Madame Gao

After gaining superpowers, young people become ignorant and arrogant, charging into enemy camps to showcase their heroic style. This is all a result of the American environment.

Madame Gao disliked Daisy very much, and even now, she had reached a point of hatred.

She had endured humiliation and practiced diligently for four hundred years without a single day of slack, so why should others gain power with just a slight mutation?

In her opinion, Daisy was relying on her formidable abilities, making her chances of coming to the rescue quite high.

As long as someone appeared, the old lady was confident she could capture Daisy.

For today's situation, she mobilised her resources within the Hand organisation and her own unique subordinates.

Similar to the Hydra, the Hand had a global presence, though they started later and could only grab opportunities in peripheral industries.

Despite being known as the Five Fingers, the organisation was not internally united. Madame Gao had to reserve her strength against several colleagues.

Time slowly passed, and the start time of the banquet had already passed by two hours, yet not a trace of Daisy was seen.

The three prisoners each had different thoughts.

Shingen was discontented, feeling that Daisy did not value him as an ally.

Mariko was relieved, thankful that she hadn't fallen into the trap.

Wolverine was somewhat indifferent. A beauty saving a hero? Where could he hide his face? Moreover, he believed that Madame Gao couldn't kill him!

Just as Madame Gao was preparing to leave her seat and take the prisoners away, a red-clad ninja stumbled into the main hall. Before he could say anything, he collapsed onto the ground like a puppet with its strings cut.

The old lady was taken aback, and then she saw the ninja's skin start emitting green liquid, accompanied by a faint stench.

"Poison!" As someone who had lived for hundreds of years and experienced numerous assassination attempts, her intuition for danger was astonishing. She immediately realised that something was wrong and turned to escape, at least to find a safe place to hide.

"Swish, swish!" A series of light sounds followed. Over a dozen green-clad ninjas, skilled at hiding their presence, leaped out from their hiding places. They held bows and arrows, moving in perfect coordination. More than ten sharp arrows were aimed straight at Madame Gao.

Her expression slightly darkened, she bent her left leg and made a semi-circle motion with her right palm. Like a soaring dragon, she pushed out an invisible wall of qi to block the arrows.

Afterward, she didn't show off her martial arts skills. With a somersault, she dodged various bullets that followed closely.

The old lady retreated to the doorway, tossed aside her cane, and looked fierce. "Viper, is that you? You dare only play these petty poisoning tricks!"

Her reaction was swift. While shouting, she ordered her subordinates to hold their knives against the throats of the three prisoners. Wolverine and Shingen were both formidable fighters, yet after so much effort, they still had been captured.

Hidden in the shadows, both Viper and Daisy wouldn't jump out. They weren't that foolish.

Viper quietly spoke a sentence over the communication channel. Her subordinates began converging on the castle from all directions.

Using her charm abilities and poison, she had managed to gather quite a number of subordinates. Notorious mercenaries, Japanese yakuza organizations, and even some ninja were among them.

A variety of people with different skin colours and weapons were present, much like a multinational force. None of them answered to each other, each fighting their own battle.

Madame Gao was in a similar situation, her subordinates being quite diverse. Following her orders, the pre-set traps failed, and they could only emerge from their hiding places to face the enemy.

Ninjas not fighting ninjas is just nonsense. Among the present mercenaries, some recognised each other, leading to relatively restrained battles. These two groups of ninjas, one in red and the other in green, as soon as they met, it was as if they had encountered archenemies. Various ninja tools were thrown around, and casualties appeared within ten seconds.

"Why are they going all out against each other if they know each other? Why fight to the death?" Daisy was truly puzzled as she looked at these ninjas. It's not ancient times, and there's no Iga-Kōga ninja rivalry. Why would they risk their lives like this in modern society?

"It's always been like this. I don't understand it either. Maybe it's an internal professional rule?" Viper answered casually.

As they were about to join the battle, both of them changed into their combat attire. Daisy didn't have her own specialised clothing and was still wearing a generic S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform.

Madame Viper, on the other hand, looked quite stylish in her combat suit, made from a high-molecular material. Its deep green color gave off a boss-like aura. However, according to Daisy's observation, the suit was designed with critical areas left unprotected and other areas overly concealed.

It was somewhat like a midriff-baring top, fastened around the neck with straps, and connected to the pants below, barely covering private parts. Shoulders, upper arms, and the entire back down to the waist were exposed to the air.

The entire back to the waist was fully exposed, and for the sake of allure, Madame Viper naturally didn't bother with something as low as wearing a bra. From certain angles, one could even catch a glimpse of a small mountain peak.

While there was plenty of skin exposed, her palms and thighs were covered tightly.

Daisy was at a loss for words. If she keeps dressing like that, what's the point of using advanced material like vibranium for the clothing? Why not switch to something more practical, like sportswear?

She had a disdainful expression when it came to Madame Viper's lethal combat attire. When offered a set, she instantly declined, preferring to wear a standard S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform rather than that high-molecular material midriff-baring outfit. Though the two outfits couldn't compare in terms of technological sophistication, at least the S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform offered some degree of defense!

The battle on the scene entered a heated phase. Ninjas fought fiercely, and as mercenaries suffered casualties, they began to use heavy weaponry.

Grenade launchers and sniper rifles fired one after another. A ninja sub-leader on Viper's side took a headshot from a sniper rifle, while a burly man under Madame Gao's command, responsible for coordinating and commanding, was turned into minced meat by concentrated fire.

Madame Gao hid in the shadows and yelled a couple of times through a hoarse voice, figuring out who should be the scapegoat. Daisy and Viper argued again over who should act as the decoy.

"Your teleportation ability is more formidable. You go lure the enemy while I lay an ambush in secret."

"No, your toxins have the greatest potency. It should be you luring the enemy. Didn't you hear the old lady calling your name?"

In the end, Viper conceded half the point. With no ability for a swift assault, she had no choice but to take the field first.

Though she was discontent, she slowly stepped forward, "Madame Gao, long time no see. You stole the Yashida Family's savings. Shouldn't you share a bit with us? Huh?"

Seeing Madame Viper appear, Madame Gao couldn't help but curse her bad luck.

The rabbit didn't come, and a fox arrived instead. This made Madame Gao, who always saw herself as the hunter, quite uncomfortable.

As for the possibility of Daisy conspiring with Madame Viper, Madame Gao thought it was low. How could S.H.I.E.L.D. collaborate with Hydra? That's impossible!

Madame Viper's sudden appearance was interpreted by her as a chain reaction caused by her attempt to monopolize the Yashida Family's inheritance.

The old lady cursed under her breath, thinking, "Unlucky! A fox showed up instead of the rabbit." This made the always stubborn old lady uncomfortable, and she considered whether to kill this seductive wench on the spot.