Chapter 262 Clues

New York, Cliff House.

With a burst of rapid breathing, Tony woke up from his sleep.

His face was pale, and he had obviously had a bad dream.

"Sir, your sleep state has not been very good recently."

Noticing Tony's state, Jarvis reminded him aloud.

"I know."

Wiping the cold sweat off his face with a towel, Tony looked at his almost pale face in front of the mirror and replied with a weak look.

In fact, he hasn't been in good shape since the New York war.

Although the battle in New York ended with the victory of the Avengers, everything they experienced during the period constantly reminded and warned Tony of the dangers facing mankind. Especially later, the sacrifice of Davy Jones and Turtle Immortal who appeared in the Upper New York Bay told Tony one by one how much danger the world was facing.

He tried hard to save it all, but obviously the result was not as expected.

The power displayed by his opponent always seems to be stronger than his.

And Tony has been immersed in the training of Stone Ghost Face recently, and he also wants to use this to divert his attention and prevent himself from having random thoughts.

"But, I just fell asleep."

Turning his head and looking in the direction of the bed, Tony gave up the plan of lying back down, turned around and went to the basement of the villa, looked at the steel suits all over the room, and said casually.

"Sir, according to my diagnosis, what you are showing now clearly has the characteristics of an anxiety disorder, and it is already a severe anxiety disorder."

"I?"

In the basement, after hearing Jarvis's diagnosis report, Tony's face subconsciously showed an expression of astonishment.

He, Tony Stark, billionaire, super genius, Iron Man, actually suffered from anxiety attacks.

…

Bang——

Luke Cage waved his heavy fist and punched the zombie in front of him away.

However, the damage caused by Luke Cage's powerful and heavy blow to the zombies was not as effective as imagined.

He got up from the ground and looked down at the punch mark on his chest. Luke Cage's punch directly broke three ribs on the zombie's chest.

However, this injury, which is obviously serious to ordinary people, is just a scratch to the zombie.

Grinning, he let out a roar, and without hesitation, the zombie stepped forward and rushed towards Luke Cage again.

boom!

Controlling the flying posture and falling from the sky, Jessica kicked the neck of the corpse creature opposite her and said with a frown: "Now, I finally understand what Joseph Joestar reminded me, these corpse creatures People are indeed a troublesome bunch." As she said that, Jessica glanced at the zombie in front of her who had her neck broken by her kick. Even though he had suffered such serious injuries, this guy still stood up tenaciously and held himself up. With his neck still bent at 180 degrees, he rushed towards her.

Using the power of the iron fist, he directly smashed the head of the zombie in front of him. Danny looked at the zombie in front of him who collapsed completely after losing his head with a solemn expression. His expression was not very good.

"Haven't you noticed that in the past few days, there have been more and more zombies?"

This is not the first time that the members of the Defenders have fought against the undead. In fact, they have been taking the initiative to search for hidden undead in Hell's Kitchen starting a few days ago.

However, since yesterday, Danny has clearly felt that the number of zombies encountered by the defenders has obviously increased.

"Actually, I feel that way too."

Raising his hand, he grabbed the head of the zombie opposite him. Ignoring the opponent's bite, Luke Cage crushed the opponent's head with one hand, his expression also becoming serious.

This is not a good phenomenon. The increase in the number of zombies may not be too serious a threat to the defenders, but for ordinary people living in Hell's Kitchen,

It's obviously a huge threat. After all, not everyone can take a look at them and ignore the attacks of zombies.

Even though, according to Joseph Joestar, zombies infected by vampires no longer have the ability to infect other people. However, don't forget that the way zombies survive is mainly by eating corpses. In a sense, the existence of zombies is even more frightening and dangerous than vampires.

Jessica frowned, glanced at Luke Cage's hand that crushed the corpse's head, subconsciously moved a little to the side, then turned to look at Matt on the other side, the blind lawyer cast The power of the ripples easily melted and destroyed the zombies attacking from all around, with a somewhat envious expression on his face.

"Sure enough, ripples are the most effective attack method against zombies."

After learning the power of ripples, Matt's attacks on zombies can be described as deadly, and he is obviously much more efficient than other members of the Defenders.

"After all, this is the power that Baron Shepili learned from Penglai after going through all kinds of hardships."

He raised his hand to block the attack of a zombie in front of him, and then knocked the opponent into the air with a left hook. With a heavy landing sound, Luke Cage raised his eyebrows and continued: "And, if you are interested in If you are interested in Ripple's cultivation, you can go to Matt or Joseph Joestar to learn."

"forget it."

Dodging the zombie's attack and flying into the air, Jessica waved her fist and drove the zombie's head into her body. She curled her lips and said, "If I could learn it, I would have learned it when I was by the river." Learned.”

Jessica knew very well that although the so-called ripple power was good, it obviously had no connection with her.

"Ripples gallop~"

Adjusting his breathing, he used the last weak ripple power in his body to melt the zombie in front of him.

Matt let out a heavy gasp in his mouth. After all, his contact with the power of ripples was too short-lived. Although he relied on his super senses to quickly understand the power of ripples, he wanted to truly use the power of ripples naturally. , it still needs a period of practice.

Fortunately, Matt was not the only one fighting the zombies in front of them. Relying on the assistance of the defenders, they finally eliminated all the zombies in front of them.

However, the victory in front of them did not make the defenders feel much excitement.

"There are more and more zombies."

Adjusting his breathing, Matt said with a solemn expression: "This is not a good sign."

"In fact, I have found some clues about this."

Just when the members of the Defenders were worried.

Joseph Joestar's voice rang out, and then he saw the weather-beaten vampire hunter dragging a tall, thin figure covered in bruises with one hand, appearing in front of the defenders.

Using his right hand, he threw the figure in front of Matt and others. Joseph Joestar pointed at the tall and thin figure and said, "This is what I have been pursuing, the servant of the Vampire King. I think It should be able to tell you why so many zombies appear in New York."

[From the legend of Daredevil...]

[From the legend of Jessica Jones...]

[From Danny...]

[From the legend of Luke Cage...]

"Servant of the Vampire King?"

Jessica raised her eyebrows and looked at the guy covered in wounds in front of her. If Joseph Joestar hadn't said it himself, she would never have imagined that such a scarred existence could be a vampire.

"Cough, cough, cough cough——"

Lying on the ground, coughing loudly a few times, the tall and thin figure opened his red eyes and scanned the defenders in front of him, and finally landed on Joseph Joestar behind him, grinning to reveal his sharp With his teeth, he said hoarsely: "Joseph Joestar, have you forgotten how your master died in the hands of Master Dio? He finally survived, but now, you don't know how to find him Go to Lord Dio and die..."

"I don't need to worry about that."

Facing the tall and thin man's ridicule, Joseph Joestar raised his foot expressionlessly and used the power of ripples to melt one of the other's hands. Then he continued with a cold face amidst the other's screams. The interrogator said: "Now, you just need to tell me why Dior asked you to come to New York."

"Do you think I would tell you, Joseph Joestar?"

Gritting his teeth and making a ferocious expression, the tall and thin man replied hoarsely.

"You can choose not to say it."

Silently hanging his feet above the lanky man's head, Joseph Joestar began to make a silent threat: "Then. My ripples will not fall on your hands, but... …”

"Okay, I'll say it, I'll say it!"

Feeling the fatal threat coming from his head, the tall and thin man's pale face suddenly changed, and he opened his mouth and shouted: "It's Jiuyou, Master Dio arranged for me to come to New York to meet with Jin Bin because of Jiuyou's matter, And give the stone ghost face to Kingpin."

"Jiuyou? Stone ghost face!"

[From the legend of Daredevil...]

[From the legend of Jessica Jones...]

[From Danny...]

[From the legend of Luke Cage...]

What the tall and lanky man said caused the expressions of the defenders to change suddenly. They did not expect that the appearance of vampires was actually related to Jiuyou, nor did they expect that Jin Bin's existence was also involved.

"Joseph Joestar, I've told you everything, you should..."

After telling everything he knew, the tall and lanky man quickly shouted to Joseph Joestar behind him.

However, what he responded to was a heavy blow from Joseph Joestar carrying ripple power.

"You cheated on me...Joseph Joe...Star..."

Under the power of the ripples, the lanky man's body melted rapidly, but he still shouted to Joseph Joestar with resentment in his voice.

"I never said I would let you go."

Facing the lanky man's question, Joseph Joestar replied with a cold face and an expressionless expression.

At this moment, the ruthless image of the vampire hunter was fully revealed in front of the defenders.

…

"So, Iron Patriot?"

Looking away from the ridicule of Colonel James on the TV, Tony looked at his friend in front of him and asked with raised eyebrows.

"Can you tell me how you feel now?"

With a wry smile on his face, Colonel James shrugged helplessly in the face of Tony's teasing: "They think the war machine sounds a bit too warlike."

If possible, Colonel James actually doesn't like the name Iron Patriot very much. Unfortunately, although he has become the controller of War Machine or today's Iron Patriot by virtue of his status as Tony's friend, he does not have the actual naming rights. They can only passively accept orders from the military and even the Pentagon behind them.

"James, tell me, what is all this about?"

Naturally, the name change of the armor was not without reason. In fact, the reason why the White House chose to change the name of the steel armor at this time was to suppress the recent frequent explosions.

"This is confidential, Tony." Facing Tony's questioning, Colonel James looked a little embarrassed.

"Hey James, do you want to keep it a secret even from me?"

Facing Tony's emotional card, Colonel James's face clearly showed hesitation. He struggled for a moment before lowering his voice: "In fact, as far as we know, nine explosions have occurred, and At present, there are only three known to the public, and the key to the problem is that we cannot identify how the explosion occurred, and there are no bomb shells at the scene..."

"No bomb casings?"

The information told by Colonel James revived Tony's originally slack energy and created some interest.

"The Pentagon attaches great importance to these explosions. After all, after experiencing the New York and [Flying Dutchman] incidents, we all know that the world is no longer as safe as it used to be..."

Tony: "I don't think it was that safe in the past."

Ignoring Tony's sarcasm, Colonel James continued to express the government's position: "The government needs to re-establish its image and avoid greater panic. To this end, it must trace the source of the explosion and prevent similar explosions from happening again. New York and the corners of the mouth are frequent The incident has brought the people's trust in the government to the lowest point." At this point, Colonel James hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice again and said to Tony in front of him: "In addition, there was evidence that during the explosion, , someone once called out the name of the Holy Lord..."

"Holy Lord?!"

[From the legend of Tony Stark...]

"What's wrong, Tony, are you okay?"

Noticing the changed expression on Tony's face, Colonel James couldn't help but ask.

Hearing his friend's concern, Tony silently turned his head and looked at the other person: "If the other person has ever really called the name 'Holy Lord', then maybe you are in big trouble."