In the North Pole, the biting cold wind swept across the ice fields like a knife, whipping up ice shards into the air.
In the boundless white World, a team had appeared at some unknown point.
Sin—Cynthia Schmidt—walked at the front of the group, wearing a thick fur coat.
She seemed completely indifferent to the severe cold here, her pace steady and without the slightest pause.
Baron Zemo followed behind her, wrapped up as tightly as a bundle, yet he still felt the chill seeping in through every crack.
Damn this ghost weather!
Baron Zemo cursed inwardly, staring at the woman's back with a cold and resolute glint in his eyes.
From Sokovia to Budapest, and then to this godforsaken ice field.
He had endured nothing but humiliation along the way.
This bastard child of Red Skull and a maid didn't respect him, a noble Lord Baron, at all; her bossiness throughout the journey had crushed what remained of his dignity.
Cooperation?
Baron Zemo sneered in his heart.
He never believed in cooperation, especially at such a life-and-death moment; he only believed in himself!
At this thought, he subconsciously tightened his clothes, feeling the hard object beneath his coat, which brought him a full sense of security.
Once the time was right, everything would fall back into the hands of the great Baron Zemo!
Just as he was thinking this, the team stopped in front of an iceberg.
"It's right here!"
As the leader, Sin repeatedly compared the map in her hand with the iceberg before her, then turned back to address her subordinates:
"This is the place. Search around for any clues."
Her subordinates, the Sisters of Sin, immediately scattered, carefully searching every possible inch for a lead.
"Boss, the ice here seems thinner, as if it froze over later!"
Sin's eyes lit up upon hearing this. She rushed over, first spraying ginger juice to soften the ice, then swinging an ice axe over a dozen times.
Crack!
After the surface ice shattered, an inconspicuous red button appeared before everyone.
Sin took a deep breath and pressed the button.
Accompanied by bursts of rumbling,
The iceberg collapsed rapidly. Before long, a steel building half-buried in snow was revealed to the group.
It was the secret North Pole Base established by Red Skull during World War II, and the final destination of Baron Zemo's journey!
Kaka~!
As the heavy steel door, engraved with the HYDRA emblem, slowly opened, everyone's attention was drawn to it.
Baron Zemo's breathing became slow and long, like a venomous snake lurking in the snow, patiently waiting for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow.
His hand silently reached into his coat, gripping a specially made, poison-coated dagger.
This was his final trump card!
Now!
At the very moment the door was about to open completely,
His movements were as swift as lightning and silent as a shadow. All his strength was concentrated in his right arm as the dagger in his hand turned into a streak of dark light, piercing straight toward Sin's heart!
He had practiced this strike countless times. The angle, power, and timing were all perfect.
He could almost see the dagger sinking into her body, see the look of disbelief on her face, see her collapsing at his feet, while he would emerge as the final victor.
However, the expected sound of tearing flesh did not come.
Squelch~
Accompanied by the dull thud of a blade entering flesh, crimson blood seeped from Sin's shoulder.
It worked!
A look of wild joy appeared on Baron Zemo's face.
He was about to laugh triumphantly toward the sky.
But his pupils suddenly constricted. Before he could react, a dark shadow struck his face with extreme speed.
"Slap!"
The crisp sound of the slap was exceptionally loud on the empty ice field.
Baron Zemo was sent flying by the massive force, his body sliding a long distance across the ice before finally coming to a stop.
His half of his cheek swelled up high, blood leaked from the corner of his mouth, and several broken teeth could be seen on the ground.
He struggled to lift his head, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"That's it?"
Sin looked at the poisoned dagger on the ground as if nothing had happened, treating it like a child's toy.
"Baron Zemo, I always thought you were a smart man. I didn't expect you to do something so stupid."
"How is this possible? How did you react?" Baron Zemo clutched his face, shocked and furious. "Besides, the dagger is coated with a neurotoxin strong enough to take down an elephant. How can you be fine?"
"No one knows better than I do what kind of scum my father's colleagues were! Do you think I would cooperate with a piece of trash like you without preparing a backup plan?"
Sin casually kicked the dagger away and walked toward Baron Zemo step by step.
Her snow boots crunched on the ice, the crampons making a "creak-creak" sound that felt like it was stepping on Baron Zemo's heart with every stride.
"Besides, didn't you know? As the daughter of Red Skull, the Super Soldier Serum naturally flows through my veins!
My metabolism is more than ten times that of a normal person. You thought a mere neurotoxin could control me?"
As she finished speaking, she raised her foot and mercilessly stepped on Baron Zemo's chest.
"Crack!"
The sound of bones shattering reached Baron Zemo's ears clearly.
Intense pain washed over him, but he couldn't even scream. He could only gape like a fish out of water, his eyes full of despair.
"Don't worry, I won't let you die so easily."
"I want you to see with your own eyes how I lift that artifact and how I am crowned the new king of this World!"
As she spoke, she gave a look, and her subordinates immediately hauled Baron Zemo up.
The group continued walking into the interior of the Base.
Frozen mummies were visible everywhere in the Base.
These people were once guards here, but after seventy years without communication with the outside World, the food, fresh water, and energy in the building had long since run out. How could they have survived here for 70 years?
Sin led her subordinates deep inside until she finally saw what she wanted.
It was a long-handled hammer covered in thick ice. The hammer's body was a dazzling gold, and it featured an elegantly shaped guard below the head.
Seeing this legendary artifact, Sin couldn't help but tremble with excitement:
"This is it—the legendary war hammer of the Winter Goddess, Skadi!"
She hurriedly took out the gold medallion from her pocket, looking at the ancient script on it and uttering strange syllables.
As the syllables were spoken, the thick ice enveloping the hammer began to melt visibly.
A brilliant light gradually bloomed from the hammer's body, as if responding to her call.
Finally, as the last syllable was uttered, the hammer of skadi officially revealed its sharp edge.
"It's mine!"
Baron Zemo broke free from the restraints of the two subordinates and lunged forward like a madman.
But no matter how hard he tried, the hammer remained unmoved!
"Idiot!"
Meeting Baron Zemo's despairing gaze, Sin kicked him away, then took a deep breath and lifted the hammer of skadi high!
At that moment, magnificent battle armor covered her body, and simultaneously, a massive shadow slowly emerged behind her...
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