Chapter 16

The Chitauri came.

The Chitauri left.

Leaving behind Loki, the leader of this alien invasion event, and many Chitauri soldiers who were left on Earth and didn't have time to evacuate, and New York City, which was in a mess, left dejectedly.

Good news.

Loki has been caught, and even the Chitauri soldiers left on Earth have paralyzed in place like a power outage because they lost contact with their base camp.

The moment the space wormhole completely closed, the Chitauri soldiers still ravaging the sky of New York City instantly lost power, and fell from the sky one after another, like dumplings.

Very clearly.

This sudden alien invasion and Earth defense war finally achieved the final victory of Earth.

Bad news.

New York City suffered heavy damage, with the five blocks near Stark Tower being the most serious.

After all, that was the main battlefield, and it was almost beaten to pieces.

Other places in Manhattan suffered less damage, which is mainly compared with the damage degree of the main battlefield, but if compared with other places in New York City, it is also quite serious.

Next is the other districts of New York City.

But there is one exception.

"In Jackson Heights, Queens, a block was almost razed to the ground by the Chitauri."

"What?"

On the Helicarrier, the voice of Commander Maria Hill, who was wearing a combat suit and calling up satellite images of New York City, rings in the earpieces of the original Avengers who were happy because Iron Man woke up: "It's strange to say, the whole Queens district only suffered carpet bombing by the Chitauri in that block in Jackson Heights. According to data flow messages, those Chitauri ravaging in Queens seemed very angry, and then assembled towards that side."

The original Avengers, who were still on the main battlefield, look at each other, listening to this sentence from Commander Maria Hill in their earpieces.

Finally, Captain America speaks first.

"Why?"

"Not clear, the agent is already on the way."

Maria Hill says so, and then changes the subject: "The life signals of all Chitauri have disappeared, congratulations, Captain, we won."

As soon as this is said.

The original Avengers breathe a sigh of relief in unison, and then look at each other.

Afterwards...

Their faces all show happy expressions.

That night.

Not only TV stations in New York City, but even TV stations across the country and even the world are reporting the news of this Chitauri invasion of Earth.

There is no doubt.

The original Avengers, who were active on the main battlefield and were the main force in this war, were also officially exposed.

Captain America, Steve Rogers.

Iron Man, Tony Stark.

Thor, Thor.

Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff.

Hulk, Bruce Banner.

Hawkeye, Clint Barton.

Serious TV stations are almost reporting the details of this war.

And unserious TV stations are playing gossip news and wild history about the Avengers.

Among them, the most popular is naturally Captain America Steve Rogers, who was confirmed to have died and returned to life, and appeared again after disappearing for many years, with his appearance unchanged.

After all, Cap is the symbol of America in this world, and his popularity was already very high. Now he is staging a comeback from the dead, and his popularity has directly exploded.

For example, right now.

Hawk is eating the relief meal distributed by church personnel while watching the wild history about Cap played on an eighteen-inch old TV not far away.

No choice.

The apartment building where he lived has turned into a pile of ruins. Not only him, but also the people in their apartment, strictly speaking, the residents of that block where he lived are all homeless.

Because their block was cordoned off by a group of men in black suits and black ties half an hour after the war.

Some people who wanted to go back to see if they could rescue their assets from the ruins were not allowed.

If you ask, it's federal martial law, no entry.

But fortunately, the agency that cordoned off the block considered that they were homeless, found an unused hangar in LaGuardia Airport as their temporary shelter, and also found a nearby church to provide free food to help them get through the difficulties.

But...

Just as Hawk is gnawing on the bread in his hand and listening to Cap's wild history, sobbing sounds come from beside him.

Hawk comes back to his senses and turns to look.

Into his eyes.

A man who looks about thirty-five years old and is big and thick is now hugging his arms, burying his whole person between his legs. The crying sound was very small at first, but soon it turned into a wail.

A survivor on the side can't help but be curious.

"What's wrong with you."

"My house is gone."

"It's okay."

Thinking that something big happened to the crying man, but after hearing this, the survivor comforts: "We have insurance, don't worry."

It would have been better not to say this. As a result, the crying man hears this sentence and cries even more sadly.

This makes the survivor unable to handle it.

"What's wrong again? Didn't you buy insurance?"

"No, I bought it."

"Then..."

"I just called the insurance company." The crying man sobs, looking at the survivor who comforted him: "As a result, the insurance company said that alien invasion belongs to the exemption clause and is not within their scope of compensation."

The expression on the survivor's face freezes.

"What?"

"Exemption?"

"No way."

"Why doesn't the insurance company compensate?"

"No, I have to call quickly."

"..."