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This Entry is practically tailor-made for deadbeats! Only you, Ancient One, the Marvel Debt King!
Lionel briefly introduced the 'Ungrateful' Entry he obtained from the Ancient One to Makima.
"What an astonishing ability, enough to break most of the rules in the World," Makima said.
Indeed, if the World Lionel was currently in wasn't the Marvel Universe, but the chainsaw man World, this ability would be even more heaven-defying.
Imagine, other Devil Hunters trade body parts, lifespan, people, and other things with devils for power, but Lionel, with this 'Ungrateful' Entry, would only need to make contact with a devil, sign a contract, and then use the devil's powerful abilities without any cost. Wouldn't that be invincible?
Once he obtains enough power, and it's strong enough, he could then eliminate the devil he signed a contract with and take its place. Wouldn't that be directly invincible?
Even here in the Marvel Universe, Lionel could actually do the same. Didn't the Ancient One, that old deadbeat, acquire power by eliminating her creditors and firmly hold the position of Sorcerer Supreme, protecting Earth for hundreds of years, even without a special ability to circumvent contract costs?
"After we resolve this matter, I'll go find the Ancient One again and ask her for methods to sign contracts with Dimensional Demon Gods. There's no reason not to exploit the Dimensional Demon Gods.
I can also find some suitable super-powered individuals to sign contracts with and see what the effect is."
As he said this, Makima had already dispatched numerous controlled birds. These birds would act as her eyes, searching New York for Crossbones Rumlow, who caused the reset.
Makima's tone suddenly shifted, and she asked Lionel a soul-searching question:
"With this ability, will you still go to the movies with me every week?"
Lionel was still thinking about what Entry he could obtain from Crossbones once he found him. Since it was a fate reset, it should be related to time travel or something. There are many such abilities in various film and television works, such as the very famous 'Loser Eats Dirt' (Bites the Dust).
Suddenly hearing Makima's question, Lionel was stunned. This question, if answered incorrectly, could be fatal.
"How could I not? Going to the movies with you every week is our agreement. Even without the constraint of a contract, I would still go with you. By the way, I heard that 'WALL-E,' which just came out, is very good. Let's go watch it tomorrow night."
"That's good."
Makima was quite satisfied with this answer. She paused and then said, "I've found him. The target is currently on 34th Street."
"That fast? Let's go then. You guide me."
"Okay."
Makima wrapped her arms around Lionel's neck and lightly jumped, being carried by Lionel in a princess carry.
"Let's go, that way," Makima whispered into Lionel's ear.
Lionel felt a tickle in his ear, then he spotted a car driving in the direction Makima pointed and instantly overtook it.
Crossbones Rumlow sat in a black Chevrolet, constantly watching the big-headed individual tied up next to him, covered in instruments detecting heart rate and brainwaves. If anything seemed off, Crossbones Rumlow would hit him with a rifle butt, ensuring he slept soundly.
But he was still very uneasy. The cause of the loop hadn't been found. Earlier, after being killed multiple times, his mindset had somewhat exploded, and he didn't have the mental capacity to investigate the true reason.
Now that the mission was over, he had calmed down, but an unknown sense of urgency began to linger in his heart, making him restless.
It felt as if a ghost could burst from the darkness at any moment, ending his life and trapping him in that endless loop.
"Beep beep beep!"
A HYDRA internal communication device rang. Crossbones Rumlow had a bad feeling. This communication method was only used in extremely urgent situations, to contact the Base where he had previously conducted equipment tests. Now, suddenly receiving a message, what had happened?
He clicked to connect, and an anxious voice came from the other end of the communication device.
"Officer, the Base was attacked. Internal personnel suffered heavy casualties. The attackers have now left and are nowhere to be found."
Crossbones Rumlow exclaimed, "What! Who attacked the Base? Has the Base's anomaly been exposed to Nick Fury?"
HYDRA's Bases were all very covert, and they used the name of a S.H.I.E.L.D. Base for cover. No person or organization, whether legitimate or illicit, should be attacking them.
"There is no information on the attackers. The survivors didn't see the attackers. We deduced from the traces left behind that the attackers used cold weapons and energy weapons.
As for the Base's anomaly, it hasn't spread. We dealt with it very quickly."
"Cold weapons? Energy weapons?" Crossbones didn't understand how these two words could be put together, but he also breathed a slight sigh of relief. It was good that the Base hadn't been exposed.
"First, tally the casualties at the Base and check if any items are missing, especially those collected special tools. I'll be there soon to handle it."
Turning off the communication, Crossbones Rumlow started to have a headache. He was just a combat operative; why did he have to worry about so many things?
"Enemy!"
The black Chevrolet, which was in motion, suddenly swerved. Crossbones Rumlow, who was deep in thought, almost slammed into the car window.
Just as he was about to ask what happened, the front half of the car was instantly cut open. The car immediately lost balance, and Crossbones Rumlow was directly thrown out.
"Cough cough, fu**ck!"
Although Crossbones had promptly adopted the most standard pose of curling up with his head in his arms and rolling to dissipate force when he hit the ground, he was, after all, just a physically strong ordinary man. Without body enhancements, he suffered multiple scrapes and seemed to have broken a few bones.
A thudding metallic sound rang out. Something was approaching him.
Enduring the intense pain in his body, Crossbones propped himself up and saw a very familiar bronze armor walking towards him.
"It's that armor brought back from Greece. How did it get here? Was the Base attacked because of this armor? Did the enemy put on this armor specifically to attack me? Is there anything special about me?"
Crossbones Rumlow thought a lot in an instant. Besides his somewhat special identity as a HYDRA Agent, he only had the unexplained loop.
"Could it be because of the time loop? Do the people who attacked the Base know the truth about the time loop?"
As Crossbones Rumlow thought this, he also didn't sit idly by. He raised the energy gun, which was no longer as invincible in his mind, aimed it at the approaching bronze armor, and pulled the trigger.
The bronze armor did not dodge. Under the helmet of the bronze armor was not a normal human face, but blue energy flames.
The energy ray from the energy gun hit the bronze armor with no effect. In fact, the blue energy flames under the helmet grew even more vigorous.
Crossbones Rumlow was stunned. He had forgotten that in previous tests, the energy gun's attack had no effect on the bronze armor at all.
The bronze armor raised the huge longsword in its hand, lifted it high, and thrust it down at Crossbones Rumlow. Its speed was so fast that Crossbones Rumlow had no time to dodge.
"Is it going to loop again?"
A huge force came from his side. Just as he felt the pain, Crossbones Rumlow was heavily kicked away.
"Good thing I made it! Almost had to start over!"