"Baron My Lord."
Dr. Lister looked at Baron Strucker, whose smile was growing wider, and showed a hint of confusion.
He didn't know why My Lord wasn't angry or sad that the Base, which had taken so much effort and been operated for so many years, had been blown up; instead, he was so happy.
"Dr. Lister, don't be sad. Soon you will have an even bigger laboratory, better equipment, and everything will be better than before."
Li Chuan looked at the confused Dr. Lister, reached out, and patted his shoulder in comfort.
Dr. Lister's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. So My Lord had already secretly prepared a fallback plan.
"Land right there, on that mountaintop."
Li Chuan looked down at the terrain, pointed to the top of a small hill, and ordered the HYDRA pilot flying the helicopter.
The HYDRA pilot nodded quickly and began to maneuver the helicopter to descend towards the top of the distant small hill.
Once the helicopter was steady, Li Chuan led Dr. Lister and Dr. Smith off the aircraft, then, under their terrified and astonished gazes, he skillfully twisted the neck of the HYDRA pilot, breaking it.
Afterward, he also released his Transformation Technique, revealing his original appearance.
"Mr. Li Chuan!"
"Who are you? Where is My Lord!"
When Dr. Smith saw Li Chuan, his terrified expression immediately turned into surprise, while Dr. Lister's, on the other hand, turned into terror.
"Dr. Smith, congratulations, you're saved."
Li Chuan comforted Smith for a moment, then turned to look at the terrified Dr. Lister:
"I'm sorry, your Baron My Lord was blown to pieces after you pressed the self-destruct device. Let's reintroduce ourselves. I am Li Chuan, the CEO of Li's Group, and your future boss."
"This, this..."
Dr. Lister looked at Li Chuan, his mouth moved as if to object, but remembering the pilot whose neck Li Chuan had just twisted, he swallowed his words.
He was the fish on the chopping block; if he didn't want to die, he could only agree.
Seeing that Dr. Lister was sensible, Li Chuan didn't scare him further. Instead, he stepped forward and politely said:
"Dr. Lister, rest assured, as long as you work diligently for me, everything HYDRA can give you, I can give as well, and even more."
Although he wasn't entirely familiar with the Marvel Universe, he knew that the scientists in this World were not to be underestimated; if used well, they were absolutely a huge asset.
Captain America's Super Soldier Serum was created by Dr. Abraham Erskine, Dr. Banner studied gamma rays and turned himself into the Hulk, Dr. Octopus almost created an artificial Sun, and there were so many more, like Extremis.
Black technology in the Marvel Universe emerged endlessly, mostly created by scientists.
So, if he could build a top-notch team of scientists, it would be extremely beneficial, whether for future product research to expand the company's scale or to refine some genetic potions for injecting and enhancing his own strength.
This was also why he had kept Dr. Lister alive all this time.
To be honest, if he could research a potion that allowed one to transform into the Hulk while maintaining one's own consciousness after injection, he would even dare to chase after and beat up Shadow-level powerhouses in the Naruto World.
"Young Master!"
Just then, a voice suddenly sounded from ahead.
Immediately following, a dozen young people in camouflage uniforms, carrying various firearms, appeared before Li Chuan, led by an elder.
It was Uncle Li, who had received Li Chuan's orders in advance and was waiting with his subordinates at the foot of the mountain.
"Uncle Li, I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going home first; Wanda is waiting for me for dinner."
"Yes, Young Master!"
Seeing Uncle Li and the others appear as planned, Li Chuan checked the time and didn't worry about the subsequent matters, directly driving away first.
Uncle Li was more skilled at this kind of clean-up work than he was.
"Five Exploding Tags, one scroll of Great Fireball Jutsu, one scroll of Shadow Clone Technique, one sharp long saber, one priceless jade Buddha, one box of 999 Cold Medicine..."
While driving back to his Villa, Li Chuan opened his mission item space.
The mission item space was a storage space on the panel; every time he completed a side quest, the rewards he received would be deposited into this storage space.
He could retrieve the rewarded items from the mission at any time and could also put them back, which was very convenient.
However, the disadvantage was that it could only store mission-rewarded items; other non-mission items could not be placed inside. Even if he wrapped that long saber with tape and put it in, the tape would automatically fall off outside.
If not for this, he wouldn't have had to swallow the soldier pills to bring it back.
Currently, the three foremost items in the mission item space were precisely what he had gained from completing the three missions.
"This... Exploding Tag, it's alright."
Among these three mission reward items, the best was naturally the Great Fireball Jutsu. This was a secret Uchiha Ninjutsu, and it was difficult for anyone other than the Uchiha Clan to obtain its inheritance.
The Shadow Clone Technique had a greater use, but he could easily acquire it once he returned to the Naruto World.
Although it was a B-rank Ninjutsu created by the Second Hokage, because it was too practical, it had long been widely spread, and many Ninja villages had even improved upon it.
Things like Water Clone, Earth Clone, Lightning Clone, and so on, were largely similar.
What was truly difficult to obtain in Konoha was the A-rank Forbidden Ninjutsu that the Second Hokage later upgraded, the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, which could create a large number of Shadow Clones at once.
However, it consumed too much Chakra, and if a Ninja with insufficient Chakra used it, it could easily endanger his life.
As for the last mission reward, five Exploding Tags, they truly had little value; with his wealth in Hokage, he could easily buy many more.
And placed in the Marvel Universe, its explosive power was at most comparable to a hand grenade.
The only benefit, he estimated, was that its surface was paper, so ordinary people holding it would generally not be wary, making it good for unexpected sneak attacks on enemies.
Furthermore, modern detection devices basically couldn't detect it.
Before six o'clock in the evening, Li Chuan finally drove back to his Villa, but as he parked, he also saw another familiar car.
"Pietro is here?"
Pietro Maximoff was his brother-in-law and Wanda's twin brother, born twelve minutes before Wanda. This black sedan belonged to Pietro.
His mind raced, and Li Chuan smiled helplessly; he roughly guessed why Pietro had come.
Perhaps the Spanish dish, Asturian stew, was a bit too challenging for his wife, who wasn't very good at cooking yet, so she had invited her brother, who was skilled in cooking, to help.
"Looks like we'll have a good dinner tonight."
With Pietro's help, at least the food wouldn't be as salty as it was on that morning three months ago; this was a good thing.
And it was also a good opportunity, with Pietro here, to discuss moving to New York.