Chapter 78

: The contemporary Jia Xu rejected your script and laughed at how childish it was.

Fortunately, this level of attack did not pose a threat to Riley and Hulk.

Thanks to his spider-sense, Riley fired a web and quickly moved away from the blast radius before the rocket hit.

Hulk, relying on his thick skin and tough body, easily withstood the power of these rockets.

He even deliberately mocked others by grabbing one of the rockets with one hand, bringing it to his mouth, and then biting it to burst it!

Afterwards, he exhaled a thick smoke ring and squinted his eyes contentedly.

It was as if a rocket hadn't just exploded in his mouth, but rather he'd had a craving for a strong cigarette and smoked it to satisfy his craving!

"Didn't I tell you? No firing is allowed without my order!"

Seeing that Hulk and Riley were both safe and sound, and that even though they had been attacked, they hadn't lost their temper, they were clearly waiting for a reasonable explanation from him.

General Ross, sitting in one of the helicopters, was finally able to wipe the large beads of sweat that had rolled down his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief.

He then transformed into a furious lion, picked up the walkie-talkie, and roared at his men.

What General Ross never expected was...

Even after he reiterated his orders, the helicopter that had suddenly attacked Riley and Hulk did not stop.

Instead, after adjusting its flight attitude, it used the Gatling gun mounted in the cabin to fire at Hulk and Riley Zero Frame below, continuing to unleash a barrage of ammunition!

By this point, General Ross, whose face had grown increasingly ashen, finally understood...

I've been used as a pawn!

Someone deliberately planted an inside agent within General Ross's ranks beforehand.

So that after escalating the conflict between the two sides, the blame could be conveniently placed on General Ross himself!

Furthermore, by leveraging the old and new grudges between Hulk and General Ross, the situation, which should have been gradually calming down, was stirred up into a new wave!

Therefore, the most urgent task is to first take control of the helicopter that caused the incident and capture the crew members alive. This will allow for a face-to-face confrontation and clear their names of suspicion!

Before General Ross could even give the order, the helicopter, as if it had lost its mind, charged straight toward Hulk and Riley without being attacked, shouting, "It's time to repay the debt! For General Ross—!"

Clearly, the other side had also guessed General Ross's response.

In order to make General Ross truly take the blame, they did not hesitate to choose a suicide attack, leaving General Ross no chance to be captured alive!

In this way, faced with a deadly situation where there is no way to prove the innocence of the dead, even if General Ross is truly innocent, he will have no way to defend himself!

Furthermore, due to the repeated preemptive attacks, Riley and Hulk, who are unaware of the true situation, will inevitably be enraged and completely lose trust in the military! In order to protect themselves, they will choose to fight the army, causing the already strained relationship to deteriorate rapidly once again!

This can be described as an extremely insidious and vicious plot.

but……

The premise is that Riley, who is widely regarded as the modern-day Jia Xu, would fall for such a childish trick?

Riley knew perfectly well that even without his intervention, in the original storyline, General Ross, who deeply hated the Hulk, could distinguish between what was important and what was urgent. Moreover, after Abomination appeared, he did not hesitate to lead his troops to cover the Hulk and defeat Abomination.

Now you're telling Riley that even with the Super Abomination on its last legs, an army that struggles to even handle ordinary Abominations is still insisting on fighting Riley and Hulk, two monsters. Is there absolutely no misunderstanding in that, just a genuine expression of your feelings?

Are you kidding me? What's the point? Are you living too comfortably and looking for shortcuts in life?

That's why Riley wouldn't believe it, let alone Riley.

Even Hulk, who had dealt with General Ross for many years, looked at the rapidly falling helicopter with the same look he gave an idiot.

After all, based on Hulk's understanding of General Ross...

If he really wanted to attack me, then it wasn't just this one helicopter that made the move.

Instead, the entire neighborhood would be engulfed in flames amidst the roar of saturated firepower.

This is the most common way General Ross "greets" Hulk when he captures him.

That's why, seeing that General Ross alone clearly couldn't solve the problem, the two exchanged a glance and, with perfect understanding, both leaped towards the falling helicopter.

During this time, Riley waited until she was close enough, then used her webs to pull herself into the helicopter cabin. Using her agility, she bound the crew members, who had already closed their eyes and awaited death, together with the webs and forcibly brought them out.

Immediately afterwards, Hulk used his terrifying strength to grab the helicopter's landing gear in mid-air, forcibly changing the helicopter's trajectory.

In the end, not only did all the crew members survive, but the helicopter was also treated like a toy by Hulk, who grabbed it between his hands and bounced it back to the ground.

Aside from the impact of the landing and the Hulk's monstrous grip that caused severe twisting and deformation of the fuselage, the various sophisticated instruments in the cockpit were, for the time being, intact. This is enough for General Ross to investigate the information stored in the black box and find out who betrayed him!

"...It seems I was terribly wrong..."

It was this unexpected scene that put General Ross's mind at ease, but at the same time, made his gaze toward Hulk and Riley become increasingly complicated and strange.

Then, waving his hand to signal his helicopter to land quickly, General Ross, who had been hunting Hulk for so many years, finally stood face to face with Hulk, the big guy he had always labeled a "threat," for the first time.

After a brief silence, the proud and arrogant General Ross raised his head, met Hulk's gaze, and extended his hand to Hulk.

"Come back with me, Banner. Betty is waiting for you... and I promise I'll find the best doctor to cure this strange illness of yours."

Clearly, after tonight's events, General Ross has realized that the repeated failures in the pursuit of the Hulk were not due to the incompetence of his army or the obsolescence of his equipment...

On the contrary, it was Hulk who held back, which is why he and his soldiers have been able to survive until now!

Otherwise, back in the first operation to hunt down the Hulk, I would have been separated from my beloved daughter forever because I ignored Betty's advice and relentlessly pursued the Hulk!

Therefore, General Ross, having come to his senses, also wanted to repay Hulk in some way.

Even if choosing to accept Hulk would conflict with his former goals, it would severely impact General Ross's position in the military.

Hulk was taken aback by General Ross's unprecedented overture and instinctively turned to look at Riley.

Then, with Riley's slight nod, a silent encouragement that clearly let Hulk make his own choice, Hulk's tense and ferocious face suddenly broke into a knowing smile.

The next second, Hulk extended his hand to General Ross...

But it wasn't to shake hands and make peace with General Ross.

Instead, he carefully controlled the pressure and personally ruffled General Ross's white hair into a messy, bird's-nest shape.

After this childish act of revenge ended, Hulk, as if he had won a great victory, laughed loudly and, ignoring General Ross's bewildered gaze, turned and walked back to Riley's side. He gave his answer through his actions.

Clearly, compared to the military, which is riddled with internal factional chaos...

Hulk still felt that being with this black spiderweb-headed guy was much happier and more comfortable!

At the very least, you don't have to worry about being strapped to an operating table and subjected to all sorts of illegal experiments in the middle of the night!

Moreover, General Ross's intelligence was clearly outdated.

He actually called Hulk "Banner" and even claimed he would cure "Banner's" "illness"...?

After saying something like that, if Hulk still wants to go with General Ross, even Hulk himself would probably think he's out of his mind!