c3: Kill Abomination!
If Abomination could be killed by a single Rasengan, then he wouldn't have been able to go toe-to-toe with Hulk in Harlem or later events. The creature that fought Hulk to a standstill wouldn't fall so easily.
Sure enough, with a thunderous roar, Emil Blonsky, now fully transformed into Abomination, burst from the smoke and rubble. His massive fists pounded the pavement as he charged at Ryan Wong, fury boiling in every mutated muscle.
Blonsky's mind, twisted by gamma radiation and rage, focused on only one thing destroying the man who dared strike him. He was furious beyond reason. Someone dared challenge him, the "super soldier" who believed he was stronger than even the Hulk.
But something had changed. The pain from the Rasengan now enhanced by Senjutsu chakra had shocked even his hardened body. It cleared some of his berserker madness, and for a moment, tactical memory returned.
Abomination grabbed nearby cars with monstrous ease and began hurling them at Ryan like projectiles. One after another, heavy sedans and SUVs flew like toys, but Ryan effortlessly evaded them with Flying Thunder God Technique, teleporting between kunai embedded around the battlefield.
Suddenly, using a well-placed distraction, Abomination swung a surprise right hook from the side aiming for Ryan's jaw.
A direct hit!
But—poof!
Ryan vanished just before contact, reappearing near one of his trident kunai embedded in the side of a lamppost.
BOOM!
Abomination struck only concrete, cracking the pavement and roaring louder. "Pest! Stop hiding!!"
Ryan narrowed his eyes. He realized now he couldn't afford to prolong the fight. Continuing would reduce the entire city block to rubble. Innocent lives were still nearby.
It was time to finish this.
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
He began gathering natural energy, entering Sage Mode—a perfect version of the mode mastered by both Minato Namikaze and Naruto Uzumaki in the original timeline. His skin began to glow faintly, his eyes transforming to golden irises with orange pigment markings.
But to Abomination, it looked like mockery.
The brute saw Ryan standing still and roared, assuming he was being underestimated. It charged forward, arms swinging like wrecking balls.
"No!!" someone from the crowd shouted. "He's just standing there! That monster's going to crush him!"
"Big brother, run!" cried the little blonde girl from before, clutching her police badge-shaped plushie.
But no one dared rush in. Abomination's previous rampage had left them too terrified.
Then
"HULK!!!"
CRASH!!
The pavement exploded as a green titan emerged from underground. The Incredible Hulk, awakened by rage and seeing Abomination charging at a defenseless figure, didn't hesitate.
He charged.
SMACK!!
The two monsters collided mid-air. The shockwave sent cars flying, windows shattering in a wide radius. Abomination and Hulk grappled, their massive frames toppling into a nearby building.
Ryan, still glowing faintly in Sage Mode, lowered his fingers from the Flying Thunder God seal. He hadn't intended to just stand still he was waiting. Now with Hulk engaging, the momentum had shifted.
He could teleport even while preparing Sage Mode, but doing so would interrupt the natural energy balance. Now that he didn't need to, he focused.
The battle between Hulk and Abomination was brutal.
Bricks crumbled. Asphalt fractured. The air filled with grunts, snarls, and roars. Every impact shook the ground. Streetlamps became clubs, fire hydrants were torn out and flung like missiles.
The street became a war zone.
Buildings collapsed like dominoes. Concrete walls cracked like glass. Civilians screamed and scattered, knowing full well neither of these monsters would protect them if they got in the way.
Some spectators, still caught up in the thrill, yelled from the sidelines. "Get him, Big Green! Smash that ugly freak!"
Others were smarter and ran.
Somewhere in the chaos, the blonde girl's father still in his police uniform finally found her. His wife, unconscious in his arms, was placed carefully in the back seat of a squad car.
"Dad! That big brother saved me!" she shouted, pointing toward Ryan, still radiating sage energy.
The officer glanced once at Ryan, but didn't respond. Duty and fear guided him more than gratitude. He started the car and sped away.
BOOM!!
Hulk, caught off-balance, was smashed with a reinforced streetlight by Abomination. The blow sent him flying.
And unfortunately his landing trajectory aimed him directly at Ryan.
The green titan tumbled through the air, a ragdoll of raw mass, and crashed toward Ryan's exact position.
Ryan didn't flinch.
His eyes, sharp as blades, stayed fixed on the incoming behemoth.
Ryan Wong opened his eyes, and twin streaks of orange pigmentation appeared beneath them Sage Mode had been activated. His pupils shifted, becoming horizontal like a toad's, the signature mark of someone who had mastered natural energy.
Whoosh~!
He vanished instantly, leaving behind only a swirl of wind and dust a teleportation flash via the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Hulk's fist struck nothing but pavement, smashing a crater into the ground where Ryan had stood. The green goliath growled, confused.
In the very next moment, Ryan reappeared midair, right above Abomination's head. His right hand surged with chakra, forming a spiraling orb of energy that rapidly expanded far larger than before.
"Sage Art: Giant Rasengan!!"
BOOM!!
Abomination didn't have time to react.
The massive Rasengan slammed into the top of his skull, driving him into the ground like a meteorite. The impact released a sonic boom, sending shockwaves through the surrounding block.
The Rasengan churned violently, grinding into the monster's mutated flesh. Blood splattered across the cracked concrete as half of Abomination's torso was crushed, the gamma-fueled healing unable to keep up with the sheer destructive power of the Sage-enhanced technique.
Ryan exhaled and slowly lowered his hand.
Even Abomination created from gamma radiation, super soldier serum, and mutagenic compounds couldn't withstand Senjutsu chakra.
After all, Sage Art techniques were designed to harm even Six Paths-level beings.
From high above in the S.H.I.E.L.D.-linked Blackhawk chopper, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross gaped at the scene. "What the hell was that ball of energy?! A classified Stark tech weapon?! And how is he teleporting like a metahuman? I want his ID—NOW!"
Ross had originally believed the mysterious blonde fighter could at best fend off Abomination temporarily but killing him? That was unthinkable.
In the cockpit, Betty Ross covered her mouth, stunned. The one who had ended the threat wasn't Bruce. It was this stranger—Ryan Wong, whose arrival had completely changed the battle.
Her heart filled with relief.
Bruce the Hulk wouldn't need to fight anymore.
He was safe.
Tears welled up in Betty's eyes as she watched Ryan step back from the crumpled, broken form of Abomination.
Down below, bystanders those who hadn't fled burst into cheers. They had seen his graceful teleportation, his effortless deflection of chaos, and his unmatched power.
Strong. Handsome. Heroic.
Not just the women—even the men were captivated.
"Golden Flash, we love you!!"
"Golden Flash! Hit the green guy next!"
The nickname spread quickly: Golden Flash—a perfect moniker, inspired by both Ryan's appearance and his teleporting battle style. Unknowingly, they had given him the same nickname once held by Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha: "Konoha's Yellow Flash."
But "the green guy"?
Ryan's eyes narrowed.
WHOOSH!
A sudden gust hit his back, and instinctively he leapt away just in time to dodge a blindside punch from the Hulk.
Ryan's expression tightened.
Hulk was furious.
Despite having helped in the fight earlier, Hulk now glared at Ryan like a rival alpha. His instincts had been thrown into disarray. He'd wanted to defeat Abomination himself to crush the beast. Now, someone else had stolen his moment of cathartic release.
This was primal rage, the kind born from frustration and thwarted purpose.
Like an apex predator whose prey was stolen, Hulk couldn't accept it.
His monstrous fists clenched, and he charged again.
BOOM!
A punch rocketed toward Ryan, who barely sidestepped, though now his golden eyes held a cold glint.
Ryan had no intention of fighting Hulk. After all, the green behemoth had helped him earlier.
But if Hulk insisted on turning him into a target
Then he would be shown exactly what the Golden Flash was capable of.
SHING!
A trident-shaped kunai whistled through the air, piercing the ground behind Hulk like a bullet. Hulk turned confused just as the space around it shimmered.
FLASH!
Ryan materialized behind Hulk in an instant, a massive Rasengan already forming in his palm.
"Let's see how you handle this," Ryan whispered, as golden chakra flared from his hand.
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