After the press conference, Russell asked Gwen to take Peter outside to earn his reputation.

Superheroes don't just claim to be recognized by others.

If there is no real case, even if you buy news headlines every day to promote yourself as a superhero, people will not admit it.

After Gwen took Peter away, Russell returned to the office.

Since he had already decided to start with the golden apple in Callum's hand yesterday, he didn't intend to waste any time.

Whether it's the golden apple or the other pieces of the Garden of Eden, they are just gadgets for him to adjust his life.

As the person in charge of Zhenglian, he couldn't waste his time on these trivial matters.

Of course, this was no small matter for the Assassin Brotherhood and the Knights Templar.

"No. 3, is Callum's current location confirmed?"

After returning to the office, Russell asked No. 3.

"It's been established, he's in a motel in Queens right now."

Number 3 replied quickly.

"Contact him directly, just say that I want to see him, and ask him to come to the headquarters of the octopus monster."

Russell continued.

"Yes, sir!"

When contacting Callum on the 3rd, Russell took out his mobile phone and dialed Bakshi's number.

Not long after, the call was connected.

"Have you investigated whether Hydra has a seat at the high table? If not, there is no need to investigate for the time being."

"You bring Bucky to my office, I have new things that you need to deal with."

Russell said to Bakshi.

He had originally planned to use an easier method to get Winston a seat at the High Table.

But after chatting with Diana last night, he felt that simple and complicated, in fact, did not make much difference to him.

He didn't need to take care of these things himself, he just had to make sure Winston had the strength to pull one of the High Table members down.

As for the others, he didn't need to think so much at all.

After hanging up the phone, he didn't have the idea of ​​playing games to catch fish, nor did he have the idea of ​​dealing with the chairman's daily work, so he came to the sofa in the reception area to lie down and bask in the sun.

Time passed little by little.

after an hour.

Callum, who was wearing a black casual suit, and Bakshi, who was wearing an expensive handmade tailor-made suit, came to his office at the same time.

Of course, Bakshi was accompanied by that Baki who didn't look like a normal person.

A normal person would not have a mechanical left arm.

Seeing that Russell did not meet with him alone, both Callum and Bakshi showed puzzled expressions.

However, they didn't say anything, and came straight to Russell.

"sit down!"

Russell said to Callum and Bakshi.

When the two of them sat down, he first let Callum and Bakshi introduce each other, and then said to Callum: "I called you here today, I have nothing else to do, just want to talk to you golden apples."

Golden apples?

A puzzled look appeared on Bakshi's face again.

But now, neither Russell nor Callum intends to explain to him what the golden apple is.

After hearing Russell's words, Callum's expression darkened in an instant, and his whole aura changed, ready to make a move at any time.

The change in Callum's momentum immediately caught Bucky's attention.

Although Bucky is not an assassin, as a veteran super soldier and killer, he is not usually sensitive to murderous intent.

"You don't have to be so vigilant, if I want to grab, you have no chance to sit here and talk to me, do you?"

Russell didn't care about Callum's killing intent, and said calmly.

"What do you want golden apples for?"

Callum restrained his killing intent a little, and said in a cold tone.

"What I want to do has nothing to do with you. You just need to know that I want the golden apple in your hand."

"Give me the golden apple in your hand, and I will not only help you rebuild the Brotherhood, but also help you deal with the Knights Templar."

"This transaction is not a loss for you."

Although Russell sometimes acts quite domineering, he is not a pure bad guy after all.

He will not hesitate to use peaceful means to resolve things that can be resolved by peaceful means.

Force, is not the best option in most cases.

"This deal is indeed not a bad deal for me, but I can't trust you."

Callum said seriously.

"Trust is something that can be built slowly."

"Well, for the sake of everyone's initial cooperation, I can advance some of your strength to let you fight against the Knights Templar and rebuild the Brotherhood. What do you think?"

Russell said with a smile.

"Advance a part of the strength?"

Callum didn't quite understand what Russell meant.

"Yes, I will give you a part of the advance."

"You are an assassin with rich combat experience, you should be able to tell that Bakshi is not a qualified fighter."

"I can ask Bakshi to prove what it means to give you some power in advance."

After speaking, Russell signaled Bakshi to stand up.

Then, bypassing Bakshi, using the "absolute command" of the king's serum, he directly issued an order to Baijue No. 20 who was possessed in Bakshi's body.

Baijue No. 20 was originally possessed by the North American gray wolf.

But in order to better protect Bakshi, Baijue No. 20 changed the host and possessed Bakshi.

After receiving Russell's "absolute command" order, Baijue No. 20 directly took over Bakshi's body.

White tentacles of different sizes gushed out from Bakshi's body.

A few seconds later, Bakshi, who was well-dressed and successful in a suit and was also a successful entrepreneur himself, transformed into a white form.

The white form is actually the serum form that Russell used before, which is the form of the white monster.

When Bakshi entered the white form, Callum instinctively became extremely vigilant, and looked at Bakshi seriously.

"Bakshi is just an ordinary person, without any combat training."

"His current form is called Bai Jue's form, which is the transformed form after being possessed by the alien symbiote Bai Jue."

"In this form, he has the strength not to lose to those with extraordinary abilities."

"If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself."

Russell said to Callum.

His plan was very simple, to show Callum the power of Bai Jue.

As long as Callum has seen the power of Bai Jue, he will know that whether it is an assassin of the Brotherhood or the Supreme Master of the Knights Templar, it is actually the same thing.

In front of Bai Jue, members of the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Knights Templar were not generally vulnerable.

"you sure?"

Callum said slowly.

"certainly!"

"If I'm not wrong, your cooperation with the high table is nothing more than trying to use those famous killers to make up for the brotherhood's lack of combat power."

"Since you need a force that can compete with the Knights Templar, I have a better choice here."

Russell replied with a smile.

Callum didn't speak, and began to think in silence.

Russell was right. The reason why he cooperated with the High Table was to use those famous killers as cannon fodder against the Knights Templar.

According to the rules of the brotherhood, these famous killers are also on their assassination list.

In the hands of these famous killers, there are a large number of innocent lives.

To a Brotherhood of Assassins, these killers were dead.

If it wasn't really impossible, he wouldn't choose to cooperate with the high table.

After thinking about it for dozens of seconds, Callum said slowly: "Since you have so much confidence in this so-called Bai Jue, then I also want to see what kind of strength this Bai Jue has!"

After speaking, Callum stood up and came to Bakshi who had entered the white form.

Although Russell's office is not a special training ground, it is not small and has enough space for fighting.

"Pay attention to strength, don't kill my future cooperative customers."

Russell gave instructions to No. 20 Baijue.

After hearing Russell's words, Callum showed a displeased expression.

Before the official fight, Russell already thought that he was going to lose, which would make people uncomfortable.

But soon, Callum knew why Russell said that.

The battle between Baijue No. 20 and Callum ended in less than two minutes.

Callum's assassination skills are meaningless in front of Bai Jue, who is superior in strength, speed, reaction, and resilience.

If Russell hadn't ordered Bai Jue No. 20 to pay attention to his strength, Callum wouldn't be able to last even a minute.

This is not a battle at all, but a unilateral blow to dimensionality reduction.

Callum, who can only use cold weapons, threatened the New York police who had not yet used Glock pistols in front of Bai Jue No. 20.

Although it is impossible for the Glock pistol to threaten the life of Bai Jue No. 20, it will still feel a little bit of a hit.

If it hits the mouth and eyes, the feeling will be more obvious.

After a battle that was not considered a battle, Baijue No. 20 pulled up Callum who fell to the ground, carried him to Russell, and placed him on the sofa opposite Russell.

"Bai Jue's strength, you should have personally experienced it by now. Whether you want to accept my cooperation proposal, you can tell me the answer now."

Russell said to Callum.

Callum did not answer Russell immediately, but took a deep breath for a few seconds to suppress the pain from his body.

Then, looking at Russell with a solemn expression, he said slowly, "If I hand you the golden apple, how many white treasures can I get?"

"In terms of ownership, you don't get any of them."

"But from the point of view of the right to use, I can let the four white monsters assist you in fighting against the Knights Templar."

The number of four white zealots was not casually mentioned by Russell, but the number he decided after reading the information collected by No. 3.

Although Russell only ordered No. 3 to look for Callum's trace, No. 3 found the trace of Nathan and the three while searching for Callum's trace.

It is actually quite difficult not to notice, after all, they came out of the same residential building at the same time, and they are very different from ordinary people.

I just investigated the fake documents used by the three Nathans to book the flight tickets, and then followed the clues. On the 3rd, it was confirmed that the three Nathans and Callum were in the same group.

When investigating this information, No. 3 was more efficient than the New York Police and the FBI combined.

After all, No. 3 doesn't have to follow the so-called legal procedures.

The database of the SHIELD New York branch can be forcibly invaded, and the databases of other official agencies are as undefended to No. 3.

"Only four?"

Callum began to bargain.

"There are only four of you in the Roman Assassin Brotherhood now, you can't expect me to give you too many excuses, right?"

"There are already a lot of four Bai Jue, and you have experienced Bai Jue's strength just now."

"With the help of Bai Jue, even if the four of you forcibly break into the headquarters of the Knights Templar, you won't have any big problems."

Russell won't give Callum a chance to raise his price.

"Four can be four, but I can't give you the golden apples now."

Since there was no way to increase the number of Bai Jue, Callum began to find ways from other places, such as handing over the golden apples later.

"Can!"

"The golden apple can wait until you solve the current crisis and rebuild the Roman Brotherhood of Assassins before giving it to me. I'm not in a hurry."

Russell also didn't expect Callum to hand him the golden apple right away.

Callum only had this hole card in his hand, and it was impossible for him to hand over his hole card so easily.

"Aren't you afraid that I will take Bai Jue away by force if I don't fulfill the agreement?"

Callum asked puzzled.

"You won't do such a stupid thing, I believe you are not such a stupid person."

Russell said with a smile.

After seeing the indifferent expression on Russell's face, Callum fell silent again.

"Happy cooperation!"

After thinking for more than ten seconds, Callum said to Russell.

"Happy cooperation!"

Russell stretched out his right hand, smiled and shook hands with Callum.

After chatting about the follow-up delivery issues, Callum left the office.

After he left, Russell signaled Baijue No. 20 to release his transformation and return control of his body to Bakshi.

"Let's put the Hydra thing aside, I have one thing I need you to do now."

"I promised Winston that I would help him get a seat at the High Table."

"His current strength is not enough to deal with any member of the high table. You go to assist him and help him win the seat of the high table."

"When he's up, swallow the whole high table."

Russell said to Bakshi.

"Although the High Table is just a killer organization, their influence is spread all over the world, and their members are all local snakes in the underground world. Swallowing them is not an easy task."

Bakshi frowned and said.

Although the high table table does not have any advanced combat power, it does not mean that the high table table is easy to solve.

An organization that can promote the gold coin system of the Continental Hotel to the entire killer world, even if it can't be compared with the SHIELD Hydra, it will not be too weak.

"It would be a bit difficult to do it the conventional way."

"But if you can forcibly subdue it with a force far superior to the opponent, it won't be difficult."

"I will give you all the resources you need, Zaku armor, enhanced serum, Baijue, as long as you need it, I can give it to you."

"I have only one request, to help Winston get up in the shortest possible time, and then swallow the high table."

Russell said calmly.

"Doing so will cause unnecessary trouble, and may even attract the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. and other official agencies."

Bakshi, who was used to Hydra's "low-key" style, couldn't accept Russell's domineering approach for a while.

"It doesn't matter, if you attract attention, you will attract attention. This is what I want."

After hearing Russell's answer, Bakshi immediately reacted.

"Are you trying to make an example of others?"

"That's right, your progress in replacing Pierce and Whitehall as leaders is too slow. Since there are still so many people who refuse to accept you, then you should show off your strength."

"Although the high platform table doesn't have any extraordinary combat power, compared with the other Hydra branches, the high platform table is not too weak. It is a very suitable chicken."

If Bakshi had been more efficient, he would have replaced Pierce and Whitehall as the leaders now, and Russell would not need to scare the other branches of Hydra by killing chickens and monkeys.

But unfortunately, Bakshi's work efficiency is not as high as he thought.

"Okay, I see what you mean!"

Although this was not in line with his usual habit of doing things, Russell had already made up his mind, and Bakshi could only follow his orders.

"Winston and the high table will be left to you, and No. 3 will also assist you. If you need anything, just tell No. 3 directly."

"I hope that when you report to me next time, you will bring good news."

After speaking, Russell asked Bakshi and Baki to leave the office.

When the two of them had left, he had Three contact Winston and let Winston know that Bakshi and Bucky would be there to assist him.

After dealing with these things, he suddenly found that because of a change of plan, Perkins was suddenly idle.

According to the original plan, Perkins would be sent to assist Winston in obtaining a seat at the high table.

But with the assistance of Bakshi and Bucky, Perkins no longer needed to assist Winston.

Forehead…

It is definitely not acceptable to continue to place Perkins in Zhenglian headquarters.

After thinking about it, he decided to arrange a new task for Perkins.

"No. 3, when you hacked into the database of the New York branch of SHIELD yesterday, did you find a SHIELD agent named Mockingbird?"

Although No. 3 hacked into the database of the S.H.I.E.L.D. New York branch yesterday, No. 3 went for the information about the Pieces of Eden.

"No, the information of the senior agents of the SHIELD is stored in the database of the SHIELD Tricurved Wing headquarters."

Number 3 replied immediately.

After hearing No. 3's answer, Russell gave up the idea that had just emerged in his mind.

If No. 3 finds the information of SHIELD agent Mockingbird Barbara, he doesn't mind letting Perkins replace Barbara, come to occupy the magpie's nest, and become Zhenglian's second spy to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D.

But if not, forget it.

After thinking about it, he decided not to arrange any new tasks for Perkins for the time being.

Just be idle!

Anyway, there are quite a few people in Zhenglian who are idle now, and Kara is already free enough to make movies.

As for the Hulk, Godzilla, and Grendel, let alone the three, they are all about to become homeboys.

Afterwards, Russell did nothing, lying on the sofa in the reception area and basking in the sun.

It wasn't until the afternoon, when he finished handling today's chairman's work, that he flew out of the office at the Octopus Headquarters and headed for the Zhenglian headquarters in the suburbs.

Gwen is now taking Peter to gain reputation outside, and Hulk is the only one in Zhenglian headquarters.

In order to prevent Hulk from being too boring, he planned to play two hands with Hulk in the past and learn from each other.

Although Hulk doesn't like to compete with him more and more now, because no matter how he competes, Hulk can't win.

However, this does not affect Russell's idea of ​​wanting to discuss with Hulk.

After arriving at the front headquarters, Russell brought the Hulk who was hiding in the bedroom to the training ground.

Then, with Hulk looking helpless, he and Hulk started an unfair exchange of ideas.

There is no doubt about the result, this time the discussion still ended with his victory.

After feeling that he had finally done something meaningful today, he left Zhenglian headquarters with satisfaction and returned to the apartment where he lived.

For the next week, Russell lived a normal life again.

Learn the magic of Karma Taj, and learn little by little how to use the divine power you already have.

Fulfilling the daily duties of the chairman of Octopus Industries, signing various documents, and occasionally playing Ludo with his blond female secretary.

Although life is a bit dull, Russell quite likes the current state.

There are no supervillains trying to take over the world, no major crises threatening the safety of the world, no uninvited alien invaders...

Although he didn't do anything particularly eye-catching this week, there were a lot of things happening outside.

First of all, with the help of Bakshi and Bucky, Winston was finally promoted from the manager of the New York Continental Hotel to the real management and became a member of the High Table.

On the second day after Winston won the high table seat, Bakshi and Bucky took various equipment provided by No. 3 and started to attack other high table members.

In just two or three days, four of the 12 members of the High Table died at their hands.

Such astonishing efficiency is inseparable from Winston who has just become a member of the High Table.

Russell fulfilled his promise and gave Winston a seat at the high table.

After obtaining the seat, Winston also gave what he could in return.

For example, sending the information of other members of the High Table to Bakshi and Baki.

These things were communicated between Bakshi and Winston, Russell didn't know.

All he knew was that Winston had won the seat at the high table, and that Bakshi and Bucky were also planning to kill chickens and monkeys according to his request.

In addition to the side of the high table, Callum's side is also making good progress.

With the help of Bai Jue, the four of Callum gained a powerful force that they had never had before.

Not only did they resist the capture of the Knights Templar, but they also took the opportunity to break into the London headquarters of the Knights Templar and rescued many descendants of Assassins like them.

Although these descendants of Assassins are not exactly the same descendants of Roman Assassins~lightnovelpub.net~, they are also descendants of the Brotherhood anyway.

Not long after breaking into the Knights Templar’s ​​headquarters in London, the four of Callum received messages from other branches of the Brotherhood, euphemistically expressing their desire to fight against the Knights Templar with them, just like their ancestors as it used to be done.

Callum did not reject the good intentions of these branches, and began to contact various branches of the Brotherhood all over the world, as if he wanted to reunite the Brotherhood.

Callum did not tell Russell these news, but Bai Jue who possessed Callum quietly informed Russell.

Callum would never have imagined that Bai Jue possessed them, and Russell had a spiritual link that could not be explained by science.

It wasn't just the four of Callum who didn't think of this, Russell himself was taken aback when he received a message from Bai Jue who was far away in London.

Although he had often used the "absolute command" of the king's serum to issue orders remotely, he had never tried to establish a spiritual connection with Bai Jue at a distance of 6,000 kilometers.

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