Gotham has been thrown into a terrible dark abyss. How many people know what happened here and the disaster that befell here?
The answer is, a lot.
"Don't tell me you can't observe that city!"
Alexander Pierce stood in the observation department of SHIELD. His face was full of anger. After Nick Fury was shot by the defected agent Hill and Captain America, SHIELD's work was temporarily taken over by him. In the beginning, Pierce thought this was a great opportunity, but after he really got into work, he realized that he had definitely taken over a hot potato.
Every day, he faced all kinds of terrible things. It was more troublesome than the armed invasions and military interference he encountered when he was managing SHIELD. Now, a city in the hinterland of the United States disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and those mysterious mages told him that the city was thrown into the Demonic Realm.
"Damn it! The Demonic Realm … Is this still Earth? Is this still an area controlled by human civilization? "
Pierce's angry voice sounded in the monitoring room. "Send out the best reconnaissance aircraft, I want first-hand information! What the hell is going on with this damn spatial fluctuation! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the monitoring room was pushed open. Agent Sylvitt, who had been promoted again, walked into the monitoring room with an ugly expression. He handed a document in his hand to the current leader of SHIELD, Pierce, and lowered his voice.
"Congress asked us to move out with the Department of Defense to rescue the people of Gotham. On a small island outside Gotham, tens of thousands of people have been transferred out and are waiting for rescue."
"Tens of thousands of people?"
Pierce flipped through the document. He turned to look at Sylvitt and said bluntly, "Are those senators' brains flooded with water? There are eight million people in that city! They don't understand the situation at all. Now they want us to go to war for tens of thousands of people. They don't know how many forces have gathered in that place … "
At this point, Pierce suddenly raised his voice.
"Before I can confirm the reality of the situation there, I will not send my agents to their deaths!"
Oh, don't expect Pierce to be a good person who truly cares about others. The purpose of his words was only to win people's hearts. Agents were also humans. Facing Fury, who often only cared about results and didn't care about sacrifices, and facing Pierce, who placed the safety of the agents' lives as the top priority, it was easy to tell which side people were on.
Agent Silvitt waited for Pierce to finish before secretly winking at him. Pierce coughed softly and said to the agents working overtime in the monitoring room, "Mr. Pierce, let's go."
"Children, the fate of eight million people is now in the hands of your investigation speed. Don't disappoint the country and the people."
After that, he walked out of the surveillance room. Agent Sylvette was already waiting for him outside.
"Sir, I've received first-hand news that the leader of The Devil Gang, Saber Hawke, is trying to enter Gotham. This is our chance!"
"Hmm? What do you mean? "
Pierce looked suspiciously at the bald agent in front of him. He didn't sense any opportunity at all. Agent Sylvette pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses and whispered:
"That city has been sucked into that damn space. Even Kamar-Taj's mages can't bring it out. It's like a large cage. Now, the most troublesome opponent is taking the initiative to jump into the cage. Now that Project Insight is about to begin, don't you think this is a godsend opportunity?"
Pierce's eyes lit up little by little.
"Interesting. You mean, we just need to control him …"
"Yes, control Saber!"
Sylvette's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light. "While he's locked in the cage, we'll wipe out his forces and take Mexico into our hands. In the end, even if he jumps out, he'll be alone. At that time, we'll have completely taken SHIELD's resources for our own use. Do you think we'll be afraid of a lone person?"
Pierce's body shook violently. He reached out and took the cigar from Sylvette. After taking a few deep puffs, he exhaled the smoke.
"Sounds good … but we don't have anything that can affect space fluctuations of that level …"
"No, we have it!"
Agent Sylvette stretched out her finger and drew a square in the air. "The Tesseract, sir. Even if we haven't figured out the correct way to use it, under weak stimulation, the energy released by it can weaken space. This has been proven. We just need to give Saber Hawk a little … push him a little when he tries it."
"Heh heh heh."
The bald agent made a pushing action and said proudly, "It's as simple as putting a hamster in a cage."
"Hmm."
Pierce closed his eyes and leaned against the wall, thinking repeatedly. Sylvette was very perceptive and didn't say anything to disturb him. It wasn't until a few minutes later that the white-haired old man opened his eyes. Like a gambler, he took a deep puff of the cigar and nodded to Sylvette.
"Then go. This time, you're in charge! I'll let Rum and you go together in the name of saving the people. Don't let the mages find out. "
"Don't worry, we've been researching the Tesseract for a long time."
The bald agent lowered his head, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
"I'll definitely send our 'Mr. Saber' in safely."
On the other side, outside the outskirts of Gotham City, a large defensive line had been completed. The first wave of investigation from the Ministry of Defense was quickly carried out. Outside the scarlet, illusory light that enveloped the city, the mages from Kamar-Taj were also quickly trying out all the methods they could find.
"Rip!"
Golden and scarlet light tangled and collided with the newly activated large teleportation circle. Dangerous and dazzling lightning flashed in the area, and black spatial cracks appeared from time to time, forcing the mages who were maintaining the circle to take a few steps back. Seeing that the chaotic energy was getting more and more violent, Strange and Mordo looked at each other and acted at the same time. They used their heavy magic to suppress it and stop the teleportation circle.
"Fufu … Failed again."
Strange wiped the sweat on his forehead and said bitterly, "We've already changed seven different teleportation frequencies. It seems that the strength of the spatial cracks between the two dimensions is much stronger than we thought."
"If you ask me, this is completely like knocking a nail on an eggshell."
Mage Mordo's face was full of struggle, "This is equivalent to us fighting against the forces of two dimensions. If we don't do well, the entire East Coast will be swept into the spatial turbulence."
Strange glanced at Saber who was standing at the side, emitting a murderous aura, and sighed helplessly, "This is the root cause of our mistake.
"In the end, this is our mistake. Our negligence has put eight million people in terrible danger. Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's try again."
Seiber could see how difficult it was for the mages to try, but he was still worried about the situation in the city, which had turned into irritation and pressure. He was not willing to give up on any possibility of trying, and he would not place all his hopes on the mages.
"Whoosh!"
A pale white spatial crack opened in front of him, and Hell's Walker Constantine rolled out in a sorry state. His clothes were wrapped with scarlet energy currents, like a poisonous snake that wanted to bite his body, but was forcefully extinguished by Constantine. This guy held a golden demon-hunting rifle in his hand, and from the scorching inscriptions on the body of the rifle, he should have just had a big fight with some opponent.
"How is it? Did you go in? "
Saber reached out and helped Constantine up, but the latter did not appreciate it at all. He slapped away Saber's hand and staggered to his feet.
"You bastard, you told me that Cheryl would be absolutely safe in Gotham. Look at the trouble you've caused now. If anything happens to Cheryl, Saber … I'll do everything I can to take you down with me, I swear!"
"This isn't my fault, you bastard!"
Saber grabbed his collar and shouted, "You have relatives in there, and so do I! Now, tell me … can you enter the city or not?! "
"No, the Demonic Realm's dimension is entangled at the edge of the city like a wall. I can't break through at all."
A look of despair flashed across Constantine's eyes. This playboy who was always out of his element was now truly anxious. "This is different from Lucifer's invasion. This is the power of the collision of two dimensions. It's very difficult for a single person to be effective in this situation."
"Damn it!"
Saber let go of Constantine's collar. He looked at the scarlet light one meter away from him. It was like a layer of glass. From the outside, he could clearly see the broken suspension bridge leading to the city. He could even see the surrounding seawater clearly, as if he could touch it with his hand. However, this distance spanned across two worlds. Just as Constantine said, this was a distance that mortals could not measure.
"Saber! Saber! Do you hear me? "
Sim's voice suddenly sounded in Saber's mind, "Daitengu said that he has a way to bring you in!"
"What?"
Saber suddenly raised his head and pulled open his left sleeve. There was a tattoo of a miniature Daitengu on his skin. Saber channeled his energy into it and a moment later, Daitengu who had yet to recover from his injuries appeared beside Saber with a cold expression.
Obviously, this arrogant demon was still angry because Saber forced him to form a contract. He turned his head and looked at the scarlet light shrouding the city. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the light. He said in a low voice, "I sensed something.
"I felt it just now. There is still a summoning circle in this city. In other words, I used a reverse summoning to pull you into the Demon Realm first. If we are lucky enough, I can respond to the summoning of these circles and enter the city …"
"Then what are we waiting for!"
Saber stood up and grabbed Daitengu's arm. He said in a deep voice, "Send me in and I will give you whatever you want!"
"I haven't finished speaking!"
Daitengu glanced at Saber. When he saw the worry and concern in Saber's eyes, his tone became gentler. However, his brows were still furrowed.
"In the Demonic Realm where demons live, it is very difficult for other living beings to appear. Not all demons are willing to coexist with humans. For someone like you, once you appear in the Demonic Realm, you will be attacked by various forces. Also, I have never tried reverse summoning across dimensions. The power of dimensions is the most dangerous. If you enter with your physical body, there is a high possibility that you will be torn into pieces by the collision of the two dimensions."
"In fact, the success rate of this operation is not even 20%."
Saber shook his head. He raised the Tengu Sword in his hand. The snow-white blade reflected his eyes. He said softly,
"I have already arranged for people to weaken the power of the two dimensions. There is no better way now, right?"
"Prepare for reverse summoning, Daitengu. I have a reason to go there and no one can stop me!"
He raised his head. In the distant sky, SHIELD's Mothership was already faintly visible. There, Agent Sylvitt carefully opened a silver-white box and placed it on the test bench of the secret laboratory. In the box, a beautiful blue Rubik's Cube was shining like a crystal. Beside him was the serious-looking Dr. Fitz and another young female scientist.
"I actually don't understand …"
Dr. Fitz adjusted the instrument at hand and said, "Why do we have to spend so much effort just to send a yakuza leader into another world? If we want to save the city, isn't it better to send a hero? "
"No, no, no."
Agent Sylvitt adjusted his glasses and said in a low voice, "Some roots are born to be trampled, while some people are born to do great things. Heroes have burdens that heroes can't bear. Besides, who said that villains can't be saviors?"
"My Dr. Fitz, just treat him as a test subject, if it makes you feel better."
"Well … Okay, then let's call him Lab Rat No. 1. The preparations are ready. After 5 minutes, we can start the first wave of energy radiation. According to the results of the previous experiment, the power of space will be suppressed by about one-third. I hope this poor lab rat can come back alive from the other world."
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