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Chapter 217 "The Observer" Reed
Chapter 217 "The Observer" Reed
Connors will never forget his purpose in coming to the universe where "Spider-Gwen" resides.
While "Doctor Octopus" was unleashing his deadly attacks on Gwen, he arrived at another location in the New York sewers.
This is where Gwen fought against "Dr. Lizard" and "Kraven the Hunter." Connors used the "Mother Box" here to open the Explosion Channel.
The use of the blast channel is accompanied by a violent energy reaction, and not only "Little Green Goblin" Harry Osborn detected this energy, but also another person.
The Invisible Woman from the Fantastic Four, a superhero group known for its advanced technology.
"Reed said there was a violent energy fluctuation here."
"Damn it, our engagement is coming up soon, but we don't know where he is. If it weren't for the signal still coming through, everyone would think he's dead."
"He demanded that we display the arrest warrant for that guy named 'Connors Patterson,' saying he's a threat to the entire universe—"
"He even sent us blueprints, demanding that we create a 'human filter' to eliminate all people named Connors."
Moreover, I'm certain something happened to Reed, and the "Reed" we're talking to now isn't the person I know at all.
"But I can't tell Johnny and Ben these things. They'll let the whole world know, and that will push the Fantastic Four into the abyss, making them villains."
Susan Stone, the "Invisible Woman," stands in a sewer, creating an invisible force field that makes herself and her voice undetectable by any instruments.
She squatted down with some distress, collecting and investigating all the traces here while muttering to herself.
With no one to confide in, "Invisible Woman" Susan made use of this rare time alone, turning this place into her own confidante, where she poured out her troubles during this period.
She wasn't worried at all that anyone would hear her voice or find her.
But there are always exceptions. Just as she finished gathering clues and was about to leave, a man wearing a Gotham-style trench coat barged into her force field.
"Who are you?!" Susan, the "Invisible Woman," instinctively asked.
Before she could even think about why someone could enter her invisible force field without her noticing, she instinctively pushed with both hands, and the invisible force field rose up to form a wall, rushing towards Connors at an extremely fast speed.
"Invisible Woman, you can fool others, but you can't fool me." Connors' body "faded," passing through the invisible force field wall unharmed, and stood in front of "Invisible Woman" to say this.
Connors came here thinking that the use of the "Explosion Channel" might attract some kind of people, and he hadn't found any trace of the "Invisible Woman" when he first arrived.
Fortunately, he has a habit of making full use of all the abilities he has.
"Athena's Vision" renders most illusions and mind manipulation spells ineffective against him, and Connors even amplified this ability with "Amplification".
This rendered the Invisible Woman's invisibility field useless against Connors.
Upon discovering the Invisible Woman's trail and hearing her muttering to herself, Connors didn't hesitate. He used Reality Warp to render the invisibility field ineffective against him and walked straight in.
"You mean this Reed isn't the Reed you know?" Connors asked bluntly.
He wanted to confirm whether the Reed he had left in the "House of Mystery" had replaced the "Mr. Fantastic" from another universe, and issued a multiverse-level "wanted" warrant for himself.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why someone could randomly choose a universe and find information about themselves there.
"Conconnas? You're that villain Reed has a bounty on?"
"Invisible Woman" Susan looked at Connors, who was standing in front of her ignoring her force field, and exclaimed in surprise.
"It's me." Connors nodded. "I'd like to know how 'Mr. Fantastic' Reed is different from before."
Reed remained obediently in the mysterious house, never making any move that seemed to send a signal. It seemed that the person sending the signal was not him, but someone else.
But the "Reed Council" has already been wiped out by themselves, so who sent the signal?
"His tone was very cold, almost like a robot," Susan said cautiously, looking at Connors.
She suspected that "Reed" was fake, but this did not conflict with Connors's seemingly extremely dangerous nature.
"Invisible Woman" Susan plans to stall for time with words while waiting for "Thunderbolt" to come to her rescue.
Before coming here to investigate, "Invisible Woman" had already told her brother "Human Torch" Jonathan Stone that if she didn't return by the scheduled time, he must come to her aid.
"You're speaking a bit too slowly," Connors cautioned. "If you're hoping for reinforcements, you can give up. 'Thunderbolt' is currently engaged in a fierce conflict with an lingerie model."
The Invisible Woman: "..—"
She wouldn't believe Connors, whom she had just met, but she understood her brother's personality very well, and even if it wasn't true, it couldn't be too far off.
After all, it was already close to evening, which was the time for his younger brother "Thunderbolt" Jonathan to go out and have his fun.
So Susan, the "Invisible Woman," took a step back, squatted down, and placed her hands on the ground.
With a loud bang, all the soil, rocks, and water within the invisible force field where the two were located exploded, creating a temporary pseudo-vacuum region.
Then the "ultrasonic shock wave" and the soil and water flow together formed a vortex, which swept over Connors.
On the sewer floor, a large hole briefly appeared due to the "Invisible Woman's" sudden attack, and under the influence of gravity, the "Invisibility Field" carried the two of them downwards.
If it's just a shockwave, I can cope with it using "polymer chain mimicry"; if it's just soil and rocks, I can withstand it with my own physical constitution.
Looking at the sewer water mixed in with the huge impact, Connors chose to use "Riding the Waves".
His body darted through the turbulent water, and in a moment too fast for the naked eye to see, Connors was right in front of the "Invisible Woman," face to face.
The Invisible Woman's body quickly became transparent, but unfortunately this was only optical invisibility; she couldn't make her body disappear into thin air. She was immediately grabbed by Connors.
She struggled for a moment, then gave up resisting:
"You are far more powerful than me; you can easily use torture to extract the answers you want—"
Seeing that Connors remained unmoved, Susan's face turned ashen.
"My fiancé's name is Ian Reid, and he is a scientist."
"I know that," Connors gestured for "Invisible Woman" to continue.
"He discovered a new type of element about a month ago, but then it disappeared without a trace, replaced by a series of codes running on his computer."
"By deciphering the code, we know that Reed evolved using that new element, which he calls—"
"Reed, the 'Observer'."