Chapter 368: Hail Hydra (Part 2)

"Hello, I've been waiting for you." Shiler said very straightforwardly to Garrett: "The situation is urgent, I'll make a long story short, I am Director Pierce's..."

Before Shiler could finish his sentence, Garrett pulled out a gun and pointed it at him.

Just at the moment he was about to pull the trigger, a dull gunshot came early. His head was opened with a hole by a bullet, and John Garrett's corpse slowly fell down.

Nick walked out from the darkness. Shiler smiled and said, "Nice marksmanship, Director."

After finishing, he walked around Garrett's corpse and said, "They are quite arrogant, actually wanting to kill someone here. I thought he would trick me out before making a move..."

Why Nick and Shiler appeared here, and why they killed Garrett directly, had to start from Shiler's plan.

As a transmigrator who had read the original comic, Shiler certainly knew that S. H. I. E. L. D. was basically a Hydra nest, and the former director of S. H. I. E. L. D., Alexander Pierce, was one of the heads of Hydra and also the leader of Hydra members in S. H. I. E. L. D.

Then why did Pierce lose contact completely and become completely silent? It had to start from the competition between Stark and Steve.

The so-called gods fighting, mortals suffering. Whether it was Stark or Steve, when they went all out to do something, there was nothing they couldn't accomplish. Not only could they accomplish it, but the effect would definitely be hundreds of times better than ordinary people.

First, let's talk about the Avengers team Steve pulled together. This generation of Avengers could be said to be full of talent.

In terms of strong attack, there was Steve leading Peter to fight head-on. These two supermen who used brute force to break through walls had no front line they couldn't break. Regardless of how strong the Hydra base defense was, there was no door that Spider-Man plus Red Bee couldn't smash open.

Firepower coverage? It didn't matter. Captain America's shield was immune to all bullet attacks. Regardless of how strong the firepower was or how precise the sniping was, just holding the shield and charging in was enough.

In terms of tactical formulation, the combination of Venom and Matt was also completely sufficient. After all, in terms of the ability of tactical executors, tactics were the simpler the better. Basically, it was just making some noise, attracting people over, and then charging all the way in.

As for those who couldn't fight strong attacks at all, there was also the cooperation of Natasha and Barton. Black Widow was responsible for infiltration, and Hawkeye Barton was responsible for long-range sniping. After handling the parts that couldn't be strongly attacked, the rest was strong attack again.

There were very few forces on Earth that could block the combination of Captain America and Spider-Man. At first, their cooperation was still a bit raw, and the two often interfered with each other. For example, Spider-Man would charge forward and crash directly into Captain America's shield, sending both flying out, or Peter would talk too much when fighting, making Steve feel very annoyed, and so on.

But as the number of combat missions increased, the two cooperated more and more tacitly, and the efficiency became higher and higher. Steve had dealt with Hydra for so many years, so he wasn't just giving it away. He successively took down several Hydra underground bases located in New York, captured many prisoners, and followed the vine to find one of their important laboratories.

The Avengers were progressing so smoothly that someone couldn't sit still.

Stark's goal was completely different from Steve's. His line of thinking was that no matter how many bases and laboratories were taken down, the problem couldn't be solved from the root. Therefore, he planned to start from the upper level.

If it came to technical power, no one on Earth was stronger than Stark. There was no old account in this world that he couldn't dig up. But many Hydra high-level officials had loopholes in their actions when they were young, including Alexander Pierce.

Being able to serve as the director of S. H. I. E. L. D. as a Hydra member for so many years, Pierce had some skills. But when he was young, he had also exposed his tracks.

Pierce was able to become the director of S. H. I. E. L. D. and contributed significantly to dealing with Hydra, but he was relatively impatient when he was young and eager to preserve important members of Hydra. Therefore, he once swapped out two important scientists during a crackdown, which was caught by Stark.

Of course, because the files were too old and the evidence was insufficient, Stark knew he had to grasp more concrete evidence to take down a big fish like Pierce.

Just as Stark began to use his advanced means to investigate, Pierce keenly discovered that he was being watched.

Being able to lurk and become the leader of the opposing force, one could imagine how vigilant Pierce was. When he discovered that the means to monitor him were so advanced that they didn't seem like technology that should exist on Earth, he knew that the person watching him might be Stark.

Pierce was aware of the death of Howard and his wife. He had anticipated that such a day would come, so he immediately went full-channel silent.

He wasn't cowardly. If the positions were swapped now and the person watching him was Steve and the Avengers squad, Pierce wouldn't be afraid at all. He didn't fear any strong attack means. Even if he were forcibly taken to court, he could shout injustice loudly.

But Stark was different. Besides being a scientist, he was also the leader of an industrial giant. If Stark wanted revenge, there was no need to capture Pierce at all. A capitalist could manipulate too many things. Even if Pierce was a director of the World Security Council now, he couldn't resist the offensive of Stark Industries.

Therefore, he adopted the action that snakes were best at, which was hibernation.

And Pierce dared to go completely silent so decisively because he had left a backup in S. H. I. E. L. D.

When John Garrett received Grant's call, although he was very calm and composed on the surface, asking Grant to protect himself well, in reality, he was a bit confused inside.

Because he was the backup Pierce left in S. H. I. E. L. D.

What Pierce told Garrett was that as long as he opened full-channel silence, then Garrett would automatically become the leader of all Hydra in S. H. I. E. L. D.

As a result, now, a person suddenly popped out, saying that he was the silent agent left by Pierce.

Level 8 agent Garrett was on the same level as Coulson. He was the person in charge of the emergency response squad and had worked in S. H. I. E. L. D. for many years. Although not as long as Pierce, his seniority in S. H. I. E. L. D. was also one of the best, and the same was true in Hydra.

【Greatest Cause of All Worlds】

When Garrett heard Shiler claim to be a silent agent, his first reaction was not to question the truth of the matter, but "This old fox Pierce, he really doesn't trust me!"

As Pierce's subordinate, Garrett couldn't know him better. Cunning as a fox was Pierce's synonym, and treacherous was the portrayal of his actions.

Garrett thought that Pierce must have heard the wind in advance and then hurriedly transferred an air-dropped psychologist as another silent agent to check and balance himself, preventing himself from gathering S. H. I. E. L. D.'s power and leaving him empty.

For an evil organization like Hydra, it was hard to ask them to be united. Infighting was Hydra's eternal theme. The power they consumed in infighting was more than what they used for business.

Garrett was too familiar with this, so he absolutely couldn't give up this great opportunity to move up. If he could master all Hydra agents in S. H. I. E. L. D., then he could also become one of the snake heads and completely replace Pierce.

Therefore, Garrett's first reaction was to kill Shiler.

He wasn't afraid of killing people in S. H. I. E. L. D. at all, because this was their base camp. Not only agents, but cleaners, transporters, and drivers were all their people. There was no better place to make a move than here.

But he didn't expect that the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Precisely because he knew Hydra's habits well, Shiler planned to use this trick to test whether there was a backup left by Pierce among S. H. I. E. L. D. agents. The result made him very satisfied.

This kind of back-and-forth prediction might sound a bit complicated, but it was actually a very commonly used move. It was like in Werewolf, the werewolf at position 1 stood up and shouted, "I am the prophet!"

A stupider real prophet might jump out when speaking later and say, "No! I am the prophet!"

And then be killed by the werewolf the next night.

Shiler shouted in S. H. I. E. L. D., "I am the silent agent left by Director Pierce!"

Then, if Pierce really left a backup in S. H. I. E. L. D., in Hydra, which had no unity to speak of, the real goods would definitely want to kill Shiler.

Nick held the gun and looked at Garrett's corpse. He said, "I had anticipated Pierce long ago, but I didn't expect Garrett to be in cahoots with him. I thought they were in a competitive relationship."

"They are in cahoots, but they are also in a competitive relationship. Garrett definitely wanted to replace Pierce. After all, Pierce had left S. H. I. E. L. D. for a long time but was still remote-controlling everything here. As the most senior Hydra here, Garrett must have wanted to move up long ago."

After finishing, Shiler walked toward the door, saying as he walked, "I hope that tomorrow morning what I see is a tidy office. Thank you."

The next day, in the tidy psychological counseling room, Shiler said to Grant with a heavy face, "Now, I think you already understand the seriousness of the matter."

"Pierce is missing, Garrett is under confidential investigation overnight. The possibility of them both surviving is not high. Next, we will experience a severe test. Are you ready?"

Grant still had a straight face. He asked, "Did you kill Garrett?"

Shiler spun the pen on his hand twice, revealed a smile, and said, "You are very smart, but unfortunately, Garrett is not as smart as you."

"He thought that because he had operated here for a long time, he could make a move on me unscrupulously. But since Pierce dared to air-drop me here, would he not have anticipated this point?"

After Shiler said these words, Grant relaxed a bit instead, because this was simply too consistent with Hydra's style of infighting and dog-eat-dog. At least it ruled out the possibility that Shiler was a S. H. I. E. L. D. agent. That group of agents would definitely deny this point to clear themselves.

"Listen, I'm not joking with you. Next, I will fully take over all the work of S. H. I. E. L. D. If you have any dissatisfaction, keep it and tell the guard team."

At this time, Grant finally spoke: "What do you plan to do next?"

"I will launch a comprehensive security plan. All important personnel will appear on the security list. Once something goes wrong, I will transfer them immediately."

"What about the strongholds?" Grant asked.

"Do you know Arkham Asylum? That is my property and also a secret stronghold of Hydra in New York. Only Pierce and I know about this stronghold. Even the high-level persons in charge of other areas don't know about it. It can only be activated in an emergency."

"Is the situation urgent to this extent?" Grant narrowed his eyes and asked, "Haven't there been many purges before?"

"Are you really a level 7 agent?" Shiler looked into Grant's eyes and asked, "Which purge before could involve people at the level of Director Pierce?"

Grant was silent. Shiler pinched the pen in his hand and said, "Clearly, a new era is about to arrive. Humanity thinks they are about to step into the universe, so they plan to stabilize the interior first. This purge will be unprecedentedly severe, but it doesn't matter. I have always been a member of the correction faction."

"Since that great war, Hydra has no longer had its glory. The most important reason for this is that a group of trash who hold positions but don't do business has joined us."

"In this storm, I will decide the security list based on your performance. If anyone is taking a salary to slack off, then just wait for those so-called righteous judgments to land on their heads..."

Grant, who left the psychological counseling room, narrowed his eyes hard. He felt a lot of pressure. Clearly, this new leader who descended to S. H. I. E. L. D. was the most difficult fanatic to deal with.

Grant's mood was very complicated now, but he still pretended that nothing had happened and returned to the area where his squad was active. As soon as he went back, Coulson greeted him and said to him, "You went for psychological treatment? My God! I've been too busy lately and actually ignored you. I have to apologize to you..."

"No, I'm fine." Grant still shook his head rigidly. Coulson didn't take it to heart either. He knew that Grant had this temper.

Grant, who returned to the room, leaned against the door panel and looked up. He whispered to himself, "Security plan..." ===== CHAPTER 369 =====

Grant, having returned to his room, leaned against the door panel and tilted his head back, whispering to himself: "Security plan..."