80. Wanda's first appearance!

The Hydra castle in Sokovia is very large.

Moreover, this place was used to study the Mind Scepter, so Ethan did not let his guard down.

Ordinary mind mutants cannot invade his mind, but the Mind Stone, the Infinity Stone on the Mind Scepter, can.

and so……

Caution is the best policy; the closer you get to victory, the more careful you need to be.

Furthermore...

This is Hydra's home turf, after all. Playing away from home, it's always good to be cautious.

Ethan maintained a relatively safe distance from the group of Hydra agents who were escorting Dr. Merrick on his escape.

The rats are right here; they can't escape.

"boom!"

A crimson energy shield surrounded him, and the energy spread forward from his feet, instantly shattering the closed stone door in front of him and revealing what lay behind it.

Two Hydra agents who had mustered their courage and attempted to ambush on either side of the stone gate were also blown apart along with the exploding rocks.

Ring ring.

An X-energy suppressor with a hint of crimson on it and a dissolving agent specifically for clones fell to the floor with a crisp sound.

"Shit!"

He wasn't fooled.

"Damn it, sir, you go first, I'll hold him off."

The remaining Hydra agents guarding Lister exchanged glances upon seeing this scene, their expressions shifting before rushing towards Ethan, who had appeared at the door.

Ethan stared expressionlessly at the five Hydra agents who charged toward him, attempting to engage him in close combat, his body surging with crimson energy.

Accompanied by several shrill and abruptly stopped screams, the five Hydra agents who arrived unharmed were sent flying backward with a thud, leaving behind severed limbs and a mist of blood.

One of the bodies, missing both arms and its head, slammed into the back of Liszt, who was pale-faced and turning to run into the inner room.

Liszt, struck in the back by the severed limb, was sent flying into the inner room.

next second.

Lister, who had been slammed into the inner room floor, gritted his teeth and tried to get up. Just then, a tremendous force struck again, sending him flying once more. With a loud crash, he smashed several instruments off the table in the inner room before falling back to the floor.

Like a rolling gourd, it tumbled several times on the floor before finally stopping when its back made intimate contact with the wall.

"puff!"

After stopping his tumbling, Lister's face was flushed, and he subconsciously spat out a mouthful of blood before looking at Ethan, who had appeared in front of him.

Ethan, hands in his pockets, tilted his head and raised an eyebrow at Lister, who was leaning against the wall with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Hello.

"Should I call you Dr. Merrick or Dr. Lister?"

As he pursued them, he learned that the man who looked exactly like Dr. Merrick was not called Merrick but Lister.

Ethan wasn't familiar with Merrick, but he was very familiar with Lister.

Because the database of past life memories contains information about this guy, Lister.

not much.

But that's enough.

Lister, who worked for Hydra, was in charge of researching Inhumans. Considering that Inhumans and mutants are not much different, he easily accepted that Dr. Lister was the culprit who had caused him to be imprisoned at the X11 cloning facility for more than three years.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, Lister looked at Ethan with a mocking expression and realized what was going on.

He struggled to his feet and then knelt down smoothly in front of Ethan.

"Don't kill me."

"Please, don't kill me, I'm just following orders."

"..."

Ethan was taken aback when he saw Lister begging for mercy so smoothly. Then, a strange sense of satisfaction welled up inside him.

That's more like it.

I traveled thousands of miles and went through all the trouble to find this place, not to see you act like a tough guy, but to see you cry your heart out.

Like William Stryker before.

He felt no satisfaction at all when he killed.

just now……

That's just right.

It wasn't exactly the same as the scene he imagined, but it was more like his wish came true!

As Ethan thought to himself, a slight smile appeared on his lips as he looked at Lister, who had fallen at his feet, weeping and begging for his forgiveness.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you."

"……real?"

Lister, groaning, looked up and instinctively glanced at Ethan, his eyes filled with an intense desire to survive.

Ethan smiled and nodded.

"Yes, I won't kill you."

"Thank...thank you. As long as you don't kill me, I'll give you anything you want..."

"I will chop off your limbs, gouge out your eyes, seal your mouth, cut off your nose, blind your ears, and then put you in a kimchi jar. You imprisoned me for three years, and I will imprison you for three years in return. An eye for an eye."

Ethan spoke in a low, somber tone, outlining his plans for Lister's future.

After much deliberation, he concluded that even the Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty were too lenient on the other side; the human pig invented by Empress Lü was the most suitable.

Following Ethan's somber words, Lister conjured up images of himself having his limbs cut off and being kept in a kimchi jar.

next second.

His figure momentarily swayed, and countless crimson rays of light flickered in disarray.

Ethan, who was watching Liszt while recounting his fate, also witnessed this scene.

Well, how should I put it?

It was as if, just a moment ago, Lister had suddenly encountered a programming error and transformed into a figure composed of countless dense crimson rays of light.

"etc……"

"Program error..."

"hiss!"

Ethan realized what was happening, and the crimson energy shield surrounding him suddenly erupted in all directions.

boom!

boom!

boom!

With a deafening explosion, crimson energy swept outwards at a visible speed, sweeping across all directions with devastating force.

Centered on Ethan, wherever the crimson energy reached, the castle structure shattered.

In the blink of an eye, this ancient castle, towering high on the mountain and considered an old relic, was completely reduced to ruins.

Ethan stood amidst the ruins, silently gazing at the desolation before him, and then slowly closed his eyes.

Just then.

Rumble!

Not far away, a Quinjet fighter jet streaked across the sky and hovered above the ruins.

next second.

As the cabin door opened, Qin, with her long, fiery red hair, appeared in his line of sight.

"Ethan!"

After Qin landed steadily from the air, she looked at Ethan, who was standing in the ruins with his eyes closed, and quickly called out to him.