[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-hunter":3,"chapter-marvel-hunter-marvel-hunter-chapter-67":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: Hunter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1590121,2056,"Chapter 67: It's Him","marvel-hunter-chapter-67",67,"\u003Cp>Nick Fury pointed at the timestamp on the surveillance footage and gave an order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rewind. Pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no movement. The hammer was still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Play it immediately, then pause.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the soldier had learned his lesson. Without waiting even a second, he quickly hit the play\u002Fpause button twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, nothing was captured on camera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the hammer was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury frowned. \"Rewind, again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was a nerve-wracking loop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the footage slowed down to the maximum, Nick Fury and Natasha kept instructing the poor officer to rewind, play, pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rewind, play, pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rewind, play, pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rewind, play, pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer lost count of how many times he had done it. Time became a blur. His spirit was close to breaking. He seriously suspected that Nick Fury and Natasha were just messing with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he wasn't trained like Natasha since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'm just a regular soldier occasionally assigned to sensitive operations. Why are you doing this to me?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid all this inner grumbling, Nick Fury finally decided to relieve the poor guy and take over with Natasha personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Nick Fury and Natasha were Level 10 agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it came to endurance and patience, they were unparalleled. Both had hidden in sewage pits during missions—managing a playback console was nothing to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, it still took them three full hours...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they caught a faint clue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natasha seemed to notice something and spoke up immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury hit the pause button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look here!\" Natasha pointed at the general's shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, nothing seemed off. But both of them were elite agents. After carefully analyzing it several times, they finally spotted something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the general's shadow, there was a small bulge—gray with a silver edge—its material looked like \"fabric.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On its own, the bulge might be dismissed as nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the two of them already had a strong suspicion about who had stolen the hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing this fabric-like bulge and merging it with the image in their minds—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That looks like a hat brim,\" Natasha murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's him after all,\" Nick Fury said, rubbing his temples with both hands and slowly exhaling, suddenly feeling a headache coming on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Blaine were present, he could probably read Nick Fury's thoughts:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fury: Oh shit, Motherf—!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief moment, Nick Fury shook his head. \"I didn't expect this Bounty Hunter, Blaine, to also have the ability to control people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what's the point of stealing this alien hammer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natasha replied without hesitation, \"He probably received a mission from someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can we find out who?\" Nick Fury asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might not be able to deal with Blaine directly, but the person who gave him the mission was a different story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bounty Hunters have no obligation to protect their clients. Once payment is made, the connection ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, Nick Fury wouldn't hesitate to give that mission-giver a \"lesson.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while he's at it—reclaim Thor's hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natasha nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, Blaine had disabled several of his protective barriers. Even Harold Meachum—who had faked his death but was actually being held prisoner—knew where Blaine lived. Naturally, so did S.H.I.E.L.D.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn't bothered him before because there was no mission requiring his help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for identifying who issued the mission, that was relatively easy—unless they used some extremely unusual method of communication. Otherwise, S.H.I.E.L.D. could definitely track it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Natasha, this Blaine is becoming more and more mysterious,\" Nick Fury muttered. \"A hammer that countless people can't even lift, and he just walks off with it... all because of a mission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natasha nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't understand him either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such immense power, he could easily rob the rich and earn far more than from any mission. Based on what he showed today, he could even control a billionaire and have wealth rolling in. So why go around taking on missions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that he doesn't want to do illegal things? That's impossible—he's clearly killed many people. The law means nothing to someone like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Say he's greedy… but he has better ways to make money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Say he's not… but he pinches every penny, like he'll destroy you if you short him by a dollar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blaine (internal monologue): I want to rob people, damn it! If stolen money actually counted for me, I'd rob the whole world. Trillions! Tens of trillions! Wouldn't that be sweet? I could crush Living Tribunal in seconds!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury's wariness of Blaine rose yet another level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With power like that, he was a terrifying threat to anyone. What if he got angry one day and controlled someone to launch a nuke? Earth's gone. GG. Game over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Nick Fury's plan for the Avengers Initiative was now burning brighter than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, it was just a consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, they'd only brought in Tony, Natasha, and Hawkeye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Tony had been acting weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after receiving the inheritance from his father, Howard—he'd been in a sour mood constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nick Fury didn't worry too much about that. Forming the Avengers was now his top priority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loki hadn't even shown up to steal the Tesseract yet, but the Avengers Initiative had already been fast-tracked—all because of Blaine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before implementing this secret plan—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They needed to retrieve the alien hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*************************************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can get access to early chapters on patr*on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like my work and you want to support me then you can become my patron on patre*n.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My patr*on account is Lord_Immortal_0170\u003C\u002Fp>",923,"2026-06-06T09:11:28.860Z",1,"novelbin.me","aba24570030a229d78e1b873e1546edb50bf13cb71ee31952f25bf06fee76696","marvel-hunter-chapter-316","marvel-hunter-chapter-315",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-hunter-cover.jpg"]