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Chapter 123 - Chapter 122 Moral Coercion? I'm Still a Child!

The location was still in front of the ruins of the Avengers Tower.

At this time, subsequent rescue teams had arrived one after another.

A small number of survivors buried under the building debris were also rescued one by one.

Perhaps it was good luck, or more likely, Tony didn't cut corners when building the underground shelter. There were few casualties among the building's employees who were previously buried under the collapsed ruins, as well as the surrounding citizens who had sought shelter earlier.

His unintentional action had saved many innocent people.

The area of the Avengers Tower ruins near the Dark Elves battleship wreckage had been quickly sealed off.

Even the rescue work was being handled by the arriving S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents and the Military soldiers who had previously fought the Frost Giant in Brooklyn.

In the corner, the Avengers were still there.

However, this time, Nick Fury, who had arrived later in a Quinjet, was also present.

Seeing Thor sitting in the corner, distraught and ignored, Nick Fury, who already knew what had happened, naturally wouldn't provoke him at this moment.

He turned and spoke in a deep voice to the others.

"This disaster has caused a great loss to New York."

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere, which had warmed up slightly due to Loki being killed by the Dark Elves remnants, immediately turned cold again.

However, Nick Fury didn't care what the others thought and continued.

"Most of the buildings in Midtown and Uptown were razed to the ground, and the black fighters that initially scattered also destroyed a large number of buildings. Casualties were countless."

"In Brooklyn, on the Frost Giant battlefield, due to the appearance of multiple Frost Beasts and extensive destruction by a large number of Frost Giants, nearly half of the area was completely destroyed."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and only after observing the expressions of the others present did he speak again.

"Currently, a small number of Frost Giants and Dark Elves have broken through the cordon and are still on the run. Some may even hide, and it's unknown how much more damage they will cause later."

"Later, you may need to continue assisting the Military in clearing out those escaped aliens."

Hearing Nick Fury mention the escaped aliens, even Thor, whose eyes were blank and lost in a daze, raised his head again.

After all, Loki was killed by the remnants of the Dark Elves. Even if he himself believed that Loki, who had done these things, deserved to die, being ambushed and killed by an enemy was ultimately different from being brought back to the Heavenly Palace for judgment.

If he were asked to help clear out the remaining enemies now, he would certainly not refuse.

However, in fact, before this, the battle had lasted for nearly a day and a night.

The Avengers had already collaborated with the Military to eliminate most of the invading aliens.

After all, unlike the previous Chitauri invasion, all the Chitauri lost consciousness after their mothership was destroyed.

Both the Frost Giant and the Dark Elves continued to wreak havoc even after their leaders died.

Except for a small number of Frost Giants and a few Dark Elves fighters that successfully escaped before the portal closed, most of the others were trapped on Earth.

The Frost Giant was easy to deal with; both their appearance and size were vastly different from humans.

And they were violent, basically all of them were completely cleared out in the Brooklyn battle.

According to the intelligence Thor had provided earlier, the Frost Giant's strength would gradually weaken and their size would gradually shrink after losing a cold environment.

Only a small number could escape and resist exposing themselves.

But these Dark Elves guys were somewhat similar to humans in size and appearance, and their intelligence was not low.

If they really tried to conceal themselves and hide, it would be a considerable problem.

At this time, hearing that they needed to continue helping with the cleanup later, everyone nodded in agreement.

Only one person, no, only one machine, suddenly raised its hand.

"Um... Director, I might not be able to stay and help later."

As soon as this was said, everyone looked at the Erha Mech that had spoken.

Nick Fury looked at the particularly active mech on the battlefield, then at Tony, who seemed unconcerned, and immediately asked,

"Stark, you haven't introduced this one to us yet, have you?"

In fact, Steve and the others were also a bit curious about the identities of the 'two people' inside the Erha Mech and the [Boxer] Mech.

However, due to the previous atmosphere, and Tony's deliberate avoidance, no one had asked.

However, this time, Tony didn't need to explain. As soon as Nick Fury finished speaking, the Erha Mech actively opened its cockpit.

Everyone immediately saw an orange sphere, like a roughly made toy, emerge.

"Huh??"

"What is this?"

"A robot?"

This time, it wasn't just Nick Fury; even Captain America and Black Widow were dumbfounded.

They hadn't expected that their comrade-in-arms, who had fought alongside them just now, was a—ball??

Fortunately, Luca, who was no longer planning to hide, didn't act mysterious.

The next moment, both the Erha Mech and the [Boxer] Mech simultaneously spoke.

"Um, actually, both of these are me. It's just that I felt it might be a bit strange to talk to you using this large mech."

Saying that, Luca also symbolically raised the arm of the [boxer].

Only then did the others realize what was going on.

It was just that...

Looking at the [boxer], which had a wasteland style, as if it were pieced together from various scraps, and then looking at the clean and exquisite Erha Mech, which didn't even have a scratch or dust on it after a battle, and was full of futuristic technology.

It was hard for everyone to imagine that these two things came from the same person.

However, at this moment, only Tony Stark looked thoughtfully at the [boxer].

Because although Luca said it was more convenient to communicate with Erha, he hadn't actively opened his mech's cockpit to show himself until now.

In this situation, it could only mean that Luca was expressing an attitude.

'You can investigate all you want, and it doesn't matter if you know my identity, but I don't want to get too involved in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s affairs.'

The shrewd Nick Fury naturally understood Luca's meaning.

He didn't expose it immediately; instead, he turned back towards the Erha armor, as if talking to an independent person.

He asked calmly,

"You just said you couldn't participate in the next operation. Is there some difficulty? I think S.H.I.E.L.D. should be able to help you solve it."

"The combat power available to fight aliens is very limited right now. If we have your strength, it can greatly reduce casualties among those brave ordinary soldiers."

As soon as Luca heard this, he felt that this 'black egg' was trying to morally coerce him.

He decisively continued to feign ignorance.

"Um, it's not that there's any difficulty, it's just that I might be starting school soon, so the timing isn't very convenient!"

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