A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

When Tonya Stark saw someone who looked exactly like her standing in front of her, she couldn't help but be stunned. Except for the voice, this person was exactly the same as her.

But soon, Tony Stark's expression changed inside the armor.

“Sir, be careful, I sense…” Jarvis hadn’t finished speaking when the laser in Tony’s hand activated.

A flash of red light appeared, and the person standing there had a large gash cut open by the laser, but... the person disappeared!

Tony instinctively did a forward roll, and the Iron Man suit clattered and rolled on the ground.

This was based on her experience from fighting the masked man many times; after "teleporting," the first thing the opponent would do was attack from behind.

Sure enough, just as Tony was doing a forward roll, she heard a faint whooshing sound behind her.

Cao Gui's face flashed with surprise. This guy was really skilled to an almost painful degree.

On the other side, Tony, who had dodged the attack, immediately got up, twisted her waist in mid-air, activated her thrusters, and delivered a powerful whip kick to Cao Gui's head.

At this distance, the sound of air being torn apart was extremely piercing. With the help of the thrusters, Tony's kick still had considerable power.

Cao Gui sneered, about to wrap his domineering aura around himself to resist, but a flash of inspiration struck him, and he seemed to have thought of something, so he stopped mobilizing his domineering aura.

Not only was his domineering aura useless, but he didn't even activate his iron block technique; he simply raised his arm to block the attack.

Kacha!

A crisp sound of bones cracking came from Cao Gui's arm, and his entire body was propelled by a powerful force, slamming heavily against the wall beside him.

"Huh?" Toni exclaimed in surprise. She didn't have much hope for her attack. Having witnessed the masked man's ghostly speed, she knew that ordinary attacks were unlikely to be effective.

The whip kick I just used was more about forcing the enemy back and creating an advantage for myself.

But to my utter surprise, my attack actually hit.

"Cough cough cough..." Cao Gui staggered to his feet, a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth, his right arm hanging limply at his sides, looking quite miserable.

"Tony Stark, how could you hit me so hard!" Cao Gui roared, raising his hand and throwing out a spherical object emitting a blue-white light.

Tony's expression changed, and she was about to activate the pulse cannon to blow him up, but Cao Gui suddenly stomped his foot, and his figure instantly turned into a straight line, arriving in front of Tony in an instant.

"Damn, that's fast..."

Bang!

Cao Gui's head slammed straight into Tony's visor, and Tony inside the armor groaned and immediately passed out.

“Madam, we have already called the police…” Jarvis’s voice rang out in the villa, but he hadn’t finished speaking.

The blue-white spherical object suddenly flashed, and instantly, all the electronic devices in the entire villa emitted a puff of blue smoke and crackled with sparks.

This thing is a SHIELD-made EMP pulse bomb that can destroy electronic devices within a certain range. It's incredibly expensive; Sitwell would be heartbroken to give Cao Gui just one.

Seeing Jarvis sink into a daze and Tony lying on the ground, Cao Gui took a breath, secured his arm, and then activated his Observation Haki to search for Black Widow.

"S.H.I.E.L.D., I even broke my arm to frame you. Don't let me down..." Cao Gui muttered, but his expression quickly turned strange.

They've found Black Widow's location, but... female agent, basement, rope binding—everything's there except for the absence of burly men coming and going.

"This guy, even after becoming a woman, he still has the same lustful thoughts." Cao Gui kicked Tony in annoyance, as she had finished doing it before him.

Cao Gui first collected some traces of the battle according to Sitwell's report, and then knocked Black Widow unconscious and carried her out.

……

The next morning, northeast of Manhattan.

Several small missiles burst out of the clouds, trailing tiny plumes of flame as they hurtled toward a tall building.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, the building was reduced to flames and ruins. People around screamed and ran for their lives.

Amidst the ruins, smoke and dust, mingled with the stench of blood, drifted slowly; countless lives had been lost here.

Above the clouds, Tony sneered and activated the thrusters to return to her Long Island villa.

"Damn it, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s largest branch is gone, and so many people are dead." Sitwell and Cao Gui stood on the rooftop of a building, blinking their lips in great regret.

"Out with the old, in with the new," Cao Gui chuckled.

In a fit of rage, Tony blew up a branch of S.H.I.E.L.D., causing countless deaths and property damage, making cooperation between the two parties completely impossible.

Even if Nick Fury could put aside his resentment and disregard the lives of those in this branch, the other members of S.H.I.E.L.D. would absolutely not accept it.

"Hehehe, this is going to be good." Cao Gui chuckled strangely.

Ring ring~

Sitwell's phone rang urgently. Picking it up, he immediately looked distressed.

"Damn it, trouble is brewing."

"What are you afraid of? Didn't you already have an excuse ready?" Cao Gui shrugged, resting his chin on his hand as he looked down at the noisy street below.

But suddenly, Cao Gui's expression changed. On the street below, a fat man with a bloated belly was jumping around, while an elderly Asian man and a blonde woman were chasing after him with bananas.

devil?

"Sitwell!"

"What on earth happened? Why was the New York branch bombed by missiles?"

Nick Fury's roar came through the telephone receiver.

"Chief, I don't know anything about this either..."

"Uncle Gaspar, something's happened!" Cao Gui nudged Sitwell and said in a deep voice.

"Cao, stop interrupting, be quiet, I'm working..." Sitwell said impatiently.

But Cao Gui ignored him and pointed directly at the three people chasing below, saying in a deep voice, "There are dead ghosts there, they are fighting!"

Sitwell stared intently, then his face went blank:

"Oh my God, what a terrible day."

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Chapter 264 Cao Gui: My Female Hormones Have Not Been Wasted

Washington, D.C., headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Trident.

"Sitwell!"

"What on earth happened? Why was New York bombed by Stark with missiles?" Nick Fury roared angrily.

He was angry not only because the New York branch was gone, nor just because of the casualties, but also because the relationship between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Tony Stark had completely broken down and there was no possibility of restoration.

Cao Gui smiled with satisfaction, feeling that his dose of female hormones had not been in vain.

Just as Cao Gui had predicted, Nick Fury himself could disregard the cost of the building, the deaths of those people, and put aside all past grievances to repair his relationship with Tony Stark.

However, the power structure is bottom-up, and once he dares to do that, his time as director is over. The angry agents will use all the skills they've taught them to kill him.

In Nick Fury's plan, the Avengers would be a special organization independent of S.H.I.E.L.D., under his leadership, much like the Howling Commandos were to Captain America.

In this plan, Tony Stark is a central figure and a key member in resolving the financial problems of the entire Avengers organization.

However, his ambitious Avengers plan was largely aborted before it even began.

"Oh, damn it, another deadbeat in New York!" Sitwell exclaimed on the other end of the phone. "Commander Nick Fury, there's a problem here!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Nick Fury's face was ashen. He didn't know who to blame. Sitwell hadn't done anything wrong; he had even rescued Natasha from Tony Stark's clutches.

"Damn it, what went wrong here? How did things turn out like this?" Nick Fury's only remaining eye flashed with anger, confusion, and bewilderment.

He didn't know why Tony Stark harbored such hostility towards S.H.I.E.L.D.

During the Psykos orc incident, Tony's attitude was more one of curiosity. In accordance with the principle that S.H.I.E.L.D. should remain hidden behind the normal world, Nick Fury did not contact Tony.

But later, Toni Stark's curiosity turned into malicious attacks and intrusions.

Nick Fury initially thought the young master was just being childish, wanting to destroy what he couldn't have.

Because of Coulson's incident, Nick Fury's energy was diverted to Coulson, and he focused his attention on Coulson.

But things have developed to the point where they are far beyond his control and have reached an irreversible state.

"Could it be that Natasha made a mistake during the mission...? That's impossible." Nick Fury rubbed his temples. They're both women, why do women have to make things difficult for each other?

"Natasha, you need to return to headquarters immediately." Nick Fury recalled Black Widow at once; he needed to understand the situation.

Just then, the office door was pushed open, and a thin woman wearing red-rimmed glasses strode in.

“Agent Victoria Hand?” Nick Fury was somewhat displeased; she had barged into the office without even a greeting.

“Director Fury, the New York branch has been destroyed. We want to know all the details of this as soon as possible,” Victoria Hand said in a deep voice. Many of her former subordinates worked in the New York branch, and this matter needed to be explained.

Upon hearing this, Nick Fury felt a chill run down his spine; he still had no idea what was going on.

Just then, the office door was pushed open again, and Agent Hill rushed in: "Director Fury, Coulson has sent word from the Arctic that they've made a discovery!"

“What?” Victoria exclaimed. As a high-ranking member of S.H.I.E.L.D., she knew about the search for Steve.

“Let’s go, let’s go take a look!” Victoria Hand said immediately. If Captain America returns, the strength and influence of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be significantly enhanced.

"Hill, keep an eye on things in New York. Another ghost has appeared there," Nick Fury said quickly. "Link the destruction of the branch to the ghost, manipulate public opinion, and suppress the matter."

After saying that, he and Victoria hurriedly walked out.

"Received, Director Fu Rui."

……

On the streets of Manhattan, New York.

A fat man wearing a tattered beige suit was running wildly, carrying a silver-white box in his hand. The fat man looked very strange; he was just too fat.

A layer of fat was piled up all over his neck, without a single gap. Under the constriction of the suit, the fat was squeezed outwards, making him look disgusting.

And that belly was even worse; it was like a giant water bag, jiggling constantly when I ran, it was really disgusting.

"Hehehehe... You two idiots can't catch me..." As he ran, the fat man kept making a wise laugh, just like that of a fool.

Behind him, a blonde, wavy-haired beauty and a thin, elderly Asian man were chasing after him. Strangely enough, the blonde woman was holding a red hairdryer, while the elderly Asian man was holding a yellow banana.