Natasha paused slightly at that.
Her Agent instincts kicked in.
Since the target had no hostility, she would try to communicate with him.
"What did you mean when you first said I was clean?"
"That, well, it's because you don't have the Plague on you."
The Plague Doctor squatted down and pulled out various tools from his bag that didn't seem to fit the bag's capacity.
These tools looked very old, as if they hadn't been cleaned for hundreds of years.
As the Plague Doctor pulled out a huge, rusty saw,
Fury's heart was in his throat again.
Natasha asked again, "The Plague you mentioned, does it refer to... the Black Death?"
His attire indeed made one think of medieval Doctors.
The biggest Plague in the Middle Ages was naturally the Black Death.
"To simply understand the Plague as a disease is very unprofessional, my beautiful lady," the Plague Doctor said without looking up.
"Then, what exactly is this Plague?"
As soon as Natasha finished speaking, the Plague Doctor froze.
Then, he squatted down.
He hit his head hard: "Uh, you know, it's just... I can't explain it clearly, it's that thing, oh dear."
He seemed to be trying hard to recall something, but just couldn't remember it.
Under the light screen.
"So, he actually doesn't know what the Plague refers to? Then isn't he just randomly killing people?"
"I don't think so. He didn't kill that beautiful Agent."
"Right, and he also said she was clean. So, he clearly kills with a purpose."
"Ah, so what exactly does the Plague refer to? I'm so curious!"
In the S.H.I.E.L.D. Spaceship.
Fury was pensive.
"He killed HYDRA's people, but left Natasha, which means HYDRA's people have the Plague..."
He couldn't help but touch his smooth head.
He also couldn't figure out what the Plague was.
...
Kamar-Taj.
Ancient One looked at the light screen above her head and thought, "He purposefully eliminates the Plague, but doesn't remember why. It's like a cursed dark creature."
She recalled a dark creature she had dealt with over a hundred years ago.
That thing was cursed and very powerful.
Ancient One had paid the price of several of her beloved disciples to finally eliminate it.
She was pensive: "The Plague in his mouth... could it refer to good and evil? No. Good and evil are not so clearly black and White."
Even the most intelligent person on Earth, Ancient One, couldn't be sure what the Plague was.
...
Asgard.
Loki looked at the floating bullet comments.
"Foolish Earthlings, actually analyzing the words of a madman," Loki said disdainfully, crossing his arms.
...
As everyone discussed, the Plague Doctor began to act.
He squatted down beside Crossbones's corpse, holding a rusty saw and scalpel covered in dried blood.
Natasha immediately had a bad premonition.
Then, Natasha witnessed a scene she would never forget in her life.
As a top Agent, she had seen many gruesome scenes.
But seeing what the Plague Doctor did, her face immediately turned White, and acid churned in her stomach.
Natasha closed her eyes, trying hard to forget everything that had just happened.
...
"Ugh, I can't take it, brothers, I need to throw up again."
"Yuck, this is too... it can no longer be described as disgusting or cruel, oh my god, I wish I hadn't seen it."
"Ah, he pulled out the intestines... ugh..."
"Oh my god, what did he dig out? It's red and squirming?"
"Ah, why did he peel off the skin...?"
In S.H.I.E.L.D.
Many well-trained Agents started throwing up.
The air was filled with sour and foul smells.
Fury's mouth was puffed out.
He felt like he was about to spray something out any second.
He tried hard to remain calm.
If he threw up in public, the Director's image would be ruined.
He had thought the Plague Doctor would dissect the body, but he didn't expect it to be so...
Saying it was cruel was far from enough.
Nick also couldn't find the words to describe it.
How could such a perverted surgery bring a corpse back to life?
The hands and feet were even reattached incorrectly!
In Kamar-Taj, the magic apprentices also started throwing up.
But Ancient One was very calm.
She had seen many dark creatures do much crueler things.
She carefully observed the Plague Doctor's every move, hoping to discover something useful.
But she completely didn't understand what the Plague Doctor was doing.
It didn't look like he was using magic.
Nor was he performing the duties of a Doctor.
Rather, he was like an innocent child with terrifying power, wantonly playing and reassembling a "toy."
...
Asgard.
Loki, being a god, naturally had no reaction to the surgery.
He looked disdainfully at the Plague Doctor's every move.
"He really is a madman, how could this bring a corpse back to life...?"
But the next moment, his eyes widened.
...
As the Plague Doctor's surgery was completed,
Crossbones's corpse slowly stood up.
His eyes were empty, without a target.
His movements were slow, without direction.
Just like a shell from which the soul had been drawn.
"Holy crap, it really came back to life?!"
"It appeared, it appeared! A zombie!"
"Holy crap, I saw a live zombie! No regrets in this life!"
"This movie is so realistic. Doesn't this zombie's acting kill those young idols by 18 streets?"
"Upstairs, I forbid you to insult zombies."
"How was this filmed? Those internal organs just now were too realistic!"
"Hey, special effects. Technology is so advanced these days, what's strange about that."
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nick shook his head in disbelief: "What did he do... Is it magic?"
At this moment, Fury's little scheme started up again.
He looked at the zombie with a hint of greed.
He couldn't control the Plague Doctor.
But he could control the zombie!
As soon as his team arrived on the scene, they would capture the zombie for research.
At that time, they would definitely uncover many secrets.
Perhaps they could follow the clues and find out who the S.H.I.E.L.D. mole was!
Thinking of this, he was momentarily excited.
On the light screen, the Plague Doctor moved quickly.
Soon after.
All the corpses on the scene turned into walking dead.
Dozens of zombies wandered around the open space, creating a unique and shocking sight.
Looking at his work, the Plague Doctor was very annoyed.
"Ah, it's like this again! This isn't what I wanted!"
He kept shaking his head.
Natasha, suppressing the churning in her stomach, asked, "What exactly do you want?"
The Plague Doctor was about to speak.
Outside, in the sky, several majestic helicopters roared as they approached.
Natasha looked up.
She found that these were not S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft.
Each aircraft had the Foundation's logo on it.
The audience under the light screen was very excited.
"This mysterious Foundation has appeared again!"
"How will they deal with the Plague Doctor? So nervous!"
"Will the zombies chew them up?"
Fury stared intently at the screen.
He wanted to see how the Foundation's people would discern what the Plague in 049's mouth was.
The Plague Doctor saw the Foundation's logo: "Oh, they're here."
Soon, the helicopters landed.
Dozens of fully armed Agents jumped out.