Chapter 40

Leon realized that Natasha was not joking and stopped smiling.

"……Well, no need to be so serious, I was just joking, and I take back what I just said that was disrespectful."

He waved to Benben again:"Xiaoben, come and give this lady some more coffee."

Now it was Natasha's turn to be surprised.

"Are you apologizing to me? This... Honestly, you are not what I thought."

"Apologize? No, what did you misunderstand? I'm not apologizing, I'm just maintaining my manners, at least I won't joke about that kind of thing in public." Leon defended.

Natasha's eyes were full of confusion:"How could you say that... I mean, you are very different, you don't look like a Stark at all!"

"Maybe it's because I received another kind of education besides Stark's?"

Leon raised his glass and clinked it with Natasha's."But it's useless no matter how much you praise me."

"You invaded here, attacked me, and I saved you despite past grudges, but now you have evil intentions. A verbal apology is not enough."

"……You are right." Natasha smiled and drank the hot coffee."But I am really praising you. It is the first time I have heard such words. It sounds very cultured."

"Thank you for the compliment. This is part of my image packaging."Leon shrugged.

"This kind of packaging must be very attractive to little girls."Natasha's eyebrows gradually curved

"Maybe... Then, should we talk about you and the problem of the Red House?" Leon put down his coffee cup.

"What do you want to talk about?" Natasha stopped leaning on the workbench and said,"If this is the compensation you want, I will tell you everything."

"I only have one question, how did you get controlled by the Red Room a year and a half ago?"

Leon asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

He still couldn't forget it.

After all, it was related to his judgment of the universe he was in.

And his treatment of Natasha was also for this purpose.

"How am I controlled?……"Natasha held the coffee cup, her expression a little dazed and struggling.

To her, it seemed like a long time ago.

During the time she was controlled, she committed too many bloody crimes.

In comparison, even the days when she could only act with her own will seemed much better.

Asking her to recount her experience at that time was like tearing open the scars from the inside out. It would be better for her to charge into the hail of bullets.

But after struggling, she slowly began to narrate.

"I was trained and reformed in the Red House when I was young. They brainwashed all the girls."

"But I persisted in the brainwashing and retained my own will."

"So when I found the opportunity, I tried to rebel, and then, I failed."

Natasha's eyes were empty, she looked at the coffee shaking in the cup, but her sight seemed to travel back to the past.

"In order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, they stopped brainwashing the girls and started using chemicals to control us."

"……That's the process." Natasha said it briefly, just like saying that putting an elephant into a refrigerator only requires opening the refrigerator and putting the elephant in.

Leon got to the point:"You are so capable, why did the rebellion fail?"

In the original world line, Natasha should have met Hawkeye around 2006, and then launched an attack on the leader of the Red House in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and finally successfully defected to join S.H.I.E.L.D.

The current situation is completely opposite.

"You can't imagine the power of the Red House. The widows are all over the world, and no one can resist them."

Natasha's shoulders drooped as if they had lost their support."Almost two years ago, I was attacked by Hawkeye from SHIELD. That was a good opportunity. I tried to get in touch with SHIELD through him."

"only……"She suddenly looked up at Leon

"It has something to do with you."

"I?"

"In 2006, your Stark company released a revolutionary electronic product. The Red House conducted a technical reverse analysis and used the complementary technologies to update the internal smart devices."

Natasha turned her head and said,"So when I was in contact with Hawkeye, I was monitored the whole time, but I was unaware of it."

"At that time, my communication equipment only had ordinary anti-eavesdropping functions."

"How could they have expected that the communication technology of the Red House would explode in just a few months?"

Leon's mouth twitched. It seemed that Black Widow was caught because she was out of date.

The civilian technology in the Marvel world is far behind the military technology.

In 2006, Tony was inspired by him and used many technologies that were previously only used in the military industry to create digital devices.

During that time, Stark Group held new product launches every day. For a month in a row, Tony advanced the civilian digital device technology that was far behind the world for some reason by at least ten years. It seemed that the whole world switched from flip phones to smartphones overnight.

Even holographic projections began to appear on the market.

Leon still remembered that Obadiah complained at that time, saying that Tony was exhausting the resources and that good technology should be released bit by bit to reap more benefits.

"Uh, modern technology is like this... It explodes when it's said to, it's weird." He took a sip of coffee to hide his embarrassment.

Natasha looked at him resentfully:"If Stark Electronic Technology Company could be established half a year later, I might be able to successfully break away from or even destroy the Red House."

"……You are right."Leon continued to drink coffee,"Although it doesn't make sense, it's all Tony's fault. Why did he build a subsidiary for no reason?"

It turned out that there was nothing wrong with the world.

It was the flapping of his wings like a butterfly that caused a tornado in Hungary.

The butterfly effect can actually affect the timeline...

Leon was speechless, and didn't know why no one had come to him even though the timeline had changed so much. It would be fine if the Time Management Bureau didn't come, and Ancient One didn't come either.

This made him very confused.

However, at present, this world should still be the movie universe he was familiar with.

It can only be said that everything will be fine if it is not the comic universe.

"What happened next? He continued to ask

"After my defection plan was exposed, I was soon besieged by other widows and taken back to the Red House."

"After being imprisoned for six months, the Red House used chemicals to control me"

"I have no choice at all. Over the past year or so, although I still retain my own thoughts, I have many consciousnesses and I don’t know which part is myself."

Natasha said, quietly turning her face away and wiping her face with her back to Leon.

"In the past ten months, more people have died at my hands than in the past ten years."

She continued,"There are little boys who can't walk yet, pregnant mothers, and powerful people."

"Until today, my hands are already stained with blood."Natasha lowered her head, making it impossible to see her expression.

Leon subconsciously wanted to say something comforting.

But it was clear that Natasha didn't need comfort.

Her heart was stronger than most people.

But the more so, the more she was condemned by her conscience, the more painful it was.

"So what are you going to do next?"���Ang waved to Benben to refill Natasha's coffee.

"Thank you." Natasha thanked Benben and looked at Leon.

"If possible, I hope to get your help"

"I don't want to drag you into this endless war, but can you please help me make some inhibitors?"

Natasha said anxiously:"Or a formula, so that I can save other people, I will definitely find a way to compensate you for your efforts."

Leon touched his chin:"The inhibitor is very simple, but...……"

"You seem to be planning to rescue a group of widows first, gather enough manpower, and then declare war on the Red House?"

To be honest, he hoped that someone would cause trouble for the Red House.

After all, Tony had just exposed the Iron Armor, and the other party dared to send Black Widow to sneak into the house to kidnap him.

If Tony held a press conference tomorrow to announce to the world that he was Iron Man.

Who knows what the Red House would do.

For this force that is rushing to seek death, Leon's choice is not to let it see tomorrow's sun.

However, what Natasha wants to do is to destroy the Red House, which is a coincidence, and Leon doesn't mind going with the flow.

Natasha stood up straight:"Yes, this is my plan, Mr.... Mr. Stark, please believe me, I will definitely……"

"Just call me Leon. You have said so much from your heart. We should be considered friends."Leon interrupted.

Natasha paused and nodded:"Leon……"

"Well, listen to me first." Leon tapped the table again.

"Your idea is good, but it is not easy to implement."

He said,"First you lose contact, and then after you start to act, other widows will lose contact one after another. The Red House will react soon, and then you will be in a very bad situation."

Natasha shook her head slowly:"I know, but I have to do it, this is my... responsibility!"

"responsibility……"Leon thought about it and said,"Now that you mention it, I have an idea. It’s a win-win, no, a win-win-win idea!"