Chapter 45: Women and Terrorists

　　Agreed?

　　Bakshi looked at Russell with some disbelief, wondering if he had heard wrong.

　　That's not true!

　　Didn't you say Russell was a money-grubbing, vindictive, unprofitable man? Why did he agree so easily?

　　What are those psychologists for, what kind of crap reports are they submitting!

　　Bakshi recalled the psychoanalysis report he had carefully perused last night and cursed angrily in his mind.

　　"Why, by the looks of you, Mr. Bakshi, you don't seem to welcome me in?"

　　Russell said slowly, looking at Bakshi, who was clearly not responding.

　　It's true that HYDRA is not a very good organization.

　　But there's no denying that HYDRA is a powerful and long-established organization.

　　It's more or less a shame that such an organization was wiped out by S.H.I.E.L.D..

　　To put it another way, Hydra is just slightly on the wrong side of the tracks.

　　They need a good owner to put them back on the "right path".

　　Russell felt that he would be a perfect fit to be the master of Hydra.

　　It is incumbent upon us to make Hydra return to its prodigal son and clean up its act!

　　"No, I'm just a little too excited to think you'd be so happy to join us, Mr. Bradley."

　　Bakshi said slowly as he calmed some of his excitement.

　　"We'll all be on our own from now on, no need to be so rusty, just call me Russell."

　　Russell said lightly.

　　"Well, I'll just call you Russell then, or you can be called Sunil." Bakshi immediately returned.

　　"Good! In that case, I won't be polite to you Sunil."

　　"I assume you didn't just invite me to join the organization when you came over today?"

　　Russell asked bluntly.

　　"I really can't hide it from you, and yes, I did come over today not just to invite you to join the organization."

　　"That ... did you fly around the city a few times yesterday wearing a set of high-tech battle armor, the organization is very interested in the battle armor you wore, I wonder if you would like to let the organization study it?"

　　"Don't worry, the organization will definitely not take advantage of you, and if you're willing, the organization will provide you with satisfactory rewards!"

　　Bakshi didn't hold back, and asked with unmistakable directness.

　　Sure enough!

　　Just as he had guessed, Hydra was here for the Inner Symbiotic Battle Armor.

　　When Bakshi finished speaking, Russell purposely put on a difficult expression and said with a frown, "That's right, the person who flew around the city in the battle armor yesterday was indeed me, but that armor wasn't mine, it was someone else's."

　　"The others?" Bakshi asked suspiciously.

　　"Exactly! You should also know that I'm just an assassin, how could I possibly know anything about high tech."

　　"That battle armor was actually given to me by my girlfriend."

　　"She was afraid that I would get hurt, so she gave me the battle armor so that I wouldn't get hurt so easily."

　　Russell said with a sincere look on his face, not the least bit worried that Bakshi could see anything wrong.

　　Hydra knew exactly what he was, and naturally knew that he didn't have the ability to develop high-tech battle armor.

　　Let him kill people, he's good at it.

　　Letting him research high-tech battle armor, one didn't have to think about it to know that it was impossible.

　　In fact, HYDRA doesn't think that Russell researched the battle armor on his own; it's not like they didn't suspect that Diana built it.

　　It's just that Diana doesn't look like she'd be working on this kind of high-tech gear either.

　　Diana was indeed strong, and Hydra was well aware of that.

　　Otherwise, they wouldn't have tried to side-step Diana by pulling Russell.

　　Only, what Diana had impressed them with was the unstoppable look of holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, as if she were a god of war.

　　There's something about high-tech battle armor that doesn't fit with Diana's style in any way.

　　But they didn't dare rule it out completely.

　　Just because a powerful being with extraordinary abilities doesn't mean they won't use high-tech equipment.

　　It's not like the two can't coexist.

　　Several thoughts flashed through Bakshi's mind in a matter of seconds.

　　"So it's a gift from Miss Prince, so I wonder if Miss Prince would mind if we worked on the battle armor?"

　　Bakshi switched to a more euphemistic term.

　　Giving up is certainly not an option!

　　It didn't take much thought to realize just how valuable a high-tech battle suit with the ability to fly was.

　　Even if it wasn't used for combat, the various technologies used on the battle armor alone had a huge scientific research and economic value.

　　Although he had only captured some scattered images and some data derived from the flight trajectory, Hydra had already become extremely interested in the Inner Symbiotic Battle Armor.

　　The ostensibly tech-oriented S.H.I.E.L.D. is interested in superhuman abilities.

　　Hydra, on the other hand, ostensibly interested in superhuman abilities, is in love with all sorts of high technology.

　　"I wouldn't dare to ask her about that, Sunil, and you should be well aware of such creatures as women."

　　"If she finds out that I gave you guys the gift she gave me, not only will I be in big trouble, but you will be in big trouble too."

　　Russell shook his head with a helpless look on his face.

　　"I understand, and I was just casually asking."

　　Bakshi smiled sarcastically.

　　Hydra knew exactly how powerful Diana was.

　　But what cannot be denied is that Diana was a woman.

　　And women, at times, are horrible creatures.

　　Especially if you've offended them.

　　There is a saying that women are more dangerous beings than terrorists.

　　Terrorists can negotiate, women can't!

　　Terrorists will tell you exactly what they want, women won't!

　　Terrorists are one size fits all, as a matter of fact; women are different, and the past, the present, and the future, including the one that hasn't happened yet, can cause them to be upset!

　　Negotiating with terrorists, the ransom may get less and less; negotiating with women, the money to be spent may get more and more!

　　What's more, you never know exactly what a woman might be angry about.

　　As much as Hydra wanted Russell's Inner Symbiosis Battle Armor, if the condition for obtaining the armor was to completely anger Diana, they wouldn't have any hesitation and would definitely choose to give up the armor at the first opportunity.

　　"We'll talk about the battle armor another time, I want to know now, what kind of benefits and help will the organization provide to a new member like me?"

　　Russell changed the subject directly.

　　The battle armor he would definitely not hand over, even if he had thoroughly researched the battle armor.

　　However, strengthening the battle armor with the power of Hydra, how could he miss such a thing?

　　He didn't mind using Hydra's power before he became the master of bringing Hydra back to the "right path".

　　After all, it's kind of an early use of your men's power.

　　"Uh ... benefits and stuff, of course there will be, like ..."

　　Bakshi had thought he would take the initiative on this one; after all, he had come prepared.

　　However, after coming over, he realized that all the preparations he had made were not as good as not preparing at all.