"How could 【.】 find this place so quickly? Could it be Susan?"
Reed Richards' expression changed drastically. He then yanked the mobile hard drive plugged into the computer. It contained all his research data and related information, and he absolutely couldn't leave it to 【.】.
Then, without looking back, he rushed out of the cabin and ran into the dark forest.
However, before he could get far, the deafening roar of helicopter rotors filled the sky, and several spotlights locked onto him with pinpoint accuracy.
"Dr. Reed, stop where you are and do not continue to run... or we will open fire!"
Several 【.】 agents landed steadily via fast rope and pointed specialized tranquilizer rifles and stun guns at Reed Richards.
But there was no way Reed Richards would let them control him. If he were willing to compromise, he wouldn't have chosen to run in the first place.
Through his 'part-time' work at the 【PPDC Organization】, he had learned from Stacker Pentecost about how 'evil' 【.】 was.
So his brain naturally had a sense of resistance to this organization.
Whoosh—
His arm suddenly lengthened, and he punched an agent several meters away, knocking him over. Then, his body swayed left and right like a spring, successfully dodging several incoming tranquilizer darts. He then rushed to another agent and quickly knocked him unconscious.
Using the surrounding trees as cover, he dodged attacks while using his extendable limbs to take out the remaining agents.
Boom—
But just as he knocked out the last agent, a behemoth suddenly descended from the sky and landed in front of him.
It was none other than 【The Thing】, Ben Grimm.
"Reed, so you've been hiding here all along. I've been looking for you so hard."
"Ben, wait, let me explain!"
Seeing Ben Grimm approaching aggressively, Reed Richards realized that the other party must have misunderstood him, so he retreated while trying to explain:
"I know you're angry. What happened to us is a disaster for you and all of us... and it's all my fault, but I've already thought of a way to make amends... Ben, I promise you, I will cure us this time, please believe me one more time?"
However, before he could finish speaking, Ben Grimm slammed his head into him, knocking him unconscious. "No, you can't. You only ever make things worse... Besides, I don't believe your nonsense anymore. You're the one who turned me into this monster."
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【.】.
Inside an interrogation room.
Susan Storm pushed the door open and walked in, smiling sweetly, "Hey, Reed, we meet again."
Reed Richards, whose entire body was controlled by a special node device that suppressed superpowers, slowly turned his head to look at her, asking with a complex expression:
"Susan, did you help them find me?"
"I'm sorry, but I had no choice!"
Susan Storm walked to the interrogation table, pulled out a chair, sat down, and stared into his eyes, saying:
"Reed, don't worry, 【.】 just wants you to help correct the orbital algorithm of the spacecraft..."
"And Director Nick Fury has already promised that as long as we help 【.】 complete a certain number of missions, he will let us go."
"Susan, you're thinking too simply."
Reed Richards obviously didn't agree with what she just said and frowned in rebuttal: "Do you really think 【.】 will keep their promise? Didn't you see how they're using 'Ben'?"
Susan Storm fell silent upon hearing this. In fact, she had long guessed that Nick Fury's promise was mostly just a pretext.
After all, she had completely recognized the true face of this black man the last time they dealt with the 【Ten Rings】.
But seeing it clearly was one thing, and wanting to escape was another.
Susan Storm knew very well that with her power, she was simply unable to contend with a huge organization like 【.】.
So besides compromising, what other choice did she have?
"Yes, you're right, but if we don't cooperate, they'll do the same thing to Jonathan..."
In order to complete the persuasion mission assigned by Nick Fury, Susan Storm had to put on a pitiful look and start playing the emotional card.
"Reed, you are my only hope now... Please, help me, don't let Jonathan become their pawn too, okay?"
Faced with the earnest pleas of his former goddess, even though Reed Richards knew that this was a 【honey trap】 specially set up for him by 【.】, he could only bite the bullet and jump in.
He said nonchalantly, "Susan, have you ever thought about what life would be like if we hadn't gone to space that day?"
Susan Storm lowered her eyes slightly and said in a soft but helpless tone: "Reed, there are no ifs. No matter how smart you are, you can't change the past. All we can do now... is try to change the future!"
"I still remember you once said that you hoped all your efforts would be fruitful... Now the opportunity has come. As long as you can help 【.】 send their space shuttle into space, they can find the 【Symbiote Planet】 and bring back more 【Alien Symbiotes】 from there, study them, use them, and prevent more disasters from happening... At the same time, you can also help me protect Jonathan!!"
At the end, Susan Storm directly grabbed his hand and looked at him affectionately. What else could a single-celled science nerd like Reed Richards say?
Of course, he unconditionally chose to agree.
So, under Susan Storm's guidance, he came to a data center where Nick Fury was already waiting. Seeing Reed Richards, he said with a smile:
"Welcome to the team, Dr. Reed. With the help of your brilliant brain, 【.】 will soon usher in a new spring!"
"Sorry, Director, I just promised to help Susan with a favor. I have no intention of joining 【.】."
Reed Richards refused without hesitation: "However, I hope you will keep your promise afterward and restore our freedom!"
The smile on Nick Fury's face suddenly stiffened.
Good kid, it seems like you really don't know what's good for you?
You think you can run after entering my 【.】?
No way, let's see if I can't handle you!
However, considering Reed Richards' great value in the field of scientific research, Nick Fury suppressed the anger in his heart and nodded slightly to Maria Hill beside him, signaling her to start.
So, under Maria Hill's guidance, Reed Richards sat in front of a computer. Looking at the orbital calculation data of a certain space shuttle displayed on the monitor, he frowned and said, "I need half an hour... no, fifteen minutes."
"Huh?"
Nick Fury was slightly taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Do you need some preparation time?"
"No, I mean... I will use this time to make appropriate adjustments to the erroneous source code that appears here."
Reed Richards pointed to the computer expressionlessly and said: "Some of your steps are so wrong that it's outrageous. If you launch the spacecraft into the sky with these calculation data, not only will you not reach the target planet, but you will also fail during the journey due to energy reserve problems and the gravitational problems of neighboring planets!"
"Is it really as serious as you say?"
Nick Fury raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously: "You just glanced at it and saw so many problems?"
Are you trying to fool me?
The data that my people have been working overtime for months to figure out, you just glanced at it and saw a bunch of problems?
Are you kidding me?
"Believe it or not, I estimate it will be completed in less than fifteen minutes."
Reed Richards ignored Nick Fury's questioning and directly buried himself in hard work in front of the computer.
Since he promised his old lover, he would definitely not break his word.
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What else could Nick Fury say?
Of course, he could only wait with a smile.
Good kid, I give you full marks for this performance!
Seeing that Reed Richards had entered a working state, Susan Storm quietly withdrew from the data center and came to another laboratory.
The staff inside were conducting a new round of tests on 【Human Torch】 Johnny Storm's ability to release flames.
"Can I talk to my brother for a few minutes?"
Susan Storm found the head of the laboratory and asked in a low voice.
"Of course, no problem."
The bald-headed person in charge nodded very readily, and then said into the communicator: "Everyone take a break, the experiment will continue in five minutes."
"What's wrong, Susan?"
Johnny Storm saw his sister walk in and asked with some confusion.
"They found Reed."
Susan Storm said with a somewhat complicated expression: "To be precise, I helped them find Reed... and the reason I did this was all for you."
"For me?"
Johnny Storm looked at his sister and, seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, couldn't help but complain:
"Please, I said Susan, although you are my sister, you are not my mother, so can you please stop treating me like a child?"
"No problem, but only if you act like an adult first."
Susan Storm reprimanded mercilessly: "The last time you dealt with the members of the 【Ten Rings】 in 【Miami】, you almost had an accident because of your recklessness..."
"Then, during the rescue of the president, you were directly captured by the other party and almost lost your life because of it."
"If those people from 【. Industries】 hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid the grass on your grave would have already grown, but why don't you ever learn your lesson?"
"Don't hit someone in the face, don't expose someone's shortcomings, Susan, what you just said was a bit too much!"
Johnny Storm retorted with a face full of righteous indignation: "That was just a temporary mistake, and now, 【.】 is preparing to tailor-make a training method exclusively for me... As long as I learn it, that kind of situation will never happen again!"
"Jonathan, don't be silly, do you really think the people from 【.】 sincerely want to help you improve your abilities?"
Seeing that her brother was still obsessed, Susan Storm couldn't help but persuade him earnestly: "They are just using you as a pawn to charge into battle..."
But before she could finish speaking, Johnny Storm angrily interrupted: "Enough, Susan, I remember you used to always encourage me and say that I had the potential to do great things, look, that's what I'm doing now!!"
"I firmly believe that God gave me superpowers not by accident, but for a reason..."
Johnny Storm said narcissistically: "That is, I was born to be a superhero."
Susan Storm was almost blown up by her stupid brother. Do you want to hear what you are saying?
You were born to be a superhero?
Oh my god, you can't even beat those fire lizard warriors from the 【Ten Rings】, and you still want to be a superhero?
But she also understood that her brother must have been brainwashed by that one-eyed old schemer Nick Fury, so he was so obsessed with wanting to be this so-called superhero.
So she had to patiently continue to persuade: "Jonathan, you don't understand what 【.】 plans to do to you. Developing your superpowers is not a good thing..."
"No, you're wrong."
Johnny Storm stubbornly argued as if he had been completely brainwashed by a pyramid scheme: "It's not that 【.】 wants to do anything to me, but that I'm working with them, because... I'm already a member of the 【New Avengers】."
"Before long, I will replace 【Iron Man】 and 【Thor】 and become the most popular Avenger!"
"So, sister, you don't have to persuade me anymore. I'm an adult, and I have the right to choose my own life!!"
A few minutes later, Susan Storm returned to the data center with a gloomy expression. At this time, Reed Richards had completed the correction of the orbital algorithm.
A satisfied smile finally appeared on Nick Fury's stinky face, and he immediately ordered: "Hill, immediately notify Eddie Brock that the pre-flight preparations are all complete. Tomorrow morning, he and the other three astronauts will take the 【Explorer】 to the target planet..."
"Yes, sir." Maria Hill immediately turned and left.
Nick Fury quietly clenched his fists and kept shouting in his heart: "Karl Malus, just you wait and see, this time I will personally win back a city!!"
