With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

The military air force arrived late, but it was still helpless against Namor underwater.

As the waves continued advancing toward the city center, the water level in the city rose higher and higher, while Namor’s home-field advantage grew stronger.

The big shots in the city had already fled in private helicopters as soon as the incident occurred, but while the monks might escape, their temples could not; their businesses were still here.

After confirming that they had reached a safe zone, the important figures remembered their property as well. Unable to sit still, they called various powerful government officials and pressured them to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.

But against something underwater, planes and tanks were useless. They had no choice but to find professionals who specialized in dealing with abnormal incidents, and so Nick Fury appeared once again.

After arriving at the scene, Nick first called Tony and Peter over and asked them to lead a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents underwater, but the two rejected him in unison.

Tony and Peter had no sense of being superheroes yet. Saving people was influenced by their own moral values, but asking them to give up their lives just to play the hero was out of the question.

"That guy’s a fish. You should find some fishermen to haul him up instead of asking us to work underwater."

"Tony, this concerns the safety of tens of millions of people in New York…"

Tony didn’t buy that at all. He cut him off and said, "Then hurry up and get those tax collectors over here as bait. Once they hook the fish, I’ll turn him into sashimi and feed him to you."

"Tony, he’s already suffered a loss just now. He won’t fall for it easily. We can only take the risk and go down there to deal with him."

"Not us. We already went down there. The facts have proven that we can’t beat him underwater."

"You’re both superheroes—Thor and Iron Man. If you can’t beat him, then who can?"

Tony and Peter exchanged a glance before saying in unison, "My master can!"

Nick’s face darkened further. Of course he knew Zhan Liu could handle it, but his concern was that Zhan Liu might cause another major incident.

Things in New York were already giving Nick enough of a headache. If Zhan Liu caused something even more outrageous, Nick feared he would go insane.

He thought it over carefully and felt that this time, Zhan Liu probably wouldn’t cause another major incident like blowing up the Earth. At worst, he could have Zhan Liu find the Sorcerer Supreme again and perform another Time Reversal.

"All right, then call Mr. Zhan."

"Okay, Jarvis, connect me to my master."

Zhan Liu was standing in the sky, watching everything clearly. When he suddenly received Tony’s call, he immediately knew what Tony was plotting.

But today’s matter was partly meant to serve as a lesson. How could he step in and cause trouble at a time like this?

So he hung up the phone. After thinking for a moment, he switched his phone off as well.

The people below exchanged glances, all clearly understanding what this meant.

Tony spread his hands. "With great power comes great responsibility. Now it’s time for those big shots to think of a solution. For example, they could call in some underwater Mutants or something to help resolve the problem."

"Tony, you know that’s impossible."

"All right, I do know it’s impossible." Tony shrugged. "I also know that getting us to go underwater is just as impossible."

Nick thought carefully before asking, "The reason you’re unwilling to go underwater is the oxygen problem, right? If so, I have a way to solve it."

Tony turned to look at Peter. He was long-range support; Peter was the main force for underwater combat.

Peter thought for a moment and said:

"If the oxygen problem can be solved, I think I can go down and give it a try. But carrying an oxygen tank won’t work. The current seems to be constantly working against me, and I’m worried it’ll rip out my oxygen tube."

"All right. I’ll have someone prepare an oxygen device. Don’t worry, this is alien technology. You just bite down on it, and it’ll definitely solve the problem of breathing underwater."

Nick immediately ordered someone to bring the equipment over. Soon, Tony and Peter received the so-called oxygen devices. They looked like half-face masks, with a nipple-like protrusion around the mouth.

"Wow, it’s a little like something I bit last night. This one doesn’t have any milk in it, though." Tony habitually ran his mouth.

"This thing lasts for an hour. You can carry several spares on you. If you can’t kill that guy, drive him away. Once the floodwaters in New York have receded, we’ll consider what to do next."

Tony and Peter put on their oxygen masks and headed beneath the sea again. As for the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Nick had dispatched, the two refused to let them come along.

They had fought Namor before and knew how devastating his attacks were. The agents wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything down there, and they might even become a burden.

Peter went ahead, releasing electric currents to illuminate the darkness of the seabed while also using them as bait to lure Namor into taking the hook.

Tony followed far behind, ready to provide support at any moment.

They hadn’t noticed it so clearly during their last trip into the sea, but this time they could clearly feel the ocean rejecting them. It squeezed their bodies and hindered their advance.

The power they possessed on land could not even be exerted at half strength here. As the distance increased, the power of the magnetic field was also reduced layer by layer, forcing Tony to move closer to Peter. The farther away he was, the worse the effect became.

Namor seemed determined to hide until the end this time. In the vast ocean, he could find somewhere to hide, and no one would be able to locate him. However, he still had to attack the land, so he couldn’t go too far away.

Moreover, bringing the sea onto land seemed to be something he couldn’t control by himself. Instead, many subordinates who looked like both humans and fish were helping him carry it out.

So the two began clearing out these merfolk.

These merfolk were also powerful warriors, but they were no match for superheroes. Peter easily killed one of them.

Then something went wrong.

Peter had never killed anyone before. This was his first time seeing blood.

Although the fishman had a tail, its appearance was nearly identical to that of a human.

Moreover, this wasn’t like on land, where blood splashed in one direction and that was the end of it. In the sea, the blood spread through the water before surging over the person’s head and face.

The instant he saw this, Peter’s mind went completely blank. His hands and feet turned cold, his limbs went numb, and he nearly collapsed on the seabed, unable to move.

Tony, who was behind him, noticed that something was wrong and hurried over to provide support. He then tried to take Peter up to the surface and leave.

But Namor had actually been circling nearby the entire time, searching for an opportunity. Seeing this scene, how could he possibly give it up? He immediately gripped his weapon and silently attacked from behind.