Chapter 2144: Battle of Two Cities! (XI)
Thanks to the existence of Hydra doctor, that is, Schiller, Nick has more room to operate in dealing with Hydra.
One of them is the general manager of Hydra's America region, and the other is the general manager of Hydra's New York region. Others' undercover work is to enter the tiger's den, but they are in the tiger's den.
This has led to Nick's thinking in dealing with Hydra more broadly. In the past, it was half confrontation and half use, but later it was completely conscripted.
At least so far, in the central universe, 99% of SHIELD agents are Hydra, and the remaining 1% are Natasha and Coulson. Even Hill was transferred to S.W.O.R.D. by him.
But as Adam discovered when he was fixing the code last time, this entire SHIELD full of bugs really relied on bugs to run, and for the masses who don't know the truth, Nick Fury did much better than Pierce.
When Pierce was there, he knew that he was Hydra, so he was inevitably guilty, and in order to take into account the interests of Hydra, he would delay the work of SHIELD as much as possible, and if he couldn't delay, he would try to sell the interests to Hydra.
But after Nick came to power, he gave all the interests to Hydra, so that Hydra would continue to work hard day and night for this amazing benefit, and then after Hydra received the benefits, it would find a way to launder the benefits from Hydra's internal treasury, and finally pour it back into SHIELD, forming a perfect closed loop.
This caused the entire SHIELD to operate more than ten times faster. Pierce stole the good meat to feed Hydra during the process of killing cattle, while Nick put the cattle there, and whoever took more would get it. How could the Hydra agents not pounce on it when they saw it?
During Pierce's time, the Hydra agents in SHIELD were all hungry young birds, relying on the upper-level bosses to steal resources to feed them. The resources they got were too few, and they couldn't do anything, so they had to hand them over to the Hydra organization.
During Nick's time, the Hydra agents were all ferocious wolf cubs. How much they could get from a mission was up to them. The resources the organization needed were just those, and the extra ones were all theirs. They ate with sharp teeth and were fat and strong. For a while, SHIELD was full of elite soldiers.
Nick, who was very skilled in this, already knew very well how to use Hydra. This group of country bumpkins who were used to being poor would not miss any opportunity to beat SHIELD and the director of SHIELD.
Now they finally got such an opportunity. How could they let it go while the two earths merged and the power class was reshuffled to use the intelligence they got to take the initiative?
Hydra moved.
The SHIELD in this universe started late, and there were many conflicts between its own agents and the superhero team. There were also many people who died in the wars over the years. There was no manpower to search the whole city, but Hydra could.
In most of the disasters that New York experienced, Hydra's action tone was to protect itself. They did not have the heroic sentiment of saving the world, so they had enough manpower.
In addition, as a villain organization, they had no moral burden. As long as they could get the information they wanted, they would use any means, including but not limited to kidnapping, personal threats, interrogation, theft, etc.
As we all know, as long as you give up morality and do something with an attitude without a bottom line, the efficiency will definitely be beyond imagination.
Only about two hours later, Hydra connected all the places where Barbara had appeared into a line. In summary, slums, underground, the more hidden the better.
At present, Sitwell, the mainstay of Hydra in SHIELD, felt a little confused when he received this news. The other party was running for his life and hiding, which was not very like the style of Kingpin.
Besides, Kingpin is not only the king of the underworld in New York, he almost owns the entire East Coast. If he wants to hide, he can just transport Barbara away. SHIELD or other organizations are not so powerful outside of New York. They can just find a corner to put the hostage and they can't find it even if they give it a year.
As they searched, Hydra found something wrong.
As they kept wandering and groping in the streets, there was another group of people who were as sneaky as them, and the two sides touched each other.
Hydra grabbed a tongue, but found that the other party was extremely powerful and seemed to be unable to feel pain. It was a modified person at first glance. Sitwell thought that the other party was not small, so he simply asked his men to throw the captured people to Hydra and interrogate them in the Hudson and the secret base below. He also went there in person.
The person tied to the interrogation chair wore a black uniform, and the sunglasses on his eyes looked like some kind of owl eyes. They called themselves "claws".
Hydra soon deduced from Claw that they were actually killers trained in batches by a mysterious organization, and they came from the mysterious city of Gotham that merged with New York.
No more information could be obtained. These guys were ruthless killers who had been strictly brainwashed. No matter how much pain and drugs they were given, they could not make them confess.
But Hydra set its sights on Claw, because Sitwell instinctively felt that this mysterious organization was profitable.
But at this time, Hydra's disadvantages were reflected. They could crawl around in the alleys of the city, or disguise themselves as various identities to get words, or even use some extreme means secretly, but they had no official identity.
Hydra was a criminal organization that everyone hated. If they stood up and said that there was a criminal organization hidden in the dark side of the city, no one would believe it. It was completely like the thief crying "Catch the thief".
But Sitwell is very smart, and he understands that the arrangement in SHIELD will come in handy at this time, and the two-faced Hydra agent immediately transforms into a SHIELD agent. "Boss, bad news." The capable young female agent pressed the headphones on her ears, raised her head and said to Coulson: "There are traces of man-made organizations behind many supernatural crimes that have occurred in the city. Someone is manipulating them. These super-powered criminals.”
Coulson immediately frowned. He picked up the walkie-talkie and began to report the situation to Nick. As soon as Nick heard it, he knew that Hydra was confusing the situation again.
But soon Nick realized the purpose of Hydra's move, because Sitwell boldly released a sharp claw, and met Natasha who was looking for Captain America on the way, and was killed by Natasha and Hawkeye. Captured together with the Bionic Bird.
As soon as Nick saw this thing, he knew that Hydra and the Court of Owls had collided, and he was about to pull off SHIELD's tiger skin and bite the owl to taste it.
Of course Nick will use the trick, but he doesn't just want to bite the owl. Nick, who has participated in the fighting world and interacted with several characters in Gotham, understands that this strange bird that has been hiding in the dark side of Gotham is very fat.
S.H.I.E.L.D. immediately issued a global wanted order and used multiple New York TV stations to broadcast to the citizens of the new city, asking them to pay attention to signs of assassin activities in the Court of Owls around them, and if found, immediately provide clues to S.H.I.E.L.D.
As we all know, the members of the Court of Owls are actually wealthy people in Gotham, even shareholders of Wayne Group and major companies, as well as powerful politicians in Gotham.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress local cowards. As long as the person who issued the wanted order is the FBI or the CIA, they will have nothing to do with these local cowards in Gotham.
It's a pity that there is no room for two snakes in one mountain. If you, Gotham's Yellow Flag Owl Court, want to be a local snake, you have to ask me whether Hydra, the legacy of World War II, agrees.
Nick played his best trick again. He pretended that he had no time to spare and gave Sitwell all the authority to pursue the Court of Owls. However, he accidentally gave away the clues about the Court of Owls collected by Natasha deep into the enemy's lair. Documents and his own speculations on the true identities of the members of the Court of Owls were revealed to Sitwell.
Sitwell took a look, good guys, we have been hiding for so many years, and we have to hang on SHIELD to get a mouthful of blood. It would be better for you to directly occupy a city and do whatever you want. After so many years of operation, you have to save up. How much wealth?
At that time, Sitwell had only one sentence in his mind: "I can replace him."
Suddenly, the sound of "Hydra" was heard in the new city. Faced with such a huge temptation, the Hydra in New York went crazy from top to bottom. This time the cake was so big that even 90% of it had to be handed over. The remaining 10% is enough to support yourself to death. Even if you can get 1% more, you can become richer for another generation.
As for the Court of Owls, when the two earths merged, they were busy looking for Bruce Wayne.
In addition to the fact that Wayne is the most important chairman of Wayne Group and his disappearance may affect the confidence of investors, Batman also has a special meaning to the Court of Owls and cannot be missed.
This caused their reaction to be half a beat too slow. The urban integration was completed. It took them more than two hours to react before they thought of sending a killer to see what was going on.
It can only be said that only the first generation of local cowards are strong men descended from heaven. In the future, they will only become more and more arrogant, because it is obvious that there is no progress in guarding one-third of an acre of land. Everyone is used to sitting back and enjoying the gains, so what else can they do? How about dealing with hungry wolves?
At the beginning of the street fighting, the Hydra agents who were only at the level of ordinary SHIELD agents were indeed beaten by the sharp claws sent by the Court of Owls. The first encounter was almost a one-sided killing.
Sitwell felt a little guilty when he misappropriated the equipment in the S.H.I.E.L.D. warehouse, but after moving two batches, he found that the originally alert agent king seemed to be blind at this time, only sending people to chase the evil Iron Man .
He took this opportunity to move a few more times, filled up his small treasury, and armed the Hydra agents to the teeth. These equipment allowed the Hydra agents to win back the victory.
Even so, they could not defeat the genetically modified claws, and the Hydra agents suffered heavy losses. Even though they had gained a lot of funds and equipment, Sitwell still felt his heart bleed.
This can't continue like this. He knows very well that if all his own troops are destroyed, what's the use of winning?
Sitwell gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, opened the door, and let the German guy in! After entering the customs, there will be NAZI remnants who will defend me!
He directly released the news about the Court of Owls. Several barons, Madam Hydra, Red Skull and other Hydra remnants scattered around the world immediately heard the news, and the eighteen princes set out in great numbers.
For these remnants of Hydra, the biggest attraction is that they really need a home.
Since Mustache's defeat, most of the Hydra members have been in exile. Germany is one of their base camps, but such a small country has so many villains involved in life and death, and the pressure to survive is really too great.
Other countries in Europe have their own gangsters, in addition to superheroes. All the factions in Germany are not united, and if you go out alone, you will only get beaten.
But the situation in Gotham gave them hope. Why can't you, the Court of Owls, secretly control a huge city when they are just rats in the gutter? In other words, if you can do it, why can't we?
No one was more susceptible to the smell of blood than this group of hungry hyenas. Several big snakeheads came together, and overnight, the owl was almost plucked into a bald chicken.