Chapter 1649: Fine, Bigshot

In the command center at HQ, Luke returned to his corner after taking down Beech’s “comrades,” and closed his eyes.

Actually, it was because the Level 2 clone was trying its best to hypnotize Pierce, so Luke had no energy to focus on this room for now.

Killing twelve people at one go was too terrifying. Nobody in the command center dared attack him.

Everybody exchanged looks. A moment later, the female agent, who was supposed to be the protagonist, gestured to the other agents to go out and guard the door.

They had realized that they couldn’t let anyone else break in and take control of the launch.

Only the female agent didn’t leave. She silently found a suitable position at the door and observed Luke.

A few minutes later, Luke opened his eyes and strode over to the console. He picked Curly Hair and put him on the side, then swiftly started to operate the console.

Alarmed, the female agent subconsciously raised her gun. “Stop, or I’ll shoot.”

Luke didn’t stop. He simply said, “Anyone who can receive images of the airspace outside, pull them up. Hydra’s other two Helicarriers have taken off. I need this main carrier to stop them.”

The staff traded looks again, but two of them subconsciously switched to external cameras.

This was HQ’s command center, which could monitor the outside world.

It was just that Hydra had started to reveal itself and besiege HQ wantonly. There had been too many emergencies, so nobody had noticed.

Then, everybody saw two projected images.

Two Helicarriers were in the air and picking up speed as one flew north and the other south.

The people in the command center were responsible for a lot of the launch preparations for the main Helicarrier. Of course, they knew very well that SHIELD didn’t have three Helicarriers.

They would just be fooling themselves if they believed that the other two carriers belonged to the government.

If this “Beech” hadn’t inexplicably killed the Hydra Strike team that had charged in, SHIELD’s carrier would have taken off at the same time as the other two.

How could there be such a coincidence in the world?

Everybody in the command center watched Luke operate the console. Even the female agent slowly lowered her gun.

If this Beech was Hydra, and the main carrier took off, the losses would ultimately be a little bigger, but it wouldn’t make much of a difference in the current situation.

If he really wanted to take down those two carriers, then this crisis would be averted.

This was a zero-sum game, with the winner taking all.

Everyone was hesitating, so nobody helped Luke activate the launch sequence.

Not everyone had the courage to bear the consequences of millions of deaths.

They didn’t stop him, nor did they help him; they at least didn’t have to worry about personally wiping out countless lives.

Amidst their dilemma, they had yet to think of another crucial problem: Who was controlling the main carrier?

Hydra’s large-scale operation this time was actually to ensure that the main carrier’s launch wasn’t affected – the crew had already been arranged on-board earlier on.

Where was this Beech going to find people to steer the main carrier?

This wasn’t a small motor boat, where anyone could just fiddle with it for a few minutes and then operate it.

Even for a naval aircraft carrier, it would take more than ten years for the crew to be properly trained for combat operations.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be surprising if they blew themselves up before the battle even started.

In fact, when Luke activated SHIELD’s Helicarrier launch sequence, a second battle for control was already underway.

Luke had never been a hero, but was a pragmatist.

If it wasn’t because he wanted to earn as many experience and credit points as possible, as well as because of his incurable paranoia, he would’ve slacked off much earlier on and gotten teammates to help him.

Unfortunately, he didn’t dare.

He was afraid that he wasn’t strong enough to control his and his family’s fate.

It was very hard for him to trust others, so for teammates who didn’t pass the system’s assessment, he needed to spend a lot of time observing and testing them.

It was a good thing that after hiding for almost three years, he had managed to pull together a dozen or so teammates.

These people weren’t just guns, but reinforcements with massive amounts of equipment in their inventory.

Frank could transmit and sync intelligence at any time. The moment chaos broke out in SHIELD, Frank had gotten the little turtles, Damon and Mindy to use robots to infiltrate SHIELD.

This team killed a lot of Hydra members on their way to the main carrier.

Their initial mission had been to kill any Hydra people who tried to launch the main carrier. Now, it was their turn to operate the Helicarrier themselves for battle.

To get these people to operate the Helicarrier… was indeed wishful thinking.

What was to be done? Of course, that was… to call his family and friends.

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What Luke loved to do wasn’t to fight alone, but to summon a bunch of people to surround and kill the other party.

For example, he had done that in Grand Rapids last time, and the results had been very good and he had gained a lot.

“Are you confident?” The Level 2 clone had already put on its suit and turned invisible as it flew out of SHIELD HQ and headed straight for the Helicarrier in the north.

Tony’s voice immediately rang out in his earpiece. “Please don’t sound so skeptical.”

Luke: …Would it kill you to not be so pretentious? Hm, fine. That would probably be worse than death.

Tony casually pulled up a virtual screen and got down to business. “Thanks to the info you gave me, I have the most advanced research on Earth on the Chitauri spaceships. For this main carrier to have the power to compete with a Chitauri battleship, Hydra used a lot of intact Chitauri tech.”

Luke got it. “So, even if Hydra was definitely wary of you spying on them, you can still rely on your understanding of the main carrier’s operation system to control it?”

Tony said, “…If you don’t know what to say, don’t say anything. Hydra aren’t idiots. They wouldn’t use my program. It’ll be very hard for me to control the Helicarriers directly.”

But he then coughed and changed the topic. “However, if I can access their main control room and force my way in, I guarantee that they’ll obediently submit to me.”

Luke: …Fine, bigshot.

At the same time, the Ninja Squad, Damon and Mindy attacked the SHIELD main Helicarrier and began to clean it out.

The Level 2 clone, Angel and Alice rushed to the Helicarrier in the north.

The Level 1 clone, Frank and Ivan rushed to the Helicarrier in the south.

Three operations were underway at the same time as everyone did their best to stop Hydra’s Project Insight from succeeding.

Looking at the information which Luke shared with her, Natasha was a little stupefied. A moment later, she asked, “Then what do you need me to do?”

Luke, who was busy, had already forgotten about her.

Seeing this unexpected message, he pondered for a moment before he replied, “How about you run first? Otherwise, you’ll have to take the blame.”

Natasha’s face darkened. Is that all I can do?

Thinking for a moment, she didn’t leave, but ran to Steve’s location.

Steve was in some trouble. She had to get there and take him with her.

Otherwise, if she ran, Steve would be the one to take all the blame.

She didn’t think this “John Doe” would come forward to take responsibility.