Chapter 154 Before we begin, does anyone want to get out?
Pierce strode into the SHIELD base with a dark face.
He really didn't expect that he had taken Nick Fury very seriously. In order to take him down, he not only sent out a small assassination team, but also took out various weapons.
Even the Winter Soldier, who had been frozen for many years, was dispatched.
But he still got away.
Finally, when the car, which had been bombed but had not changed much in its outer frame, was brought to him, he realized how much funds Nick Fury had embezzled!
Oh shit!
Tanks aren't that durable, are they?
But now, Pierce is not in the mood to worry about trivial matters such as funding.
His assassination plan failed. Not only did Nick Fury not die, but he was rescued by the Green Goblin Harry Osborn. Even the Winter Soldier fell into the hands of the Osborn Group.
This series of emergencies immediately made Piervos anxious.
If Nick Fury returns to ., everything will change.
Pierce knew his former subordinate too well. After an assassination attempt, Fury would definitely suspect that there was a mole inside SHIELD, and it was not impossible that he would trace the case all the way to him.
To do this, he must act quickly before Nick Fury contacts .
Pierce hurried to . with a team of people, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
Agent Hill, the deputy director, thought Pierce was looking for Nick Fury, so he stepped out and said:
"Mr. Pierce, the chief is not here right now."
"Of course I know he's not here."
Pierce is as steady as an old dog.
His serious eyes swept over all the agents present. Although he had retired, his reputation in SHIELD was not low.
Not to mention that most of the agents here are Hydra and follow his lead. Moreover, he gave way to Nick Fury in the past few years, and those real SHIELD agents also respect him very much.
"There will be no more Nick Fury, Agent Hill."
He said indifferently, shaking his head.
"What?" Hill was stunned.
Then, Pierce immediately handed her a document, and before Hill could read it, he said, "Nick Fury has been confirmed to be a high-ranking member of Hydra."
"How can this be?"
Coulson was surprised.
Pierce immediately said with regret: "If I could, I would not want to believe it. After all, I personally promoted Nick Fury to the position of Director of SHIELD. Who would have thought that he would hide so deeply."
That being said, for someone like Coulson, who is a direct descendant of Nick Fury, it is still difficult to believe what Pierce said.
"I have sufficient evidence." Pierce didn't say much, but just pointed to the information in Hill's hand.
The things in it are half true and half false, and it can even be said that most of them are true.
Because the contents of the information are almost entirely about the shady research that Nick Fury conducted secretly.
That black-salted egg thought his actions were very secretive, but in an organization like SHIELD, which is 80 to 90 percent Hydra, how secretive can it be?
In fact, Pierce has been closely monitoring Nick Fury since the first day he took office.
Agent Hill was horrified.
In fact, she participated in many of these projects, but there were also many that she didn't know about.
"These are all the research that Nick Fury did behind all of our backs, and where are the results of the research?" Pierce asked, "If not in SHIELD, then where is it?"
The answer is self-evident.
The name Hydra flashed through everyone's mind, and the real Hydras became confused.
At this time, the agents with higher authority within SHIELD, who had already received Pierce's contact, immediately set an example and stood behind Pierce with serious faces.
"Deputy Director Hill, no matter whether Director Fury is really Hydra or not, we can only detain him first and then conduct a thorough investigation. If he is innocent, I believe he will be able to give a reasonable explanation for these studies. If he is really Hydra, then we will never tolerate him!"
Humans are animals that easily follow others blindly. When most voices in the group believe that Nick Fury is Hydra, even if he is not, he cannot clear himself from the truth.
Those who were not Hydra agents were originally confused about this, but when they saw that most people were already standing behind Pierce, they gave up thinking and followed him.
Agent, just follow orders.
What's more, Pierce is first of all the former director of . and a member of the Security Council. Could what he said be false?
Nick Fury is not Hydra, so is Pierce Hydra?
If Pierce was Hydra, why did he pass the position of director to Fury, and now he comes out to clear the obstacles?
Isn't this unnecessary?
It doesn't make sense logically.
Therefore, when Pierce appeared, most of the agents immediately believed that Nick Fury was an undercover agent of Hydra.
Pierce's eyes swept across everyone like a camera, causing everyone who had doubts and wanted to speak for Nick Fury to shut their mouths and remain silent.
Even though Hill, Coulson and others did not believe it, there was nothing they could do now.
Because the men led by Pierce had already put the muzzles of their guns against their heads.
"I believe that Nick Fury has been running SHIELD for so long, there must be other spies among you all."
"I'm sorry, you were all Nick Fury's most trusted agents. For security reasons, we must conduct a comprehensive investigation of you."
"Take them away!"
At Pierce's command, several agents immediately took Coulson, Hill, Natasha, Barton and others to the detention room and detained them.
Strictly speaking, Pierce's attitude towards them could not be considered as treating prisoners, which made many people believe that Pierce was really just eliminating traitors.
In just a moment, Pierce regained most of the power of .
But he didn't let his guard down.
Because Pierce knows better than anyone that those agents are not the most difficult to deal with; the ones who are really difficult to deal with are those so-called superheroes.
Especially Captain America!
But he still wanted to give it a try and see if he could maintain the current status temporarily, let Captain America continue to work for him, let Nick Fury's Avengers become Hydra's Avengers, and let Captain America become the captain of Hydra!
So he summoned Steve.
At this moment, Captain America, who had just communicated with Bant for a while, was full of thoughts.
He didn't know what was going on yet, and when he saw Pierce in Nick Fury's office, he was stunned.
"This is the first time we meet, Captain."
Pierce said.
Captain America frowned and said:
"I thought it was Fury looking for me."
"There's no Fury anymore, he's a Hydra." Pierce sighed, then sat down on the chair tiredly, completely ignoring the surprised expression on Captain America's face.
"I made a mistake. I didn't see Nick Fury's true face and gave him the position of director. I didn't expect that he would be a traitor." "It was because of him that we found almost no intelligence about the remnants of Hydra in the past seventy years, because he had been informing Hydra.
"It is because of him that the interior of SHIELD is no longer pure. Everyone could be a Hydra spy planted by Nick. Everyone is in danger and can't trust anyone."
"Have you betrayed me too, Nick Fury? Or... is this person in front of me the real Hydra?"
Captain America clenched his fists in surprise, lowered his head, and wailed in pain in his mind.
"I really can't tell which one is real!"
"I know it's hard for you to believe." Seeing the bewildered and confused expression on Captain America's face, Pierce thought there was something going on, so he said, "Because after you woke up, the first person who impressed you was Nick Fury. It's like the duck effect. You subconsciously think he is reliable. But he just planned it all along."
"Then can I trust you?"
Steve asked back.
At this time, he once again remembered what Bant had said to him before.
The world has become complicated.
This is no longer the era where you can just charge forward with a shield raised. Sometimes you are full of confidence and want to do something big, but you don’t even know who the enemy is or where he is.
What's the use of injecting yourself with serum?
I clenched my fists, but I didn't even know who I was going to hit.
After hearing what Steve said, Pierce realized that it was probably impossible to get Captain America to work for him.
He hid the murderous intent in his eyes and turned his back. He did not immediately turn against Captain America, not because he did not want to, but because he could not beat Captain America.
"I believe time will tell you the answer, Captain."
"I hope..."
Captain America turned and left. The next second after he walked out of the office, Pierce immediately picked up the phone and dialed the special forces team.
"Captain America and the other Avengers immediately!"
Unlike other deceived agents, the special forces team led by Crossbones is actually completely affiliated with Hydra.
Therefore, after hearing Pierce's order, they picked up their weapons without hesitation and headed towards Captain America's position.
In the elevator.
The tall Steve stood in the middle, surrounded by several waves of people dressed differently.
The elevator stopped back and forth several times. First, members of the special forces squeezed in, and then several employees in suits came in.
As he was moving back and forth, Steve realized that he was surrounded.
These people seemed normal, but at this sensitive time, Steve still found something wrong.
Crossbones subconsciously placed his hand on the gun on the outside of his thigh. The other special forces members were obviously nervous, with sweat on their foreheads.
Those agents who were wearing suits were wearing combat boots, which made it obvious that the suits were just disguises.
He understood immediately.
This group of people came for me.
By now, Steve has realized that he doesn't know whether Nick Fury can be trusted, but at least Pierce is not trustworthy.
Are these people who were ordered to arrest him the real Hydra, or are they just agents acting on orders?
Steve didn't know.
He had long lost the ability to distinguish who was the enemy and who was the friend.
At this moment, he recalled the conversation he had with Bant not long ago.
At that time, he asked Bant how to completely eliminate all the Hydras?
Bant said: Become Hydra.
At first, he thought Bant was also an undercover agent of Hydra, but after Bant's explanation, Steve finally understood what he meant.
Only by becoming Hydra can you fight Hydra the way of Hydra.
If you become the boss of Hydra, will you still worry about not being able to get the list of all Hydra members?
If the members of the snake den knew that even Captain America is one of them, they would probably immediately make him their king, make him the captain of Hydra, and lead Hydra to greatness again!
All he had to pay was a few simple words.
Long live Hydra.
"In fact, the people of Hydra are very simple," Bant's voice seemed to still be in Captain America's ears.
"Each of them believes that they are well hidden within SHIELD, and there are many factions. In order to avoid being wiped out, even important figures are not clear about who every Hydra member is. This means that they are not sure about your identity, Captain."
"And more importantly, no one would believe the real Captain America would say that, unless you were actually Hydra."
It is precisely because of this that when Steve said "Long live Hydra", it was so destructive to the real Hydra.
Steve had never thought of this approach until he heard Bant's idea.
But he couldn't.
He couldn't have said that, couldn't have said: Long live Hydra.
Today's Captain America is not the Steve Rogers who has experienced many crises, watched the world fall apart, and returned from Avengers 4.
He was freed from the ice only a few months ago.
World War II, Hydra, the Nazis...
Those things have become distant history for modern people, but for him, they were just things that happened not long ago.
In comparison, the experiences of the past few months have been as magical as a dream that I can’t wake up from.
In his subconscious, the war has never ended. As long as he closes his eyes, he can hear the sound of gunfire and wailing; as long as he closes his eyes, he can see his dead comrades, Bucky, Peggy...
How could you say that?
How could he betray himself and those who died?
Steve swore that even if he died outside or jumped out of the elevator, he would never say "Long live Hydra"!
So he closed his eyes and exhaled deeply.
When I opened my eyes, I was already full of determination.
Then fight.
Anyway, I have already died once.
he thinks.
"Before we begin, would anyone like to exit the elevator?"
(End of this chapter)