In the main hall of the SHIELD headquarters, there was an eerie silence.
The only sounds were the hair, muscles, and bones scraping against the floor, creating a spine-chilling, rustling noise. There was also the incessant dripping of blood as it flowed down the steps.
The agents on the scene had turned pale and were too shocked to speak. Some of the researchers couldn't contain themselves and began vomiting.
How to describe the scene before them? Calling it a massacre was an understatement.
Over a hundred bodies, not yet entirely rigid, had been bound together like chickens and ducks, using tendrils. They had been dragged from the thirty-sixth floor down to the first floor.
Blood had washed over the SHIELD Headquarters, dyeing the entire building a nauseating, stomach-turning shade of crimson, permeating the air with a nauseating and revolting stench of blood.
For whatever reason, this had been a completely inhumane slaughter. If there had been footage of it, it would undoubtedly have caused immense panic in civilized society.
And, to make it even worse, it was carried out by a legendary hero, the Symbol of Peace, who was celebrated for his love of and commitment to peace! In one fell swoop, Kyle could have been destroyed in this battle, bearing the infamous title of a ruthless butcher!
Kyle, however, did not concern himself with this.
SHIELD agents? He will kill them if necessary. There was no need to explain anything to anyone!
"Where is Alexander Pierce?"
Kyle had yet to exit his venom-full-covered state, and with a sinister grin, he breathed out a chilling question.
One agent, acting as a representative, shivered and quickly answered, "After the Director rushed down from the building, he issued a wanted order and took a helicopter to leave, saying he needed to personally board the Helicarrier to complete Project Insight."
"Alright, I'm going to kill him," Kyle spoke in a low voice, paying no attention to the feelings of others. He retracted the bloodstained dark tendrils with a twitch and left a pile of broken bodies behind.
"Oh, one more thing. From now on, Alexander Pierce is no longer the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. And among the people here, there must still be Hydra spies. From now on, no one is allowed to leave the Headquarters."
As he walked out the door, Kyle left behind this final statement. His long, scaly-patterned dark wings spread open from his back.
He crouched slightly, his legs like tightly coiled springs, and with a leap, he rapidly bounced up more than twenty meters.
Upon reaching the highest point, Kyle's wings flapped backward, and a cyclone erupted into the air. His massive figure turned into a streak of black light, leaving concentric waves in place, flying at supersonic speed toward the direction of the Helicarrier.
After Kyle's departure, the fog of fear that shrouded the SHIELD headquarters finally dispersed. Those on the first floor breathed sighs of relief and looked at the pile of bodies in the center of the hall.
"Was that killing monster really the Symbol of Peace?" Someone's voice quivered with fear.
The agents fell into silence as a group. While it was undoubtedly the Symbol of Peace, who would dare to attribute this inhumane slaughter to the head of a legendary hero?
This was character destruction, wasn't it?
"No need to doubt it. That was Symbol of Peace Kyle, the hero who stopped Hydra and accelerated the end of World War II!" A weak but steady voice suddenly sounded from the entrance of the building.
Everyone looked toward the source of the voice and saw a female agent pushing a metal wheelchair into the hall.
On the wheelchair, reclining there was an elderly African American with a bald head and his entire body wrapped in bandages, giving him a stern and imposing appearance.
"Former... former Director! Mr. Fury."
The agents were overjoyed and immediately saluted respectfully. "Former Director!"
"Alright, this farce should come to an end," Fury sighed lightly while observing the devastated hall and the gruesome bodies. "I can testify that Project Insight was a conspiracy to unleash havoc upon humanity, Alexander Pierce was a Hydra spy, Captain Rogers and Deputy Director Natasha are innocent, and over half of SHIELD has been infiltrated by Hydra spies."
As his words fell, the agents, taken aback, placed their hands on their gun holsters, vigilantly guarding themselves against their fellow agents.
One researcher, lying prostrate on the floor, couldn't help but vomit. Despite knowing the truth, the recent brutal slaughter, executed without identity verification, was hard to accept.
"No matter if you accept it or not, this is Kyle's way of doing things – fighting fire with fire," Fury shook his head and said. "Otherwise, do you think the title 'Symbol of Peace' was earned by reasoning with enemies and applying the law? It's a legendary pedestal built from a pile of corpses!"
This had always been his hesitation, the biggest reason for not letting Kyle take action to resolve the SHIELD turmoil.
Fury understood Kyle very well.
He had no reservations. If you stood in opposition to him, regardless of whether you were good or bad, you would meet your end in destruction.
His desire to kill was pure. Most of his killings were not driven by emotion. It was as simple as opening a soda can to get to the drink inside.
He was the one with the least hero baggage. He did as he pleased, didn't care about what others or the public thought, and had never considered himself the so-called Symbol of Peace.
Laws, morals, humanity, he never considered them and had no need to. He only firmly did what he believed was right.
That was Kyle, a legendary hero who was unbridled.
The hall fell into silence once again, and some agents began to realize some things.
Kyle had reached a height where he could no longer be considered a Superhero.
He was more like an unfeeling god who, when confronted with wrongdoings on Earth, would completely obliterate and change them. This often resulted in overly cruel methods that many couldn't accept.
"Regarding what happened at SHIELD today, it is classified as the highest level of secrecy. No one is allowed to leak this information. All video recordings from today on every floor should be deleted from the source code and formatted!"
Fury spoke with a stern face.
Just because Kyle didn't care didn't mean he didn't care!
Fury continued, "Furthermore, everyone should put down their weapons and are not allowed to carry any weapons until the battle on the Helicarrier ends!"
Since it had come to this point, SHIELD would be cleansed with blood. It would be restored to its original purity, free of impurities and contamination.
In the central airspace, a kilometer above the heart of New York City, three Helicarriers floated, forming a triangle with a distance of fifty meters between each. They resembled three Iron islands floating in the ocean.
At this moment, on one of the Helicarriers, a fierce chase was unfolding on the top-level deck.
A massive yellow transforming robot held Natasha in its palm and ran desperately, with its feet rapidly pounding.
More than a dozen single-seat fighter jets buzzed like swarming bees, relentlessly pursuing the gigantic robot.
"Come and catch me! If you catch me, I'll let you guys have a little fun," Vis ran and taunted them, turning his head to project his powerful group mockery through a loudspeaker.
(End of this chapter)
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