Abandoning his mount Baby, which had to take a detour in the sea, Luke headed directly south, passing Greenland and northern North America, and headed straight for the west coast.
He arrived in San Francisco at daybreak and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
He couldn't be sure when the events in the prophetic painting would happen.
But judging by the picture, it should be a rainy or stormy day, not night.
In other words, he was not late.
But today the weather in San Francisco is gloomy and the sea is covered with dark clouds.
The weather forecast also said that there would be a storm of moderate intensity today, so he became more alert—this was consistent with the weather in the second predictive painting.
Selena was still in New York and did not come.
But the first-level clone had arrived several days ago and made a trip to Los Angeles to take gold nugget number two from Claire.
As for Claire, the mysterious old man naturally said that he was going to take a few days off and asked her to go to New York and stay with Luke first.
Claire was puzzled: How can you, an old man, go on strike? Didn't you say before that you would always assist me, a rare genius in the world
Despite the scolding, she still followed the request conveyed by Gold Nugget No. 2 from Luke and went to New York.
San Francisco is only more than 600 kilometers away from Los Angeles and is also on the seaside.
Once the fight starts, if the bat-winged monster flaps its wings a few more times, it might fly to Los Angeles.
Besides, all members of the Bat-Team, including Luke and Selina, are in New York, which is definitely the safest city in the world.
The only real people who came were PDD employee Eddie Brock, who was already in San Francisco, and Justice League reserve members Wanda and Pietro.
None of these three people were responsible for fighting, only for retreating and protecting civilians.
It was Tony who chose to participate in this operation himself, because his dilapidated villa was rebuilt on the original site in Malibu.
After being bombed, this guy no longer wants to move the laboratory.
This mentality is confident, fearless, and... well, probably tsundere.
The other Avengers Natasha, Hawkeye, and Steve did not come.
Natasha was depressed because of Banner's disappearance and was not suitable for the mission.
Hawkeye has to spend time with his daughter and pregnant wife, and Steve has to train several new recruits of the Avengers.
There is no need to force yourself to complete this task in an uncertain situation. The world will not stop turning without you.
Teams like the Avengers and the new SHIELD have many cases that threaten the world, but they basically handle them independently.
Unless the mission is of a world-destroying level, no one will ask for help casually.
Like the Grand Rapids witch incident, Tony went there purely for revenge, and the rest was handled by the Bat-Team.
In the Cobra's nano warhead incident, only Natasha invited the Knight and White Wolf to replace them, and the others basically did not move.
Because even the worst consequences of these things will only affect one city or some aspect of society.
Like Tony at this moment, he is still working in his Malibu villa in Los Angeles.
He is a leader and does not need to be responsible for too many specific matters.
For this mission, he simply told Maria Hill to provide the Bat Squad with adequate logistical support.
Maria Hill also cooperated.
This behavior is considered as free mutual assistance between the two teams, and the Bat Team will use points to settle the bill afterwards.
The points system is extremely comprehensive. Points are awarded for assisting in combat, and of course also for assisting in logistics support.
Maria Hill gained a lot of points in the Ultron incident through this.
She didn't need to buy too much combat equipment, and her points balance was just over two thousand.
But the news she heard from Natasha made her suddenly feel so poor.
Therefore, it was a perfect match to ask her to assist with logistics and resource allocation this time.
Otherwise, with her own combat power, it would be difficult for her to gain a lot of points by just freeloading.
After the second-level clone arrived, Luke was no longer in a hurry. He even had time to call Tony and said, "Pack up 200 Iron Man cheeseburgers for me and send them to San Francisco."
Tony was quiet for a moment before he replied unhappily, "Big Spoon, you're still asleep, are you? Do you think I'm the waiter?"
Luke sneered, "Come on, you have a lot of unused Mark armors in your villa. Why don't you just find a set to bring to San Francisco and buy it on the way? If you didn't have the sole priority for that burger shop, I wouldn't have come to you."
Tony thought this made a lot of sense, nodded and said, "Go away."
Half an hour later, a set of Mark armor fell from the sky and landed on a hillside somewhere on the seashore of San Francisco.
Opposite the hillside on the sea is the Golden Gate Bridge shrouded in dark clouds. A cargo ship is slowly passing under the bridge and heading towards the misty sea.
Mark Armor, who landed on the ground, held a large alloy box in both hands.
Beidou's clone, dressed again in a T-shirt and tactical pants, was sitting on a long wooden chair in a pergola.
Seeing Mark's armor land on the ground, Beidou walked over, took the box, took out a bag of hamburgers and started eating.
Tony's somewhat impatient voice sounded from Mark's armor: "Hey, Big Spoon. You ate the burger, but where's the intelligence?"
Beidou continued to eat slowly and just casually said, "What information?"
Tony: "... Don't tell me you're just sitting around doing nothing when you come here so late and ask me to deliver hamburgers?"
Beidou nodded: "Yeah, I'm fine for now, I just want to eat something delicious."
Tony: "Do you believe me? I will send the anti-Beidou armor over here immediately?"
Beidou: "I don't believe it. You said it's been almost two years."
Tony: …
He really didn't make any anti-Beidou armor.
First of all, Beidou actually has no conflict with him, at least there is no such thing as aerial splits.
Secondly, the requirements for anti-Beidou are really a bit high.
Strictly speaking, the most anti-Beidou tactic is to sweep the ground from a distance and never get close.
However, that tactic can be completely replaced by a large number of missile launchers, and there is no need for any armor at all.
Luke made a few jokes, and seeing Tony was choking, he told him the really important information: "You can pray to God. If nothing goes wrong today, we will have an extra strong ally."
Tony became interested when he heard it: "How strong is it?"
Luke thought for a moment and said, "That's the boss's new pet. What do you think?"
Tony was stunned: "That... little pet?"
Luke's mouth widened a little: "Yes, you will have a surprise."
Looking at his expression, which could be considered a sneer, Tony always felt that things might not be that simple.
The boss who sells everything has a "little pet" and a "surprise", what kind of thing could it be
You have to know that since the big boss showed up, there has been no record of him directly engaging in combat.
But no one found it strange.
Using money to solve everything is the specialty of big businessmen.
The big guys not only have money in the ordinary sense, but also points, an extremely strong credit currency.
A group of superheroes can do the job, so it is more in line with the professional ethics of a black-hearted businessman for the boss not to take action.