I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 34: Hydra needs talents like you

West of the Hudson River, southwest of Albany, there is a mountainous area covering four counties called the Catskill Mountains. This is a nature reserve with 98 undulating peaks, more than 900 meters above sea level, inhabited by a variety of animals such as black bears, deer and foxes, and even bald eagles.

Three months have passed since the "Red Gangster Murder Case" on Wall Street. Adam Smith, who broke out of the encirclement that day, has been hiding in the Catskill Mountains these days to recuperate and practice swordsmanship.

There are abundant resources and food here, and there is even a small town at the foot of the mountain. For Adam, who has internal strength and superb swordsmanship, survival is not difficult at all.

The Exorcism Sword Technique is a martial art that can be acquired quickly. Lin Pingzhi, a young man with mediocre martial arts skills and mediocre talents but decent character, only practiced for two and a half months before he killed Yu Canghai and destroyed the Qingcheng Sect. After three months of hard training, Adam Smith is naturally a completely different person.

This sword technique can work from the outside to the inside, and can boost the growth of internal strength while practicing sword. Although it is not as good as those famous internal skills, its quickness and universality are far higher than those magical skills that require extremely high qualifications.

The only requirement is to be ruthless and make the cut.

In a low-level martial arts world like "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", practicing the Sword of Exorcism for two or three months can make you become a top second-rate master, or even a first-rate master goalkeeper.

In the red pine forest, a red shadow kept spinning and jumping around the pine trunks, with sharp metallic light flashing from time to time.

Countless branches and leaves fell like a curtain of rain, and the slender pine leaves on each branch were cut off by the sword light, dripping like green needles falling from the sky.

Suddenly, a red shadow fell on the top of a pine tree, with his feet on the thin branches. The tall and strong Adam Smith swayed up and down with the branches but did not fall.

The sharp blade was sheathed, and several tall, bare red pines around it collapsed.

These trees had already been chopped down countless times, and the broken wood was only maintained by a trace of Qi. When the Qi dissipated, the messy broken wood collapsed downwards, and the surrounding area instantly became a waste pile of the wood processing factory.

Three months later, there was no trace of stubble on Adam Smith's chin. His inner strength nourished the wounds all over his body, and his once rough skin became delicate, rosy and shiny.

The high hairline dropped a few centimeters, the prematurely gray hair turned back to black, and the hair that had been growing for three months extended below the earlobe.

Her thin body did not grow any muscles, but instead they were tightly shrunk against the skeleton, making her look even slimmer, with a hint of charm between her eyebrows.

She was wearing a red dress, with a red rope around her waist, from which hung a gourd that she had found from somewhere unknown. The gourd was filled with white wine that she had gotten from a nearby town.

After practicing swordplay, Adam took off the wine gourd and drank from it, imitating Dongfang Bubai's movements. Although he was imitating someone ugly, it seemed quite free and easy to those who had not seen Dongfang Bubai's heroic appearance.

"Is he... is he a man or a woman?" Behind the trees in the distance, a camouflaged agent holding a telescope saw the silhouette of Adam Smith and was confused: "Isn't it a man in the intelligence?"

"Shut up!" Crossbones Brock Rumlow whispered in the communication channel.

Although he didn't know why Adam Smith became like this, he knew that he was an extremely dangerous person.

The brief and fierce battle that took place outside the New York Stock Exchange three months ago stunned the professionals of SHIELD.

They broke down the footage frame by frame for analysis, but still could not understand why Adam Smith, a once ordinary man, could become a powerful extraordinary human being in just one day.

In the video, his short burst of speed even matched the data left by Captain America, not to mention that he could easily cut through the explosion-proof shield with just an ordinary stainless steel sword in his hand.

Based on the footage, experts calculated that the speed of the sword in his hand could reach about 100 meters per second. It's a joke!

An ordinary stainless steel sword can not only withstand such speed, but also cut through the explosion-proof shield made of polymer materials, and even leave an extremely flat and smooth cut.

This is not scientific at all!
If the previous scene was already challenging the physicists' three views, then the scene that Crossbones had just seen was like looking at their legendary Hydra Majesty.

In just a dozen seconds, the red figure flew up and down around several tall red pines like a ghost, not only cutting off the branches and leaves, but also chopping the trunks into small pieces of wood. Finally, it stood upright on a branch less than half a meter long, refusing to fall down...

"Is Captain America so powerful? If Lord Red Skull had met this guy, he would not have been cut into a human stick, right?" Brock Rumlow couldn't help but think divergently.

"He..." Alexander Pierce, who was in a villa far away in downtown New York, saw the live broadcast of Crossbones and was shocked beyond belief: "He has become stronger again!"

"How on earth is this done?"

Previously, they speculated that Adam Smith might have been enhanced by some kind of drug, or that he might have had a genetic mutation caused by some toxin or energy, or that he might have awakened the Inhumans. There were many similar cases, and Hydra had seen and studied too many of them.

The reason why Alexander Pierce sent people all the way here was with the idea of ​​recruiting them first, and if that didn't work, then enriching Hydra's resource library.

I never expected to see such a magical scene with my own eyes.

"How can he become stronger? How can he become stronger?" Pierce muttered to himself, and even the whiskey in his hand no longer smelled good.

Without time to think, Pierce gave Crossbones a decisive order: "Go contact him!"

As soon as the order came down, before Crossbones stood up, a hint of red appeared in the camera.

Adam Smith, who was on the top of a tree more than 500 meters away, suddenly appeared in front of the camera.

"I give you three seconds to tell me why I won't kill you."

Adam Smith's voice became softer, but his voice was not completely transformed, so it was inevitable that it sounded a bit effeminate and weird.

Even Crossbones, who had experienced many years of battles, broke out in a cold sweat. Seeing that the opponent's hand had already grasped the hilt of the sword, he suddenly felt a chill around his neck.

Driven by his amazing will to survive, Crossbones blurted out: "I have detailed information about the person your ex-wife cheated with!"

Hearing this, Adam Smith loosened his grip and held out his hand to him: “Give it to me!”

This was indeed information he didn't know. Three months ago, he only killed a few guys who got the advantage and came to show off. He didn't know how many more were going on in secret.

The bitch is dead, but the adulterer must also be killed.

Crossbones quickly took out a mobile hard drive and handed it over.

Adam Smith took it and turned away.

"Wait, we at SHIELD..." Crossbones quickly changed the subject: "We at Hydra need people like you!"

Perhaps the name "Hydra" brought a little surprise to Adam Smith, so he turned around and took another look.

"I'll talk to him!" Pierce, who was in remote control, spoke quickly.

Crossbones then pulled out a tactical tablet strapped to his lower back, quickly operated it and faced Adam Smith.

"Mr. Smith, my name is Alexander Pierce, former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and current Minister of the World Security Council. We can use official channels to clear up the negative impact from three months ago for you, or we can calm the situation down after you have taken your revenge."

Pierce said sincerely: "You are sincerely invited to join us!"

"Are you Hydra?" Adam Smith asked in surprise, "The evil organization that was destroyed by Captain America in history books?"

"Justice and evil are all defined by humans." Pierce smiled confidently: "We will soon have the power to define good and evil for ourselves."

"Interesting!" Adam Smith suddenly showed a playful smile: "This country is really interesting!"

With laughter, he turned into a red shadow and disappeared.

"Sir, this..." Crossbones was inevitably nervous after the mission failed.

"Is there a contact number on the external hard drive?" Pierce was not in a hurry. He drank a glass of wine leisurely and said confidently, "Wait, he will definitely come to me."

(End of this chapter)