Madness

"Tony, you noticed it too, didn't you!"

Bruce Banner returned the call to Tony Stark while he was frantic with worry, as if he already knew why Stark was calling. He immediately said, "Captain America, Natasha, and I are heading there in Quinjet."

As superhumans who contributed significantly to the Battle of New York, the Latovinia sisters were under S.H.I.E.L.D. surveillance by S. H. I. E. L. D., and formal surveillance and eavesdropping measures were already in place when the Latovinia Embassy was established—although the sisters' magic could shield them from these.

Therefore, it was Hawkeye who first noticed this. While in quarantine, he was watching the news on TV out of boredom. When he saw the news interview being disrupted by that woman, he felt something was wrong and hurriedly called Natasha, asking her to bring people to the rescue.

Although the public's attitude towards the Avengers shifted negatively from initial gratitude due to deliberate manipulation by politicians and the media, the vast majority still regarded them as heroes, and their mediation helped ease tensions between the two sides.

After all, the two sisters are from Latovinia, unlike the Avengers who are all United States citizens except for the alien prince. The arrogant United States people will not identify with them.

Natasha called on Captain America, who was memorizing his lines with the legal team for the next court hearing, and Bruce Banner, who was spending time in the Gamma Labs. The three of them boarded Quinjet and headed to the venue for the press conference.

But in just a short while, the situation had escalated to a point of near-conflict. Bruce Banner and Captain America were so engrossed in watching the live news broadcast on the Quinjet's computer that they didn't even notice their own cell phones ringing.

On the other side, the Blonde Sister had stepped down from the podium and entered the crowd. Because of the earlier Mind Stone magic, people deliberately avoided Blonde Sister, and no one tried to run away when they sensed something was wrong.

Gently using the tip of her Knight's Spear, the Blonde Sister lifted the chin of the first woman and coldly asked, "Look at me. How did your husband and son die because of me?"

The dragon's heart pounded, and a hint of a superior predator emanated from it. Even without using Mind Stone magic, the woman felt an unprecedented fear, her reason nearly collapsing, and her brain could no longer organize any words mixed with lies.

"Someone gave me money, he gave me a sum of money, to curse you at today's press conference... to curse you!" Through the skin of her neck, the woman felt her life, under the divine light flowing from the Knight's Spear, was as fragile as a handful of sand.

The woman was gripped by terror, and burst into tears, pleading with the Blonde Sister, "Please, I need money. I've spent all my savings on medical treatment, and I've lost my job. I need money to survive, I need money to fix my face."

The best scar removal product on the market is Conglomerate B's scar removal lotion, but her face was already damaged to a certain extent, and scar removal lotion alone would not work. Only by combining it with cosmetic surgery could she restore a normal human face.

After speaking in a trembling voice, the woman's legs gave way, and she knelt on the ground, bursting into loud sobs.

The Blonde Sister silently put away her Knight's Spear, then placed her hand, clad in a metal-armored glove, on the woman's face—the blonde tried to dodge, but her body was completely out of her control.

"Ah..."

The woman felt a burning pain on her face, accompanied by an indescribable tingling and itching sensation. She covered her face and rolled around on the spot, even though she had lost control of her bladder out of fear and the ground was now covered in her excrement. The rolling motion made her body covered in filth.

Half a minute later, the woman suddenly realized that the pain and itching on her face had disappeared in an instant, and the sensation on her fingers was no longer the rough scar, but smooth and delicate skin.

The woman, tears welling in her eyes, rubbed her face in disbelief, fearing it was a hallucination, but the sensation in her fingers told her it wasn't a dream.

The Blonde Sister healed her injuries with magic.

Seeing this, Tony Stark, who was only a minute away from the press conference, breathed a sigh of relief, and the three people in the Quinjet also relaxed.

This blonde little girl is a kind person.

Just as everyone was thinking the same thing, the Blonde Sister floated into the air, her feet leaving the ground, and looked down at everyone present. "I have a very strong memory, and I can remember everything that everyone has ever said to me; my hearing is also very sensitive, and I can distinguish everyone's words from a noisy environment."

"So, I've remembered every single one of your insults... Your biggest misunderstanding of me is that you think I shot down the Chitauri troop transport ships, and that the corpses of those behemoths killed many people, so you blame me for their deaths—is that right?"

Whether intimidated by the aftereffects of the Mind Stone magic or by the "miracle" the Blonde Sister had just performed, no one answered her.

"If you've misunderstood, then so be it. Even if I say I didn't do those things, you won't believe me," the Blonde Sister continued. Because her helmet completely covered her face, no one could see the madness in her expression, a madness tinged with hatred. "What's the permanent population of New York again? Never mind, let's say eight million. If we let aliens invade, how many of those eight million people would be left?"

"Let's broaden our perspective further. How many of the United States's 300 million people would survive an alien invasion? These are questions you wouldn't even consider."

"So, since you call me Mutant, a monster, then I'll do some things that monsters do—you think it's my fault that eight million people in New York didn't die at the hands of aliens, then I'll take back the lives of those eight million people."

After she finished speaking, the Blonde Sister's magic flowed continuously into the Knight's Spear, making the light surrounding it even more dazzling. The television broadcast was left with only a blinding light, followed by a blue screen indicating a signal interruption.

"No! No! You can't do that!"

The loss of video signal made it clear to many what had happened. Tony Stark, who had witnessed the Blonde Sister's attack, knew that there could be no survivors under an attack of that intensity.

Moreover, he was currently just a step away from the scene in the air, and even without a television news broadcast signal, he could still see what was happening from such a close distance.

A dazzling beam of light shot into the sky, wreaking havoc on the surrounding buildings. The energy contained within the beam caused the readings on the Iron Man suit's detectors to explode. Wherever the immense energy reached, all solid matter melted or even sublimated, and the sound of the air expanding violently was deafening.

The surrounding buildings were all sliced in half after being swept by the beam of light and began to collapse to the ground.

Iron Man Tony Stark was too close and was blown away by the shockwave from the energy release, crashing into a building and immediately losing consciousness.

The venue, which was the first to be used for the press conference, was completely razed to the ground, leaving only the Blonde Sister floating in mid-air unmoved.

"Dad, Mom!"

Beneath the helmet visor, the Blonde Sister was already in tears.

She still remembers what happened that night. She and her sister were on the bus home with their parents when United States military plane dropped a missile on the bus they were on... just like that, it took everything from her.

Her parents' lives, her sister's eyes, and her heart were all lost in that missile attack. It was Monarch Doom who gave them a second life and this powerful strength they possess today.

Having accomplished what Doom had instructed the two sisters to do during their trip to the United States, Latovinia no longer needed to reach a peace agreement with the United States. Before returning to Latovinia, she could do whatever she wanted.

The Blonde Sister only wanted to do one thing: take revenge on the United States for everything she had lost.

She had initially hesitated about revenge, but the words and actions of the United States at the press conference made her determined—just as Doom Monarch described in the laws of Latovinia, the people of this land were not worthy of being called human beings.

"I'll go stop her!"

On the Quinjet that rushed to the scene, Bruce Banner's face was filled with grief and anger. Regardless of what the Blonde Sister had done to resist the aliens before, her current actions destined her to be an anti-human supervillain.

Bruce Banner took out the driver and pressed it to his waist, then said to Natasha, who was piloting the plane, "Natasha, open the cabin door."

"Bruce, we should discuss this some more." Captain America pulled Bruce back. He was also furious, but rushing in to fight the Blonde Sister now wouldn't be brave, it would be reckless, it would be suicide.

We should find someone stronger—like Kent Clark.

"No, now is not the time to discuss tactics. If we delay any longer, more people will die at her hands!"

Bruce Banner pulled Captain America down by the hand he was holding, then took a running start and leaped out of the open cockpit door, activating the drive mid-air.

He was so angry that Hulk sensed his feelings and resonated with that anger, making the transformed Doc Green even stronger than before.

The driver further amplified this power, causing the expanding muscles to burst through the highly elastic material that made Doc Green's clothes, making his muscles, bones, and skin even more solid, as if he were wearing heavy armor.

With Bruce Banner's help, Doc Green adjusted his posture in mid-air, using the airflow during his high-speed descent to change his position, so that he could get as close to the Blonde Sister as possible.

Then, with a punch, Doc Green created a sonic boom cloud.

Unfortunately, Doc Green can't fly, Blonde Sister only needs to lower her altitude slightly to let Doc Green "brush past" her.

At the same time, the Blonde Sister slightly raised the tip of her spear, pointing the sharp spearhead at Doc Green's chest, causing Doc Green to crash into the Knight's Spear.

The Knight's Spear, made from Gram Sword Shard, was sharp enough to pierce through Doc Green's skin and muscles. After their bodies crossed, Doc Green's left shoulder and ribs were completely slashed open, with only the muscles of his waist and abdomen below the driver belt holding him together, preventing his left side from detaching from his torso.

The bones were shattered, the left lung and most of the organs surrounding the heart were torn to pieces, and blood gushed from the wounds, forming a cloud of blood mist in the air.

"Bang!"

Doc Green's heavy body crashed into the ruins with a dull thud.

However, in the Blonde Sister's perception, Doc Green's Life Force did not diminish due to his injuries; on the contrary, it became even stronger, as if the more severe the injury, the greater his power.

This manifests as Doc Green's lacerated wounds healing rapidly, muscles automatically adhering together to fix his arms and torso into a single unit, and then, unseen, broken bones piecing themselves back together, and internal organs beginning to regenerate.

"Roar!"

Having fully recovered, Doc Green roared to the sky and declared war on the Blonde Sister. Steaming weapons spewed from his mouth and nose, as if a super-powerful steam engine was providing him with power in his chest.

The power of Bruce Banner when he and the Hulk are perfectly aligned is immense, with significant enhancements in all aspects. His healing ability is almost at the level of immortality, and his strength, speed, defense, and other attributes, enhanced by the Driver, have broken through the ceiling set for him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even his body has expanded somewhat as a result.

Sensing the shockwave from Doc Green's roar, the Blonde Sister raised her Knight's Spear and infused it with her magic.

"Bruce, get out of the way!"

The Quinjet continued to circle above the battlefield. Seeing the Blonde Sister charging up her ultimate attack, Black Widow shouted, while Captain America started looking for his parachute. He glanced at his shield—not knowing if it could withstand the Blonde Sister's attack.

Doc Green roared again, his legs slightly bent, and as the ground beneath his feet shattered, he used his powerful leap to launch himself into the air, throwing another punch at the Blonde Sister.

But this time, the Blonde Sister didn't give Doc Green a chance to get close. A dazzling light burst forth from the tip of her gun, and a beam of light engulfed Doc Green, before he fell to the ground with undiminished force.

The release of energy plowed a deep trench in the ground and carried it into the distance. The flames from the explosion shot into the sky, turning the sky red. The earth trembled, and cracks spread from both sides of the trench, reaching the foot of a tall building in the distance, damaging its foundation and causing it to tilt. The shockwave blew small pieces of rubble and tiles away like cannonballs.

When the dust settled, Doc Green lay on the charred ground. His limbs had been reduced to carbon rods by the energy beams, his torso was badly burned, and there was nothing left of the skin and muscles on his chest. Through the gaps in his bones, one could even see his still-beating heart and his constantly expanding and contracting lungs.