Green Beast?

Rio de Janeiro, Real Port Hotel, hot spring area.

"Ah~ so comfortable~"

Yu Xian wore a white bathrobe and held a bottle of milk as he enjoyed the masseuse's service on a reclining massage chair.

The other three members of Y Squad—Medea, Catalina, and Skye—were beside Yu Xian, likewise enjoying massage services.

Medea wore a light purple silk bathrobe and reclined halfway on the massage bed.

Her delicate collarbones were faintly visible, while her long purple hair was piled high, revealing her fair, slender neck.

The masseuse's technique gradually relaxed her tense muscles, and her eyes were half-closed.

The face she usually kept taut rarely showed such a trace of contentment.

Catalina, on the other hand, had completely let herself go.

Wearing a pink-and-black bathrobe, she lay face-down on the massage bed and let out a satisfied moan.

Her blonde hair was scattered across the pillow. "Amazing, this technique is so much better than S.H.I.E.L.D.'s medical department!"

Skye beside her seemed somewhat reserved. This was her first time experiencing a high-end massage.

The young hacker girl wore a white bathrobe that exposed her slender calves and ankles. Under the female masseuse's skilled hands, she secretly bit her lip and endured it.

"Captain, what's our plan?

Are we protecting Dr. Banner? Fighting General Ross's special forces?"

Catalina looked at the clock on the wall. It was already six in the evening.

They had spent the entire day eating and drinking like this, and the blonde girl could not help feeling a little guilty.

God, they were in the middle of a mission. If she kept this up, wouldn't she become the kind of captain she least wanted to be?

Catalina, you have to resist temptation!

"A plan?"

Yu Xian slowly opened his tightly shut eyes. Seeing the blonde girl looking at him, Skye secretly pricking up her ears, and Medea pretending not to care, he considered for a moment. "We only need to help Banner at the most critical moment.

That will deepen his favorable impression of us, while also letting Ross taste the consequences of provoking Banner and give up on him. Killing two birds with one stone."

Night quietly descended upon Rio de Janeiro.

Under the night sky, the slums near the soda factory were peaceful.

Dr. Banner's small apartment was on the top floor of a dilapidated apartment building. As he slept soundly, he had no idea that his location had been exposed.

Below the decrepit apartment building, more than twenty fully armed special forces soldiers silently surrounded the entire building.

These soldiers wore black tactical gear and carried tranquilizer guns and electric weapons, moving according to the plan with disciplined precision.

"Are the snipers in position?" General Ross asked through his earpiece.

"Yes, General. All three positions are ready."

A resolute gleam flashed in General Ross's eyes.

"Good. Remember my orders—capture Banner alive if possible, but if he starts transforming, use the special tranquilizer rounds immediately."

"This time, I won't let him escape!"

"Blonsky, begin the operation!"

At the same time, Yu Xian and the squad members were observing the situation from the rooftop of a nearby high-rise.

"Look, Ross brought special forces. They're planning to break in from three directions at once."

Skye monitored communications on the military channel through her tablet. After hearing all of General Ross's arrangements, she said, "They're preparing to use a special tranquilizer to restrain Dr. Banner."

Catalina watched the figures below begin to move, eager to jump into action. "Captain, should we make our move?"

Yu Xian leisurely ate chocolate ice cream, casually handed the empty cup to Medea, and shook his head. "Wait a little longer. Banner isn't desperate yet."

From above, the group watched the figures below begin their operation. It was the squad led by Blonsky.

Skye watched the orderly advancing soldiers clear the obstacles ahead, step by step reaching Banner's door, and begin forcing it open.

Bang!

With her sharp eyes, she suddenly spotted a figure jumping out of the window and fleeing downstairs. It was Bruce Banner.

He looked somewhat panicked as he desperately tried to shake off the pursuers behind him.

"Hey, Captain, Dr. Banner came out!"

"Should we chase him?"

"What do you think? Of course we chase him!"

A figure sprinted through a narrow, damp alley.

Bruce Banner's heart pounded like a drum as his body desperately raced forward.

The walls on both sides of the alley were mottled and peeling, covered in incomprehensible graffiti.

The walls on both sides were mottled and peeling, covered in incomprehensible graffiti.

The dim yellow streetlights barely pierced the drifting mist, casting shadows of uneven lengths across the wet ground.

"Damn it, I knew something would go wrong!"

"I can't stay in this place anymore!"

Banner darted back and forth through the alley. Seeing that there was no sign of his pursuers behind him—

Bang!

Blonsky suddenly appeared around the corner and grazed Banner with a shot.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Excitement, fright—Banner's heart kept beating violently.

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151,

152,

"Whew~"

Banner steadied his breathing and exchanged a glance with Blonsky across the street ahead. Taking advantage of the pedestrian traffic, he fled deeper into the alley beside him.

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160,

"Captain, where is this guy running to?"

"Hmm, judging by Dr. Banner's position, he should be heading toward the soda factory!"

"Heh, Dr. Banner is pretty unlucky. He even ran into a few punks on the way.

Look,

The punks went after him!"

Atop a residential building, under the cover of Medea's invisibility barrier, the members of Y Squad followed behind Banner as silently as assassins in the darkness.

Dressed in black, Yu Xian crouched at the corner of the residential building with an orange in his hand, eating it segment by segment with great relish.

Listening to his teammates chatting behind him, he chuckled.

Those punks really had a death wish. They just had to cause trouble for Banner. Not even the gods could save them now.

"Master, I sensed a powerful energy emerging from that human ahead.

I sensed an utterly furious power.

If that power fully erupts, this place will most likely be reduced to rubble."

A faint purple glow appeared in Medea's eyes as she examined the deep crimson energy contained within Banner's body.

"This is the powerful force of genetic mutation caused by Gamma Rays!"

Yu Xian was surprised that Medea had taken the initiative to ask him.

This was a good start!

"Hey, hey, they're fighting! They're fighting!"

Inside the soda factory,

"Don't, don't come any closer!"

Banner's path was blocked by three punks. Just as he tried to force his way past them, the advancing punks grabbed hold of him and slammed him into the rack behind him with a bang.

The gang leader stepped in front of Banner, his face full of anger.

"Not so cocky now, are you?"

"Please let me go... I... when I get angry... things become troublesome!"

"Hehe, when I get angry, things become even more troublesome!"

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The heart-rate monitor in Banner's hand began sounding an alarm.

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As Banner spoke with the gang leader, he suddenly caught sight of soldiers appearing behind the glass above the factory.

Before he could react—

Bang!

A crisp gunshot cut through the factory's clamor.

A special tranquilizer dart precisely pierced Banner's back.

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200.

A moment later, a savage beastly roar came from within the soda factory.

Roar—!!!