Meet Him

As the thunderous roar of the propeller engines echoed one after another,

the massive vessel that looked like a giant aircraft carrier began to rise slowly. The winds it whipped up made both Steve’s and Banner’s hair tilt backward.

"No, this thing is worse."

But compared to Steve’s shock, Banner immediately spoke after realizing what exactly he was standing on.

If he lost control of his anger aboard this massive aerial battleship and Hulk emerged, it would cause a terrifying disaster.

He would rather stay on the ground. That way, even if he failed to suppress his anger for a moment, ordinary people would still have somewhere to flee when they encountered Hulk.

"Dr. Banner, we won’t do anything that makes you angry."

"Please trust us. Come with me."

Seeing that Banner looked somewhat distressed, Natasha spoke to comfort him.

"…"

Banner knew it was impossible for him to get off now, so he could only take a deep breath, compose himself, and follow Natasha.

Steve merely glanced at Banner without saying anything.

Even though he had his concerns, he could see that Banner was deeply resistant to Hulk’s power.

That resistance could greatly reduce the chance of Hulk appearing and going berserk.

Soon, the three of them entered the aerial battleship.

After entering, Steve looked at the many technicians inside and the azure sky visible beyond the transparent windows before him. He was still rather shaken.

The technology he knew of was relatively conventional, but what he was seeing now—

even among the military’s classified secrets, this would undoubtedly rank among the highest levels of confidentiality.

If not for the alien invasion, this aerial battleship would probably have remained on the ocean, pretending to be an ordinary aircraft carrier.

"Let’s disappear."

Nick Fury stood at the control console. After hearing report after report from around him, he gave the order.

"Activate the reflective panels."

A beautiful female agent relayed the command.

At once, the enormous aerial battleship vanished from ordinary people’s sight.

"Thank you for coming, Dr. Banner."

Nick Fury then stepped down from the control console, approached Banner with a smile, and greeted him warmly.

"Thank you for inviting me so politely."

"I have a question."

"How long will I be staying here?"

Banner extended his hand for a shake, then immediately released it and voiced his question.

"I admit that our methods were polite, but not polite enough, and I apologize for that."

"But we need your knowledge. We need your help."

"So as soon as we retrieve the Tesseract, we’ll let you leave."

Nick Fury wore a sincere expression as he spoke.

Hearing this, Banner knew Nick Fury definitely did not merely want to make use of his knowledge. If necessary, he surely intended to use the power of the Hulk within him as well.

But Banner knew he could not get angry over something so minor, so he forcibly suppressed the displeasure in his heart and asked, "How are things progressing?"

Seeing that Banner was willing to cooperate, Nick Fury pointed at Coulson.

Having received the signal, Coulson immediately began explaining.

"We’ve scanned every camera in the world that can be accessed wirelessly."

"Cell phones, laptops—so long as they’re connected to a satellite, they’re our eyes."

As Coulson reached this point,

Natasha interjected, "At this rate, we may not make it in time."

"You need to narrow the search area."

"How many spectrometers can you deploy?"

"I’ll draft a tracking algorithm based on cluster recognition."

"At the very least, we can eliminate several regions."

"Can you find me somewhere to work?"

Banner knew they were asking for his help, but he did not want to remain on this flying aerial battleship for long either. So he cooperatively looked at Nick Fury and asked.

Seeing Banner’s willingness to cooperate, Nick Fury, who had long been prepared, looked at Natasha. "Agent Romanoff, could you take Dr. Banner to his lab?"

Hulk truly could not be controlled through conventional means. Even Banner himself found it difficult to control Hulk.

However, Nick Fury had discovered that if it was a woman Banner cared about, then even after becoming Hulk, he could regain some of his reason.

So none of the other agents would do. It had to be Natasha, the Black Widow, personally leading Hulk.

Let the two of them develop some feelings through their interactions.

If things went smoothly, they could have Dr. Banner transform into Hulk as their primary combat force when necessary.

Even if it could not happen for the time being, it did not matter. After this cooperation, if aliens invaded again in the future, they would bring Dr. Banner in once more. Given enough time, it would surely work.

Natasha found it somewhat strange that Nick Fury had specifically asked her to lead Banner. Anyone could have handled something like this.

"The lab has everything you need. You’ll be satisfied, Doctor."

Still, Natasha followed her orders and walked over.

"Alright."

Banner followed after hearing that.

Although it was their first meeting, his impression of Natasha was not very good, because she had deliberately set a trap to lure him in.

But Natasha was indeed a very beautiful woman.

Banner was a man too. Even if a beautiful woman had done something slightly underhanded, it was not impossible to forgive her.

Just as S.H.I.E.L.D. was trying every possible way to locate Loki,

the facial recognition system suddenly returned some information.

"After cross-referencing, we found someone with a seventy-nine percent facial match."

The bald man seated before the monitoring equipment reported.

He had been somewhat embarrassedly talking to Steve about his collection of cards, hoping Steve would give one of them an autograph.

Coulson had originally been asking his idol for an autograph, but the instant that report came in, he hurried over. "Where is he?"

"28 Königstraße, Stuttgart, Germany."

The bald man zoomed in on the information and found the precise address.

Seeing this, Steve knew the other party had no intention of hiding.

"Captain, it’s your turn. Go meet him."

Upon seeing the information, Nick Fury immediately called out.

"…"

Steve also knew that with Tony not yet here and Banner unable to properly control Hulk’s power, he was the only one present capable of carrying out a probing mission.

So Steve nodded and accepted.

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