The Thirteenth Mission World
"Sir, you said to send him to Howard's house, but the recipient should be his son?"
Bucky thought it was inappropriate. He had also watched the edited video and found the acting to be flawless, perfectly portraying a Coldblood and ruthless executioner.
That's fine, but the problem is, it doesn't matter whether he thinks it's good or not; what matters is Tony Stark's opinion.
So here's the question: what would Tony Stark think after watching this video?
He sang and danced, joyfully celebrating his father's death, then took over the inheritance, rising from the young master to the president of Stark Industries.
He still gritted his teeth and vowed to find the one-armed metal man and kill him to avenge his father.
Bucky had already anticipated the outcome. He was inexplicably labeled as the murderer of his father, and all he did was brush his teeth. It was all Russell's doing.
"What's wrong? Is something the problem?"
Russell saw no problem at all. If he hadn't interfered, the Howard and his wife in this world would probably be dead at Bucky's hands. They were just filming a video of themselves brushing their teeth. Bucky should be thanking him!
"..."
Bucky felt wronged. They were both heroes, but Natasha and Yelena got everything they wanted, while he only got a pot.
Could this seemingly suppressive action actually be a form of innuendo...?
In a daze, Bucky seemed to realize something, his eyes glazed over, he was in a daze, and he was completely out of sorts.
"Boss, you said you wanted to send the video to Tony, why send it to him?" Howard changed his clothes, tidied his hair and beard, and looked refreshed again.
"This is your punishment. From today onwards, your activities are restricted to the Svartalfheim Base. Without my permission, you are not allowed to set foot on Earth. The sentence..." Russell pondered for a moment, "Tentatively set at 50 years. I may consider reducing it by one month when I feel like it."
"Boss, Tony is still a child. He can't handle seeing this video." Howard was shocked. He thought Russell was just playing around, but he didn't expect him to go this far.
Bucky: "..."
I can't handle it either!
Russell stroked his chin. "That's true. Little Tony might be devastated and turn into a slacker who smokes, drinks, and plays around with women."
"Yeah, yeah, the key is that his father is rich, so it's easy for him to turn bad," Howard said with a fawning smile.
"Hmph! What does his turning bad have to do with me? Besides, isn't his scumbag persona of smoking, drinking, and womanizing just a carbon copy of yours?" Russell sneered. "I'll send out the video in twenty years. By then, he'll be a mature scumbag, heartless enough to handle it."
Howard was dumbfounded and stammered, "Then... what about Stark Industries? Tony will destroy it."
Russell chuckled and patted Howard on the shoulder, "Don't worry, with his parents' sacrifice, he's incredibly powerful. Your and Maria's disappearance will only make him surpass you and become even worse."
Howard, puzzled, tried to explain, "Boss, if it were me, I could let it go, but Maria, if she 'disappeared' for many years and couldn't see Tony, she definitely wouldn't be able to bear it, after all, she's a mother."
"This is a problem... indeed... after all, I can't deprive her of her right to be a mother..." Russell pondered for a moment, "Let her see Tony once a year, but only from a distance, not up close."
"Boss, you're too cruel."
"It's not cruel at all!"
Russell Suxin said this was for Tony's own good. If Maria saw her son changing female companions every night, sleeping with Playboy cover girls, sometimes even twins, she would definitely be so angry that she would strangle him in the toilet.
"But..."
"No buts. My mind is made up. This is the consequence of your betrayal." Russell made his decision, giving Howard no chance to speak.
After explaining the follow-up matters, Russell waved his hand and ordered his men to take Howard, Maria, and Carter back to Hydra's Svartalfheim base.
In the months that followed, Russell traveled back and forth between the various bases, plunging into the Dark Dimension to build a passage connecting the two dimensions. It took him a great deal of effort to successfully construct hyperspace gates at the three major bases of Wakanda, Mars, and Svartalfheim.
On Earth, the threats and hidden dangers from space were handed over to the Marvels to handle.
In Kamar-Taj, if Dimensional Demon God invades, you can contact its shadow clone, who can also borrow the power of the Dark Dimension. Defeating the full version of the demon is unrealistic, but resisting the descending clone is easy.
With the Marvel Universe coming to an end, Russell returns to the real world, spending his days watching TV shows, learning more about Marvel Comics, and occasionally dealing with Supergirl who comes to challenge him.
Russell's fighting power exceeded one million, Supergirl was the first to notice the change in him. After their first encounter, Supergirl looked at Russell differently, as if she was surprised and puzzled as to how he had become so powerful in such a short time.
Russell scoffed at the explanation, his powerful background making him arrogant and dismissive of everyone. Then, he was taught a lesson by the serious Supergirl, and as usual, he became a dead fish that needed goji berries to survive.
The new world node never appeared, and Russell waited for about three months. Out of boredom, he often went in and out of the Marvel Universe.
On Kamar-Taj, the ascetics might not be of average strength, but their magical expertise and vision were unparalleled. Russell, taking into account everyone's suggestions, revised the Magic Book multiple times, making up for some shortcomings, and successfully created the public beta version 1.0 of "The Dark Dimension Magic Compendium".
The rollout across the entire universe requires time to settle and cannot be implemented as quickly as Kamar-Taj. There's no point in rushing this kind of thing, so Russell simply left it to its own devices and plunged back into the Dark Dimension.
He drew inspiration from the Juggernaut and condensed a magic stone imbued with the power of the Dark Dimension.
To be precise, the inspiration came from Cyttorak, Dimensional Demon God from the Crimson Cosmos. This powerful being created a ruby with infinite Magic Power and threw it onto Earth. Anyone who touches the ruby will turn into Juggernaut with infinite strength and an indestructible body.
Russell was far less powerful than Cyttorak; the Black Gem he created lacked video streaming capabilities and could not communicate between two dimensions to build a portal.
Those who possess the Black Gem can obtain its Magic Power to strengthen themselves. The energy is limited and can only be used up at a time; it is a one-time consumable.
While not the best, it's better than the worst; Black Gem have a good market in Kamar-Taj.
Unfortunately Russell's abilities were limited, and even with the combined efforts of his Shadow Clone, he couldn't mass-produce it, making it a rare and sought-after commodity.
Russell placed ten Black Gem at Hydra 'Svartalfheim base. Like the Anti-aging Serum, only those who have made sufficient contributions to the organization are eligible to exchange them using merit points.
And you can only redeem one at a time!
Russell broke his promise again. Natasha and Yelena visited each other briefly and then left with two pills each.
It wasn't that he lacked willpower, but rather that the two women were too eloquent, and both were reasonable and well-founded, which convinced him completely.
[Bite]
[Attention, host, the thirteenth mission world is about to begin. Ten-minute countdown has started. Please prepare.]
A new world node has been triggered, Russell is a little happy. He can drive a new car again—oops, he can start a new journey.
From initial trepidation to current anticipation, he discovered that he is actually a restless person, especially when it comes to novel things, which always fill him with a sense of excitement.
"I wonder what kind of world this time will be?"
Russell slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was in front of a long corridor with houses facing each other on both sides. The corridor looked very crowded, and the air was not very fresh.
"A tenement building?"
The apartment layout is very similar to Russell's apartment building, the difference being that Russell's apartments are not as large, have fewer residents, and are relatively cleaner.
"Russell, what are you waiting for? You said you could handle it!"
"Get what done?"
Russell stared blankly at the young man beside him, with black hair, yellow skin, and fluent Mandarin, confirming that he was one of his own.
He had always been greeted by blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners, so the sudden change to a familiar background caught him off guard.
"Of course it's exorcism, what else could it be?"
The young man said with dissatisfaction, "I heard from my second cousin's neighbor's junior high school classmate's online friend's aunt's pen pal's best friend's boyfriend that you are a very powerful exorcist, so I specially called you from Gotham City to call you over. Why did you chicken out before you even stepped inside?"
Russell: "..."
There was too much information; he needed to sort it out first.
Seeing that Russell remained silent, the young man's expression turned somewhat grim. "Russell, you're not really impotent, are you?"
"No, I'm perfectly fine. I'm just wondering who your second cousin's boyfriend is," Russell complained. The relationships between these extended family members are really a mess, and he still hasn't figured it out.
"He's not my second cousin's boyfriend, he's my second cousin's... blah blah... boyfriend."
"Skip the unnecessary nonsense, it's your second cousin's boyfriend!" Russell shrugged. "Believe me, the world is big, but the social network is small. Delete irrelevant people, and you might find that your second cousin's boyfriend is actually your boyfriend."
The guy's face turned pale. "Holy crap, how did you know I have a boyfriend?"
Russell: "..."
He underestimated the world. In the face of complex interpersonal relationships, he was just a complete novice, the kind who couldn't even get a student ID.
The two walked down a long corridor, and the young man knocked hard on a door, saying to Russell, "I've told you the general situation on the way. If you're really not sure, you can leave now. It's not worth risking your life for 500 dollars."
Russell ignored the talkative young man, nodded to the middle-aged couple next to him, and walked directly across the wooden floor of the living room to open the door to the side bedroom.
A repulsive aura wafted from the crack in the door. Judging from Russell's years of experience in upholding justice, this aura represented evil, represented hell.
Perhaps the atmosphere of hell may differ slightly in different worlds, but its chaotic, insane, and corrupting nature will never change.
Squeak!!
The wooden door was pushed open, and a young girl lay on the single bed in the room. Her limbs were tied to the bed frame with strips of cloth, and her long black hair covered her face. The moment she saw Russell, she immediately raised her head and roared.
A girl possessed by an evil spirit!
"Tsk, what a cliché plot..." Russell walked to the bedside and drew back the curtains to let the sunlight into the room.
"Ah..."
Instantly, the girl began to struggle desperately, her parched lips cracking into purple-black slits.
Russell glanced down at the crudely made Cross on his chest, tore it off, and threw it into the trash can. He then took out a gleaming Starlight Sapphire Cross Necklace from behind his back and put it around his neck.
He walked to the bedside, looking through the girl's eyes at the evil spirit possessing her. "Let's skip the program and get straight to the point. You are guilty..."
"So go die!"