"Babaji!"
Steve saw Babaji, wrapped in metal by Metal Nine-tails, and dropped his shield in shock. Then he rushed forward in an instant.
George saw the situation and gestured for Metal Nine-tails to put Babaki down on the ground.
"Babaki, you're not dead! That's really great... oww!"
Steve moved forward and picked up Babaji, his emotions running wild with excitement.
The most important thing to him, after his beloved woman, Katya, was his brother Babaki, with whom he had grown up and shared countless life-and-death experiences.
Steve had originally thought that Babaki had died in that mission, but he never expected to see him again after being frozen for over sixty years. The thought of reuniting with his brother brought him immense joy.
Unfortunately, Steve knew Babaji, but the Babaji with his memories erased by brainwashing didn't recognize him. Without hesitation, he delivered a heavy punch to Steve's chin using his mechanical arm.
If it weren't for Steve's extraordinary body, a normal person would likely have their jaw shattered from such a blow.
The punch sent Steve flying, and Babaki turned quickly in the direction of the school entrance, running towards it.
Babaji's memories were erased by brainwashing, but his intelligence remained intact. Knowing full well that he was no match for Steve, his natural reaction was to run away as soon as possible.
"George!"
As Babaki's figure gradually disappeared, while the metal statues did not pursue him, Colson and the others became increasingly worried.
And George simply waved his hand:
"It's all right, he can't escape."
"Son, if you want to leave, you have to ask me first!"
Just as George finished speaking, a loud shout echoed from the guard's office at the school gate.
It was Colonel Bronsky, the school gatekeeper, transforming into the Abomination and stepping out from inside.
As he saw Babaki leaping towards the school gate directly, Steve immediately reached out and grabbed him, then walked back with him confidently.
"I never thought it would be him!"
Colson immediately recognized the Abomination's identity after seeing him.
The events that happened between the Abomination, Hulk, and George in Times Square were all meticulously recorded by SHIELD.
Shield believed that the Abomination had been killed by George, only to find out that he had become the school's gatekeeper.
Because of that incident, General Ross had been causing Nick Fury a lot of trouble for a long time, hoping that Nick Fury could contact George to hand over the Hulk and the Abomination.
In the end, Nick Fury could only take out some black materials about General Ross that SHIELD had collected, some illegal experiments, which temporarily shut his mouth.
"He must have been brainwashed by Hydra's people with some kind of machine, Professor. Could you please help him regain his memories?"
George greeted Professor X and then approached Sitwell.
Sitwell is a high-level agent within Hydra, responsible for most of the recruitment efforts of SHIELD agents and knows many secrets about Hydra.
"Phasing Mind Control!"
George extended his hand and pressed it against Sitwell's head, using the psychic ability to cast the spell.
Garrett is a turned agent, but he is not entirely trusted by Hydra. He doesn't know many of their secrets, such as the location where they are using the Tesseract to create energy weapons.
"Found it."
Moments later, George withdrew his hand with a smile.
He had retrieved the location of the Tesseract from Sitwell's memories.
Compared to Hydra and Hydra's Insight Plan, he cares more about one of the Infinity Stones, the Space Gem.
His plan was that since Hydra could extract energy from the Space Gem to create energy weapons using machines, he could also use machines to extract energy and see if he could use it for meditation.
If so, he would essentially have a magical crystal of infinite energy.
If it doesn't work, the extracted energy can still be used for the construction of the school, which can serve as an energy device, converting it into electricity to supply the entire floating city.
Moreover, the Space Gem in his possession is more secure.
Even if Loki escapes from the prison in the Nine Realms and reunites with Thanos, seeking the Tesseract on Earth, he would have to get past him first.
Without the Tesseract, he cannot transfer the large army of the Chitauri.
"How about it?"
Seeing George check Sitwell's memories, Natasha and Coulson hurried over.
George calmly replied:
"According to Sitwell's memories, three aerospace carriers will take off in about an hour."
"There's only one hour left; we have to leave immediately!"
The expressions of Natasha, Coulson, Hill, and Hawkeye, the only four remaining high-ranking agents, immediately grew serious.
It takes about an hour to fly from New York to Washington. If we don't leave now, everything will be lost once the three aerospace carriers take to the skies.
Each aerospace carrier is not only equipped with the world's most advanced weapon system, but also has the ability to cloak and evade detection. Once successfully launched, their positions will be impossible to trace.
By then, we'll only be able to take the punches passively from below.
"Professor, how is it going?"
George didn't answer, but turned to look at Professor X on the other side.
Professor X withdrew his hand from Babaki's forehead and made an OK gesture at George.
"Okay, let Steve lead the team, with Babaki's normalization and Banner and Rudd, you can take the X-plane, and you should be able to arrive in Washington in half an hour."
He turned to look at Natasha and Coulson:
"Did I overuse my abilities? I need to rest and won't be joining the help."
Using the excuse of overusing abilities, he wanted to take the opportunity to visit Hydra's base for creating energy weapons and steal the Tesseract and the machine that can extract energy from it.
"Don't look like you've overused your abilities?"
Coulson looked at George, whose face was rosy and whose voice was strong, and murmured to himself silently.
He's not unfamiliar with supers, and supers who overuse their abilities can barely stand.
George certainly doesn't look like he's overusing his abilities, but honestly, the large-scale power use he just exhibited and being completely fine afterwards is a bit hard to explain.
So, while he had his doubts in his mind, he didn't voice them.
After all, with Captain America leading the team, there's also the iconic Wolverine, who can topple an entire army of HYDRA with his enhanced strength. There's also Winter Soldier, who knows the secrets of HYDRA.
They have a high chance of success, and George has indeed helped a lot.
With the most elite squad of Hydra wiped out, it's likely that there won't be much defense left at the Tri-Cornered Wing Building.
"Then thank you! If SHIELD is still around after the event, let us know if there's anything we can help with, and we will do our best to assist you!"
Before Nick Fury's death, he had handed the Cube, symbolizing all the hidden SHIELD bases, to Coulson, indicating that he was passing on the leadership of SHIELD to him.
After this matter is over, if SHIELD still exists, Coulson will be the new Director of SHIELD.
