Operation Empty-Handed: Luring Abomination Toward Gaius

"General, you should listen to this."

Inside an armed helicopter, the communications officer anxiously handed the phone to the gray-haired yet vigorous old man behind him.

"Hulk is on the street! I repeat, Hulk is on the street!"

Hearing the voice on the phone, Ross froze for a moment and turned to look at Bruce Banner, whom he had captured not long ago. His mind was filled with confusion.

Hulk? Hulk was clearly on the helicopter with him, subdued and under control.

"Impossible. Take care of yourself first, young man. Stay calm. What's your location?"

"121st Street, heading north toward Broadway."

"Turn around!" Ross hurriedly told the pilot, who immediately maneuvered the helicopter toward 121st Street.

"We turned around? Why are we turning around?" Bruce Banner asked, baffled.

"Damn it, give me visuals."

"Yes, sir."

The next second, footage of 121st Street appeared on the helicopter's display.

Onscreen, a gigantic humanoid monster several meters tall was wreaking havoc. Cars, walls, and pavement were as fragile as papier-mâché before him.

His body was covered in reptilian scales, and protruding bones jutted beneath the skin of his neck, abdomen, and even back.

Under the blazing firelight, it was barely possible to make out that the monster's body was yellow-green.

Pedestrians on the street were terrified and thrown into chaos. Some hid inside buildings, trembling, while others fled farther away.

Nearby police officers and hastily arriving soldiers fired at him without pause, but the bullets struck his body like raindrops, doing virtually no damage. Instead, they only stirred up his ferocity.

"No." Bruce Banner moved closer to the screen, and his expression changed drastically when he saw the humanoid monster onscreen.

"Is this one of yours?" he demanded, staring at Ross.

"Oh God, what have you done?" General Ross's daughter, Betty, looked at