Chapter 369: Hail Hydra (Part 3)

The next day, the atmosphere of S. H. I. E. L. D. became a bit strange. When Nick passed by the corridor, four or five people had already exceeded his walking speed, rushing past him.

Nick held a coffee cup and looked left and right, finding that everyone had a serious expression. He stopped a female agent and asked her, "Where are you going? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Director, good morning. I'm going to work. Some work in the Special Affairs Division wasn't finished last night, so I have to go early today."

"Ah, alright, you go."

Then, another male agent bumped into him. The agent stopped and said, "Oh, sorry, Director. I'm in a bit of a hurry. You know, I'm in a hurry to go to work..."

Nick widened his eyes and looked at him with some surprise, but couldn't say any words of obstruction. He asked several people in succession, and all he got was this answer.

"To hell with it. Aren't these low-level agents the best at slacking off? Every day, besides going to the gym and tennis court, they gather in the office to discuss when they can get a raise. How come they are suddenly so diligent?"

While talking to himself, he walked to the door of the psychological counseling room. Nick reached out and knocked on the door. Shiler's voice came: "Please come in."

Nick walked in while turning his head to look at the crowd coming and going in the corridor. After he walked in, he closed the door and pointed outside, saying, "What's the situation?"

Shiler threw a document to him. Nick lowered his head and took a look, saying, "... Security plan? Transferring important personnel to Arkham Asylum?"

Nick put down the document, looked at Shiler, and asked him, "Don't tell me that these agents are working hard just to prove that they are important..."

"Of course. As long as they can prove that they are irreplaceable in S. H. I. E. L. D., they will be on the security list, so they can safely avoid this big purge. You know, Pierce and Garrett have both stepped down. The security plan is the only way to survive recently."

Nick narrowed his eyes, seemingly seeing through Shiler's thoughts. Shiler spread his hands and said, "Don't look at me like that. I am really dealing with Hydra selflessly."

"Heh." Nick directly replied with a cold laugh.

Not long after, many agents on the security list came to Arkham Asylum.

Before, although there were many quotas for nursing staff here, most of them were fake heads to eat empty salaries. There were very few real hands, so very few people could be served.

But now, with so many real "nursing staff," of course, the scale of patients could be expanded.

The immortality factor had been marketed for so long that the thing New York lacked the least was rich people interested in this. The number of people who wanted to enter the asylum was countless. As soon as it was announced that there were vacant beds, it was immediately full.

Once there were many patients, there was a shortage of nursing staff again. So, another batch of the most diligent and hardworking agents was added to the security list. But once there were many agents, there was a shortage of patients again. Then patients had to be added, and then nursing staff had to be added...

After some operations of adding flour when there was too much water and adding water when there was too much flour, Shiler successfully filled the asylum with people.

Moreover, the Hydra agents who could lurk into S. H. I. E. L. D. were all conscious and capable. They knew that having a secret stronghold in a big purge was equivalent to a small boat in a storm and was an important resource to preserve the organization's power. If they showed flaws, it would be everyone playing together. So, they worked very hard and tried their best to disguise themselves as real nursing staff.

Of course, Shiler doing this was definitely not for the asylum's business to flourish. It was mainly because his heart of justice made him unable to sit idly by while the evil Hydra continued to harm S. H. I. E. L. D.

And in the S. H. I. E. L. D. base, Coulson and Grant hugged each other and said, "I didn't expect you to be sent abroad so soon. Otherwise, I would have talked to the Personnel Department and not let you go to such a desolate place. I feel it's completely unnecessary..."

Grant shook his head. He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, he didn't say it. He just turned around silently. But what Coulson didn't see was that the moment he turned around, he revealed a very complicated expression, as if some beliefs were wavering.

"Alright..." Coulson didn't force it either. He walked up, hugged Grant's shoulder, and said, "I know you are a passionate person, just not good with words. If you have any difficulties in Xinmoxigezhou, you must contact me in time."

Grant nodded perfunctorily. After Coulson sent him away, he murmured with some doubt: "... Are there a bit too many agents sent abroad lately? And they always go to those desolate places, what Xinmoxigezhou, Montana..."

Suddenly, he patted his forehead and said, "Oh, Coulson, you must not let Director Fury hear you say this, otherwise he will question your professionalism again. I guess it must be some secret experiment..."

After finishing, he didn't care about this matter anymore and left.

When Shiler saw Grant at Arkham Asylum, he reached out and handed him a piece of paper. Grant looked at the paper. It was covered with dense text, and there was a signature at the bottom, but Grant didn't reach out to take it.

Shiler said to him, "Everyone who comes here will receive the detailed rules of the security plan. Now is a special period. I have the right to dispose of anyone who violates the regulations. Don't think you are an exception, Mr. Ward."

Grant kept staring at Shiler, but couldn't find any flaws in him. It wasn't until he saw the signature Shiler left on that set of rules that he saw the spelling of his name was "Schiele".

That was not a common spelling in the United States, but came from Germany and Austria.

Grant took a breath, took the paper, and said, "Will you guarantee the safety of all agents here?"

【Yavku】

"I will guarantee the safety of all loyal people here."

Grant and Shiler stared at each other for dozens of seconds until the atmosphere completely solidified. Shiler then said, "I hope everyone here has something to do."

Grant stood up from the chair, stepped back a few steps, and then turned to leave. After leaving the room, he squeezed the paper with the rules on it and cursed in his heart: "Damn NAZI..."

The next day, as soon as Grant opened the door, he smelled a strong smell of blood. He walked quickly for two steps, passed through the corridor, looked down from the patio, and then saw two corpses full of blood.

Shiler stood by the stairs. After seeing Grant, he put his hand on the stair railing and said, "I was just about to ask you to come over, Mr. Ward."

Grant walked down along the wall. He stared at Shiler's face and said, "You killed them..."

Shiler shook his head and said, "Their own actions killed them."

"Aren't you afraid that those patients will discover the clues?!"

"Didn't you notice that it's much quieter here than before?" Shiler turned to look at the corridor and continued, "The building of this asylum has a long history. The lines are aging and urgently need repair, otherwise there is a risk of fire. Therefore, it needs to be closed for a period of time for rectification."

Grant walked to the opposite side of Shiler and frowned, saying, "What exactly do you want to do? Turn this place into a concentration camp?"

"Then you'd better pray that you are not a prisoner. Are you?"

Shiler looked at him and said, "I know you are Garrett's adopted son. It was he who trained you into a Hydra agent and killer. You have a twisted emotion for him and want to avenge him."

"You are not loyal to Hydra, just loyal to Garrett, right?"

Shiler's ordinary question made Grant feel a bit oppressed. He knew that if he gave a positive answer, he would definitely get the same result as those two corpses. Or rather, this scene of blood flowing like a river was originally intended to warn him.

He felt that he had really become a prisoner in a concentration camp, and this warden was no different from those lunatics. Grant knew that he could only plan slowly.

So, he took a step forward, still with a straight face, but made the most common salute gesture in Hydra, and then shouted loudly: "Hail Hydra!"

Shiler stared at him for a long while, then said expressionlessly: "... Hail Hydra."

---Side Note---

Grant and Garrett are both characters from "Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D.". If you are interested, you can go watch it.

Which little clever ghost said "Captain America 3: Involution"?

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