c4: Hanging on the Hulk
Bang~!
The Hulk crashed into the concrete wall from a distance, but the impact barely fazed his gamma-enhanced physiology, a stark contrast to the artificial monstrosity known as the Abomination.
After all, Ryan Wong had previously used a Rasengan variant to obliterate Emil Blonsky's monstrous form, blasting his hatred into a fountain of blood and broken bones.
But slamming into the Hulk was like trying acupuncture on Superman no real damage, only kinetic force dispersing harmlessly.
Only raw impact energy played a role here, sending the Hulk soaring.
But it wasn't over yet!
The Flying Thunder God Technique activated!
Ryan vanished with a flash.
He reappeared instantly behind the Hulk.
During Ryan's earlier skirmish with Hulk, he had already embedded a custom Thunder God mark on the back of Hulk's thick neck—shaped like the kanji for "Endurance," inspired by Minato Namikaze's "Sword of Forbearance" kunai from the Hidden Leaf.
While Minato's marking used classical calligraphy, the original Flying Thunder God mark created by Tobirama Senju—the Second Hokage was more abstract, resembling an arcane seal inscribed with flowing chakra conduits.
Ryan condensed a spiraling Rasengan in his palm, infusing it with Sage Chakra, and launched it!
The Hulk was launched again this time, his dense epidermis cracked, oozing gamma-irradiated green blood as he smashed into another section of the battlefield.
Riding the recoil, Ryan flipped onto a vertical wall, feet clinging with chakra. His gaze locked onto the jade behemoth.
A moment later another flash! He was behind Hulk again, another Rasengan launched point-blank!
Boom boom boom~! !
The Hulk was like an unwanted punching bag caught in a flurry of Sage-infused Rasengans, each strike bursting with golden chakra, crashing him repeatedly into the earth yet refusing to fall.
Over and over, Hulk was battered. Bloodied but unbowed.
He roared into the chaos but could only react, unable to counter.
That was the divine utility of the Flying Thunder God Mark!
Ryan had finally unlocked its full potential. During his battle with Abomination, he hadn't yet fully synchronized with Minato's chakra template.
Back then, he relied on the basic kunai-linked teleportation technique the "Sword of Forbearance" tied to a specific point in space.
But now, placing the mark directly on his opponent allowed seamless battlefield control a superior and more efficient strategy.
Finally, the Hulk collapsed, streaking the asphalt with trails of green blood.
And Ryan, drawing on his final reserve of Sage Chakra, summoned the most potent version yet—Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan!
Huh!
Ryan blinked into position directly above Hulk, cradling a Rasengan larger than himself—brimming with nature energy and slammed it down!
"No!"
Betty Ross's emotions surged wildly.
She had been relieved when the Abomination died.but when Hulk attacked Ryan, anxiety consumed her.
When Hulk became a living punching bag, dread replaced worry.
Now, watching Ryan prepare to unleash the same Rasengan that killed Abomination she snapped.
"Stop! Don't kill Bruce!!"
But Ryan didn't waver his hand dropped with finality!
Wow~ bang! !
The explosion of chakra and energy dispersed into silence.
The Hulk lay still, unmoving, like a fallen god.
But Ryan knew better Hulk wasn't dead. He couldn't die.
In the Marvel Universe, Bruce Banner's alter ego was a gamma-born immortal. A living engine of rage and regeneration one of the few "champions" left behind by the cosmic entities that once roamed the multiverse.
That's why Ryan hadn't hesitated.
Sure enough, Hulk began to shrink, his roars fading into groans until finally, he reverted into the fragile, bruised form of Dr. Bruce Banner.
The Hulk had been beaten into submission.
Only two people in the Marvel Universe had ever pulled that off: Tony Stark, using the Hulkbuster Armor and Thanos, the Mad Titan, with sheer brute force.
Now, Ryan Wong joined that elite list.
He slowly withdrew his hand and surveyed the ruins around them. A flicker of regret passed through his eyes.
At this time, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross's military convoy surrounded the area. Soldiers in armored Humvees cleared civilians from the site with barking megaphones and riot barriers. Then General Ross emerged from a command truck not far away and shouted toward Ryan Wong:
"Thank you for neutralizing both the Hulk and the Abomination! I believe we may now have some... common ground."
But Ryan only shot him a cold, dismissive glance, utterly unimpressed. His aura radiated frost a hero forged in war, not politics.
Ryan Wong knew the truth behind the destruction General Ross was the root of it all.
It was Ross who had manipulated Dr. Bruce Banner into developing a serum intended to replicate Dr. Abraham Erskine's Super Soldier formula, secretly hoping to weaponize it. But when gamma radiation went awry, the serum reacted with Banner's DNA and birthed the Hulk.
Then, rather than take responsibility, Ross saw only an opportunity to capture and exploit Hulk's power. His ambition led to militarized hunts, failed experiments, and eventually the creation of Emil Blonsky's Abomination, a grotesque mimicry of Hulk's power.
Every disaster, every life lost all traced back to Ross.
So when facing a man like this, Ryan restrained himself from delivering judgment by death but not from denying him even a sliver of respect.
And Ryan also understood Ross's sudden courteous tone.
Ross didn't care about peace or safety. He wanted Banner back under his control, and Blonsky's corpse in military labs.
"You want them?"
I won't let you have them.
Ryan vowed to take Banner and the Abomination's remains away, ensuring Ross got nothing.
At that moment, another group arrived agents clad in black tactical gear, led by a tall, imposing bald man with a single eye patch—Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"General, we're assuming jurisdiction here. Stand down," Fury stated flatly.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Ross barked. "Coming in here to steal our victory?!"
Then, turning to Ryan, Ross gestured with a sly grin, "You, mysterious warrior you belong in the military! Your power's built for war. Come with me we could do great things!"
Ryan blinked, taken aback Ross actually thought to recruit him?
His eyes gleamed with lethal resolve. In a heartbeat, he vanished in a golden flash.
Next moment, Ryan stood beside Ross his trigram-marked kunai, a three-pronged blade styled after Minato Namikaze's, embedded in the ground nearby.
A palm pressed against Ross's neck leaving behind the "Sword of Forbearance" teleportation seal—before Ryan knocked him out with precise chakra-enhanced force.
Then he went to work.
In a whirlwind of teleportation and disabling strikes, he took down every armed soldier before a single bullet could fly neutralizing threats without spilling blood.
Snap~!
From Nick Fury's perspective, there was only golden light—and then Ross and his men lay unconscious.
Instinctively, Fury raised his sidearm, aiming it at Ryan.
"Relax," Ryan said coolly. "They're only unconscious. I don't kill the misled."
He approached Banner, pulled him up gently, and prepared to leave.
He didn't retrieve the kunai. He knew S.H.I.E.L.D. would collect it and with it, he'd left a direct gateway into their headquarters.
"Wait, sir!" Fury called after him. "Thanks for ending the chaos! But who are you? Where do you come from?"
Ryan hesitated—Fury's tone wasn't authoritarian. It was curious. Respectful.
Ryan allowed himself a smirk. "Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure Minato Namikaze."
With that cryptic parting shot, he vaulted onto a broken wall, carrying Banner with one arm.
He weaved a hand sign—Katon-style.
Minato wasn't known for Fire Release in original lore, but Ryan had adapted chakra nature affinities to his own style.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A blazing orb four meters wide erupted from his mouth, crashing down on Abomination's remains.
Boom~!
The crater where Blonsky's corpse lay ignited in a storm of flame and scorched debris.
Fire consumed the abomination he once was no more samples, no more experiments.
Only ashes remained.