Ch: 134-144
Chapter 134 Face to face
While Arthur was still replaying movies in his mind, Melina had already successfully piloted the fighter jet into the Red Room.
The closer he got, the stronger Arthur 's inner shock became; the entire Red Room fortress exuded a sense of cutting-edge technology.
There were many things here that even with Arthur 's current perspective, he had never seen before.
If possible, Arthur truly wished he could stay and explore this Air Fortress thoroughly.
"Bang!"
As the fighter jet settled on the deck, countless people suddenly appeared from all directions, tightly surrounding the jet. Then, Melina and Mimic Master, escorting Black Widow and the other two, slowly emerged from the fighter jet.
At the same time, Arthur took the opportunity to enter his accelerated state, then casually found a guard whose build seemed similar to his own, and pulled that person into the accelerated state with him.
As soon as that person entered the accelerated state, he immediately noticed Arthur standing in front of him and tried to raise the assault rifle in his hand to aim at Arthur .
But very quickly, he found that his arm seemed to have lost all strength, becoming limp.
What he didn't know was that for ordinary people, after entering the accelerated state, every action they perform requires geometrically more energy than usual.
This is because to complete an action at a speed imperceptible to the human eye, a considerable amount of energy must be expended.
However, ordinary people cannot, like Arthur , have the blessing of super-speed, so they quickly become exhausted once they enter the accelerated state.
Seeing the person in front of him collapse from exhaustion, Arthur effortlessly stripped off his combat uniform and put it on himself. At the same time, Arthur slightly closed his eyes and entered that person's mind to begin searching for the information he needed.
As soon as Arthur entered that person's mind, he felt countless negative emotions instantly sweep through his entire mind.
After finally managing to digest these negative emotions, Arthur struggled to stand up. Since Arthur acquired this ability, it was the first time he needed to spend so much time digesting negative emotions, which showed how painful life in the Red Room was.
Afterward, Arthur , based on that person's memories, found an empty corner to discard him, then returned to the tarmac.
After completing all of this, Arthur immediately exited the accelerated state.
Subsequently, everything around him returned to normal.
Then, Arthur followed behind Melina and began walking towards the interior of the Red Room. After passing through a long corridor, a nearly sealed room appeared in Arthur 's sight.
Following Melina's footsteps, Arthur was able to reach the entrance of that room and clearly saw dozens of Widows training inside.
Looking at their synchronized movements and lifeless faces, Arthur felt a suffocating oppression in his heart.
Fortunately, Melina did not linger there for too long before turning and walking towards the elevator at the end of the corridor.
Arthur silently followed Melina into the elevator, watching the numbers on the display screen constantly changing. The elevator was eerily quiet at this moment.
Arthur could even hear Melina's heartbeat.
Just then, Melina suddenly turned her head and looked at Arthur . Faced with Melina's sudden action, Arthur instinctively thought he had been exposed.
But the next second, Arthur realized that there was an elevator door behind him as well.
Then, after Melina reached her floor, she walked straight past Arthur and exited.
"Phew~"
At this moment, Arthur couldn't help but sigh, realizing that after experiencing so much, he was still not calm and careful enough in his actions.
However, Arthur quickly composed himself and followed Melina into a lavishly decorated room.
In the center of the room sat an old man who appeared extremely kind and benevolent.
But the moment Melina saw the latter, Arthur clearly felt Melina's aura instantly become as wary as a leopard hunting at night.
Seeing this, Arthur was very curious about what kind of person Dreykov was, to make people like Black Widow and Melina fear him.
Just then, Dreykov slowly rose from his chair and then casually asked, "So, how was the family reunion this time?"
Hearing this, Melina merely sighed and then softly said, "It was truly awful. They are all very emotional, very unstable, and very poor."
"Oh, just like before, right?"
Then Dreykov brought up Yelena, because ever since Dreykov successfully developed the chemical agent that could control human brains, Yelena was the first Widow to break free from its control.
Therefore, Dreykov had to resolve this matter as soon as possible before irreversible problems arose in his plan.
To this, Melina replied, "So far, she is the only one who has broken free."
Just then, Dreykov's calm demeanor changed. He suddenly became full of malevolence and said to Melina, "Those damn chemical compounds and gases are really giving me a headache right now. I need you to resolve this matter immediately."
But Melina, facing such a Dreykov, showed no fear at all. Instead, she looked directly at Dreykov and said calmly, "I still have to take good care of my nine pigs."
Hearing this, Dreykov smiled, then extended his hands and placed them on Melina's shoulders, pulling her to sit down on a nearby sofa.
"You can put those pigs of yours aside for now."
As he spoke, Dreykov's hand pressed heavily on Melina's head.
Arthur could clearly see that when Dreykov touched Melina's body, Melina's originally unruffled face surprisingly showed a rare hint of fear.
However, Melina quickly hid it well.
Chapter 135 Reversal
At this moment, Dreykov also leaned down to Melina's ear and slowly said, "You'd better pry open her head right now and find out the truth of all this."
Hearing this, Melina's face turned grim, but due to the pressure Dreykov exerted on her, Melina had no choice but to agree, then got up and left the room.
Soon, Yelena was brought before Melina, and then a large group of Doctors gathered around Yelena, who was still unconscious.
Then, at Melina's nod, these Doctors began to mark out the surgical area on Yelena's forehead.
Seeing this, Arthur couldn't help but clench his fists; he never dreamed that Melina would be so heartless as to treat Yelena, whom she once regarded as her own daughter, in such a way.
But at this very moment, the paralyzing effect of the taser wore off.
As soon as Yelena opened her eyes, she saw the familiar operating table, and then felt what the surrounding Doctors were doing; Yelena did not struggle much, only saying faintly, "This kind of death isn't cool at all."
At this time, Arthur looked at Yelena's appearance and recalled Dreykov's treatment of Black Widowin the room earlier.
Dreykov even wanted to turn Black Widow into a pawn under his control, only then could Dreykov get revenge on Nick Fury and others who had targeted him.
Arthur knew he had to act now, otherwise, he would be caught between a rock and a hard place.
With that, Arthur entered a state of extreme speed and arrived beside Yelena; after carefully observing the surroundings, Arthur first silently cut off the monitoring system in this room, and then pulled Yelena into the extreme speed state with him.
When Yelena first reacted, she was startled, but soon after hearing Arthur 's voice, Yelena calmed down.
Then Arthur told Yelena everything about the current situation they were facing, and Yelena's eyes dimmed considerably.
However, in order to rescue Black Widow and Alexei as quickly as possible, Yelena immediately composed herself.
Seeing this, Arthur informed Yelena of his plan, then helped Yelena untie the restraints on the operating table and let Yelena exit the extreme speed state.
Arthur himself left the laboratory and began to walk towards the cell where Black Widow and Alexeiwere being held.
When Arthur successfully arrived in front of the cell where Black Widow and Alexei were being held, Arthur instinctively felt that the person in front of him was not Black Widow, simply because the person's gaze towards him was very confused.
But Arthur just dismissed it as an illusion caused by his excessive nervousness.
Soon, Arthur used the magnetic field here to forcibly tear open the cell door and entered.
However, what happened next made Arthur completely doubt life.
After Arthur , as usual, pulled the Black Widow in front of him into the extreme speed state, the "Black Widow" actually showed an incredible expression, and then began to wildly lunge at Arthur .
"This isn't Natasha!"
Meanwhile, Melina had surprisingly returned to Dreykov's room.
Looking at Melina, who had returned, Dreykov subtly approached Melina, then gently extended his hands to caress Melina's face.
Then, with a doting expression, he said, "You know, every parent can see what's in their child's heart through their eyes."
As he spoke, Dreykov's hands, which were caressing Melina's face, suddenly grabbed a corner of Melina's face and pulled it down.
A flash of electric light appeared on Melina's face, and then Melina's entire face was easily torn off by Dreykov.
Behind the mask, Black Widow's cold, frosty face was revealed.
Clearly, Black Widow had not expected Dreykov to see through her disguise so easily.
At this moment, Mimic Master slowly walked out from behind the bookshelf.
"Calm down, don't break my new toy."
Looking at Mimic Master, who was approaching with a pistol, Dreykov hurriedly said, afraid that Mimic Master would turn Black Widow into a sieve the next second.
And at this time, Arthur , who was still bewildered in the cell, looked at the fake "Black Widow" in front of him.
He only heard Alexei's voice from the adjacent cell.
"Natasha, you know, I always thought I could save us, but only now do I realize I simply couldn't."
"Back then in Cuba, when you were forcibly taken away from me, I also thought that nothing in this World was worth such a price..."
Just as Alexei was about to continue his speech, the "Black Widow" in front of Arthur stood up and walked straight to the cell door.
Then, under Arthur 's gaze, she scanned her iris and then opened the special cell door.
Subsequently, she went to the front of the cell where Alexei was being held and opened that door.
"I..."
But at this moment, Alexei was still clinging to the cell door, pouring out his heart about his helplessness back then.
In an unguarded moment, he fell empty, landing face down.
After getting back up, Alexei looked up and saw Arthur and the "Black Widow."
"Did you do this?"
At this time, Alexei looked at Arthur with suspicion and asked, but Arthur did not answer; instead, the "Black Widow" beside him spoke first, "I did it."
Hearing this, Alexei looked around in disbelief, then widened his eyes and asked the "Black Widow," "Why can you control this thing?"
"Because I designed it."
Saying this, the "Black Widow" in front of them reached out and tore off the nano-level mask attached to her face, revealing Melina's face.
Seeing this, Alexei angrily complained, "If that's the case, why did I know nothing? I was just pouring my heart out to you."
Not only Alexei, but even Arthur was truly shocked, not expecting that Black Widow and Melina had already pulled a switch.
Chapter 136 Antonia
However, Arthur quickly realized that since Melina was here, the Melina from earlier must have been Black Widow.
Although he and Alexei couldn't tell the difference between the two, it was hard to guarantee that Dreykov, that old fox, wouldn't notice. Arthur instantly began to worry about Black Widow's current safety.
At this moment, Melina didn't care about Alexei's complaints. Instead, she told him to calm down, then pressed the hidden earphone in her ear and called Yelena, who was lying on the operating table.
"Hey, Yelena, it's me, it's Mom."
Yelena, lying on the operating table, then realized that a miniature Bluetooth earphone had been placed in her ear at some unknown point.
And at this moment, Melina's voice actually came from inside. Yelena hadn't yet recovered from the shock of being betrayed by Melina when she received such an intimate call from Melina, and for a moment, Yelena felt dizzy.
She didn't know which one was the real Melina.
However, Melina didn't know that Yelena's restraints had already been removed by Arthur . She still reminded Yelena that there was a dagger six centimeters under the bed on her left side.
At this time, the Doctor, who was preparing for the surgery, also took out his scalpel and said to the Nurse beside him, "Keep her awake. We are about to start the craniotomy."
Upon hearing this, Yelena knew there was no time for her to think. If she didn't move fast enough, she would likely be undergoing a craniotomy.
Thinking of this, Yelena followed Melina's instructions and found the dagger on her left side, then quickly got up and decapitated the two Doctors guarding her with one swift strike.
This sudden turn of events also scared the remaining two Nurses, who stood frozen in place, at a loss. But for safety's sake, Yelena still knocked them both unconscious.
After that, Yelena glanced at the chaotic operating room and then quickly left the area.
At this moment, Yelena finally had time to complain to the old couple on the other end of the phone.
"Why didn't you say so earlier? If Arthur hadn't found me first, I would have almost thought I was going to die here."
Upon hearing this, Melina retorted impatiently, "Would you stop complaining, daughter?"
At this moment, Alexei quickly stepped in to change the subject, asking, "Yelena, why do I feel like your voice sounds a bit breathless?"
Then Alexei also imitated Melina's posture, pressing his ear, and began to continue his previously interrupted speech to Yelena and Black Widow.
But this time, he was quickly interrupted again by Melina, mercilessly.
"You better save it. There's no earphone in your ear, so no matter what you say, they won't hear you."
Upon hearing this, Alexei turned his head and looked at Melina, asking, "Why?"
But Melina's cold response was, "Because it's completely unnecessary, so it's not part of our plan."
"Oh, really? So what is your plan?"
Hearing Alexei's question, Melina slowly said, "Natasha and I both believe that it's difficult to capture all the people in the Red Room with just the strength of a few of us. But if anyone from the Red Roomescapes this time, a brand new Red Room will emerge before long. So, this time, we must capture everyone here."
"So, Natasha decided to ask her 'good friends' in the West for help."
Hearing this, Arthur symbolically spoke up and asked, "General Ross?"
After hearing Arthur 's voice, Melina turned around, affectionately stroked Arthur 's head, and said, "You're so smart, child. I like you more and more. Natasha and I decided to activate the tracker that General Ross left in Natasha's body, so General Ross can follow the radar to find this place."
"And we need to ensure that those Widows can successfully get the antidote."
"Leave it to me, it's easy."
Compared to the smooth progress on their side, Black Widow, after being exposed by Dreykov, had fallen into a predicament.
"So this is your plan?"
Dreykov looked at his once most favored subordinate with contempt and asked disdainfully.
In response, Black Widow said, "My plan is to kill you and end all of this."
Hearing this, Dreykov burst out laughing, then circled Black Widow once and said, "But I'm still alive and well here. What else do you plan to do next?"
But just then, Black Widow asked, "What was my mother's name?"
Upon hearing this, Dreykov hadn't expected Black Widow to ask him about this. He didn't intend to hide anything, merely stating truthfully, "Oh, you want to know that, huh? Let me think... The place where we buried her has a towering tree, a patch of pink flowers, and there's a tombstone there with her name engraved on it. Ah, let me think what it said."
"No...Name!"
Hearing this, Black Widow's eyes were already filled with tears. She then asked Dreykov, "Don't you feel anything about this? Did you feel nothing when I killed your daughter?"
But unexpectedly, Dreykov showed no anger at all. Instead, he looked coldly into Black Widow's eyes and asked faintly, "Is this the guilt that you can't shake off in your mind?"
Just then, Dreykov walked over to Mimic Master and, without looking back at Black Widow, said, "Speaking of what happened back then, even now, I have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gotten such a good weapon."
As soon as Dreykov finished speaking, Mimic Master raised his arm and tapped it a few times, then removed his helmet.
Soon, Black Widow's face revealed a look of shock, because the Mimic Master in front of her was none other than Antonia, Dreykov's daughter, who had been troubling Black Widow for so long. The little girl Black Widow and Hawkeye had to sacrifice to confirm Dreykov's location had now become Dreykov's most powerful Widow.
Chapter 137 Planned Bankruptcy
Just as Black Widow was still immersed in the shock before her, Dreykov on the side said, "The explosion you planned almost made me lose my Antonia, so I had no choice but to implant a chip in the back of her neck."
"Do you know how difficult it was to make that choice at the time?"
"She can now easily imitate the fighting styles of your friends, she fights like your friends."
At this moment, Black Widow looked at the face in front of her, which was already disfigured by the Fire, and asked, "Can she hear what I'm saying now?"
"What, you want her to have an easier time?"
At this moment, after hearing Black Widow's words, Dreykov leaned close to Black Widow's ear and asked fiercely.
"Did you think about this when you did it? You should have thought of all this before you blew up her face. Alright, that's enough of this nonsense."
With that, Dreykov waved his hand at Antonia and said, "Time to work, there are a few rats in the Underground Room, go clean them up now."
After hearing Dreykov's command, Antonia immediately put her helmet back on, and then walked straight past Black Widow without saying a word.
Watching Antonia leave her sight, Black Widow immediately composed herself, then suddenly drew the pistol from her waist, aimed it at Dreykov's Sun, and said, "You made a wrong decision."
Upon hearing this, Dreykov merely asked indifferently, "What are you talking about?"
"You just drove away the only person in this room who could stop me from killing you."
"Is that so? Then by all means, try."
Seeing Dreykov's fearless appearance, Black Widow suddenly felt a strong sense of unease in her heart. She immediately wanted to pull the trigger, but the next second, Black Widow was horrified to find that her body seemed to be under a spell. Although Dreykov was right in front of her, her fingers seemed to be disobedient, unable to pull the trigger.
Dreykov, seeing this scene, asked disdainfully, "What's wrong? Did you forget to turn off the safety?"
Then Dreykov reached out and directly snatched the pistol from Black Widow's hand. Although Black Widow was already incredibly shocked at this moment, years of Agent life also urged Black Widow to immediately pull out a dagger from her waist and stab at Dreykov again.
But as expected, Black Widow's arm was once again frozen a few meters away from Dreykov.
Looking at her arm frozen in mid-air, Black Widow's heart was now churning with turbulent waves.
No matter how hard Black Widow tried, she couldn't move her arm forward even a centimeter.
Seeing this, Dreykov nodded with satisfaction, then easily took the dagger from Black Widow's hand, and then said to Black Widow, "Oh, it seems like you've run into quite a bit of trouble."
At this moment, all Black Widow could do was breathe and speak.
"What exactly did you do to me? Are you controlling me now?"
Upon hearing this, Dreykov merely smiled slightly and said, "Controlling you? No, although I have that thought, I haven't done so yet. It's just that I have a kind of pheromone lock here. The moment you stepped into this room, you already smelled my pheromone, which prevents you from violently attacking me."
"Also, I am truly disappointed with Melina, so much so that I now have no choice but to choose to eliminate her."
While Dreykov and Black Widow were talking, Antonia had already taken the elevator to the floor where Alexei and others were originally held.
But at this time, Alexei was still flirting with Melina, completely unaware that danger was approaching.
Fortunately, Melina was the first to discover Antonia's arrival, and then said to Alexei, "I think now there are indeed some things worth your effort to smash."
After speaking, she turned Alexei's head in Antonia's direction. After seeing Antonia, Alexei confidently put on his helmet and continued to brag to Melina.
But he was completely unaware that Melina had already opened the escape door behind the three of them and left the place.
Before leaving, Melina also instructed Arthur to make sure to protect Alexei from being killed by Antonia.
After speaking, she left without looking back.
At this moment, Alexei, who had put on his helmet, realized that the area behind him was empty. Seeing this, Alexei questioned Arthur , "How could you not even keep an eye on one person?"
In response, Arthur just pouted.
At this moment, Yelena, who had escaped from the operating room, also followed the ventilation duct to an elevator door.
Inside this Air Fortress, all access to any area relies solely on elevators, so there are patrol teams patrolling every elevator 24 hours a day.
After passing through a long ventilation duct, Yelena finally successfully found an elevator shaft, but when she jumped down from the ventilation duct, she saw a fully armed patrol team.
Helplessly, Yelena could only hide in the corner and patiently wait for the patrol team to leave.
After a long time, after the patrol team left, Yelena quickly walked into the elevator and pressed the floor where the antidote was stored.
When Yelena arrived at the laboratory door where the antidote was stored, she found that there were people guarding it, but fortunately, there was only one person.
When that person turned his head, Yelena lunged out from the corner with an arrow-like swiftness, then leaped onto the person's neck, and with a strong pull, she choked the person unconscious.
Afterward, Yelena dragged the person's body to the fingerprint lock at the laboratory door and pressed the fingerprint.
She very easily opened the laboratory door.
At this moment, Dreykov also projected all the surveillance camera footage of the Red Room onto the White cloth in the room in front of Black Widow, and quickly found Melina's location among the many cameras.
"This is quite a plan, isn't it, Melina? After landing in the Red Room, you want to hand me over to the authorities?"
Seeing that their plan had been exposed by Dreykov, Black Widow's face also showed concern.
Chapter 138
Just as Dreykov's voice fell, all the exits of the Air Fortress were sealed off by Dreykov.
At this moment, Melina immediately discovered this change and was greatly shocked.
Then Dreykov connected all the electronic systems of the entire Air Fortress to the tablet computer in his hand.
Watching Dreykov finish all of this, Black Widow, no matter how anxious she was, could not stop him.
"Are you going to drag me into your pathetic puppet show now?"
Hearing Black Widow's question, Dreykov looked up at Black Widow and said indifferently, "You think this is a pathetic war, but you yourself chose to participate in the wrong war at the wrong time and in the wrong place."
Upon hearing this, Black Widow said disdainfully, "How dare you call this a war? You are nothing but a person who likes to hide in the dark."
"No, Natasha, you must remember, true power comes from imperceptible self-control."
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Black Widow laughed heartily.
"If no one notices, who would know everything you've done? If no one is willing to help you do things, you are nothing at all."
Dreykov, who had always been arrogant, suddenly turned a pig-liver color after hearing Black Widow's words, and the veins on his neck bulged.
Immediately, he wanted to continue to argue to regain some face in front of Black Widow.
But unexpectedly, as soon as Dreykov opened his mouth to speak, he was directly stopped by Black Widow.
"Don't tell me to shut up!"
At this moment, Dreykov jumped up from his seat with a whoosh.
But facing Dreykov like this, Black Widow, instead of being afraid as she was at first, completely recovered from her previous fear because of Dreykov's action. Dreykov was just an ordinary human being with joys, sorrows, and anger, just like herself.
"If I don't tell you when to shut up now, then how can you know when to shut up yourself?"
At this moment, Dreykov, enraged, slapped Black Widow across the face.
Black Widow, having regained her balance, not only showed no signs of shrinking back but instead stood upright in place, then spread her hands and smiled at Dreykov, "Go on, do you think I can't even endure this much? How about trying with a fist this time?"
Looking at the arrogant Black Widow in front of him, Dreykov felt his pride being trampled and ravaged by Black Widow.
So he rushed to Black Widow again, raised his arm, and punched Black Widow fiercely.
But what Dreykov didn't expect was that Black Widow still stood calmly in place, mercilessly mocking Dreykov, "Wow, you're really weak now. I believe you think it's easier to pretend in front of a completely defenseless little girl, don't you?"
Then, Dreykov kicked Black Widow down. After that, Dreykov tirelessly said to Black Widow again, "If you had any concept of what I'm building, then you wouldn't be so glib. I will soon have the entire World."
"It seems you really want to impress me."
"No, I don't need to impress anyone."
Saying that, Dreykov came to his desk and casually opened a drawer, revealing a fingerprint lock inside.
After Dreykov unlocked it, a satellite map appeared on the display screen in the room.
"You see, all the great people in this entire World are subservient to me and my Widows. I will soon acquire the entire World."
At this moment, Dreykov also entered his password.
After a system authentication, the map quickly showed the locations of the Widows that Dreykov had spread across the globe.
Looking at the dense red dots in front of her, Black Widow knew Dreykov's grand scheme.
"Look at them, they are all trash, mercilessly discarded on the streets. I am doing the work of recycling trash, picking them all up, and then letting them live the lives they want."
At this moment, the display screen also showed the avatars of each Widow one by one. Looking at these innocent faces, Black Widow felt a pang of heartache.
"Melina, I've already got all the antidotes."
Hearing the voice from her earpiece, Melina replied breathlessly, "Oh, really? That's great, but I've run into some trouble now. You must go find those Widows first."
Saying that, Melina kicked off a control lever nearby, then used it as a crowbar, forcefully inserting it into a ventilation duct opening nearby. With a push, she pried open the ventilation duct opening that had been sealed shut.
Not only were Melina and Black Widow's progress not smooth, but even Alexei was being mercilessly rubbed on the ground by Antonia. There was no way to contend with Antonia in a one-on-one situation now, even if Captain America and others personally arrived here.
After only a brief exchange, Antonia had already imitated all of Alexei's fighting moves precisely.
Now, Alexei was being mercilessly ravaged by Antonia while spouting trash talk.
Meanwhile, Arthur , who had been standing by and observing the battle, was analyzing every one of Antonia's movements.
After the Civil War, to prevent such incidents from happening again, Tony specifically designed an analyzer for all the remaining Avengers that could quickly analyze the opponent's fighting moves.
Upon seeing that Antonia's various fighting moves and data were identical to those of the Avengers, Arthur couldn't help but marvel that the Red Room's technology had indeed advanced to the forefront of the World.
However, in Arthur 's eyes, all of this seemed redundant. If you cannot use this power for good, then there is no need for it to exist.
Chapter 139 Blocking the Nerves
Thinking of this, Arthur decided not to slack off anymore.
With a thought, Arthur immediately entered a high-speed state, and then Alexei and Antonia's movements were all frozen in mid-air.
Without a word, Arthur went directly to Antonia's side, and then with a wave of his hand, he bound all the scattered metal debris on the ground to Antonia's body.
After doing all this, Arthur also exited the high-speed state.
Looking at Antonia, who was wrapped like a dumpling, Alexei also showed an expression of awe, looking at Arthur .
Then he quickly said, "Since you're so powerful, why didn't you act sooner? You let me take so many hits for nothing."
Hearing this, Arthur merely said faintly, "I just wanted to admire the battle of the Red Guardian, who once stood against Captain America."
Even though Alexei knew Arthur was mocking his miserable state when Antonia had just ravaged him, he couldn't say anything. He just sulked and followed Arthur towards the elevator.
The most urgent task at hand was to ensure Black Widow's safety.
After all, Dreykov was the only one in the entire Air Fortress who could pose a threat to everyone.
Moreover, Melina and Yelena were not easy to deal with either.
At this moment, Black Widow looked at the countless pieces of information displayed on the huge screen in front of her, and instantly understood that what Dreykov had just said was definitely not a bluff.
Looking at the density of the Widows, the entire World was constantly facing these unknown huge threats, just as Dreykov himself said, with just a word from him, the entire World's fuel and gold markets could collapse, and with just a word, a quarter of the World's population could die from famine.
His Widows could quickly start and end a battle, create and overthrow a kingdom.
Looking at the countless bloodshed incidents on the screen, Black Widow knew that for many of these things, even Nick Fury and the former S.H.I.E.L.D. had searched for decades without finding the truth behind them.
But now, all of it was done by Dreykov and those Widows.
At this moment, Black Widow truly felt how insane Dreykov and his plan were.
However, Black Widow quickly snapped out of her shock.
Simply because of a single sentence from Dreykov.
"Everything in the World is under my and my Widows' control. I can stay in this room, and with just a slight movement of my finger, I can decide the future direction of this World."
"And with an Avenger controlled by me."
Upon hearing Dreykov's words, Black Widow did not get angry at all. Instead, she quickly found the key to the problem. Black Widow turned around and walked straight to Dreykov, asking, "You said everything just now was achieved through that small platform inside your desk?"
Dreykov, hearing this, thought Black Widow had been convinced by his grand plan, so he did not hide anything at all and directly nodded, giving Black Widow an answer.
Seeing this, a long-lost smile appeared on Black Widow's face, and her gaze towards Dreykov became increasingly strange.
Looking at Black Widow, whose smile was gradually becoming more unrestrained in front of him, Dreykov impatiently asked, "What's wrong? Do you find all this very funny?"
"No, no, no, please don't take it to heart. I just want to thank you very much for telling me so much."
In fact, when Melina and Black Widow swapped identities, Melina had once instructed Black Widowthat if she could get close to Dreykov, she must make him reveal the key to controlling all the Widowsin the World.
But before that, Melina had also informed Black Widow about Dreykov's use of pheromone locks.
So, from the very beginning, Black Widow had already known that she would fall into the trap as soon as she entered the room, but in order to lower Dreykov's guard to the minimum, Black Widow could only pretend to be completely unaware. Now that she knew the root of everything, Black Widow no longer intended to hide it.
However, back on the plane, Melina had told Black Widow that the only way to break the pheromone lock was to find a way to sever her own nerves; otherwise, holding her breath would not solve it at all.
Therefore, Black Widow's constant provocation of Dreykov earlier was not merely out of pure defiance; a more important reason was the hope of using Dreykov's hand to subtly sever her own nerves. But what Black Widow did not expect was that Dreykov was now so weak that even without any protection, he couldn't break Black Widow's nose.
Helplessly, Black Widow now had no choice but to take matters into her own hands.
Black Widow suddenly slammed her head hard onto the table in front of Dreykov.
Before long, Black Widow's face was bleeding profusely, and her originally straight nose was deliberately broken by Black Widow.
But it was precisely this act that allowed Black Widow to successfully sever her own nerves.
Seeing this, Dreykov finally understood Black Widow's intentions. Just as he was about to reach out and snatch the tablet computer on the table back, Black Widow had already acted first and snatched the tablet computer.
Then, supporting herself with both hands on the table, she delivered a whip kick that sent Dreykov, chair and all, flying out.
At the same time, the entire Air Fortress went into an emergency state.
Upon hearing the alarm, countless Widows training in the training room immediately took off their equipment and rushed out, determined to eliminate the intruders.
Melina, hearing the alarm, also knew that Black Widow must have succeeded, otherwise, such a big commotion would not have been made.
She then sped up, and before long, Melina crawled out from the other side of the ventilation duct.
But just as Melina crawled out of the ventilation duct, she happened to run into a patrolling Red RoomAgent face-to-face.
Without a word, both sides immediately engaged in battle, but the older ginger was spicier. Within a few rounds, the Agent was brutally knocked to the ground by Melina.
Chapter 140 Login
However, this delay immediately caused countless fully armed guards to surge out, surrounding Melinathree layers deep.
Melina looked around and saw that there was no way out; directly beneath her feet was the massive engine that kept the entire Air Fortress flying in the air.
At this moment, the surrounding guards all recognized Melina and immediately shouted at her, "Melina, quickly put down your weapon and lie on the ground."
Upon hearing this, Melina slowly raised her hands high in front of everyone and then said to the leader, "Okay, that's actually what I was thinking too."
However, at that very moment, Melina's finger suddenly pressed the trigger, and with a loud bang, a grenade shot directly towards the support pillar above.
Following a flash of fire, the surrounding structures instantly collapsed.
Immediately, the entire Air Fortress was plunged into violent turbulence.
At this time, Arthur was extremely uncomfortable, only because he knew perfectly well what that turbulence meant.
As early as the New York incident, Arthur had experienced this feeling on Nick Fury's Sky Carrier.
If it hadn't been for Tony at that time, an entire ship of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents would have been killed by Loki.
But this time, Tony was not with Arthur and his companions. However, at this point, they could only adapt to whatever came their way, as many things happening now were beyond their control.
Just as Arthur and Alexei stepped out of the elevator, they ran head-on into a frantic Yelena. Seeing Yelena's anxious expression, Arthur and Alexei instinctively guessed that something bad must have happened.
Sure enough, Yelena's next sentence made Arthur and Alexei's hearts race.
"All the Widows have gone towards Natasha. We must get these antidotes to Natasha before they tear her apart."
Upon hearing this, Arthur immediately took the antidote from Yelena's hand and instantly entered a high-speed state, sprinting towards Dreykov's room.
At this moment, Black Widow was also surrounded by numerous Widows who had suddenly arrived behind her, trapping her in the room.
Just as Black Widow was about to exhaust her strength, she suddenly felt the scene before her begin to spin.
Seeing this, Black Widow showed no sign of tension; instead, she revealed a relaxed smile.
After a brief few seconds, all the Widows in the room were knocked down by Arthur , who then poured all the antidote he had into each Widow's nasal cavity.
As the antidote integrated, all the Widows woke up from Dreykov's control, and then they each stood up, looking around in confusion.
At this moment, Yelena finally arrived in a hurry. Seeing Black Widow lying in Arthur 's arms, Yelenaimmediately rushed over. Seeing the bruises on Black Widow's face, Yelena tenderly reached out and touched Black Widow's face.
Just then, the Widows, who had finally escaped Dreykov's control, began to gather around. Seeing this, Yelena and Black Widow instinctively became alert, but the next second, the leader of this group of Widows approached the three of them and asked in confusion, "What can we do next?"
Upon hearing this, Arthur looked up with a puzzled expression and then asked, "Do you all still remember any of this?"
Hearing Arthur 's words, one of the Widows in the crowd said, "When he was controlling us, each of us actually had our own consciousness, but we simply had no room to resist his commands. We were like walking corpses."
After speaking, the Widows around that person fell into a long silence.
But at this moment, the Air Fortress experienced another violent tremor after losing a main engine.
This immediately pulled everyone present back from their recollections.
Then, this group of Widows seemed to regard Arthur and the other two as their backbone, eagerly asking what they should do next.
To this, Yelena simply said, "Before we capture Dreykov, you just need to stay away from here, the further the better."
After hearing this, the many Widows exchanged glances and then began to rush out of the room.
At this time, the Air Fortress also began to descend with the explosion at the engine.
After Dreykov escaped Black Widow, he dispatched all the security patrols in the fortress to pursue Black Widow and the others, while he himself, under the cover of the security team, quickly headed towards the evacuation passage.
But suddenly, Dreykov discovered that the ring he had been wearing on his ring finger was gone.
At this moment, Dreykov seemed to suddenly remember something and immediately turned around, yelling that he wanted to rush back to his room.
However, the Air Fortress's descent was becoming more severe. Before Dreykov could turn back, countless architectural debris fell directly in front of him from the ceiling behind him.
After Yelena led all the Widows out of the room, Black Widow, with Arthur 's support, came to Dreykov's desk.
She then took out the ring from her waist pocket—the very ring Dreykov was frantically searching for, which could activate the control system.
Black Widow then skillfully took out the tablet from the desk and used the ring to log into the system that controlled Widows worldwide.
At this moment, Arthur saw this magnificent scene for the first time. He had to admit that seeing the red dots spread across the World on the screen, his heart felt as if it had been struck hard by a hammer.
It was hard to imagine that if he had acted impulsively at the beginning, even if he could destroy this entire Air Fortress, these Widows, placed by Dreykov all over the World, would not have disappeared.
Chapter 141 Explosion
At that time, a situation similar to when HYDRA's Winter Soldiers were controlled by Zemo might very well happen again.
After all, this World is never short of ambitious people, and no one can guarantee that the Red Roomwill not spread its tentacles across the World like HYDRA, making them difficult to eradicate.
However, Arthur at that time did not make a choice he would regret; instead, he chose to secretly infiltrate with Black Widow and others.
And now Black Widow has successfully logged into the system; she just needs to tap her fingers a few times, and she can destroy these forces capable of devastating half the Earth.
Then Black Widow took out a data drive and inserted it into Dreykov's database, intending to download all the detailed information of the Widows scattered across the World.
But Arthur , who was watching from the side, was anxious; although downloading the detailed information of these Widows could completely eradicate Dreykov's insane plan, Arthur also believed that if he could capture Dreykov before he escaped this Air Fortress, then even without the detailed information of these Widows, Arthur believed that these Widows, after losing Dreykov's control, would certainly no longer obey anyone else's orders.
Moreover, these Widows seem numerous, but in reality, they do not know of each other's existence; as long as the Red Room and Dreykov are eliminated, the remaining Widows will ultimately be nothing more than scattered sand, unable to cause much trouble.
Thinking of this, Arthur became even more puzzled about Black Widow's reasons for doing this, but Arthur also knew Black Widow's character very well; although she often appeared cold to everyone and everything on the surface, once she encountered a matter of principle or a test of humanity, Black Widow would reveal her emotional side.
For example, during the Avengers' Civil War, Black Widow surprisingly chose to help Captain Americaat a critical moment, which resulted in her also becoming one of the people on the wanted list issued by General Ross.
Just as Arthur was still lost in his own World, one of Black Widow's actions instantly made Arthur 's jaw drop.
Black Widow, who was waiting for the data drive to download data, accidentally touched her nose, intending to wipe away the nosebleed that had flowed out from her violent Impact earlier, and inadvertently touched the dislocated part of her nose, causing Black Widow to wince in pain.
Just as Arthur was also feeling pain for Black Widow, he saw Black Widow straighten up, take a deep breath, and then hold her prominent nose bridge with both hands and forcefully swing it to one side.
Then Arthur heard a grinding sound of bones.
Seeing Black Widow actually reset her dislocated nasal bone with her bare hands, Arthur subconsciously touched his own nose; this was too fierce.
Looking at the constantly flashing progress bar on the screen, Arthur and Black Widow were both holding their breath, staring intently; the reason was none other than Melina's actions just now, the entire Air Fortress was already operating at full overload, and the previously impregnable Air Fortresshad now begun to explode from the engine outwards to various corners of the fortress.
Before long, the raging Fire surged into the room where Arthur and Black Widow were through the pipe opening, and a strong Impact instantly swept towards the two of them.
In a critical moment, Arthur immediately blocked all the metal objects in the room between the two of them and the aftermath of the explosion.
But even though these metals could help them temporarily block the aftershocks of the explosion, the marble floor beneath their feet was now showing signs of melting.
Seeing this, Arthur knew that they did not have much time left.
As the marble floor was about to be burned through by the flames, the progress bar on the screen finally reached one hundred percent.
Seeing this, Black Widow immediately took out the data drive and carefully placed it in the inner pocket of her combat suit.
Immediately, Arthur manipulated the metal objects to forcibly push open the already collapsed room exit.
But at this moment, a series of muffled sounds came from the elevator shaft outside the room.
Hearing this sound, Black Widow immediately grabbed Arthur 's hand and ran quickly down the corridor.
Just as the two had not run a few steps, a loud bang came from behind them.
The elevator door, weighing several tons, was also blown away by the aftershocks of the explosion.
Along with the elevator door came a roaring wave of Fire rapidly approaching the two from behind.
Feeling the heat from behind, Arthur had no choice but to scoop Black Widow up in his arms and enter a state of extreme speed.
Even Black Widow's physical fitness, after entering a state of extreme speed, was difficult to maintain too many movements, so Arthur could only choose to move while holding Black Widow.
Because Arthur was completely unfamiliar with the internal structure of the Red Room, and now that the elevator was destroyed by the explosion, Arthur temporarily did not know where to go.
At this moment, after a brief recollection, Black Widow immediately beckoned Arthur to proceed down the right corridor.
Hearing this, Arthur quickly ran towards the right corridor without a word, but soon a glass wall appeared at the end of the corridor.
But just as Arthur was about to stop, Black Widow in his arms suddenly raised her two guns and fiercely fired at the glass wall in front of them.
Seeing this scene, Arthur also guessed Black Widow's intention, and at the same time, with a thought, he took a few metal rods from his feet and struck the glass wall.
With a crisp shattering sound, the glass wall blocking the two of them shattered in response.
As Arthur expected, as the two leaped out of the corridor, they began to free-fall in the air.
However, Arthur had prepared metal rods in advance, and the two stood on the metal rods without any danger.
The corridor above, after Arthur exited the extreme speed state, immediately spewed terrifying flames outwards from the opening they had created, and seeing this, Arthur breathed a long sigh of relief.
Chapter 142 Escape
At this moment, Black Widow and Arthur also spotted Melina, Alexei, and others rapidly running towards the tarmac below them.
After crossing the long runway, Melina and Alexei finally boarded a fighter jet. Melina, while starting the jet, asked Alexei behind her, "Have you seen those girls yet?"
Hearing this, Alexei quickly ran to the tail of the fighter jet and strained to look towards the other end of the runway. But after a few seconds, a group of figures appeared on the previously empty runway.
Before Alexei could get a clear look, the tarmac beneath them began to collapse, and soon after, Melinaand the fighter jet plummeted straight down.
Fortunately, Melina had already started the fighter jet's engine in advance, and with the immense acceleration from its descent, she easily brought the jet under control.
But just as Melina was about to pilot the fighter jet back to the Air Fortress to pick up Black Widow and Yelena, the people who had been behind them earlier now jumped down from the remaining runway as if they had a death wish.
Then, they clung to the outside of the fighter jet with their bare hands, and without a word, raised their assault rifles, intending to spray the jet with bullets.
Seeing this, Alexei quickly hurled the shield he had taken from Antonia at the person outside the window.
Following a scream from that person, Alexei noticed that as the person fell, they inadvertently broke off the fighter jet's tail fin.
After losing its tail fin, Melina could no longer stabilize the fuselage and could only spin uncontrollably with the fighter jet.
Alexei inside the fighter jet was firmly pressed against his seat by the immense inertia.
But at this point, no matter how hard Melina and Alexei tried to stabilize the fighter jet's fuselage again, they found it difficult to do so.
The only thing they could do now was to barely manage a safe emergency landing on the ground; they had no energy left to return to the Air Fortress to pick up Black Widow and the others.
Meanwhile, Black Widow and Arthur , who were now out of danger, were searching for Yelena's whereabouts.
After quickly flying a circle around the Air Fortress, they finally discovered Yelena's location. However, Yelena had appeared on the plane Dreykov intended to use for evacuation. Yelena took two electric batons from her back, combined them, and then, despite Black Widow's loud warning, forcefully inserted the assembled weapon into the propeller below her.
"Bang!"
As Yelena acted, a dazzling burst of Fire erupted from the plane's propeller, and Yelena was instantly knocked away by the powerful Impact.
Seeing this, Arthur and Black Widow no longer cared about Dreykov. Under Arthur 's control, they swiftly pursued the falling Yelena.
As Arthur and Black Widow began to chase the falling Yelena, Dreykov and his group took advantage of the moment to successfully leave the tarmac, but their luck was not as good as Melinaand Alexei's.
Shortly after their plane took off, the engine that Yelena had destroyed suddenly underwent a violent secondary explosion, and in an instant, the cramped cabin was engulfed in raging flames.
At this point, Dreykov had nowhere to escape. In the blink of an eye, the entire plane disintegrated into a pile of wreckage in mid-air.
The debris from the plane's explosion was now rapidly falling towards Arthur and the two others below.
Left with no choice, Arthur could only turn around to help Black Widow block the constantly falling debris.
Then, Arthur spotted a parachute among the building debris that had fallen from the Air Fortress. Upon finding it, Arthur immediately used his metal abilities to remotely retrieve the parachute.
After a quick inspection, Arthur tossed the parachute to Black Widow.
Upon receiving the parachute, Black Widow immediately detached herself from the metal drumsticks beneath her feet and then leaped, accelerating her descent.
However, what none of them knew was that Antonia, who had been trapped by Arthur earlier, had now broken free due to the Impact from the violent explosion.
The moment Antonia ran out of the room, she spotted Black Widow rapidly descending below her, and without hesitation, she leaped down after her.
Seeing this, Arthur waved his hand, sending all the metal debris above him towards Antonia, intending to use his old trick to restrain her.
But this time, Antonia was clearly smarter. She kicked off the incoming metal debris, and using that force, swiftly moved out of Arthur 's control range.
Seeing Antonia's relentless determination to kill Black Widow, Arthur knew the seriousness of the situation. If Antonia were to get close to Black Widow at this moment, both Black Widow and Yelenawould be in danger of being smashed to a pulp.
Immediately, Arthur no longer paid attention to the constantly falling building debris above. He used a leverage point in the air and swiftly pursued them downwards.
At the very bottom, Black Widow finally caught Yelena, who was in a dazed state. After shaking Yelenaawake, Black Widow immediately put the parachute on her back, and then firmly wrapped her own legs around Yelena's body.
Just as Black Widow thought she and Yelena were completely safe, she caught sight of Antonia and Arthur rapidly approaching from above.
Black Widow knew that Antonia's eyes were now solely on her. After glancing at Yelena again, Black Widow decisively chose to let go of Yelena and continued to fall downwards herself.
As she passed a large piece of building debris, Black Widow took out the two climbing axes from her back and heavily plunged them into the building debris, hoping to slow her descent and wait for Arthur to come to her rescue.
But what Arthur and Black Widow hadn't expected was that Antonia was equipped with a small jetpack on her back. In just a few short seconds, Antonia arrived in front of Black Widow.
Chapter 143 Rescue
Black Widow could only sigh helplessly after seeing the lingering Antonia.
No matter how much guilt Black Widow harbored towards Antonia, Antonia was still under Dreykov's control.
And by this time, Dreykov had probably already turned completely into a pile of ash, so Black Widowwas left with only two choices.
Either kill Antonia one more time, or free Antonia from Dreykov's former control.
However, just as Black Widow and Arthur were leaving the room, Black Widow had picked up the red antidote that had been scattered on the ground from the earlier fight.
Therefore, as long as Black Widow and Antonia could land safely on the ground, Black Widow was confident she could restore Antonia's original consciousness.
Just as Black Widow made up her mind to save Antonia no matter what, Antonia drew the titanium alloy longsword from her waist and lunged at Black Widow.
But since both of them were in a rapid freefall, even if Antonia had all her skills, she couldn't fully unleash them at once.
Therefore, Black Widow was able to gain an opportunity to maneuver and catch her breath.
However, Black Widow also knew that she absolutely had to get close to Antonia, otherwise, Antoniawould never voluntarily open her parachute before killing Black Widow.
In that case, even if Black Widow wasn't killed by Antonia's longsword, she would be smashed into a pulp.
Now Black Widow could only gamble on her luck.
After thinking of this, Black Widow crouched down, to allow her body to have more contact area with the debris of the building below her feet.
When Black Widow saw Antonia charging towards her again, Black Widow no longer hesitated; she rolled to dodge Antonia's fierce downward slash, then appeared behind Antonia, and immediately jumped onto Antonia's back.
But just as Antonia wanted to throw Black Widow off her back, Black Widow immediately extended her arms and legs, locking Antonia tightly.
For a moment, even Antonia couldn't shake Black Widow off her, so in desperation, Antonia reversed the direction of the longsword in her hand and suddenly thrust it at Black Widow, who was firmly clinging to her back.
Seeing this scene, Black Widow's eyes widened instantly, and then she quickly pulled open the parachute on Antonia's back.
The huge airflow in the high altitude instantly pulled the two of them upwards.
For a moment, Black Widow only felt the world spinning before her, completely unable to distinguish directions.
As their altitude continued to decrease, they were soon about to land when Antonia suddenly swung the longsword in her hand and, without a word, cut the parachute ropes.
Then, Black Widow and Antonia instantly lost their balance and fell heavily into the muddy ground below.
After landing, Black Widow immediately did a carp jump to her feet, then assumed a fighting stance, cautiously watching the parachute in front of her.
Just as Black Widow was about to approach, the parachute suddenly wriggled, and then a human figure suddenly lunged at Black Widow.
Seeing this, Black Widow instinctively retreated backward, but Antonia, after landing, once again displayed her incredibly powerful close-quarters combat skills.
The silver-white longsword was rapidly swung in Antonia's hand, quickly weaving a dense, impenetrable net of blades.
Seeing this scene, a look of horror appeared in Black Widow's pupils.
But despite this, Black Widow calmed down immediately; she dodged Antonia's storm-like attacks while constantly trying to find a loophole in Antonia's offensive to get close to Antonia.
But very quickly, Black Widow paid the price for her reckless actions.
Not long after, Black Widow was injured by Antonia.
In pain, Black Widow was caught off guard and kicked to the ground by Antonia. As Antoniaimmediately jumped up, intending to deliver a finishing blow, Black Widow quickly took out the red antidote from her waist and threw it towards Antonia's face.
At this moment, Antonia didn't know what Black Widow had thrown, so she instinctively swung the longsword in her hand, shattering the bottle of red antidote.
With a crisp sound of breaking glass, the red antidote was instantly inhaled completely by Antonia.
Then, Antonia's pupils flashed red, and at the same time, Black Widow struggled to her feet from the ground and then cautiously approached Antonia.
Just then, Antonia suddenly made a move. Seeing this, Black Widow's heart leaped into her throat. If Antonia were to suddenly attack her at this distance, even Black Widow wasn't confident she could escape unharmed from Antonia's swift blade.
But in the next instant, Antonia did not continue to attack Black Widow; she knelt on one knee on the ground, then reached out and removed her helmet, revealing her severely burned face.
Seeing this, Black Widow finally let out a long sigh of relief, and her already exhausted body could no longer support itself at this moment.
With a "bang!", Black Widow knelt on the ground in front of Antonia.
Antonia, who had just managed to regain her consciousness, looked around blankly. Seeing this, Black Widow crawled to Antonia's front, reached out her hands, and cupped Antonia's face.
Then she gently rested her forehead against Antonia's forehead.
Looking at the already unbearable face before her, Black Widow's self-blame surged out like a breached dam.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry for everything I've done."
Antonia did not react to Black Widow's slightly tearful apology. After a period of time, Antonia finally came to her senses.
Chapter 144 End
After regaining consciousness, Antonia looked at Black Widow and softly asked, "Did he leave?"
Upon hearing Antonia's words, Black Widow could no longer suppress her emotions.
Black Widow tearfully embraced Antonia, sobbing and nodding her head repeatedly, saying, "He left! Yes, he left."
After a long time, Black Widow finally recovered from the joyous relief of being free from Dreykov.
Black Widow stood up again and saw that her surroundings were already filled with countless debris, and the sound of something breaking through the air constantly came from the sky not far away.
Following the sound, Black Widow saw the now dilapidated Air Fortress, which had crashed into the uninhabited forest not far from Black Widow and the other person.
As the massive Air Fortress landed, a huge wave of air, carrying a sky full of dust, rushed towards Black Widow.
Upon seeing this scene, Black Widow anxiously searched for Yelena and Arthur 's figures in the surroundings.
"Yelena! Arthur !"
Just as Black Widow anxiously searched for a long time without finding them, and just as Black Widowthought they had met with misfortune, Yelena's voice suddenly came from behind Black Widow.
"Natasha!"
Hearing this voice, Black Widow immediately turned around and saw the two people slowly descending from the sky.
As soon as Arthur landed safely with Yelena, Black Widow immediately rushed over and hugged Yelena.
At this moment, Black Widow extended her hands and gently caressed Yelena's face, then, with a slight catch in her voice, said to Yelena, "I'm sorry, little sister, I'm truly sorry. I should have gone back for you immediately. If it weren't for my willfulness then, none of this would have happened, and you wouldn't have suffered Dreykov's torment."
Looking at Black Widow, who had always presented a cold demeanor, she finally revealed her true feelings from the depths of her heart in front of the people she cared about most in this World.
Upon hearing Black Widow's apology, Yelena placed her hand on Black Widow's hand, then shook her head and smiled, saying, "It's alright, I've never blamed you."
Hearing this, Black Widow continued, "In fact, everything that happened during those three years was extremely real to me. Like you, I also kept everything that happened during those three years hidden deep within my heart. All this time, it was simply because I was unwilling to admit it."
After hearing Black Widow's words, a long-lost smile appeared on Yelena's face, and then she embraced Black Widow tightly.
At this moment, a series of gasps came from not far away. Following the direction of the sound, Melinawas seen walking with difficulty, stopping at every step, supported by Alexei, towards them.
Seeing Melina's left hand resting on her waist, Black Widow quickly asked, "Is everyone alright?"
Hearing this, Melina quickly said, "Am I not being obvious enough right now?"
Seeing that Melina still had the mood to tease her, Black Widow's lips curved slightly, and then she turned her head to Alexei and asked, "Don't you have anything to say?"
Seeing Black Widow turn her attention to him, Alexei knew that no matter how unwilling he was, he had to reflect on himself in front of everyone.
However, for Alexei, who had always valued honor immensely, this was indeed an extremely difficult thing to do.
But after such a series of twists and turns and a life-and-death escape, the relationship between Alexei, Black Widow, Yelena, and the others had already become less stiff than at the beginning.
Moreover, Alexei finally experienced the warmth that family could bring, so at this moment, Alexei did not want to lose this hard-won affection again.
So after a moment of hesitation, Alexei extended his hand to Black Widow and softly said, "In fact, I can only mess up a lot of things. I'm not as great as I said I was."
Upon hearing this, everyone smiled, and just as everyone thought the matter had come to an end, a series of engine roars came from the road not far away.
Hearing this sound, Black Widow said to the others, "The armored unit is here."
Hearing this, Melina and the others all turned their heads to the country road and then asked Black Widow, "What's our plan next?"
"You go first, I'll stay behind and hold them off."
Unexpectedly, Black Widow's words immediately drew strong opposition from Alexei and the others.
"No, we can't leave you alone. We must fight together."
Seeing everyone's reaction, Black Widow did not want Melina and the others to be harmed again because of her, so she forcefully said, "Listen to me, you all leave quickly, I'll stay and hold them off."
"Can you not always be so stubborn? We must stay together."
But at this moment, Yelena, who was on the side, was the first to speak, "Alright then, since you choose to stay alone, then you must wear this."
Saying that, Yelena took off the bulletproof vest she was wearing and handed it to Black Widow.
"I know you've always liked this."
Upon hearing Yelena's words, Black Widow also smiled, then reached out and took the bulletproof vest from Yelena's hand and said, "I never said I liked it, but I have to say it has a lot of pockets, and can hold a lot of small things."
Afterward, Black Widow took out the last remaining bottle of red antidote from her waist and handed it to Yelena, then said, "This is the last bottle of antidote. You must have Melina copy the formula, and then you must go to every corner of the World and bring back the Widows that Dreykov has scattered. You must lead them and tell them what their future holds."