After Nick Fury's explanation, everyone quickly understood what had happened.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had been monitoring Dr. Bruce Banner.
After all, as one of the beings capable of threatening Earth's security, S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn't simply let Dr. Banner go unnoticed.
Especially after that street battle in New York and the appearance of the Abomination.
Although Dr. Banner had eventually escaped and gone into hiding in an extremely remote location, S.H.I.E.L.D. never gave up on tracking him!
Just this morning, while Sitwell was approaching Su Che and Steve to gift them a villa as compensation, Dr. Banner, who had been hiding all this time, was suddenly attacked.
Then, the Hulk emerged and fought the attackers.
"What was the outcome?"
After hearing the outline of the incident, Natasha Romanoff asked Dr. Banner seriously, "Dr. Banner, did you see the attacker's appearance? And with the Hulk present, the attacker shouldn't pose any threat to you, right?"
Facing Natasha Romanoff's inquiry, Bruce Banner hesitated for a moment, holding his water glass: "I'm not too sure."
"When the Hulk appeared, I lost control. I had no idea what the Hulk was experiencing."
"But when I woke up, I was in a valley."
"But..."
"But what?"
Although he didn't know what the Hulk looked like, Steve Rogers immediately pressed.
"When I woke up, I could feel... the Hulk's fear?"
Looking up at everyone, Dr. Banner said with a complicated expression, "I don't know how to describe this feeling."
"It's an emotion I've never experienced before."
"In fact, since the gamma ray incident, I've always seen the Hulk as a disease. I've tried everything to eliminate this 'disease.'"
"But I know the Hulk has always had his own thoughts, even if he's purely like an ignorant child."
"Yet... yet he has saved me many times!"
At this point, Bruce Banner smiled bitterly: "To prevent the Hulk from appearing and hurting others, I tried to end my life."
"At the time, I thought if I died, the Hulk would die too."
"So I shot myself, and the Hulk... spat out the bullet..."
As he spoke, Dr. Banner put down his cup and looked at the group: "I've tried many methods, but none worked."
"But even when I shot myself, the Hulk didn't have this uneasy feeling."
"However, during this attack, when I transformed back from the Hulk to myself,"
"it was the first time I could directly feel emotions from the Hulk!"
"It wasn't fear, not disgust, not terror—it's just that... I don't know how to describe it. It should be said he didn't want to face it, he wanted to run far away from this feeling!"
"It's like a child who has done something wrong and doesn't dare to face the gaze of teachers or parents!"
Hearing Dr. Banner's words, the people present exchanged glances.
If Dr. Banner had initially said the Hulk was in a state of fear, everyone could still understand.
But pure trepidation and unease—not fear—that was somewhat intriguing!
As everyone pondered, Nick Fury said, "I used S.H.I.E.L.D. satellites to record the scene!"
With that, Nick Fury picked up the remote and pressed a button.
Soon, the scene from that morning appeared directly on the screen behind him.
In the footage,
the Hulk clenched his fists and roared angrily at the air, then suddenly leaped over ten meters high as if trying to smash something!
But soon, the Hulk in mid-air fell to the ground, then turned and fled.
His speed was even faster than when he had escaped from New York!
While running and jumping into a series of valleys, the Hulk, who seemed unable to avoid something, grew even angrier.
He continuously punched and attacked, causing the surrounding valley rocks to collapse and shatter.
After wildly swinging his fists and beating the surroundings for a while, the previously furious Hulk suddenly froze.
He then looked around in confusion and reached out as if trying to grab something.
A series of explosions then occurred out of thin air in the valley, but the Hulk seemed completely deaf to them.
Not long after, the Hulk lay quietly on the gravel-strewn ground, as if throwing himself into the embrace of Mother Earth.
However, his gradually curling posture strongly resembled a wronged child crying for its mother.
Slowly, the green giant Hulk transformed back into Dr. Banner.
The video ended here.
After stopping the video, Nick Fury looked at the group and said, "As you can see, no one knows exactly what happened."
"Afterward, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent monitoring Dr. Banner found him and brought him back."
"Everyone, what are your thoughts now?"
Although his words were directed at everyone present, Nick Fury's gaze was fixed on Su Che.
"It seems the attacker wasn't captured in the video."
Arms crossed, Tony Stark sat beside Su Che: "However, those explosions that appeared out of nowhere in the video are a bit strange."
At this, Tony Stark looked at Su Che, Steve, and Natasha Romanoff: "Buddy, do these sudden explosions look similar to how your apartments were bombed?"
"The same out-of-nowhere explosions, the same lack of clues from surveillance!"
Hearing Tony's words, Steve nodded in agreement.
But Su Che pondered for a moment and said, "It's like psychic magic!"
"Psychic magic?"
Hearing Su Che's words, everyone turned their attention to him.
"Psychic magic can invade people's minds, making those under its influence see certain images,"
"These images could be joyful or could be a person's deepest fears."
"Of course, it can also leave imprints on people's minds. Just like the enraged Hulk in the video."
"You probably noticed that at the very beginning, the Hulk wanted to attack some 'enemies' that couldn't be captured by surveillance equipment, and his target was very clear."
"But in the valley..."
"Psychic magic—I know about this!"
Before Su Che could finish, Thor immediately interjected: "Although we in Asgard have always revered warrior strength, we also have magic disciplines."
"Like my mother—she's very skilled in magic. My brother Loki learned all his magic from her."
"Loki knows mind magic."
At this, Thor pointed at the screen: "But speaking of mind magic, I suddenly thought of the big green guy on TV earlier. He was attacking an invisible enemy."
"Actually, it might be a branch of illusion magic—phantom duplication."
"Loki has used this often before. When phantom duplicates appear before us, we can see them, but the surveillance you mentioned just now apparently can't capture them!"
"It's like talking to the air or fighting thin air!"
(Phantom duplicates cannot be captured by surveillance, like Loki in Thor!)
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