Yes—Natasha Romanoff, lina Vostokoff, and all the other graduated Black Widows were not ordinary people.
Every one of them had undergone physical modification surgery upon graduation.
According to the formulas recovered from the Red Room, it originated from a Soviet-era "Infinity Formula."
Its design was similar to the Super Soldier serum, but its effects were much weaker—at most extending lifespan sowhat and slowing aging.
The most brutal procedure—the removal of the uterus (hysterectomy)—was only one part of the process.
Because of this, the Black Widows generally possessed strength exceeding that of normal adult n.
Without the corresponding physical enhancents, many of the skills they had been trained in since childhood could not be fully utilized.
As the "perfect" spies and agents envisioned by the Red Room, they were ant to have both beauty and apparent fragility, while also possessing the strength and skill required for assassination and real combat missions.
Because of these modifications, their bodies differed from ordinary humans to a certain extent.
Previously, the research base had focused all its resources and efforts on developing the Super Soldier serum, without conducting in-depth analysis of Natasha and the others' physical data.
Now that the serum had been successfully developed, the next task was to ensure compatibility for injection into the Black Widows.
If adverse reactions occurred, the consequences would not be minor.
"Understood."
Natasha and lina nodded in agreent.
They did not resist the idea of receiving the serum. As Matthew's dedicated spies and soldiers, becoming stronger was an essential step.
As their discussion concluded, the fight between Bucky Barnes and Gene inside the training room had also ended.
The training room doors opened.
Gene and Bucky walked out.
From the slight rise and fall of their chests, it was clear that even after an hour of intense combat, their physical exertion had not been excessive.
"Sir." Gene looked excited as he saluted Reacher and the others.
He had once been nothing more than an ordinary retired soldier. Life after leaving the military had been difficult—he struggled to find stable work to support himself.
Fortunately, a forr comrade had reached out and recruited him into Matthew's ranks.
The treatnt was excellent.
However, compared to the other outstanding soldiers in the unit, he had seed rather average.
He trained hard and used his spare ti to study as much as possible, hoping to live up to the opportunity he had been given. But his natural limits prevented him from becoming one of the best.
That had always troubled him.
Then his superior, Reacher, had approached him, offering a chance to take part in a human experint—completely voluntary.
Gene had agreed without hesitation.
After the experint, he knew he had made the right choice.
"How do you feel?" Reacher asked.
"Feels great, sir. No adverse reactions at all," Gene replied loudly, standing straight.
"Good. Go for the follow-up observation. Wait until the observation period is over."
"Yes, sir."
Gene left with Milson and Jamie.
"Good kid," Neagley remarked in praise.
"Alright, we need to start preparing as well. According to the boss's plan, aside from us, we'll select a thousand soldiers to receive the injections and form the Astartes Warband."
After speaking, Reacher looked at lina. "lina, you'll need to make preparations on your end too."
Compared to ordinary soldiers, the more than one hundred Black Widows obviously wouldn't be left idle.
They would also form a new unit—a smaller warband, but one with a different operational focus from the Astartes.
"I'll pass the ssage on to them."
"Good. Neagley, Bucky—we still need to continue recruitnt later. In addition, the plan will begin expanding. We will provide funding to private orphanages across various countries, take in holess orphans, educate and train these children, and conduct long-term observation."
"After the final evaluation, we will absorb them into the organization."
"lina, the boss has appointed you as the Executive Director of the Technology Departnt. You will be responsible for continuing to recruit experts across various fields from the outside world. We need their talent to develop high-quality technological products in multiple domains."
"Natasha, Roscoe—you are in charge of the Black Widows. You will form the Raven Warband."
Reacher slowly laid out Matthew's strategic plan and assignnts.
"Yes!!"
Everyone felt their emotions surge. The future Matthew was building—how brilliant, how unimaginable it would be.
As the supre leader, what was Matthew's ultimate strategic goal?
No one tried to think about it or speculate. They all understood they were participants—and witnesses.
"We're going to need a territory. A very large one."
Neagley frowned as she spoke.
They had assets, resources, manpower, and weapons—but what they lacked was a base. A true headquarters.
"The boss has already selected two locations for us, but not now. We'll wait until the warbands is fully established before we move on them." Reacher replied, a smirk playing on his lips.
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Kamar-Taj.
Matthew lay comfortably in a rocking chair on the second-floor balcony, casually flipping through the beginner's maxim while analyzing and understanding its contents.
The smile on his face showed he was in a very good mood.
The thick Sanskrit book had already been fully mastered.
The prerequisite for learning magic was understanding ancient Sanskrit.
The language contained only 48 basic letters.
However, through compound consonant rules, actual written usage could produce hundreds of character variations.
That was why Sanskrit looked so dense—one "character" could contain multiple stacked consonants.
So what he needed to master was not just the 48 basic letters, but also grammar, noun declensions, verb conjugations, and more.
True difficulty lay in understanding and comprehension.
Ordinary apprentices needed three months or more to fully grasp Sanskrit. Even a prodigy like Doctor Strange would need over two weeks.
Matthew had actually completed it in just one week.
His growth path was comprehensive—it was not limited to physical strength, but also included his cognitive abilities. Without sufficient computational capacity, he would not be able to control his ever-growing physical power.
For example, daily training and the practice of the Six Powers required precise control of muscles, force output, and relaxation. These were all forms of ntal developnt.
If anything, Matthew had long since beco a genius.
The rest of his ti was spent reading the beginner's maxims, ditating, and learning foundational magical knowledge.
And it must be said—just ditation alone had already brought him significant gains. Even without active training, his spiritual power had grown noticeably, which in turn improved both his Observation Haki and Armant Haki.
As for Conqueror's Haki, it was tied to his will and conviction. ditation had relatively little effect on its growth.
Simply put, how strong his ambition and belief were determined its strength.
In this world, Matthew's ambition and conviction had already reached an extre level from the very beginning—aning his Conqueror's Haki had virtually no visible ceiling.
As for magic, he had already begun forming a direction.
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