A Hammer
"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"
"After that night, there were multiple incidents of attacks on citizens, all of which involved draining their blood and eating their bodies. But compared to the earth-shattering events of Hulk and Abomination, these incidents seemed insignificant, and the attention of citizens and the media was focused on Fifth Avenue. These incidents were shelved by police forces in various locations as unsolved cases."
Nick Fury raised one eyebrow as he spoke. He had no objection to the actions of police forces in various places. In the United States, being a police officer is just a job. The force capable of creating such an incident belongs to a supernatural entity, which is beyond their capabilities. Rashly deploying police forces to investigate would be tantamount to risking the lives of police officers and wasting taxpayers' money.
Most importantly, nobody is paying attention to this matter. Reporters of all sizes are focused on Fifth Avenue and the Hulk, hoping to gain some publicity and fame. So, simply sealing this matter away won't cause any adverse effects.
After all, not every police officer is like Rust and Martin from True Detective, who can investigate a case from nearly twenty years ago and fight against a massive force of followers of an evil god.
Through analysis, the intelligence department discovered that the first victim appeared at the Battlefield Fool on Fifth Avenue. Through the limited information available, they found a direct connection between the incident and Doctor Death, thus classifying the Bat Monster's threat level as the highest priority.
Nick Drake, 43, a former company employee, was fired after botching a business deal. He later divorced his ex-wife because she had cheated on him, but no concrete evidence was found. He left with nothing and became homeless.
This is information collected by S.H.I.E.L.D.. about the Bat Monster, or rather, information about him before he became the Bat Monster.
In the ruins of Fifth Avenue, S.H.I.E.L.D.. field agents collected flesh and blood belonging to Nick Drake. Given the extent of his injuries, unless they possessed Underworld Soul Chaser or cutting-edge technology, the only option was to take him to a funeral home.
Gaia Memory is a technology that current science cannot comprehend.
Do we possess the power to rival it?
After reviewing the information and gaining a general understanding of the Bat Monster's combat capabilities, Coulson became somewhat worried about his own side's strength.
The tablet contained not only various pictures and text documents, but also several videos from the victim's mobile phone, surveillance camera, and car dashcam, among other sources.
In one of the clearer clips, two state troopers are seen brandishing guns and ordering a ragged man around as he tightly grips the neck of a citizen who has been pushed to the ground.
But the man did not obey the orders, and the two state troopers opened fire on him, emptying an entire magazine in one go. Apart from two bullets that accidentally wounded the innocent civilian, all the remaining bullets hit the man.
However, the man was unharmed; the bullet hadn't even pierced his skin, and the deformed Negasonic Teenage Warhead fell to the ground. After releasing the citizen who had been drained of blood, he strode towards the two state troopers, but before he could even change his magazine, the two men were tackled to the ground by the Bat Monster.
He charged forward at a speed far exceeding that of even Olympic Games sprint Champion, causing the two men who were pushed to break several bones upon impact, a fact confirmed by the autopsy reports.
Immediately afterwards, the Bat Monster's hands, like sharp fangs, pierced the necks of the two state troopers.
He sensed the state trooper struggling, but his body visibly turned gray and shriveled, clearly having had a large amount of blood drained, before becoming still.
Judging from the recording time of the video, it was very close to the battle on Fifth Avenue. At that time, the Bat Monster was still very weak. However, the later the video is recorded, the stronger the Bat Monster becomes, and the more bizarre its actions become.
The most recent video was taken by a combat recorder.
In the video, a group of heavily armed people are seen cautiously moving towards a certain location. They are fully equipped, with body armor and firearms that surpass even the most elite soldiers in the United States. They are S.H.I.E.L.D..'s rapid response force.
But before they could even see the enemy clearly, the entire squad was wiped out, leaving behind only equipment scattered on the ground and withered corpses.
After slowing down the video several times, the figures of the Bat Monster attacking them became clear, but they were still very blurry, since the combat recorder was not a high-speed camera.
It was a gray-white man, very tall and strong, running at an incredible speed, crashing straight into a teammate who had no time to react, yet passing through him like a beam of light.
In that brief moment of contact, the operative's blood was drained, leaving him looking like a corpse that had been dried out for a long time.
This is beyond the scope of what humans can solve, and after experiencing the Arctic winds and bitter cold, he is now searching for some vampire monster, leaving him physically and mentally exhausted.
"Don't worry about that, we have Doc Green... He possesses both Bruce Banner's intelligence and the Hulk's strength." Nick Fury seemed to read his trusted lieutenant's mind and said, "Agent Shilvert leads an elite team of soldiers, equipped with the latest equipment invented by Dr. Clark, who, together with Bruce Dr. Banner, have been tracking the Bat Monster's trail."
"This hammer was found in New Mexico. According to locals, it fell from the sky on a stormy night. The first townspeople to find it tried to take it home, but found that they couldn't move it no matter what they did, not even with machinery."
"Along with the hammer appeared a burly blond man who, for some reason, had lost his memory. He had forgotten who he was, his name, or how he got there, but he had a strange obsession with the hammer and tried to lift it."
Did he lift it?
Although the Nick Fury topic took a rather far- Pegasus turn, Coulson was still very interested in anything related to Hammer.
Nick Fury said, "If he can lift it, then I'll go there myself."
"After his failed attempt, the burly man stayed in the local town. The townsman who found him named him Donald Black and worked as a caregiver in a hospital to earn money to support himself—though it was more like manual labor. Having lost his memory, he was like a caveman, and he was reckless and incapable of doing any meticulous work."
"He was in charge of carrying patients, moving belongings, and resolving disputes involving medical staff—and he seemed to have received professional training; his physical fitness and combat skills were superior to those of ordinary rapid reaction force soldiers."
After speaking at length, Nick Fury looked at Coulson with his one eye and said, "Coulson, I need you to lead a team to investigate that hammer and to secretly contact that Donald Black."