A knock sounded on the door behind him.
In the deathly silence, it felt more like the Grim Reaper's knock.
Dreykov's heart skipped a beat, and the composure he had cultivated over years in intelligence completely vanished. At this moment, he was terrified and praying.
But the sound of the door opening behind him shattered his hopes.
He knew very well that no one would dare to enter his office without his permission.
"Why don't you turn around?"
The young, pure voice echoed in his ears. Just by hearing it, he could imagine the speaker's appearance.
But this only amplified Dreykov's fear.
He didn't dare to disobey. Although the tone was calm, it carried an undeniable authority, and his body was no longer his own.
Stiff as if rusted, he slowly and awkwardly turned around. On the other side of the desk sat a very handsome boy wearing an ordinary black jacket and jeans. His black hair and black, gem-like eyes seemed to connect to a bottomless abyss.
Behind him stood five expressionless men and women in uniform combat gear.
"You..."
Shhh...
Dreykov was about to speak, but the boy raised a finger to his lips, hushing him and forcing him to swallow his words.
Just looking into the boy's eyes, Dreykov's mind and body seemed to no longer belong to him.
That silent fear completely overwhelmed him.
Watching the fear and panic in the eyes of General Dreykov, a man of great wealth and power, Leon picked up a file from the desk. It was labeled "The Sky Headquarters Base Plan."
After a quick look, Leon put the document down and looked at Dreykov. "A very good plan. It seems you've recruited a large number of scientists and engineers. Let's see... wow, more than 500 scientists. It looks like you've secretly become one of the biggest beneficiaries of your country's disintegration."
Leon read Dreykov's memories and saw how this man had used his power and wealth to accumulate his current assets over the years.
Compared to arms dealers like Stark, Hammer, and the Roxxon Corporation, Dreykov was just an ant. Yet, he was already one of the world's richest people, and he continued to use his cultivated spies for espionage, assassination, and seduction to gain more money and power.
This process was extremely brutal.
Take the Red Room, his spy agency, for example.
Each year, countless female orphans were captured and sent to the Red Room for inhumane training.
In the end, fewer than 5% survived; the rest were ruthlessly "disposed of."
From each class, only the most powerful Black Widow agent could graduate. The graduation ceremony was an inhumane sterilization operation—a hysterectomy—leaving the women incomplete.
The number of victims accumulated over the years exceeded a hundred.
Leon had never considered himself a saint. He often prioritized his own interests, but with the nine years of compulsory education he had in his past life and his current one, he also had his own moral bottom line.
If he didn't know about it, he could ignore it. But now that he knew and had found him, he wouldn't hesitate to make this scumbag atone in the most painful way possible.
Before he accepted his punishment, Leon decided to make Dreykov witness the kingdom he had built being dismantled piece by piece.
Then, he would suffer the most brutal pain and punishment imaginable.
"Abandon all your current plans and summon all the scientists. I need their knowledge."
"Eliminate any unstable factors."
Leon gave his orders and told the five super-soldiers behind him to assist Dreykov.
Under mind control, Dreykov would faithfully execute all of Leon's commands. As for the Red Room, a completely useless institution, it would be temporarily kept.
The training of Black Widows would be suspended. They would be taken away later.
The basic requirement for training Black Widows was that they be orphans without family or relatives. Even if they had relatives, they would either die naturally or be secretly eliminated by the Red Room.
Whether it was a Black Widow who had already been brainwashed to complete multiple missions or one still in training, Leon saw them all as potential recruits for the future.
For these Black Widows or "Widow cubs," it was a turning point in their fate.
Soon, under Dreykov's orders, his massive organization began to operate. With the help of five super-soldiers, including Joseph, Dreykov's "unstable factors" were gradually eliminated.
The scientists were also brought together and sent to another one of Dreykov's research bases. The project was the five super-soldiers.
Leon didn't reject technology. On the contrary, technology had obvious advantages. The combination of both was the ultimate path.
The Super-Soldier Serum was one of the most outstanding examples of gene technology. It could optimize human physicality and enhance physical functions at a genetic level. It was a comprehensive strengthening of a person's strength, resilience, endurance, explosive power, self-healing, flexibility, and even brain functions like reaction time, learning, and memory.
Whether it was for the soldiers of the future legion he planned to establish or for his family back home—his father, mother, and younger brothers and sisters—he had to master this. As for the side effects, they could be optimized and improved. The side effects of Dr. Erskine's and the Red Skull's serum had been completely eliminated by the Dr. Nagel version of the serum in 2024.
Leon also met with someone—a woman.
Her name was Melina Vostokoff. She had gone through four Red Room training programs and completed various secret missions. She also had a high IQ and soon became the Red Room's chief scientist.
Under Dreykov's instructions, she was developing a neuropheromone to completely control the Black Widows. This was a threat Dreykov felt he needed to eliminate after the Budapest incident.
(End of Chapter)
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