Just as Dreykov was about to board the plane, he saw Qin Xiao leap forward. He immediately issued an order to the two Super Soldiers.
The two Super Soldiers sprang into the air, lunging toward Qin Xiao.
Though they lacked Qin Xiao's superhuman leaping ability, he was already falling through the air.
The two Super Soldiers raced toward his ankles from left and right, clearly aiming to seize his feet and immobilize him, buying Dreykov precious time to escape.
Qin Xiao merely smiled.
He arched his body mid-air and swept his Tang Dao from left to right.
Anyone who came within range would have their hands severed before they could grasp his ankles.
But just as Qin Xiao began his strike, the two Super Soldiers grinned ferociously and activated the detonators in their hands.
"Holy shit!"
Qin Xiao finally noticed the detonators.
After a night of confident planning, Qin Xiao's composure finally broke under Dreykov's relentless countermoves, and a vulgar curse slipped from his lips.
A blinding flash and intense heat erupted in the air.
The two human bombs generated a massive thermal blast and shockwave, sending Qin Xiao flying backward in the direction he had come. He soared past the Natasha Sisters by more than ten meters before crashing heavily to the ground.
The jet plane, meanwhile, had already accelerated to a tiny speck in the sky.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" Qin Xiao cursed angrily three times in a row.
To be fair, tonight's events were the result of Francis and Dreykov's conspiracy being exposed. Even though Dreykov had thrown everything he had at them, he ended up losing both his prize and his men, forced to flee like a whipped dog.
But Qin Xiao saw it differently. His sole objective had been to capture Dreykov, and despite his preparations, the man had still escaped.
"Damn it! I should have brought Tony with me. I was too arrogant!" Qin Xiao said bitterly.
"It's alright! He's lost a lot today. We'll get another chance, won't we?" Natasha, who should have been even more eager to kill Dreykov than Qin Xiao, stepped forward to comfort him, seeing his self-reproach.
"We never expected him to have so many contingency plans. This isn't your fault, Qin!"
"When we first arrived, someone nearby fired Neurotoxin bullets at us. They must have been Widows trained by the Red Room. Let's find them first and help them break free from their control, shall we?" Yelena changed the subject.
Dreykov, who had returned to the plane in defeat, opened a tablet with a grim expression. He quickly pulled up the three Widows who had been ambushing them earlier and, without hesitation, activated their self-destruct sequence.
In Qin Xiao's apartment, the three sat silently on the balcony, each nursing a bottle of beer.
Dreykov had escaped, and the three Widows they later found had all committed suicide. Three young women who could have been saved by the antidote were now cold corpses. The mood was somber, and no one wanted to speak.
Qin Xiao was particularly affected. After hearing Natasha and Yelena recount their experiences in the Red Room, especially Yelena's description of being controlled—knowing what she was doing and understanding her actions, yet being unable to control her own body and behavior—he felt a heavy weight in his chest.
He could only watch helplessly as his bullets and daggers continued to kill one person after another—some innocent, others utterly depraved, but none he wanted to kill.
Even his grief and guilt were suppressed, unable to find expression, instead festering in the depths of his soul, constantly gnawing at his conscience and humanity.
Qin Xiao imagined himself in such a situation, and a chill ran down his spine.
Qin Xiao wasn't a saint, nor did he possess any heroic ideals—at least not yet.
But such inhumane acts, when one had the power to stop them, would be resisted by any decent person.
It was like watching news reports of scumbags abusing the elderly and children. If the law failed to act, many would want to beat these scum to death.
As if sensing Qin Xiao's anger, the System promptly issued a new mission:
"Destroy the Red Room and rescue all Widows controlled by Neurotoxin. Reward: 1000 points. Kill Dreykov. Reward: Accessory—'Widow's Sweetheart'!"
*Pfft!!!*
The stifling atmosphere was shattered by the beer Qin Xiao spat out.
The Natasha Sisters glared at him.
"Nothing, nothing! Just thinking about something else!" Qin Xiao quickly explained.
"System! Explain to me what 'Widows' Little Sweetheart' means. And will you prepare a reward for me—a donut necklace? Or a strawberry-inlaid bracelet?"
"The host will naturally understand the purpose of the reward after completing the mission. Please refrain from making baseless assumptions based solely on the name, as it reflects poorly on your depth of understanding!"
For some reason, Qin Xiao always detected a hint of contempt in the System's emotionless voice.
He cursed inwardly.
Forcing himself not to argue with a non-sentient entity, he turned to the Natasha Sisters.
"You both trained in the Red Room. Don't you know where their base is?"
"Even if it's hidden or they blindfold you, you're agents! You should at least be able to determine a general direction!"
Qin Xiao refused to believe that Dreykov could hide so thoroughly, leaving not a single clue.
"After my sister defected to S.H.I.E.L.D., Dreykov moved the Red Room's base. For security, every Widow must be injected with a sedative before entering or leaving."
"And inside the base, the areas we're allowed to access have no windows—no way to see outside. We have no idea where it's located," Yelena said with a shrug, her voice tinged with helplessness.
"What about that person? Is there anyone else working for the Red Room, or someone higher up than you? Dreykov can't be the only one who knows its location, can he?" Qin Xiao pressed, unwilling to give up.
"There is someone I know who might know," Natasha said suddenly, her voice soft and thoughtful.
Yelena glanced at her sister, as if a sudden realization had struck her. "Are you talking about Dad?"
During their childhood in America, when the Natasha Sisters were undercover, the agent Alexey Shostakov had temporarily played the role of their father in their fabricated family. He was the only Super Soldier in the former Soviet Union to have been injected with the Super Serum, known by the nicknames Red Guardian and Captain Soviet Union.
"The man who played your father had such a high-profile background—a Soviet superhero? Captain Soviet Union? By the sound of it, he might not cooperate with us, and he's definitely not easy to contact, right?" Qin Xiao asked, his curiosity piqued.
"He's indeed difficult to reach," Natasha said with a shrug.
"He's imprisoned in Siberia!"
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