Chapter 169 52. The old Green Goblin’s “property declaration” and private gifts
Post-war testing of the Anti-Superman suit was quickly completed.
The good news is that Crossbones' final counterattack only destroyed the outer armor, and Mason can repair it by going back and making a few pieces of alloy. The bad news is that the tritium energy engine Dr. Otto installed on this thing has been confirmed to be no longer usable.
Not only was this thing in disrepair, it also caused leakage of electricity.
Moreover, due to design flaws, its energy output was unstable, and several power control modules were burned out when the overload mode was finally activated.
That is to say, Crossbones is not a technological villain. Even if he wears the armor of a war machine, it is difficult to exert his full strength and Etrigan, who was killed above, carried out a sneak attack. Otherwise, who will win in the final mecha battle will not be known. For sure.
But Mason was not disappointed when he looked at the energy engine that was taken out and was still emitting strange smell and smoke.
He recovered the Anti-Superman suit into the suit storage tank, threw it back into the suitcase factory, and then looked at the fist-sized ring-shaped precision device in his hand.
It's like some kind of handicraft made of opaque crystal.
He had seen this thing once before at Brother Edward's wandering trader's stall, but at that time he was short of money and had no money to buy it. He didn't expect that it would "explode" for him when he casually fought the BOSS tonight:
Stark Industries Micro Ark Reactor·Standard Edition
Quality: Epic Engineering, High-Precision Creation·Ultimate Craftsmanship
Status: Atomic battery missing·Radioactive palladium remaining
Produced by: Liquidator Legion Commander Distribution Laboratory 3
Item description: Place an object filled with radiation close to your body? No, this is not a good idea.
Tip: Engineering Lv6 can parse this drawing.
"It is at least one generation behind the version of the reactor in the hands of the Elric brothers. It does not contain the unknown element invented by Tony Stark, so it also requires a traditional palladium battery as the ignition material.
But the good news is that as long as there's enough palladium, this thing can keep working.
Based on my current understanding of engineering, if I were given the most advanced reactor, I would not be able to crack the technology at all, and it would not be as convenient as the next generation of products. ”
Mason stroked the Ark reactor in his hand and glanced at his current Level 5 engineering skills. He felt in his heart that he was only one step away from mass-producing Tony Stark's backward reactor.
Just the reward from this reactor made Mason feel that the battle was not in vain.
Satisfied, he put the thing into an engineer's box, threw it into his backpack, and then waved to stop the Batmobile speeding past.
Just like waving gracefully to call a taxi.
The cockpit popped open, but the driver was not Catwoman but the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow. The latter, who was wearing a toad mirror, flexed his fingers coolly and motioned for Mason to get in the car.
This guy who made an outstanding contribution tonight is so proud that he almost has the words "he is a great hero" written on his face.
"They might build a monument for me or something."
Jack turned the steering wheel and said to Mason in the passenger seat:
"Maybe there will be a statue on the beach with the life story of the great Captain Jack Sparrow written on it. I suddenly felt that maybe it would be a good choice for me to move to Osborne Tower.
Gotham City is too noisy, and there are dangerous Batman flying around at night. It's really unsafe and not suitable for a hero like me.
What do you think? ”
"I think you may be thinking too much."
Mason glanced at Captain Jack and said:
"Okay, I admit that you did a good job tonight. Keep up the good work, Jack. One day your name will spread throughout the stars. Now send me to Osborne Tower. Let's take a rest and leave before dawn."< br>
"Huh? So fast?"
Jack complained with some dissatisfaction:
"Aren't you going to stay for a celebration party or something? I also plan to invite Ms. Mary Jane to have dinner."
"There will be plenty of opportunities if I want to cuckold Old Peter."
Mason shook his head and said:
"But we can't waste time now. What happened here must be reported immediately. We can't deal with such a big thing, so we have to find someone to help wipe our ass."
The Batmobile was speeding through the city where the flames of war still remained, and there were still sounds of gunfire across the night sky. Although Areas C and B, plus the interior of Osborne Tower, had been cleared, at least one-third of the city was still being cleared. in hand.
But now that the Sanctuary Warriors, Osborne Guards and Underground People have joined forces and the great demon Etrigen is slaughtering them to their heart's content, there is no longer any suspense about the outcome of this battle.
After all, the main base of the liquidators was completely destroyed by a tactical nuclear bomb. No matter how ferocious the remaining people were, they were just trying to fight against the enemy.
The battle is not over yet, but Team K no longer intends to participate in it.
Mason now only hopes that when Mr. Hunter receives this news, he will not get angry and kill himself with a knife. With this thought in mind, he walked into the elevator and went all the way up.
Before leaving, he still had something to tell clearly to the current controller of this world, the old Green Goblin.
As a result, when the elevator door opened, he happened to see two corpses being carried out of the Green Goblin's secret office by several Osborn guards.
Mason stopped the process, put on medical gloves and got their enhanced medicine preparations and some belongings from the corpses of the two commanders, intending to go back and study them.
And Norman Osborne, who was sitting in the boss's chair in the office, witnessed it all.
After Mason completed the "autopsy," the old Green Goblin took the initiative and said:
"I apologize for my mistake just now."
"Stop your hypocritical face."
Mason took off his blood-stained gloves and threw them weakly on the Green Goblin's desk. He waved his hand bluntly to interrupt the insincere apology. He said coldly:
"I knew you bastard was up to something when I heard Taskmaster, White Ghost, and Crossbones run away from you.
Normal Norman has wisdom, evil Norman has strength, and now you two are working together on your territory and you can't even kill a few second- and third-tier villains!
This is an insult to my intelligence!
I'm really not curious at all why you did this, but your actions put Team K into unnecessary risks, and two of my team members were injured as a result.
I'll be direct.
Show some sincerity, Norman, or this matter will never end! ”
"唰"
Something was taken out of the drawer and flicked towards Mason. The young man took it in his hand. He looked at the thing in his hand and found that it was a well-made authorization card.
When he held this thing, the information label popped up:
SHIELD Level 10 Agent Authorization Card
Item effect: Grants access rights to SHIELD's subordinate facilities, and can obtain [temporary captain] permission when in the control room of the SHIELD mothership.
Notice!
This item is valid in all worlds where the "SHIELD" force exists.
Item description: The atmosphere has been enhanced to this point. Wouldn’t it be cool if I didn’t say “Mazefak”?
This thing made Mason raise his eyebrows, and then he heard the Green Goblin stand up and say to him:
"The space carrier outside the Liquidator's station dock was largely repaired a year ago. I told the outsiders who entered this world that it was the property of the Liquidator Corps.
But it's not.
I just parked it there so no one would have any idea of it. ”
Old Norman Osborne no longer had the hypocritical smile on his face, and he said frankly and directly:
"Now, the space carrier that can take off at any time as long as it is equipped with a power system belongs to you, and the power system it needs is hidden in the underground warehouse of Osborne Tower.
It only takes one month of assembly and debugging, and you can have your own flying fortress.
Can this apologetic reward appease Team K's anger? ”
"It's quite generous, barely enough."
Mason put away the authorization card expressionlessly, flicked his fingers again, and said:
"But I heard from Mary Jane that the ship's weapons systems have been removed. What's the use of a shell ship? You're as good as a king in this wasteland. Norman, maybe you can help us with one. Busy?”
"Of course I'm willing to help, but transformation takes time."
The Green Goblin didn't refuse.
The thin and gloomy middle-aged man walked to the office window with his hands behind his back and looked at the city that was still emitting smoke.
He said:
"Perhaps it will be available to you next time you come over. But I have something to confess to you, Mason, as a collaborator.
I have to tell you very frankly, in fact, my control over the Trail Blazers teams that have left this world has almost reached its bottom.
The Hydra Squad is the only force I can command.
But they were destroyed by you.
But this situation can still be saved. A smart person like you will definitely understand my plan. ”
"I will report your situation to Mr. Hunter truthfully. It is his problem whether he wants to help you or not."
Mason didn't accept the comment at all.
He can understand the Green Goblin's plan, but he has not participated in the idea of the game of these forces at all. The level of Team K is still lower now, and Mason has no cards in his hand to check and balance others.
So the best way is to let the Green Goblin and Quint negotiate between the two sides, and just be a middleman.
He has always been sensible in this regard.
"I'm curious, how many people did you let out?"
Mason looked at old Norman and asked:
"You have to tell me their team number. Maybe if we meet in the future, we can say hello and connect with each other."
"There are currently three more, all B-level teams."
The Green Goblin turned back to Mason and raised three fingers and said:
"The Defenders are three people, Iron Fist, Jessica and Luke Cage, as well as several street heroes active in New York City who form the 'Defenders'.
I heard you cured paralyzed Matt Murdock.
Good, I need to talk to the blind guy so maybe the Defenders can be back under our control.
There's also the 'Punishment' team composed of Frank Castle, Gwen Stacy and several other Vault heroes. These people are already hostile and difficult to deal with, but Peter Parker's return may allow them to reconnect with their hometown. ”
Norman shook his head, left his last finger and said to Mason:
"The last team and the most troublesome, Black Widow is the 'Aegis' team composed of Captain, Winter Soldier and Phil Coulson, as well as a group of elite S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and the superheroes who work for them.
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They are developing well in the Star Club. As I said before, they are already applying for the promotion process of the A-level Twelve-member Council.
But they didn't trust me at all.
The only connection between me and this group of agents and spies is to use each other, but I believe that it will be easiest to repair the relationship between me and them once I have Mr. Hunter's permission.
But the Blazers are not my trump card. ”
The old Green Goblin showed a mysterious smile. He pointed to the top of his head and said vaguely to Mason:
"Actually, there are some of our people in several fraternal organizations of the Society of Stars. Do you remember what I told you before? Tony Stark left here with a group of people.
They are the best researchers.
After entering that organization, we naturally received courtesy, which resulted in our power being scattered but spreading across various fields.
As long as you get the support of Mr. Hunter and the high-level forces behind him, these scattered sparks will immediately converge into a surging undercurrent!
This is also the reason why I dare to contact the person behind you.
They may not lack us in terms of strength, but our people and networks lurking among them are an endless wealth! ”
"Not bad. Just by looking at the strength on paper, I feel like your resistance army is strong."
Mason rubbed his chin and looked at the Green Goblin. After a few seconds of silence, he said:
"But there is still the most important question you haven't told me. What are you planning to do? What do you want to do? To seek revenge? To find out the truth?
Or do you simply want to survive? ”
"Why do I have to choose one? Why can't I have them all?"
Old Norman showed a sinister expression, looked back at Harry Osborn who was sleeping in the biological cabin in the corner of the office, and said:
"My feelings for this world are far less deep than Peter Parker's, and I don't think the protection preached by the stars is anything special. The more you understand this organization, the more you will understand that they are just luckier than us earlier. I knew the impact was coming and prepared in advance
They played gods in front of me, returned my son who died in the war, and asked me to work for them.
I did.
I didn't feel satisfied or even humiliated.
I just deeply realized that the rise of the Star Club was just an accident. The best thing is that it can be copied. I mean, if you give me a chance, I will not do worse.
And if you insist on a specific answer, I will tell you that my most original thought is probably that I don’t want to just die with the world in the dying stars.
I, Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin, I don’t want to die quietly and humble like the stardust under the apocalypse. ”
"Which you?"
Mason asked.
The old Green Goblin lowered his head and showed an evil smile, saying:
"Both of me are like this, one wants to fight them, and the other wants to cause trouble for them, so we buried the hatchet and chose to join forces.
Well, you don't know how difficult it is for two people to reach a tacit understanding.
Fortunately
We did it. ”
His weird smile made Mason's chills deepen for a moment, but it seemed to be an illusion and returned to old Norman's wise look in the next second.
He said to Mason:
"Otto and I will return the gravity chromium stored here back to the ground, but there will still be some left above the safety line. Otto wants me to give you some as a gift.
This kind of scarce resource is not available in every world. If you miss this one, you don’t know how long you will have to wait.
I heard you're a pretty good engineer?
Very good, then use these rare resources properly. I can’t give you the Patriot armor I’m wearing, but the blueprints of the previous ‘Green Goblin’ suit will also be given away.
It's not a very good thing, but it's good for military use by servants.
Ten standard units of purified liquid gravitonium are already being prepared. Consider this a personal gift from me. Mason, I hope you can put in a good word for me in front of Mr. Hunter. ”
"Thank you."
Mason nodded and said to the Green Goblin in front of him:
"I will put in a good word for you, provided my boss is willing to listen." (End of Chapter)