Chapter 498: Who Made Moon God Bloodthirsty? (1)

Chapter 498: Who Made Moon God Bloodthirsty? (1)

"Not taking action, that word isn't very accurate," Schiller replied.

He opened his mouth and showed a hesitant expression on his face, as if he didn't know how to express himself. He said, "I know you want me to provide some evidence so that you can shift the blame for this matter onto S.H.I.E.L.D."

"After all, Russian spies fall within your scope of work, and Hydra falls within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s scope of work. When the KGB used Hydra to successfully take over and expose all of this, both sides want to blame each other for their failures."

Marc squinted his eyes and asked, "So, Nick Fury did..."

Schiller first shook his head, then nodded slightly, followed by another shake of his head. Finally, he didn't say anything.

Subsequently, no matter how much Marc inquired, Schiller remained silent. Marc understood that he might have hit a crucial point.

So, with a growing urgency to get answers, he repeated his questions and looked for other opportunities to make Schiller speak.

Schiller remained silent for a while, nearly exhausting Marc's patience. He finally spoke again, asking, "Aren't you a CIA investigator? Interrogation shouldn't be your job. Why are you bothering me here?"

Marc crossed his arms and stood in front of Schiller, seemingly hesitating whether to answer the question.

During an interrogation, a constant refusal and aggressive questioning weren't always the best approach. Some compliance and answering, through seemingly unimportant questions, could help make the interrogated person talk. Agents often used such minor questions to prompt the interrogated to talk more until they revealed their information.

"I was originally a field operative, but due to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operational mistakes that damaged U.S. international reputation, the CIA came under significant pressure. So, I was ordered to thoroughly investigate this matter."

Before saying these words, Marc made sure he didn't reveal any important information, but Schiller had gleaned the intelligence he sought.

Marc Spector, a CIA agent, was also the Marvel superhero Moon Knight.

In the comic's storyline, Marc, after leaving the CIA, became a mercenary. He was killed during a mission in Egypt and later resurrected by Moon God Khonshu, becoming his agent on Earth, the so-called Moon Knight.

This superhero's background story leaned towards mystery, but even more interesting was his other aspect – he had dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder.

In the comics, he had three personas: the mercenary, the millionaire, and the taxi driver. In the TV adaptation, these personas transformed into a mercenary, a timid museum employee, and an enigmatic third persona named Jack.

Currently, Marc's mental state appeared stable, despite Schiller's attempts to provoke extreme emotions. The so-called Moon God Khonshu was nowhere to be seen.

If we follow the comic's timeline, Marc, who hadn't yet resigned from the CIA, might not have gone to Egypt for the mercenary mission, meaning he likely hadn't encountered Moon God Khonshu and hadn't become Moon Knight yet.

Schiller sighed, feeling somewhat disappointed.

Originally, his plan was to provoke Marc's emotions, force Moon God Khonshu to appear, and then capture him to work for the Avengers.

In an instant, the figure of Moon God Khonshu vanished, leaving behind a voice filled with murderous intent echoing in the room, "Marc, kill him!"

With a "bang," Schiller transformed into The Grey Mist again, evading the attack of the twin blades that came his way. The Grey Mist swiftly passed through the railings and the door, racing down the corridor. Moon Knight also sprinted at the same speed, chasing after Schiller.

Schiller shouted as he flew, "Even if you don't like sales pitches, is killing me really necessary?! Your temper is terrible!"

"Iron Man! Captain America! Spider-Man! Come quickly!

Spacedemon gods are invading!

Where are the Avengers? Help us out!

!"

Flying along the twisting and dark corridors of the S.H.I.E.L.D. base, Schiller caught glimpses of Moon God Khonshu repeatedly appearing in the dark corners. His terrifying hollow eyes locked onto him. Although the monstrous face, distorted in shape, didn't display any expressions, Schiller could feel the anger emanating from her.

As The Grey Mist finally emerged from the underground base to the surface, Schiller noticed that it was already nighttime. Strangely, the moon in the sky was becoming rounder and rounder. Schiller was perplexed. Which sentence did he say wrong to make Moon God Khonshu so furious that she altered the celestial phenomenon?

Simultaneously, Marc, who was chasing after Schiller, had the same question. Everything was happening too quickly.

Initially, he saw Schiller manifest non-human traits and instinctively summoned his costume. However, to his surprise, that eerie and horrifying mist spewed out classic sales lines with every breath!

What surprised Marc even more was that Moon God Khonshu was an extremist hate-driven marketer who directly ordered him to kill Schiller.

While Marc didn't intend to follow Khonshu's command, he needed to stop Schiller and understand what was happening.

Under the moonlight, between buildings, the two kept running and chasing. After circling around New York, Schiller finally stopped.

He realized that tonight, the Avengers seemed to be on vacation. There was no Iron Man flying in the sky, no Spider-Man leaping between buildings. Even if he led Khonshu around again, there would be no one to fight the threat.

Schiller sighed and halted on the rooftop of a building. He transformed back into his human form and extended his hand, saying, "Stop! Let's first figure out what's going on, okay?"

Moon God Khonshu still radiated a desire for violence, but Marc managed to control his rationality. He stopped and gazed at Schiller with his glowing eyes. Schiller began by asking, "How did you become Moon Knight?"

Marc paused, seemingly surprised that Schiller asked him this question. However, upon hearing it, he instinctively began to recall that thrilling adventure in Egypt.

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