Although Jasper didn't give a clear answer, his question already indicated that he had made his choice.

  "You won't regret this. Iure, you'll thank yourself for the decision you made today. And you'll find that following me is more promising than following Hydra..." Russell didn't directly answer Jasper's questioher. Instead, he gave Jasper a guarahat, for now, seemed baseless.

  After putting his freshly ed gsses ba, Jasper's demeanor ged pletely, "I hope so."

  The timid, terrified bald man was gone, repced by a determined and serious elite professional, "You asked Dr. Wilson to tally the personnel and supplies, which means you're already pnning to abandon this base. There's really o stay here anymore. To break free from Hydra's trol, you'll definitely o find a new base. "

  Jasper quickly adapted to his new role and began discussing the specific challehey would faext, "Where do you pn to establish the new base? Also, what do you pn to do with the surviving personnel? Even if they're not die-hard Hydra loyalists, they won't easily follow you. Not everyone has the ce to go against Hydra..."

  As expected of someone who had caught the attention of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, Jasper in his normal state was indeed exceptional.

  Noting Jasper's questions, Russell thought for a moment before replying, "The new base will be in New York, in Hell's Kit. As for the people in this base, if they're willing, I'll take them with me. I heir expertise. As for how to vince or select them, you'll get to witness it firsthand ter..."

  "Witnessing it firsthand won't be necessary. It's not suitable for me to appear in public with you," Jasper deed Russell's suggestion.

  After all, he was supposed to return to Hydra as a spy, and he didn't want to expose his identity so easily, "You pn to establish a base in Hell's Kit? That's Kingpin and the Hand's territory. Aren't you afraid of exposure?"

  Before Russell could answer, Jasper tinued, "I see... You want to tinue resear enhang soldiers. You're pnning to steal Hydra's Extremis data!!!"

  When Jasper said this, Russell was genuinely shocked.

  He had only briefly mentiohat the new base would be in Hell's Kit, and Jasper had immediately guessed his iions, even dedug his pn to steal the Extremis data.

  It was easy to guess that Russell wao tinue resear enhang soldiers, as he had mentioned needing the expertise of the base's personnel.

  But the pn to steal the Extremis data was a secret agreemeween Russell and Dr. Wilson. No one else knew about it.

  Yet Jasper had inferred this just from the location of the new base, and from his expression, it was clear he wasn't just making a wild guess.

  "How did you know?" Russell inquired.

  "It was easy to figure out," answered Jasper like it was the most obvious clusion to reabsp;

  Russell didn't think it was that obvious, so he pressed Jasper, "Expin..."

  So Jasper began expining his train of thought, "You're unwilling to abandon the researchers in the base, which means you still o tinue resear enhang soldiers..."

  "But as far as I know, the third-geion Abomination project is already quite mature. Even without these researchers, Dr. Wilson alone could handle all the remaining work. You hese researchers because you have a new resear. Only then would you hese researchers, whose skills are inferior to Dr. Wilson's, to share his workload..."

  "Plus, you chose Hell's Kit in New York as the base location, which means you have no iion of hiding. Or rather, you don't believe the new base be kept secret from Hydra. Although Hydra is powerful, if you and Dr. Wilson were determio hide from them, it wouldn't be too difficult..."

  "If you were just defeg, Hydra wouldn't devote too much effort to trag you down, since all the research data here is backed up at headquarters. But you know Hydra will go all out to find you because what you pn to do is far more serious than just defeg..."

  "Something more serious thaion, and requiring Dr. Wilson and those specialized researchers makes the answer obvious... You pn to steal the Extremis data! Only then would Hydra go all out to find you, and only then would you need so many specialized researchers..."

  After hearing Jasper's reasoning, even Russell had to admit it was impressive.

  This further solidified his determination to firmly bind Jasper to his cause.

  "I'm starting to wonder if sending you back to Hydra as a spy is a bit of a waste of talent..."

  Russell's words pleased Jasper.

  The feeling of being highly reized was always gratifying, no matter the circumstances.

  "Although Hydra 't openly attack you, that doesn't mean they'll be easy to deal with. Don't fet, they still use S.H.I.E.L.D. to go after you." Jasper pointed out.

  After witnessing Russell's battle with the mutated Jack, Jasper wasn't worried about their safety, but attacks from other fronts couldn't be resisted by sheer individual strength.

  For example, official iigations or interference from S.H.I.E.L.D.

  "Don't worry about that. This is America, the home of capitalism." Said Russell.

  "Oscorp? Or the military?" Although Russell didn't mention aerms, Jasper keenly guessed his thoughts.

  Hearing Jasper's words, Russell was momentarily stuhen ughed. "I've decided that from now on, I'll o be fully alert when talking to you. Your insight is terrifying!"

  Both Oscorp and the military were targets Russell o eh .

  He heir power to help him deal with the official forces, primarily to avoid interference from S.H.I.E.L.D.

  The U.S. military had never given up on super-soldier research, and Oscorp was the most powerful biotepany in Ameribsp;

  For Russell, who currently only had biological enha as his trump card, they were undoubtedly the most suitable partners.

  And Jasper had deduced this from that very point.

  For both Oscorp and the military, whether it was the Abomination soldiers or the Extremis soldiers, they were impossible to resist.

  "It seems you've already pnned everything. I was worried you'd use brute force to fight Hydra, but now I see I was overthinking it."

  After uanding Russell's entire pn, even Jasper had to admit it was the optimal solution uhe current circumstances.

  As long as this pn proceeded smoothly, both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. could only watch helplessly as Russell's new force rose to power...