bioinnovel Chapter 595 Riley: Is this for real?!
Chapter 595 Riley: Is this for real?!
Upon hearing this, Riley, unusually, lost control of his emotions and exclaimed in surprise.
The sudden sound startled Max, who was about to continue speaking, and he immediately shut his mouth. He thought he had disappointed Riley because of his poor performance, and he hesitated to continue, looking guilty and uneasy.
At the same time, the crowd enjoying their meal nearby also turned to look at them upon hearing this exclamation.
Peter, chewing on half a lobster claw, looked up blankly, about to say something. But then he thought, no matter the crisis, his brother always managed to find a way to solve the problems. Conversely, if even Riley couldn't think of a solution, he certainly wouldn't be able to either. So he lowered his head again, unconditionally trusting Riley, his "external brain," and continued eating and drinking without a care in the world.
Tony's fork hung in mid-air, forgotten to be put into his mouth. Looking at Riley's somewhat emotionally distraught profile, he frowned inwardly.
Thor also stopped eating at that moment. But there was no trace of worry in his eyes. Instead, as a warrior who purely enjoyed the thrill of battle, he stared intently at Riley with an expectant look that seemed to say, "Is another fight about to break out?"
Sensing the strange behavior of everyone and realizing that he had overreacted, Riley was now raising his hand to his forehead and letting out a long sigh.
After calming himself down, he lowered his voice and continued speaking.
"Sorry, Max, I wasn't angry with you. I was just thinking... bombing a city, using three nuclear bombs directly? Just how afraid of death are those damn politicians?!"
You can't blame Riley for reacting so strongly...
Judging from the power of that single nuclear bomb, which could destroy a Chitauri mothership.
If Riley and his team hadn't been able to prevent the nuclear bomb from detonating in the city, the entire city of New York would have become a real-life version of Fallout!
Not to mention, even when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed, only one nuclear bomb was dropped on each of the two cities!
If three nuclear bombs were detonated at the same time, even if everyone hid underground, there would probably still be no survivors!
After all, before learning this news...
Unlike the Fallout series of games, New York City doesn't have large-scale shelters built in advance to prepare for nuclear attacks and accommodate large numbers of citizens!
However, before the initial shock had subsided, a colder thought emerged in Riley's mind.
Three nuclear bombs were dropped simultaneously on a single city...
This is no longer as simple as fighting off an alien invasion and sacrificing a minority to save the majority...
Instead, someone wants to take this opportunity to completely erase the existence of "Spider-Man"!
Ultimately, Spider-Man, who hates evil, is undoubtedly a great hero in the eyes of ordinary people...
However, Spider-Man's astonishing growth rate and increasingly terrifying network of connections pose a real crisis to those high-ranking officials and dignitaries!
It is a Damocles' sword hanging over our heads, ready to fall at any moment!
After all, how many people who climb to that position have truly clean hands?
This is why Riley's targeted crackdown on drug traffickers, which was clearly a good deed aimed at improving the international environment, was met with joint resistance and protests from so many countries.
Aside from the loss of private interests and the loss of face...
More than anything, they were genuinely afraid...
She was afraid that Spider-Man would discover the things she had done that couldn't be brought to light...
I'm afraid that one day I'll end up like the drug dealers who are slaughtered by Spider-Man, dying helplessly at his hands.
In other words, the more famous "Spider-Man" is and the more powerful he is, the more uneasy and fearful they will feel for those with guilty consciences!
Max's voice still echoed in Riley's ears, while the puzzle in Riley's mind was being pieced together, one piece at a time, to form a complete picture.
Three nuclear bombs...
This is not a redundant backup, but a tailor-made plan to eliminate witnesses.
I reckon that within the enemy's expected scope, one is for dealing with the invading alien army, one is for dealing with Spider-Man, and the last one is to ensure absolute safety...
He could even imagine how those people in the meeting room nodded solemnly, how they packaged the decision with respectable words—"necessary price," "difficult choice," "for all mankind"—and then each of them breathed a sigh of relief, as if as long as Spider-Man and New York turned to ashes, their shady deeds could be sealed forever beneath the scorched earth.
As for whether doing this will provoke retaliation from "Spider-Man," or public criticism and condemnation...
Putting aside the fact that if Spider-Man were to be instantly obliterated in a nuclear explosion, he wouldn't even have a chance to take revenge...
If Spider-Man could actually withstand the power of three nuclear bombs and still survive?
That means there is no country on this planet that can stop Spider-Man.
Therefore, even if they suffer retaliation, they only need to smile and accept it calmly...
After all, faced with such a monster who had achieved physical immortality, they, as ordinary people, were truly helpless...
And the latter...
The prerequisite for being attacked and condemned by public opinion is that the person involved is alive and can produce evidence!
The power of three nuclear bombs exploding simultaneously would be enough to turn everything in New York City into ashes and scorched earth!
With no survivors, they could easily stand righteously before the camera, using a sorrowful yet resolute tone to package this premeditated massacre as a "necessary sacrifice made to resist alien invasion"! While concealing their ugly true colors, they could portray themselves as "great heroes" who, although heartbroken by the decision, had to press the button with heavy hearts for the future and survival of all humanity!
The abacus was tinkling precisely, and the plan could be described as flawless...
Logically speaking, Spider-Man shouldn't have had any chance of survival...
After all, who in their right mind could have imagined this...?
Faced with foreign invasion and the imminent destruction of the world...
Those who hold the authority to use the most advanced firearms are not thinking about how to repel foreign enemies. Instead, at this critical juncture, they are painstakingly plotting how to betray their own people!
Unfortunately, no matter how much they planned, they could never have predicted that Riley was a time traveler, and an exceptionally cautious one at that.
As a result, the conspiracy, which should have been foolproof, failed to harm Riley in the slightest!
"...Wait a minute, Max, according to you, if three fighters carrying nuclear bombs took off from the space carrier at that time...I've already sent the first nuclear bomb into the wormhole and destroyed the Chitauri mothership. The second nuclear bomb, if all goes well, should have been successfully intercepted by you...But what about the third one? Where did it explode? There's no sign of a nuclear explosion in New York City!!"
After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.
That silence wasn't a blank due to signal delay, but rather a vacuum left behind after a person had gone through all the possible euphemisms in their mind before speaking, only to find that none of them were suitable.
Max's electric current crackled slightly in the silence.
Then, he took a deep breath and answered cautiously in an extremely humble tone.
"Just like you said, Spider-Man, I only managed to stop the first one..."
"When I used electromagnetic force to forcibly attach the second fighter jet, controlling its smooth landing, and waited for S.H.I.E.L.D. to take over, thinking the mission was complete, I discovered that a third fighter jet carrying a nuclear bomb had taken off! And it had already launched! However, its flight path seemed to have been maliciously altered; it wasn't flying towards New York!"
"I swear, I tried my best to catch up the moment I found out about it, but I was still too late..."
"By the time I caught up, the nuclear bomb had already initiated its irreversible detonation process. I could only watch helplessly as it exploded over Israel. The shockwave threw me several kilometers, causing me to pass out on the spot, and I only just woke up now... I'm so sorry! Spider-Man! I've let you down again and messed everything up!"
"What! A third nuclear bomb exploded...! Wait... wait a minute? Where did it explode? Israel?!"
Upon hearing this, Riley instinctively exclaimed again.
Only after realizing what Max had said did Riley's tone suddenly turn sour, and his expression became extremely strange...
He looked like he was about to laugh but was afraid of being caught by someone with ulterior motives, so he kept recalling the sad things he had experienced in his life and tried hard to suppress his laughter, resulting in his whole face scrunching up in a dramatic expression.
Hey, I thought something serious had happened, turns out it's Israel...
That's all!