Chapter 539 Sitwell: I Want to Be a Good Person

"Then what?"

Steve didn't understand what big data or simulations were about, but he could understand the expressions on Sam's and Sam's faces after hearing what Sitwell said.

Compared to trying to understand words that seemed irrelevant to him, the increasingly solemn expressions on the faces of the other two people were obviously easier to understand.

"Then……"

Faced with Steve's questioning, Sitwell took a half-step back in fear, but was immediately held down by Sam on the shoulder from behind.

Seeing this, Sitwell, who had no way to retreat or escape, could only grit his teeth and said in a loud voice:

"Captain Rogers, if I tell you this, Pierce will definitely kill me if he finds out. Can you guarantee my safety?"

However, Sam behind him laughed when he heard this and looked at the bald man playfully.

"Why, the dignified Aegis, oh no, he should be a senior agent of Hydra, is also afraid of death? Don't you claim to be fearless of death?"

"I had no choice!"

Hearing this, Hittwelton felt embarrassed and immediately defended himself with a red face.

"You think I want to be like this? I had no choice from the beginning to the end!"

Sitwell tried his best to look like "you don't understand my grievances" and met Steve's strange look sincerely.

"Captain, I didn't have a choice in the past, but now... I just want to be a good person."

If not to say that Sitwell's status in the bureau is the same as Coulson's, he is indeed quite good at disguising himself.

Staring at this guy with eyes that were three parts praying, three parts wronged, three parts fearful, and one part shameless, Steve almost softened his heart and believed this guy's lies.

Fortunately, Natasha knew this guy well enough and immediately shouted:

"We are not here to listen to your grievances. You just need to tell us now what Zola and Pierce are planning to do. Otherwise, unless Pierce kills you, you will be thrown down from the building immediately!"

Forced by Natasha's threats, Sitwell was "forced to have no choice but" to tell the truth.

It turns out that the "Insight Project" deployed by S.H.I.E.L.D. was secretly supported and promoted by Hydra from beginning to end.

Whether it is funds, manpower, material resources, technology, or authority, in all areas involved, Hydra has given the green light to the Insight Project.

Hydra supports many puppets in various fields across the United States, and Congressman Stern is a clear example.

Anyone who might obstruct the implementation of the Insight Plan will either be assimilated by Hydra or killed by Hydra.

To this day, without exception!

“...And those people selected by Zola’s algorithm will be killed one by one by the Insight Space Carrier!

Just one time can kill millions of people..."

Sitwell announced the truth about the insight plan in a deep voice, which shocked the three people present.

Several million people, compared to the world's population of 6 billion, doesn't seem to sound like much.

So what exactly is this concept?

You know, according to statistics, among the total population rankings of cities in the United States in 2014, there was no city with a population of over 10 million.

New York City, the most populous city, only has 8.45 million people, while Los Angeles, the second-ranked city, has a total population cut by more than half, to only 3.89 million people.

The total population of the remaining cities only ranges from one million to two to two million!

Now Sitwell says that the Insight Project can kill millions of people at a time. Is that any different from massacre of a city?

No wonder Sitwell is still hesitant now. If such a big thing were to be revealed, Pierce would probably be widowed and he would be heartbroken.

The three Steves couldn't help but gasped, with horrified expressions on their faces.

Steve originally thought that Pierce and Dr. Zola's plan was just to revive Hydra, but he didn't expect that guy actually planned to directly subvert the entire world!

Killing millions of people at once, that guy Pierce is probably crazy!

But then, Steve realized something and grabbed Sitwell and pulled him forward.

"What about Leni? She doesn't know this clearly. Is she actually Hydra? Is she also involved in this plan?"

With Steve's big, iron-like hands gripping his arm, Sitwell had no choice but to say honestly:

"Leni is a Hydra. She did tell me this herself, and..."

"And what!"

"Moreover, she also said that she is actually a close associate of Mr. Schmidt, the Red Skull."

boom!

Steve's mind seemed to be filled with stormy waves at this moment, and his whole body seemed to be stunned by a cannonball hitting his head head-on. He stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

Leni is not only a member of Hydra, but she is also a close associate of the Red Skull!

Is it possible that the Red Skull guy is not dead at all? !

Steve's heart was in turmoil for a moment, and he couldn't help but replay scenes from Leni Stark's past in his mind.

Especially when he recalled that the other party had used various magical space abilities and was inextricably linked to the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, Steve suddenly felt a bright idea.

It turns out that Leni has always been a member of Hydra, and she has known the Red Skull for a long time!

It is even possible that the Red Skull himself is not dead at all, but is just quietly hiding in a corner of the world, peeping at the situation that controls the entire world!

"Then where is she now?"

Natasha on the side suddenly asked, and her face at this moment was filled with unknown emotions that seemed to be angry.

"Here, in the bureau..."

Sitwell couldn't help but cringe when he saw this. Although he didn't experience it personally, he could probably imagine how this woman would go crazy.

However, before he could finish his words, Natasha grabbed him and dragged him downstairs.

"Let's go! Let's go find her! Ask her face to face!"

…

On the other side, S.H.I.E.L.D.——

"Report! The field operations department just sent news that Agent Sitwell is missing!"

The closed office door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a SHIELD agent hurried into the office.

"Who? Sitwell?"

Leni, who was sitting on the sofa and playing with her phone boredly, frowned when she heard this.

"Yes, the agent who just followed Agent Sitwell to contact Congressman Stern reported that Agent Sitwell pushed them away after receiving a phone call, and then the person disappeared."

The agent handed over a holographic tablet and pulled up a surveillance video.

The video clearly shows that after receiving a call, Sitwell seemed to be looking for something, and then left the place voluntarily.

"Can we still locate his location?"

"There was no way. The field staff immediately found the location of his positioning device, but it turned out to be in the sewer..."

Hearing this, the corners of Leni's mouth raised slightly and she couldn't help but chuckle.

"That's right. These tricks can be used against outsiders, but they are far from good against those two."

"Miss Leni, what do you mean..."

"Those two people must have done something right. They were so familiar with SHIELD's positioning system, and they were able to use it to lure the tiger away from the mountain. In the end, they kidnapped the person without anyone noticing. It couldn't be anyone else except them. "

Leni chuckled and shook her head.

"Don't worry, Sitwell will be fine. Those two people probably suspected why Sitwell was on the Lemuria Star, so they wanted to talk to him."

After comforting the young agent, Leni waved her hand and motioned for the other person to go back first.

Then he picked up the phone on the table again, stared at the edited text on the screen, and silently moved his fingertips back and forth over the send button.

…

"I can't go back with you! Hydra hates leakers the most. If I go back, I will die miserably!"

Sitting in the back seat of the car, Sitwell felt on pins and needles at the moment.

He knew very well what would happen to him next, so he was opposed to this action from the bottom of his heart.

"Obviously it's not up to you."

Sam in the driver's seat glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled disdainfully.

It's said that Hydra hates leakers, but it turns out that his mouth is still as loose as his belt.

And didn't this guy just say that he and others would protect his safety? How dare he act alone now?

Seemingly seeing the ridicule in Sam's expression, Sitwell opened his mouth to explain, but in the end said nothing.

But he didn't say it, someone else said it for him.

"So, it was you the other time at the expo, right?"

Suddenly, Natasha on the other side, who had been staring blankly out of the car window since she got in the car, suddenly spoke.

Sitwell was stunned for a moment when he heard the words and didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words.

"I'm talking about that incident between Tony and Ivan Vanke. You were the one who leaked Tony's plan, right?"

Natasha turned her head and stared at Sitwell beside her, with no expression on her face.

After hearing this, Sitwell realized what Natasha was referring to, and couldn't help but dodge his eyes.

"Leni talked to me after that incident, and she said that the only people who knew about the plan were you and me.

After excluding Tony and the others, the only people left who might have secretly leaked the plan to Ivan Vanko are you and me, Coulson.

Leni doesn't think Coulson would do that, and she doesn't think I would be a mole, so the only person who really leaks the plan is you. "

Natasha's eyes flashed sharply.

It turned out that she had long suspected that there was something wrong with Sitwell, but she had been suffering from the lack of evidence before. In addition, Leni and the others had no intention of pursuing it, so they put it aside for the time being.

However, looking back on this incident now, Natasha suddenly felt a little ridiculous that she had not realized this earlier.

Sitwell said nothing, but this was regarded as acquiescence.

The two people sitting in the front row were a little confused when they saw this. They had no idea what was going on, and they didn't understand why Natasha suddenly mentioned it.

However, Natasha suddenly mentioned this matter at this moment, obviously not on a whim, but because it happened for a reason.

"But if that's the case, according to your statement, shouldn't Leni have already admitted that she is Hydra? Then why didn't she provide you with cover, but specifically reminded us that you were the most suspicious?"

There was suspicion in Natasha's expression. She always felt that things were far from being as simple as she imagined.

"Either, the person who actually leaked the plan was not you, but Lainie herself, but in order to clear herself of suspicion, she deliberately directed the target of suspicion to you, so that she could continue to hide without worries.

Or, she didn't join Hydra at that time, and you were just lying."

Staring at the changing expression on Sitwell's face, Natasha couldn't help but be more certain of her guess.

In theory, the first possibility is the most reasonable and convincing option.

After all, combined with the "evidence" mentioned by Sitwell, Lainie is indeed the one who is most likely to leak the plan.

But for some reason, Natasha is more willing to believe the second possibility, that is, Lainie didn't join Hydra at that time, and the so-called Red Skull's confidant was just Sitwell's lie.

In terms of time, Sitwell said that when Lainie first joined SHIELD, she was already targeted by Alexander Pierce, and Lainie took the initiative to expose her identity as Hydra, and even took the lead in exposing Sitwell's identity as a Hydra agent.

But the Stark Expo incident was clearly a later event. If Lainie was already Hydra at that time, then she didn't need to expose this matter at all, but should have tried her best to cover up for Sitwell.

So thinking about it, either what Sitwell just said was false, or Lainie didn't join Hydra at that time.

At the very least, Lainie's relationship with Hydra is far less close than they imagined.

At this point, even Steve, who was sitting in the front row, understood what Natasha meant, and Sitwell's "confession" was contradictory!

"Hitwell, Lainie, and Hydra, what is the relationship?"

He gave an ultimatum in a deep voice, turned his head and stared at Hitwell, not knowing that Hitwell was already sweating profusely at this moment.

However, before Hitwell completely gave up resistance and told the truth, there was a strange sound on the roof of the car!

The moment he noticed the abnormality, Hitwell's pupils shrank, and he immediately realized that he was about to be in trouble!

But before he wanted to say something unwillingly, the car glass on the side was suddenly shattered by a metal arm, and then grabbed Hitwell's collar!

"Ah!!!"

Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, Hitwell was still shocked by the sudden attack at this moment.

The whole person didn't even have time to struggle, and was pulled out by the metal arm along the broken car window!

Then he was thrown to the other side of the highway driving in the opposite direction!

Just at this moment, a truck roared past, and under the horrified gaze of Natasha and the other two, Sitwell instantly disappeared in the rapidly retreating traffic behind him, and there was no trace of him anymore...