"Gideon Malik? Who is that?"

On the rooftop of SHIELD, almost everyone remained silent.

Only the careless Thor, who was leaning on a black umbrella, turned his head curiously to look at Natasha beside him, and he asked:

"Why did Merlin kill him? Is that a big bad guy?"

"Malik is an honorary director of the World Security Council and has a profound background in political circles in all countries."

Natasha whispered Thor, who was unable to figure out the situation, explained:

"He was assassinated in his mansion a few years ago, and almost all countries have given rewards to the murderer. If you still can't understand, then you think of his status as a member of your Asgardian royal family..."

"Um..."

Thor blinked his eyes, and he said with his lips pursed:

"It seems that Merlin did a 'big thing'."

"The whole world Security Council is in trouble."

Fury said with a serious expression:

"It happened so suddenly that we were unprepared. In fact, no one knew the authenticity of the video, but...the guys who were eager to avenge their friends and their benefactor were going crazy."

The Director of SHIELD expressed a sarcasm in his tone:

"The political legacy left by Gideon Malik is quite terrible. Everyone wants to inherit it, but there is no reason. Now, that reason has come."

"Even if it wasn't for Merlin, even if it was a clumsy frame-up, they would find a way to turn it into a bad case..."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Fury emphasized:

“Merlin is now wanted by almost all countries represented by the World Security Council, and his situation is dangerous…”

"So your speed must be fast!"

Fury said:

"Take him back before other forces find him!"

"They are no match for Merlin!"

Thor curled his lips and said disdainfully:

"It's not that I look down on your warriors on earth, but Merlin is a real warrior. He can't defeat him by counting people and your weapons."

"No!"

Fury shook his head:

"What I'm worried about is not his personal safety..."

"It's reputation."

Steve rubbed his forehead, and he felt upset, he said:

"If Merlin is found by others and he resists arrest, all his reputation will be over."

"If he was caught, it would be worse."

"Yes, SHIELD cannot lose its deputy director."

Fury said:

"I don't allow my friend to be slapped with a shit basin like this... so I'll ask you guys to help him at this moment."

When Gideon Malik's assassination occurred, Clark was just a reporter for the Planet Daily.

But he also learned from Louise's comments how much things were involved in that matter.

As a reporter's intuition also told him that Merlin was indeed in a very troublesome thing.

"Let's go right now!"

Clark nodded to Fury and was about to turn around and fly out.

But at the moment Clark set out, Agent Natasha, who had been frowning, suddenly asked:

"Chief, there is no need to use the Avengers in this matter."

"According to what I know about Merlin, you just need to send someone to come over to find Merlin and explain the situation. I believe he will make the right judgment."

"yes."

Agent Patton also spoke:

"The more people go, the harder it is to ensure occultity. We are not going to fight with Merlin... we don't need so many people at all."

Fury's expression changed a little, he coughed lightly, and he said:

"Because I just tried to contact Merlin, but he didn't respond to me, and I don't know what happened. Letting you all go there is to prevent something bad happening..."

"I'll just go alone."

Clark turned around and said to others:

"I'm fast enough that I can guarantee to bring him back before someone else finds him."

"No, you must go together!"

Fury said stubbornly:

"I can't explain too much, but you must..."

"Hi, okay, look at your sloppy lies, I can't even stand it."

Just as Fury was explaining the reason with some exhaustion, a sound that sounded a little noisy sounded in the stairs behind everyone.

"Swish"

Patton pulled out his battle bow at the first time, took a sharp arrow, and turned behind him, but...

He missed the shot.

The sharp arrow with petrified light flew out, rubbed the clown's head and nailed it to the bricks and stones, and the arrow's tail was still shaking.

The fist that Superman, who rushed out at the first time, stopped in the air less than 2 inches before the clown.

"Well, it's so dangerous."

The clown brushed his chest exaggeratedly, and he looked at the Avengers in front of him.

He swayed the four golden balls in his hand with orange light in his hand like a juggling.

Golden Apple...

4!

In the past, the Templar Organization has collected 6 golden apples. Except for one that was destroyed in the past war with the Assassin Brotherhood, the other five were passed down.

Mephist gave Pierce the scroll where the Golden Apple is collected, who immediately took all the Golden Apples.

A golden apple can easily influence the thinking of ordinary people, or slightly change their mood when superheroes are swaying.

But 4...

Quantitative change has brought about qualitative change.

The moment the clown walked out of the rooftop with four golden apples in his hand, almost everyone was in a daze and dullness.

Even the powerful Kryptonians are no exception.

Clark should have been able to resist it, but he was too close to the clown and was directly touched by the power of four golden apples, making his mind blank at this moment.

The only two who still have resistance to this terrifying shackles of thinking are Steve Rogers and Thor.

The former took out the dementor kiss in his pocket the moment the clown appeared, and barely maintained his mind by relying on the negative emotions that kept bursting out in his heart.

In the latter, Thor held the Hammer of Thor in his hand.

Thor's divine power is helping him resist the control of that kind of thinking, and he himself has experienced many battles. In nearly a thousand years of fighting, his willpower is also strong enough.

But as the clown holding the golden apple got closer and closer, and holding the warhammer, Thor, who was filled with lightning in the province, became stiff and dull.

He has powerful power, enough to be called a god.

But he is not a warrior who is good at dealing with the power of his mind.

He also has his own emotions. He roars when he is angry and crys when he is lost. After being exiled to Midgart by Odin, Thor's heart is almost no different from that of a mortal.

The divine nature in one's body and the assistance from divine objects are completely different concepts.

"ah!"

At the moment when his will was about to fall, Thor waved the warhammer and used his last reason to smash the warhammer to Steve who was still resisting.

The war hammer with lightning splashed on Steve's shield. The powerful lightning was absorbed by the shield, and most of the force acting outside the shield was absorbed.

But the rest were enough to push the captain to fly out of the Trident Building.

He drew a trajectory in the air and fell onto the highway below.

A moment later, a blue figure jumped and fled out of the city. In the sky behind the clown, two Kun-style fighter jets also took off and chased towards the escaped captain.

"A legendary hero is worthy of being a legendary hero."

The clown looked into the direction of the captain's disappearance, and a strange smile appeared on his painted face.

He turned around, put three golden apples in his pocket, held one in his hand, and said to the others:

"Ah, let the clown teacher come and explain it to you."

The guy in a purple suit walked to Natasha and frivolously reached out to touch the black widow's cheek, and he said:

"Director Fury means that each of you, facing the terrible Merlin alone, will not have a chance of winning, so you must go together..."

"Break him with absolute strength and bring him back."

The clown made a fist and smashed it hard. He put the golden apple next to his mouth, and he said:

"Of course, the premise of all this is to help him, not to hurt him... You must understand that this is protection! Protection in the true sense!"

"I know, Mr. Merlin is a friend of each of you, and I envy him, too, having so many friends..."

The clown pursed his lips and made a sad expression. He spread his hands and said:

"It's a pity that no one likes to be friends with me."

"Anyway, you are going to help him. Remember this. Even if you beat him to death, break his hands and feet, and fall into a coma, it is to help him..."

"So, if he doesn't want to come back with you, then don't show mercy, but he will definitely save his life."

He stretched out his finger and shook it, he said:

"The most powerful group of heroes in the world are taking action. This job is definitely not difficult, so we are waiting for your good news here..."

The clown smiled and said:

"Oh, right, don't forget it in the end..."

"All this was instructed by Director Fury, and it has nothing to do with others~"

"Go and go."

The clown waved his hands as if driving a flock of ducks, he said:

"Go and help Merlin!"

"Just play with him somewhere, anyway, don't let him come to New York to make trouble..."

Under his urging, a group of heroes whose thoughts were injected with other things took action.

Superman and Thor soared into the sky in the thunder, and the two agents rushed towards the Trident Building with rapid movement.

Tony reached out and clicked on his watch, then stood there, without saying anything or making a sound.

He was waiting for his new armor to be sent over.

The first two sets were ruined, and today they suffered heavy losses. They felt a pain for someone like Tony.

Fortunately, I bought insurance in advance.

"As for you, Director Fury."

The clown reached out and plucked his collar. He turned his head and said to Fury, who was dull in front of him.

"Do what you should do, everyone is waiting!"

Fury nodded and turned around and left as before.

Only the clown and Tony Stark who was waiting for the arrival of the armor were left on the rooftop.

The clown stood by the rooftop, and the howling wind blew on his face, making his scattered hair jump around.

The guy with chaos in his eyes spread his arms as if he was embracing something.

He said:

"This city and this country are about to usher in a drastic upheaval!"

"A group of people who are even more crazy than me claim to build a paradise of order, but unfortunately there is still a terrible thing about to happen in the paradise they claim..."

"This is really interesting..."

"I can't wait to cause unprecedented chaos because of my yearning for order. Haha, this is really ironic."

Behind the hysterical clown, there was a strange light refracting in the brown sunglasses that Tony was wearing.

After confirming that Tony had been controlled, Jarvis calmly sent all the images and a message he had recorded before to Icarus.

"Icarus...Avengers are all controlled by the clown! They are heading towards Merlin..."

"Let him run!!!"

Meanwhile, on a remote island in the center of the Pacific, Icarus projected Jarvis' warning before Merlin, she said:

"Military satellites captured the trajectory of Clark and Thor's flight, and you have 27 seconds to make the final decision before they arrive."

"Merlin...let's go."

Icarus said in a pleading tone:

"You are in a bad state now, you are not their opponent...Don't fight hard, please."

"I can't leave. Clark's perception range is far beyond your imagination. He wants to find it. It's useless for me to hide on the other side of the earth."

Merlin sat on the rock by the sea with his eyes calm, he said:

"And I can't leave either, the main show has just begun."

"The clown is just the executor who was pushed out, and there are people hiding in the shadows behind him..."

Merlin raised the cane in his hand, and he looked at the black skull on the cane, and he whispered:

"Only three people have known about Gideon Malik..."

"Fry was replaced, and he was washed away from his memory, so..."

A trace of loneliness and disappointment flashed in Merlin's eyes, and the pain of being betrayed pierced his chest like a sharp blade.

"Pearce..."

"Is it you?"

He closed his eyes and put his cane in his hand. Icarus knew that persuasion was useless, and she looked at Merlin from her own perspective with concern.

Qin's death brought too much damage to Merlin, and the continuous bad things also upset him. The disappearance and betrayal of the two close friends, the career he insisted on turned into a joke in the end.

The biggest enemy has always stood behind him and even gave him a fierce knife at this last moment.

He felt very tired.

He has lost interest in this game of fate full of malice and betrayal.

The piano is relieved.

Merlin is also eager for his own liberation...

"Clang"

Superman and Thor fell from the sky and landed on the island behind Merlin. Clark's blue eyes were filled with worry, but deep in his eyes, there was a shining paranoia and confusion.

The clown knew that forced control would not take effect, so he used spiritual induction and buried spiritual hints, making them think that everything they did was right.

Clark stepped forward and said:

"Merlin, come with us."

Thor also spoke:

"We are here to help you."

"Hold on..."

Merlin stretched out his hand and interrupted them. He looked at the blue sea in front of him and whispered:

"Let me take a look..."

"Peace like an illusion bubble is something I have pursued for the rest of my life, a beautiful and stupid fantasy that I had childishly thought I could do..."

"But I only realized now that I am just a puppet living in lies."

"The disaster is coming, and it is me who promoted it all with my own hands."

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you... Merlin Riley's funeral just ended and you were absent."
Chapter completed!