Jumping down from the bridge with a spider web, Jessica Drew came to Linen and said, "Linen, what are you doing?"
During the period when Natasha took her in, Jessica Drew had heard her talk about Linen.
She had also learned about Linen's personality from Natasha.
So Jessica Drew was unwilling to believe that Linen brought someone to such a remote place with the intent of killing them!
But looking at the girl whose face was full of fear, her neck clamped in Linen's hand—
Jessica still asked in confusion.
Looking at Jessica Drew suddenly appearing with a shocked expression, Linen didn't explain.
Instead, he activated the Eye of Judgment again: "Tell me, who are you, and what is your purpose in pretending to be Kelly Stone and deliberately approaching me?"
With Linen's sharp command, "Kelly Stone" collapsed in fear, screaming "one, one, three."
Jessica Drew, who was standing nearby, immediately understood what had happened after hearing Linen's question.
Then she looked at the impostor.
Finally, under the effect of the Eye of Judgment, "Kelly Stone" screamed and transformed.
The originally fair skin turned dark green, and strange, inhuman ears grew out of her head.
"Wh—?!"
Seeing Kelly Stone turn into an alien in front of her, Jessica Drew was instantly shocked.
Linen frowned.
The imposter who had returned to her original appearance looked exactly like a Skrull.
The only difference was that the ears seemed even sharper.
FLAG: "Neary" appears later as "Neary's character of never trusting anyone."
No known Marvel character fits this name. Might be a mistranslation of Nick or Fury? Please confirm.
Linen knew that a group of Skrulls would eventually infiltrate and replace many people on Earth, attempting to take control.
But they shouldn't have started this early!
If later S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to monitor Skrull activity because it was weakened by Hydra, that would make sense.
But right now, Nick Fury was still on Earth, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was very powerful.
In this situation, even if the Skrulls wanted to make a move, they would have to be extremely cautious.
What's more, according to Nick Fury's personality of never trusting anyone—
At this point in time, if the Skrulls showed any unusual activity…
Nick would probably reach out and crush them immediately!
The most important thing was that Linen had never leaked any blood cells.
Even after gaining abilities, he had never gone to a hospital when he was sick before.
So even the Skrulls couldn't obtain his genetic material.
Perhaps, that's why the Skrulls disguised themselves as Kelly Stone to approach him?
Looking at the Skrull in front of him who had returned to her true form, Linen frowned and asked, "Why did you disguise yourself as Kelly Stone to approach me?"
"Who instructed you to do this? What is your purpose?"
Faced with Linen's questioning, the Skrull—whose spirit had already been battered by the Eye of Judgment—was just about to answer out of fear.
But the next second, her entire body began to burn from the inside out.
"Oh my God..."
Watching the Skrull ignite from within—with blue flames—Jessica immediately asked Linen, who had released her neck, "Linen, how can an alien burn like this naturally? And why is the flame color so weird?"
Faced with Jessica's confused question, Linen glanced at the Skrull who had collapsed to the ground, her life extinguished.
A trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.
"This is a kind of black magic."
As he said this, Linen took out his phone and called Natasha.
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Walking into a Quinjet, Natasha looked over the target of her mission, then flew into the air, preparing to head to Europe immediately.
Just as the jet took off, her phone rang.
After picking up the phone and taking a look, she saw it was Linen. She immediately switched the Quinjet to autopilot.
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"Good afternoon, Linen. What do you need?"
Natasha had already spoken with Nick Fury, and as long as Linen asked for help, she was allowed to abandon any current mission immediately.
After all, Linen's importance to S.H.I.E.L.D. was far greater than those tasks!
"Natasha, do you still remember Kelly Stone?"
Hearing Linen's question, Natasha thought for a few seconds: "The daughter of New York Senator Kenne Stone? The girl you helped exorcise last year?"
"That's right."
Linen then told Natasha what happened.
After hearing the full situation, Natasha immediately said, "Give me five minutes!"
After hanging up, Natasha asked her team to investigate Senator Kenne Stone's family while piloting the Quinjet to Linen's location.
A few minutes later, the Quinjet slowly landed on the open space under the bridge.
Seeing Natasha step out, Jessica Drew immediately ran forward.
"Oh my God, Natasha, you actually flew here in a jet? That's so cool."
Hearing Jessica's excited voice, Natasha smiled: "I was originally heading to Europe for another mission."
As she spoke, she walked to Linen's side, watching him squat down to examine the charred body that was gradually turning to ash.
She also squatted beside Linen and said, "I just had people investigate the Kenne Stone family and found that they announced they were going to Hawaii for vacation ten days ago."
"But according to the news from Hawaii, the Kenne Stone family never arrived."
"And I had others try to contact Kenne Stone, but his phone didn't connect!"
At this point, Natasha asked Linen, "So what was this alien's purpose in approaching you? Can you guess?"
"It's not clear yet."
Shaking his head, Linen thought back to the Skrull's abnormal reaction under the Eye of Judgment.
Then he said, "She was probably controlled by someone to approach me. As for the purpose, or who's behind it, I don't know yet."
"But the one controlling her should be a dark sorcerer… or a fallen wizard!"
Speaking of this, Linen felt something strange.
After all, if it was a mystic wizard who had fallen into darkness—or a black magician—
Then the New York Sanctum should definitely know something.
And the Ancient One, the Supreme Sorcerer, would not ignore it.
But unfortunately, none of the mystic sorcerers had appeared yet.
This was wrong.
Could it be that this was something the universe was destined to experience, so the Ancient One pretended not to see it?
But if that were the case…
Then who was the one controlling this Skrull?
Why did they target him?
Was it because of his identity as a psychic, or because of his identity as a Judge?
After all, each identity represented a different level of threat.
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