The Death Knell

The two left the mobile phone store and turned into the Blockbuster next door. The security guard's car was still parked on the side of the road. The fat security guard in the car looked at the two of them with a pale face, looking very nervous.

Su Ming waved his hand at him like he was shooing away flies, and motioned him to go wash the car quickly and watch the excitement.

Then he took Carol into the video rental store and got in through the human-shaped gap in the glass of the store door.

"Why did you bring me here?"

As Carol followed, she casually picked up a video tape that was returned by someone else on the counter. It was the newly released movie "The Silence of the Lambs" this year. The cover showed a woman with a moth in her mouth.

Seeing the black and yellow w logo on the upper corner of the video tape cover, she was as interested in Wilson Film's movies as ever, but she definitely didn't have time to watch movies now, which was a pity.

"First of all, you have to replace the Kree military uniform and use your own energy to build a new uniform. And here, of course, you are looking for design inspiration."

Su Ming walked to the shelf, pulled out a video tape, and showed her the cover.

In the darkness, Carol's vision could still make her see clearly. It was a copy of "Zorro" from 1975, a very classic retro hero film.

"You mean I need a mask like his?"

Carol frowned. She was a soldier and didn't like to be secretive.

Su Ming threw the videotape to her and continued searching on the shelves: "It's up to you. As long as you're not afraid of your enemies recognizing you and killing your whole family in the future, you don't have to wear a blindfold."

Carol sighed. She was confident that she could not die, but her mother and brothers obviously could not. In order to protect them, she did not argue anymore. She raised her hand and used an energy tool to reveal a black eyepatch and covered her face.

"Very good, let's look at this again, "Boots Cat"." Su Ming threw her another videotape.

"Japanese cartoon remake of classic fairy tale, 1969? This is too old." Carol didn't understand why Deathstroke showed her this, but looking at the strange cat with a bushido expression on the cover, she felt very bad .

"The focus is wrong. I asked you to manifest long gloves and over-the-knee boots."

Su Ming raised his fist and showed it to her. Gloves were very important, and if you didn't plan to wear heavy armor like the death knell, you must get enough protection when hitting the enemy with your elbows or knees.

She said nothing and gave herself long black gloves and boots to match the color of the mask.

"Not bad, then there's "Water Hibiscus", the old-fashioned swimsuit design in it is good." Su Ming found another video tape.

"Wait... wait, why is it a swimsuit?!"

Carol refused. She didn't know why many masked women liked to fight enemies in swimsuits.

Su Ming shook her head earnestly and said very seriously: "Because you want to disguise yourself as a new female superhero of the earth. And as you know in the current earth, it is popular for masked women to wear such clothes. What kind of feminist liberation is involved? , Will awakening or something, I don’t quite understand.”

"Is that so... Indeed, daring to show off one's body can be regarded as a woman's awakening. Then I'll give it a try, but you're not allowed to peek."

As she spoke, Carol sneaked into the warehouse holding the video tape, and walked out ten seconds later, holding the green Kree Empire jumpsuit in her hand, and she had already put on a black one. Deadpool swimsuit.

She made her boots longer, trying to cover her thighs.

"Don't worry about others seeing it. They can't see your face anyway, right?" Su Ming pointed to her swimsuit: "The whole body in black is too monotonous. How about some bright colors like yellow to match it?"

"Like you? Warning color?" Carol thought for a moment, raised her hand and drew a big yellow lightning bolt on the chest of the uniform. She felt much better. It was really nice to have a bright color: "But, isn't it too revealing? Now? I've never worn anything like this...if it counts as clothing."

Su Ming came back to her with the last videotape: "The uniform of the masked man is not meant to be worn in life. If you put it on and feel that you have become a completely different person, that means you are right. If If you can’t deceive yourself, how can you deceive others?”

Carol looked down at her gloves and boots and thought about it carefully.

"You're right, but it's still too little fabric, that's indisputable."

"It's been prepared for you a long time ago. Here, "Aladdin". The red cloth belt with long tassels in it is perfect for improving the monotonous uniform layout." Su Ming handed the videotape to her and completed the last step. .

Now Carol is exactly the same as the image in the comics except for the last red belt.

She's not Captain Marvel yet, but Ms. Marvel.

Carol used the cosmic energy object to create a belt with some suspicion. Not to mention, hanging this around her waist gave her a little formal cover, and she felt much better in her heart. It no longer looked like she was naked.

She tried to move her arms and legs, and the swimsuit was very flexible and light with long boots and long gloves. She was quite satisfied.

"I didn't expect you also know about fashion design?"

Su Ming walked towards the outside of the store and waved for her to follow: "Fortunately, the elements of this uniform come from Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East. They happen to be where the US Air Force is stationed. Are you satisfied?"

"You really know my background..." The corners of Carol's mouth turned downwards, and she guessed that Deathstroke knew her.

But who is it?

"No need to thank me." Su Ming shook his head and changed the subject: "But this is just a temporary measure. You'd better find the right materials to make this uniform afterwards, otherwise if you run out of energy during the battle... ..”

He raised his hand and made a flowering gesture with his fingers spread apart, as if to imply something.

Carol's face turned red. Although her military career had made her accustomed to carefree and genderless days, putting on this uniform exposed her proud figure, and she realized that she actually had a gender.

"Stop talking, let's go."

She smashed another pane of glass and flew away in a hurry, as if very dedicated to her mission.

Just looking at her awkward posture when flying, you can tell that she is very panicked now.

Su Ming took out a few bills and threw them on the counter. She shook her head. She left too quickly and even took the video tape with her. Stealing something from a video store on her first trip was not conducive to being a superhero.

If Carol can't be a superhero or leave a dark history in the outside world, her importance as a tool will be greatly reduced, which is not good.

So Deathstroke paid enough to compensate for the glass and video tapes in the store, and then followed her in a swish, flying side by side with her in the air, and the two of them headed towards Nevada.

.....................

Su Ming waited for her for a moment. It took three seconds on the road. It seemed that her speed had not yet reached its peak.

The two of them stayed in mid-air, and the wind blew Carol's long golden hair and red belt, but she did not feel comfortable, but looked solemnly at the base in the valley below.

"Where are the planes and runways?"

The original location of the airport below is bare. Only deep in the canyon where the red rocks are stacked can you see a large enough gate with a vague Pegasus logo on it.

This was nothing like when she left.

"How many years have you been going to Hala?" Su Ming asked her. He landed on the ground first: "There is no sign that there was even an airport here."

He raised his fist and punched the ground. As dust flew up like an explosion, a large crater appeared in front of the two of them.

There is no cement or asphalt, just pebbles and soil underneath.

"I... don't know, maybe three years, maybe four years." Carol also landed slowly, looking at the gate of the base with a look of reminiscence: "The revolution period of Hala is different from that of the earth. Likewise, I don’t know how many years have passed on Earth while I’m there.”

Su Ming patted the dirt on his body and thought for a moment.

"It's 1991 now, and the Pegasus Project has been shut down. Do you have any emergencies you want to report? Tell me."

"It's about the Pegasus Project. No, I want to go into the base and have a look."

She did not explain in detail, but flew straight to the closed door, raising her hand to enter something in the password box on the side.

The door didn't respond, and her old password didn't work. She irritably pulled the lock box off the wall and threw it aside.

She had worked hard to go undercover with the Cree people for so many years, but when she came back she didn't even have her own plane. She felt deeply sad.

For a girl who considered the military a loving family, it certainly seemed like an abandonment...even though she went undercover entirely in private, without anyone's authorization.

She looked up at the huge metal gate that was more than ten meters high and more than fifty meters wide. She clenched her hands to gather the cosmic energy, then suddenly reached out and grabbed the seam of the closed part of the gate.

"ah!"

As she roared and exerted her strength, cosmic energy flowed throughout her body, causing her hair to stand up and dance in the air, like a bright light shining at night.

The harsh sound of metal deformation and the roar of friction on the ground came, and the white Pegasus emblem on the door was split in half. She tore open the hundreds-ton three-defense fortification door from the crack. The hydraulic sealing device behind the door was completely deformed and sparks erupted.

She didn't even take a breath.

The sound of howling wind came, which was the sound of external air flowing into the base. She hurriedly tried to get in, but was dragged back by Deathstroke.

"Don't worry, there's something wrong inside."

Su Ming held her shoulder with one hand and took out a weapon with the other hand. His tone was much more serious than the previous casualness.

"What?" Carol licked her lips, she felt a little thirsty.

"There is something alive inside." The moment the gate was opened, Strangler sent an early warning. The air awakened some creature in the base, and that creature gave it a very bad feeling.

Su Ming asked her to stand behind him, but she insisted on standing in front and was still gearing up.

She was not surprised to hear what Deathstroke said.

"No problem. Project Pegasus was originally a plan to study outer space vehicles and aliens. Deep underground inside the base, there are places where test subjects are kept. Maybe you can smell those things."

Deathstroke passed her and walked into the base first, raising the God Killer in his hand so that its light could illuminate a larger area.

"Really? Then please explain what happened to the corpses inside? And why when Tianma planned to evacuate, he didn't take away the precious test object, but locked it in the base and cut off the oxygen supply? "

After being reminded, Carol saw that in the darkness at the door, there were scattered white bones everywhere, and some of the bones were wearing uniforms with Pegasus emblems on their arms.

"Oops......"