Chapter 1017: As He Wished / Chapter 1018: Namor

Because she had never had any contact with Shangqi, Natasha could not judge his character.

Unfortunately, the Ten Rings headquarters was within the Eastern Great Nation, and she could not get in. Otherwise, if she captured Shangqi, perhaps the truth would come to light.

However, she had discovered that the leader of the Golden Daggers, Saintess Xu Xialing, seemed to have been active overseas all along, acting in Shangqi's place.

She intended to find that girl and ask a few questions.

"By the way, what did the people from Congress and the military want with you?"

Pepper and Wanda exchanged glances, then said with amused smiles, "Can't you guess? They're organizing a hunt."

"So crude?"

Natasha had not expected that. Though she also had her eye on Vibranium, she would still pay attention to the methods used, considering how to achieve her goal through gentler means.

"Do you think Wakanda's situation is pretty bad right now?"

"Of course. If it had been the military of the past, dealing with Wakanda might have been difficult. But now, among America's five branches of the military, aside from some less important overseas bases, most have undergone weapons upgrades."

"With Atlas's help, those forces may still lag behind Wakanda in terms of current technology, but with their far more powerful industrial system, mass-production costs are much lower than Wakanda's."

In a large-scale war, if the technological gap was not absolute, the deciding factor would only be the disparity in national strength between the two countries.

Though Wakanda had developed rapidly in recent years, it was ultimately an isolated nation. Even if its technological level was the highest in the world, its national strength was still nothing compared to a superpower like America.

America could easily coerce other countries into joining an attack on Wakanda.