Three days have passed since the battle between Hulk and Abomination.
In this internet age, people's memories are always short.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is very good at this sort of thing, releasing one celebrity scandal after another to slowly divert the public's attention from the New York battle to these entertainment news stories.
At the same time, S.H.I.E.L.D. secretly mobilized its forces, attempting to find the missing Haschwalth and Abomination.
But unfortunately, they came up empty-handed!
Haschwalth and Abomination seemed to have vanished into thin air, as if they never existed in this world, and no information about them could be found.
After witnessing the threat of the Shinigami and the Quincy, Nick Fury used this as a reason to formally propose the 'Winter Soldier Project' and the 'Avengers Initiative' to the Security Council!
To ensure the safety and future of humanity, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the United States need 'Avengers'!
When it is impossible to protect Earth and humanity, the Avengers will be humanity's last resort!
The prerequisite for implementing the 'Avengers Initiative' is the need for a qualified leader!
A spiritual leader with enough charisma, an upright heart, and an indomitable spirit!
Captain America Steve Rogers, the leader of the Howling Commandos during World War II, once thwarted the Axis powers' conspiracy and crushed the evil Hydra organization, is the spiritual symbol of all Americans.
Nick Fury believes that no one is more suitable to become the leader of the 'Avengers' than Steve!
The high and mighty Security Council members naturally would not sit idly by and allow such a huge threat like the Shinigami to appear, so they decisively approved the plan and allocated a large amount of funding as support.
What do ordinary people do when they have money?
Spend! Spend! Spend!
Fury is naturally no exception, except that his way of spending is slightly different from others; he likes to build secret bases!
Just as men can never understand a woman's heart, no one in this world knows how many secret bases Nick Fury has!
Nick Fury called Hill over, a bright smile on his face, and said, "Hill, go buy me a few more boxes of coffee cups."
"I understand, Director."
Hill nodded, revealing a knowing smile.
In Nick Fury's view, this cannot be considered embezzlement; it is just the rational use of funds!
Compared to those stupid guys on the Security Council, he knows better where the money should be spent.
...
Seireitei.
Lorde held Nemuri's hand and came to the underground space together.
Inside the empty underground space, Haschwalth was standing at the edge of the Abyss of Despair. Seeing Lorde and Nemuri arrive, he respectfully bowed his head and said, "Lord Lorde, Miss Nemuri, why have you come?"
After his role as Shiro was completed, the 'Modified Soul' returned to its true form—Haschwalth!
From now on, he will no longer become anyone else, but will serve as Lorde's shadow!
Lorde waved his hand and smiled gently, "No need to be so formal. I've come to see how his progress is going."
Who knew that Haschwalth would suddenly kneel on one knee, a trace of shame on his face, and say, "I'm very sorry to have failed Lorde's trust. The process of Abomination's transformation is not going very smoothly."
At the time, Lorde's decision to kidnap Abomination was actually a sudden whim!
Since the Abyss of Despair can cultivate 'Complete' souls into Hollows, doesn't that mean he can cultivate those villains into even more advanced 'Hollows'?
Abomination!
A monster with a powerful physique, fueled by hatred and anger, a hybrid product of the Green Hulk serum and the Super Soldier serum, there is simply no more suitable material than him!
As for why not choose Hulk?
Because Lorde wasn't sure if it was the Hulk from the manga storyline,
or the Hulk from the movie universe!
If it was the Hulk from the movie storyline, that would be fine, but if it was the Hulk from some manga storyline, then what would be born would probably be a Vast Lorde-level Hollow!
No... it might even become more terrifying; Hulk would become a 'Transcendent'!
The image is too beautiful to imagine.
So, to be on the safe side, Abomination is better.
"What's the reason?"
Lorde wasn't surprised by this because he had long expected that turning a mutated creature into a Hollow wouldn't be so simple!
"Your subordinate... doesn't know."
Haschwalth lowered his head in shame and said, "Ordinary souls only need up to three days to fall into despair when they enter the Abyss of Despair, but Abomination has been in there for three days and still hasn't shown any signs of falling."
"No signs of falling?"
Lorde suddenly became curious about Abomination, "Haschwalth, take me to see him."
"Yes!"
Haschwalth walked to the side of the Abyss of Despair and opened the defensive barrier set up in the sky above, saying, "Lord Lorde, Miss Nemuri, the barrier is open. You can come in now."
To prevent Abomination from suddenly rushing out of the ground after falling, Haschwalth had set up a defensive barrier above the Abyss of Despair in advance, and there were also large Holy Spirit Bows set up above, ready to fire Holy Destruction Arrows at any time.
"Let's go, Nemuri, come with me to take a look."
Lorde smiled and took Nemuri's small hand, leaping down from the Abyss of Despair.
Whoosh~~~
The three arrived at the bottom of the Abyss of Despair.
Snap!
Haschwalth snapped his fingers, igniting the spirit particle flames, illuminating the dark surroundings.
The cyan light occupied the bottom of the cave, reflecting Abomination's terrifying body.
Several arm-thick spirit particle chains extended from the surrounding walls, binding Abomination into a large cross shape, hanging in mid-air.
In addition, Lorde also saw that Abomination's hands and abdomen were all nailed to the wall by the sharp beams of Binding Path · Mouth Thrust Three Flashes, and directly below Abomination was a special spirit particle array set up by the Quincy, whose purpose was also to restrain him.
Good heavens!
Lorde almost didn't recognize Abomination, if someone who didn't know came over, they would probably think this was some kind of small dark room imprisonment!
Lorde's face twitched, speechless, "Haschwalth... who told you to tie him up like this?"
Haschwalth ignored Nemuri, who was frantically waving her hand to the side, and said calmly, "It was Miss Nemuri's suggestion. She believes that this can prevent Abomination from escaping."
"Nemuri...?"
Lorde saw the unnatural expression on Nemuri's face and didn't know where to start.
Nemuri seemed to know that she had done something wrong, looking at Lorde with a wronged expression, weakly explaining, "I... I was just afraid he would run away."
That's not what I wanted to ask!
Lorde really wanted to know where Nemuri had learned this kind of binding method.
"Ki... Kill... Kill me..."
Abomination woke up at some point, weakly shouting at them, "Kill me... please..."
Lorde covered his forehead, helplessly complaining, "Haschwalth, what exactly did you do to him?"
Haschwalth pushed his glasses up with one hand, saying expressionlessly, "Lord Lorde, I just wanted him to fall."
"So, what did you do?"
"Miss Nemuri told me that pain will make people resentful, so I give him pain every day."
"... For example?"
"Shoot him with Holy Destruction Arrows."
"..."
Lorde looked at Abomination's lifeless appearance and the holes all over his body, and now he finally understood why Abomination hadn't fallen!
He's almost got PTSD!
Abomination: ╥﹏╥...