6th Class Spiritual Pressure.
Equivalent to a seated officer at the very bottom of the Gotei 13, which means he had initially mastered the Shikai of his Zanpakuto.
Although not very powerful, in this crisis-ridden Marvel Universe, he barely possessed a sliver of self-preservation ability!
“Not enough.”
“I’m still not strong enough.”
Lord, who was familiar with the plot, knew deeply just how deep the water in the Marvel Universe was; with his current strength, wanting to survive was still far from enough!
Therefore!
In order to survive, Lord, after careful consideration, decided to set up a trap!
And everything that happened tonight was arranged long in advance by Lord, a specially staged drama titled ‘The Arrival of the Shinigami’!
Those two black men in Hells Kitchen were the ‘protagonists’ carefully selected by Lord—rare Earthlings with high spiritual power who could see the Shinigami!
Through the survivor’s oral account, he would attract the gaze of S.H.I.E.L.D., and then he would have ample reason to intervene, subsequently borrowing the power of this behemoth to accomplish his own goals!
With Nick Fury’s personality and desire for control, he surely would never allow an inexplicable ‘Shinigami’ to suddenly appear right under his nose!
“S.H.I.E.L.D.…”
Lord lay on the bench, thinking about what happened earlier, a curve hooking at the corners of his lips: “Let me borrow your power.”
In fact, when he first underwent Transmigration, Lord, like other transmigrators, originally intended to secretly accumulate strength, waiting for the time when his wings were fully grown before jumping out to slaughter all directions!
However, things went contrary to wishes!
In the past year, after becoming a Shinigami, Lord slaughtered Hollows everywhere, and finally realized one thing.
The Shinigami had a limit!
Slaughtering Hollows at such a leisurely pace like him and completing the System’s tasks, by the time Thanos arrived in a few years, his strength at most would only be Captain level!
Although Captain level seemed very powerful, facing the Father-level Thanos, it was still somewhat lacking!
The existence of Father-level would definitely crush the Captain level, so he had to become stronger, and even surpass the boundaries of the Shinigami!
But time waits for no one!
No matter how hard he tried alone, it was impossible to reach Father-level within a few years, so borrowing the power of others was his best choice so far!
And besides that…
In fact, there was another very important reason!
Lord had once pondered, why would Hollows appear in the Marvel Universe?
Before he arrived, the Marvel Universe should not have had any Hollows, but after he arrived, Hollows suddenly appeared!
Very strange, isn’t it?
Clearly there was Hell in Marvel, and the belonging of Souls after Death was managed by ‘Death’, one of the top five cosmic creator deities, so why would these Hollows appear?
According to the System’s reply, it was because the power of the Soul King was lodged within his body, so as he grew stronger, it would cause these Souls to fall within a certain range based on himself!
In other words, the reason Hollows appeared was precisely because of him, the ‘Soul King’s successor’!
Moreover, this was only the beginning!
As he grew more and more powerful, the range of the Soul King’s influence would also become larger!
By then, all the dead Souls in the United States, the entire World, and even the entire Universe would be under his jurisdiction!
This was undoubtedly snatching ‘Death’s rice bowl!
You must know that ‘Death’ was one of the five major cosmic creator deities in the Marvel Universe, being both the conceptual Incarnation of Death and ruling over the Death of all things.
However, if such a supreme deity suddenly discovered that her authority was being carved away by a weak Earthling, what would happen?
The answer goes without saying.
Once ‘Death’ discovered that her authority was usurped, then he would surely die a very miserable Death!
Let’s assume.
Suppose ‘Death’ didn’t notice—after all, she ruled over the Death of the entire Universe, and the possibility of her paying attention to Earth was not high—does that mean Lord would be fine?
No!
Earth was very special in the Marvel Universe; even if ‘Death’ wouldn’t pay attention here, there was still a very terrifying enemy laid out before Lord!
The Hell Dimension!
Mephisto, one of the Lords of Hell, could similarly govern a portion of the dead Souls on Earth, and Lord’s duties as a Shinigami happened to be opposed to his!
That is to say, regardless of whether he was willing or not, as long as he remained a ‘Shinigami’, he had to face Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, and the creator deity ‘Death’!
Perhaps this was the so-called, heavy is the head that wears the crown!
Lord, who inherited the Soul King, had an existence that was fundamentally incompatible with them, and a conflict would sooner or later break out between them!
So…
in order to survive, Lord had to grow strong as quickly as possible.
For this reason, he would spare no cost and stop at nothing!
“I’m truly looking forward to it.”
Lord said with a smile: “If S.H.I.E.L.D. knew that there were Gods of Death and Hollows, Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, these two major organizations, in this World, what kind of reaction would they make?”
Early the next morning.
Coulson, with a weary look on his face, and Agent Mei, under orders, came to Hells Kitchen together to check out the battle that had happened here yesterday!
“Are the reports out?”
Coulson came to the side of the technicians, looking at the entire blocked-off street, and couldn’t help exclaiming: “Terrifying, an entire street was destroyed…”
“The entire street was destroyed…”
Agent Mei on the side observed for a moment and frowned, saying: “From the degree of destruction and the situation of the street, it’s simply as if it was instantly sliced through by some kind of Sharp Weapon!”
“A Sharp Weapon? Sliced?”
Coulson muttered these two words, murmuring: “Could it be some kind of high-tech weapon?”
“No.”
A technician walked over and said: “From the situation at the scene, there are no high-energy residuals appearing, which means it wasn’t caused by high-tech weapons.”
“Strange…”
Coulson leaned down, carefully inspecting the damage to the street, and puzzledly said: “These fractured edges are extremely smooth, simply as if they were cut open by a blade!”
“Cut open by a blade?”
Mei laughed in disbelief, saying: “Stop joking, this street is a full hundred and eighty meters long; what kind of blade could be that long?”
“Hmm…”
Coulson remained silent, unexplained light flashing in his eyes, “Don’t jump to conclusions too early, Mei. You know, this isn’t our first time seeing such abnormal situations!”
To this, Mei made no comment.
Another technician said: “Right, we checked the surveillance and found that there was still a survivor here last night.”
“Oh?”
Coulson raised an eyebrow, pleasantly surprised: “Still a survivor? Great, maybe we can squeeze something out of his mouth!”
“Let’s hope so.”
Mei shrugged and said: “However, I don’t hold out hope for this. After all, survivors like this are generally useless.”
Inside a sealed interrogation room.
Jack, who was still in the hospital, was taken away by a group of suddenly appearing men in black claiming to be the FBI, and brought all the way here.
“Who are you?”
Jack was tied to a chair, shouting with a panicked expression: “Where is this? What right do you have to arrest me? Let me out quickly!”
“Good morning, Mr. Jack.”
Coulson was wearing a crisp suit, slowly sitting opposite Jack, and then unhurriedly said: “I have a few questions to ask, and I hope you can cooperate well.”
“Who are you?”
Jack struggled, roaring with an angry expression: “Let me out! What you’re doing is illegal!”
Coulson crossed his arms over his chest and smiled: “Mr. Jack, please don’t panic. We are the FBI. Bringing you here is just to ask a few questions.”
“Fuck you!”
Jack cursed angrily: “So what if you’re the FBI? I simply won’t answer you, and I’m going to sue you for unlawful imprisonment!”
“Feel free.”
Coulson unhurriedly picked up a piece of Materials, his eyes scanning over it, and read:
“Jack Morse, male, twenty-two years old, peripheral member of the Penguin Gang, imprisoned for three months due to brawling, and after getting out, participated in activities such as drug trafficking and human kidnapping. Am I correct?”
“You… you…”
Jack was so shocked he couldn’t speak.
Coulson put down the Materials and said indifferently: “Charged under these crimes, Mr. Jack, you will be sentenced to Death. But if you are willing to cooperate, I can pretend nothing happened and let you leave here.”
“R-Really?”
Jack unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
“Really.”
Coulson crossed his hands against his chest and said leisurely: “After all, there are too many hooligans like you. Arresting you is not within the FBI’s jurisdiction—of course, on the premise that you are willing to cooperate with us.”
“I’ll cooperate! I’ll cooperate!”
Jack stopped struggling and said with an ashen face: “What do you want to ask? I can tell you everything!”
“Very good, Mr. Jack.”
Coulson smiled: “Trust is the foundation of mutual cooperation. It seems you already understand. So please tell me, what on Earth happened last night?”
“Last night…”
A trace of fear flashed in Jack’s eyes, and he subconsciously trembled: “Last night… I… I saw the Shinigami!”
Coulson, who came out of the interrogation room, had an extremely solemn expression.
Passing through numerous checkpoints, he came all the way to the highest level of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
“Director!”
Coulson came to the Director’s office and said seriously: “I have a very important matter to report to you!”
“Coming again?”
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director Nick Fury turned his chair around, rubbing his temples with two fingers, and said helplessly: “Speak, what is it this time?”
“Last night in Hells Kitchen in Manhattan, a battle took place, destroying one of the streets. After investigating, we found a survivor and obtained some intelligence from his mouth!”
“Oh?”
Nick Fury sensed from Coulson’s solemn expression that this matter might not be simple: “What intelligence is it?”
Coulson took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: “It’s intelligence concerning the ‘Shinigami’ and the ‘Hollow’!”