At that moment, a woman entered Kurohane's sight: Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine.
In the comics, she was a former S.H.I.E.L.D. leader and a member of Hydra. But in the movie world, she didn't show a clear relationship with Hydra. She first appeared in the movie Black Widow, inviting Yelena to join her, and asking her to kill Hawkeye. She also assembled "unused" superheroes to do dirty work, such as Ghost, Taskmaster, and US Agent.
This wasn't a big deal for Kurohane. The real reason he paid attention to her was because of Bucky. Maybe due to the need for political resources, Bucky turned his attention to Valentina, trying to find evidence that she was conducting illegal experiments. Valentina came prepared to the trial held for her. She stated that after the Avengers disbanded, Earth needed a new Avengers!
Thus, she began a human experiment called the Sentinel Project, hoping to develop a perfect super-soldier. However, none of the experimental subjects survived. Bucky wanted to pursue all the things that happened in the Sentinel Project.
Kurohane suddenly realized that this was a completely new storyline he had never seen before!
He knew who the Sentinel was. Originally, he was a superhero on par with DC's Superman, with terrifying power from one bottle of potion. But as Kurohane said before: in Marvel, there's no need to pay attention to scientific logic. Iron Man has even researched anti-Phoenix armor, and Doctor Strange can summon the evil god Cthulhu.
Kurohane looked through Valentina's memories and came to a laboratory in Southeast Asia. However, the laboratory was already destroyed by an explosion. The data and equipment were completely destroyed.
Kurohane: (Good grief, what a clean and neat method! The people who do the dirty work under Valentina were not hired in vain!)
He knew Valentina wanted to destroy the laboratory, but he didn't know who was responsible. The person who arranged the operation was her assistant, Mary.
Kurohane, who was a little annoyed, immediately used the Phoenix's power to strengthen his telepathy, covering everyone in the city. His goal was clear: the person who could do such a task wasn't an ordinary person. At least in the MCU, he was a famous character!
And sure enough, he found a white-haired Russian woman. In her arms was a large, shivering hamster.
Yelena!
Kurohane didn't think twice. He opened a portal in the air and appeared in front of Yelena. He was greeted with a very powerful side kick!
Yelena was walking while holding the hamster she had rescued from the laboratory, when she saw a spark and a handsome black-haired man came out of a portal. Her instinctive reaction was to knock him down first.
Thud!
Kurohane just raised his hand slightly to block Yelena's kick. Just as he was about to speak, two steel needles with strong electricity hit his body, emitting a blue light.
"Widow's Sting? Is this standard equipment for all Red Room graduates? Or did you inherit it from Natasha?"
A strong electric current flowed through Kurohane's body, but he looked at Yelena calmly as if nothing had happened.
Yelena didn't let go of her hamster. She pulled a gun from her waist. "Who are you? Why do you know my sister?!"
"There's a chance I could also be considered an Avengers member?" Kurohane didn't care that Yelena was pointing a gun at him. "I have no ill intentions. I just came to ask, were you the one who blew up the lab just now?"
"It was an anti-human laboratory. I did it because of a mission from the CIA..."
"Alright, alright. Just you."
Kurohane understood why Valentina did that: she wanted to destroy all the evidence that was detrimental to her. The Sentinel Project was a dark history that was difficult to erase. And this dirty work was done by people like Yelena.
Yelena stared at the deep-in-thought Kurohane, a little confused. This man appeared out of nowhere, and now he was just standing there stunned. "Who are you? How do you know that Doctor Strange trick?"
"My name is Kurohane. Bucky and Sam both know my identity. If you're interested, you can contact them. Now I have to go, but before that, I have to remind you: when the birds are gone, the bow is put away; when the rabbits are dead, the dogs are cooked. Don't let your life become worthless!"
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