"War isn't a good way to solve problems..." Kailin hadn't finished speaking.
"I've seen too many people die!" Pain said.
"Some died in battle, some died of illness, but far more died in conflicts between people!"
Pain raised his right hand to chest height.
A black speck suddenly appeared above Pain's head.
Ripples resembling a gravitational pull began to spread from it.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Triskelion.
"What is that thing? Director, the staff at the detection center have determined that the black circle above his head has an incredibly terrifying gravitational pull!"
Almost instantly, the little black circle unleashed a howling gravitational force.
Humm-
Crack-
Flowers, grass, trees, cars, roads, and rocks were all sucked up from the ground!
Its volume swelled hundreds of thousands of times in an instant, rapidly expanding from a black solid the size of a basketball!
And...
It was still expanding!!
New York's air-raid sirens had been blaring for almost an hour.
"Don't be afraid, everyone! This has to be the military and those damned politicians trying to intimidate us! We want freedom, we want the truth, and we want unity! We must never fear their so-called warnings!"
The air-raid sirens had sounded to facilitate an evacuation in response to Pain.
But now, they seemed to have taken on an even greater mission.
No matter how large the black sphere Pain was forming had become, it had yet to rise very high.
For now, the people of New York still couldn't see it.
The protest organizer did his utmost to reassure the demonstrating crowd.
At the same time, he signaled his underlings to hurry and get their things.
Their protest had been sparked by the military and police beginning a large-scale forced evacuation of New York's residents the previous day.
They were marching to express their