Reduced to Ashes

Xia Yu suddenly appeared in the White House Oval Office, startling the bodyguard next to him. Before Xia Yu could finish speaking, the office door had already been opened by Secret Service agents.

Several pistols were already pointed at Xia Yu's head.

"Get out!!"

Xia Yu's eyes sharpened, and he spoke coldly.

Before the words were even finished, several agents who had rushed in were sent flying backwards, smashing the agents who were about to rush in behind them to pieces.

"Anyone who dares to come in again will die!"

Xia Yu spoke coldly to the group of agents outside the door.

Protecting the president is the Secret Service's mission. These professionally trained bodyguards, for whom taking bullets is second nature, are naturally not threatened by death.

At that moment, the president waved towards the door and said...

"You can all leave now, and close the door behind you. If Mr. Xia really wants to do something, no one can stop him."

The president is still very rational. If Xia Yu wanted to kill someone, not even the Secret Service, let alone the entire army, navy, and air force, would be able to do anything about it.

"It's really not easy to find you, Congressman Wayne."

Xia Yu didn't even glance at the United States president, and spoke directly to Craig Wayne on the ground.

"Yu Shen, Yu Shen, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have coveted your things. Please don't kill me, please don't kill me! I have a family, I have a daughter who is not even 16 years old. Please don't kill me, I beg you!"

Craigie Wayne pleaded for mercy repeatedly, and the president also spoke up to persuade him.

"Mr. Xia, Craig Wayne was indeed in the wrong. Our government will definitely handle him according to the law. Killing him like this is not in line with the image of Avengers. Trust us."

"At 7 minutes and 36 seconds, from Thanos' arrival in Chinatown to his order for the spaceship to begin its attack, people had already started calling the police as soon as he arrived in Chinatown. An alien invasion was not something the police could handle; the National Guard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were notified immediately."

"When the Federal Bureau of Investigation received the notification, it was less than three minutes after Thanos arrived in Chinatown. Normally, in this kind of situation, the Avengers should be notified immediately. A phone call would have given me a minute to get there, but..."

"These documents are right here on your desk, Mr. President. As soon as I arrive, I have the ability to move the battlefield to a deserted place or even outer space. But, because of this bastard..."

Xia Yu pointed to Craig Wayne on the ground.

"You razed Chinatown to the ground, causing countless deaths and injuries. I personally witnessed people losing their daughters and wives, and others dying without a complete corpse. It's all because you wanted to smear the Avengers, because you wanted to live a long life, and you killed so many people."

Xia Yu shouted his last few words out.

"Mr. Xia, please calm down. I know all about this. Congressman Wayne certainly deserves to die, but thankfully you arrived in time and used your God power to reverse time, didn't you? No one was injured. I promise you, I will expose all his actions to the world, and he will receive the punishment he deserves."

"That's a completely different matter. Saving people is my business, but that doesn't cover up the fact that he killed someone. Congressman Wayne, let's get going."

The president wanted to get up and say something more, but Xia Yu forced him back to his seat with a single look.

With a wave of his hand, Xia Yu tore through space and grabbed the reporter.

Accompanying her was her personal cameraman.

Can I start a live stream on my phone right now?

"Can!"

The reporter nodded blankly. They had just returned to the company when suddenly the air in front of them cracked open.

The next second, they were in the president's office, where Craig Wayne and Xia Yu were also present.

The reporter was a little scared and a little excited. Although Craig Wayne was one of his bosses and looked like he was going to die today, what did that have to do with him?

This is a major exclusive news story today.

"I can overlook your smear Avengers. I'll give you a chance to atone. Report everything that happened here, including everything Craig Wayne did. If you don't know anything, there's information on the president's desk."

"Cooperate with this reporter and release the information, but there are some Avengers secrets I don't want to reveal."

Xia Yu gave the president a cold glance. Under the powerful mental pressure, the president could only nod like a chicken pecking at rice, and could no longer muster the slightest thought of resistance.

Let's begin!

Xia Yu gestured for the reporter to turn on the live stream.

The reporter communicated with his superiors in advance and then got the president to order all official mainstream media outlets to cooperate.

A few minutes later, Xia Yu's image was displayed on television stations, mobile networks, and large outdoor LED screens in shopping malls.

The reporter adjusted the camera, looked around to indicate where he was, and then cut the camera to himself, about to say something introductory.

Then Xia Yu's cold voice came through.

"No need for all that trouble. I don't care how you work afterwards; just let me finish this first."

Before the reporter could even speak, the cameraman obediently switched the camera to Xia Yu.

At this moment, the whole world is watching Xia Yu.

In the scene, Xia Yu, expressionless, grabbed Craig Wayne by the neck with one hand and lifted him up with a single motion.

"Deliberately blocking information, causing disaster, and smearing the Avengers —die!"

With the word "death" uttered, Xia Yu casually tossed Craig Wayne into the air. Before he even hit the ceiling, Xia Yu unleashed a burst of energy, instantly reducing him to ashes.

It was literally reduced to ashes, as if it had been cremated in an instant.

The raindrops drifted slowly in from the empty space several meters above the office.

At that moment, not only the cameramen and reporters, but even the president and those watching on television couldn't help but shudder.

A living person was instantly reduced to ashes.

But this wasn't the end. Xia Yu stretched out his right hand, forming a claw shape, and grabbed back into the void.

The flying dust seemed to have encountered a vacuum cleaner, swirling towards Xia Yu's palm.

The fly ash slowly coalesced into a spherical object the size of a human head, spinning erratically a few centimeters above Xia Yu's palm.

Immediately afterwards, a flash of red light appeared in Xia Yu's palm, and the sphere began to disintegrate at the molecular level, turning directly into nothingness.

"People like that don't deserve to stay on Earth after they die."

After doing all this, looking at the stunned president and reporters, Xia Yu said coldly.

There are three more people.

Xia Yu picked up the documents in front of the president. Apart from not knowing the cause of the incident, the White House staff had already placed the details of the incident and the information of the relevant personnel in front of the president before Craig Wayne entered.

Xia Yu didn't want to make things too difficult for the president. If he forced the president to find out the locations of these people and then killed them in front of the whole world, the president could simply step down.

He naturally has plenty of ways to control them; he just needs to take control of a few top agents.

Let the reporter finish what he hadn't done, then Xia Yu tore open the space and disappeared.

Five minutes later, Xia Yu had figured out where the remaining three Congressman had gone.

It was actually in AC City, the headquarters of the Avengers.