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Faced with Wanda's furious roar, Hao Shuai didn't rush to explain. Instead, he pulled out a Desert Eagle and BANG! Shot Strucker's deputy dead.
Then he tossed the Desert Eagle down in front of the Maximoff siblings and asked, "Now that I've killed this man, tell me: am I the murderer, or is the gun's manufacturer?"
Pietro: "..."
Wanda: "..."
Strucker's deputy, with his dying breath: "If you're going to make a point, make it—but what the hell did you kill me for?!"
The siblings stared at the Desert Eagle on the ground, unable to speak for a long while. The scene fell silent, save for the deputy, shot in the head, staring wide-eyed at the sky, dead without ever knowing why.
Pietro and Wanda might not have understood such a simple truth as children, but how could they not understand it as adults?
They'd simply grown up in a Hydra base. They hadn't even gone to school, and Strucker had kept brainwashing them to better control them, filling their heads with all sorts of poisonous ideas.
Fortunately, they were kind-hearted. Even after being manipulated for so long, their values hadn't been completely twisted into something inhuman. That was why they could see the light and join the Avengers in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
When the two remained silent, Hao Shuai continued, "So if you want revenge, you should find out who launched the missile at your home all those years ago."
"Actually, there's someone here you'd do best to ask about that."
With that, Hao Shuai pulled Strucker over—the man had been doing his best to make himself inconspicuous—and tossed him down in front of the Maximoff siblings.
"Come on~~ Tell them what Hydra's been up to." Hao Shuai rested his foot lightly on Strucker's head, his voice