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Chapter 63 Factory
The fist slammed heavily into Jessica's stomach, sending her flying several meters.

The person who blasted her away was Kaminsky, the only female member of the Winter Soldier.

Of course, the two of them fighting was not because of the Winter Soldier's betrayal or any other reason.

It's simply that it's Jessica's combat training time right now, and Kaminsky is her sparring partner.

Although Jessica has officially joined the league.

Furthermore, the alliance has identified the Hand as its next target.

Unfortunately, Jessica's name was not on the list of those to be assigned to.

The reason is simple: the investigation into the Hand is still in its early stages.

Jessica had not received any relevant training. Levi must be out of his mind to let a novice do such an important task.

Not only in investigation, but also in combat, Jessica is a complete novice, always relying on her brute strength to fight.

With this kind of Jessica, dealing with street thugs and biker gangs would naturally be no problem.

However, directly confronting a ninja or high-ranking officer of the Hand-to-Hand Association would likely be quite difficult.

Therefore, Li Wei did not assign Jessica any tasks, but instead had her stay at the Alliance base for training.

Her instructor was Melina, who also didn't need to go on missions.

Although she is a Black Widow, Melina now might be a bit stronger than the inexperienced Natasha.

But she is also an outstanding researcher.

To simply use her as a combatant would be a complete waste!

Therefore, after joining the alliance, Li Wei positioned her similarly to her role in the Red House, as a research, logistics, and support staff member.

Although the league already has Tony, a super tech genius, in scientific research.

But ultimately, he is still the president of a global conglomerate, and cannot be used as a full-time researcher; he simply doesn't have that much time.

Moreover, he wanted to spend some time alone with Pepper—Tony wasn't one to be coy. Knowing that Pepper would be his future wife, he didn't waste those years like in the original timeline. Instead, he chose to be direct, and their office romance is now going strong.

Therefore, only Natasha and Frank were actually dispatched to carry out the preliminary investigation.

Natasha is in charge of investigating Colin Moderate Bottom.

Frank, on the other hand, was tasked with investigating the Hand's activities in Hell's Kitchen to see if he could find any clues about the other four fingers of the Hand.

Although Colleen Wynne's storyline is the clearest, pursuing a two-pronged approach is not a bad thing.

However, it was still a bit difficult for Melina to personally teach Jessica.

It's not because she can't beat her. If it were a real life-or-death battle, Melina would have a hundred ways to take down someone like Jessica right now.

But if it's just training, she can't kill anyone. If she doesn't kill, it means she might get hit by Jessica.

And Jessica possesses superhuman strength... If she takes a few more hits like that, even Black Widow wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Li Wei couldn't possibly give Melina medicine just because of this routine training; that would be too wasteful.

So, Melina remained the instructor, but her sparring partner became Kaminsky, the Winter Soldier, who was also a superhuman.

It was also a match against Kaminsky.

This made Jessica realize just how "incompetent" she really was.

So he willingly put aside the idea of ​​going on a mission for the time being and began to receive training.

Of course, it would be great if no one around was making a fuss.

"Oh, Supergirl, you can't even get up? No wonder Victor won't let you go on missions. If you go on a mission like this, you probably won't survive a day!" Yelena laughed loudly at Jessica when she saw this.

Like Jessica, Yelena, who was only 15 years old, was also ineligible to go on missions.

However, it was because she had to go to school.

A week had passed since she went to school.

Although she wasn't too keen at first, she feels pretty good about it now—of course, that's just her opinion.

Her classmates at school didn't think so.

According to Li Wei's aesthetic standards, Yelena's appearance could only be considered average.

However, in the United States, Yelena is clearly a stunning beauty.

So as soon as Yelena arrived at school, she immediately attracted the attention of the boys.

This led to her being targeted by a female bully at school—although Pepper had arranged for her to attend a very good private school, such schools still have bullies.

So the six girls cornered her in the restroom, wanting to set some rules for her.

As a result, all six girls ended up in the hospital with fractures.

Fortunately, the other party was all girls, and there weren't many of them. They also didn't have any weapons, so Yelena didn't go all out. She only broke their hands and feet.

Moreover, it was because the other party made the first move.

So in the end, they just paid some medical expenses and that was the end of it.

But after this incident, Yelena immediately became famous at the school.

Her formidable fighting prowess made her an untouchable presence at school, and she quickly became a leader among the students.

How could this feel good?
This also led to her receiving a loving lesson from her "mother" and "sister" when she got home.

And after Jessica joined the league.

The two "disappointed individuals" who were unable to go on missions quickly became a good "enemy-friends".

Yelena mocked Jessica for being "bad" in combat.

Jessica mocked Yelena for her poor math grades.

Indeed, unlike Melina's genius, Yelena, the third-generation Black Widow, is slightly less proficient in mathematics.

"Pah, you try it if you dare!" Jessica retorted irritably. "Besides, you don't get a chance to go on missions either!"

"Hmph, it's only because I can't kill you, otherwise someone like you could be taken down in a minute!" Yelena wouldn't fall for it. Without using a weapon, her strength wouldn't have much of an effect on Jessica.

But if Jessica hits her even once, she'll be bedridden for most of the day.

She wouldn't do something that would lose her money.

"Yelena, have you finished your homework? I'm going to check your work later, and if it's not up to standard..." Before Jessica could retort, Melina, as the instructor, had already cast a stern glance at Yelena.

"I'm sorry, I'll go right away!" Yelena snapped to attention, no longer caring about Jessica's antics, and immediately ran back to her room.

Because Melina keeps her word, if Yelena's homework is not up to standard, then she may be facing several more math tests.

She'll go crazy.

Who exactly invented mathematics?
Yelena complained inwardly.

She felt that the days of studying mathematics were even more difficult than the training in the Red House.

After seeing Yelena leave, Melina turned her attention to Jessica.

Jessica sighed and got up again to walk towards Kaminsky.

While Jessica was undergoing training.

Inside an apartment in Hell's Kitchen, Frank, standing in the shadows, is using binoculars to observe a building in the distance that appears to be an abandoned factory.

He discovered it a few days ago; it was a flour mill belonging to an Irish mafia.

The workers inside are all blind or deaf-mute.

This aligns with some of the Hand's actions that Li Wei had previously shown him.

Therefore, he had reason to believe that the flour mill was the work of the Hand.

So for the past few days he had been monitoring the factory, trying to track down one of the other fingers Levi had mentioned, or a Hand stronghold. But his luck seemed to be running out.

Although the factory received and shipped goods several times during this period, Frank, after tracking the gang, only learned that the gang leader was a "businessman" named Frank Amick, but did not find any connection between him and the Hand.

Frank then considered whether he should infiltrate the factory to conduct an in-depth investigation.

Before he could even take action, an unexpected situation arose.

Others have their eyes on this factory.

Seeing their familiar modus operandi, Frank immediately recognized them as his former colleagues, the FBI.

Of course, it could also be other similar organizations.

A total of 6 people sneaked into the factory from different directions.

Upon seeing this, Frank, who had originally planned to take action, immediately abandoned his original plan and continued to observe.

as predicted.

Just minutes after the six FBI agents entered the factory, gunshots rang out.

But Frank soon realized something was wrong.

The gunfire started off very frequently, but quickly became sparse, and stopped completely within just a few minutes.

However, after the gunfire stopped, Frank never saw the FBI agents come out again.

The entire factory fell into complete silence.

Something went wrong!

Frank, realizing something was wrong, immediately prepared to go inside the factory to check on things.

When he entered the factory, he saw a group of ninjas dressed in red carrying a corpse into a sewer drain inside the factory.

It wasn't just those six policemen; there were also disabled workers and gang members.

Upon seeing these red-clad ninjas, Frank instantly recognized them as members of the Hand.

Looking at the sewer opening, Frank suddenly realized what was going on.

No wonder he couldn't find any connection between the factory and the Hand.

It turns out these guys didn't take the proper roads at all, but instead went through the sewers.

Frank just didn't understand why these Hand ninjas killed not only the few who broke into the FBI, but also all the disabled workers and gangsters.
Did he guess wrong before, and that this flour mill didn't belong to the Hand?
As for his certainty that these workers and ordinary gang guards were not killed by the FBI, it's quite simple, because the cause of death for these people was not gunshot wounds, but stab wounds.

It was clearly not the FBI's doing; it could only have been these Hand ninjas carrying samurai swords on their backs.

No, that's not right.

These disabled workers and gangsters are undoubtedly subordinate forces of the Hand.

Frank quickly figured out the reason.

Now that FBI agents have discovered this flour mill, it means that the flour mill is already on the FBI's radar.

So the Hand naturally abandoned the factory.

But the factory workers and the gang guards were also abandoned.

The reason is simple: the Hand is unsure whether the FBI has identified these workers and ordinary guards, or whether there are any undercover agents among them.

So they simply killed them all and then disposed of the bodies to cover their tracks.

In fact, this is how some extremist organizations operate.

When they suspect there's an undercover agent, they don't waste any words; they just kill him.

evidence?

Just kidding, that's something only police officers need.

For these organizations, a mere suspicion is enough.

Not to mention super-criminal groups like the Hand.

In their eyes, ordinary people are just tools and consumables.

Frank watched the Hand ninjas carry the corpses into the sewers, his gaze icy.

However, he did not take any action.

It's not that we're not confident; the other side only has eight people.

Although Frank had never fought these ninjas before, he was still 100% confident that he could take them down.

The key point is that he's more interested in finding these guys' hideout.

So once all the ninjas and corpses had gone into the sewers, Frank immediately followed.

As the largest and most economically developed metropolis in the United States.

New York also boasts the largest sewer system in the United States.

It has thousands of miles of pipelines and dozens of wastewater treatment plants.

These pipelines are very spacious and interconnected.

Therefore, the situation in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, where the four little turtles move around through the sewer system, is quite realistic.

However, in reality, very few gangs or other organizations use these sewer systems to serve their criminal activities.

For ordinary people, the complex sewer system is too easy to get lost in.

Moreover, if you're not familiar with them, the sewers aren't actually as well-hidden as you might imagine.

Why? Because of homeless people.

Many homeless people live in the sewer systems of major American cities.

These people are known as the "Mole Clan".

Therefore, in the relatively superficial sewers, you might bump into someone while walking around; the concealment is not as high as most people imagine.

There aren't many people in the deeper areas, but the environment is much worse, and most people simply can't stand it.

Another issue is efficiency.

After all, no matter how spacious the sewer is, you can't drive a car through it; you can only rely on your two legs.

Therefore, using the sewers for work is really inefficient for ordinary gangsters.

However, this rule clearly does not apply in the Marvel Universe, which contains supernatural beings.

The Hand's ninjas may not seem particularly powerful compared to superheroes.

However, due to the secret techniques of the Hand, they can no longer be considered human, but rather a group of tireless "tools" with extremely high efficiency.

They don't care about the activity environment.

So, just like the turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the complex environment of the New York sewers is actually very suitable for them.

In contrast, Frank, who was experiencing the environment for the first time, was not as comfortable.

At first, Frank was able to keep up with the Hand members carrying the bodies.

However, after the ninjas disposed of the corpses in a deep pit in the sewers, Frank realized that it was no longer possible to follow them without being detected.

Left with no other choice, Frank had to give up.

However, he did not return immediately, but instead went to the place where the Hand had previously disposed of the bodies.

Those FBI agents reminded him of his past self.

Those who sacrificed their lives to fight crime should not die quietly in such a place!
(End of this chapter)