American Comic Dimensional Trading Device

If he could be put to use, it would obviously be a very good thing, since one cannot rely on Yuri for everything.

Especially something like the Infinity Stones; if Josie had the chance to get her hands on them in the future, she wouldn't be willing to trade them away.

But this thing needs to be studied and utilized; it can't just be left as a decoration.

Zola, who has conducted in-depth research on the Space Stone, is clearly the best candidate to fill this gap.

But what's the point of keeping Reinhardt around?

Killing them would be a way to avenge the villagers of that village.

“I understand!” Although she didn’t understand why Josie wanted to kill Reinhardt, Ophelia simply followed orders.

“Alright, let’s leave it at that for now. We’ll check with the military again to find out about Bucky. If it matches the records, we’ll transfer him out of hiding and send him back to the Strategic Scientific Corps. We’ll say he was discovered by hunting dogs while we were hunting in the Alps. You can use this opportunity to make contact with the Strategic Scientific Corps!” Josie said. “As for this woman… get her out of here! I’m taking her with me!”

Qiao Xi looked at Jia Ying inside the freezer, hesitated for a moment, and then made a decision.

The experimental log shows that Jia Ying has already come into contact with the obelisk, which means that her supernatural talent has been activated, saving Qiao Xi a lot of trouble.

Immortal!

How many people in this world can resist such temptation?

Although Josie's dimensional trading device has infinite possibilities... infinite possibilities also mean uncertainty.

Jia Ying's ability to live forever is real, tangible, and real.

Of course, Josie would never use such a simple, crude, and cruel method as Reinhardt to obtain Jia Ying's abilities—why would she exhaust the resources to obtain something when she could simply draw some blood for genetic research?

However, Reinhardt was already nearing his death at that time and simply didn't have the time to conduct in-depth research, so he could only make a one-off deal.

I misremembered Bucky's arm in the previous chapter; he lost it after falling off a cliff. Hydra severed it during the modification, leaving a limb as a fragment. This has now been corrected.

Chapter 100 Jia Ying

In a magnificent European-style bedroom, Jia Ying, who had just been thawed but had not yet woken up, was brought here.

The two German girls that Josie temporarily hired from the small town of Shiwanggao at the foot of the mountain were looking after them.

This room is one of the 14 rooms that were completed back then.

Although Neuschwanstein Castle was not fully completed at the time, the 14 rooms that were built have always been maintained and can be lived in with just a little tidying up.

However, due to the special significance of this castle in the past, these 14 rooms have been protected as historical sites. Since the formal fall of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1918, they have basically been uninhabited.

The German personnel, Hydra agents, and now Easy Company who had previously occupied this place were all under the control of their respective leaders, and had only cleared out some decorated rooms on the first floor to serve as dormitories.

In particular, the royal chambers of Ludwig II were completely sealed off after the king's death.

However, now that Josie has acquired ownership of the castle, he has fewer concerns and plans to use the King's Room as his and Margot's bedroom in the future—after all, Ludwig II died at Lake Steinberg outside Munich, dozens of kilometers away from the castle, so there's no need to be superstitious.

After an unknown amount of time, Jia Ying suddenly woke up.

The cruel memories of being used as a test subject in the Hydra research facility and watching her fellow villagers turn to ashes one by one by the obelisks have become her nightmare.

So after being thawed, she easily started having nightmares.

When she woke up, before she could even recall the terrifying dream, she sensed that something was wrong.

Because upon waking up this time, she was not faced with a cold prison cell and those terrifying white coats and uniformed soldiers, but rather a soft bed and a luxurious room.

Jia Ying of this era was not the future leader of a superhuman who had lived for decades and was learned and knowledgeable. She was just a rural girl from Xianghu in the Xia Kingdom in the 40s who was illiterate. She had never seen such a luxurious environment before.

He immediately grabbed the down comforter and stared blankly, at a loss for what to do.

Just as she was lost in thought, the bedroom door opened, and a girl dressed in traditional German maid attire walked in.

"You're finally awake! That's wonderful!" the girl exclaimed with delight upon seeing Jia Ying awake.

However, Jia Ying just kept looking at the girl with a busy expression... because the girl was speaking German, and Jia Ying, who couldn't even write Chinese characters, couldn't possibly understand what she was saying.

The maid quickly realized this and hurriedly ran out to find Josie.

Because right now, Josie is the only one in the entire castle who can speak Chinese.

Therefore, having already realized this, Josie had instructed the maid from the beginning that she must notify him immediately when Jia Ying woke up.

Seeing the maid rush out in a panic, Jia Ying guessed that she was probably going to call for help. Looking at the open bedroom door, a glimmer of longing flashed in her eyes, but it quickly faded away.

As a rural girl who had never seen the world in the 40s, and having suffered long-term imprisonment and abuse, Jia Ying had no courage to escape at this point.

So when Qiao Xi arrived at the bedroom, Jia Ying was still sitting on the bed, clutching the blanket, staring blankly at the open door.

Upon seeing Josie, he fearfully clutched the blanket and shrank back towards the head of the bed.

"Don't be afraid, you're safe now!" Josie sat down on a chair on the other side of the bedroom, facing the bed, without getting too close to the terrified girl.

Upon hearing Qiao Xi's words, a glimmer of light flashed in Jia Ying's fearful eyes.

Because Qiao Xi spoke the standard Mandarin of the Xia Kingdom—the official language status of Mandarin was established after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, so it did not seem out of place in this era.

This was the first time she had ever met a foreigner who could speak Chinese!

"You can speak Chinese?" Compared to Qiao Xi's fairly standard Mandarin, Jia Ying spoke in the Hunan dialect.

Fortunately, the Hunan dialect is relatively easy to understand. If it were Minnan or Hakka, Qiao Xi, who was born in Zhejiang Province, would probably be completely lost.

“Obviously, my name is Josh Kahn, you can just call me Josh.” Josh smiled and nodded. “The war is over, and those who captured you are all dead. You are safe now.”

"Is this true? All those people who captured me are dead?" Hearing Qiao Xi's words, Jia Ying suddenly became agitated. "Did you save me?"

"Yes, I saved you. All the men who captured you are dead. They were all killed by my men!" Josie nodded to confirm.

"Waaah..." Although the truth of the matter has not yet been verified, Josie's words were enough to give this woman an outlet for her emotions, and she immediately burst into tears.

"Master, the food is ready!" Just then, the maid who had been instructed by Josie to prepare the food cautiously peeked out from the doorway.

"Bring it in!" Qiao Xi nodded to let the other person in, then got up and walked to the bedside, patted Jia Ying's trembling body and said, "Alright, stop crying. You just woke up and you're still very weak. Eat something first!"

But this level of comfort was useless; the woman desperately needed to vent.

However, the woman's crying subsided somewhat when the small dining table containing food was placed in front of Jia Ying.

Yeah, I was tempted by the food.

The food on the small table wasn't particularly plentiful: a large bowl of overcooked egg and oat porridge, some bread slices, and ham slices.

However, for Jia Ying, it was an unparalleled delicacy that she had only tasted a few times in her life.

However, she was still a little shy, and with food in front of her, she hesitated to move for a long time.

"Eat up, this is for you. There's more if you need more," Josie said again.

Jia Ying then began to wolf down her food.

They quickly finished all the food on the table, even licking the bowls clean.

"If you're still hungry, I can ask them to prepare some more." Qiao Xi couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Jia Ying, who seemed to want more.

"Is it okay?" Jia Ying asked cautiously, clearly she wasn't full either.

"Prepare more, get more meat, steak, lamb chops, chicken," Josie instructed the maid standing nearby.

Under normal circumstances, it is not suitable for someone like Jia Ying, who has just been frozen and awakened, to eat a lot.

However, Jia Ying is an extraordinary person who has awakened his life force, and what he needs is to replenish his energy.

So Josie didn't have many concerns and let her eat as much as she wanted.

"Thank you!" Jia Ying said to Qiao Xi after the maid left.

“You’re welcome. It was nothing to me. But now, while the food still needs some time to prepare, let’s talk about your problem,” Josie said.

"My question? I don't quite understand!" Jia Ying was somewhat confused.

"It's very simple, it's just that you don't have any relatives at home, or anywhere else you can go," Josh asked deliberately.

His question hit the bullseye.

Jia Ying was instantly confused.

Home? Relatives?

Where is the home now? Where are the relatives now?

That demon captured everyone in Jiajia Village, and before leaving, it set the entire village ablaze, turning everyone in the village to ashes.

She is all alone now.

She had absolutely no goals in mind regarding the future.

In the end, Jia Ying could only shake her head in confusion, indicating that she had nowhere to go.

That's exactly the effect Josie wanted.

“You have no money, no relatives, and nowhere to go, so why don’t you just come with me for now!” Looking at Jia Ying’s bewildered face, Qiao Xi revealed a wolf-like smile: “I do have some wealth, and I won’t starve you.”

"Thank you for taking me in, Mr. Josh!" Jia Ying was a little surprised to hear that the foreign gentleman in front of her was willing to take her in, but she quickly recovered and said with a grateful expression.

Josh was also very pleased with Jia Ying's sensibility; winning over this woman was much easier than he had imagined.

It can only be said that in this era, women like Jia Ying, who have never seen the world and have been poisoned by the old ideas of society since childhood, are really too easy to fool.

That's good, it saves Qiao Xi from having to use any coercive measures. After all, Jia Ying will be following Qiao Xi from now on, so drawing blood or anything like that is just a matter of him saying a word.

As for the fact that the Inhumans in the next life will lose their rightful leader, and that the Vibration Maiden may no longer be born... all Josie can say is, what does it have to do with him?