S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
Holographic Conference Room.
"This abnormal weather! It's definitely not a natural phenomenon!!"
"Weapons! It must be some kind of alien weather weapon!!"
"Can someone tell me what this massive black thing is on the satellite image!?"
The intense thunderstorm has blocked electromagnetic signals.
At this point, no scientific method could reveal the actual situation in New York City.
Thus.
The foolish senators made their decision—
"Launch the nuke immediately!!"
"This is impossible!"
Fury slammed the table and shouted at the senators' projections.
"That's Manhattan Island, Senators! Unless my team fails to stop them, I will never authorize the use of nuclear weapons against civilians!"
Senator A: "Stop them? Fury, have you even looked at this satellite image? What have they stopped?"
Nick Fury: "We can't jump to conclusions! This might be Thor's doing."
Senator B: "Thor? That self-proclaimed god, the clown?"
Senator C: "Do you think we don't have analytical data on him?"
Senator D: "Cut the tricks, Fury."
"Take a look at this, senators."
Nick Fury projected an analysis titled "The Battle of New York" and explained, "This is a painting by the vice president of the Phantom Spider Club. I suspect he has prophetic abilities. Stark went to find him before we lost contact, so they should have a solution."
"Should? You're relying on a civilian organization?"
Senator E: "Fine, I admit some people are secretly supporting this club, but I don't think they can solve the problem."
Senator F: "Trust the council's decision."
Senator G: "This is just a notification, Fury."
Bzzz—
The projection was cut off.
The frustrated Director Fury immediately received Hill's report: [Sir, we've got a plane taking off! Unauthorized! And it's carrying a nuke!]
"Motherf—!!"
Nick Fury cursed and tried to contact Stark:
[Stark!... Stark?.... Tony?... Shit! Damn thunderstorm...!]
…..
Pengennn————～～
[Nuke has been launched]
The pilot reported.
[Detonation in two minutes and thirty seconds, over... Wait... what is that!?]
…..
peng～
(Boom~)
A black hand firmly caught the rapidly flying nuclear missile. The white warhead trembled helplessly, unable to break free…
It was Ye Li's first time catching a nuke, and he tilted his head with curiosity. "…You dare drop a nuke on my head… Looks like someone has a death wish…"
His Sunnyvale estate and his little girlfriends were still in New York, after all.
Whoosh~
With a flourish of his black trench coat, the missile was covered up.
Like a magic trick, both disappeared without a trace...
…..
Inside a certain white building.
Conference room.
The senators who had just overstepped their authority to launch the nuke sat around a long table, finally breathing a sigh of relief…
No more worries about aliens ruining the fortunes they'd worked so hard to embezzle and hoard…
As for those commoners, they could all go down with the city…
The inheritance left by New York citizens would still be available for them to distribute, a rare win-win opportunity...
Just as the senators were secretly rejoicing and envisioning the future—
Bang! A sudden sound.
A black figure appeared, crouched on the conference table, one hand still holding the now-flaming white object.
"Good afternoon, senators~
"Heard you guys like this, so I brought it back for you. Thoughtful, right?"
Clatter!—!!
The sound of chairs falling…
The sound of frantic scrambling…
The sound of desperate screams…
The sound of furious cursing…
But it was all too late.....
Under the extreme heat of the nuclear explosion, everything was reduced to ashes...
Except for that demonic black figure...
Standing amidst the inferno as if he were in the depths of hell itself, he smiled faintly... watching everything around him turn to dust...
—Any particle movement near Ye Li was completely halted by his absolute zero ability.
To him, a nuclear explosion...
Wasn't much different from a firecracker...
Thanks to this ability, the nuclear explosion's energy was strictly confined within the small conference room, miraculously preventing any radiation from leaking out.
…..
New York City.
Boom!—!!
The rune of thunder shattered with a roar.
It didn't fail—it transformed into two colossal thunder dragons, surging toward the portal!
Compared to the size of the thunder dragons, the Leviathan warships were mere specks.
If they weren't restricted by the space of the cosmic wormhole, they could have been even larger and more formidable...
At the core of the two massive dragons were Mjölnir and the Meow Meow Ball.
After passing through the portal, they spiraled together, charging toward the Chitauri mothership, rampaging through its interior, boring hole after hole into it.
Boom!!
Boom!!
Boom!!
Boom!!
Peng!!—!!!
Before long.
The Chitauri mothership was riddled with holes, and in a massive explosion, was reduced to cosmic debris.
Roar—!!
Roar—!!
The two thunder dragons roared triumphantly as they returned.
The Battle of New York had officially ended.
Weng~
Zzz—!!
Jessica inserted the Mind Scepter into the Tesseract's protective shield, preparing to close the wormhole.
The scene froze at this moment.
Ye Li set down his paintbrush and placed it aside, accepting a bowl of Chinese soup that Cindy handed him. He took a sip.
"Oh~ not bad. Where did you learn to cook like this?"
"From Chinatown, of course~
There's a police officer named Chen Ying, she..."
After finishing her story about learning Chinese cuisine, Cindy turned to look at Ye Li's new painting and chuckled.
"I kinda regret not going to help. The whole thing looks pretty exciting."
"But the thunder was a bit scary, the whole sky turned black."
"The Black Spider is really incredible… completely different from us. I don't think he's a Spider Totem holder at all..."