The night in the Middle East was chilly, and the cold wind blew by, carrying a little dust.
On a relatively lively street, people are enjoying this rare quiet night.
Suddenly, a dark figure burst out from the crowd, violently pushing away passers-by who were chatting and knocking over many roadside stalls. The fruits and melons on the stalls were scattered on the ground.
"Hey!"
The stall owner stood up and was just about to catch up with the black shadow to claim compensation when powerful and powerful voices came from behind him.
"Stop!"
"If you don't stop, we will shoot!"
The patrolman followed the black shadow tightly, holding up a Pistols, due to the long pursuit, these patrol policemen were all red-faced and out of breath.
Pedestrians stopped one after another, watching the chase scene in astonishment, but no one dared to step forward to help the patrolman stop the man in black robes.
Bang!
The patrolman raised his gun in the air and fired a warning shot. The pedestrians around him panicked and hurriedly squatted down.
In the Middle East, everyone will panic subconsciously when facing the sound of gunfire, even if they know that the gun is not pointed at them.
But the dark figure wrapped in a black robe and with a hood on his head that completely covered his face was obviously an exception. He seemed to be fearless of bullets in the firearm, and he shuttled through the crowd with a strong body and extremely fast speed. , leaving the patrolman behind.
The patrol police had no choice but to pursue again. After all, this is a busy city and there are civilians around. It is impossible for them to shoot the suspect in such a place. Otherwise, the person who falls may not be the suspect but ordinary people. .
They followed the man in black robes, shouting "Stop!" to no avail.
After chasing all the way, the man in black robe ran out of the busy street and entered a sparsely populated section of the road. On the huge street, there were only a few figures chatting together in the distance.
The patrolman behind secretly thought that if there was an opportunity, he would raise his gun and shoot.
However, just when they were about to pull the trigger, the man in black robe suddenly dodged to the left and ran into a dark alley.
"Damn it, hurry up and chase, we can't let that guy run away!"
The patrolman put down his firearm, cursed, and hurriedly pursued again.
As soon as they entered the alley, these patrol officers couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
The man in black robe quietly stopped in the alley with his back to them. At the end of the alley was a high wall.
Looking at the man in black robe who had no way to go, these patrol officers finally stopped and gasped out of breath.
"Hand over the antiques, otherwise don't blame us for shooting!"
While gasping for breath, a patrol officer had already raised his pistol, and pointed the dark muzzle at Hei Robe man.
The man in black robe sighed slowly and turned around.
The loose black robe almost completely covered him, making his face completely unclear.
"If you want it, just come and get it yourself."
A hoarse voice came from under the black robe. He slowly raised a withered palm, holding a An exquisite yellow-brown box.
"Put the things down and put your head in your hands!"
The patrolman stared at the box and let out a loud bang.
But the man in black robe was unmoved. The eyes under the black robe stared at these people as if joking.
"Damn it, shoot!"
The patrol officers looked at the man in black robe and became angry, but no one dared to actually step forward and get the things back. I know if I will become the hostage of the man in black robe after paying the money.
However, just when they put their fingers on the trigger and wanted to shoot, they suddenly found that the trigger could not be pulled no matter what.
Just when the patrol officers thought they had forgotten to open insurance.
Buzz!
Several pistols suddenly made buzzing sounds, and then they began to tremble violently uncontrollably.
The patrolmen watched this scene with wide eyes, holding on to their pistols to prevent them from falling away.
But bursts of strong power came from the pistol.
Whoops.
Crack!
The pistol broke free from their hands and slowly floated in mid-air. The muzzle of the gun was turned and pointed at the frightened patrol officers whose legs were shaking.
Looking at the pistol floating in mid-air and staring at the black hole of the muzzle, all the patrol officers had horror written on their faces.
"The devil...they are right, the man in black robe is the devil!"
The legs of several patrolmen were trembling, and they stared at the man in black robe, almost to the point of incontinence with fright. He turned around and ran out of the alley in a hurry, disappearing in a flash, shouting words such as "Devil... help" in a panic.
"Cough, cough, cough."
After seeing the patrol policemen running away, the man in black robe finally couldn't help coughing violently, and his palms in the robe were forced to loosen their grip and hold them tightly. Mouth.
Click!
All the suspended pistols fell to the ground and were scattered on the ground.
The man in black robe seemed to have exhausted all his strength. He took two steps back and leaned against the wall of the alley. He took a deep breath and gasped for air. He coughed violently as if he was going to cough out his lungs.
After calming down for a while, the man in black robe looked warily out of the alley, hugged the stolen antiques tightly, climbed over the high wall of the alley, and disappeared into the night. middle.
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Aker City.
In a hotel with pretty good specifications.
Logan and others gathered in the hotel room, while Melanie was telling everyone about the plan for the rescue mission.
"I have found out clearly that Hydra is lurking in the city of Akre, but unfortunately, I don't know the specific location of their base."
Melanie sat on the sofa and told everyone the information she knew. However, this information was obviously not very helpful. After all, although the city of Akle was not big, it was obviously difficult for them to find a base alone. Difficulties abound.
Lorna, who was sitting on the sofa on the other side, frowned, "You don't want us to find out the location of Hydra, do you? Those guys are not easy to find. Just the few of us can do it." Not enough. "
To find a base in a whole city, and it is also a base of Hydra, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it may take several months.
Logan and others also nodded, indicating that Lorna was right.
None of them have the ability to investigate. They may be good at fighting, but forget about finding someone.
Melanie smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry about this. I know that Hydra has a man named Loit and I have his photo. As long as you find him, you can find Hydra." The branch stationed in Akle City, and that person often wanders around the nearby West City, it is not difficult to target him."
Hearing this, Logan nodded with confidence, as long as he It'll be easier if you have clues.
Melanie continued: "I will be responsible for this matter. I will notify you after I find him. In the meantime, we may have to stay here for some days."
Logan had no objection to this.
Now the professor and the others have settled in, and during the call last night, I also learned from the professor that the shelter is on track. While the members are building the shelter, they have also begun He was trying to find a way to make a living for the shelter, and he was even starting to look for a good place to start teaching classes again.
In a short period of time, Logan didn't have to worry about the problems at the shelter.
As for Hank, he is protected by his three sons, so there should be no danger.
So it would be okay for Logan to stay in the Middle East for a while.
"Since we don't have any plans in a short time, I suggest that we go out for a walk first."
Logan looked at Melanie and said, "We are all a little unfamiliar with this place. Let's go out for a walk. You can familiarize yourself with the terrain so that if something unexpected happens, it will be difficult to evacuate."
He did this mainly for Clarice's sake. After all, Clarice's skill is teleportation and she is familiar with the nearby terrain. It would allow her to better display her abilities.
Otherwise, if something happens later and she needs to teleport, it would be terrible if she teleports them to a dead end in a panic.
Hearing this, Melanie had no objection, "Yes, but you have to be careful in everything. It is best not to let others recognize you."
Although people in the Middle East are unlikely to know King Kong Wolf, but not necessarily within Hydra.
What's more, because of Logan, Hydra lost a base in Canada. This matter may have already spread within Hydra. Maybe the list and photos of the main members of McCain Farm have been Circulated among Hydra.
If someone from Hydra discovers that Logan and others are in the Middle East, the impact on this mission will not be good.
"Don't worry, we will be careful." Logan smiled and was about to stand up and take Lorna and the others out for a walk.
"Wait."
Melanie spoke again, and at the same time took out her mobile phone and said: "I will send you a photo of Loit, you are outside Pay attention when you are there."
At the same time as she spoke, the mobile phones in Logan's pockets vibrated.
Logan took out his cell phone and looked at the photo sent by Melanie. After nodding, he stopped talking and walked out of the hotel with Lorna and the three of them.
At this time, the sun was shining brightly outside. As soon as I stepped out of the hotel door, a heat wave hit my face instantly, accompanied by bursts of sand in the hot wind.
The Middle East is like this. The daytime is summer all year round, and the night is winter. There are yellow sand and Gobi everywhere, and the living environment is extremely harsh.
There are many people setting up stalls on both sides of the street. In addition to local fruits and vegetables, most of the stalls are handicrafts. There are no relatively expensive items. There are even few butcher shops. It can be seen that The quality of life of people here is also not very good. In fact, this can be seen from the houses on both sides.
Most of the houses are very old and the decoration is very simple. Some windows don't even have glass windows and are only separated by wooden boards. Some walls still have traces of bullet holes and shrapnel. Even some houses in the corners have long been destroyed. The shells reduced it to rubble, but it looked like it had happened a long time ago.
There are cars and motorcycles passing by on the road from time to time. Most of these cars are very old, and even some antique cars have traces of bullet holes.
Many people in white robes are walking around on the streets. From time to time, there will be a curse on a certain street, and then there will be a chase scene. The people in front are holding on to their hands. The person behind the wallet that had just been stolen was shouting and chasing after her, while the people around her turned a blind eye.
This is Akre, a city where the crime rate has surged. Especially after the war, the security administration here has become even more chaotic. Even the police department has just been established. The so-called police officers are actually leftovers after the war. soldiers.
Some militiamen who do not have formal military uniforms are wandering on the streets carrying AKs. In the name of public security, they will take a few fruits from some vendors' stalls and gnaw them in big mouths, facing thieves or But the robbery situation was ignored, and the people were just watching the fun, and the people dared to be angry but dare not speak out.
Logan and others were obviously too lazy to pay attention to these situations and walked on the street with indifferent expressions. Most of the locals were very curious about them. After all, in this place where the war had just ended, the faces of foreigners were obviously Rarely seen.
Some kids buying cigarettes or vendors buying candy came up bravely, with an open box hanging on their chests, signaling to Logan that they could buy something.
Most of the children were driven away by Logan, but they took the initiative to patronize a little guy selling newspapers. He wanted to better understand the local situation through the newspapers.
Fortunately, the newspaper here actually has an English version. I think it should be specially prepared for some mercenaries stationed here. After all, the war here has just ended and some foreign mercenaries have not yet evacuated.
There was nothing in the newspaper that interested Logan. It introduced a lot of space on how the government planned to rebuild the city, how some politicians responded to the citizens, and introduced the war situation in the surrounding countries.
Just when Logan's interest was waning, a piece of news in the corner of the newspaper aroused his interest.
The news mentioned that a theft occurred in a museum that was not affected by the war. However, according to the description of the police, the theft was not man-made, but the work of the devil. The opponent could not only fly, but also travel through the air. Fetching things and so on.
Looking at this obviously exaggerated report, Logan couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Satan is also interested in human antiques, and even sent devils to steal them?"< br>
Hearing this, Lorna leaned in front of the newspaper and took a look at the report. She shook her head and said: "Maybe it's a super human or a mutant. People here may regard mutant abilities as the devil's magic power."
Marcus also came over, took a look, and suddenly smiled at Lorna: "It looks like you did this."
Flying and retrieving objects from the air, Lorna can also do it. She can control the iron piece and step on the ground to stay in the air and move for a short period of time. It is even easier to pick up objects from the air. As long as the object has iron products on it, she can control it.
Lorna rolled her eyes at him.
But Clarice said innocently: "It's impossible. If sister Lorna did it, the report would call her an angel, not a devil."
This remark attracted Lorna's attention. Na couldn't help but smile and touched the girl's head affectionately.
Logan couldn't help but smile, put away the newspaper and sighed: "It seems that there are many mutants or people with super powers in the Middle East."
This reminded him of the guys he met last time in the Middle East.
The group of guys wearing masks are obviously an organization, and they are obviously not weak and very difficult to deal with.
But it's normal to think about it. After all, the Middle East is very chaotic. It is divided by warlords and wars break out frequently. All forces and countries have a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days. It's a life-and-death situation.
In a place like this, it is actually more suitable for mutants to hide. After all, the government is already overwhelmed in the face of chaos. How can it have time to care about mutants?
Peng!
While Logan was thinking, a sudden explosion in the distance brought his mind back.
The rumbling explosions were shocking. Pedestrians on the street panicked and ran home desperately. Some vendors were even so frightened that they lost their belongings.
The ground trembled, and the surrounding houses were affected by the shock wave of the explosion, causing some vibrations. Loess fell off the walls, and wind and sand filled the air.
Along with the explosion, there were bursts of panicked screams from the people.
"Fighting again?"
Marcus looked in the direction of the explosion, frowning.
It is not surprising that a sudden war breaks out in a place like this. Some remnants of the hostile government will also make suicide bombs, car bombs and other things from time to time and rush into government buildings and detonate them.
"Go and have a look."
Logan was somewhat interested. Although he didn't want to participate in the fight, he joined in the fun, mainly because he was curious.
Lorna and others had no objections, and they all rushed towards the direction of the explosion.
But fortunately, there was only an explosion and no gunshots were heard.
The place where the explosion occurred was not far away from Logan and the others. They could see it when they turned a corner.
It was an explosion in a building. Thick dust and smoke billowed up. The ground was covered with glass shards. The whole building was burning with violent flames. The monstrous fire spread in the building, but it was good. The building was still strong and did not collapse due to the explosion.
The streets were filled with frightened pedestrians, some pointing at the building anxiously.
"Fight the fire, put out the fire quickly!"
"There are people inside, they are still alive, please save them!"
"Oh my god, why did it explode? Someone, please come quickly!"
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In the building, some people were wailing in the fire, and some people rushed out regardless of the fear of the fire, but were instantly swallowed up by the fire. When they rushed out of the building, their bodies were already wrapped in the terrifying fire, and they became a burning man, collapsing in pain. Down.
In some high-rise areas that were not affected by the fire, people stood by the windows, begging for help.
Logan frowned, and his ears were filled with the panicked voices of passers-by. Some people had already run out of their homes, holding pots of water and throwing it at the building, but this small amount of water was not as big as the huge amount of water. Compared to the intensity of the fire, it was simply a drop in the bucket.
The fire became more intense as time went by and was gradually spreading to the buildings on both sides.
When Lorna saw this, she frowned. She immediately spread her hands, green light appeared in her palms, and she was about to rush forward to find a way to save people.
"Wait."
Marcus had quick eyes and quick hands and grabbed Lorna. When Lorna frowned, he pointed in the distance, "Don't worry, They will take action."
Several people took advantage of the situation and looked around.
"Avengers?"
Logan looked at several figures walking over there, led by Steve.
He was rushing over with several people, staring intently at the tall building burning with flames.
Why are the Avengers here?
Seeing Steve, Logan couldn't help but frown.
Just when he was wondering, a hot figure wearing a scarlet windbreaker suddenly flew out from behind Steve, and bursts of red light filled the air around her.
Looking at the two water pipes on both sides of the building, he raised his hands fiercely, and red light instantly scattered out, wrapping the water pipes.
With her strong pull, the hard water pipe broke and water spurted out.
Peng...chi!
The water pipes were sprayed into the sky-wide flames under the control of red light. Every ignition point was washed away by the water, and the flames were completely extinguished in a short time.
"That's... the Scarlet Witch."
Logan recognized the figure wrapped in red light, which was Wanda he had met before.
At the same time, Steve on the opposite side breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the fire was extinguished. When he looked around, he saw Logan in the crowd, and his expression was obviously stunned.
Logan didn't want to have too much entanglement with them. After seeing Steve paying attention to him, he turned around without saying a word, "Let's go!"
After saying that, he had to lead the people quickly. Step away.
And Steve hurriedly caught up.
"Logan, wait."
He shouted at Logan from behind, and at the same time said: "We need to talk."