Chapter 26: Unlikely Alliance

Chapter 26: Unlikely Alliance

Chapter 26: Unlikely Alliance

“Come with me. I’ll introduce you to someone.”

Benjamin gestured for Felicia to follow him to a nearby secluded area.

There, Ophelia was waiting for them.

He had already called her beforehand so they could discuss their next move.

Ophelia noticed him and nodded.

“You’re here.”

“Yeah. One sec, we’re still waiting for another.”

“Huh?”

After a while, a motorcycle engine sounded and stopped near them.

A slim red-haired beauty in black got off and removed her helmet.

It was Natasha.

In an instant, Benjamin was surrounded by a red-head agent, a green-haired assassin, and a white-haired thief...it was quite the unusual group. And just maybe the beginning of an unlikely alliance.

Having faced each other numerous times now, Natasha obviously recognized Ophelia as Viper from HYDRA and Ophelia also recognized the infamous Black Widow of SHIELD.

The two stared at each other for a moment before Natasha asked.

“Ben? What’s going on here?”

Benjamin cleared his throat with a cough and spoke in a serious tone.

“Good. You’re all here. Shall we begin the plan to destroy both SHIELD and HYDRA?”

“...”

“...”

“Cool.”

Only Felicia answered with a shrug while Natasha and Ophelia were both looking at him, wondering if he was still right in the head.

Benjamin chuckled.

“Okay, enough joking. Let me introduce each of you first to each other before we begin.”

Benjamin pointed at Felicia first.

“Black Cat. Master thief and super sexy.”

Then he pointed at Ophelia.

“Viper. Master HYDRA assassin and super sexy.”

Finally, he pointed at Natasha.

“Black Widow. Master SHIELD agent and super sexy.”

Benjamin clapped and spoke in an emotionless tone.

“Wow, would you look at that? You’re all masters and super sexy. So get along well okay?”

“...”

Everyone was speechless.

That was way too forced!

Seeing as he was still not getting any response, Benjamin scratched his head.

“Alright fine, I’ll explain properly okay?”

“Stop fooling around already.”

Felica rolled her eyes.

“Well, it’s like this. Viper here is no longer under HYDRA’s brainwashing thanks to me but I let her stay there for the time being in order to get some intel on HYDRA.”

Actually, getting intel is easy with the HUD Contacts but there are still things that aren’t documented digitally so it was Viper’s job to verify these things.

Natasha frowned.

“Are you sure she won’t betray you? What if HYDRA finds out that their brainwashing was gone?”

“Well, you’ll just have to take my word for it. I’m sure she won’t betray me. There’s just no reason to do so.”

Natasha leered at him with half-closed eyes as she already expected it.

“...You slept with her already didn’t you?”

“...Yes. Um, simply put, I am her ‘master’ now.”

Hearing the word ‘master’, Ophelia unconsciously twitched.

Natasha naturally saw this and could tell that this one was already deeply attached to Benjamin.

She then sighed and shook her head.

“Well, since she’s had a piece of you, it’s only a matter of time before she completely falls and succumbs.”

Benjamin was a bit speechless.

Why does it sound like he’s some kind of sex monster in her words?

Natasha then looked at Felicia.

“Her too?”

“No, we just met.”

“Heh, I bet it won’t take a whole week for her to last.”

“Huh?”

Felicia looked confused as she couldn’t understand her meaning.

Benjamin coughed and redirected the topic.

“Anyway, Viper told me that HYDRA is about to make a move on Project Insight.”

“What’s that?”

“You don’t know? It’s a SHIELD project.”

Ophelia answered.

Natasha frowned as she was not aware of this project in SHIELD.

Then again, she is not allowed to know about a lot of things too.

“Basically, Project Insight is a way for SHIELD to ‘neutralize’ threats before they become threats. They use Arnim Zola’s algorithm to target specific individuals based on the lives they’ve led and predict their future. If there is a chance for them to be a threat, Project Insight will kill them before it happens.”

“!!!”

Both Natasha and Felicia were shocked when they heard Ophelia explain.

Something like this...

Are they playing Gods!?

Natasha quickly refuted.

He quickly stormed out of the room with Natasha following behind.

“Get Rogers, Barton, Wilson, and Hill. Deep undercover. Don’t leave any footprints. And get Stark to lockdown the Tower’s network.”

“What about you?”

“Whatever happens to me. Stop this. With any means necessary.”

“...Understood.”

Natasha quickly left him.

She knew they were on the clock now.

The moment Fury had attempted to override his command, it should’ve set off some alarms on the other side.

They would now start to move on them!

Natasha rode on her motorcycle while contacting Tony on a secure line.

“Tony. Lockdown the Tower’s network. SHIELD’s been compromised.”

“...Shit. How bad is it?”

“Very.”

“That’s really bad. Alright, leave the Tower to me.”

“Where’s the rest?”

“Steve’s on a date. Barton’s doing...I don’t know what he’s doing. And Wilson is just chilling here.”

“Got it. Tell Wilson to suit up and meet me. I think I know where Clint is. Wait, did you say Steve’s got a date?”

“Nat, focus. And yeah, his date looked hot too.”

“Focus Tony.”

“...”

Tony cursed in his mind.

You started it!

“Wait, how come you’re not asking me for help?”

Natasha rolled her eyes.

“As if you’re gonna leave your date with Bruce.”

“True. We’re about to make a baby after all.”

“...Please don’t say it like that! We’re making artificial intelligence here!”

Natasha could hear Bruce ranting on the other side of the phone and chuckled.

“Anyway, we got this covered. Besides, my boyfriend’s on the move too.”

“Really? Is he stronger than the Hulk? I can give you Bruce for like, 10 minutes. But you have to return him to me.”

“Hey!”

Bruce shouted again but was ignored.

Natasha laughed.

“Haha, no need. He’s definitely stronger.”

“...Seriously?”

“Yep. Alright, I need to go. Make sure nothing gets in or out of the Tower’s network. Arnim Zola seems to be on the move as well.”

“Damn. They didn’t shut that thing off yet?”

“Well, SHIELD did. HYDRA didn’t.”

Tony sighed and shook his head.

“Alright, leave it to me. Call if you need the Hulk to smash.”

“Seriously Tony?”

Bruce sighed.

After that call, Natasha called Maria Hill on a secured line and told her to meet up. She’ll explain when everyone’s together.

At the same time, in a certain undisclosed location.

Two slim figures landed on a roof of a seemingly abandoned building.

They were the Black Cat and Viper.

Currently, Viper wore a different suit so as to not get made by HYDRA since she was, technically, still a HYDRA agent.

She can’t lose this identity yet as there were still uses to it.

Because of that, she is now wearing a spare suit of Black Cat and the two of them looked like a pair of white-haired twins.

Felicia looked at Viper and sighed.

“You better get that suit cleaned before returning it.”

“Can’t I keep it?”

“No!”

“Even though Ben’s going to be upgrading our suits soon?”

Benjamin had indeed told them he will be upgrading their suits after everything was taken care of.

There should be a lot of upgrades he can make with his newfound knowledge now in electronics and microtech. Who knows, he can even gain access to nanotech in the future and improve on it further.

Felicia fell silent for a moment then looked at Viper suspiciously.

“Even so, it’s pretty weird for you to keep my suit! What are you going to do with it?”

“Hmm...cosplay sex with Ben?”

“Ew no!”

“Why not?”

“That’s just weird! And why does it have to be my suit!? Won’t that look as if he was doing me!?”

Felicia shivered at the thought.

Viper just chuckled.

“What’s wrong with that? Don’t tell me you haven’t thought about it?”

“Of course not!”

“Huh. Well, we’ll see how long that lasts.”

“...”

Since they have been mentioning Benjamin’s name for a while now, Benjamin naturally knew about their conversation through the skill He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.

As such, he was completely speechless about the whole thing.

Seriously...am I really a sex demon in their eyes!?

[Host, don’t tell me you only realized it now?]

Shut up System!