"My Lord, this is the intelligence from the past half year."
At this moment;
The Shadow, wearing a black mask, knelt respectfully on one knee, offering a piece of intelligence with both hands!
Mandarin reached out and took it, flipping through it page by page.
Soon;
He finished reading the contents of the report.
"So Kingpin, that fool, was killed by the Avengers."
Mandarin said indifferently.
The intelligence mentioned that the ones who killed Kingpin were suspected to be Luke Cage and Jessica from the Avengers; the former possessed an indestructible body and great strength.
The latter's abilities were similar to the former's, but her strength and defense were slightly inferior, though she possessed the ability to fly.
If it was such a super-powered individual, it was not surprising that Kingpin could be killed.
"Although Kingpin never truly submitted to me, he was still my subordinate, no matter what, and the Avengers killed him, so they must give me an explanation!"
Mandarin said, looking at the Shadow in front of him, and ordered: "Shadow, I'm giving you a task: find me intelligence on the Avengers; I want to know their location!"
"Yes, My Lord!"
The Shadow respectfully accepted the mission and turned to leave.
Soon;
Only Mandarin was left in the office.
He turned to look at the city outside the window, his gaze seemingly penetrating layers of space, seeing a figure sleeping in a crystal jungle.
"Soon, we will meet again!"
Mandarin murmured to himself.
...
At the same time;
Just as Mandarin returned, preparing to execute the plan he had prepared for many years.
On a street far away in the Fog City, a battle was also breaking out!
One side of the battle consisted of two women, one older and one younger.
The younger one looked about twelve or thirteen, while the older one appeared to be around thirty.
At this moment;
The two were being hunted by a terrifying-looking monster.
The monster possessed an indestructible body, and was fast and strong.
The two women being chased by the monster could only flee for their lives, completely unable to fight back against the monster behind them.
Just as the two were about to lose their lives to the monster's claws, a deafening sonic boom suddenly echoed from the sky, followed by a blurry figure descending from above, who sent the monster that had been chasing the two for a long time flying hundreds of meters away with a single punch!
The monster crashed into a building.
Instantly, the building's outer wall collapsed, and the monster was buried under a pile of rubble, its fate unknown.
"Sersi, Sprite, are you two alright?"
The one who rushed to save the two was a tall, handsome white people man, flying in the air, wearing a form-fitting combat suit, looking quite powerful.
"Ikaris! Thank goodness!!"
Seeing the man, Sersi and Sprite also breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, looked overjoyed at their companion whom they hadn't seen in many years.
However, before the three could chat for a few moments, the monster that Ikaris had sent flying in the distance suddenly crawled out from under the rubble.
Roar ~!!!
The monster roared, letting out a shriek at Ikaris in the sky.
"A tough-skinned fellow."
Ikaris said coldly, and the next second, golden energy beams shot from his eyes, instantly piercing through the roaring monster from head to tail!
Thud ~!
The pierced monster was completely finished.
It fell directly to the ground, spilling disgusting blood everywhere.
"Ikaris, you killed this Deviant!"
Sprite shouted in surprise.
At this point, Ikaris also slowly landed on the ground, walking with a smile towards the two of them.
"It's good that you two are fine."
He said.
The reunion with an old friend briefly dispelled the panic from being chased by the Deviant just now.
However, after the three chatted for a few moments, the topic returned to the Deviant.
"This shouldn't be happening! These Deviants should have been completely eliminated by us back then, so why are they appearing again now?"
Sprite couldn't understand; in her memory, the Deviants should have long ceased to exist.
"Let's not talk about the Deviants' situation for now; even if some of these beasts survived, their numbers wouldn't be large, and they're just trash that only dares to hide in corners and ambush."
Ikaris clearly didn't care about these Deviants; with his strength, he indeed didn't need to pay attention to these mere Deviants, but for Sersi and Sprite, this monster could easily kill both of them.
"Ikaris, how did you know we were attacked by the Deviants?"
At this moment, Sersi also asked.
Of course!
She wasn't doubting Ikaris.
As a fellow Eternal, Sersi would never doubt her companion.
She was just curious.
Why did Ikaris arrive so coincidentally?
"We came specifically to find you two," Ikaris said, "I didn't know these beasts still survived before I came, but luckily I arrived in time, otherwise something bad would have happened."
Hearing this, Sprite once again expressed her gratitude to Ikaris.
However, Ikaris's attention was clearly not on Sprite, who looked only twelve or thirteen years old, but more on Sersi in front of him.
His gaze was particularly gentle, making it hard not to wonder if these two had a past together?
In fact;
That was indeed the case.
And seeing Ikaris's attention focused entirely on Sersi, Sprite, who looked like a child but was actually thousands of years old, couldn't help but feel a little resentful.
They all treat me like a child!
Sprite felt very upset.
She deeply resented her childlike appearance.
Why could everyone else grow up, even fragile human beings, but she couldn't?
Ikaris and Sersi didn't notice Sprite's unusual gaze.
It wasn't that Sprite was hiding well, but rather that she was too short; if they wanted to see the changes in her facial expression, they would have to bend down to look.
And at this moment,
They clearly weren't doing that.
"Ikaris, is there something you need from us?"
Sersi asked curiously.
Logically, Ikaris wouldn't come to her unless it was absolutely necessary.
After all, their relationship was somewhat awkward to a certain extent.
They were ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend.
While it wasn't to the point of never speaking again, they would normally try to avoid seeing each other.
At this moment, Ikaris, hearing Sersi's question, said with a serious expression, "Do you remember Mandarin from back then?"
"You mean, the man with the Ten Rings?"
Sersi recalled, remembering that she had indeed seen that man centuries ago.