Chapter 57: Catching Zemo

Catching Zemo

AN: Sorry for the delay again. I might move the posting of chapters to once a week for a while...that or should I stop for a while then return to a chapter every 2 days once the situation has settled down? But I feel like if I do that, I'll keep procrastinating until I ultimately stop writing...

Anyway, this is better than just dropping it. I at least want to finish this one.

Also, just a question. Is it fine to write something in the future regarding MC and Loli Death seggs scene or wait till Death has a more adult body? Though I say loli, she's not the flat kid type but more like Rory Mercury or Shuten Douji sexy LEGAL loli XD. Just asking in case people start complaining about it when I end up doing it :P

Anyway....not like it will happen soon.......maybe....nah, not soon...idk...my plans often changes while writing XD.

Btw, Amanda, Alexa, and Amy Brehe are canon comic characters but nothing much is actually told about them other than being Peter Parker's cousins so I'm basically using their identities to create OG characters. I just thought it's more convenient this way and I don't have to make up non-canon characters much.

That's all, enjoy!

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Chapter 56: Catching Zemo

Benjamin looked at the university and remembered something.

“Speaking of, wasn’t Amanda also going to this university?”

Benjamin remembered the blonde Brehe sister. Back then, she was complaining how hard the exams were and she also spoke of her university.

Benjamin looked at the name of the university and nodded.

“It’s indeed this one. Just as well, I can ask her about Zemo.”

Deciding as such, Benjamin pulled out his phone to contact her.

It didn’t take long for Amanda to answer his call.

“Ben! Didn’t think you would be the first to call me. Wanna have some fun later?”

“Ahem, it’s a business call.”

“Oh, then, Captain Freed. Is there something you need from me?”

Realizing it was about a serious matter, Amanda stopped fooling around and asked.

Although she and her sisters slept with Benjamin, they knew that their actual relationship isn’t as close as lovers. They also aren’t looking for a serious relationship with him or anyone now, so they know where to draw the line.

It was fine having fun now and then and they also enjoyed it. But since Benjamin was also their  boss now, they need to be serious when handling serious matters.

“Are you in your university right now?”

“Yeah. Exams are coming up so I had to focus on my studies for a bit. I know I don’t really need to do this now that I have a job in the EPD but since I started it, it’d be a waste if I don’t finish it.”

Benjamin nodded.

He respected someone who can still toil away with studying despite already having a successful job.

“Are you familiar with a professor in your university by the name Daniel Bruhl?”

“The history professor? I know him. He’s kinda popular among some female students since he’s young and handsome.”

“Oh?”

“Ah, but not me though. I prefer strong men like you captain!”

Amanda teased and Benjamin just chuckled.

He wasn’t being jealous but it seems she misunderstood.

Benjamin was just wondering if Sinthea was one of these female students who liked this professor.

It would be troublesome if she was.

“Is there something wrong with Prof. Bruhl?”

“Oh, he’s HYDRA.”

“What!?”

“You know, that guy that dresses in a huge purple sock on his head? Baron Zemo? That’s him.”

Amanda was shocked.

She had seen that guy in the news in the past fighting with Captain America before but he seemed to have disappeared some time ago.

Turns out he switched careers and became her History teacher!

After a few moments, she asked.

“Should I arrest him then?”

“No need. I’m here at your university. Just focus on your studies.”

“You’re here!? No way! Now I have to come and find you! I’ll show you around!”

“But-”

“I can study later! It’s a rare moment for me to have you for myself without my 2 sisters! It’s settled then, I’ll wait for you at the entrance!”

Amanda hung up and quickly left her class, saying she has an emergency to the dumbfounded teacher, and quickly disappeared into the hallway.

The teachers were already aware that she’s a member of the EPD so they didn’t say anything at her blatant skipping of class.

Benjamin just looked at his phone with a wry smile.

Moments later, he saw Amanda appear at the entrance and waved at him.

“Captain! I’m here!”

Benjamin approached her and gently flicked her forehead.

“Stop shouting, I can hear you just fine.”

“Hehe.”

Amanda just laughed.

Among the three Brehe sisters, Amada was the most social and carefree of the three. She’s the type that probably has a lot of friends in school and may even be the leader of a clique.

Sure enough, he was right.

As they walked the halls of the university and Amanda showed him the way, a lot of the students would greet and chatted with Amanda. She seems popular.

“You’re really popular huh?”

“Yeah. It’s only natural since I’m so beautiful and sexy.”

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This damn narcissist…

[Host is more narcissistic than her.]

Shut up system! You’re the most narcissistic of all!

[That’s natural since I’m the almighty System!]

…

Benjamin just rolled his eyes at the system and kept following Amanda.

Amanda noticed something and asked.

“Actually, how come they don’t recognize you? You should be quite popular as well considering your identity and looks.”

“Hm? Oh, I casted a simple illusion spell around me so they ignore my presence. It’s quite troublesome to always be surrounded by fans.”

Amanda was shocked and pouted.

“That’s not fair! I want that too!”

“Well, maybe in the future I’ll make a device with the same function.”

After all, it is indeed a convenient function and could be useful for stealth operatives.

I have a feeling Fury will make a fuss over it though…

While thinking of such thoughts, the tour came to an end and Benjamin was familiar with the layout of the university.

They arrived at the classroom where Sinthea was in and Benjamin asked Amanda.

“The girl with the red hair. Do you know her?”

Amanda glanced slightly at the window by the door and noticed the punk girl with red hair.

“Cindy Case? Yeah. She’s a bit popular in the school as well.”

Cindy Case was the new name she was given in order to hide her identity.

“Oh? How so?”

“She used to get bullied a lot before, but from what I heard, Professor Bruhl stepped in and helped her so the two of them are pretty close.”

“Is that so…”

Benjamin frowned.

It seems that Zemo has already gotten Sinthea’s trust.

Who knows, maybe he even started the bullying so he could appear as her savior.

He’s cunning that way.

If it’s like this, it may be harder for Benjamin to approach Sinthea himself while explaining the situation.

But…two can play this game.

All he needed to do was destroy her trust in Zemo.

Hehehehe…

“...Uhh, Captain? Why do I feel like you’re plotting some kind of evil masterplan?”

Shut up! It’s for the effects!

Anyway, he can’t just go in and arrest Zemo directly as he doesn’t have physical proof that he’s Baron Zemo.

…Well, he can but the aftermath is too troublesome to clean up.

Besides, where’s the fun in that?

Doing so might also cause Red Skull to hide even deeper. He needed to root out this scourge too.

“So what’s the plan now, Capt.?”

“Do you know who were the ones bullying her?”

“Yeah. They were kicked out though.”

“Names are fine. It’s easy to find them. After that, let them start a scandal of a certain teacher hehehe…”

It doesn’t matter if Zemo goaded them into bullying Sinthea or not. He can just make it so.

Anyway, those guys would agree as long as they get benefits.

Kukukuku…

“...”

Amanda stepped back for a bit.

Benjamin…looked kinda scary now…

But it turns out there was no need to make things up.

After interrogating those who bullied Sinthea before, it was indeed Zemo who had instructed them to do so. In exchange, they receive money every month and can just laze around all day for the rest of their lives.

When Benjamin arrived with a bunch of police, they thought that the gig was up and quickly confessed.

They didn’t have any backbones at all…

After that, Benjamin fed the press some more ‘real’ news and told them that this Daniel Bruhl is a serial rapist who often changes his face and identity and preys on young girls by making them think he is their savior or benefactor.

Because of this, he was particularly hard to catch as the ‘victims’ didn’t even know they are already victims.

As for the said ‘victims’, he just casted an illusion spell on Amanda and let her act out the role of a young girl who was wronged by Zemo.

Benjamin found out that she’s quite talented in acting.

The news quickly blew up in a span of 3 days and Benjamin led a team of EPD into the university to arrest Zemo.

Zemo, not understanding why he was being targeted, made a huge fuss and even started shooting at the members using a concealed gun on him.

Sinthea at first didn’t want to believe the news but seeing her dear professor pull out a gun, she felt like she never really knew him at all.

Maybe…the news was indeed right…

He was only after her body…

At this moment, Amanda came to her and patted her shoulder.

“It’s going to be alright, Cindy. He’s gone now. No one will hurt you.”

“You are…?”

“Name’s Amanda! Amanda Brehe. I’m a student here too and also a member of the EPD! If anyone dares to bully you, they have to go through me first!”

Amanda grinned and puffed her chest proudly.

Benjamin saw the two interact and smiled.

With this…he was able to preserve Sinthea’s simple life and at the same time, have someone close to her to protect her in case the Red Skull or anyone tries to use her.

This might be the best outcome he could hope for.

But Benjamin knows that this is only temporary.

Ultimately, Sinthea Shmidt, the daughter of the Red Skull, will definitely be pulled back into this strange world of heroes and villains. It was only a matter of time.

But that’s a problem for another time.

Anyway, with her being friends with Amanda, he could slowly transition her into the stranger part of the world instead of being forced to suddenly get pulled into it.

Benjamin nodded to himself and shoved Zemo into the police car.

He didn’t go with them to bring Zemo back but stayed behind instead.

It was time to begin the next phase of the plan.

But before that, Benjamin felt it was necessary to at least introduce himself to Sinthea so he walked toward the two who had already started to chat like best friends.

Amanda noticed her and nodded.

“Capt.”

Benjamin nodded back at her and turned to Sinthea.

“Cindy, was it? I’m Benjamin Freed, though you probably know that already. How are you holding up?”

“Uhh, I’m okay now, thank you.”

Sinthea answered cautiously but she still seemed curious about Benjamin. After all, he’s the most talked about guy in their school too.

Benjamin nodded and pointed at Amanda.

“There shouldn’t be any problems with Bruhl now but if anything else pops up, you can contact me through Amanda here. You two are from the same university so she can help you out too. Don’t hesitate to ask since it’s technically her job. You’ll be helping her get paid too haha.”

Benjamin and Amanda chuckled.

Sinthea also smiled and relaxed a little more.

Benjamin didn’t intrude on them for much longer and pulled Amanda to the side for a bit.

“Can I borrow her for a bit?”

“Sure.”

Sinthea nodded and the two walked a bit to the side.

Benjamin continued to give his orders.

“Try and get closer to her as much as you can. You can even bring her to the EPD or teach her some self-defense if you want. In short, you must slowly get her used to seeing powers or supernatural things.”

“Uhh, sure but…why?”

“I’ll tell you since you’re also involved now. Cindy Case isn’t her real name. Her real name is SInthea Shmidt. She’s Red Skull’s daughter.”

“Wha-!?”

Benjamin quickly closed her mouth with his hand and glared at her slightly.

“Don’t shout!”

Amanda nodded and Benjamin removed his hand from her and continued.

“There’s one more thing. Red Skull isn’t dead yet and may resurface in the near future to reclaim her. That’s why it’s important that you protect her well. Also, she doesn’t know about any of this since her memory was erased by SHIELD.”

“...I understand.”

Amanda nodded as she felt the seriousness of the matter.

“But…can I do it by myself?”

Benjamin smiled and patted her shoulder.

“You’re much stronger than you think. But if you want, I can have your sisters transfer here too? They can transfer as assistant teachers here. Of course, I’ll explain to the dean that their roles are just their covers so they won’t really have much work to do and I’m also the one paying them. There shouldn’t be a problem.”

“In that case, I’m more relieved.”

Amanda nodded.

With both her sisters with her, she’s more confident in facing any danger than facing them on her own.

“Of course, I’ll still ask their opinions. If they don’t want to, I’ll have someone else be transferred undercover.”

“That works too.”

Amanda nodded but she still wanted her sisters if possible. She’s closer to them than others after all and could coordinate her plans easily with them.

After instructing her a few more things, Benjamin left.

Looking at his disappearing back, Sinthea turned to Amanda.

“Are you two close?”

“Hm? Oh, we only slept together once or twice. It’s no big deal.”

“...”

Sinthea was speechless.

Amanda saw her reaction and smirked with a teasing tone.

“What? Are you curious? He’s really amazing in that aspect you know? Even though there were three of us, we can’t beat him at all!”

“T-three!?”

“Yeah. Me and my sisters. It’s quite funny actually, we only wanted to have a good time and did it with him but he said we had hidden powers, and boom, next thing we knew we’re now members of the EPD and have awesome powers!”

Amanda recalled that fateful day and couldn’t help but sigh at how amazing the turn of events happened.

They were just normal people back then trying to get by in their life.

But after the Terrigenisis…after meeting that man…they now hold powers that others could only dream of.

On the other hand, Sinthea completely misunderstood the situation.

So…they just slept with him and they suddenly gained powers!?

Will I also gain powers if I sleep with him?

She said that he was powerful in that part too…maybe I can tag along when Amanda and her sisters do it…

No no no! That’s too much, isn’t it!?

Her imagination started to run wild so she quickly shook her head to stop thinking about it.

But while she tried to not think about it, the thought still lingered at the back of her mind…

It was as if there was this part of her that longed for an unordinary life…something exciting and thrilling!

It seemed like that part of her has always been there…just waiting to grow and take over…but at the same time, it felt unfamiliar to her…