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Chapter 343 The Moon
Chapter 343 The Moon
At the very top of Avengers Tower in New York, Daredevil stood silently in place.
He was blind, but his keen hearing told him that the people who had been saved were shouting his name in unison.
But both he and the superheroes standing with him on the rooftop enjoying the wind knew perfectly well that Daredevil was just an ordinary person with keen senses and agile skills.
He simply couldn't save tens of thousands of ordinary people in such a short time, let alone restore those towering buildings that had been pierced through and collapsed.
"Captain, have you found the person who did this using my name?"
Daredevil could identify Captain America Steve Rogers by the sound of his heartbeat, breathing, and the wind whistling as he listened to the voices around him, even if the person didn't speak.
"We located that guy via satellite. It's none other than the Omega-class mutant 'Locksmith' Connors."
Captain America said with a strange expression.
"I need to find him and thank him in person." Daredevil turned around and prepared to go downstairs.
"You won't find him now," Captain America said.
Where is he?
Captain America pointed to the sky, but then immediately remembered that there was a blind man standing in front of him, so he had to speak again:
"He's on the moon."
Daredevil stopped in his tracks as he was about to go downstairs, just as Captain America's earpiece came through:
"Captain, it's now confirmed that Hope has been taken to the moon by Magneto. We need to set off as well."
"Wait a minute, is the news true?" Captain America asked rhetorically.
"Captain, you've hit the nail on the head." The voice on the other end of the headset was Tony Stark, "Iron Man." "The information is unverified, but the source makes me choose to believe it."
Captain America frowned as he looked into the distance, as if he had thought of something:
"Did 'Locksmith' Connors send you this message?"
"That's right," Iron Man said from the other end.
Steve Rogers breathed a sigh of relief. He had only instinctively worried that it was fake news spread by mutants, but if the person who spread the news was Connors, then it was a different story.
"My gut tells me we can trust this mutant."
Iron Man was busy with something in Avengers Tower, which had been converted from Stark Tower, and he joked:
"Captain, your intuition sometimes fails you."
"But this time, like you, I choose to trust this mutant. However, we can't completely trust him. There are some defensive measures that need to be taken. You and the others head to the moon first, and I'll follow shortly."
Nine hours later, Captain America led the Avengers, including Black Widow, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Ant-Man, Hulk, and Thing, to successfully land on the moon.
The process seemed to go more smoothly than expected. As soon as they arrived at the artificial space base on the lunar surface, they spotted the Omega-class mutant Hope.
Beside Hope, "Locksmith" Connors was also opening his arms to welcome the Avengers.
Captain America was overjoyed. "Connors really didn't lie to me."
He was about to lead the Avengers forward when he suddenly stopped.
As the team leader, Rogers was responsible for the Avengers who had followed him, and he had to pay attention to every possible detail:
For example, Tony Stark mentioned that Hope was taken to the moon by Magneto, but now, besides Connors and Hope,
Eric, who played "Fang Magneto," was not seen.
He stopped and placed his hand on his earpiece, whispering:
"Tony, help me find Magneto. I'm worried this is a trap."
"Didn't you trust the 'Locksmith' quite a bit before you got to the moon?" Iron Man said with a smile.
"But I can't be irresponsible to my teammates just because I trust him too much."
Iron Man comforted him:
"Don't worry, the Locksmith's skills are beyond imagination. He's the one who drove away Magneto Erik and kept Hope until you arrived."
Captain America was relieved and led the Avengers toward Connors.
But during their brief hesitation, a new event occurred: a red ray shot out with a whoosh, striking Wolverine directly in the head and burying his entire body on the lunar surface.
"Avengers, please stay away from that girl."
A flash of light appeared – it was Magik's magical teleportation ability. Cyclops, leading the White Queen, Namor, Magik, and Colossus, appeared on the other side of Connors.
The Avengers and mutants faced each other from a distance, with Connors and Hope standing between them.
"Let us go away? No way, Summers, take your X-Men back to Earth!" Captain America refused without hesitation.
"No problem, we can go back." Cyclops surprisingly agreed to Captain America's request, "But there's one thing..."
This has to include Hope and the "locksmith"!
"Cyclops" seems to have broken free from the "curse" Connors placed on him, and his expression has become no different from that of a normal person.
Connors, caught between the two sides, showed no sign of tension. He even pulled a chair out of the Mystery House and dragged Hope down to sit on it.
"Is it really true, just as you said, that Cyclops is going to great lengths to have me possessed by Phoenix in order to resurrect his lover, Jean Grey?"
Hope sat down next to Connors somewhat nervously and asked in a low voice.
"Don't believe me? You can go ask him," Connors said.
Hope quickly shook her head:
"When I was on Krakoa, I did often hear people talking about 'Cyclops' trying to resurrect Jean Grey. Having me possessed by the phoenix was indeed a good method—"
"But I am Hope, not Pine."
After saving people injured by Reed's Disintegration Ray under the name "Daredevil," Connors immediately returned to Wakanda.
Just then, Namor's plan to flood Wakanda was completed, leaving the city in ruins. The Avengers were powerless against Namor, who wielded the trident, in the water.
"Dangerous" pilots a fighter jet to pick up Namor, with Connors following closely behind. In the mutants' hidden base, they overhear Magneto taking Hope to the moon in preparation for welcoming "Phoenix."
Using the "Dimensional Gate," Connors instantly arrived on the moon and snatched Hope back from Magneto.
At this moment, the Avengers and mutants were rapidly approaching, with the two groups less than ten meters away from Connors, which, in the eyes of some superheroes, was almost within attack range.
But suddenly the dark sky on the moon brightened, and amidst flashes of blue lightning, a figure crashed down heavily.