American Comics: The Law of Strength

Chapter 114: The Eve of Escape

Since the time came to the height of summer, the temperature has also begun to rise, especially at noon, the bitter and hot air seems to have stopped, the heat of the sun has baked through the last trace of moisture in this desert, even the air is distorted by this scorching heat, and the gravel melts into glass under the intense heat.

Now this place is full of fine brown crystals.

Even if an occasional gust of wind blows, it ends up just a heat wave from the ground.

The soldiers who are now in the desert are like under the hot lead plate, most of them put the task of patrol or vigilance aside, and invariably use the camouflage barrier used to cover the weapons as a sunshade, hiding in groups in groups, but even so, they are still burned by the heat and constantly oozing grease-like sweat, and their faces are full of greasy, but they immediately plug the pores, making them look like they have brushed a layer of grease, and immediately want to stuff the fresh meat into the oven.

The morale of the soldiers also reached its lowest point during this period, and in addition to the annoying sweltering heat, the noisy complaints of the soldiers added to the heat, which also made life in the desert more difficult.

Peter sat in front of the monitor, observing Tony and the others working hard, while also scanning the military base through the crow's vision, silently calculating the remaining combat power in Laza's hands.

He is preparing to raid Raza's troops at any time and escort the film's protagonist and supporting characters.

Since seeing Tony build the small ark reactor with his own eyes, Peter knows that the purpose of his trip has been basically achieved, and the completion of Tony's Mark generation mech is the countdown to their departure.

Probably with the addition and assistance of Wanda and Pietro, Tony's project progressed amazingly, almost before Raza realized that something was wrong, the main part of Mark One armor was completed, and according to the current situation, Tony and the others only needed a few days to complete it.

Now Peter's biggest concern is only two points, the first is that Hou Yinsen, who should have sacrificed his life for Tony to delay time in the movie, the two words he said to Tony before his death were also the key to putting Tony Stark on the road of heroes, and now with the addition of Wanda and Pietro, Peter's intervention, and the acceleration of the project, Hou Yinsen's death is likely to be avoided, and Peter really does not want to forcibly design the death of the most admired doctor in the Iron Man series, One can only hope that these differences in details won't affect Tony's future path too much.

On the other hand, it is more deadly.

In the movie, after Tony wore Mark No. 1 armor, he almost destroyed Laza's entire base, and even Raza himself was almost killed directly by Tony, he didn't even rush to escape, but emptied the weapons stored in the base at one time before leaving, except for Hou Yinsen's death, Tony himself was almost unharmed.

However, it may be difficult to implement this plan today.

As one of the most powerful terrorist forces in Afghanistan, the Ten Rings Gang naturally has the best firepower and manpower.

Tanks, combat vehicles, machine guns, artillery, etc. are all available, comparable to the armies of weak countries, as for manpower, although Raza lost hundreds of soldiers when attacking Tony, the most lacking in his base is these so-called "jihadist fighters", he can find poor ordinary people or orphans from the local people and surrounding tribes to replenish manpower, and even he does not need to recruit himself, many people whose hearts are dominated by hatred will take the initiative to join them.

This also makes the military base in Raza have four or five hundred permanent people, although their military literacy is worrying, but they are all powerful firearms made by Stark Industries, even if they can only shoot with random marksmanship or stroke, which is not easily defeated by a few people.

This level of terrorist forces, let alone the rough prototype of the Mark generation, even if it is replaced by Tony's reset Mark III generation, it is difficult to confront head-on.

This also forced Peter to prepare more for this.

At this time, the door of the monitoring room was kicked open by someone violently, and several soldiers sitting around were even frightened and raised their weapons and aimed at the door.

Walking in from the door with amazing momentum was the "leader" of Peter's people, Zaina.

As she walked in the doorway, she exhaled in relief,

Although she has lived in Afghanistan all her life and has fully adapted to the deadly heat of Afghanistan, this year's heat is hotter than usual, and now they don't even need to light a fire when cooking.

On the contrary, the hollowed-out mountain body, the cold and humid environment that was disliked in the past has become an advantage at this time.

This is one of the reasons why Peter, who was injected with lizardman serum, recently nestled in the monitoring room almost 24 hours a day.

And Raza only thought that Peter was the same as him, only shocked by the power of this powerful latest missile to be so attentive, but he probably never imagined that Peter knew from the beginning that the so-called Jericho missile would not appear at all, and the reason why he now squatted in front of the monitoring every day was to escape the summer, and on the other hand, it was purely to watch Wanda, Pietro, Tony and Hou Yinsen's daily life working together and entertaining as a TV series to relieve boredom.

For those who have seen the Iron Man movie, seeing these four people working together is like watching a super deluxe version of the side story.

Zaina, on the other hand, did not care about the contents of the monitor, she unceremoniously pulled a tattered wooden chair and sat down, while staring at several soldiers unkindly, until they consciously left, she closed the door.

Then she put her satellite phone aside, fiddling with the lighter a little absentmindedly, her gaze falling from time to time on Peter's back facing the monitor, and then retracting it as if burned.

"First of all, I have to confirm whether the person who called me is you, and how serious you are at what you said at the time!"

Peter did not speak, just nodded gently, he secretly asked a few crows to monitor whether anyone passed nearby, and then asked:

"I said you could talk to me if you made a decision, have you made a decision now?"

"How is it possible."

Zaina frowned and looked at this sophisticated little fellow, took a deep breath, and asked carefully for a long time:

"Is this a decision made by Hammer? I wish you knew what you were doing..."

This heroic and warlike woman usually acts without taboos, and has a rare erection and heroism among women, but at this time, she unexpectedly showed her cowardly side, she was suffering from gain and loss, as if she wanted to seek advice, but there were only her and Peter nearby.

The scorching air made her slightly irritable, and it took a long time before she spoke again as if emphatically:

"You understand that you are asking me to betray Laza, right? And all the rewards you give are based on the premise of Laza's downfall, which is not even a blank cheque, I can't even see that you paid anything for it, I really can't think of any reason I have to help you little guy deal with Laza, and I really can't think of any reason I have not to report you to Laza! "

Peter looked back at the woman who was hiding her vacillation with an excited question, nodded slightly, and then spat out a startling message that made Zaina almost cry out.

"I am not an employee of Hammer at all, this is not a language game played by politicians or capitalists, but literally has nothing to do with Hammer, and as for the promises that Raza has received, naturally not a word can be fulfilled."

"What?"

Zaina wondered if she had just misheard a few words, and it took her a long time to digest what Peter had just said, but Peter continued:

"And the reason why you helped me is very simple, because what I give you is not only not a material reward, I give you what you ask for..."

Peter deliberately paused for a second, and then Zaina slowly said for Peter:

"Choice?"

"Choice, but not just a choice, but the power to control your own destiny."

The power that rules destiny? Zaina couldn't help but blink, she almost couldn't hold back her laughter for a while, she was surprised that she and Raza were actually bluffed by this little guy, who did he think he was? She admitted that this little guy went it alone, oh no, he ran to Raza's territory with two burdens to deceive the other party and survived, which is a bit of skill, or luck, but this desert no longer knows how many dry bones belonging to this type of people are buried.

Destiny? Oh, Zaina was ashamed that she had just been shaken by a few ridiculous lines, but she had to admit that this little guy was indeed bold, or ignorant and fearless? She fooled everyone with just one mouth, and now she even wants to use empty promises to convince her, a collaborator of Raza, to deal with Raza.

Zaina's whole body became a little lazy for a while, she took out a cigarette and held it in her mouth, but she was not in a hurry to light it, she continued to play with the lighter, and this time her movements were neither wavering and stiff before, nor did they change back to light and casual.

Her movements carried a touch of power, and although the tiny lighter kept swimming at her fingertips, her flipping fingers kept skimming over her own waist, and on her belt, a small pistol was hiding in it.

"Well, tell me about it, what tricks do you want to play again?"

Her tone revealed undisguised contempt and sarcasm, and Peter knew that she was not acceding to her request, but her tone was warning him that she would relay every word she said next to Raza, and that if he acted rashly, several bullets would fall on him the next moment.

Although bullets of this caliber can no longer pose a threat to Peter, the consequences of the sudden gunfire may affect Peter's plan.

However, this development did not surprise Peter, Zaina was not only a warrior whose hands were stained with blood since childhood, but also the leader of a small tribe, and if she could be convinced by a simple story, she would have become a dry bone in the desert.

What he wanted to see was actually the vacillation that Zaina had just shown, the expression of anticipation and disappointment.

At this moment, Zaina's action of playing with the lighter became more and more powerful, and her eyes were like the lioness before the hunt, no matter what kind of speech she made or how huge the profit she promised at this time, she could not shake her will, at least in her current capacity...

The same words will have a very different effect from a beggar to a president, and the roar of a weak man will be as weak as his, and the whisper of a man of strength will be equally powerful.

Peter turned around unhurriedly and faced Zaina, snapping his fingers lightly as if he were joking with a friend under the tense posture that the other party would attack at any time.

"Are you..."

Zaina's mood became worse and worse, she was too lazy to continue with Peter, but just as she was about to draw her pistol and escort this little imp to Laza, a rising puff of smoke froze her hand touching her belt.

She looked at the small flame on the cigarette she was holding, confused for a while, she looked back and forth at the flame on the cigarette and Peter's fingers, and then forced out a smile, she reached out and grabbed the small pistol, as if holding this small pistol could grasp the situation, she found a trace of false peace of mind from the familiar touch on the trigger.

"What kind of trick is this? Use this temperature to spontaneously combust cigarettes? Where did you hide a magnifying glass? Although I have never drunk tap water in my life, I can't be coaxed by this magic trick. "

However, before Zaina could finish speaking, a pitch-black helmet suddenly appeared in Peter's hand.

Although Zaina did not recognize the meaning of the shape of the helmet, the power in front of her that was beyond Zaina's comprehension made her fall silent.

"Continue to live by the grace of God, and then die for inexplicable reasons."

Peter pointed to the group of soldiers in the monitor, huddled under the "awning", desperately fighting for a little shade, and then stared at Zaina's pupils.

"They don't know what they were born for, they just instinctively refuse to die, and the only difference between you and them is probably that you don't know what to die for, but you are essentially no different."

Peter's gaze became intense, although his appearance was the same as before, but Zaina felt a chill rise behind her, obviously Peter only showed a small strange ability, but the unknown fear fell with a huge pressure volley, making her breath blocked.

"You say that you have never had a choice, but in fact the choice has always existed, but you ignore it, because rebellion requires strength, and obedience never requires brains, while doing your own thing requires the double blessing of judgment and courage, you think that you are leading the people to fight against power, but in fact you are still just giving your life to others and letting others make choices for you."

Peter's gaze stopped on Zaina's face, as if it penetrated the bottom of his heart.

"And now, I am not simply giving you a choice, but teaching you the most primitive laws that you should really follow."

(End of chapter)