HLnovel Chapter 180 S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Inescapable Fate
Chapter 180 S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Inescapable Fate
Chapter 180 S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Inescapable Fate
Leopardon himself was no heavier than when Joey lifted the entire Paradise Island or pried open the continental shelf and tectonic plates.
At this moment, Joey, who was supporting Leopardon, felt an immense pressure on his shoulders, far greater than before.
The coordinates of the 2099 universe have become nothingness, and coupled with the words of the Spider-Men who escaped to this place, it is easy to arrive at a fact.
The universe 2099 that they visited earlier has been completely destroyed.
He had only been out of that universe for less than half an hour!
Four hundred middle-aged women leaped from the cockpit, explaining how the other side of Earth and the universe were so easily destroyed:
"He disrupted the quantum tides with the ring arrays constructed by those robot swarms, destroyed the entire Earth's core, and triggered a chain reaction-like explosion, eventually causing quantum foam to spread throughout the universe."
After being banished into the void, Toei immediately used a teleportation loop to return, but by then Joey and Tony had already been thrown into the Mirror Dimension.
Leo Patton was indeed powerful, but he was still somewhat outmatched by Doctor Doom. After several exchanges, he couldn't even slightly hinder the other party from achieving his goals.
As a result, Doctor Doom easily destroyed the 2099 universe in half an hour, and also turned Leo Patton, the most powerful Spider-Man, into a pile of scrap metal.
Aside from those present who were already wearing dimensional travel devices, "I have done my best, that evil person is indeed too powerful."
Takuya Yamashiro clenched his fists. He had experienced defeat more than once in his own universe, and each battle with the Iron Cross Legion could not save everyone.
But none of those failures were as painful as this one.
"Stark-san!"
Takuya Yamashiro saw Tony floating out of the hole Joey had crashed through and asked his question:
Why is that person's outfit so similar in color to your armor?
Ignoring the questions from the 400-year-old woman, Tony had Jarvis analyze the building's structural load-bearing capacity and was convinced that the Stark Tower's frame structure was sufficient to support Leopardton's own weight.
"Just put it down, Joey. You can't keep holding it up like this forever."
Tony was glad that he had used new materials to renovate the entire Stark Tower in order to create a good impression; otherwise, the top floor really wouldn't have been able to hold up.
"Answer me, Stark-san, my spider-sense can sense that person—"
"Shut up, kid, I'm already in enough trouble enough!"
After encountering his future self, Tony is in a state of turmoil. He not only has to face the questioning of 400 middle-aged women, but also the whispers of hundreds of Spider-Men around him: "That 'Doctor Doom' does have the same color scheme as Iron Man."
"Does your universe also have Doctor Doom?"
"Of course, everyone's universe is pretty much the same, but this is the first time I've seen Doctor Doom in a gold and red Iron Man color scheme."
"What's so surprising about that? In my universe, Iron Man is a rat, and Doctor Doom is a duck!"
Almost every Spider-Man from hundreds of parallel universes is a chatterbox, and many of them are seasoned veterans who can deduce possible answers from the existing circumstances in no time:
Is it possible that Doctor Doom is connected to Iron Man?
"So what are those robots? Are they Ultron robots created by Iron Man?"
"Huh? Wasn't Ultron created by Ant-Man?"
"No, isn't Ultron a rat?!"
"Forget about the various multiverse versions of Ultron, so why did that Destroyer we encountered destroy an entire universe without hesitation?"
"Shut up! Shut up!"
In the noisy environment, knowing the monstrous crimes his future self would commit, Tony couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of irritation:
"Can't you idiots shut up and let me think this through?!"
All the Spider-Men present fell silent and looked at Iron Man Tony Stark in unison.
Having gotten the peace he wanted, Tony felt even more out of place and had no choice but to flee in the silence.
"I, Mr. Daestark, extend my sincerest apologies to you."
Jarvis's projection ball floated up from downstairs:
"He usually—"
"It's okay." "That's right." "We're used to it."
Almost every Spider-Man present recognized Tony Stark and knew his character:
"He's like this all the time in our universe."
"From a personal perspective, I strongly discourage you from bringing your biases from parallel universes here."
Jarvis, of course, had to defend his master:
"At least Mr. Stark in this universe isn't that unfriendly."
He has authorized me to grant you access to the building's lounge and laboratories. Please make your own arrangements and try not to cause too much noise.
With a loud bang, Joey, who was holding up the robot's wreckage, finally found the right angle and force to place Leopardon on the top floor of Stark Tower.
I have to say, this would be a much better-looking landmark than that light pollution billboard Tony made before.
The downside is that it's too flashy and conspicuous, which might attract some unknown people to come to your door.
For example, right now, Joey can hear the roar of Quinjet engines in the distance, and Coulson, who is being scolded by his superior on the other end of the communicator, is hurriedly apologizing.
If those fighter jets had flown any closer, Joey could have clearly heard the synchronized cocking of the weapons by the operatives inside the cockpit.
With such a commotion, S.H.I.E.L.D. certainly wouldn't sit idly by. In terms of operational efficiency, they were even a bit slow to arrive.
After spotting the Quinjet formation on the distant horizon, Joey's voice drowned out all the chatter from the Spider-Men present:
"Alright, everyone, Peter Parker or whatever Parker or Peter, within ten minutes, S.H.I.E.L.D., who have absolutely no idea what Spider-Man is, is arriving here!"
"Whoa!" "Run!" "Are there any clothes for high school students in that lounge?!" "I need to go to the lab to make a signal jammer!"
Upon hearing this, most of the Spider-Men present almost immediately erupted in chaos, disappearing within a dozen seconds.
They, Spider-Men from other universes, know S.H.I.E.L.D.'s style all too well.
Other universes and superpowered beings—these two labels attached to them are basically equivalent to serious criminals in the eyes of S.H.I.E.L.D., the kind of people who would be shot at on sight.
The few remaining individuals who knew nothing of S.H.I.E.L.D. were also dragged away one by one by their Spider-Man companions:
"Don't just stand there like an idiot! We're not bad people, but most of the time, S.H.I.E.L.D. tends to think of people like us as bad guys!"
Only Joey was left alone at the scene, along with Leo Patton, who was completely incapacitated.
"Tony, Tony, you really know how to pick your timing."
Tony has now retreated to his oceanfront villa on Long Island and shut himself away, so Joey's complaint wasn't really an accusation.
Anyone would need to calm down in a situation like this, and the fact that Tony managed to hold on until now shows that his emotional level is quite stable in Joey's eyes.
In the past, if the universally disliked S.H.I.E.L.D. had come knocking on their door like this, Joey would have simply turned his back and left.
If they had a choice, who would bother with this second-rate, makeshift team of secret agents whose internal management is chaotic and who keep creating new problems while solving existing ones?
Now that such a huge pile of Leopardon is sitting on the rooftop of the building, it can't run away, so we can only talk to S.H.I.E.L.D.
As Joey waited quietly on the top floor of Stark Tower for the stealth Quinjet to arrive, which seemed to him to be moving at a snail's pace, he began to rack his brains to figure out what valuable things S.H.I.E.L.D. still had at this stage.