章 241: 241 Loki escaped, Allen accused of the worst and Bocchi The Rock.
Fury walked down a corridor inside a Helicarrier. These monsters were like aircraft carriers but flying. They were built with the help of Tony Stark and had now become Shield's best facilities.
Fury arrived at a large office and opened the automatic door.
"Maria, where's Agent Romanoff?" Fury asked impatiently.
"Natasha? Do you need to ask?" Maria Hill, who was currently second in command at Shield, rolled her eyes at such a question. "Allen returns today. She won't be back at the offices for months and you know it."
"Of course..."
Fury calmed down knowing it was true. Natasha Romanoff was simply a perfect agent: espionage, infiltration, combat, and computer skills.
She was a star agent, and her "retirement" was a great loss. However, Natasha had no blemishes on her record, and after completing her last missions over a decade ago, she transitioned from field agent to operations and then administration.
Fury had very capable agents like Hawkeye and Coulson, but the void left by Agent Romanoff remained.
Maria had an expressionless look. It had been over a decade, and Fury lamented Natasha's absence every time a problem arose and they were short on-field personnel.
"Director, instead of worrying about retired agents, why not train new ones? Or maybe some mutant wants to be part of Shield for work and protection."
Fury crossed his arms. It wasn't the first time someone had suggested using mutants as agents, but mutants were a delicate issue.
Some politicians were extremists who wanted to eliminate all mutants.
Some mutants hated humans to the extreme and would not accept their compatriots becoming Shield agents
"No, too much trouble. Let's stick with the Avengers Initiative."
Fury was notably focused; it was his way of hiding his concerns.
"Director, did something happen?"
Fury thought for a moment to choose his words and then looked at Maria before recounting everything.
Thor Odinson, who had a close relationship with Allen, Tony, and Hulk, reported that Loki had escaped from where he was being held and had subsequently disappeared.
This alerted Odin, who spared no effort to find him. During the investigation into how he managed it, they realized that "someone" had freed him. This "someone" was a very powerful and dangerous witch known as The Enchantress.
She was famous for being a villain and obsessed with Thor, but he never paid her any attention, so she harbored resentment towards him.
Loki had secretly come to Earth with some sort of evil plan.
Thor was furious; he had visited his brother, and it seemed like he might have had a chance to set him on the right path, but Loki was a liar. He was the god of lies! Thor felt hurt that his brother had returned to evil.
He came to Earth and informed Tony, and consequently, the information reached Fury. In this world, Tony didn't have such a bad relationship with Nick Fury.
...
Fury has a feeling that someone is playing a game and Loki is just a piece in it.
"Maria, we need to reunite the first generation of Avengers!..."
Maria stood up and gave a military salute "Roger!".
Saying that, Fury left the office. As he walked down the corridors, he pulled out a communicator... this was used to call Captain Marvel. Fury thought for a moment but put the device away; if Loki appeared wearing another Destroyer armor this time, he wouldn't hesitate to call Carol.
But for now, Fury needed to see one person...
...
In a hospital bed, a man slept next to an old radio playing soft ballroom dance music from the 1950s. He was tall and strong but looked weak in that bed; he seemed to be having a nightmare as he tossed his head. A woman entered and approached the bed.
She put her hand on the man's to calm him.
"Steve... it's okay... it's over."
Steve Rogers, the legendary Captain America. Unlike a superhero who was just fantasy until recently, Steve Rogers had become a historical figure in Allen's world. His life and sacrifice were taught in schools.
This man from the past had been on the ice and somehow survived to the present day.
Outside Shield's facilities, an old man walked with a dog he stopped and looked at the Shield building.
"It's begun..." the old man murmured with a hint of concern. "I hope this time it's different..."
...
Tony relaxed in his chair, thinking about how to improve his armors. Between him and Banner, they had created models like the HulkBuster. Unlike the original HulkBuster, which was an anti-Hulk armor, this one was designed to allow Hulk to practice restraining himself against enemies without killing them.
Tony stood up with a smug smile and looked at Bruce. "Okay, let's go!"
...
In a certain room with walls, floors, and ceilings of steel and reinforced metals, we have two people, one is Dr. Banner, but not for long, as he was turning green.
Tony and Bruce went to a certain huge room. Bruce became the Hulk and began training with Tony.
"HULK SMASH!!"
Hulk roared and slammed the huge armor against the wall. Inside was Tony Stark.
"Ugh!, that's enough!" Tony shouted before he could hit again.
Both were inside a reinforced steel room where Hulk could practice, and Tony could test his new armors.
Tony took off the HulkBuster and walked into a futuristic-style kitchen. A pitcher of water and a crystal glass appeared from the table; Tony poured himself a glass.
Dr. Banner entered wearing only pants.
"Jarvis, water."
"Yes, Dr. Banner."
Another glass appeared on the table, and Bruce Banner sat down, holding an ice pack to his head.
"I told you it was a bad idea," Bruce shrugged. "Hulk isn't stupid, but asking him to hold back is complicated, not to say impossible."
"Don't mock me, Banner, I buy your shirts every time you tear them!" Tony complained, with a headache.
"Correction! You have one of the brightest minds in the world helping you, and in return, you buy me shirts."
Tony paused and looked at Banner's smiling face with disdain. "I liked you better when you were depressed and had dark thoughts."
"Yeah, sure, and you were better when you didn't care so much about money," Banner retorted.
They both laughed; it was true that they had both changed. Tony gave up alcohol and wild parties. Bruce stopped treating Hulk as a curse, and unexpectedly, this improved his life. He never expected the day when he would no longer be afraid to turn into Hulk and kill everyone in his path.
This was thanks to the influence of a certain young albino; both smiled.
"Sir, you have Nick Fury on the line."
"Thanks, Jarvis..." Tony took a couple of aspirins and prepared for more headaches with Thor's brother.
"Tony, should we be worried about Loki?" Bruce asked as he looked at a holographic screen with information.
"If there's one thing I learned after meeting Thor, Odin, and Loki, it's that gods don't know how to choose their wardrobe... and they shouldn't be underestimated," Tony shrugged with a smile. "Except for Allen's goddess girlfriend, she knows style."
"Now's not the time for jokes..."
Fury's face appeared as a hologram on Tony's table.
Tony sat down and leaned on the table. "I've done my part, Fury, or do you forget your nice Helicarriers?"
"Tony, you know as well as I do that this is necessary."
One of the biggest changes caused by the Marvel Zombies' revelation was the possibility that their own world would suffer a miserable fate like that.
Tony was a lone wolf, but over time, he had become accustomed to working with Hulk and Bruce.
Tony found no reason to refuse, after all, it was just a few more lycra-clad men and women.
"Fury, who else do you have in mind besides my Hulk and Thor?" Tony got up and walked to see New York City; this wasn't the Stark Industries building but a new high-tech one. And this building was named the Avengers Tower.
...
Allen received several messages from Fury and a couple from Tony and Bruce, but he didn't have time for that in front of him were two problems.
The first was the human-sized box denoting the new girl... remembering he had three rebellious dolls who needed to be educated, he couldn't ensure this was a good thing.
The second was that upon entering his treasure room to leave the box for now, he saw something very unpleasant out the window.
"What is this?!" Allen shouted upon seeing a huge advertisement atop a building.
This advertisement had an absurd image of himself lurking over children in the park. It had the caption "Protect these smiles, report the perverts."
Allen immediately teleported outside and stood in the sky.
"Hollow: Purple!"
With a flash of purple light, the sky lit up, and a moment later, a giant void sphere attacked the advertisement, disintegrating it. This alarmed people, and alarms even sounded in the Avengers Tower.
The insult of such a giant advertisement meant someone was trying to annoy him.
At that moment, a shadow passed over him, a giant airship with an advertisement on it. In it was Allen with wolf ears and a tail while chasing a girl.
Allen turned pale and gathered ki in his hand.
"Hey! Are you crazy? There are people there" Rebecca grabbed Allen by the collar, preventing him from killing a worker who was just doing his job.
"Damn it! This stinks of bad intentions!" Allen shouted in frustration and used magic to turn the ad into an image of the president picking a booger out of his nose.
...
Allen returned to his apartment and turned on the television while searching for news. It didn't take long to find a series of news reports questioning his actions at Hogwarts.
Gossip News treated this as a joke but didn't hold back in criticizing Allen.
– I'm Allen Walker, and I just want to conquer girls at Hogwarts! What's wrong with that? Hahaha, stay with us, and we'll find out!
– Everyone is talking about Allen's boundaries from older women to girls in their twenties. Is the harem pervert prince expanding his wolf claws?
Even serious news took up the story but aggravated the situation.
– Today we spoke with the spokesperson from the UN, and there was a unanimous consensus to call Allen to publicly testify and clarify many of his actions that have raised concerns among world leaders...
– What is Allen Walker's moral limit?! FBI Director Regina Kennedy began her speech this way; she urged Congress not to overlook the potential danger Allen represented.
Allen began to tremble as he watched hundreds of news reports from around the world. He had truly hoped for a moment of peace upon arriving in this world.
Rebecca backed away from Allen, and he lost control of his ki; the earth began to shake with Allen's unleashed power.
"SONS OF ****! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING?!"
Allen shouted so loudly that it could be heard for a hundred miles around.
...
Tony emerged from under the table with a troubled look, and Banner was the same; they knew this would happen when Allen returned.
It was obvious that there were people with malicious intent behind this campaign to discredit him. While Allen had been in many situations that made more than one person raise an eyebrow, all were beyond his control, and he never intended for Hermione to fall in love with him or have Susan kiss him.
While Allen exploded, there was someone else screaming, but for a different reason.
...
"Lie.... aaaaaaaaaahhh! *vomit*"
A girl collapsed to the ground, writhing in agony; she was suffering a mental breakdown as she refused to accept reality.
"What's happening?!" Gwen rushed in to see the new doll's box open and a girl with pink hair on the floor, vomiting. "Are you okay?!"
The girl's eyes turned blank, and she turned to ashes as if affected by the Infinity Gauntlet.
This wasn't an illusion created by the magic of anime. The girl had truly turned to ashes and disappeared.
This left Gwen in shock.
When Allen arrived he saw the open box and did not find the girl.
...
The girl regained consciousness and stood up. She was dressed in a pink school physical education uniform.
She looked at the towering skyscrapers in the distance while standing atop the Statue of Liberty. Her gaze turned to despair, and she lost her color, she did not turn pale, she actually turned black and white like an ancient caricature.
'Oh, dear mother and father... your beloved daughter Hitori is now truly Bocchi (alone)... in fact, I will probably die before long... it's okay, someone like me just has that in her destiny.'
She didn't understand why she was there, but she simply accepted it as a punishment from God for being a social misfit.
She fell to the ground, shrinking. It wasn't a metaphor for her mental state; she was actually shrinking.
Her name is Hitori Gotou... She is Bocchi... Bocchi The Rock!
...
"Kukuku, it seems my little sister is already causing trouble..." Inside Allen's inventory, a girl who had been asleep woke up.
For a doll to awaken, it must have enough vitality from Allen, and depending on the doll's strength, this amount would increase.
Artoria took nearly a month to regain her strength and move freely.
This girl took a year!
"My time has come!" the girl said confidently as she prepared to leave Allen's inventory.
(To be continued)
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A/N: During Bocchi The Rock, we see Bocchi altering reality, even becoming a Super Saiyan. This might just be a comedic device, but in Allen's world, it might not be just comedy.
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