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  Chapter 201 The Strange King of Snow Mountain

  ["It likes to attack lone tourists. When it comes into contact with a tourist, it will not do anything but take off its goggles and demand to make eye contact."]

  ["When someone looks at him, they will be hypnotized and feel their body warm. They will be unable to help but approach the Snow Mountain King. Once they do this, the Snow Mountain King will ask the tourist to follow him. No one knows where the Snow Mountain King will take them."]

  ["The King of Snow Mountains will not only hypnotize one person, but if it encounters lone tourists, it will continue to hypnotize them, expand its team, and take them back to its territory. As for what it will do, we don't know. The only thing we know is that it has never seen those hypnotized tourists again."]

  ["If someone around you reminds you at this time, you can interrupt the Snow Mountain King's hypnosis, because the Snow Mountain King's hypnosis can only work on one person. What will happen when he faces several climbers? We haven't received any information so far, but we haven't seen any climbers go down the mountain."]

  ["Perhaps the legend that there are messengers from the spirit world leading the souls of the dead on the snowy mountains to the spirit world is passed down from someone who saw the Snow Mountain King hunting."]

  ["After those people disappeared, one to two hours later, we found their bodies near the snowy mountains. Without exception, they all died of hypothermia. However, that's not all. After dozens of hours, these bodies turned into mummies, looking like they had been dead for a long time."]

  [Faced with the monster in the snowy mountains, our containment team is always trying to contain the Snow Mountain King. However, Mount Everest is like the Snow Mountain King's backyard. No matter how hard we try or how many advanced equipment we use, we can't find the Snow Mountain King. We even lost some members of the task force.]

  ["After our hard work and exploration on the snowy mountain, we finally found a survivor who escaped from the Snow Mountain King. His name is L. We hope to learn more about the Snow Mountain King from him."]

  █████: Tell me what happened after you encountered the monster.

  L: It was about 13:00, I don't think it was 10 minutes after leaving the summit. This is the hardest part of climbing. You reach the summit, you are so excited and proud of yourself, and feel that you have completed the hardest challenge of your life, and then you find that you have to do it again immediately or you will end up like the others who died. The others were 5-6 meters ahead of me - I fell behind for a while while adjusting my hood. That's when I saw it coming over the ridge.

  █████: What was your first reaction when you saw it?

  L: Surprise, at least. We were told no one else was climbing that day. I figured he must have come up the other side, or been left behind by his partner. I should have waved to get his attention.

  █████: What happened after you got its attention?

  L: It looked at me, and then it started. I suddenly felt…happy? Relaxed? It was like the pain, sadness, and coldness had left me. I couldn't feel the blisters on my feet anymore, and I could feel the tip of my nose again. It was like I was back in ██████████ and was warming my feet in front of the fireplace, and it felt like I had forgotten all my troubles and I was enjoying a complete rest. But…

  █████: ...but?

  L: Haven't you heard of the paradoxical undressing phenomenon? When your body starts to cool down, really cool down, your blood vessels dilate and you start to feel warmer. So you start to undress because you think you need to cool down - and everyone knows what happens, you curl up naked in a snowbank and freeze to death. I had a friend who died that way in '98.

  █████: So you feel like this is all an illusion.

  L: Of course. So I tried to shrug it off, but I couldn't take my eyes off the guy and it was crawling towards me. And then everything went haywire.  

  █████: And then?

  L: All feelings of warmth and comfort were gone. I was suddenly cold - colder than I'd ever felt before. Colder than I'd ever felt. I couldn't feel my fingers or my face. My lips were cracking. I tried to breathe and my lungs felt like they were full of water. My legs seemed to clamp down and I fell. My companions were about 30 meters away from me. I tried to yell to them but could only whisper. I watched as the man - the thing - kept coming.

  █████: How long did it take for it to get to you?

  L: An hour? I'm not sure. I couldn't check my watch and I couldn't feel anything. I tried to move my arms on the ground and it was my legs that moved instead. It looked like even if I recovered now I wouldn't be able to get back to camp before dusk. I was beginning to think I was really going to die on the mountain this time - but I felt even worse about that man. The closer it got, the more I felt something in the back of my head - something repressed, and threatening, and worse, hatred.

  █████: What happened when it got to you?

  L: It grabbed me with its arms and pulled me in front of it. I looked straight into those goggles, those eyes…

  █████: Goggles or eyes?

  L: None. Both. I don't know. I can see things in there. I can't see them, but I can... feel them. Images and feelings in my mind. Anger, and happiness, and... confusion.

  █████: Chaos?

  L: I don't think it's used to people resisting it. It asked a question.

  █████: It spoke?

  L: Not words, not really. I could hear it, but not with my ears. I saw images of people - people sitting in the bathtub, lying by the campfire, sunning themselves on the beach. Warm, happy people. But I knew their faces. I'd seen their faces in books, in pictures, of people who had gone up the mountain and didn't come down. I saw Green Boots! The one who was still in the Death Zone. And I heard its questions.

  █████: What's the problem?

  L: "You refused my gift?"

  (L is very uneasy at this point and is silent for a moment)

  █████: Go on.

  L: It was hard to feel what was happening... but I knew that this thing in front of me was a greater threat than any storm or any snowstorm. Moving my lips was harder than anything I've ever done... but I did it, and I told it "yes."

  (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 202 The Relationship between the Snow Mountain King and the Shy Ghost

  Investigator: So how did it respond?

  L: "I saw more images. The same people, lying in the snow, half dead. I felt like I was seeing them from its perspective. It felt like it was mocking the dead.

  I was freezing the whole time. It didn't say much to me - but it was angry with me. It was offended, angry, shocked. It was trying to tell me - to deny you the peace it offers you is ungrateful and comes at a heavy price!

  I asked it, "Why would you do that?"

  Investigator: What did it say?

  L: It mocked me.

  (L is silent again.)

  Investigator: A few more questions. How did it taunt you?

  L: It…it showed me one of its victims. Probably the first one, Mallory. That face was as familiar to me as my mother's, but I've never seen a face like that…or in that condition.

  There he lay, weak, frostbitten, dying.

  I watched from its perspective as he waved and yelled at the thing. It looked him in the eyes and it hypnotized him. It made me watch every second of that moment. I felt worse than death. And then it told me…

  (L is silent.)

  Investigator: Tell you what?

  L: "Because it's there."

  Investigator: What happened then?

  L: I didn't let the tragedy happen to me. It lifted me up high, so I swung my fist. I hit it. With the greatest force I could, every last bit of my strength. It hit my goggles. They broke. I saw what was behind them.

  Investigator: What was it?

  L: [DATA EXPUNGED] I don't remember much after that. I just knew I had to crawl back to my camp tent before they (the second team) found me.

  Update: Following L's contact with the Snow King, we have not observed him for 5 months, 17 days, and 19 hours. On second observation, his goggles showed no signs of damage or wear. L died on ? ? / ? ? / 20 ? ?. Containment-controlled media outlets report the cause of death as complications from exposure to asbestos at a young age. An autopsy performed by the Containment indicated that L suffered from severe hypothermia, frostbite, and cerebral edema at the time of his death. L retired from mountaineering after his contact with the Snow King, and had not ascended any altitude above 500 meters in the 12 months prior to his death.

  After this, our shelter decided to shelter the entire Mount Everest and continue to work hard to find the King of Snow Mountains. At the same time, no one is allowed to approach Mount Everest.

  I hope to catch the King of Snow Mountains soon.

  Many viewers felt creepy when they saw this.

  It's like someone whispering a horror story in your ear, which makes you shudder.

  For some timid people, this will make them tremble with fear.

  ["However, there is a strange thing about the Snow Mountain King. When we were investigating the Shy Ghost, we unexpectedly discovered that the Shy Ghost seemed to be related to the Snow Mountain King."]

  Seeing that the shy guy was involved, Piccolo's expression suddenly became very bad.

  ["After we took in the Shy Ghost, we kept investigating its origins. After a few years of wandering around, we finally came to a small town near Mount Everest. Someone told us that a climber had been crying and holding his face since he came down the mountain, saying that he was ugly and that people should not look at him."]

  ["Some hooligans thought it was fun and insisted on seeing the hiker's face. As a result, the hiker killed them with his bare hands."]

  ["After that, many people tried to stop him, but they were all killed because they saw his face. That was probably Shy Guy's first massacre."]  

  ["We checked the surveillance footage and found that when the hiker killed someone, his clothes were torn, revealing an appearance exactly like the Shy Guy. So we are sure that the hiker turned into the Shy Guy here, but why did that happen?"]

  ["At that time, the matter of the Snow Mountain King was still unknown, so the original investigation was terminated. It was not until later when our shelter association investigated the Snow Mountain King that we remembered this matter."]

  ["Unfortunately, we were unable to confirm their relationship, until a researcher finally found the courage to ask Shy about Everest and the Yeti."]

  ["After hearing these two terms, the shy ghost suddenly cried even harder, and his body trembled more violently than ever before. We didn't know what would happen next, so we interrupted the experiment and asked everyone to leave immediately. Fortunately, the shy ghost did not rush out to kill us."]

  ["We still don't know what kind of relationship the Snow Mountain King and the Shy Ghost have, but it's definitely not a good thing."]

  After seeing these words, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Gyoza couldn't help but look shocked. This actually involved the shy guy!

  "What! A shy guy is actually related to the king of the snowy mountains! What's going on!?"

  Piccolo's expression was particularly ugly, and he was so horrible as a shy guy that he still couldn't forget it.

  No matter how he attacked or how hard he tried, he couldn't kill the terrible monster.

  "Damn it! What is the connection between them?"

  Piccolo gets angrier and angrier as he thinks about it. That battle was his greatest shame! He had to resort to self-harm to barely subdue it!

  Sisyphus: "Shy, is that the containment that appeared before?"

  Krillin: "Yes, it is a very scary monster. As long as you see its face, it will come to kill you no matter how far away you are. We sent the Shy Ghost into the sun, but we couldn't kill it. It can even run from the sun to the earth!"

  Radamanthys: "Are you kidding me? How could such a monster exist?!"

  Tony Stark: "They're not kidding, they're telling the truth, and even if you just look at a picture of it, it will find you, it's a very scary thing."

  Sage: "This sounds like a curse!"

  Natasha: "The relationship between the Snow Mountain Monster and the Shy Ghost. Could it be that the Shy Ghost was originally a person, but after encountering the Snow Mountain Monster, I don't know what happened and he became like that?"

  Piccolo: "How is this possible! How could someone with such terrifying power have ever been human?!"

  Tony Stark: "That's not certain. In a universe full of monsters, it's hard to predict what will happen."

  (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 203: Underground Fire Giant

  Loki: "If you are in doubt, you can try to talk to that shy guy about Mount Everest and the King of Snow Mountains. Maybe he will really tell you something."

  Piccolo: "If you were in the same universe as me, I would definitely throw you in front of that thing and ask it yourself!"

  Loki: "Haha, it's a pity that we are not from the same universe."

  ["The next object to be described is the underground fire giant."]

  After the screen finished speaking, a photo appeared.

  It is a statue that appears to be carved out of rock, over thirty meters tall, holding a whip in the left hand, a long sword in the right hand, and a pair of goat horns on its head.

  "Does this look familiar?"

  When Odin saw the statue, he suddenly felt it looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

  ["At first we received a report that a fire had suddenly broken out in a coal mine. The fire lasted for a long time and was difficult to put out. Not only that, an unknown poisonous gas had been coming out from the ground around the coal mine. Anyone who inhaled this gas would die, and existing medical methods could not cure it."]

  ["At first, the containment committee thought it was just a common coal mine accident and didn't take it seriously. But later, we received intelligence that a rescue team had discovered a huge underground space connecting many places while investigating the coal mine. They also encountered a terrifying monster there, which was the Flame Demon that we are containing this time."]

  ["The Containment Committee realized that the situation was not simple, so they sent out a mobile task force to deal with it. Before they arrived, they received a lot of information about victims."]

  ["Residents near the coal mine were attacked by the fire demon. According to their description, the ground suddenly shook, and then a whip stretched out from the ground, pulling the residents into the ground. Some even said that a big hand stretched out. In short, no one could see what kind of monster it was, but the traces left by the monster were full of flames that could not be extinguished."]

  ["After receiving this information, the containment committee immediately sent people to calm the witnesses, and then sent the Mobile Task Force, carrying high-standard fire prevention equipment, into the coal mine to investigate. As expected, they found the underground passage. They explored the huge passage for an unknown period of time and finally encountered the Fire Demon."]

  ["The camera at the time only captured a huge shadow before it was violently destroyed. Then we heard a burst of gunfire and screams from the task force, and it stopped working. All our subsequent data was provided by the survivors of the task force."]

  ["According to the task force, the Balrog has "hellfire" in its eyes, and is usually very tall. Its body is always seen as a combination of flames, smoke, and hardened volcanic magma. It can change its shape at will, and can become invisible, turning into a huge flying shadow. This giant shadow was captured by the camera at the beginning."]

  ["When the members of the task force were attacked by the Fire Demon, they fought back with all their might, but their weapons were unable to harm the Fire Demon at all. According to their description, it was like firing bullets into lava. On the contrary, the task force suffered heavy casualties. Thirty elite teams went in, but only six came out with serious injuries."]

  ["From here, the descriptions begin to diverge more and more. Survivors describe its head as "misshapen" and having something like curved ram's horns, which is consistent with the original documents of the Balrog. Others argue that it also has fangs larger than a man's arm. Still others describe the Balrog as having both ram's horns and fangs, its face surrounded by flames, and a long flaming beard. Witnesses do not agree on whether it has wings. Most agree that it holds a multi-tailed whip of flame and a searing flaming sword several meters long, although there is debate as to whether it holds both the whip and the sword or just one. Despite its enormous size, it is capable of moving quickly and silently. The six survivors also all described it as having a smell of "hydrogen sulfide and old chimneys". Chemical analysis of air samples exhaled by the Balrog showed abnormally high levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide."]

  ["After receiving so much intelligence, the Containment Committee continued to send out task forces to try every means to contain the Flame Giant, but the Flame Giant was too powerful, and the task forces sent out were basically in danger of death. Everything in the underground passage was like the Flame Giant's backyard, and coupled with its ability to change its appearance at will, the Containment Committee has been unable to capture it."]

  ["Fortunately, the Fire Giant has been proven to be unable to move to the ground and is confined to a radius of approximately two kilometers centered on the place where it was found. If the Fire Giant moves outside the recorded area, personnel must immediately notify the O5 Council."]

  After the sound on the screen ended, Odin's eyes suddenly changed, and he finally remembered what this fire giant looked like.  

  "Surtur!"

  Odin thought of one of his greatest enemies, the fire giant Surtur, a terrifying enemy that even Odin in his prime could not guarantee a 100% victory against.

  Surtur possesses power beyond imagination, with the heat of a thousand suns, enough to inflict devastating damage to any planet.

  In addition, it also has a terrifying Twilight Sword that can modify reality, destroy dimensions, and resist the power of Odin. If it appears, it will definitely be Asgard's biggest crisis!

  If Odin had not found a way to steal Surtur's eternal fire and greatly weakened Surtur's power, there would have been no chance of defeating it and forcing it to stay in Muspelheim.

  "No, this fire demon who can't even go to the ground can't be Surtur. He may just look like him."

  Odin immediately shook his head, dismissing the connection between the Balrog and Surtur.

  But I still have to wonder, is this really a coincidence?

  Pirate world, Navy Headquarters.

  "The two contained creatures that appeared this time don't seem to be that powerful. If one of them appears on our side, we can successfully contain them."

  Kizaru suggested this.

  "That's what I think."

  Akainu nodded, then looked at Aokiji intentionally or unintentionally. He had been overtaken too much and really wanted to catch up with Aokiji!

  "Don't be nervous, we don't know where we will appear yet."

  Garp took a bite of senbei and reminded him.

  ["Now predict the universe where the two containment objects will appear."]

  ["What will appear is the Earth of the DC Universe, the Snow Mountain Giant will appear in Iceland, and the Underground Fire Giant will appear under the ground of Central City."]

  (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 204 The Next Containment, the Plague Doctor

  "What! They all appeared in our world! And they are so far apart!"

  Bruce Wayne couldn't help but scream out when he saw the predicted results.

  He immediately searched the map.

  Central City is a little far from Gotham City, but it can be reached within a day.

  But Iceland is very far away. It is covered with ice and snow all year round, so planes cannot get close. You have to get off the plane nearby, transfer to a car, or ride a horse, which will take a very long time!

  Bruce Wayne: "Damn it! These two places are too far away from me. When Diana and I get there, there will definitely be a lot of victims, and I don't know what will happen!"

  Doraemon: "I gave you the design of the Anywhere Door, but you haven't made it yet?"

  Bruce Wayne: "To be honest, I didn't understand some parts of the design. I made a lot of them, but they basically exploded and couldn't be used. The most successful one was that it was out of control and couldn't go where I wanted to go."

  Doraemon: "Anywhere Door is so complicated. Even with the blueprint, it's hard to make it 100% perfect."

  Tony Stark: "That depends on who it is. If it were me, with the design, I could definitely make it in no time!"

  Diana: "Now is not the time to talk about this."

  Diana has picked up the Sword of Victory and the Sword of Vulcan.

  "I'll go to Central City, and you use the Yellow Lantern Ring to make a plane to Iceland. I think it will be much faster than a normal plane."

  Bruce Wayne, who was originally feeling annoyed, remembered his yellow lantern ring after hearing what Diana said. The power it possessed was beyond his imagination.

  It is indeed possible to make a faster plane.

  "That's the only way, but there are humanoid monsters in Gotham."

  Bruce Wayne, still remembers the situation in Gotham City.

  The threats from humanoid monsters and mimicking beasts have not been completely eliminated, and there are still many criminals who are taking the opportunity to stir up trouble. If he really leaves Gotham City, he can only rely on Darkwing Bat to maintain order temporarily.

  "This is the only way!"

  Thinking of this, Bruce Wayne walked to the mirror, picked up the card box and summoned the Dark Wing Bat to appear.

  "While I am away from Gotham City, I leave Gotham City in your care. Remember not to eat humans. Just knock out the criminals when you see them."

  Bruce Wayne warned Darkwing Bat of the precautions and explained it again and again to make sure everything was clear before letting it go.

  Bruce Wayne and Diana then immediately left Batman base.

  "Want me to give you a ride?"

  Bruce Wayne said as he created a plane using the Yellow Lantern Ring.

  "No, Central City and Iceland are not on the way!"

  At this time, Diana had already put on her female warrior armor.

  Then he jumped lightly and flew a long distance.

  "Master, it seems that you are not very good at asking girls out."

  Alfred teased.

  "Now is not the time to talk about this."

  Bruce Wayne just wanted to roll his eyes at this, and then immediately made a plane made of yellow light and flew into the sky.

  At this time, the two sheltered creatures had appeared from the underground of Iceland and Central City, and began to stir up trouble according to their own habits.

  In Iceland, a young man was struggling to cross the snow-capped mountains to sell the fish he caught.

  "Um?"

  Just then he noticed a man standing not far ahead, wearing mountaineering gear and goggles, and his appearance was completely unrecognizable.  

  "Hey! Do you need help!"

  the young man shouted at the man, whom he thought was just an ordinary hiker.

  The other party did not speak, but slowly approached the young man.

  The young man looked at the newcomer in confusion, and when he noticed the other person's goggles, his expression suddenly became dazed.

  For some reason, I followed the other person and disappeared in the snow.

  Central City is quite prosperous, but there are also many criminal incidents.

  A man with a boomerang had just stabbed Wang's accomplice in the back and came out of the jewelry store, preparing to flee the crime scene.

  But at this moment he suddenly felt the ground shaking.

  However, the range and frequency of the vibrations were getting bigger and bigger! Almost covering the entire central city!

  That night everyone was awakened by the sudden earthquake and was in great panic.

  "What the hell is going on!"

  The man holding the boomerang anxiously held the jewels he had snatched and looked around in panic, not knowing what to do.

  But in the next second, the ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded, and a big hand stretched out from it, grabbed him, and pulled him into the ground.

  Both situations can be seen clearly by all viewers through the screen.

  Barton: "The two containment units have already been mobilized. By the time they arrive, we don't know how many people will be killed."

  Nick Fury: "Their world should have an organization like S.H.I.E.L.D. that can quickly deploy personnel to deal with emergencies around the world, so they won't be so passive."

  Tony Stark: "Oh, really? Why didn't you say you would plant a bunch of spies to seek personal gain?"

  Nick Fury: "Hey, now we're a team!"

  Tony Stark: "No, you invited me, not me."

  Moroboshi Tuan: "Anyway, I hope Bruce and Diana can arrive as soon as possible to prevent the number of victims from increasing."

  ["Now we need to predict the next containment object—the Plague Doctor!"]

  At this moment, the sound of the screen suddenly rang out.

  Unexpectedly, this time, new objects appeared before they were all contained.

  Da Gu: "Eh? Didn't the containment object appear just now? Has it been contained? Why did the next one appear so soon?"

  Feng Yuan: "Da Gu, you're back, how's the situation over there?"

  Da Gu: "It's very bad. Those crazy people have been controlled, but now they have become cannibals. They keep clamoring to eat people. There is no way to treat them."

  Moroboshi: "How could this happen? Are there many people infected?"

  Da Gu: "There are hundreds of them. Sigh, I don't know what has become of their families now. I wish I had found that alien earlier."

  Zhu Xingtuan: "This is not your fault. The problem is the skull. As long as the skull appears, whether there is an alien or not, someone will still wear it and cause a lot of trouble. Maybe the situation will get worse."

  Nick Fury: "So what do you do with the people infected by the skull now?"

  Da Gu: "All we can do now is to lock up that group and see if there is any way to treat them, but I'm afraid it's impossible."

  Feng Yuan: "How are you going to solve the skull problem?"

  Da Gu: "I have told the captain to seal the skull in the laboratory and keep it under strict guard. I lied and said that I was abducted by aliens and saw them wearing the skull and eating people, which explained the problem of the skull. The captain chose to believe me and kept the skull under strict guard."

  (End of this chapter)

  Chapter 205 The Weird Plague Doctor

  Natasha: "What, your captain believed you so easily?"

  Daigu: "Yes, our captain is willing to believe what happened to his subordinates. In addition, they all saw that even Tiga couldn't destroy the skull, so they all think that there is something wrong with the skull. Now it is under strict supervision and research, and no one is allowed to wear it."

  Natasha: "Then your captain is very humane. If I hold a skull and tell my chief that this is a skull that will turn people into cannibals after wearing it, he will definitely think I am a fool."

  Feng Yuan: "I understand this very well. Our captain sometimes doesn't listen to others."

  When Feng Yuan finished saying this, his expression suddenly turned ugly.

  Only then did he remember that Zhu Xingtuan could see him and was right next to him, so he immediately turned his head and met Zhu Xingtuan's cold eyes.

  Zhu Xingtuan and Feng Yuan stared at each other for a few seconds.

  Then, Zhu Xingtuan turned his head without saying anything.

  Such calmness made Feng Yuan very uncomfortable, and he felt that something big was going to happen.

  I have to regret why I didn't think before posting the comment.

  As for Natasha, Nick Fury looked at her with a very unhappy expression.

  "Natasha, in your eyes, am I such an unkind director?"

  Nick Fury asked seriously.

  Natasha did not answer immediately after hearing this. Instead, she rolled her eyes, wanted to say something, and then simply closed her mouth.

  Seeing this, Nick Fury knew what Natasha was thinking without even thinking, and he had to roll his eyes at her.

  Tony Stark, Rogers and Xie Yun couldn't help but laugh after seeing this scene.

  Only Thor was still drinking.

  Fortunately, he has an extraordinary ability to resist alcohol, otherwise he would have been dizzy after drinking a few boxes of wine.

  ["The Plague Doctor is relatively docile among all the containment objects. He is willing to cooperate with the researchers of the containment organization. He has helped the containment organization carry out containment operations many times and provided a lot of important intelligence."]

  When the sound of the screen ends, an effect appears on the screen.

  He was wearing a thick black robe that covered his entire body, and a white ceramic crow mask on his face with a very long mouth.

  Tony Stark: "What! There are still containment creatures that will cooperate with humans?"

  Rogers: "I thought these containments were all intended to destroy life."

  Doraemon: "Maybe there are some outliers among them."

  Naruto: "I wonder what kind of containment is capable of cooperating with humans!"

  While everyone was talking, the information about the epidemic doctor continued to play on the screen.  

  ["A humanoid entity, 1.9 meters in height, with an appearance consistent with that of a medieval plague doctor. Based on its voice, it is assumed to be female. Although the plague doctor appears to be wearing thick robes and a ceramic mask indicative of his profession, these garments appear to have grown from the plague doctor's body over time, and are now almost indistinguishable from the body beneath them. Despite this, X-ray examinations have shown that the plague doctor does have a human skeletal structure beneath the surface."]

  ["The Plague Doctor is capable of speaking in a variety of languages, but tends to use English or medieval French. While generally friendly and willing to cooperate with Foundation personnel, it can become irritable and even aggressive if it senses the presence of what it calls the "plague." While the exact nature of this plague is currently unknown to Foundation researchers, it appears to be a matter of great concern to the Plague Doctor."]

  ["The Plague Healer will become hostile to a human individual whom he believes to be affected by the Plague, often to the point where he must be restrained. If not restrained, the Plague Healer will usually attempt to kill the individual; the Plague Healer is able to shut down all physiological functions of an organism through direct skin contact."]

  ["The reason for this is unknown, as autopsies of the Plague Doctor's victims have been inconclusive. The Plague Doctor has expressed frustration or remorse after killing someone, stating that such an act would do little to eliminate the "plague", but will typically then perform crude surgery on the corpse using instruments from a black medical bag that the Doctor always carries with him. The surgery often results in the appearance of zombies, but is not always "successful."]

  ["Zombies are corpses that have been resurrected through surgery by a plague doctor. They are similar to the zombies in zombie movies, but they are under the control of the plague doctor."]

  ["These entities do not seem to retain their original memories or mental functions, only basic movement and reaction mechanisms. Although these entities are inactive, rarely move and usually walk, they may become extremely aggressive if provoked or instructed by the plague doctor. Zombies show active physiological functions, but are very different from currently known human physiology. Despite these changes, the plague doctor always claims that these entities have been "cured."]

  Strange: "What! What is this so-called doctor doing? His so-called treatment is to kill people first and then resurrect them as zombies!"

  Chopper: "What kind of doctor is this? He is insulting the title of doctor!"

  Strange: "I totally agree with you."

  Rogers: "Isn't the plague it's talking about just a lie?"

  Natasha: "It's too early to draw a conclusion now. It seems to have some purpose. If it really wants to kill people, it is impossible for it to cooperate with the shelter."

  Danados: "Haha, humans are the plague? This is a good idea. After all, humans are cancer cells that devour the earth and destroy it. The only way to treat it is through destruction."

  Diana: "That's what the evil god said. I think a god like you who only wants to destroy life is the biggest cancer cell!"

  Thanadus: "Foolish demigod, you should be glad that you are not in the same universe as me! Otherwise, you would surely die!"

  Tony Stark: "Hey, stop arguing. I'm still curious about how this plague doctor will cooperate with the shelter."

  ["The Plague Doctor was discovered during an investigation into a series of unexplained disappearances in the city of Montauban in southern France. During a raid on a local residence, investigators discovered the Plague Doctor and several zombies. As law enforcement officers engaged the hostile zombies, the Plague Doctor was noted observing the battle and taking notes in his journal. After all the zombies were eliminated, the Plague Doctor voluntarily entered Foundation custody.]

  [The following is an interview conducted by Dr. Lehman during the initial investigation.]

  [Interviewer: Dr. Raymond]

  [Interviewee: Epidemic Doctor]

  [Begin Log]

  [Epidemic Doctor: (in French) So how should we start? Introduce yourself? ]

  [Dr. Hamm: (to others) Is that French? We can find a translator . . . ]

  (End of this chapter)