The person who crashed in was naturally Jessica. Following Deathstroke's instructions, she drove the carriage smoothly into the estate. Under Coulson and the others' bewildered gazes, she rode straight through the vast, magnificent garden.
Compared to the slums they had passed through earlier, this place was as beautiful as Heaven. But piercing screams rang out, leaving her no time to admire the flowers and statues.
The sound came from a third-floor terrace. That was no problem for Jewel. She flew up, gathered strength, then kicked the cage-like balcony railing clean off.
The iron bars slammed into the enormous eyeball by the doorway, even severing several of its tentacles. The pain made the giant eyeball shriek:
"Screee!"
The sound was so piercing that every glass and ceramic object in the room instantly shattered.
Jessica was unaffected, though. Her ears were plugged with earbuds, and Deathstroke was giving her tactical instructions:
"The blonde girl with twin ponytails is Star-Lord. All the other monsters are enemies. Clear out the minions first. These eyeball monsters in maid miniskirts look like the type that can self-destruct."
Jessica punched an Eyeball Maid flying, then, amid the chaos, glanced at Peter beside her and sucked in a breath.
She recalled Star-Lord's greasy, scruffy middle-aged face from the past, then looked at the little girl before her—twin ponytails, black liquid all over her body, and picking her nose.
She could only think that he was one hell of a pervert.
But Peter did not care about his current state at all. Seeing that Jessica had burst in rather than one of his teammates, he froze for a moment before immediately ducking behind her. His attitude turned forceful again:
"See that, monsters? My partner is here! She'll beat you to death in minutes!"
After saying that, he retreated several