Chapter 2169: Battle of Two Cities! (XI)
Thanks to the existence of Hydra's doctor, Schiller, Nick has more room to maneuver in dealing with Hydra.
One of them is the general manager of Hydra's Americas region, and the other is the general manager of Hydra's New York State region. Others' undercover work is like a tiger's den, but they are in the tiger's den.
This has led to Nick's broader thinking in dealing with Hydra. In the past, it was half confrontation and half use, but later it was completely forced.
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 chicks, 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 all 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 is moving.
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 spirit 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 find a year.
As they searched, Hydra found something wrong.
While they were constantly 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 assassins mass-produced by a mysterious organization, and they came from the mysterious city of Gotham that merged with New York.
More information could not be obtained, as these guys were ruthless killers who had been strictly brainwashed, and no amount of pain or drugs could 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 information, or even use some extreme means secretly, but they had no official identity.
Hydra is a criminal organization that everyone hates. If they stand up and say that there is a criminal organization hidden in the dark side of the city, no one will believe it. It is completely a thief crying "catch thief".
But Sitwell is very smart. He knows that the arrangement in SHIELD comes in handy at this time. The two-faced Hydra agent immediately turned into a SHIELD agent.
"Boss, bad news." The capable young female agent pressed the earphone on her ear, looked up and said to Coulson: "Traces of human organizations have been found behind many supernatural crimes in the city. Someone is controlling these superpower criminals."
Coulson frowned immediately. He picked up the walkie-talkie and began to report the situation to Nick. Nick knew that Hydra was confusing people again.
However, Nick soon realized the purpose of Hydra's action, because Sitwell boldly released a claw and met Natasha who was looking for Captain America halfway, and was captured by Natasha, Hawkeye and Bionic Bird.
When Nick saw this thing, he knew that Hydra and the Court of Owls had collided, and he was just trying to take the tiger skin of SHIELD to bite the owl to taste it.
Of course, Nick played along, but he didn't just want to bite the owl. Nick, who had participated in the fighting world and had exchanges with several characters in Gotham, understood that this strange bird that had been hiding in the dark side of Gotham was fat and oily.
SHIELD immediately issued a global wanted order and broadcast it to the citizens of the new city with the help of multiple New York TV stations, asking them to pay attention to the signs of the assassin activities of the Court of Owls around them, and if they found any, they should immediately provide clues to SHIELD.
As we all know, the members of the Court of Owls are actually the rich people in Gotham, even the shareholders of Wayne Group and major companies, as well as the powerful politicians in Gotham.
As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. If the FBI or the CIA issued this wanted order, they would have no way to deal with the local snakes in Gotham.
Unfortunately, there is no room for two snakes in one mountain. If you, the Gotham Court of Owls, want to be a local snake, you have to ask whether Hydra, the legacy of World War II, agrees.
Nick played his own trick again. He pretended that he couldn't spare his hands and gave all the authority to pursue the Court of Owls to Sitwell, but he accidentally revealed to Sitwell the clues of the Court of Owls collected by Natasha when she went deep into the enemy's nest and the documents and information on the true identities of the members of the Court of Owls that he had speculated.
Sitwell saw it and thought, my goodness, we have been hiding for so many years and have to rely on S.H.I.E.L.D. to suck blood, but you guys just occupied a city and did whatever you want. How much wealth have you accumulated after so many years of operation?
At that time, Sitwell had only one sentence in his mind, "He can replace it."
Suddenly, the sound of "Hydra" was heard in the new city. Faced with such a great temptation, the Hydra in New York went crazy from top to bottom. This time the cake was so big that even if 90% was handed over, the remaining 10% would be enough to kill themselves. Even if they could get another 1%, they could become rich for another generation.
As for the Court of Owls, when the two earths merged, they were busy looking for Bruce Wayne.
In addition to Wayne being the most important chairman of the Wayne Group, his disappearance might affect the confidence of shareholders. For the Court of Owls, Batman also has a special meaning and cannot be lost.
This caused them to react half a beat slower. After the city fusion was completed, they reacted for more than two hours before they remembered to send killers to see what was going on.
It can only be said that only the first generation of local snakes are strong men sent from heaven, and they will only become more and more lame in the future, because it is obvious that there is no progress in guarding a small piece of land. Everyone is used to sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor. What else can they do to deal with the 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 claws sent by the Court of Owls. The first encounter was almost a one-sided massacre.
Sitwell felt a little guilty when he embezzled the equipment in the SHIELD warehouse, but after moving two batches, he found that the originally vigilant King of Agents was like blind at this time, and only cared about sending people to chase the evil Iron Man.
He took this opportunity to move a few more times, filling his own small treasury and arming the Hydra agents to the teeth. These equipments allowed the Hydra agents to win back a city.
Even so, they could not beat the genetically modified claws. The Hydra agents suffered heavy losses. Even if they got a lot of funds and equipment, Sitwell still tasted the taste of bleeding heart.
This can't go on. He knows very well that if all his headquarters are destroyed, what's the point of winning?
Sitwell gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, opened the door, and let the Germans in! After entering the pass, the NAZI remnants will defend me!
He directly spread the news of the Court of Owls, and several barons, Madame Hydra, Red Skull and other Hydra remnants scattered around the world immediately took action upon hearing the news, and the eighteen princes set out in a mighty force.
For these Hydra remnants, the biggest attraction is that they really need a home.
Since the defeat of the mustache, most of the Hydra members are in exile. Germany is one of their bases, but such a small country is crowded with so many villains, and the pressure of survival is really too great.
Other European countries have their own local snakes, and there are also superheroes. All factions in Germany are not united, and they will only be beaten if they go out alone.
But the situation in Gotham gives them hope. Why are they all rats in the gutter? You, the Court of Owls, can secretly control a megacity. In other words, if you can do it, why can't we?
No one is more susceptible to the temptation of blood than this group of hungry hyenas. Several big snake heads came together, and overnight, the owls were almost plucked into bald chickens.