There is nothing to say about the battle scene, it is just a repetition of the previous battle. Ghost Rider doesn’t have many tricks up its sleeve. It's just the same moves that come and go, but it's extremely durable, Kai blasted him to pieces several times, and the guy is still going strong.
In fact, fighting Ghost Rider is, to say the least, just a grind.
After finally waiting for the spirit of vengeance to weaken, Kai smashed it into pieces with a hammer. It wasn't enough, Kai even smashed his bone club into powder. Of course, Kai used a trick here. He took advantage of the moment when the power of the Spirit of Vengeance was declining, used the power of the Holy Grail to suppress it, then blasted it to pieces, and then used the King's Treasure House to store it up! Then he randomly threw out a few sections of the human bone model stolen from the medical school, and then used the power of the God of Thunder to completely destroy it, leaving not even ashes behind.
This way you really don't know what's going on.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to find out something from it, then it really can only think about it.
All of this was filmed by several news media helicopters. Sometimes I really have to say that those reporters are more courageous than SHIELD. SHIELD's helicopters are also there, but they are much further away than the media's helicopters.
After doing all this, Kai and Tony left the scene directly without staying where they were. As soon as they left, a large force from SHIELD arrived. This time, not all of them were from SHIELD, and they didn't know what the SHIELD team was. How does the Shield work? It actually brought in the New York National Guard and sealed off the entire three kilometers surrounding it. Even heaven is no exception.
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Phil led a group of S.H.I.E.L.D. technicians to begin a carpet-like search of the entire waste disposal plant, hoping to find one and a half bones of the Ghost Rider. There is no doubt that S.H.I.E.L.D. has not given up on the Ghost Rider.
But soon, technicians came over.
Nothing was found.
"How is that possible?!" Before Phil could say anything, Hawkeye stopped. It's not that Hawkeye is very enthusiastic about Ghost Rider's power, it's really...he can't accept that there is such a big difference in the combat capabilities between SHIELD and Kai.
You know, Hawkeye was very confident before. As a good friend of Natasha, he has actually been unhappy with Natasha (that is, Natalie, Natasha is the real name of the Black Widow) leaving the front line and running undercover for a long time. In fact, it is not just this. Hawkeye is the equivalent of a hawk in S.H.I.E.L.D. He felt that there was no need for SHIELD to be gentle to Kai. If he felt that Kai was a threat, then SHIELD should take measures.
At least Hawkeye is confident that he can take down Kai!
But now...the gap is really big.
Phil ignored Hawkeye's surprise. He was very familiar with Hawkeye and knew what Hawkeye was thinking.
"Not even a trace of usability?" Phil asked.
"We didn't even find the ashes." The technicians were also very depressed. In fact, they most wanted to know what kind of person the Ghost Rider was. Who can not be curious about this kind of thing? But the problem is that if there is none, there is none. He can't change it either.
Phil didn't find it strange.
"It seems... Kai is guarding us."
Hawkeye frowned: "What do you mean?"
Phil thought for a while and felt that Hawkeye was credible. So after letting the others go away, he whispered to Hawkeye about the conflict they had with Kai in Los Angeles.
Hawkeye knew that in Los Angeles, Kai had a conflict with SHIELD and arrested all the SHIELD personnel into the police station. Later, their director went to Los Angeles specifically because of this. But Hawkeye didn't expect that their director was also imprisoned by Kai.
After all, no matter what happens, the authority of the director must still be guaranteed, so few people know about this. If Phil hadn't witnessed it, he probably wouldn't have known about it.
At the same time, Phil also repeated what Kai said to the director.
"He thinks we...SHIELD are a threat?!!" This is so funny. Isn't this pointing at the police and calling them bandits? Does he know how hard SHIELD works to keep the world safe? For the sake of this world, SHIELD has countless excellent agents who have sacrificed their lives and blood for this, but in the end, it was said that SHIELD is the biggest threat to the world?
Phil shook his head. Although he didn't think what Kai said was correct, part of him felt that there was something wrong. S.H.I.E.L.D. is too enthusiastic about pursuing power. This is nothing at first, but... Phil always feels that S.H.I.E.L.D. is a little too enthusiastic about these things.
Of course, this is just his own feeling, he has never told anyone.
"Kai thinks that it was our excessive pursuit of powers we didn't understand that led to the Battle of Los Angeles. I guess he thought the same this time, so he didn't give us a chance." Phil felt that he had guessed Kai's plan. idea.
"Hmph!" Hawkeye thought Kai was just kidding. If they didn't have power, why should they protect the world? Anyway, he didn't think SHIELD was at fault.
On the contrary, Hawkeye felt that SHIELD's power was still too weak, otherwise today... So Kai was completely making excuses.
Just when Hawkeye was about to say something, a voice came from Phil's communicator.
Phil answered.
It's Nick Fury.
"Phil..." Nick's voice was a little low. It seems that the mood is not very high.
"Director." Phil's attitude was very correct. "I am willing to take full responsibility for the failure of this mission."
Nick was silent for a while, and then said: "Phil, I already know what happened. Don't blame yourself, the bureau has no intention of pursuing you."
"Director..." Phil said, both moved and ashamed.
Things are definitely not as simple as Nick Fury said. Nick Fury is indeed the director and has a high prestige in the agency, but this does not mean that SHIELD really speaks for itself, although it is like this most of the time. Yes, but the Security Council and the federal government have not given up infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D. over the years. There are also factions within S.H.I.E.L.D.
The losses were so huge this time, how could it be possible to just let Phil pass the test at will.
This time Nick Fury spent a lot of effort to protect his confidant. The benefits of this transfer are not small at all.
Nick is clearly not used to Phil's sensibilities. He immediately changed the topic: "How is that flaming skull?"
Phil was silent for a while: "Kay is already wary of us. We didn't get any useful information."
In fact, until now, they knew nothing about the flaming skull. In addition to being able to be beaten and not being beaten to death.
"Did that guy really be killed by Kai?" Nick Fury, as a severely hypochondriac of the same type as Cao Cao, is always full of doubts about everything. Moreover, that thing is so easy to kill?
"There should be no other possibility." Phil quickly denied Nick Fury's speculation. "We're keeping an eye on him the whole time. There's no way that guy can escape from under our noses. Besides, Kai probably won't let him escape."
Nick Fury nodded, as to whether he really believed it. Only God knows.
"Have you ever communicated with Kai about that thing?"
Phil smiled bitterly: "Kay probably doesn't want to see us at all now. This time it has affected many civilians, and Kai looks very angry."
Of course Nick Fury knows. In fact, Nick Fury quite likes Kai's character. Not because Kai was concerned about civilian casualties, but because Nick felt it was a weakness. He likes people with weaknesses, because having weaknesses means they can be targeted.
As for the despicable... agent thing, how can you say despicable? All for world safety!
"I understand. I will investigate with Natasha. You can withdraw. By the way, Phil...the New York Police Department, let them go."
When Phil heard the last sentence, he nodded slightly bitterly.
This time SHIELD was too embarrassed, and SHIELD was too embarrassed to go to the NYPD to talk nonsense, so they could only swallow this bitter pill silently. In addition, there is another reason why Nick gave up his actions to stop the New York Police Department.
That is, SHIELD's New York branch has been partially paralyzed, and because of Phil's defeat, the Washington headquarters will not provide more resources. Just use some new recruits to supplement the manpower. The New York Bureau does not lack manpower, but it lacks elite agents. But Nick protected Phil to the death and did not let Phil withdraw from the position of responsible person in New York. But there was a price to pay. There were only so many elite agents, so why should others support Phil, a defeated general?
Someone said that the New York Police Department is poaching here! If SHIELD doesn't support Phil, why don't you let Phil just watch and do nothing?
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. This saying is true. Is this approach taken by the NYPD serious?
So what should we do?
In the eyes of some people, this is the first of its kind. If other big cities do this in the future, what will happen to the majesty of SHIELD?
But in the eyes of others, it's another story. First of all, the resources available to SHIELD and the police in a city are vastly different. How many manpower can a police station mobilize? How much funding? How many devices? How much scientific research strength is there? How much intelligence power? How many political resources?
And what about SHIELD?
There's no comparison at all. In the eyes of these people, this is all a trivial matter and not worth mentioning at all. They weren't worried at all that this would threaten S.H.I.E.L.D.
So they don't care at all.
In their view, the only person in New York who truly deserves SHIELD's careful treatment is Kai. If one person succeeds, it will not last long.
Even in their eyes, this so-called department is just a house game played by Kai himself and is not worth mentioning at all.
In short, apart from causing an uproar in SHIELD at the beginning, this incident subsided as Phil and his team rushed to the street.
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Kai followed Tony back to the penthouse in Stark Tower.
"It's absolutely safe here today, right? Pepper won't suddenly run out, right?" Kai confirmed for the last time. After all, Johnny's identity... is really too sensitive, and he is now a murderer. In fact, originally, it was easy for Johnny to clear his name. After all, the people he killed before were all those who deserved their crimes. Although many people still feared him, at least he could rely on his courage to see justice. Then excuse him because he has no control over his new abilities.
But now...there really is no need to wash it. Those SHIELD agents, no matter Kaido doesn't like SHIELD, there's no denying that those idiots died in the line of duty. Since these agents died in the line of duty, Johnny... can't be a positive character no matter what, right?
What's more, it also affects civilians. All these excuses are useless, even if it is made clear that the spirit of vengeance is causing trouble, it is useless, because no one will trust him anymore. For example, Frank the Punisher has a very bad reputation, but not many people really hate him. At most, they say his methods are a bit cruel. Why, because he never harms ordinary people, but only fights against gangsters. The people can accept such people.
But Johnny...he hurt civilians. It was impossible for people to believe him anymore.
Therefore, Johnny probably will never be able to regain his true identity in this life.
"Don't worry, I've made arrangements, and Jarvis is monitoring everything. It's absolutely safe!" Ever since he became wary of SHIELD, Tony has been committed to creating an absolutely safe environment for himself. Stark Tower is Tony's hometown, so he put a lot of thought into it.
"That's good."
Then the two came to a secret laboratory, which Tony even hid from Pepper.
Then Kai released the Ghost Rider from the King's Vault. Thanks to Ghost Rider's current state, he can't be considered a living creature at all, otherwise Kai's King's Treasure House wouldn't be able to contain him. (The King’s Treasury cannot contain living creatures. Does anyone else remember this setting?)
"Cool!" Tony whistled immediately as he watched the flaming skeleton stand up from the ground. Even after watching it countless times, Tony still really thinks it's cool. Tony is also a heavy metal lover, and the appearance of Ghost Rider really has the temperament of heavy metal rock.
After Ghost Rider stood up, he didn't make any move, but just stood there.
Tony looked at Kai: "How on earth did you do that?"
He is really curious. Kai didn't hide much about the origins of Ghost Rider, but he was very secretive about the means to control the spirit of vengeance.
"Secret." Kai said two words directly.
Tony curled his lips and didn't ask again. We are all adults, so naturally we won't get into trouble because of this. No one has any secrets yet.
After temporarily suppressing Ghost Rider, Kai immediately communicated with Johnny's soul. No one but Johnny can suppress the spirit of vengeance.
Soon Johnny's soul began to respond and gradually regained consciousness, but under Johnny's suppression, the spirit of revenge could only roar unwillingly and disappear from Johnny's body.
Then Tony saw that the flames on Ghost Rider's body began to recede, while Johnny's flesh and blood gradually recovered as the hellfire receded.
After a while, Johnny fell to the ground.
The two grown men obviously had no interest in catching Johnny, and just watched him fall to the ground.
"What now?" Tony asked. "Why don't we wait until he wakes up? After all, this is how he will look in the future. I think we should listen to his advice."
"Why are you so particular about it? If you look handsome, there will be no problem!" He resisted Johnny and then threw him into a medical bay according to Tony's instructions. Then Tony got into action.
