Another Baron

Watching the scientist charge at him, Alex was at a loss for words. Did all Marvel scientists have a hobby of practicing martial arts? Every single one of them was a skilled fighter.

Even as he mocked the thought inwardly, Alex's movements did not slacken in the slightest. The Battlefield Combat techniques he had learned from Logan left him no room to hold back; every strike was meant to kill. Moreover, this vicious scientist who conducted human experiments reminded Alex of the Japanese, so he showed even less mercy.

What surprised Alex was that his killing blow missed. Worse, his opponent took the chance to carve a huge gash across his body, scarlet blood instantly staining the black uniform Alex had just changed into.

Turning to look at the Combat Knife in the scientist's hand, then lowering his head to look at the wound on his waist and abdomen, Alex could not help cursing under his breath. "Didn't you say this could block Combat Knives?"

Unfortunately, no one was destined to answer Alex's question at that moment.

The scientist sneered at Alex but did not immediately advance, as though he were waiting for something. Yet he was soon shocked to discover that the wound on Alex's waist and abdomen was healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing the surprise on the scientist's face, Alex secretly felt smug. Teleportation activated at once, and he appeared before the scientist in an instant, the dagger in his hand slashing swiftly toward the scientist's throat.

But to Alex's shock, the scientist dodged again.

A longsword had appeared in the scientist's right hand at some point, and he used it to knock aside Alex's dagger.

Watching the scientist hold a Combat Knife in one hand and a longsword in the other, Alex could not help frowning deeply. He tried attacking several times, but every attempt ended in failure, and he was even wounded by the scientist more than once. The combination of a long weapon and a short one was truly troublesome, leaving Alex feeling helpless.

"I need to practice more when I get back!" Alex sighed, preparing to retreat. One scientist had already left him at a loss; if a whole group of Hydra agents arrived later, he would be in even worse shape.

Leaving the scientist behind, Alex quickly rushed over to the dozen or so young men, gave them a few rapid instructions, then spread his Psionic Power to envelop them. Teleportation activated, and the entire group vanished from the spot in an instant.

Thanks to the Tesseract, Alex's Teleportation ability had been greatly enhanced. It was no weaker than in his previous life, and bringing along more than a dozen people was no problem.

Seeing Alex return with more than a dozen young men, the members of the commando unit all looked over in surprise.

"Carter, they're yours." Alex unceremoniously handed the people over to Carter, then gestured for the others to follow him into the inner room.

"Alex, you're hurt?" Steve quickly noticed the wound on Alex's body. There was naturally no wound left under his powerful healing ability, but the large patch of blood was still enough to make anyone's heart tremble.

Alex casually lifted the hem of his clothes to show that the wound had healed, then turned toward Howard and pointed at the slash marks on his clothing. Somewhat displeased, he said, "Howard, didn't you say this outfit could block Combat Knives? What's going on?"

Howard froze for a moment, then frowned and stepped closer. After examining it carefully for a while, he explained, "That Combat Knife definitely wasn't ordinary. It was probably forged from some special material, much like your dagger."

Alex thought it over, then nodded. "Yeah, that Combat Knife did look different."

"Alex, who exactly hurt you?" As Alex's combat instructor, Logan was very unhappy that his student had been injured.

"A scientist!" Alex twitched his mouth and explained awkwardly.

By then, Carter had already settled the dozen or so young men. She pushed open the door and walked in. Hearing Alex's words, she lightly furrowed her brow and asked, "Describe his appearance."

"It really is him, Baron Strucker!" After listening to Alex's description, Carter said with absolute certainty, "Baron Strucker is one of Hitler's favorites and one of Hydra's leaders. His status is no lower than Red Skull's."

"Why is it another baron?" Alex's focus was clearly different from everyone else's. Learning that this Strucker was another baron, he could not help complaining, "Are barons that worthless? Is everyone a baron?"

"Strucker came from Prussian high nobility. His family was full of military leaders, and the previous generation all served under Bismarck. His pedigree is impressive, and the title of baron is hereditary." Natasha chuckled softly before continuing, "Strucker was recruited by Hitler in 1934 and joined the **. Later, he became the leader of the Skull Commando Unit."

Turning to glance around at everyone, Natasha continued, "Also, Hydra was actually founded by him. Red Skull replaced him later. However, his influence within Hydra is immense, no less than Red Skull's."

"So he's a big shot after all!" Alex had not expected that his accidental encounter would bring him into conflict with such an important figure. He said with a self-mocking smile, "We didn't find Baron Zemo, but finding Baron Strucker isn't bad either!"

"They all need killing anyway. Let's take this one out first!" Logan did not care which baron it was. As far as he was concerned, they just needed to kill him.

"Then let's move out now!" Steve adjusted the redecorated shield on his arm and said in a deep voice.

After thinking for a moment, Alex shook his head. "Better not. Doing that would only alert the enemy, which would be detrimental to our operation to capture Baron Zemo. The command wants Zemo, not Strucker."

"Strucker is also on the command's list. It's just that he's more difficult, so command hasn't assigned a related mission for now." As the liaison officer between the Howling Commandos and the Allies, Carter knew the Allied strategic plans and tactical objectives best.

Hearing that, Alex rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, "Will command have us assassinate Little Mustache one day?"

"That sounds pretty good. How about we do it?" Logan's eyes lit up at those words. Clearly, he was extremely interested in the suggestion.

Alex dropped to his knees at once and gave an embarrassed laugh. "Uh, I was just joking, only joking. Let's go kill a baron instead!"

Steve laughed as well, raised his shield, and shouted, "Let's go! Move out!"

Alex spread his Psionic Power to envelop Steve, Bucky, Logan, Nick Fury, and Natasha. Teleportation carried them away from the camp, and moments later, they returned to the end of the tunnel, in front of the iron door.

Alex had no idea what was happening beyond the iron door now. To be safe, he chose to arrive here first and check the situation outside before proceeding.

Looking through the small hole, Alex found that the situation outside was almost unchanged from when he had left. Baron Strucker had gathered another dozen or so living people, seemingly preparing to conduct human experiments again.

"He's outside." After observing for a moment, Alex turned to the group behind him, who had not made any move, and said quietly, "I'll take you out shortly. Once we're out, Steve and Logan will handle Strucker. Nick and Bucky will deal with the Hydra agents inside. Natasha, stay ready to adapt." He paused slightly, then continued, "I'll go outside and stop the people out there."

With the plan set, Alex immediately Teleported everyone beyond the iron door.

PS: The second update is here. The latter half of the make-up update will arrive late tonight.