Chapter 596

As a hostage used by Strucker to blackmail Hawk, it was generally impossible for Pietro to have much freedom here.

But the facts were just the opposite.

In this Hydra base located on the deep-sea seabed, the activity permissions of Pietro and his sister Wanda were not restricted much.

Except for some important places, it could be said that Pietro and Wanda were unimpeded.

Not only because Pietro and Wanda were voluntary participants in their Hydra superpower experiments.

More because Strucker wasn't afraid of them running away at all.

Because whether it was Jean, or Billy, or Tang Mi, genetic bombs had been set in their underlying genes.

With just a light press of a button, Jean, Billy, and even Tang Mi would die instantly.

Whether it was true or not, Pietro and Wanda didn't know, but Strucker had said so, and they didn't dare to gamble.

Alright.

It was Wanda who didn't dare to gamble; after all, these three children were indeed gestated in her womb for ten months before being born.

Hawk didn't care about these three children.

But Wanda cared very much.

Women are naturally weak, but mothers are strong.

And—

The treatment of Pietro and Wanda, or Jean, Billy, and Tang Mi in this base couldn't be said to be top-tier, but it could be said to be on the same level as Strucker's.

Strucker even provided a package of services including preschool teachers.

Billy and Tang Mi were only a year old, but Jean had already started receiving education.

Let's put it this way.

Three-year-old Jean was already proficient in the Sokovian language, English, and German; no one knew whose learning talent she had inherited.

Anyway, Pietro felt that his sister definitely didn't have this kind of talent.

Soon.

Just as Pietro was thinking about the "son" he heard when he had just left the office, he had also arrived at their home in this underwater base.

Mm.

Home.

Passing by the corridor, it seemed to have no special features, but after pushing the door open, one discovered that there was a whole new world inside.

In a word.

The interior of the room was almost a replica of the layout of 521A Palm Street before it was sold to Hawk.

It couldn't be said to be exactly the same, but it could be said to be cast from the same mold.

The electronic campfire in the living room was burning brightly.

Wanda, who had a head of soft red hair with slightly curled ends, was sitting on the carpet in front of the fireplace, supporting her head with one hand, looking about twenty-six years old, and was looking with a smile at her eldest daughter Jean, who was standing in front of her excitedly talking about what she had seen and heard on this trip.

Jean was gesticulating, telling her mommy how Daddy Hawk had crushed Uncle Pietro.

Just then.

Pietro pushed the door and came out.

Wanda, who was smiling and listening to her daughter's story, looked up at Pietro entering the room.

Jean also turned her head to look, her eyes lit up, and she ran to Pietro, grabbed his finger, and ran back to the living room: "Uncle, tell Mommy that your speed can't compare to Daddy's; Mommy doesn't believe me."

Wanda heard this and looked at Pietro with a smile.

Pietro met Wanda's gaze and nodded.

The smile on Wanda's face then became a bit stiff.

At this moment, Wanda wasn't the Scarlet Witch yet; in her worldview, Pietro's speed was already the fastest known speed.

As a result...

Pietro grabbed Jean with both hands, held her in his arms, and looked at Wanda: "He is really strong, unprecedentedly strong; I can feel that if he wanted to kill me, I would have no room to resist."

He thought of the evil, charming smile Hawk had given him when he had entered the speed space, looking at him with complete disregard.

Wanda heard this and subconsciously stood up from the carpet.

"You really met him?"

"Mm."

Pietro came back to his senses, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Wanda: "By the way, he is different from what we imagined; not only is he not old, he's very young, and he's very handsome."

Jean, held in Pietro's arms, heard this and also looked at Wanda: "See, Mommy, Daddy is really handsome; clearly Daddy used to come see me once every month, but it's so strange, why can't you see Daddy?"

Speaking of this, three-year-old Jean also felt very confused.

She had gone out this time because Hawk had told her that if one day he didn't come to see her, then as long as she thought of Daddy, she could find Hawk, and he said that as long as she took the initiative to find Hawk, then their family could be reunited.

Hawk hadn't come this month.

So...

Jean had run out so excitedly to find Hawk.

Wanda knew about this too.

Even Strucker knew, but before Jean disappeared this time, whether it was Wanda or Strucker, they had all taken Jean's words as childish nonsense.

Until now.

Wanda listened to Jean's words again and looked at her eldest daughter: "Jean, the first time you saw him..."

Jean corrected Wanda's statement.

"Mommy, that's not him; that's Daddy."

"... Alright."

Wanda chuckled: "Then do you still remember when you first saw your Daddy?"

Jean thought for a while: "I don't remember, but I remember Daddy said that when we were still in that castle, he was already there; by the way, when I was born, Daddy was there too."

Pietro, holding Jean, gasped.

Wanda exchanged a look with her brother Pietro.

"He can also travel through time?"

"I don't know."

Wanda shook her head: "However, if it's really as Jean said, we can determine one thing."

Jean said loudly: "I didn't lie."

Pietro looked at Wanda.

"Determine what?"

"He has no malice toward us... toward Jean, Billy, and Tang Mi."

"That's true."

Pietro listened to his sister's speculation, thought for a while, and nodded: "My speed is no different from a snail in his eyes, and he had the chance to kill me, but he didn't."

Although Hawk hadn't let him bring Jean back.

But Pietro had figured out one thing on the way back after leaving the New York S. H. I. E. L. D.

Although Hawk hadn't let him come back, he hadn't stopped him from leaving either.

Pietro was very sure that with the speed Hawk had displayed, he wouldn't have been able to take Jean away.

It's just...

Pietro pinched Jean's cheek and called for Jean to go upstairs to watch her younger brothers Billy and Tang Mi.

After Jean left, Pietro looked at Wanda and lowered his voice.

"But Strucker intends to use Jean, Billy, and Tang Mi to blackmail him."

"Yeah."

After Jean left, a hint of worry appeared in the corners of Wanda's smiling eyes.

Although at the beginning, Wanda agreed to cooperate with Strucker's experiment to make herself and her brother stronger, and while possessing extraordinary power, also to let herself and her brother suffer less torture.

But since Jean was born, some thoughts had naturally changed inevitably.

Once again.

Women are naturally weak, but mothers are strong.

For Hawk, if Jean, Billy, and Tang Mi's birth came from Hydra experiments, for Wanda, these were her children.

Pietro looked at the melancholy in his sister's eyes, seemed to think of something, his mouth moved slightly, and after Wanda saw it, he gave her a look.

Wanda saw it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when you came in, I had already created an illusion; what they see is a normal chat scene."

Creating virtual illusions.

This was something she had slowly figured out after her mental abilities were activated by the Mind Stone.

Wanda felt that she should be able to do more than this, and what she could do shouldn't just be covering a room.

But for now, being able to cover a room and create a real virtual illusion was already the limit.

She had never told Strucker and the others about this.

Because...

She now had not only her brother but also her three children.

Pietro listened to Wanda's words, nodded, took out the Andromeda Cloth necklace from his arms, and handed it to Wanda.

Unlike the gold color when Hawk put it on Gwen.

Because Gwen had used it once, as time passed, the color of the Andromeda Cloth necklace had changed from pure gold to a color similar to rose gold.

Wanda looked at the Andromeda Cloth necklace handed over by her brother Pietro and subconsciously took it.

Just as she took the necklace and was about to say something, with a hum, in a vast and boundless universe, a Phoenix with eyes that seemed to cover the entire universe, with heat and cold existing simultaneously, opened its eyes and landed on her.

The next second.

The illusion disappeared.

Wanda's pupils contracted, and she subconsciously covered her chest, sitting on the sofa behind her, gasping for breath.

Pietro was slightly stunned and hurriedly stepped forward.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know."

Wanda recalled the scene she had just caught a glimpse of, shook her head, looked at the Andromeda Cloth necklace in her hand, and looked at Pietro.

"What is this?"

"His fiancée gave it."

"What?"

Wanda heard this, widened her eyes, looked at Pietro, opened her mouth, and was somewhat hesitant to speak, but the words were on the tip of her tongue.

"She... gave this is."

"She said this is for Billy and Tang Mi; this thing can protect them."

Pietro relayed Gwen's words truthfully.

Wanda frowned, looking at the Andromeda necklace in her hand, and then suddenly thought of something and looked at her brother Pietro.

"That's not right; when you came back, didn't they search you?"

"Hehe!"

Pietro listened to Wanda's question, raised the corner of his mouth, and looked at Wanda: "In front of him, my speed might be very slow, but in the eyes of others, my speed can be so fast that they can't perceive it at all."