The spaceship was incredibly fast, traversing half the city in the blink of an eye and arriving at the tallest building in the city center, Wakanda's Royal Palace.
"Mr. Adam, this way, please!"
The spaceship landed on the palace's exclusive platform. Adam followed Bibira off the ship and, under the "escort" of the Royal Guard, entered the palace.
After several turns, he was led into a somewhat special, enclosed room.
"Mr. Adam, please wait here for a moment. Our King will be here shortly."
"Your Majesty, the prey is in the cage. We can begin!"
In the city's main defense control room beneath the palace, a holographic image popped up on the console. It was Bibira, the Captain of the Royal Guard, who was responsible for bringing Adam into the palace.
Killmonger sat in front of the console, watching Adam on the monitor, who was leisurely sitting on the sofa waiting after entering the room. He commanded a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl beside him:
"Shuri, did you hear me? Activate the confinement device!"
The young girl, after giving Killmonger a look of intense disgust, still obediently pressed the switch in front of her.
"I hope you keep your word and don't harm my Mother."
"Don't worry, you are my cousin after all. As long as you diligently help me develop Vibranium weapons, in the future, you and your Mother will still be the noble Princess and Queen of Wakanda."
Killmonger stood up, walked over, and patted Shuri's head.
His cousin, Shuri, was the most intelligent prodigy Wakanda had seen in many years. At thirteen, she had already successfully upgraded the Black Panther suit and improved many technologies.
Now, at only fifteen, she was the most formidable scientist in all of Wakanda.
For Wakanda to rule the entire World, it needed countless advanced Vibranium weapons and equipment, so a talent like Shuri was extremely valuable to him.
And making Shuri, this genius scientist, obey him—the murderer of her father and brother—was simple: just threaten her Mother.
"Take your dirty hands off me, you cold-blooded monster!"
Shuri flung Killmonger's hand away.
Killmonger didn't seem to mind, merely smiling:
"When it comes to cold-bloodedness, who can compare to your father, who could lay hands on his own brother?
Shuri, I advise you not to have any other thoughts. If this device of yours can't trap him, then afterwards you can expect to see your Mother's corpse."
"I've studied all the data you sent about him, and I've disassembled the Mutant ability-controlling bracelets, as well as some quantum entanglement instruments.
After activating the device, this room can not only interfere with space, preventing him from teleporting, but also isolate energy entry, suppressing his internal energy to a certain extent. Furthermore, the entire room is made of Vibranium.
At the same time, I have retained only the basic hidden shielding function of the Sky's protective cover, concentrating all energy into the device in this room.
Even he absolutely cannot get out of here."
Shuri replied with dimmed eyes.
She had considered playing a trick, releasing this famous Superhero, and then they could cooperate to defeat Killmonger.
But Killmonger was very cunning; he had already moved her Mother out of Wakanda, to an unknown location.
If Killmonger didn't make contact within a day, her Mother would be immediately executed.
So, until she figured out where her Mother was being held, she dared not take the risk.
As for whether Adam could get out on his own, she thought it impossible.
Ever since Killmonger became the new King, he had been controlling Wakanda's intelligence department to collect combat videos of Adam, and had also acquired many of the most advanced technological achievements from the outside World.
This current device was the result of a year of research, combining external and Wakanda's highest technology, specifically targeting Adam.
Its effectiveness in the outside World was uncertain, but with the Sky defense system as a backup in the palace, its power increased nearly twentyfold. No matter how powerful Adam was, he couldn't break through.
The device she invented was incomparable to those Sentinel Robots that only contained a little Vibranium.
"Bibira, inform the army to surround the entire palace and await my command to act at any time."
After hearing Shuri's reply, Killmonger nodded, then issued new operational orders to the holographic image of Bibira.
One must always prepare for the worst. If Adam broke through Shuri's device, he would have to quickly evacuate and then detonate the Sky system, using its energy to destroy the entire palace.
If that still didn't kill Adam, then the army would advance. In any case, Adam had to be eliminated today.
"Hello, Mr. Adam, I am Eric, King of Wakanda.
Given that you assassinated King T'Chaka and twelve Elders, and attempted to steal our Wakanda's Vibranium, I now, in the name of the King of Wakanda, sentence you to life imprisonment."
Opening the microphone, Killmonger spoke to Adam through the monitor.
Adam felt the powerful energy fluctuations around him and the noticeably less active energy within his body. Listening to the voice from the speaker above the room, he showed no signs of panic.
He simply replied unhurriedly:
"Oh, but I don't recall doing any of those things you mentioned. Do you have any proof?"
"Proof? Here, my words are proof."
Killmonger's tone was full of arrogance.
Adam shrugged:
"Alright, but even for life imprisonment, shouldn't there be some food and drink? Otherwise, isn't it impolite?"
"Sorry, no."
Killmonger's answer was blunt.
Given Adam's power, Shuri wasn't confident in creating a weapon that could kill him. So, the primary goal of this device was confinement—to trap Adam, preventing him from leaving, and then starve and dehydrate him.
Without external energy replenishment and no food for energy, he believed that no matter how strong Adam was, he would eventually die.
"You are truly malicious. We don't seem to have any enmity, do we?"
Adam stood up and touched the Vibranium wall encased in an energy shield. This defense system, specifically designed for him, was indeed formidable, but his true strength was underestimated.
Then again, who besides himself could truly comprehend the terrifying extent of his power?
His strength was progressing every day at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people.
In fact, even without transforming into a Great Ape, his full-power Kamehameha could forcibly break through the defenses here.
However, that might damage Wakanda's entire defense system, and he felt it was unnecessary.
Because he didn't need to go out at all.
"Your existence is the biggest obstacle to my plan. Only when you are dead can my plan succeed, and Wakanda can rule the entire World!"
Killmonger replied coldly into the microphone.
But no sooner had his voice faded than Adam's voice came through.
But it wasn't from the microphone; it came from behind him.
"Even if I die, your plan cannot be realized, and you, with your power, cannot kill me."
Adam opened the door to the main control room with Alohomora and casually walked in.
Since he knew it was a trap, why would he be foolish enough to truly put himself in danger?
He certainly had confidence in his strength, but that didn't mean he would act carelessly.
Even on the spaceship, he had created a Wood Release clone to impersonate him. After exiting the spaceship, his real body went invisible, using Legilimency in conjunction with the Imperio to locate the main control room where Killmonger was hiding.