New York, Avengers Tower.
Although this place is currently called Avengers Tower, it is not Tony's original Avengers Tower.
That Tower was directly collapsed by a Dark Elf spaceship during the Second Battle of New York, which was far more severe than the broken glass and fallen sign from the First Battle of New York.
It couldn't be rebuilt so quickly.
This current location is actually a new building Tony bought in the outskirts of New York.
Not far away is one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Bases in New York, making communication and exchanges between the two sides quite convenient.
And it was precisely because of this that Fury simply imprisoned all the captured interdimensional invaders in this sub-Base for the recent period.
Well, it wasn't all of them, but aside from a few invaders Fury deemed 'valuable,' most were still held here.
In his words, since Avengers Tower was nearby, if any prisoners escaped, the Avengers could easily recapture them.
However, even Fury himself probably didn't expect that his casual remark would actually come true.
10 minutes ago.
Since Steve had just informed Fury that Stark planned to take him to interrogate some of the interdimensional criminals, and had received Fury's approval.
Steve simply arrived at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Base a step earlier.
Harry Osborn, being young, had been frequenting Avengers Tower quite a bit these past few days, and with Venom being a 'party involved' in the incident, he naturally wouldn't miss the chance to see people from other dimensions.
As for Gwen, being an interdimensional visitor herself, she was naturally brought along as a 'reference.'
Adding Natasha, who needed to be present as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s representative and supervisor.
Dr. Banner, seeing everyone else go, felt there was no point in staying alone in the Tower, so he also chose to go along and listen to the interdimensional stories.
Thus, with the exception of Hawkeye, who was not in New York, the remaining five Avengers all 'flocked' to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Base as 'guests.'
However, just as the five of them were waiting bored for Tony to arrive.
Natasha, the most perceptive among them, noticed that today's S.H.I.E.L.D. Base seemed different from usual.
The people were still the familiar ones, but their numbers were significantly fewer than usual.
And those who did appear were mostly field Agents from the combat unit.
In contrast, the logistics Agents who should normally be most present in the Base were nowhere to be seen today.
A slight sense of alarm rising in her heart, Natasha immediately cleared her throat to get the attention of the others.
Then she gave her teammates a meaningful look.
However...
Dr. Banner turned his head and simply stared blankly at Natasha, waiting to hear what she wanted to say.
Harry, who was still eagerly looking around the S.H.I.E.L.D. Base like a curious child, didn't even notice Natasha's cough and was still chatting excitedly with Venom on his shoulder.
Gwen, however, noticed Natasha's slight cough and immediately leaned closer, asking with concern,
"Natasha, are you feeling unwell? I have cold medicine here, do you want me to make you some?"
As she spoke, she began rummaging through her pink little bag, which looked like one she'd carry for a picnic.
Only Steve, whose nerves had been highly strung these past two days, frowned slightly upon seeing Natasha's expression.
Then he nodded gently, glancing towards the front desk, motioning for Natasha to look over.
Upon seeing it, the beautiful Agent who was originally responsible for reception was nowhere to be found.
Standing at the front desk now were two burly men in full gear.
The two quickly exchanged glances, then Natasha ignored the other three lively companions, putting on her signature professional smile and walking with graceful steps towards the Base's front desk.
However, even before getting close, Natasha could already clearly feel that the two field Agents behind the front desk suddenly became tense.
One of them even subtly reached for the gun holster at his waist.
Even Steve, sitting behind, noticed that the moment Natasha stood up, the seemingly busy Agents around them all paused their steps, their pace slowing by half a beat.
For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.
"Hi, handsome~ Where did Sophie Marceau run off to? Yesterday she told me her new eyeshadow didn't seem quite right, so I brought her my usual one today."
Natasha's voice was not particularly soft, and the Base's hall was already quite spacious.
As soon as she spoke, the nearly frozen atmosphere around them seemed to come back to life.
The Agents who had suddenly stopped also seemed to realize they had a lot of work to do and started moving again.
The 'receptionist' who had reached for his gun holster due to excessive tension now scratched his butt in passing, smiling somewhat awkwardly at Natasha.
"How about I leave the eyeshadow here for now? Just tell her when she gets back."
As Natasha spoke, her hand also moved towards her waist pouch, as if she were really going to pull out an eyeshadow from it.
However, the next moment.
Natasha, who had already reached into her waist pouch, suddenly pulled her hand out, directly flicking two button-shaped throwing stars from her palm, instantly hitting the two behind the front desk.
Immediately after, a series of 'crackling' electric arcs flashed, and the two, who had just been looking awkward, immediately fell down, convulsing.
This scene instantly stunned everyone present.
But it was precisely because of Natasha's preemptive strike that, as if a switch had been flipped, the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. sub-Base immediately erupted into chaos.
The Agents who had previously been pretending to work, some from their backpacks, some from under the green plants, all instantly pulled out firearms.
But Steve, who had also been on alert, was a step faster than everyone else.
Having already placed his hand on his shield, he instantly rolled to his feet.
While throwing his Vibranium shield to knock down three people, he didn't forget to shout at Dr. Banner beside him,
"Banner! Don't transform!! Get the two kids out of here!"
In fact, Dr. Banner hadn't even realized what was happening at this point.
But he didn't need to react, a bullet, shot from who knows where, instantly hit the still bewildered Dr. Banner.
Dr. Banner looked at his blood-stained chest in disbelief.
What followed was a terrifying roar that shot straight into the sky.
"ROAR——————"