"Have all the people evacuated?"
Taking a deep breath, Steve withdrew his hand from the hood and asked Natasha who had rushed over.
SHIELD attaches great importance to this operation. In addition to the current blockade, it has also set up three more outer blockade lines, just in case some big fish are missed.
Although Lupin ran away, he had already issued orders to the outer blockade personnel, so that they could then slowly investigate the blockade line. The most important thing now was the bomb underground that was about to explode, which was the real life-threatening thing!
"Barton is handling it." Natasha replied, also breathing lightly.
Steve nodded after hearing this, and ran forward and said, "Let's retreat too."
It is not clear how big the bomb underground is, but for safety reasons, the farther away the better.
Time passed second by second. Looking down from the sky, the SHIELD agents who were getting farther and farther away were like ants moving.
As the countdown of the base's self-destruct system reached zero, a huge roar suddenly exploded in the night of Manhattan, and a raging and expanding fireball rushed up from the ground, lighting up the dozens-story Jintek Group Building.
The ground nearby collapsed on a large scale, as if there was a high-level earthquake. The strong shock wave was like a force 13 gale, which took the center of the explosion as the base point, carrying tiny fragments of the collapsed building and splashing wildly in all directions.
Cars were blown into the sky and fell to the ground with a loud explosion. The landscape trees placed on the street were torn by iron sheets and flew all over the sky. Even the hard concrete road was pitted by the debris brought by the impact and could no longer be seen in good condition.
The entire street looked as if it had been bombed by an enemy country, until a hundred meters away from the epicenter of the explosion, when it was basically unaffected by the blast.
Steve, who was swept outwards by the shock wave and rolled several meters, crawled up from the ground. Without bothering to brush off the residue and dust on his body, he walked towards Natasha, who was half lying on the ground with her arms covered.
"Are you okay?"
The magnitude of the explosion was even more shocking than he had expected. If the area nearby had not been cleared long ago, this operation would have inevitably caused heavy casualties.
"It's okay, just my arm is dislocated."
Natasha said this while gnashing her teeth. She pressed on her arm, and with a crisp sound, she supported herself and stood up.
Steve listened and nodded, then asked some questions into the headset. After a while, he got a response from his subordinates and he breathed a sigh of relief.
This time it was really dangerous. If it weren't for the accidental help of Lupin and his gang that saved the escape time, and if it weren't for the fact that those responsible for the blockade were all elite SHIELD agents, not only would the operation not be a complete failure, but there would definitely be huge casualties.
"What should we do next?"
Looking at the ruins on the ground, Natasha stretched her arms and asked.
The appearance of biochemical monsters was troublesome enough, and now it has become like this. It makes people feel a headache just thinking about it.
But the one who is most troubled should be Captain Nick.
The reappearance of Hydra, the investigation of the plague, the impact of the explosion, conversations with Congress and the White House... and so on and so forth all require Chief Nick to make the decision.
Compared to the pressure he had to bear, her job, although dangerous, was a hundred times easier.
"You will be responsible for handling this area." Steve said.
"how about you?"
Steve hung the shield on his back, strode forward and said, "Go catch the thief."
"Well, I wish you success."
Natasha shrugged and said, ever since Lupin and his gang drove away, to be honest, she no longer had any hope of catching Lupin and his gang.
But since Steve was willing to try, she would not dissuade him. Besides, it would be an interesting attempt for Captain America to deal with the world's number one thief, and she also wanted to see what the final result would be.
…
At night, under the bright starlight, on the slightly empty road, a black car was running on the road.
Suddenly! There was a loud bang, and the car was slightly unstable due to the vibration of the ground. Raymond McMullen, who was sitting in the back seat, opened his eyes and turned around to look at the flames that instantly illuminated Manhattan.
It was not known how many people could stay. Through the window, the firelight was reflected in Raymond's pupils.
He learned the news from the general when SHIELD decided to take action.
He didn't know what kind of deal the general had made with the branch within SHIELD, but at that moment, everyone in the entire Jintek Group's experimental base except him became abandoned bait.
The fact that he doubted the results of this action was not because he overestimated the other party or underestimated himself.
Indeed, throughout Captain America's history, he has experienced similar missions that were even more desperate than this.
Every time he thought he was doomed, he was always able to overcome the obstacles and win.
After his disappearance, when Hydra developed again, he appeared again and became their opponent again.
To be honest, he is not a person who believes in fate superstitiously, but for Captain America, he still feels that he is the old enemy of Hydra, and he can't believe that he can be solved so easily.
"gentlemen."
The driver's voice suddenly sounded, and Raymond, whose thoughts were interrupted, came back to his senses and looked forward.
Someone blocked the road at the end of the intersection not far away. He roughly identified the direction and said calmly, "Keep going."
This route was sent by the General. Unless the SHIELD faction wants to turn against them, the possibility of danger is very small.
The car stopped at an intersection. Two men in police uniforms knocked on the glass, identified the car, and gestured to let it go.
After the car started and drove away, the person in charge of the inspection looked at the back of the car and said with regret: "What a pity."
"It's because he's so lucky." The other person shrugged after hearing this.
"Yeah, I'm really lucky." The person who spoke first sighed.
In view of the current chaotic situation and the possibility that Nick Fury could find out Hydra's whereabouts through this incident at any time, even though the current preparations are far from perfect, a group of Hydra executives led by Alexander Pierce still hastily made a battle plan to regain the power of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Among them, the first step is to join forces with General Peter of Blackwatch to kill Nick's trusted men in the base.
But unfortunately, the voice that echoed in the communication channel not long ago announced that their first step of the plan had completely failed, not to mention snatching Dr. Raymond McMullen, a core researcher of the Blacklight Project who was also a member of Hydra, and killing Nick and taking over the highest power of S.H.I.E.L.D. again.
As a middle-level staff member within Hydra, although he didn't know much about the senior decision-makers, he was also clear that if the operation failed this time, they would still have to live carefully under Nick's watchful eye. All the things they had imagined before had turned into bubbles.
(End of this chapter)