A Great Organization

After the girls had left one by one, Leon turned back to Natasha and her sister, who was trying to sneak away while she had the chance.

From the moment Leon spoke his first sentence in Russian, Yelena's expression had turned awkward.

She had thought Superman only spoke English, and perhaps a little Chinese at most. She had never expected him to know Russian as well.

Ben had thought that once she regained consciousness, a brand-new life would await her.

Instead, she was met with her first socially mortifying moment.

Right now, Yelena just wanted to roll around on the ground and disappear from this place as quickly as possible.

But when she tried to muddle through and slip away, Leon called out to her.

"Natasha, Yelena, you two stay behind."

Natasha stopped without any hesitation.

Yelena, meanwhile, went stiff all over and pointed at herself with an awkward smile. "Me too?"

"I think so." Leon nodded with a smile.

He deliberately puffed out his chest.

"You were talking about my muscles just now, so I thought I should give you a chance."

"Huh?" Caught off guard, Yelena took a step back. After hesitating, she actually stretched out her right hand. "So, I-I can touch them?"

Natasha's face darkened. She slapped the back of Yelena's head. "What exactly is going through your head now that you're awake?"

Yelena clutched her head, looking aggrieved. "The boss said he'd give me a chance..."

She had very naturally accepted the role of Leon's underling.

Leon shook his head speechlessly. How could a girl Yelena's age have so many bizarre thoughts?

He turned to the screen. "JARVIS, send the information on the widow agents scattered around the world to the two of them."

"Certainly."

Natasha and Yelena walked behind Leon and looked at the portraits marked across the world map on the screen. They vaguely realized why Leon had asked them to stay.

"So you want the two of us to lead the other widows?" Natasha asked.

"That's right." Leon nodded. "As the previous and current Black Widows, you and Yelena are the best suited to lead them."

"Huh? Black Widow? But I'm not one..." Yelena scratched the back of her head, completely confused.

"You aren't?" Leon paused in surprise.

In Ben's original timeline, Yelena had surpassed every record Natasha had left behind before becoming the new generation's Black Widow.

He had not expected that she had not become one yet.

Natasha pursed her lips and smiled. "She was originally close to succeeding, but I broke those records again a year ago."

Leon understood. This was the extended effect of the butterfly effect.

"Holy crap! No wonder my training workload doubled back then! Do you know that nearly killed me?"

Yelena grabbed at her hair in frustration.

As she spoke, she lunged at Natasha, trying to tackle her in a hug, but was swiftly subdued.

"Leon, ignore her. Go on, what do you want us to do?" Natasha asked while pinning Yelena beneath her.

"...After things here are over, lead the others to rescue the widows marked on the map first."

"After injecting them with the inhibitor, give them the same choice."

"Bring those who are willing to join to see me. For those unwilling, destroy their files."

"Alright. I'll complete the mission as soon as possible." Natasha nodded solemnly, gratitude visible in her eyes.

One of her greatest wishes had always been for the other widow agents to have lives of their own.

And now, because of Leon, that wish was about to come true.

Natasha felt that she owed this man more and more, to the point that she was nearly unable to repay him.

Leon braced both hands on the table. "But this is only the preliminary preparation. Once you've finished, I have a more important mission for you."

"Boss, what mission? Are we going to save the world? Or strike against the evil forces of darkness?"

Even while pinned beneath Natasha, Yelena shouted excitedly.

"Shut up!" Natasha twisted her sister's arm and applied force. Yelena cried out and immediately surrendered.

"Boss, save me! Boss, Natasha is bullying me just because she's older!" She switched to tearful complaints.

Leon's eyelid twitched. He did not remember Yelena being this hyper in the movie.

"How old is she?" he could not help asking Natasha.

Surely he had not hired child labor.

"She was born in 1988. She's twenty." Natasha remembered her sister's birthday clearly.

"She's older than me?" Leon was dumbfounded and stopped paying attention to Yelena.

This girl had probably been trapped for too long. Now that she had suddenly gained freedom, her thoughts had become overly active. Ignoring her was best.

"Boss, d-don't turn away. Look at me! Natasha is bullying me because she's four years older than me, she—ah!" Yelena was punished by Natasha again.

Her eyes brimmed with tears as she tried to move her boss with a pitiful gaze.

However, Leon only left her with a ruthless retreating back.

Natasha shook her head helplessly, then asked, "Can't you tell us about that mission in advance?"

"There's nothing that needs to be kept secret. The mission is actually very simple."

"Just have the widow agents around the world use their respective channels to spread some evidence."

The faint light from the screen cast Leon's face in an eerie blue glow. "Evidence that an evil organization which should have vanished into history still exists—and has already taken root throughout the world."

"What organization?" Natasha's pupils dilated.

"Hydra." Leon spoke the name.

"Hydra? That organization Captain America destroyed still exists!? Oh my God, are we really going to save the world? That's incredible..." Yelena spoke up again.

Natasha also stared intently at Leon, waiting for him to reveal more details.

A smile appeared on Leon's face. "You've heard of an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D., right..."

Over the next few minutes.

Leon gave the two of them a detailed account of Hydra's revival.

In just a few short minutes, the sisters were shaken to the core.

They had thought the Red Room was already the most deeply hidden and darkest organization in the world.

They had not expected there to be something even worse.

Hydra had actually taken over S.H.I.E.L.D.!

"This S.H.I.E.L.D. is the biggest cancer in the world!" said Natasha, who should have been joining S.H.I.E.L.D. at this point.

"Yes, you're absolutely right!" Leon's smile nearly broke free.

Looking at Natasha, who had been Nick Fury's trusted confidante in the movies.

Now she looked as if Black Braised Egg deserved to be marched straight to the guillotine.

He felt a subtle sense of pleasure.

Ahem. He was still wearing the Superman uniform. He should not be having such thoughts. What a sin. He would have to wait until he got home and took off the suit before laughing.

Before long, Natasha escorted Yelena out of the command room.

The sisters' expressions could not have been more different.

Natasha looked grave, yet full of fighting spirit.

For someone who believed her hands were stained with blood, what she wanted most was to save the world and atone for her sins.

Even if it meant sacrificing herself, she would gladly accept it.

Or rather, after everything she had experienced, Ben was inherently self-destructive. She merely wanted to do more to make amends before she died.

Yelena, on the other hand, was wildly excited and nearly hopping with joy.

As they walked out, she chattered nonstop about how she was going to become a great hero.

But regardless of how the two reacted.

They increasingly felt that the organization Leon was about to establish would be a great organization that toiled in darkness and served the light.

However, if Leon could hear their inner thoughts, he would surely slap the table and burst out laughing.

After all, his original intention in establishing the organization was simply to make the widow agents work for him more effectively.