Just then, Janet brought the aircraft down and landed.
Hope looked at Charlotte and said, "Let's go. We have to get out of here, fast."
At that very moment, as Janet, Hank Pym, and Pakura stepped down from the ship—
Boom!
A laser beam struck the ship's energy compartment head-on, instantly blowing the ship apart.
At the instant of the explosion, Pakura grabbed Janet and Hank Pym and flickered away from the blast wave's range.
When the smoke dispersed, Kang the Conqueror walked out, saying as he advanced, "Today truly is a day of double fortune. Not only did I find Janet, I also got to see you successfully shrink my Energy Core."
Janet glanced warily at Kang the Conqueror, then said to Charlotte Doyle, "Don't give it to him."
Kang the Conqueror's gaze fell on the sphere in Charlotte's hand. Then he said, "That is mine."
Then he looked toward the wary Hope beside him and said, "Hello, little jelly bean."
Hope looked at her mother in confusion. How did some random person here know the affectionate nickname her family had used for her when she was little?
Seeing that Hope and Janet did not speak, Kang the Conqueror looked toward Charlotte Doyle, who was holding the Energy Core.
"Sir, could you return what belongs to me?"
"Or do I need to take it myself?"
Charlotte, however, simply turned his palm downward, and the Energy Core in his hand was directly taken into his Storage Space.
Seeing the Energy Core vanish, Kang the Conqueror's expression turned serious. Then he said, "I have never seen you before, but it seems you do not intend to hand over what is mine."
Before Charlotte could speak, Scott Lang introduced him. "This is the God of Ninjas, Charlotte Doyle, someone even stronger than