"The first floor is the office area. The company was just established not long ago and hasn't started operations yet. You are the first employee. For now, your job is to follow my arrangements and do whatever I tell you to do."
"The second floor is the rest area. All the rooms are empty. Choose whichever one you want to live in."
"The third floor is my private area."
Samuel briefly explained the situation to Jessica Jones, who felt fearless: "Your internship period is three months, with room and board provided, no salary. After the internship period ends, the monthly salary is three thousand U.S. dollars, with benefits and bonuses calculated separately. Any questions?"
Concise, brief, and decisive—
Jessica Jones, working outside for the first time, was a little at a loss and subconsciously shook her head in response.
"No, no problem."
Although there was no salary during the internship, the room and board provided had solved her urgent needs, not to mention the high salary of three thousand U.S. dollars per month after the internship period ended.
She wanted to prove to Tracy that she could live well on her own!
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity!"
Looking at Jessica Jones, who was sincerely thanking him, Samuel smiled calmly: "Get some rest early. You'll go out with me tomorrow."
"Okay, okay." Jessica Jones nodded, and watching Samuel turn and go upstairs, she suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked in an awkward whisper, "Um, I, I still don't know your name."
Samuel said without turning his head: "Samuel, taken from—Releasing the rebellious in the southern nest and saving the tyrannical, the rainbow fulfills the wish and then Samuel."
Jessica Jones was impressed without fully understanding, feeling like he was showing off: "I, my name is Jessica Jones."
"Got it." A light voice came, and Samuel's figure had disappeared from her sight.
Downstairs, Jessica Jones was choosing a room to rest, while Samuel upstairs had already taken a shower and lay down.
He slept soundly and peacefully this time.
It wasn't because the strong young girl downstairs gave him a sense of security, but because the people from the Time Variance Authority hadn't appeared.
This meant that although Jessica Jones's fate had been changed at present, it hadn't created a time branch!
In other words—the general trend cannot be changed, but minor details can!
As long as the key nodes and the final destiny don't change, changes in minor details won't create time branches.
From now on, Samuel wouldn't have to be so cautious and apprehensive about what he did.
...
Baltimore, Maryland.
Jessica Jones stood in front of the door of a dilapidated wooden house, her expression blank, her eyes vacant.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I supposed to do?
Wasn't I just at the company, getting ready to go out with the Boss? How did I end up here just by getting a tap on the shoulder and blinking?
"Boss, you..." Jessica Jones looked sharply at Samuel beside her.
Samuel's expression was normal, with a rare look of disdain as he pointed to the door: "You're not the only one who's special. Go knock on the door."
Jessica Jones suppressed the shock and curiosity in her heart and stepped forward to knock.
"Bang bang bang—"
The door opened, revealing a young Black boy.
Samuel said: "We're here to find Isaiah."
"There's no one named Isaiah here," the young Black boy said before preparing to close the door.
"Jessica," Samuel called out.
Jessica Jones used a little force to push the door open.
"Elijah Eli Bradley, lying is not a quality you should have." Samuel glanced at the wary young Black boy who had retreated, and walked in leisurely.
In the living room, an old Black man with white hair stared sharply at the uninvited guests who had barged in.
"You are not welcome here, please leave!"
"Isaiah Bradley—"
Samuel looked around, and sat down on the sofa in a relaxed posture. "There's no need to make the scene so tense. I know who you are, and I know what you've been through, so you don't have to worry. My purpose here is just to have you fight her a few times."
"What?! You want me to fight him?"
Jessica Jones widened her eyes: "He's that old, I, I won't fight him!"
Samuel took out a stack of cash and placed it on the table, looking at the unreadable expression of Isaiah Bradley: "Here is fifty thousand U.S. dollars. The money is yours regardless of win or loss, and I promise never to disturb you and your family again."
Isaiah Bradley glanced at Jessica Jones. Since this person knew his identity and still wanted her to fight him, she was probably not as simple as she appeared.
"What if I refuse?"
Samuel smiled and shook his head, saying indifferently: "Perhaps, you can try."
Isaiah Bradley knew that this fight was inevitable.
He could refuse to make a move, but he couldn't refuse others making a move on him or his family.
"You'd better keep your promise!"
Isaiah Bradley glanced at Samuel, and suddenly, with a speed that should never be possible at his age, he agilely rushed in front of Jessica Jones and threw a punch.
This punch was powerful and heavy, like a waking tiger, fierce and strong, which greatly surprised Jessica Jones, who had originally disdained him as an old man!
She was careless and didn't dodge!
Jessica Jones, who had taken a punch, stumbled back, looking at the unremarkable old Black man in front of her in shock.
"This old man is not following martial ethics!" Samuel watched Jessica Jones fight back against Isaiah Bradley, smiling as he opened the system.
"Ding!"
"Battle detected, reward dropped: Super Strength (Jessica Jones)"
"Ding!"
"Battle detected, reward dropped: Isaiah Bradley (Super Soldier Serum Enhancement)"
Both of them dropped their best, and also the rewards Samuel wanted most.
Super Strength is self-explanatory. Jessica Jones was clearly a girl with immense strength. After obtaining her ability, Samuel could clearly feel a significant increase in strength just by clenching his fist.
Isaiah Bradley (Super Soldier Serum Enhancement), in plain terms, was equivalent to injecting the same Super Soldier Serum as Isaiah Bradley.
His strength, physique, speed, endurance, and reaction capabilities were all comprehensively enhanced. His abs had quietly gone from one pack to eight!
The only drawback was that the serum Isaiah Bradley injected was the result of the Military's replication research after Dr. Erskine's assassination. The success rate was extremely low, and the effect was not as good as the original serum injected into Steve Rogers.
Samuel was not greedy. Before Steve Rogers woke up from being frozen, this was already the best he could get.
After all, after Steve Rogers was frozen, Isaiah Bradley had also served as Captain America for a period of time and had even fought the Winter Soldier during the Korean War.
"Rest for a while, we'll continue in ten minutes."
Samuel, who was not greedy at all, clapped his hands and called a halt to the fight that was gradually heating up.
As for the reason?
Of course, it was to farm the dropped rewards.
... ...