On the underground floor that was brightly illuminated, except for the cold walls and the metal base with a cold light, there was only Leo, a solitary living person.
He smiled faintly, shook the unknown emotions out of his mind, cheered up again, and was ready to continue working.
Suddenly, Stim's ever-energetic voice sounded again in the empty underground level:
"Buzz~ Master, I received a strange call. The caller's location is in Oakland, California. Are you connected?"
Oakland, California?
Leo's heart moved slightly, and he thought of a possibility:
"Connected."
As soon as the call was connected, a rough voice came from the receiver:
"Is it Boss Erwin? I'm Green Fist."
The Green Fist brothers were sent by Bucky to search for Eric's whereabouts all over California. They had been away for several months.
Today he suddenly called back. It seems that the search has yielded results.
But when he called, he also called Bucky directly. Why did he call here suddenly?
Thinking of this, Leo asked:
"I'm Erwin Green Fist, what happened?"
"We found Eric Stevens, but this guy is very naughty!"
Green Fist's voice sounded a little annoyed,
"We just found out about his whereabouts last night, and went to his house early this morning to confirm the information.
At that time, he was carrying a schoolbag and was about to go out, but when he saw a few of us at the stairs, he immediately rushed to the rooftop with vigilance.
Moreover, that kid actually has a pistol in his hand, can you believe it?!
But he didn't dare to shoot, he just held it to scare us, otherwise, one of us might die!"
Green Fist is still a little scared now. At that time, he was the first to catch up with Eric and was ready to catch Eric and question him.
But who would have thought that a child with no hair in his hair would suddenly take out a pistol from his crotch...
Fortunately, Green Fist also experienced life and death in the fire, and instantly rolled off the rooftop.
Eric seemed to have never actually fired a gun. He just held the gun in both hands and pointed it at the rooftop stairs tremblingly, without daring to pull the trigger. Green Fist narrowly escaped death.
"The first time we had a stalemate with that kid, I ran down to find a public phone and called Boss Bucky. Boss Bucky told me to call you directly."
Green Fist explained the reason for the call to Leo,
"Boss Erwin, what should we do now?"
"Where is your detailed location now? I will try my best to get there within an hour."
Leo didn't expect this to be the case, and it seemed like he needed to make a trip in person.
Green Fist's eyes on the other end of the phone suddenly widened, as if he thought he heard wrongly, and couldn't help but remind Leo:
"Boss, we are in Oakland now, on the west coast of the United States! It is 4,600 kilometers away from New York City. You can't even get there by plane in an hour!"
"Where did all this nonsense come from? Tell me the location quickly."
Leo explained impatiently,
"If I say I can get there in an hour, I can definitely get there."
"Oh, okay, boss. We are at No. 38 Jackson Street, Oakland. This is a 12-story residential building. There is a basketball court in front of the building, which is easy to identify."
Finally, Green Fist showed his sincerity and said,
"How about I wait for you downstairs?"
"No, just hold Eric for an hour and ask him not to go downstairs. Try not to attract other people's attention. If anyone notices anything unusual, run away first and then contact Bucky and ask Bucky to contact me."
Green Fist quickly promised to do as he was told, and Leo immediately hung up the phone and walked quickly to the laboratory.
Listening to what Red Fist just described, the place where they found Eric was very similar to the scene where Enjob died in the movie "Black Panther".
Could it be said that after the death of his father Njobu, Eric stayed at home and did not go anywhere?
That's right, a child of about ten years old is lonely and helpless. He stays at home and has a place to stay and thoughts. He dares to run around.
Moreover, he didn't even dare to fire a gun now, which was so different from Eric who was so decisive in killing later.
You know, Eric in the future joined the federal special forces and killed people all over the United States, Afghanistan, and Iraq, nicknamed the Killer.
But now he was still a helpless orphan suffering the pain of losing his father. Leo suddenly felt that it was really good to use him?
But Leo didn't want Eric to embark on the same old path of killing, so he decided to bring him back first.
After a while, Leo was standing in front of the shelf where the Viper 5th generation was stored. He mobilized his mechanical power and automatically put on the Viper 5th generation armor on his body.
A while ago, Leo had planned a special elevator in the El Building. At this time, he took this special elevator directly to the rooftop.
Looking up and looking around, the armor suddenly ignited and Leo flew into the sky.
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Forty-six minutes later, Leo, flying at full speed, had arrived over Auckland according to the navigation guidance.
Oakland and San Francisco are not far away, and are also three hours behind New York City. At this time, it was just ten o'clock in the morning local time in Oakland, and most people were still working hard at their posts.
In addition, it was raining lightly and dark clouds were gathering in the sky, so when Leo flew over the residential building that Green Fist mentioned according to the auxiliary navigation system, he did not attract anyone's attention.
He floated at a height of about two hundred meters on the top of the building, turned on the improved auxiliary detection system, and scanned the entire rooftop.
The detection system quickly discovered the little black boy hiding behind a water tank.
At this time, he was squatting on the ground, with his back leaning against the water tank, his hands tightly holding a pistol that could only be held, and the fine raindrops had already wet his clothes.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew, and he shivered from the cold, looking pitiful and helpless.
Leo, who was flying in the sky, sighed silently, dived and rolled, and floated steadily in front of Eric.
Little Eric was staring nervously at the entrance of the corridor, fearing that the five strong men who suddenly appeared just now would come to arrest him again.
At this moment, he saw the strange flying armor that suddenly appeared in front of him. He was so frightened that he opened his mouth wide and dropped his pistol to the ground.
After a moment, he seemed to have suddenly gone crazy, jumped up, pointed at Leo and shouted:
"You lackeys of Wakanda, you killed my father, and now you think of me, you want to come back and kill me, right?!
Come on! I, Eric, didn’t run away, I’m just here waiting for you to kill me!
It is a lie to say that the people of Wakanda are like one family and black people are like brothers!
Your king killed his own brother, and now he sends people to kill his nephew, a bunch of liars and murderers!"
Eric seemed to have misunderstood something, because in the stories he had heard since childhood, only Wakanda could have such a one-man suit that could fly.
And he found claw-shaped scars on the chest of his father's body, and he also saw a strange aircraft on the night of Njobu's death, so it must have been the King Black Panther who killed his father, and he was convinced of this.
So at this time, he subjectively believed that Leo was sent by Wakanda to kill him and eliminate his roots.
He no longer has a father, he has not seen his mother since he was a child, and even the property left by his father before his death was taken away by Njobu's original friend, the twin brothers.
He has nothing now but his life, and now his life is not guaranteed.
At this time, he could only vent the fear and anger in his heart through crazy insults.
Leo didn't speak, because he knew that Eric wouldn't listen to any advice at this time, so he might as well let him vent.