As Nick Fury's body was torn to pieces and swept into the sewers, the entire battlefield suddenly fell deathly silent.
Whether it was "Iron Man" Tony Stark or "Captain America" Steve Rogers, both instinctively stopped what they were doing, their eyes wide as if they could not believe what they had just seen.
In their minds, this bald Black man who always wore an eyepatch had always carried an air of mystery.
It seemed that no matter what kind of trouble arose, he could always come up with at least one or two solutions.
Yet now, he had been killed with ease, and even his body had not been left intact.
After personally taking down the arrogant Director Egghead, Brock Rumlow bluntly delivered an ultimatum to the Avengers present. "Drop your weapons and surrender! Otherwise, die! Of course, perhaps you yourselves aren't afraid of death, but what about your family and friends? Mr. Stark, for example—aren't you going to spare a thought for Miss Pepper? And Natasha, aren't you going to spare a thought for Barton and his happy family?"
This naked threat instantly made the expressions of the Avengers present turn incredibly grim.
They had known from the moment they joined this initiative that they might one day die in battle.
But they could not bear to see their family and friends dragged down because of them.
"J.A.R.V.I.S.! How is Pepper right now?" Tony Stark immediately asked his AI butler about his girlfriend.
"Miss Pepper is currently in her office at Stark Tower in New York, handling the company's daily affairs."
Through the internet and remote surveillance, J.A.R.V.I.S. provided the answer in less than a second and projected the camera feed onto an electronic screen.
Seeing that his beloved girlfriend was safe, Tony Stark immediately let out a sigh