Ambushed

But before Aeo could even look for trouble with their supposed Oliver Queen, he ran into trouble himself.

"Hmm?" Aeo's powerful Super-hearing picked up a hint of an ominous sound. His gaze sharpened, and he immediately saw a Sidewinder Missile speeding fiercely towards him.

"Damn it!" Aeo only had time to curse under his breath before a loud BOOM as the missile accurately hit his ride.

"!"

Over there, Bruce also started, "What happened? Zod, do you read me?" But no matter how he called, Aeo didn't reply, and he finally started to panic.

"Eiffel, locate Zod's position! See what happened to him?"

"Yes, sir," the Smart Terminal replied emotionlessly.

As Skynet acted, a US military satellite was unknowingly infiltrated and then aimed at Aeo's location.

"!"

"Damn it." Bruce leaped up.

Meanwhile, being attacked without reason had already made Aeo furious—before the missile arrived, Aeo had jumped out of the car. But his expensive supercar, which he'd only had for half a day, was blown into a pile of scrap.

"You all deserve to die!" Looking at the attack helicopters flying in the sky, and a line of war machines like armored vehicles, Aeo's gray eyes were filled with extreme danger.

The other side didn't care if he was angry or not. Seeing that he had dodged the missile attack, several more missiles were directly fired at him again!

"Addicted to shooting?" Aeo's eyes flashed red, and two thick heat rays struck the missiles first!

BOOM. The missiles detonated in mid-air. Amidst the flames, a figure flew through the air.

"Dodge, quick, dodge!" The enemies in the helicopters shouted desperately. But it was too late. Aeo, who had truly ignited his rage, directly used his Steel Body to violently tear through a helicopter with a BOOM.

ZZZT. Powerful heat rays destroyed another helicopter.

BOOM. The helicopter crashed to the ground, becoming two large fireballs.

Several armored vehicles braked urgently, aiming at him in the air first. "DA-DA-DA~~"

After all, these were different from ordinary guns and cannons. The deadly barrage fired by the giant-caliber vehicle-mounted machine guns, although unable to harm Aeo, the immense kinetic energy still caused him to retreat repeatedly in mid-air.

"Ah~"

Shielding his head with his hands, Aeo suddenly shot out massive heat vision rays, flipping a Stryker wheeled vehicle violently onto its side.

"Fire, keep firing!"

But Aeo stomped down from the sky, and with a BOOM, another armored vehicle was violently torn in half by him. Then, moving at super-high speed, he slammed his shoulder into a third infantry fighting vehicle, the immense force flipping the several-ton armored vehicle several times.

"Who exactly are you!"

But the response was an attack from another enemy squad.

"Squad 2, deploy, Squad 2, deploy."

"Sonic weapon ready!"

Two special armed vehicles leaped out from behind. The two huge sonic weapons on them hummed, and visible ripples spread out in circles towards the young man.

MMMPH. Caught off guard, Aeo was hit directly. He only felt a huge buzzing sound desperately tearing at his eardrums and brain, his vision blurring.

"Increase power!" The enemies rejoiced upon seeing this.

"!"

HUMMM. The immense shockwave made Aeo instinctively grip the ground hard to avoid being blown away.

"Enough!"

Great anger struck Aeo's heart. A powerful energy spread from his Fortier cells. He raised his head, and his massive heat vision rays fiercely struck one of the sonic vehicles, destroying it directly. The other one soon met the same fate, being destroyed and blown up.

BOOM!

Two more large fireballs erupted.

But the enemy didn't give up, and the third wave of attacks immediately followed. "Fire!"

Dozens of special forces soldiers, led by a warrior with a mechanical arm and disheveled hair, fired at Aeo while providing cover.

"PING." Still dazed, Aeo was hit several times.

HISS! Aeo actually felt a sharp pain, something even the infantry fighting vehicles couldn't do before. He quickly focused his gaze and realized that the soldiers were holding energy weapons, and their power was surprisingly high, which was beyond Aeo's expectations. Especially...

Aeo looked in surprise at the masked man with a mechanical arm. Isn't this...?

PING PING. Lost in thought, Aeo was hit several more times. At the same time, the enemy leader fired a hypnotic gas shell at Aeo with a grenade.

MMMPH. Inhaling the nerve toxin, Aeo's legs slightly weakened, and he knelt down on one knee.

Even the enemies didn't expect this, and they all rejoiced, increasing their attack power. "Attack, attack quickly!"

DA-DA-DA. The machine guns on the remaining jeeps and all the ground soldiers desperately poured fire on Aeo.

"You all deserve to die!" It came quickly and went quickly. The effect of the nerve toxin only lasted for a short while before Aeo stood up again. Roaring in extreme anger, he first sent a heat vision blast heavily knocking away a jeep, then, in his fury, charged into the crowd to kill mercilessly.

"Die!" With his extraordinary strength and heat vision, at least two dozen soldiers were burned in half or had their bones broken by Aeo. All the enemy attacks on the young man only made PING PING sounds. Finally, the enemy was intimidated and shouted, "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

The mechanical-armed man heard this, pulled out a grenade, and with a CHAK, threw it at Aeo's feet. Huh? Aeo, blinded by rage, didn't notice, and with a BOOM, was blown back several meters.

"GOGOGO!" The enemies seized this opportunity to try and escape.

Shaking his dazed head, "Damn it, who the hell are you..."

Aeo stomped on the ground and instantly rushed in front of the man with the mechanical arm. Without even looking, he threw a punch. "I'm going to kill you!"

The man, not knowing his place, actually dared to confront Aeo head-on with his mechanical arm. With a bang, the mechanical arm was completely blown to pieces, and the man was sent flying like a fly being swatted by immense force!

"Hmph!" Aeo snorted coldly, feeling much better. But just then, two F-22s flew in from the sky.

"Target acquired... Fire!"

Boom! Two Hellfire Missiles exploded.

Oof, even with Steel Body, Aeo felt his blood surge from humanity's weapons of war! He looked with slight surprise at the F-22s speeding past. It seemed human technology did have its merits. At this stage, the flames and smoke from the missiles might not cause him actual harm, but if he were hit head-on, the power of the Hellfire could not be underestimated.

Grabbing the wreckage of an infantry fighting vehicle nearby, Aeo didn't even look and threw it towards the sky.

Whoosh, the F-22s braked sharply, the wreckage whistling past with thunderous sounds, scaring them into a cold sweat. Immediately after, they risked their lives and fired two more Hellfire Missiles.

Boom, the immense roar and shockwave made Aeo's clothes flap violently. After a while, when the smoke and flames had all died down, Aeo realized the enemies had all retreated.

"..."

Staring at the F-22s fleeing in disarray in the sky, Aeo clenched his fist!

Hydra!

That's right, from the familiar appearance, Aeo remembered who had attacked him. It was a former member of the Howling Commandos, Captain America Steven Rogers' good buddy, the assassin, Bucky Barnes! Also known as the Winter Soldier.

However, as a high-ranking enforcer for Hydra, shouldn't the Winter Soldier be brainwashed by Hydra after the war and sent to assassinate politicians and big shots worldwide? Why was he here? Had his identity been exposed?

Indeed.

Aeo suddenly remembered the battle in Gotham City. S.H.I.E.L.D. had dispatched many soldiers, and it was possible that some of them were their moles. Given Hydra's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., this was entirely possible. But why did they treat Aeo as an enemy? Weren't they only focused on restoring Hydra's terrifying rule over the world? What benefit was there for them to attack Aeo preemptively when he hadn't shown any threat to them?

Aeo was confused and filled with rage!