The Collection of The End

——Marvel, 2015——

Tokyo, S.H.I.E.L.D. safe house.

Widowmaker, Van Helsing, and Murdock reconfirm the safety of the "safe house" due to the unexpected arrival of a "visitor."

The good news is that the safe house is safe, and the Japanese agent named [Asakawa Rain] only appeared here by coincidence.

The bad news is that it's become very dangerous outside the safe house, and since the attack at the hotel, a large number of converts have been sent out to search for them.

After continuing to impersonate "Hydra agents" to question [Asakawa Rain], the three of them had a general understanding of the current situation in Tokyo.

The Botu who could only control the "immortal ninja" inexplicably gained new powers - of course, the peripheral agent could not know about the deal with the devil.

It is an unknown number of metal arrows. The person who is stabbed by it will have a bulge in the area that looks like a burn. Hand members who are willing to accept this power can spend a certain amount of time to "synchronize" with it. , when the bulge is incorporated into the body, the person will gain the power contained in it, and can later replenish the consumption of these powers by drinking some kind of strange coffee with sugar cubes added.

But for those who disobey and oppose the disciples, or are simply enemies, this step will be reversed. After stabbing the person with an arrow, the victim will be directly poured "coffee" to make the "bulge" grow and let the contents contained in it grow. A certain kind of consciousness that only obeys the orders of the master continues to grow, and eventually replaces the original consciousness of the "host" and turns it into something similar to an "immortal ninja", but no matter how you check it, you are still your own puppet.

Representatives of the former are the four people encountered in the hotel safe room who appear to be normal and can communicate, but they can suddenly transform limbs such as tails and wings from certain parts of the body that normal people cannot have, and the latter Naturally, it was the [Asakawa Rain] agent who had just been rescued.

"It's unbelievable. When I found that my waking time was getting shorter and shorter, I thought I was going to be transformed into a puppet like other victims." After roughly telling the information he knew, he stared at Murdoch with eager eyes: "How did you do it?"

"'Hydra' has long been eyeing the 'Hand', which has become increasingly restless recently," Murdoch adjusted his sunglasses and said nonchalantly: "It was originally just a means to deal with the 'Undead Ninja', but unexpectedly it turned out that It works, and it seems that even if the appearance becomes fancy, the method is still the same as in the database.”

"..." Widowmaker and Van Helsing both looked at him with a mixture of surprise, admiration and ridicule.

Murdoch, who roughly sensed their attitude from the subtle changes in their faces, chose to ignore it. He was blind, so what was the use of winking to a blind person?

"As expected..." [Asakawa Yu] wanted to praise "Hydra", but seemed to feel that it was not appropriate to say this in front of a group of "high-level people" in his capacity, so he turned to say: "Then he has been completely controlled. Can people be saved? When I was trying to avoid being controlled, I saw several well-known figures who often appeared on TV were imprisoned, but would soon leave again."

As expected, Murdock "looked" at Van Helsing and Widowmaker.

Compared with other "fingers" of the Hand who only care about strengthening their own combat effectiveness or product value, Botu is more ambitious. His new codename "Night Owl" expresses his intention to secretly control Tokyo. If everything goes well, he will also You can continue to expand your power until you control the entire Japan.

And to develop further... it depends on whether he wants to know how to write the word "death".

"These 'antidotes' also have a cost, and 'Hydra' will not lend a helping hand to rubbish that has no use value," Murdoch continued: "You'd better not continue to say such things that will reduce your value. .”

"Ah! Yes!" [Asakawa Yu] was excited and subconsciously stood at attention: "This subordinate has overstepped his bounds."

——What cost?

——Two dollars a piece, ten dollars six.

——It’s really not cheap.

Van Helsing and Widowmaker communicated through lip language from behind, speaking very slowly for fear that Murdoch wouldn't "see" them.

"Tell me about the special abilities you know about, and the so-called 'Organization in the Dark'," Murdoch waved his hand, "If its framework is not bad, destroying it will allow you to become a member of the 'Hand' .”

"Yes...yes!" [Asakawa Yu] responded slightly excitedly, and then began to explain as logically as possible.

Generally speaking, the big bag produced after being stabbed by an "arrow" has four powers, namely [feathers], [hair], [scales], and [armor]. They basically generate original energy at specific locations on the body. Limbs, wings and tails that do not exist, but whose appearance and attack methods roughly match these words, are used to defend or attack the enemy.

In order, the speed of the limbs born from these powers is from high to low, and the lethality and defense power are from low to high.

Since they show no signs before growing out and can be easily hidden, there is no way to know what kind of force they are facing before a battle.

However, the ability held by [Asakawa Rain] to make himself completely transparent is outside the four major power types. It represents the classification of "inability" or "uselessness" [Naked]. When used, no new power will be generated. The limbs will be completely wrapped by something with a texture like flesh, turning into a weird shape like the Michelin mascot, and then the light transmittance will become 100%, completely disappearing from the field of view.

Although it is completely transparent and does not emit infrared rays, and can easily avoid monitoring based on these observation principles, its own sound and weight cannot be eliminated. In many cases, it is not as good as the [Feather] system ability that can fly over walls and walls, so it is Sent out as dispensable scouts.

In addition, its combat power remains at the level of the "transformed person" himself, and the transparent shell is completely defenseless, so it was knocked unconscious by Van Helsing's punch.

In this incident, Botu believed too much in the power of "arrows" and sent out such transformed people without warning, while [Asakawa Rain] was determined and still retained his power even at the stage when other transformed people were completely controlled. Sanity, the safe house that the three arrived at happened to be because the agent had a vague impression and was wandering nearby unconsciously, and Murdoch happened to be carrying the "antidote". If one of the many coincidences is missing, the two sides will miss it, and one side will be completely Transformation, the other side has no way of knowing that it is already in the dragon's pond and the tiger's den.

"...As for the specific structure and personnel of that organization, I have been locked up when I was awake, so I don't know much about it," [Asakawa Yu] finally said: "I only vaguely heard that they seemed to have gatherings at the 'Tokyo Tower' from time to time. , but only when something big happens.”

event? Murdoch and Van Helsing and Widowmaker looked at each other.

Being hunted by vampire hunters, other branches of the Hand being wiped out, and S.H.I.E.L.D. sending agents to deal with them, is this a big deal?