Chapter 405

She and Anna were indeed good friends.

It's just...

Her motives were impure.

After all, she, Zola, and Strucker were all considered traditional leaders of Hydra, while Anna was a capable assistant to Alexander Pierce, the leader of Hydra's new generation.

As everyone knows.

There must be a battle between the old and the new. She chose to befriend Anna and form an alliance with Alexander Pierce, which also had her own little thoughts.

But fortunately, she hadn't had time to carry out her little thoughts yet.

This counts as a blessing in disguise.

Ophelia's gaze flickered.

Just then.

The door was knocked.

"Enter!"

"Sir."

Her assistant walked in from outside, holding her phone, and walked towards Ophelia.

"A call from Mr. Pierce."

"..."

Ophelia was silent for a while, took the phone, but didn't speak to Alexander Pierce on the other end of the line immediately, but looked at the assistant: "Pick another personal bodyguard."

The female assistant nodded.

"Understood."

"Go out."

"Yes."

The female assistant turned and left.

Ophelia waited until the female assistant walked out of the office, then glanced at the phone she was talking on, and then, with her emerald-painted fingernails, tapped on the phone, directly hanging up Pierce's call.

Didn't you hear what Hawk just said?

If she dared to lie to him, she would die even more miserably than Alexander Pierce.

So...

Why waste words and expressions on a dying man?

Ophelia, after hanging up Pierce's call, turned off the phone, threw it on the desk, then leaned back in her office chair and closed her eyes.

She had just survived a disaster and needed some quiet time now.

At the same time, in Washington D. C., S. H. I. E. L. D. headquarters, inside the Triskelion.

The battle between S. H. I. E. L. D. and Hydra had already begun.

The voice of Captain America, Steve Rogers, was currently spreading to every corner of the S. H. I. E. L. D. headquarters in a 360-degree, no-dead-angle manner.

"... Hydra has grown and developed within us."

"The strike team and members of Project Insight are also members of Hydra. I don't know who else is one of them, but they are here, perhaps standing right next to you. They are about to succeed. Once the Insight Helicarriers take off, they will gain absolute control."

"They assassinated Nick Fury."

"They have controlled all S. H. I. E. L. D. branches except for the New York S. H. I. E. L. D. command center."

"... But the price of freedom is high, it has always been so. I am willing to pay this price. If I am the only one, that's fine, but I believe I won't be the only one!"

"..."

Following Captain America's speech, S. H. I. E. L. D. agents stopped in their tracks, listening to his speech.

Hydra members reacted one after another, especially those who were ready to launch the Insight Helicarriers, revealing their vicious faces and pulling out the pistols at their waists.

Instantly!

Gunfire erupted.

The other four Security Council members, who had been tricked by Alexander Pierce into the top-floor conference room of the S. H. I. E. L. D. Triskelion headquarters under the pretext of reporting on Project Insight, also heard Captain America's speech and looked at Alexander Pierce, who was standing to the side, having put down his champagne and taken out his phone, with disbelief and anger.

One is Captain America, who once sacrificed himself to save the world.

One is Alexander Pierce.

Who to believe, this is not a multiple-choice question.

The Paris Councilor fired the first shot, looked at Alexander Pierce, and said angrily in a deep voice: "You bastard!"

Alexander Pierce shrugged with a fake smile.

The next second.

A Hydra strike team leader, leading his five subordinates, walked in from outside with an expressionless face.

The five subordinates quickly surrounded the four councilors, and one of them even pulled out a gun, crossed his hands, and looked at the four councilors with a cold face.

The meaning was obvious.

Don't move.

Move and die!

The Hydra strike team leader quickly walked to Alexander Pierce, handed over the tablet in his hand, and whispered: "New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas... Minnesota have just lost contact one after another. This is the footage sent back a second before the base lost contact."

Alexander Pierce took the tablet with an expressionless face.

Coming into view.

The S. H. I. E. L. D. base in Texas captured a brilliant crimson light in an instant, without any preparation or warning.

Arkansas was the same.

These S. H. I. E. L. D. Hydra bases, which had been reporting loss of contact every five minutes just now, all captured the same crimson light at the moment they lost contact.

But...

Alexander Pierce was neither sad nor happy, handed the tablet to the Hydra strike team leader beside him, and said in a calm tone.

"How much longer until the Insight Helicarriers are online?"

"Five minutes."

"Get them online first."

"Yes."

The Hydra strike team leader nodded in response and used communication equipment to contact the Hydra members responsible for the three Insight Helicarriers.

Boom!

The huge fountain in front of the Triskelion headquarters slowly retracted to both sides, and Hydra's evil heart was instantly exposed to the morning sun.

Hum, hum, hum!

As the power of the first Insight Helicarrier came online, the huge Insight Helicarrier, which looked very much like an aircraft carrier, began to output energy in preparation for vertical takeoff.

Alexander picked up his phone with an expressionless face, found a number again, and dialed it.

Ring-a-ding-ding!

Gwen, who had hardly slept all night, but was lying on the sofa watching TV while waiting for Hawk to return, looked at Hawk's phone, which was left at home to charge, and blinked, reaching out to take the phone.

Coming into view.

It was a strange number with no notes.

Gwen thought for a moment, sat up from the sofa, looked at the strange call, and chose to answer.

"Hello..."

"Haw..."

Alexander Pierce, who was at the Triskelion headquarters, heard the voice from the other end of the phone, was slightly stunned, then recovered, and said with a smile: "Gwen Stacy?"

Natasha, who had intercepted the Paris Councilor's motorcade a second before it arrived at S. H. I. E. L. D. headquarters, relied on Captain America's strong personality charm to gain the Paris Councilor's trust, thereby disguised herself as the Paris Councilor, and came here with the other three councilors, heard this, and subconsciously glanced in the direction of Alexander Pierce.

Gwen, who was at home on Palm Street, frowned.

"I am, who are you..."

"Alexander Pierce!"

Pierce, whose old face was now wrinkled, said with a smile: "I am Hawk's friend. Is Hawk back?"

Gwen heard Pierce's self-introduction, then heard this, and reacted.

"Hawk said he has a friend in Hydra named Anna, but I haven't heard Hawk say you are his friend too."

"Anna..."

"Hawk has already gone to the island nation to find her. By the way, Mr. Pierce, is Anna really in the island nation?"

"..."

Alexander Pierce was silent for a while, then said: "There is a misunderstanding about this matter. If Ms. Stacy can help..."

"Don't even think about it!"

Gwen refused decisively.

What a joke.

Who is she?

Gwen Stacy, the daughter of the most upright and incorruptible Sheriff Stacy of the New York Police Department.

Let her help Hydra?

Don't dream.

Alexander Pierce heard Gwen's decisive refusal, paused for a moment, but was not surprised; instead, he laughed and then said sorry.

"Then I'm sorry, Ms. Stacy!"

"..."