Marvel: Randomly Load a Protagonist Template - Chapter 93

“Is this the blackened version of the Hulk?”

Sitting in the passenger seat, Hawking watched the battle between Peter, Jessica, Venom, and Steve Rogers, who was operating the Hydra Stomper, and thought to himself.

Even the real Captain America would have a hard time dealing with Peter, Venom, and Jessica simultaneously.

But now, this Steve, who controls the mecha, has suppressed the three of them with various weapons after a brief engagement.

It’s not that the mecha is overwhelmingly powerful.

The power displayed by the mecha is indeed strong, but Peter, Jessica, and Venom are no weaklings, each with their own abilities, and capable of teamwork.

Moreover, their smaller bodies are more flexible, while the large mecha should have more vulnerabilities and shouldn’t be so dominant.

What truly makes a difference is the experienced and battle-hardened Steve Rogers inside the mecha.

This reminded him of Steve in the main world when he first encountered Peter. Despite being weaker in strength and reaction speed, Steve easily overpowered Peter with his combat experience.

Not to mention, after wielding Thor’s hammer and gaining the power of Thor, he could go toe-to-toe with Thanos without the Infinity Stones.

Steve’s strength is not just from the super-soldier serum. The strength it gave him might not even match an ordinary soldier from Asgard.

Yet he became one of the most important leaders of the Avengers.

Compared to the experienced Steve, Peter and Jessica are just college freshmen, having gained their powers for only half a year. Despite his guidance and training, they are still far from his level.

Venom is better in some ways, as Eddie doesn’t know how to fight, but Venom’s battle instincts are good.

This is why he brought the three here; otherwise, the fight would have ended long ago if he intervened directly.

“Aren’t you going to help?” Nick Fury watched Hawking calmly and probed.

To him, Hawking seemed too relaxed. The Hydra Stomper is not weak; if something goes wrong, can Hawking really intervene in time?

He knew Hawking was strong, but that was when he transformed into a great ape. Before transforming, he wasn’t particularly powerful.

Or maybe Hawking’s strength is much greater than he anticipated, given it’s been almost four years.

Mutants typically can’t fully control or unleash their powers before adulthood; their abilities stabilize and grow stronger with age, which he was well aware of.

Hawking smiled and shook his head:

“I’ll step in if there’s any danger.”

At this moment, the Hydra Stomper was already battered by Peter, Jessica, and Venom, with one arm almost detached, making the outcome uncertain.

“Sharp instincts, detecting Venom’s weakness so quickly.”

On the battlefield, the Hydra Stomper sacrificed half an arm to use its powerful flamethrower inside the mecha to severely injure Venom, forcing it to retreat into Eddie’s body to recover.

Reflecting on the recent battle, Hawking quickly understood what had happened.

Steve must have noticed that the toughest to deal with, Venom, instinctively avoided the mecha’s flamethrower, indicating that fire could be Venom’s weakness.

But he didn’t show it, instead, he endured until the end, sacrificing a not-so-critical arm to wound Venom and force it off the battlefield seriously.

“Move to the back.”

With Venom temporarily unable to fight, Eddie was just an ordinary person. Hawking told him to sit in the back.

Without Venom as a tank, Peter and Jessica fought harder, though the Hydra Stomper’s movements noticeably slowed, possibly due to damage or lack of energy.

“Smoke grenades don’t seem right; it’s knockout gas!”

Just then, the battlefield changed again.

Steve, finding it hard to catch Jessica in the air, released smoke grenades, obscuring her view of the battlefield below, then used instruments to locate and attack Peter.

Peter, not worried due to his spider sense, boldly engaged, aiming to drain the mecha’s energy and wear it down.

Unexpectedly, he soon felt dizzy and fainted.

It turned out Steve’s smoke grenades contained knockout gas. Despite Peter’s spider sense making him hard to hit, he couldn’t avoid inhaling the gas in the smoke.

With more gas inhaled during movement, he naturally succumbed.

Noticing Peter’s voice disappearing from the communicator and unable to see the situation from the air, Jessica panicked and recklessly charged down, ending up fainting beside Peter.

Just as Steve was about to pilot the Hydra Stomper to finish off the unconscious Peter and Jessica and then kill Nick Fury to complete his mission, Hawking finally intervened.

“Whirlwind Blast!”

Donning golden armor, he pointed forward, casting a whirlwind spell that cleared the smoke instantly.

“Zombie Float!”

He then pointed at the unconscious Peter and Jessica, making them float to him.

Seeing this, Steve quickly raised his remaining right arm, gathering all the remaining energy to eliminate his target and all obstacles in one go.

But Hawking simply raised his hand:

“Energy Slash!”

A spinning energy disk shot out under Hawking’s control, heading straight for the Hydra Stomper’s right arm.

Steve urgently maneuvered the mecha to dodge, but unlike a bullet, the energy slash curved under Hawking’s control, hitting the energy-gathering right arm directly.

“Slice!”

Like cutting through tofu, the Hydra Stomper’s right arm fell off entirely.

But it wasn’t over. The energy slash moved around the Hydra Stomper’s body before dissipating.

“Slice! Slice! Slice!”

In an instant, the Hydra Stomper’s head, left leg, right leg, and other parts became smooth fragments, leaving only the cockpit with Steve intact.

“In the face of absolute power, no matter how much experience, strategy, or plans you have, it’s all futile.

Right, Director Fury?”

Handing Peter and Jessica to Eddie, Hawking hinted at Nick Fury.

Weren’t you trying to test my limits?

Well, take a good look, enough to make you wary and fearful.

“Mr. Hawking makes a valid point.”

Seeing the Hydra Stomper that had just defeated Peter and the others reduced to a toy in front of Hawking, Nick Fury, handled effortlessly, was profoundly shocked.

It turned out that even without transforming into a great ape, Hawking had already reached such terrifying strength.

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