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Ch. 166 Arrival of the Male Muto
🕑 Added 2023-11-23 16:01:01 +0000 UTCIndeed, it was Johnny who had proposed the plan to divert the monster, but he hadn't considered carrying nuclear material to do so.
Those were two completely different matters.
"I used to think that superheroes should be quite responsible, but now it seems I may have been too optimistic," Russell said slowly as he looked at Johnny, whose face was filled with refusal.
Before Johnny could respond, Russell said to No. 3, who was controlling the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor, "No. 3, the task of diverting the monster is now yours. Let Mr. Storm see how the members of the Justice League execute their missions."
Although No. 3 wasn't a true human and didn't experience emotions like humans, it knew how to cooperate with Russell in the current situation.
"Understood, sir. I will not bring shame to the Justice League," No. 3 controlled the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor, nodding and responding seriously.
Afterward, No. 3 controlled the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor and took off, flying toward the Male Muto with the box containing weapon-grade enriched uranium.
"I'll go too!" Kara said to Russell as No. 3 took off.
"No need! No. 3 can handle everything," Russell replied.
He then turned to look at Johnny, who was standing beside Reed and Susan.
Currently, it wasn't just No. 3's Endosymbiotic Battle Armor that was flying toward the Male Muto. After No. 3's Unit took off, Hawkeye Barton followed in a S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet.
Apart from Barton, Coulson had also arranged a squadron of Quinjets, prepared to provide aerial support against the Male Muto.
One by one, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Quinjets took off, forming a formation as they flew toward the Male Muto.
However, the first to arrive in front of the Male Muto was not No. 3's Endosymbiotic Battle Armor, nor S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Quinjets, but the military's F-22 Raptor fighter jets.
Although the military wasn't a specialized department for dealing with abnormal creatures, they wouldn't stand idly by while the Male Muto landed in Hawaii.
Regardless of where the Male Muto had come from, the military had only one goal: to send it to meet its maker.
Hawaii's archipelago served as the logistical and command center for the U.S. military in the Pacific region and was the deployment area for the command center and strategic reserve of the Pacific theater of operations.
Nearly 60,000 American soldiers were stationed here.
Although it wasn't on the level of the mainland United States, it was still one of the most developed areas in the Pacific region.
Therefore, when the military received news of the Male Muto's arrival, they immediately dispatched fighter jets to deal with it.
'How should I put it? Russell could understand why the U.S. military had such thoughts.'
However, the soldiers stationed at the Hawaii base obviously had no idea what they were facing.
The few F-22 Raptors had just received orders and were preparing to fire missiles at the Male Muto when the Male Muto suddenly hovered in the air.
In the next moment, the claws of the Male Muto's front limbs emitted a red light.
Electromagnetic pulse!
Seeing the red light on the Male Muto's claws, Russell knew that it was about to use an electromagnetic pulse.
While the Male Muto didn't possess long-range attack capabilities, the powerful electromagnetic pulses generated by its claws could not only disrupt electronic devices within their range but also interfere with the creature's own bioelectrical currents.
If he remembered correctly, during the battle with Godzilla, the Male Muto had used electromagnetic pulses to interfere with Godzilla's bioelectric functions, weakening the power and usage of Godzilla's atomic breath.
Because it was hovering in mid-air, the Male Muto couldn't use its claws to forcefully touch the ground and release the powerful electromagnetic pulse, so it employed a clever method.
It raised its strong front limbs high, then let its claws touch each other.
The red light emitting from its claws collided abruptly, and an invisible and incredibly powerful electromagnetic pulse swept in a 360-degree radius, affecting everything around it.
The F-22 Raptors closest to the Male Muto didn't even have a chance to fire their missiles. All the instruments in their cockpits lost power, and the engines with jet flames went out.
Under the influence of gravity, these F-22s plummeted toward the sea surface without question.
The electromagnetic pulse launched by the Male Muto also hit No. 3's Endosymbiotic Battle Armor.
However, unlike the F-22 Raptors, the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor didn't crash.
The flying Endosymbiotic Battle Armor suddenly wavered.
But in the next moment, it returned to normal, with the engines on its feet and back emitting blue-white flames.
Russell had known about the Male Muto's ability to launch electromagnetic pulses; he couldn't possibly be unprepared. Although he hadn't made any special arrangements, he had informed No. 3 about the Male Muto's ability to launch electromagnetic pulses.
Knowing this information in advance, No. 3 wouldn't allow the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor to be affected by the electromagnetic pulse to the point of crashing.
No. 3's controlled Endosymbiotic Battle Armor avoided the possibility of crashing, but the Quinjets following No. 3 weren't so lucky.
Just like the military's F-22 Raptors, the Quinjets from S.H.I.E.L.D. lost power after being hit by the Male Muto's electromagnetic pulse.
