After the press conference, Russell asked Gwen to take Peter outside to build up his reputation.
Superheroes don't just claim to be recognized by others.
If there are no real cases, people will not admit it even if they buy headlines every day to promote themselves as superheroes.
After Gwen left with Peter, Russell returned to the office.
Since he had decided to start with the golden apple in Callum's hand yesterday, he didn't intend to waste time.
Be it golden apples or other pieces of Eden, to him they are just gadgets to adjust his life.
As the person in charge of Zhenglian, he can't always waste time on such trivial matters.
Of course, this was no small matter for the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templars.
"No. 3, is Callum's current location confirmed?"
After returning to the office, Russell asked No. 3.
"It has been determined that he is now in a motel in Queens."
No. 3 answered quickly.
"Contact him directly and tell him that I want to see him and ask him to come to the Octopus Monster headquarters."
Russell continued.
"Okay, sir!"
When contacting Callum on the 3rd, Russell took out his mobile phone and dialed Bakshi's number.
Not long after, the call was connected.
"Have you investigated whether Hydra has a seat at the high table? If not, there is no need to investigate for the time being."
"You bring Bucky to my office. I have something new that I need you to deal with."
Russell said to Bakshi.
He originally planned to use a simpler method to get Winston a seat at the high table.
But after talking to Diana last night, he felt that simplicity and complexity were not really that different to him.
He doesn't need to deal with these matters personally, he just needs to make sure that Winston has the strength to pull one of the High Table members down.
As for the rest, he didn't need to think about it that much.
After hanging up the phone, he had no idea of playing games or dealing with the daily work of the chairman. He went to the sofa in the reception area to lie down and bask in the sun.
Time passes little by little.
after an hour.
Callum, who was wearing black casual clothes, and Bakshi, who was wearing an expensive handmade custom suit, came to his office at the same time.
Of course, Bakshi was accompanied by Bucky, who didn't look like a normal person.
Normal people don't have mechanical left arms.
After seeing that Russell was not meeting them alone, both Callum and Bakshi had puzzled expressions.
However, they didn't say anything and came straight to Russell.
"sit down!"
Russell said to Callum and Bakshi.
When the two of them sat down, he first asked Callum and Bakshi to introduce each other, and then said to Callum: "I called you here today. There is nothing else. I just want to talk to you about what you are doing." of golden apples.”
Golden apple?
A puzzled look appeared on Bakshi's face again.
But now, neither Russell nor Callum have any intention of explaining to him what the golden apple is.
After hearing Russell's words, Callum's expression instantly darkened, his whole aura changed, and he was ready to take action at any time.
The change in Callum's momentum immediately caught Bucky's attention.
Although Bucky is not an assassin, as a battle-experienced super soldier and killer, he is not generally sensitive to murderous intent.
"You don't have to be so vigilant. If I want to rob you, you won't have the chance to sit here and talk to me, right?"
Russell didn't pay attention to the killing intent emanating from Callum and said calmly.
"What do you want golden apples for?"
Callum restrained his murderous intent slightly and said in a cold tone.
"What I want to do has nothing to do with you. All you need to know is that I want the golden apple in your hand."
"Give me the golden apple in your hand. I can not only help you rebuild the Brotherhood, but also help you deal with the Knights Templar."
"This deal is not a disadvantage for you."
Although Russell sometimes behaves quite domineering, he is not a pure bad person after all.
He will not hesitate to use peaceful means to solve things that can be solved by peaceful means.
Force is not the best option in most situations.
"This deal is indeed not a loss for me, but I can't trust you."
Callum said seriously.
"Trust is something that can be built slowly."
"Well, for the sake of our first cooperation, I can advance part of your strength to let you fight against the Templars and rebuild the Brotherhood. What do you think?"
Russell said with a smile.
"Advance part of the strength?"
Callum didn't quite understand what Russell meant.
"Yes, I will advance part of my strength to you."
"You are an assassin with rich combat experience. You should be able to see that Bakshi is not a qualified warrior."
"I can ask Bakshi to prove what it means to advance part of his power to you."
After speaking, Russell motioned for Bakshi to stand up.
Then, bypassing Bakshi, he used the "Absolute Order" of the King's Serum to directly issue orders to White Zetsu No. 20, who was possessed by Bakshi.
Bai Jue No. 20 was originally possessed by a North American gray wolf.
But in order to better protect Bakshi, Bai Jue No. 20 changed its host and possessed Bakshi.
After receiving the order issued by Russell with the "Categorical Order", White Zetsu No. 20 directly took over Bakshi's body.
White tentacles of different sizes emerged from Bakshi's body.
A few seconds later, Bakshi, who was in a straight suit and dressed like a successful person and was also a successful entrepreneur himself, transformed into his white Zetsu form.
The White Jue form is actually the serum form Russell used before, which is the white monster-like form.
When Bakshi entered the White Zetsu form, Callum instinctively became vigilant and looked at Bakshi seriously.
"Bakshi is just an ordinary person without any combat training."
"His current form is called the White Zetsu form. It is the transformed form after being possessed by the alien symbiote White Zetsu."
"In this form, he has strength that is not inferior to those with extraordinary abilities."
"If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself."
Russell said to Callum.
His plan was simple, to let Callum see the power of White Zetsu.
As long as Callum has seen the power of Bai Jue, he will know that whether it is an assassin of the Brotherhood or the supreme master of the Knights Templar, it is actually just the same thing.
In front of Bai Jue, the members of the Assassin Brotherhood and the Knights Templar are not generally vulnerable.
"you sure?"
Callum said slowly.
"certainly!"
"If I'm not wrong, your cooperation with the High Table is just to use those famous killers to make up for the brotherhood's lack of combat power."
"Since you need a force that can compete with the Knights Templar, I have a better choice here."
Russell replied with a smile.
Callum said nothing and thought in silence.
Russell was right. The reason why he cooperated with the High Table was simply to use those famous killers as cannon fodder against the Knights Templar.
According to the rules of the Brotherhood, these famous killers are also on their assassination list.
In the hands of these famous killers, a large number of innocent lives are lost.
To the assassins of the Brotherhood, these killers would not be spared.
If it weren't for the fact that he had no other choice, he wouldn't have chosen to cooperate with Gao Tai Desi.
After thinking over and over for dozens of seconds, Callum said slowly: "Since you are so confident in this so-called Bai Jue, then I also want to see what kind of strength this White Jue has!"
After saying that, Callum stood up and came to Bakshi who had entered the white Zetsu form.
Although Russell's office is not a special training ground, it is not small and has enough space for fighting.
"Pay attention to your strength, don't kill my future cooperative customers."
Russell gave instructions to Bai Jue No. 20.
After hearing Russell's words, Callum showed an unhappy expression.
Before the official fight, Russell already thought that he was destined to lose, which was somewhat unpleasant.
But soon, Callum knew why Russell said this.
The battle between Bai Jue No. 20 and Callum lasted less than two minutes and ended.
Callum's assassination skills were meaningless in front of Bai Jue, who had an overall advantage in strength, speed, reaction, and recovery.
If Russell hadn't told Bai Jue No. 20 in advance to pay attention to his strength, Callum wouldn't have been able to survive even a minute.
This is not a battle at all, but a unilateral dimensionality reduction attack.
Callum, who only knows how to use cold weapons, is a greater threat to the New York police who have not yet used a Glock pistol in front of Bai Jue No. 20.
Although the Glock pistol cannot threaten the life of Bai Jue No. 20, it will still feel something if it hits the body.
If it hits the mouth and eyes, the feeling will be more obvious.
After a battle that was not considered a battle, Bai Jue No. 20 picked up Callum who fell on the ground, carried him to Russell, and placed him on the sofa opposite Russell.
"You should have personally experienced Bai Jue's strength by now. If you want to accept my cooperation proposal, you can tell me the answer now."
Russell said to Callum.
Callum did not answer Russell immediately, but took a deep breath for a few seconds to suppress the pain in his body.
Then, he looked at Russell with a solemn expression and said slowly: "If I hand over the golden apple to you, how many White Jue can I get?"
“In terms of ownership, you get none.”
"But in terms of usage rights, I can let four White Zetsu help you fight against the Templars."
The number of four White Zetsu was not something Russell said casually, but the number he decided after reading the information collected by No. 3.
Although Russell only ordered No. 3 to search for traces of Callum, No. 3 discovered traces of Nathan and the others while searching for Callum's traces.
It was actually quite difficult not to notice. After all, they came out of the same residential building at the same time, and they were all very different from ordinary people.
After just a little investigation into the fake documents used by the three Nathans to book flights, and then following the clues, they confirmed on the 3rd that the three Nathans and Callum were in the same group.
When investigating this information, No. 3 was more efficient than the New York Police and FBI combined.
After all, No. 3 does not have to comply with the so-called legal procedures.
The database of SHIELD's New York branch can be forcibly invaded, and the databases of other official agencies are as defenseless to No. 3.
"Only four?"
Callum started bargaining.
"You, the Roman Assassin Brotherhood, only have four people in total right now. You can't expect me to give you too much Bai Zetsu."
"Four Bai Jue are already quite a few. You have just experienced the strength of Bai Jue."
"With Bai Jue's help, you four won't have much of a problem even if you forcefully break into the Knights Templar headquarters."
Russell will not give Callum the opportunity to increase his price.
"Just four, but I can't give the golden apples to you now."
Since there was no way to increase the number of White Zetsu, Callum began to think of other ways, such as handing over the golden apples later.
"Can!"
"You can wait until you resolve the current crisis and rebuild the Roman Assassin Brotherhood before giving me the golden apple. I'm not in a hurry."
Russell also didn't expect Callum to hand him the golden apple right away.
Callum only had this trump card in his hand, and he couldn't hand it over so easily.
"Aren't you afraid that I will take Bai Jue away forcibly if I don't fulfill my agreement?"
Callum asked confused.
"You wouldn't do such a stupid thing. I believe you are not such a stupid person."
Russell said with a smile.
After seeing the indifferent expression on Russell's face, Callum fell silent again.
“Happy to work with!”
After thinking for more than ten seconds, Callum said to Russell.
“Happy to work with!”
Russell stretched out his right hand, smiled and shook Callum's hand.
After chatting about the follow-up settlement issues, Callum left the office.
When he left, Russell signaled White Zetsu No. 20 to cancel the transformation and return control of his body to Bakshi.
"Let's put the Hydra thing aside for now. I have something I need you to do now."
"I promised Winston that I would help him get a seat at the high table."
"His current strength is not able to cope with any member of the high table. You go over to assist him and help him win a seat on the high table."
"When he gets to the top, he eats the whole high table."
Russell said to Bakshi.
"Although the High Table is just a killer organization, their power spreads all over the world, and their members are all local snakes in the underground world. It is not easy to swallow them up."
Bakshi said with a frown.
Although the high table table does not have any advanced combat power, this does not mean that the high table table is easy to solve.
An organization that can extend the gold coin system of the Continental Hotel to the entire killer world, even if it cannot be compared with SHIELD Hydra, it will not be too weak.
"It would be a bit difficult to do it using conventional methods."
"But it won't be difficult if you can forcibly subdue it with a force that far exceeds the opponent's."
"I will give you all the resources you need, Zaku armor, strengthening serum, Bai Jue, whatever you need, I can give it to you."
"I only have one request, help Winston get on top in the shortest possible time, and then swallow the high table."
Russell said calmly.
"Doing so will cause unnecessary trouble and may even attract the attention of SHIELD and other official agencies."
Bakshi, who had become accustomed to Hydra's "low-key" style, couldn't accept Russell's domineering approach for a while.
"It doesn't matter. If it attracts attention, it will attract attention. This is the effect I want."
After hearing Russell's answer, Bakshi reacted immediately.
"Are you trying to scare the monkeys?"
"Yes, your progress in replacing Pierce and Whitehall as leaders is too slow. Since there are still so many people who dissatisfied with you, then you should show your strength."
"Although Gaotai Table does not have extraordinary combat power, compared with other branches of Hydra, Gaotai Table is not too weak. It is a very suitable chicken."
If Bakshi had been more efficient and had now replaced Pierce and Whitehall as leaders, Russell would not have to scare other branches of Hydra by killing chickens to scare other branches.
But unfortunately, Bakshi's work efficiency was not as high as he thought.
"Okay, I understand what you mean!"
Although this was not in line with his usual habit of doing things, Russell had already decided, and Bakshi could only follow his instructions.
"I'll leave the matter of Winston and the high table to you. Number 3 will also assist you. If you need anything, just tell Number 3 directly."
"I hope the next time you report to me, you will bring good news."
After saying that, Russell asked Bakshi and Bucky to leave the office.
After the two of them left, he asked Number 3 to contact Winston and let him know that Bakshi and Bucky would be there to assist him.
After dealing with these things, he suddenly discovered that Perkins was suddenly free because of the change in plans.
According to the original plan, Perkins would be sent to assist Winston in obtaining a seat at the high table.
But with the help of Bakshi and Bucky, Perkins no longer has the need to assist Winston.
Forehead……
It will definitely not work to continue to put Perkins at Zhenglian headquarters.
After thinking for a while, he decided to assign Perkins a new task.
"No. 3, when you invaded the SHIELD New York branch database yesterday, did you find a SHIELD agent named Mockingbird?"
Although No. 3 hacked into the database of SHIELD's New York branch yesterday, No. 3 went there for the information on the Pieces of Eden.
"No, the information of SHIELD's senior agents is stored in the database of SHIELD's Tri-Wing Headquarters."
No. 3 answered immediately.
After hearing No. 3's answer, Russell gave up the idea that just came to his mind.
If No. 3 finds information about Barbara, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Mockingbird, he wouldn't mind letting Perkins replace Barbara, occupy the magpie's nest, and become the second spy to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D.
But since it doesn’t, forget it.
After thinking for a while, he decided not to assign any new tasks to Perkins for the time being.
Just be idle when you are free!
Anyway, there are a lot of people in Zhenglian who are idle now, and Carla is already free enough to make a movie.
As for Hulk, Godzilla, and Grendel, let alone the three of them, they are all about to become homebodies.
Next, Russell did nothing and lay on the sofa in the living area to soak up the sun.
It wasn't until the afternoon, when he finished handling today's chairman's work, that he flew out of the office at the Octopus Monster headquarters and headed to the Zhenglian headquarters in the suburbs.
Gwen is currently taking Peter outside to gain reputation, and Hulk is the only one inside the Zhenglian headquarters.
In order to prevent Hulk from being too bored, he planned to go over and play with Hulk and learn from each other.
Although Hulk now dislikes sparring with him less and less, because no matter how he spars, Hulk can't win.
However, this does not affect Russell's idea of discussing with Hulk.
After arriving at the Frontal Headquarters, Russell took Hulk, who was nestled in the bedroom, to the training ground.
Then, with Hulk looking helpless, he started an unfair discussion with Hulk.
There is no doubt about the result. This time the competition still ended with his victory.
After feeling that he had finally done something meaningful today, he left the Zhenglian headquarters with satisfaction and returned to the apartment where he lived.
For the next week, Russell lived an ordinary life again.
Learn the magic of Kama Taj and learn little by little how to use the divine power you already possess.
Performing the daily duties of the chairman of Octopus Monster Industries, signing various documents, and occasionally playing Ludo with his blonde female secretary.
Although his life was a bit dull, Russell quite liked his current state.
There are no super villains who want to rule the world, no major crises that endanger world security, and no uninvited alien invaders...
Although he didn't do anything particularly eye-catching this week, there was a lot going on in the outside world.
First, with the help of Bakshi and Bucky, Winston was finally promoted from the manager of the Continental Hotel in New York to real management and became a member of the high table.
The day after Winston obtained a seat at the High Table, Bakshi and Bucky took various equipment provided by No. 3 and began to attack other members of the High Table.
In just two or three days, 4 of the 12 members of the Gaotai Table died in their hands.
Such amazing efficiency has something to do with Winston, who has just become a member of the high table.
Russell fulfills his promise and gives Winston a seat at the high table.
After winning the seat, Winston also gave what he could in return.
For example, information about other members of the High Table was sent to Bakshi and Bucky.
These things were communicated between Bakshi and Winston, and Russell was not aware of them.
He only knew that Winston had obtained a seat at the high table, and Bakshi and Bucky were also carrying out a plan to scare the monkeys as per his request.
In addition to the high table side, Callum's side is also making good progress.
With the help of Bai Jue, the four Callums gained powerful power that they had never had before.
Not only did they resist the capture of the Knights Templar, but they also took the opportunity to break into the London headquarters of the Knights Templar and rescued many descendants of assassins like them.
Although these Assassin descendants are not exactly the same as themselves, they are descendants of the Brotherhood.
Not long after they broke into the London headquarters of the Templars, the four Callums received messages from other brotherhood branches, euphemistically expressing their desire to fight against the Templars with them, just like their ancestors ever done.
Callum did not refuse the good intentions of these branches, and began to contact various branches of the Brotherhood all over the world, as if he wanted to reunite the Brotherhood.
This news was not told to Russell by Callum, but quietly informed by Bai Jue, who was possessing Callum.
Callum would never have thought that Bai Jue, who possessed them, actually had a spiritual connection with Russell that could not be explained by science.
Not only did Callum and the others not think of this, Russell himself was shocked when he received the message from Bai Jue in London.
Although he had often used the "Absolute Command" of the King's Serum to issue orders remotely, he had never tried to establish a spiritual connection with Bai Jue at a distance of 6,000 kilometers.
