In addition to Harold Meachum, his Father, who is in the same vein in terms of ruthlessness, Ward Meachum has another relative, a relative more important than his Father!
Joy Meachum.
Harold's daughter, Ward's sister, and a good friend of Danny's since childhood.
Shrewd, capable, and quite talented.
After Harold faked his death in the future, she managed the Rand Corporation with her brother and was the only kind member of their family.
She would feel guilty about some of the corporation's ruthless actions and would be happy upon learning of Danny's return.
In the end, she even helped Danny get back his shares!
Harold was dying of cancer.
His young son and daughter, however, appeared simultaneously on a business ship that ostensibly belonged to the Rand Corporation but was actually controlled by The Hand.
Tsk tsk tsk—
Was Harold doing this to train his children to take over?
Or did The Hand want to take the opportunity to kill the siblings, so that the supposedly dead Harold, in hiding, would lose external support and The Hand could completely control the Rand Corporation?
Samuel was preparing to have someone bring over the 'girlfriend' that Ward Meachum mentioned to take a look.
Although Iron Fist wasn't very popular, both female leads were beautiful and capable.
The female lead, Colleen Wing, was half Chinese and half Japanese, a disciple of Bakuto, one of the five fingers of The Hand.
She possessed strong skills in reconnaissance, tracking, and combat, and her usual weapon was a Samurai Sword.
Although the other female lead, Joy Meachum, didn't have combat skills, she was very talented in the daily operations and management of the company.
Beautiful, with long legs.
Capable and attractive, it was hard for her not to stand out!
"Ding!"
"Combat detected, reward dropped: Super Soldier Serum (Winter Soldier)"
The sudden combat drop reward slightly stunned Samuel.
What surprised him wasn't that the Winter Soldier had engaged in combat, but that only the Winter Soldier had a drop reward.
Could it be that the opponent's location is outside the system's combat detection range?
This was the only possibility Samuel could think of.
He had dropped quite a few points while farming Super Soldier Serum, just enough to upgrade, so the current combat detection range was 300 meters.
This meant the opponent launched the attack on the Winter Soldier from over 300 meters away!
Releasing his Mind Manipulation Ability, he instantly connected with all the Winter Soldiers.
Through the Winter Soldiers' perspectives, Samuel quickly learned what was happening outside.
A group of armed forces of unknown origin had surrounded the dock.
From the weapon configuration, firepower deployment, and the sniper who just shot at the Winter Soldier—
It was not difficult to see that this group was well-trained and had a clear objective!
They were not The Hand!
So it was other forces in Madripoor who, after hearing the news spread by Silver Sable and the Wild Pack, wanted to pull a 'black eats black' move.
"Da da da—Da da da—"
Gunfire erupted outside, with several fire points targeting the locations of the Winter Soldiers on the freighter with intense firepower.
The strong firepower suppression made it impossible for the Winter Soldiers to fight back.
"Bang—"
A sniper rifle from the shadows forced the black Winter Soldier who was about to show his head back down.
"Thump—"
Several smoke grenades rolled out, and thick white smoke quickly spread, blocking the view towards the freighter.
A fully armed, well-equipped squad bent down and plunged into the smoke, quickly approaching the freighter, preparing to infiltrate.
"Ding!"
"Combat detected..."
"Ding!"
"Combat detected..."
"Ding!"
"Combat detected..."
"Ding!"
"..."
The dense stream of drop notifications made Samuel's head feel a bit swollen.
Every time someone shot at a Winter Soldier, both the Winter Soldier and the person who shot would drop rewards.
The Winter Soldiers would occasionally drop Super Soldier Serum, while the opponents were all points.
This method of farming points and Super Soldier Serum was incredibly efficient.
What was even more surprising was that Samuel used his Mind Manipulation Ability to scan a guy in the smoke preparing to infiltrate the freighter and learned his identity.
He hadn't expected it.
Samuel truly hadn't expected it.
This well-equipped squad was actually HYDRA!
Truly worthy of being HYDRA, omnipresent, if you can't find the enemy, suspecting them is always right!
Samuel used the man's memory to figure out the whole story.
The water was too deep, ordinary people really couldn't grasp it!
Simply put, Samuel and his people were unexpected intruders disrupting the situation.
The cause of today's drama was that The Hand wanted to create an accident to kill Ward Meachum and Joy Meachum here.
But how could they kill them in a way that was reasonable and left no room for criticism?
Capture people!
Specifically target people who looked difficult to deal with, then leak the information so others would know the captured people were on the Rand Corporation ship.
This way, they could lure those who wanted revenge over.
It would be best if a firefight occurred, the ship was seized, and a few people were killed.
It didn't matter if they didn't kill anyone; the people arranged by The Hand would do the killing, and the killed would definitely include Ward Meachum and Joy Meachum.
Unfortunately, plans couldn't keep up with changes.
The guys responsible for fishing didn't expect that behind Dottie Underwood, whom they intentionally provoked, was Samuel, this great Buddha.
Following the vine to find the melon, they found The Hand and even directly had people intervene and seize the Rand Corporation ship.
What to do when your planned play is snatched by others?
Snatch it back!
To ensure the targets would definitely die in this incident, the members of The Hand responsible for this operation, after clarifying the situation, urgently picked a force among others that was easy to fool and had them act.
Originally, it wasn't that easy, or rather, it wouldn't have been successfully fooled that quickly.
As a result, Silver Sable and the Wild Pack just happened to be spreading Samuel's words.
Upon hearing this, they went for it!
What Gotei 13? Never heard of them!
When two tigers fight, one is bound to be injured!
Even if the Gotei 13 won, they would definitely suffer heavy losses. If they didn't pick up the scraps now, when would they?
Seize the dock, and even if The Hand ultimately won, they could just give it back.
Advancing and retreating with basis, gaining plenty of benefits, truly a smart bunch!
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