Perhaps Qin Xiao himself didn't realize it, but as his bonds with Tony, Natasha, and others deepened, his interactions with the Ancient One and Asgard increased, and his own strength and influence in this world grew.
His methods gradually became more brazen.
In the past, he would have sneaked in to rescue someone, carefully covering his tracks.
Now, he simply crashed through the wall with a loud crash.
Behind him, alarms blared frantically, and soldiers were already forming ranks in the distance, preparing to charge.
"Natasha and Yelena sent me to save you. It's up to you whether you come!"
Qin Xiao reached into his pants and pulled out a photograph.
It was the family portrait of Aleksei and his 'family of four.'
"Natasha, Yelena... my daughters..."
Aleksei trembled as he took the photo.
"Then you are..."
"Cut the crap! Let's move!"
After completing his mission in the US, Aleksei had watched helplessly in Cuba as Dreykov's men abducted Natasha and Yelena.
He let the two little girls who called him "Daddy" be dragged into the dreaded Red Room.
That's why Qin Xiao had no patience for Aleksei.
If this were Natasha's real father, he might have been slightly more polite, even if the man was an utter scumbag. But this imposter? There was no reason for Qin Xiao to be courteous.
Grabbing Aleksei by the collar of his uniform, Qin Xiao hoisted the man, who claimed to be on par with Captain America, horizontally like a sack of potatoes.
Even the leisurely soldiers were part of a trained, regular force. By the time Qin Xiao emerged with Aleksei, soldiers in the steel corridors overhead had already formed ranks, guns trained on the two figures below.
"How do you plan to fight your way out? You could consider letting me down—I can take on a hundred of them myself!"
Aleksei, dangling like a large toad, desperately flexed his arms, trying to show off his long-vanished biceps.
"No need. Are you afraid of heights?" Qin Xiao asked casually, glancing at the height of the wall.
"I told you you'd need... What? Afraid of heights?"
"Exactly. Afraid of heights!"
No sooner had Qin Xiao spoken than he swung his right hand, which was holding Aleksei, sharply backward and then hurled him forward with tremendous force.
"Aaaaaaaah—!"
Amidst Aleksei's piercing scream, his entire body soared over the prison wall and landed with a heavy thud in the thick snow outside, creating a human-shaped crater.
Before Aleksei could even rise, Qin Xiao descended from the air like a hawk, landing beside him.
"What are you doing? No! Wait, aaaaaah—!"
In a series of seven or eight powerful leaps, they bounced from the prison to the mountain peak opposite.
To prevent triggering an avalanche, Natasha had parked the jet on the mountainside.
Qin Xiao showed no mercy, tossing Aleksei into the aircraft before striding inside.
"Oh, Natasha, Yelena, you've grown so much! My God, my daughters!" Aleksei scrambled out of the cabin, spreading his arms wide toward the sisters.
He was met with their calm, unruffled gazes.
"What? Don't you miss your daddy? Don't be shy—come here! You came to save me, didn't you?"
"They saved you to make you reveal the location of Dreykov's lair, not because they miss their so-called 'father'!" Qin Xiao said, grabbing Aleksei and shoving him back into his seat.
"Dreykov... don't mention that bastard to me! I completed my mission in America perfectly! I don't know what he did—maybe I said something wrong, or maybe it was something else—but he threw me in this damn prison for over a decade!"
"By the way, who are you? Why are you so powerful? And what's your relationship with my daughters?" Aleksei puffed out his chest, addressing Qin Xiao from a father's perspective, with both 'daughters' present.
"Shut up! Our relationship with you is none of your business! You're not our real father! We came to find you solely to locate Dreykov—you'd better tell us everything you know!" Natasha snapped at Aleksei.
"So this is your purpose? Only coming to me when you need something? Yelena, what about you?"
Yelena glanced back, opened her mouth, but remained silent.
"Why the sour face? Is it that time of the month again?" Aleksei asked shamelessly.
"I don't have 'that time of the month,' my dear 'father.' Ever since you threw us into the Red Room and we successfully graduated, they removed our uteruses, ovaries, and everything else. They shoved cold surgical instruments into our bodies, snipping and slicing away... and our fallopian tubes..."
"Ugh, stop, stop! That's just too disgusting!" Aleksei said, wrinkling his nose.
*Slap!*
Qin Xiao slapped him across the face.
"You... you hit me?"
Not only Aleksei, but even Natasha and Yelena were stunned.
"You find this disgusting? Do you know how much pain you caused them by abandoning them back then? You could have prevented this, but you didn't."
"Removing their reproductive organs—that's what they did to your 'daughters.' You find that disgusting? Have you ever had your reproductive organs removed? Have you ever had your testicles flattened into a taco? Want to try?"
Qin Xiao grabbed Aleksei by the collar and snarled.
Aleksei froze, his mouth working silently as he met Qin Xiao's murderous gaze. In the end, he said nothing.
"You have three minutes to figure out how to find Dreykov. Otherwise, I'll throw you out of this plane from tens of thousands of meters up. Do you hear me, you bastard?!"
The entire room fell silent. In truth, neither Natasha nor Yelena knew who their biological parents were, so the three years they spent with the family in America had left a profound impact on them.
During those years, Aleksei had treated them like real fathers, and they had developed genuine affection for him.
Qin Xiao's words not only silenced Aleksei but also brought tears to the eyes of the two women.
Yelena, in particular, was deeply affected. Natasha at least knew it was all a lie, and no matter how convincing, she was psychologically prepared. But for Yelena, that had been the very first home she remembered.
After a long silence, Aleksei slowly spoke.
"I really don't know where Dreykov is. But I think Melina should know—your 'mother'!"
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