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Chapter 528: A Distress Call from New York · Oct 11, 2026

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501 Chapter 501: The Ship That Swept Everything Aside 2026-10-11
502 Chapter 502: A Long-Overdue Contact 2026-10-11
503 Chapter 503: Atmospheric Hyper-Acceleration Launch System 2026-10-11
504 Chapter 504: The Armor’s First Real Combat Test 2026-10-11
505 Chapter 505: A Rescue That Wasn’t Quite Perfect 2026-10-11
506 Chapter 506: Withdrawal 2026-10-11
507 Chapter 507: Identity Exposed 2026-10-11
508 Chapter 508: Private Communication Line 2026-10-11
509 Chapter 509: The Videotape Appears 2026-10-11
510 Chapter 510: Informing the Young Master 2026-10-11
511 Chapter 511: Meeting Up 2026-10-11
512 Chapter 512: The Truth Revealed 2026-10-11
513 Chapter 513: Where the Serum Went 2026-10-11
514 Chapter 514: Sentry 2026-10-11
515 Chapter 515: The Tough Guy Who Insisted on Taking the Bus 2026-10-11
516 Chapter 516: The Secret Base Under Surprise Attack 2026-10-11
517 Chapter 517: Hints of the Blood God Ritual 2026-10-11
518 Chapter 518: The Man in the Medical Tank 2026-10-11
519 Chapter 519: Edgewood Tower 2026-10-11
520 Chapter 520: Infiltration 2026-10-11
521 Chapter 521: Corridor Showdown 2026-10-11
522 Chapter 522: Temple of Eternal Night 2026-10-11
523 Chapter 523: Showing Off Gets You Struck by Lightning 2026-10-11
524 Chapter 524: Dr. Johnson 2026-10-11
525 Chapter 525: Cleaning the Field 2026-10-11
526 Chapter 526: Wrapping Things Up 2026-10-11
527 Chapter 527: A Cleaner Los Angeles 2026-10-11
528 Chapter 528: A Distress Call from New York 2026-10-11
529 Chapter 529: The Elderly Woman with Dementia 2026-10-11
530 Chapter 530: The Eye of an Elder 2026-10-11
531 Chapter 531: Escaping Smoothly 2026-10-11
532 Chapter 532: Dinner After Surviving Disaster 2026-10-11
533 Chapter 533: Trouble Returns 2026-10-11
534 Chapter 534: The Only Candidate 2026-10-11
535 Chapter 535: The True Target 2026-10-11
536 Chapter 536: Superman vs. Void 2026-10-11
537 Chapter 537: Quicksilver Joins the Battle 2026-10-11
538 Chapter 538: Stepping on Air 2026-10-11
539 Chapter 539: The X-Men Enter the Fight 2026-10-11
540 Chapter 540: Fierce Battle 2026-10-11
541 Chapter 541: Miscalculation 2026-10-11
542 Chapter 542: The Void’s Temptation 2026-10-11
543 Chapter 543: The Mages of Kamar-Taj 2026-10-11
544 Chapter 544: A Battle Without Restraint 2026-10-11
545 Chapter 545: An Opportunity Too Dangerous to Swallow 2026-10-11
546 Chapter 546: Dormammu Interferes 2026-10-11
547 Chapter 547: A Good Sentry 2026-10-11
548 Chapter 548: Another Battle Against the X-Men 2026-10-11
549 Chapter 549: A Snap of the Fingers 2026-10-11
550 Chapter 550: Blurred Memories 2026-10-11

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The call came through to Henry’s personal mobile phone.

Naturally, the device was no longer connected to any self-destruct mechanism and functioned normally now.

”Mr. Henry Brown, please save us! Something like this has happened—I don’t know who else I can turn to. Where are you?”

A woman’s panicked, tearful voice came through the line.

Henry confirmed immediately that he had never spoken to her before and didn’t recognize the voice.

But since she clearly knew his name, he still replied calmly:

”Please calm down, ma’am. First—who are you?”

”I’m Maria Thomson, Miss Katharine Hepburn’s private caregiver. Miss Hepburn often mentioned you whenever she was lucid, and said that if there was ever any trouble, we could call you for help.”

In the winter of 1996, Katharine Hepburn had been hospitalized with pneumonia.

After her discharge, her health had remained poor, and the acting career she loved had completely come to a halt.

There were even reports that she had begun showing symptoms of dementia.

Henry didn’t know the name of her caregiver, but the circumstances matched.

Since this sounded serious, he skipped any suspicion and asked directly:

”Calm down and tell me what happened. Is Katharine alright?”

”It seems you’re not in New York, Mr. Brown. This is all over the news here. If you were in the city, there’s no way you wouldn’t know.”

”Don’t tell me another giant monster crawled out of the ocean and onto land again.”

Henry immediately thought of the earlier Godzilla incident in New York.

At that time, he had also checked on his elderly friend on the East Coast.

By coincidence, Katharine Hepburn had then been staying at her family seaside villa in Connecticut and escaped unharmed.

But this time, someone at her side was calling for help.

Clearly, the situation was serious.

As he turned on the office television, Henry said:

”Isn’t Sentinel in New York? What kind of disaster could he possibly fail to solve?”

The TV switched on directly to a news channel.

The screen showed scenes of civilians fleeing chaotically through disaster-stricken streets.

The image shook violently, with no anchor narration—meaning the cameraman was literally running for his life while filming.

As if answering Henry’s question, Maria Thomson said in despair over the phone:

”Sentinel is the one who went insane.”

At that moment, the tumbling camera on the TV spun once more before hitting the ground.

Henry recognized several iconic Manhattan landmarks.

Then the rolling stopped.

The camera pointed upward at a man floating in the air.

Sentinel.

Not only the strongest superhero of the era, but perhaps theoretically the strongest in the Marvel universe as well—existing on a completely different level from Captain Marvel.

Yet his expression looked nothing like the confident, warm, reassuring face people knew from television.

Instead, his face was sunken and grim.

His eyes were dead, like those of a fish.

This was...

The Void?

Sure enough, on-screen, spreading unnatural darkness swallowed anyone it touched.

All that remained of those people were black silhouettes burned into the world.

Then the horrifying footage was abruptly cut by the station and replaced with the anchor desk.

Realizing how severe the situation was, Henry asked urgently:

”Maria, where are you now? Are you at the Turtle Bay residence on East 49th Street?

”Besides you and Katharine, is anyone else there?

”I’m in New York too, just out at the moment, so I hadn’t seen the news. I only just caught what’s happening on a store TV by the roadside.”

As he said this, Henry was already standing in Stark Pictures’ underground parking garage beside his brown old Cadillac.

The woman on the line quickly replied:

”Yes, yes! We’re at East 49th Street, in Miss Hepburn’s home. Just the two of us.

”Her condition isn’t good. She absolutely refuses to leave.

”I can’t handle this situation alone, so I called you.”

Now understanding the circumstances, Henry immediately said:

”Alright, Maria. Listen carefully and stay calm.

”I’m driving there right now. I’ll take both of you to Katharine’s family seaside villa in Connecticut.

”What you need to do right now is pack the important things.

”Especially Miss Hepburn’s medications. Don’t forget those.

”When I arrive, I’ll knock on the door, and then we’ll bring her out together. Understood?”

”Yes, yes, Mr. Brown…”

The woman was still flustered.

”But when will you get here?”

”Just give me a few minutes. I’m hanging up now.”

Flying to the East Coast and then renting a car would already take too long.

Though the Void’s rampage was still some distance from Katharine Hepburn’s home, its destructive potential was impossible to estimate.

Henry had no intention of allowing that woman to come to harm.

So the fastest option—

Was to carry his own car there.

But New York was mutant territory.

Would the X-Men intervene to stop the Void?

Was Jean Grey—the Phoenix—currently there?

If one talked about Earth’s current combat power, the person most likely capable of stopping the Void was probably Jean Grey empowered by the Phoenix Force.

Forget the Thunderbolts.

Even a complete movie-version Avengers lineup probably wouldn’t be enough.

Call Captain Marvel back?

At her response speed, by the time she arrived, it would all be over.

And that didn’t even touch the issue of whether she could win.

More importantly, in this situation, would there be any political benefit in recalling Captain Marvel to fight Sentinel?

That was the real key to whether Nick Fury would act.

After all, in Avengers: Infinity War, the one-eyed old Black spymaster had waited until he himself was turning to dust before activating the pager.

He only used it because if he didn’t, he’d lose the chance forever.

Otherwise, when Thanos’ fleet openly invaded Earth for the Infinity Stones, would the man controlling the world’s greatest intelligence network really not know the planet was in danger?

Or had he simply trusted the Avengers to handle it—until he himself was dying and realized they’d lost control?

No matter how you framed it, Nick Fury was fundamentally a political creature.

If there was no advantage and no way to control the outcome, don’t expect him to commit.

The X-Men had their own problems recently as well.

At minimum, the government’s attitude toward mutants had been worsening.

Because the X-Men led by Mystique—Raven Darkhölme—were far less diplomatic than the team once led by Professor X.

Reports of defiance and refusal of orders appeared regularly.

So neither side could be relied upon.

The best strategy was simply to run far away.

If all he needed was transportation for evacuation, stealing a car in New York would be easiest.

But then how was he supposed to explain that to Katharine Hepburn?

That would be infinitely harder.

After thinking it over, Henry decided to carry his own car there.

The old lady’s dementia was only intermittent.

It wasn’t severe enough that she forgot everything or couldn’t tell reality from nonsense.

He could plausibly explain having driven to New York on business.

He absolutely could not explain stealing a random car to evacuate her.

So—

Being responsible was the better option.

Henry grabbed the underside of the front bumper with one hand.

Like a hydraulic jack, he lifted the entire car.

Then he slid beneath it, supporting it overhead—

And activated his flight ability, heading straight from Los Angeles to New York.

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