Beneath the ruins, Steve and Natasha slipped away.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Strike Team sent to search found nothing and had no choice but to withdraw.
After escaping, Steve took Natasha with him.
They returned to Washington.
Compared with the ease of their last departure, this time they were clearly weighed down.
After learning that Hydra still existed, they did not even know whom to turn to for support.
S.H.I.E.L.D. could no longer be trusted. They needed outside help.
"I know someone. Maybe we could go to him."
After saying this, Steve noticed that Natasha seemed troubled. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing. I just..." Zola's final words churned through Natasha's mind. "Who do you think could kill him?"
"John?" Steve knew whom she meant. He wiped the dust from his face and pondered the question himself. "A dreamless person. What does that mean?"
Zola's words were questionable. Having witnessed John's power, Steve seriously doubted whether anyone could kill him.
"What concerns me more is why Zola knew about John." Natasha raised her head. "Their paths shouldn't have crossed. John is a wizard."
"Maybe wizards have networks too," Steve said with a frown. "His father is Watson Wick. It's not impossible that Zola was keeping tabs on him."
Although Steve's explanation made sense, Natasha's concerns did not ease in the slightest.
She simply could not understand why Zola would mention John by name when he was just someone attending the Magic School.
More importantly, Zola had said that the entire Wick family posed a threat.
Ariana had been attacked.
There had been an assassination attempt on the Wick couple.
Yet whoever was targeting John had never shown themselves.
Neither Kingpin nor Killian had ever targeted John. Their targets had been Watson Wick and the assets and forces under his control.
John had simply