us."

"The only ones we need to worry about are DuPont and Rockefeller, but we are stronger than them now, and I don't believe they would dare to fight us to the death."

"Haha, a shot from behind is always so effective."

"Heh, this time it's not a gun, it's a nuclear missile coming from behind."

"Ha ha ha ha----"

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