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Chapter 131 Let's burn this country to ashes!
[NPC: Wanda Django Maximov]

Codename: Scarlet Witch

【Favourability: 0】

[Evaluation: Possesses chaos magic that alters reality; one of the strongest combatants in the Marvel Universe; Marvel event maker; one of Marvel's jinxes; Quicksilver's twin sister; holder of the highest record for speedrunning the Illuminati]

Du Mu was astonished when he saw this introduction.

The ability to alter reality, and being one of the strongest forces in the Marvel Universe—these two descriptions alone are enough to demonstrate just how amazing this young woman named Wanda is.

However, judging from other comments, the other party's fate seems to be not good. It is estimated that he is the type of person whose misfortune follows him wherever he goes, just like the mysterious curse buff on Peter.

Du Mu turned his gaze to another man.

[NPC: Pietro Django Maximov]

Codename: Quicksilver

【Favourability: 0】

[Evaluation: A male contestant on the Super Boy competition, the Marvel version of The Flash, possessing super speed much faster than a bullet, yet killed by a bullet; Scarlet Witch's twin brother.]

Compared to his twin sister Wanda, Pietro is far inferior.

This Marvel version of the Flash can actually be killed by a bullet, that's outrageous!
This is like a leopard being blown away by a snail; it's such a disgrace to speedsters, they should just leave the group.

However, this only further confirms Wanda's reputation as a jinx, as even her own brother, a contestant from the Super Boy competition, couldn't escape it. Her power is truly formidable.

Strucker noticed that Du Mu was looking at Wanda and Pietro, so he introduced them: "These two twins are local residents of Sokovia. Like many Sokovians, they volunteered to participate in our experimental project as our first experimenters to develop biological effects."

"Both of them are talented individuals with promising futures!"

Du Mu narrowed his eyes, and began to have ideas about the two siblings.

Putting aside Pietro, that shameful fast man, let's just talk about Wanda, that vicious woman. She's a wild, top-tier fighter in the Marvel Universe. If we could recruit her into our team, wouldn't we be able to do whatever we want in the Marvel Universe?
Of course, he also knew that the brother and sister were still ordinary people at the moment, and their superpowers had obviously not yet awakened. He estimated that their abilities would be activated during this experiment, so there was no need to rush to take action for the time being.

Afterwards, Du Mu met other volunteers.

Without exception, they were all ordinary NPCs, without even any extra evaluations; they were clearly failures in the experiment.

After visiting Structural's research base, Du Mu said with a smile, "When I get back, I will report to Mr. Pierce truthfully. Please be sure to let me know when the biological effects development experiment is about to begin. I believe Mr. Pierce will be very interested in the progress of the experiment."

"no problem."

Strucker nodded in agreement.

This was originally a collaborative project between him and Pierce, and it was perfectly reasonable for Du Mu, as Pierce's representative, to make this request.

At that moment, Strucker suddenly remembered something and said, "Speaking of which, I have a task that requires your help."

Du Mu was immediately triggered by the keyword and asked, "What task?"

Strucker said coldly, "The next experimental period is long, and this research base must not be exposed. We need to keep the situation in Sokovia unstable. Only when the country is in chaos can it provide us with the best cover."

"Your mission is to further escalate the local conflict. Remember, the operation must be conducted in secrecy and must not attract too much attention from the outside world. Since Pierce has personally recommended you, I believe that with your abilities, you can easily complete this mission."

[NPC Wolfgang von Strucker has given you a new quest.]

Mission: Let's burn this country to ashes.

[Objective: Create chaos in Sokovia to ensure the Hydra research facility remains undetected until the experiments make progress.]

[Rewards: Will be calculated based on the actual impact players have on the situation in Sokovia]

As expected of Hydra, even the missions they issue are purely evil.

Du Mu, a superhero and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, believes he has a righteous heart and despises such evil deeds. However, due to his identity, he has no choice but to accept this difficult mission.

"Leave it to me, I'll burn this city to ashes!"

Du Mu grinned, which made Strucker nod in approval.

What an evil smile! No wonder he's one of Hydra's top employees. I can completely trust him with this task!
Strucker said in a deep voice, "Then I'll leave it to you. If you need manpower or intelligence, you can contact my adjutant at any time. Long live Hydra!"

"Long live Hydra!"

After leaving the ancient fortress, Du Mu drove directly to Novigrad.

There's also a map activation point here. Since we're already here, we might as well activate the map here.

Of course, Du Mu couldn't appear openly in Novigrad, since he was on a secret mission for Hydra and couldn't reveal his identity.

So he took a white cloak out of the game's inventory.

A cape (can protect your skin and prevent sunburn)

This cloak was a reward Du Mu obtained from a quest shortly after playing the game. It wasn't very useful, except for sun protection, and was quickly replaced by other equipment, gathering dust in the game's inventory. Now it's finally come in handy.

Du Mu draped a white cloak over his body, pulling the wide hood down to cover most of his face.

But he still felt it wasn't safe enough, so he took out the magic mask and put it on his face.

I must say, this look is quite cool, it really gives off a boss vibe.

As the capital of Sokovia, Novigrad is arguably the place in the entire country most severely affected by the war. Half of the city was almost destroyed, and ruins left by the US air raids are everywhere, which have not been repaired to this day.

As a result, anti-American sentiment among the locals is extremely high. Almost every local hates the United States to the core, and they also hate American arms dealers.

That's right, it's Tony's Stark Industries!
It's important to know that before Tony went to Afghanistan to dig a hole, Stark Industries was the largest arms supplier in the United States, with most of the weapons and equipment coming from Stark Industries.

Moreover, Stark Industries perfectly inherited Tony's flamboyant personality.

If you're going to build weapons, just build them properly. Why do you have to print the word "STARK" in big letters on every single missile, as if you're afraid people won't know where it comes from?

Du Mu also found this hard to understand.

What, are you trying to give the enemy a free advertisement when your missile lands?

Regardless of its power, its level of mockery is off the charts.

Even Tony himself, after being hit by a missile bearing his own company's name, returned to America and the first thing he did was shut down the weapons department.

Not to mention the Sokovians whose homes were destroyed in the bombings, their hatred for Stark Industries ran deep in their bones.

This hatred naturally spread to Tony, the face of Stark Industries.

Du Mu walked the streets of Novigrad, where Iron Man graffiti was everywhere on the walls, but the characters were holding two AK submachine guns, a subtle dig at warmongers—a high degree of artistic merit. If he weren't on a Hydra mission, he would have liked to take a picture and send it to Tony for his amusement.

In terms of sheer number of haters, Tony is definitely the one with the most in the league right now. The whole country is full of his haters, and even Steve, who has a lot of haters, can't compare.

Du Mu's white cloak didn't attract much attention as he walked down the street.

In war-torn Sokovia, you can see all sorts of strange outfits, as long as they're not American military uniforms.

For Sokovians, seeing a white man in a U.S. military uniform is like seeing a Middle Eastern man in a turban on the streets of America suddenly drop his duffel bag – it's more frightening than a ghost.

While looking at the map, Du Mu pondered how to create a big commotion in Sokovia.

Reckless actions are definitely not an option. Although Sokovia is a small country, it is still a country. Even if he were to go so far as to be wanted by the local government and reach the five-star level, the impact would ultimately be limited.

Moreover, Sokovia is already in chaos, and no matter how much trouble he causes, it's unlikely that the country will become more chaotic than it is now.

"How can we maximize the impact on a country's situation?"

As Du Mu was pondering, a commotion suddenly arose ahead.

A large group of Sokovians were gathered in front of the city square, waving banners and flags, chanting in the local language that Sokovia needs justice and protesting the government's failure to protect them, which they said had caused civil unrest in the country.

Du Mu raised an eyebrow and immediately contacted Strucker's adjutant to inquire.

Hydra is extremely efficient, unlike some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who are always thinking about taking a break. They quickly sent Du Mu the intelligence he wanted.

According to intelligence, Du Mu learned that this group of people were the local monthly liberator resistance organization.

The members of this organization are all Sokovians who have suffered from the ravages of war. Almost everyone lost their loved ones in the war. They are angry at the incompetence of the current government, but they also love this land and are unwilling to leave their homeland.

They knew that all of this was caused by the US military and local oppressors, so they formed a resistance organization to force the government to quell the domestic unrest, arrest the local evil forces that oppressed the people, and restore peace to the country as soon as possible.

As for the US military, they didn't expect their country to be able to go head-to-head with the world's superpowers.

It's worth mentioning that Wanda and Pietro were also members of this organization.

In fact, all the local volunteers at the Strucker research facility were members of this organization.

Strucker promised them the power to fight against oppressors, an enticing offer that made them sign up for the experiment without hesitation.

Even knowing that the experiment carried certain risks to their lives, they were not afraid at all, which shows how much the members of this organization longed to change the status quo.

Due to the large number of applicants, Strucker's research facility had limited capacity and its experimental resources were quite precious, making it impossible to accommodate so many participants at once. In the end, they had to adopt a lottery system to conduct experiments in batches.

Strucker had never fought such a rich war.

In the past, when conducting live experiments, people had to be sent out to secretly capture the subjects. This was time-consuming and laborious, and the traces had to be carefully covered up, for fear of leaking even the slightest word.

Now, to his surprise, so many people are lining up to become test subjects; this is the first time he's ever seen anything like it.

It has to be said that the US military is truly amazing at harming people; even Hydra would be ashamed of itself in this regard!

Because of the limited number of experimental slots, many resistance members who failed to qualify through the lottery had no choice but to continue their protests in the streets.

However, Du Mu saw no point in such protests.

If local politicians really wanted to solve the problem, they should have taken action long ago; there was no need to wait for them to take to the streets in protest.

As expected, the protesters shouted for a long time, but the government did not respond at all, as if they were completely ignored.

"Those damn politicians!"

The long-haired man leading the group was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

Knowing that the protest had failed again, he told everyone to disperse.

After all, everyone has to make a living. In this country, it's not easy to even have enough to eat. How can they keep protesting here indefinitely? Those politicians won't care about their lives.

After the crowd slowly dispersed, the long-haired man picked up the crumpled banner alone, lowered his head, and turned into the alley next to him.

He didn't really know if what he was doing was meaningful, but he simply couldn't see a future for the country.

The Sokovian government did nothing, allowing armed oppressors to run rampant, persecuting the Sokovians and plundering their already meager possessions.

But what can ordinary people like them do besides shouting in the streets?

Just as the long-haired man was walking in the middle of the alley, a voice came from behind him.

"You really believe that your government will protect your rights?"

The long-haired man trembled and immediately turned around, only to see a figure in a white cloak slowly walking towards him from behind.

The oversized hood buried his entire face in shadow, giving him an indescribable sense of oppression.

"You, who are you?"

The long-haired man unconsciously took a small step back, his voice a little strained.

The guy in front of him didn't look like a good person, and he had reason to suspect that the other party might be sent by some local force to kill him and silence him.

“You can call me Doom.”

As Du Mu spoke, he had already walked up to the long-haired man.

Under the dim light of the streetlights, his face was vaguely visible beneath the hood, a wooden mask covered with eerie runes clinging tightly to his facial features.

What's even more chilling is that the runes were still twisting and writhing, as if they were alive.

"Demon!"

The long-haired man gasped in surprise, nearly dying of fright.

Du Mu: "."

Am I that scary?
Du Mu was immediately displeased and activated his protective spell, his whole body radiating holy white light. A magic sword suddenly materialized in his hand, instantly maximizing the light pollution.

"Give me a chance to rephrase my words, what am I?"

The long-haired man's expression changed drastically, and he immediately knelt down: "God, have you finally come to save us!?"

Du Mu: "."

There's no need to go to such an exaggeration.

(End of this chapter)