Chapter 184 So white, so big!
Hearing Finney's words, Sitwell was incredibly excited, unable to resist imagining the future.
Hydra wasn't entirely united; however, in most cases, the strength of each faction was roughly equal, and they usually resolved problems through cooperation.
Sitwell had always felt that Finney wanted to unify Hydra, and after hearing these words, he was even more certain of his thoughts. His eyes hardened, and he looked at Finney earnestly, saying,
"I will absolutely not let the leader down!"
"Hmm!"
Finney patted Sitwell on the shoulder, looking like he was encouraging him to keep going, but inwardly he marveled at his own leadership talent.
With only a few days left before the start of school, Finney didn't delay. Early the next morning, wearing 'Possessed by Evil,' he teleported to Sokovia.
Sokovia was a poor and war-torn small country, unlike Wakanda; it was truly impoverished, barely able to afford food.
Because of frequent warfare in this region, Hydra, under the guise of S.H.I.E.L.D., deployed peacekeeping forces and stationed its personnel in the country.
Therefore, it is now essentially under Hydra's complete control, and is one of the larger of all their bases.
Finney walked the streets of this country, surveying his surroundings. What stood out were the numerous graffiti depicting Tony and Iron Man on the walls.
However, the content didn't seem to express worship or admiration.
Finney figured Tony wouldn't like being here. Seeing an interesting mural, he took some photos with his phone, intending to show it to Tony later.
Just as Finney was taking pictures, several street thugs noticed him and approached with ill intent. One of them, seemingly the leader, asked, "Hey! Where are you from?"
"New York, what's up?"
Finney sized them up. A poor place is prone to chaos, and he immediately guessed what these people wanted.
"New York!?"
The leader paused, then turned to the others and laughed, "Hey, brothers, he's from New York, Stark's New York!"
After saying that, his expression changed drastically. He glared fiercely at Finney and said in a harsh voice, "Do you know which places I hate most for outsiders?"
"Not New York, right?!"
Finney looked at them with amusement, wondering why they hated Stark so much here.
"Exactly right!"
The leader clenched his fist and looked at Finney, saying, "Unfortunately, you could have just handed over the money, but since you're from New York, you're going to get a beating too."
"Why?"
Finney remained calm as the other man approached, continuing to press, "Because of Tony Stark?"
"That's right, blame it on the fact that you and that bastard are from the same place!"
The leader suddenly rushed over and threw a punch at Finney, aiming specifically for his face. It was unclear whether he was jealous of Finney's good looks.
Finney dodged the punch with a slight sidestep, glanced at him, and asked again, "Why do you hate Tony Stark so much? He's Iron Man, a superhero!"
"Pah!"
The leader was slightly surprised to see Finney dodge, but he was more concerned about Finney's words. He spat angrily and said, "He's just a butcher!"
"Even if he changed his clothes, he's still an executioner. You have no idea what he's done here!"
"I don't mind if you tell me!"
Finney looked at the man curiously.
However, the man didn't want to cooperate. Seeing Finney's fearless attitude, he sensed something was wrong and immediately turned to his underlings, shouting, "Attack together!"
The other four rushed towards Finney. Because the location was secluded, there weren't many people around. The few who were there quickly left after seeing this, showing no intention of helping.
"Fall down!"
Finney, too lazy to lift a finger, gave the order, and all five of them, including the leader, fell to the ground, their heads hitting the ground. Although they didn't bleed, they all had big bumps on their heads, making them look rather comical.
"What did you just do?"
Getting up from the ground, the leader sensed something was wrong and started to panic.
He quickly looked around but didn't find anything unusual. A seasoned street urchin, he wasn't oblivious. Aliens had come to this world; what couldn't happen? So, his immediate thought wasn't to test how Finney had done it, but to escape.
However, as he turned around, he'd only taken two steps, before he could even shout the retreat signal, when he heard a faint voice behind him again:
"Fall down!"
*Thud!*
The same spot, a weak point attack, a critical hit, the pain instantly multiplied several times, causing all of them to cry out in agony.
"Who are you?"
The leader, clutching his wound from which blood seeped, didn't dare get up. He remained lying on the ground, pleading, "I was wrong, please let us go!"
Seeing their leader like this, the henchmen also dared not get up, lying on the ground and pleading in pain, leaving several passersby dumbfounded.
"Alright, I won't do anything to you, just a few questions,"
Finney said, squatting down. He wasn't going to kill them just for robbing them, but he was intrigued by their intense hatred for Tony and planned to deal with them after he finished questioning them.
"Please ask, please ask!"
The leader was now extremely regretful, wondering if Finney was some kind of alien from New York, given how bizarre his attack method was.
"Why do you hate Tony Stark so much?"
Hearing Finney's words, the leader cautiously tilted his head back, seemingly trying to observe Finney's expression before answering.
"Just tell me, don't worry about anything else. I have a way of judging if you're lying. One lie, and I'll throw you ten times!"
Finney said directly, seeing his expression.
"No!"
Hearing Finney's words, the leader panicked and hurriedly explained, "Because our country has become like this because of him!"
"The weapons he manufactured have kept this country in turmoil, with war every year, and many people's loved ones have died because of his weapons."
Hearing this, Finney paused, then sighed silently. In the end, it was actually Obadiah's fault. Tony's initial intention in manufacturing weapons was always to end the war.
But Obadiah only wanted to make money. Without war, who would buy weapons? So he deliberately created war, which led to the hatred of the people of Sokovia.
Of course, Hydra was probably also partly to blame. Without war, how would they send people to support and build bases?
"Get up!"
Having learned the reason, Finney stopped torturing them. After getting them up from the ground, he looked at the five trembling figures and commanded them using the 'Golden Great Evolution Technique':
"Forget everything that happened after you saw me. Your injuries are just from accidentally falling together. From now on, be a helpful and kind person!"
After giving the order, Finney let them go. Being a good person in a place like this wasn't easy, and the punishment was enough for them.
After this incident, Finney had no mood to continue exploring. He found a secluded corner, equipped himself with 'Haunted by Evil', activated stealth mode, and infiltrated the Hydra base.
With Sitwell's information, he wasn't completely unfamiliar with the place, but because the base was so large, he still got a little lost.
Unconsciously, Finney lost track of where he was. After seeing a guard at one of the entrances, he sneaked in and found what appeared to be a dormitory, but it was all glass rooms.
Many people were imprisoned inside, men and women, wearing thin clothes, pale-faced, some even looking as if they were already dead.
Finney walked on and quickly spotted one of the more unusual girls.
"So white, so big!"
That was Finney's first reaction. He then realized that his actions in this state seemed slightly inappropriate, but he couldn't reveal himself.
He could only silently apologize in his mind and continue to scrutinize the girl before him.
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