Chapter 362: Long Live Hydra (Part 1)

In the Dream Base of the Glorious Alliance, Charles sat in a wheelchair and looked out from the French window. The streetscape of this technological city built by Stark was very beautiful at night, like a neon city.

But Charles's face didn't look relaxed. He looked worried. Schiller came over and handed him a glass of wine, asking, "What's wrong? Professor, you've been a little gloomy since just now."

Charles sighed and said, "Do you remember what happened in Wakanda before?"

"Of course, T'Challa was assassinated and taken to a special dimension by Bast, the leopard god he believed in, where time is still, so he won't die of poison for the time being. Stark is working hard to develop an antidote, but the progress is a bit slow."

"T'Challa was attacked, and the one who attacked him, Eric, was also captured by you. Wakanda is leaderless. Ororo has gone to Wakanda, but the situation is not optimistic."

"What's wrong? Isn't she T'Challa's lover?"

"But she is a mutant." Charles' tone was heavy. He said, "You also know that Wakanda is a tribal alliance, T'Challa The tribe he belongs to is the largest tribe in Wakanda. Because T'Challa is more open-minded, the atmosphere of this tribe is also good. They do not discriminate against anyone. "

"But the other tribes are not so open-minded, especially the tribe that Eric belongs to. It is the second largest tribe in Wakanda. They are very exclusive to mutants. They will expel all people with X genes in their territory, even children. "

Schiller took a sip of wine and said: "We have discussed this issue before. I'm afraid. The public opinion of mutants cannot be reversed in a short time. This is a long-term project. "

"But the problem now is that it may get worse. "Charles looked into Schiller's eyes and said: Eric attacked T'Challa. Neither of them can lead Wakanda. Storm Ororo is T'Challa's lover, but not his wife. It is impossible for her to act as the king. "

"But we can't let the people in the second largest tribe become the king of Wakanda, because if Wakanda, which has a good international reputation, also openly opposes mutants, then the situation of mutants will be even worse. "

Charles turned his wheelchair and walked away from the French window. He said: "Ororo has a bad reputation. Many Wakandans don't like her very much. Coupled with the instigation of the second largest tribe, almost most of the people in Wakanda are rejecting mutants. "

"Just yesterday, a Wakanda blogger with 2 million followers publicly stated that mutants were invading their country, and Ororo was an evil Kenyan witch who wanted to occupy Wakanda in this way..."

"All the comments below are telling us stray dogs to get out of here, saying that we can never build a country, let alone steal other people's countries..."

Schiller looked at Charles' expression, and he knew that the group of netizens must have cursed even more. Even in reality, mutants have a bad reputation, and on the Internet, where extreme emotions are magnified, it is simply unbearable to watch.

Thinking of this, he admired Charles a little. Even after seeing so many vicious remarks, he did not give up his persistence. Schiller could imagine how angry Charles would be when he saw these remarks, but even with this kind of anger, he did not use his ability to hurt ordinary people at will.

"And..." Charles sighed again and said, "I must not be the only one who saw these remarks. When Polaris heard the remarks of the blogger from the Iceman, he almost wanted to rush over and kill him. ”

“The mutants in the Brotherhood of Mutants are all bad-tempered, especially Eric. I took great pains to convince Polaris not to tell his father about this, but things are getting worse…”

“Professor, I know you don’t want to use your abilities at will, but that’s only for ordinary people. You can be more flexible in stopping evil and upholding justice…”

“You mean to let me use my abilities to stop that blogger?”

“No, I mean, in fact, as long as T’Challa is rescued, the situation can be alleviated a lot, and T’Challa and Ororo should have a good relationship. If they can get married, then the queen of Wakanda is a mutant, and perhaps they can win more benefits for mutants internationally. "

Charles's worry did not ease. He said, "Of course I have thought of this method, but even Stark can't crack the toxin, and we don't have a good way. The beast has sent the sample of the toxin to the laboratory. He studied it for two or three days, but there was no result. It seems to be a mysterious power..."

Charles shook his head, obviously thinking that this road would not work, but Schiller said, "No matter what the principle is, as long as we can find its source, there may be a way. In fact, you can use your ability to see if there are any clues in Eric's memory."

"He has admitted that he is a Hydra and almost killed T'Challa. It is not excessive to check his memory. Even if we can find more Hydras, we may be able to prevent other similar tragedies from happening..."

Charles thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible, but I heard that Stark and Steve are competing?"

"Steve is also investigating Eric's source. I think he will be very happy to cooperate with mutants. After all, there are mutant members in his newly formed Avengers..."

Charles nodded and said, "Indeed, Captain America is a man of noble character. He does not discriminate against mutants at all..."

"Okay, I'll cut off the connection to the Dream Base first, and then go see if there are any clues in Eric's mind. We'll get in touch later."

The next morning, Charles called and said: "Eric's memory shows that he came into contact with a man named Ulysses Klaue, who was not a native of Wakanda. But an American physicist."

"If nothing else, he should be a member of Hydra. Eric's memory shows that he and Crowe had a deal about vibranium. Eric wanted to store their tribe's vibranium. Sold to Crowe.”

"The Sword Comes"

"But after that, Eric's memory was a little bit broken. I suspected that Hydra brainwashed him. Obviously, Crowe wanted vibranium but didn't want to pay, so he brainwashed Eric into Hydra. member."

"Can you find this Crow?"

"Just last night, I have locked his location. He is now in South Korea. I suspect he is in contact with his boss."

Before Schiller could ask, Charles said: "I checked Crowe's memory. During World War II, his father worked for NAZI. I suspect that his father was a member of Hydra and was also his introducer. "

"Claude is a sonic physicist who is quite prestigious in his professional field, so he is not low in the ranks of Hydra. He has a lot of information about Hydra in his mind. I will sort it out later. , and then send it to Captain America..."

"The toxin on T'Challa's body..."

"Eric's memory shows that the person who gave him the poison and instructed him to assassinate T'Challa was a mysterious man in black robes, but I did not see this behavior in Crowe's memory."

"Perhaps Crowe is Eric's introducer, but he is not necessarily his only boss. It seems that we must have a deeper understanding of Hydra to know what is going on..."

Schiller said while thinking: "Professor, I remember you just said that Crowe has a lot of information about Hydra in his mind..."

"Yes, some are arranged by relevant personnel, and some are based on the location of the base, but there is no critical information."

"Normally, he shouldn't be a leader, but maybe it's enough."

"What do you want to do?" Charles asked on the other end of the phone.

"I have a plan..."

The next day, SHIELD's psychological counseling room was still deserted, and most of the agents would walk around here. But today, a special guest was welcomed here, and that was Grant Ward. A level 7 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

He walked into the psychological consultation room with a cold face. Schiller seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time. When he saw him walking in, Schiller stood up from behind the table and wanted to shake hands with him, but Grant was expressionless and did not respond. His movements.

"I think you should be very suspicious now as to why I want to use the emergency contact symbol to contact you. You think this is against the organization's rules, and you don't want to come." Schiller stood in front of Grant, looked into his eyes and said, Grant didn't look directly at him, his face remained expressionless.

"Sit down, Grant, can I call you that?"

"My name is Ward."

"Okay, Mr. Ward, I won't talk nonsense. I am taking a big risk by using the Hydra symbol to contact you. You know, they have been going crazy again recently." Schiller pushed up his glasses. Interlace the fingers of both hands and place them on the table.

"Director Pierce is silent." Schiller said suddenly. At this moment, Grant lowered his gaze on his face and saw that Schiller had no intention of joking. His lips moved, but there was still nothing. explain.

"I know you suspect that I am a SHIELD investigator trying to trick you, but in fact, on the contrary, I am a long-term silent person with a single line of contact with Director Pierce, and the reason why I am speaking out now is because, Alexander ·Pierce has lost contact.”

"He had anticipated this day, so he had placed me in this position just so that I could take over his work after he fell silent."

"I don't need you to talk to me." Schiller looked into Grant's eyes and said seriously: "I just hope that you can contact your superiors immediately to confirm whether Director Pierce is really completely silent. If that is the case, things may be over. It’s serious…”

"Okay, in the next half hour, I will conduct some psychological diagnosis and treatment with you, and then hand in a report to cover up our conversation. During this process, you don't need to say anything. You don’t need to do anything, it’s all up to you to decide what to do next.”

After speaking, Schiller lowered his head and began to write the medical record. During this period, he did not ask Grant anything.

After Grant walked out of the counseling room, he did nothing until he entered his safe house within S.H.I.E.L.D. and pulled out a specialized cell phone to call his superiors.

Grant Ward is a Level 7 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and his HYDRA boss is Level 8 agent John Garrett.

He told Garrett what Schiller told him, but to his surprise, Garrett was silent and did not contradict him, so Grant asked: "Director Pierce was really silent?"

"In fact, he has been out of contact for more than a week." Garrett's voice came from the other side: "He has never been out of contact for such a long time before, and he is silent on all channels. There is no news about him even on the security channel."

"Then, that Dr. Rodriguez..."

"I need to contact him to confirm, don't worry about the rest. Now is a special period, you must stay vigilant."

Hearing Garrett's serious voice, Grant also understood that the current situation might be very bad, so he asked: "Is this purge serious?"

Garrett was silent for a long time before saying: "I'm afraid it's the worst ever. Keep silent and see you later."

When it was time to get off work that day, Schiller did not leave, but waited in the office until dark.

Sure enough, in the few minutes when it was just getting dark, the door of his office was knocked, and the one who walked in was John Garrett, a level 8 agent of SHIELD and a senior member of Hydra.