Jack bid farewell to Tony and returned home. After comforting Wanda and Helen Zhao for a while, Mei also came over.
Jack stayed busy until early morning, then took Melina, Natasha, and Yelena to the Red Room's base.
After flying for several hours, Jack fell asleep from exhaustion. Yelena and a Widow who were piloting the plane almost joined the 'battlefield' upon hearing his 'tractor-like' snoring. Unfortunately, the two of them were locked in the cockpit because flying required two people for safety.
It wasn't until the next day, when the plane landed at the Red Room's new base, that the night of arduous flight finally came to an end.
Jack carried Melina and Natasha on his shoulders to the main control room, leaving Yelena and the two weak-legged Widows who had been locked in the cockpit behind.
Along the way, Jack's act of carrying the two leaders attracted the gazes of many young Widows.
"What are you all looking at? The boss's bed isn't for you little girls to climb into yet. You'd better grow some more meat first; I'm afraid you'd poke the boss while giving him a back rub."
"Now, prepare for a ten-kilometer cross-country run with a 20kg load. This week's entertainment toys are canceled, and weekend pocket money is revoked."
Although the young girls were dissatisfied, they dared not speak out, only cursing in their hearts:
"Old women, I will definitely get the boss before you do. How dare you mock us for having no meat? We've all undergone genetic editing; we'll drive big Gs like you—no, we'll drive even bigger big Ks."
They were all Widow candidates who had survived since the age of twelve or thirteen and had already been forced to undergo hysterectomies.
Inside the newly established lounge within the main control room, Jack set the two women down and began his own work.
Jack first went to the construction site where a hole was being dug into the mountain. It was the male accomplices captured earlier who were doing the work, supervised by a dozen Widows.
After all, excavating the mountain for construction couldn't rely solely on a few hundred female Widows. These hundreds of private armed forces loyal to Dreykov had been lured to the Red Room in squads and 'slaughtered' by Jack using fake messages after Dreykov had handed over all the information.
Then they were kept here for labor reform. With the mechanical assistance provided by Tony, their work efficiency was quite high. In one month, a four-story building had been constructed.
Jack gave some superficial guidance, and after understanding the construction progress, he returned to the main control room.
Jack looked at Liliana and Annette in the main control room with a slight frown, noticing several additional Japanese lockers. His face was full of a bitter smile he couldn't suppress.
"You girls are really making things hard for me."
After Jack's strength value broke 100, he had tried going five days without closing his eyes. Finally, having had enough of playing games, he chose to sleep.
He had more energy than he knew what to do with. Just like that, a day passed into night. Jack felt no weakness in his legs or soreness in his waist. He picked up Asou Miyuri, who was sleeping soundly on top of him, then gently pushed away the sisters Yuki Sanjo and Maki Sanjo, who were hugging him from both sides, stepped over Teacher Ayana Kakinokizaka, and crossed over student Risa Takeba once more.
When Jack reached the door, Liliana and Annette were leaning against it, blocking the way out. Jack pointed his fingers like swords, and both Liliana and Annette slumped weakly to either side of the door. Jack safely escaped the devil's den.
Jack checked the time and saw it was already midnight. With nowhere else to go, he just found a random room to rest in.
"Jie jie jie~ The boss actually delivered himself to our door! You're staying right here!"
"Oh my~ Boss, really, entering a girls' dormitory just like that. Let Big Sister teach you the etiquette of apologizing."
"I've grabbed the future, none of you are allowed to snatch it! Eh? Alisa, you're so cunning"
The silent Alisa only had a thirst for hope for the future in her eyes.
Jack regretted it deeply. He had clearly looked at the door plate before coming in; it was supposed to be an empty room.
Natasha, dereliction of duty. I'll punish you when I get back.
At six in the morning, Jack fell asleep on a dry bed. The Russian girl named Alisa lay in his covers, clutching her beloved Master as she slept.
At noon, receiving a call from Tony, Jack finally got up and walked out to answer it.
"Great Inventor, what's the problem?"
Tony's tone was low, his voice dry and raspy: "Did you find that genius scientist who's much better than me? Or the thing you said could save my life?"
Jack thought of something and asked, "Is your palladium poisoning starting to get serious?"
Tony's tone was one of 'as expected': "You really knew about my poisoning. Then can you tell me how the 'me' from that Universe survived?"
Jack joked, "How are you so sure the 'you' in that World was also blown up by a bomb?"
Tony laughed out loud: "I wasn't sure before, but now I am. Hahaha."
Jack: "In a couple of days. I might be a bit busy these few days. You won't die yet; get some good sleep."
Tony: "Thanks."
Tony was not only thanking Jack for intervening with Wanda and letting him live, but also for this matter.
In the afternoon, Jack called a meeting of all the Widows.
Looking at the over 1,000 beauties of all kinds below the stage, Jack really wanted to start a harem, but he still needed to follow the plot, so he could only visit occasionally.
"Present today are the 1,865 survivors. Even the eleven or twelve-year-old little Widows here possess basic judgment; otherwise, you wouldn't have survived until now."
"First, let us observe a minute of silence for those children who suffered and for your friends."
Everyone's spirits were low as they bowed their heads in memory of their fallen companions.
"Time's up. Now I will talk about the arrangements following this. First is the matter of whether you stay or leave."
Upon hearing this, many Widows' palms broke into a sweat. They began to panic, fearing they would be kicked out of the Red Room.
Some had a look of hope for the future in their eyes, wanting to leave this place and return to the cities where they had once performed undercover missions. This group consisted of women over 20 who had already been on missions.
"First, those who want to leave should go to the main control room with their real names later to collect a one-time compensation of 1 million US dollars. However, after leaving, you are not allowed to reveal any information about the Red Room. I will not provide free treatment for the damage to your bodies, because your injuries were not caused by me. On the contrary, I am your savior."
"Everyone should have already given Dreykov a piece of their mind, right? So your grudge has been settled. After you leave, you will have no connection to the Red Room. This will be my Red Room from now on; everything here belongs to those who strive for the red cause."
"Now let's talk about the benefits for those who choose to stay. First, basic room and board, independent double dormitories—many sisters have already seen the construction site over there—and then salary. A Base of 10,000 dollars, with extra rewards during missions."
"You little sprouts, don't get excited. These are the benefits for Agents aged 19 and over. You still have to receive a lot of education. If you want to leave, you must be at least 17."
The eleven and twelve-year-old girls who were just rejoicing: ૮₍ •᎔•₎ა, ( ˃ ⤙ ˂ )
"However, dating is prohibited during your tenure. I don't want my Agents to harm my interests because of emotions. If you meet someone you like, you can submit a report to give up your mission."
"If I find that you've ruined my plans because of some man, your man, your man's man, and your man's entire family will disappear. Including you who made the mistake; you will be dropped on a specially prepared deserted island for wilderness survival, and no one will be able to save you."
"Next, I will talk about the rules and regulations for those who stay..."
"Next, I will talk about the study plans for the little sprouts..."
"Next, let's welcome Instructor Melina to speak. Applause."
The Widows, who had been standing for an hour, clapped with numb expressions.
Melina: "I'll just say a few words; I won't take up too much of your time."
The still-naive Widows looked as if they had seen a savior.
(◕ᴗ◕✿)
(✧◡✧)
(✪ω✪)
An hour later, the young Widows could barely stand. Jack sat on the stage happily watching the little Widows whose legs were trembling; it was quite amusing.
"So leaders like seeing students' legs aching and shaking. It really is fun."
Jack pressed a switch, and Melina also stopped talking, letting out a cry like a bunny girl.
"Ah, dame (no)."
The entire venue fell silent, and their listless expressions turned into various comical ones.
( ิ ▿ ิ｡）
(˵ಡ ̫ಡ˵)
(´≖◞ ̫◟≖)
So why would there be a bunny girl in the Red Room?
Jack took the microphone, "That's all for today. Everyone, rest today."
Jack ended Melina's ten-year plan for the future Red Room. She glared at Jack with eyes full of fire.
"Tonight, I'm going to the riverbank."
Jack was puzzled, "What are you going to the riverbank for?"
Melina: (̿▀ ̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀ ̿)̄ "To grind an iron pestle by the river."
Jack: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☛
"Oho, I accept your challenge. Do you think I, an HBR400, am afraid of you? If I lose, I'll call you 'Mom'; if you lose, you'll call me 'Dad'."
...Jack pushed Melina aside. Being called 'Dad' at such a young age made him furious.
He went to the main control room to check the statistics with Natasha, who was currently tallying those who wanted to leave.
"This many people? I thought my speech would keep quite a few. I still need to learn speaking techniques from that failed art student."
Jack looked at the list of 452 Widows who wanted to leave and couldn't help but feel for his wallet. That was all his money.
Natasha leaned on Jack like a kitten, "Most of these people are also candidates who, after observation during this period, are not suitable to stay in the Red Room. If they want to leave, let them go."
"450 million. That's enough to buy a lot of black bread."
Natasha slapped Jack for his dark joke, "It's okay. Many Widows said they don't need compensation; they have plenty of funds in their external accounts, all given by targets during past missions."
"I'll leave things here to you. I need to go back; there's a problem with our support team that I need to fix."
Natasha: "Aren't you staying one more night? There are still many people who want to thank the great hero."
Jack declined the suggestion. Although he liked beautiful women, this was a bit too many.
"This Kingdom of Women suits me well, but I still have an unfinished mission. They are all my feathers, and you... are my wings."
Natasha smiled sweetly. For this gaming shut-in to say such words was quite a struggle for him.
Jack: A bunch of nonsense she doesn't understand as a buildup, plus his feelings for her at the end. Personally tested and effective, I recommend everyone try it. You say it failed? Oh, your wife isn't Wanda or Natasha, well, nothing can be done then.
At night, in the huge white training room, Jack knocked down Natasha, Melina, Yelena, Asou Miyuri, Liliana, Annette, Yuki Sanjo, Maki Sanjo, Ayana Kakinokizaka, student Risa Takeba, Alisa, Aisa Makabe, Kasumi Haruno, and Mizuki Suzumori.
Some were knocked down onto fitness equipment, some were hung on gymnastic rings, and some wanted to leave through the window but were pinned against it.
There were also two who wanted to escape on bicycles; Jack just took the bicycles apart.
Finally, those lying on the ground were the ones who had resigned themselves to their fate, beaten until they were blowing bubbles. Jack was ruthless enough that basically no one could walk out of the training room.
He wiped their smiling faces and let them close their eyes that couldn't rest in peace.
Jack left a dozen bottles of safflower oil and departed. Natasha was carried on Jack's back, hugging him tightly. She looked helplessly at the poor, helpless girls about to be poisoned by the dozen bottles of safflower oil, only able to silently endure the pain all over their bodies after training in the middle of the night.
"Husband, couldn't you let them adapt to cooling oil first? Going straight to high-difficulty safflower oil is too cruel."
Jack smiled triumphantly: "You don't understand. Wanda awakened her magic because of safflower oil, so I plan to try it on everyone. Besides, didn't you not stop me?"
Natasha's weak little hand gave Jack's waist a twist. Even with his powerful physique, Jack still grimaced, then proceeded to give her individual physical training.
Jack lay down and checked in, then viewed his data after a long time.
[Check-in successful, Agility +1]
[Daily Check-in System]
[Host: Jack]
[Skills: Killing Intent Perception, Transform into Red Hulk, Eye of Wisdom, Missile Survivor, Martial Arts Proficiency, Master-level Hamburger Making, Bio-electric Adsorption, Hardening, Mental Barrier]
[Physique: Steel Kidney Body (IYKYK)]
[Weapons: Tactical Goggles (Lock-on Version), Infinite Ammo Desert Eagle, Imitation Ten Rings, one Jericho missile, Spider Suit]
[Items: Holy Blessing Potion, Nanomolecular Repair Agent, Summoning Card *2]
[Props: None]
Strength: 125
Speed: 58
Spirit: 76
Jack had tested his strength; lifting a steel coil with his bare hands was child's play, and he hadn't tested anything higher because there was no need.
Based on what he knew, there were few people in the cinematic Universe with strength greater than his.
The result of his speed test was 158 kilometers per hour, which is about 43 meters per second. Combined with his physique, it was enough to ram an elephant to death.
He and Wanda had tested mental power. When his spirit was at 50 points, Wanda could still make Jack fall unconscious. After reaching 70 points, Wanda could only cause a slight influence on him.
Jack noticed he had two more skills and two more items, and quickly checked the system messages.
[Killed Dreykov, obtained skill: Mental Barrier, obtained one Summoning Card.]
[Successfully helped Flash get on the right path, obtained skill: Hardening, obtained one Summoning Card.]
Jack looked at the time and knew what was going on. These were all messages that popped up while he was training with them.
At that time, he was controlled by his 'little head' and ignored the system messages.
"System, why didn't I get a Summoning Card when Obadiah Stane died?"
[Obadiah Stane did not put on the Iron Monger, so he didn't count as a villain yet, at most an internal struggle with Tony.]
Jack understood, "It seems I can't resolve those villains prematurely."
Mental Barrier: Can construct a mental defense shield to stabilize the mind, preventing easy manipulation.
Hardening: After use, the whole body hardens. Hardness depends on the user's stamina; the higher the hardness, the faster the stamina consumption.
Jack whistled happily, giving a thumbs up to the skills he had acquired. In the future, he wouldn't have to fear Wanda hypnotizing him and making him call her 'Mom' anymore.
However, the lethality of this whistle was a bit high, directly startling the shivering red-haired kitten in his arms.
Jack wanted to experiment with the Hardening skill.
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