Chapter 8: 8

Chapter 8 Leo’s Conditions

 

In the empty makeshift prison, the atmosphere suddenly became silent.

 

The sound of a needle dropping could even be heard.

 

After listening to Leo’s words, Natasha was speechless. After some time, Natasha probingly asked, “You… you did not get seduced by me?”

 

“Miss Natasha’s body is stunning, I almost could not control myself. But compared to that, I think my life is much more important to me, don’t you think?”

 

Natasha was lost in thought as if weighing the pros and cons. After a while, she made up her mind and said, “Tell me, what is your mutually beneficial deal? Moreover, you better be quick if you want to make the deal. Tomorrow either I will be brainwashed by that mad robot or get killed by that cruel woman.”

 

“That fast?! I haven’t figured out the content of the deal yet.”

 

“Are you messing with me?”

 

“It’s not what you think. Can you tell me how long would it take for the S.H.I.E.L.D. to completely seal off the base first? That way, I can think of a better deal for both of us.”

 

This time, Natasha was shocked as she widened her eyes and stared at Leo.

 

“Don’t worry, Natasha. I don’t know how to mind-read, I just happen to know you join the S.H.I.E.L.D.”

 

“Mysterious Mr. Zhao, please tell me who you actually are?”

 

“Let me introduce myself properly, I am Ivan Avatar. I am indeed a H.Y.D.R.A. agent and Dr. Zola’s assistant. Now I’ve answered your question, can you answer mine?”, Leo made up another fake name for himself. He asked Natasha again, clearly not wanting to reveal more of his information.

 

Natasha stayed silent for a long time before she slowly said, “When I found out I was surrounded by Sinthea and the Winter Soldier, I had destroyed the communicator that was in my hair. According to regulations, if I lost contact for more than one hour, S.H.I.E.L.D. will send people to investigate. They should have discovered the abnormality of this base by now. This place is relatively remote so including the time to mobilize the army, I estimate they will surround this place by tomorrow morning. However, I guess there’s currently already at least a double-digit amount of agents staring at this place.”

 

“Which means even if I don’t save you, tomorrow morning you can escape successfully?”, Leo’s tone became serious as if having some bad intentions.

 

Natasha took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

 

 “It was supposed to be like that but now with you, I can’t say for sure.”, she said while staring straight at Leo’s eyes as if trying to stare him to death.

 

Leo had a goosebump being stared at by Natasha. He averted his eyes and coughed twice, “Ahem, ahem… Miss Romanoff, please don’t think so badly of me! After all, you were also thinking of killing me, so we are equal.”

 

After listening to what Natasha said, Leo knew SHIELD would attack the base tomorrow morning. Leo’s first thought was to kill Natasha and tell Sinthea and Dr. Zola to leave tonight.

 

But after Leo thought for a while, Sinthea might not even believe his word!

 

If Leo could not explain the source of the information, then Sinthea would definitely use her special ability to control Leo’s mind. She would make Leo honestly spit out every secret he knew.

 

Leo could barely resist Natasha’s Mental Seduction. He did not have the confidence to resist Sinthea’s control. 

 

The final result would be Leo died, while Sinthea and the others safely escaped.

 

Sacrificing himself for others’ sake was not Leo’s style.

 

“Relax, Miss Romanoff. We can still talk about our deal.”

 

“Then I should thank you for not killing me.”

 

“How about this? I can create a chance for you to escape the base and I can provide you with a powerful weapon. But I have two conditions.”

 

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“Do I have the right to reject it?”

 

“I am sorry, no.”

 

Natasha did not say anything as she coldly stared at Leo, hinting she would listen to two Leo’s two conditions.

 

Leo cleared his throat and circled around Natasha, “First, if I were to be captured by the S.H.I.E.L.D., you have to guarantee my safety by all means. After all, I have not committed any atrocities, I am just an ordinary assistant.”

 

Who would believe you?! Just listen to yourself! How can an ordinary assistant know so many secrets?!

 

After listening to Leo’s first condition, this thought sub-consciously appeared in her mind.

 

“I will try my best but don’t expect my words will work.”, Natasha agreed after thinking for a while.

 

“It’s okay, just do your best.”, Leo nodded lightly. He did not force Natasha to make any guarantees. Because there was a high possibility by the time S.H.I.E.L.D. attacked H.Y.D.R.A., he would be long gone.

 

“For the second condition. When you are leaving, I will give you a memory unit and a bank account. You can plug the memory unit onto any computer, I will contact you based on my feelings. Please let S.H.I.E.L.D. deposit one million dollars into the bank account, that is the price to buy your life. Of course, this condition is built on the premise that I wasn’t captured by S.H.I.E.L.D.”

 

“Are you insane? How could I be worth one million dollars? That’s impossible.”

 

“Miss Romanoff, please calm down. I think your worth is far more than one million. Of course, we will have to see whether S.H.I.E.L.D. feel the same way or not.”

 

“This I can’t promise you. I can’t guarantee that S.H.I.E.L.D. will give you one million dollars. Besides, S.H.I.E.L.D. has no reason to give you the money when I safely return.”

 

“Hahaha, Miss Romanoff, do you know how cute you are?”

 

“… I have a habit of keeping my words.”

 

“That’s a good habit. At that time, you just need to truthfully tell S.H.I.E.L.D. what I told you. If they aren’t willing to give me the money, you don’t have to feel bad. I won’t blame you.”

 

After that, Leo explained some other things to her such as when could Natasha break free, where to find the powerful weapon, how to leave the base, etc.

 

After finished explaining, Leo said, “That’s all it is. Beautiful lady, your opportunity to escape is tonight, so please be patient.”

 

With that, Leo left the makeshift prison and closed the door.

 

……

 

Time flew by quickly, more than two hours had passed.

 

Dr. Zola finished fixing the Winter Soldier’s mechanical arm. Just in case, this time Winter Soldier was not frozen in the cold storage but taken away by Sinthea.

 

After finishing the tasks at hand, Dr. Zola returned to his personal laboratory. Leo already had done the adjustment for Dr. Zola’s sleep device and was waiting in the laboratory for Dr. Zola’s return.

 

“Teacher, everything has been adjusted. Please rest at ease.”

 

“Alright, it’s getting late. After everything is ready, you should return and rest early. Also, tomorrow night Sinthea will bring me to leave the base. At that time you follow me, I’m sure Sinthea won’t mind an extra person.”

 

“Understood, I will. Thank you, teacher!”

 

These words Leo said sincerely. To be honest, the way Dr. Zola treated his student-cum-assistant was the same way an upright researcher did.

 

If it were not for Dr. Zola’s multiple clones, which meant he was basically immortal, Leo really did not have the heart to scheme against him.

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