Chapter 21: Viper

    Note: Forgot I needed to post yesterday so...I''ll post 2 today XD

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    Chapter 21: Viper

    Benjamin slowly stood up as well as Jessica.

    He cranked his neck calmly while more and more HYDRA agents appeared around them.

    “I’ll deal with this chick. Can you handle the grunts?”

    “Sure thing Capt.”

    Jessica grinned and held one end of the table and immediately threw it to a group of HYDRA agents, knocking them down.

    Viper snorted and swung her whip at Benjamin who caught it easily.

    Seeing this, Viper sneered.

    “Wrong choice pretty boy.”

    Suddenly, a greenish smoke started to come out of the whip.

    Looking closely, there were some holes in it that discharged the poison gas.

    The HYDRA agents immediately wore their gas masks.

    Benjamin controlled his symbiote and extended a white tentacle that grabbed one of the masks before throwing it to Jessica.

    “Wear this.”

    “How about you?”

    “I don’t need it.”

    It was a good thing he decided to get the Poison Immunity, otherwise, he would be feeling pain right now and heal and pain and heal over and over again.

    Viper frowned seeing that the gas isn’t affecting Benjamin.

    Is this guy also immune to poison? It seems he didn’t reveal everything about what he could do.

    Benjamin chuckled and tugged onto the whip, pulling Viper over to him.

    Viper quickly let go of the whip and pulled out her gun as she started shooting.

    Benjamin, with his Makluan Spin ring, easily caught all the bullets that slowed down around him.

    “Your aim’s good. Unfortunately, it’s of no use.”

    He smirked and looked at Viper as if watching a monkey play in front of him.

    Viper’s eyes widened in surprise and instantly knew that she had miscalculated.

    That damn Arnim Zola! Not a threat my ass! What kind of monster is this!?

    Just as she was about to turn and flee, Benjamin quickly appeared in front of her and pinned her down.

    “Now that you’re calmed down, shall we start the negotiation?”

    “Let me go!”

    “Well, rather than negotiation...you really have no choice.”

    Benjamin chuckled and took out an item in his inventory.

    The Slave Collar!

    With a quick wave of his hand, he put it around Viper’s neck.

    “What is this!?”

    “A collar of obedience. Basically, you’re my slave now.”

    The green poison smoke still surrounded them so Jessica wasn’t able to hear them.

    Rather, he can still hear Jessica thrashing the HYDRA agents around them.

    “What kind of nonsen-”

    “Silent.”

    “...”

    Viper’s eyes widened when she found that she couldn’t speak.

    This...was this real!?

    Did she really listen to his orders!?

    “Calm down. All I want from you is two things. One, return to HYDRA and be their loyal agent on the surface. Two, you will secretly be completely loyal to me instead. Nod if you understand.”

    Viper nodded unconsciously even though she didn’t want to.

    “Good. Don’t worry, I won’t mistreat you. What exactly has HYDRA given you? Nothing but kill missions time and time again. If you follow me, I’ll make sure you control HYDRA one day and you won’t be known as merely Viper but...Madame Hydra!”

    Well, with her, Benjamin can secretly control Hydra and turn it into another force for good.

    With him controlling the dark side of the world, he can regulate all those underground criminals and get rid of the worst ones whenever he wanted.

    On the ground, Viper was still silent.

    It can be said that...she was slightly moved by what he said!

    Although, whether it was her actual thoughts or his order, she can’t tell.

    Benjamin saw her expression soften and let her go.

    “Return back and tell them you’ll work undercover in the EPD to try and gain my trust and figure out my weakness. Of course, this is just a cover for when we needed to meet and trade information. Make sure you convince them properly and act accordingly.”

    “...”

    “Oh right. You can speak now.”

    Benjamin forgot he told her to stay silent earlier so she wasn’t able to speak.

    Viper still stayed silent for a while before finally speaking.

    “...Do you have any orders?”

    “Hm?”

    Benjamin was a bit surprised.

    He didn’t expect her to be so proactive in asking. Although he did say that she will be secretly loyal to him, that was just so she doesn’t reveal his true abilities or betray him.”

    “There’s nothing for now. You can go.”

    Viper didn’t say anything else and left.

    [Congratulations to host for completing the Main Quest: HYDRA Ambush!]

    [Gained 50000 MP, 10 Free Gacha Draw, Unknown Ability]

    Benjamin smiled at his gains.

    At this time, the poison gas also subsided.

    “Where’s that poison bitch?”

    Jessica looked around and asked when she didn’t see Viper.

    “I let her go.”

    “Huh?”

    “Don’t worry, I convinced her there’s no point in killing me.”

    “...And she just left?”

    “No matter what, everyone has a weakness. I’ll infiltrate his little group and learn more about him. I can try to bring him to our side and at the same time, learn his weakness.”

    Mr. Pierce shook his head.

    “He already saw you so that won’t work. Besides, we already have an agent inside.”

    “I saw. Garrett’s toy, Grant Ward is it? He’s a guy, I’m a woman. I’m sure I can get closer to him faster. Besides, I wore a mask when we faced each other earlier.”

    Mr. Pierce fell silent for a while before finally turning around.

    “Very well. Do as you see fit.”

    “Understood.”

    Viper bowed slightly and was about to leave when Mr. Pierce spoke again.

    “Hail HYDRA.”

    “...Hail HYDRA.”

    Viper spoke in a cold tone as usual and left.

    The next day.

    Benjamin woke up with Jessica still beside him.

    Nudging her gently, Jessica also woke up.

    “Morning sunshine.”

    “Ugh...my body feels so sore...”

    “Haha, sorry about that. Come on, let’s go eat breakfast.”

    After the two ate breakfast while chatting about some stuff, they parted ways as Benjamin told her to come to work later in the evening so he can start to brief them all about the job and other regulations.

    When Benjamin returned home, Natasha had already left to go to work herself so he was left alone.

    It was time to pull the 10 gachas from last night!

    [Congratulations to host for getting Flash Grenades x5] (White)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Climbing Gear x2] (White)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Inpenetrable Server x1] (Green)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Advanced Lockpicking Knowledge x1] (Blue)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Untainted Symbiote x1] (Red)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Gamma Stabilizer Serum x1] (Green)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Caltrop Traps x5] (White)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Master Electronics Knowledge x1] (Blue)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Master Microtech Knowledge x1] (Green)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Energy Pistol x1] (Blue)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Master Programming Knowledge x1] (Blue)

    [Congratulations to host for getting Nunchucks x2] (White)

    [Congratulations to host for getting DMC-12 DeLorean x1] (Blue)

    Benjamin’s eyes widened as he saw the long list of items that appeared.

    Although there is only one Red rarity this time...it was actually another Untainted Symbiote!

    Benjamin took it out and saw that instead of white, it was black now.

    “Huh, this is good too. Didn’t Nat say she wanted one?”

    Benjamin was completely fine with giving it to Natasha since there was no use if he used it again.

    At least this can reassure Ben even more as it will protect Natasha better.

    After deciding so, Benjamin put it back in his Inventory and looked at the other items.

    He directly ignored the White rarities and checked the others one by one.

    Impenetrable Server...this is good. I can use this to store the footage from the body cams of the EPD heroes.

    Benjamin also seemed to have received a lot of knowledge so he can definitely tinker with some special non-hackable bodycams for them later.

    As for the Advanced Lockpicking Knowledge...well, it’s probably useful someday...

    Gamma Stabilizer Serum is well, as its name suggests. A serum to stabilize gamma radiation. He can use it if ever Hulk goes rogue one day or something.

    Master Electronics Knowledge and Master Microtech Knowledge. Why is one blue and one green rarity? They are both Master level Knowledge.

    [Microtech is more advanced than Electronic. As such, it is ranked higher.]

    “Ah, makes sense.”

    Benjamin nodded and immediately used it.

    Energy Pistol. This one is a bit interesting.

    Benjamin took it out and there are basically two modes. Stun and Kill. It feels like this is from Star Trek but he didn’t have any proof...

    [Host is imagining things.]

    Riiight.

    Moving on. The Master Programming Knowledge is just as it name suggests so he immediately used it.

    Lastly, there’s the DMC-12 DeLorean...

    “System, why is there a DeLorean in the gacha?”

    [Why not?]

    “...What am I supposed to do with this!?”

    [That’s up to the Host to decide. Why ask the System?]

    “...”

    Benjamin sighed and shook his head.

    He thought for a few minutes and remembered the infamous Lola. Phil Coulson’s modified car.

    Maybe...I can modify this DeLorean too?

    Benjamin felt this was possible with the new knowledges he had learned.

    “I may not be able to make it into a time machine but I can put a ton of guns in it or make it fly!”

    With that idea, he decided to modify it when he has free time.

    After a while, he suddenly remembered another thing.

    “Right, didn’t I get some kind of Unknown Ability before? What is it?”

    [Do you wish to use Unknown Ability?]

    “...Sure.”

    [Congratulations to host for getting He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named!]

    Benjamin was surprised.

    What the Voldemort-who-now!?

    System! What is this!?

    The instant the System explained its use, Benjamin was shocked to the core!