bigabreads Chapter 402 Information about Hydra
Chapter 402 Information about Hydra
Chapter 402 Information about Hydra
After Peter went to the restroom next door and returned, he asked Nick Fury a question he had been pondering but couldn't answer since the beginning: "I've been thinking about something. Did you temporarily rent this place, or is this also a S.H.I.E.L.D. outpost? After all, you know, it's just a very ordinary... restaurant."
"Unfortunately, this really is a S.H.I.E.L.D. base. We have all sorts of bases: barbershops, small restaurants, bookstores. You're lucky you're here, so I don't need to send you another message to make you come over."
Fury was still turning the Rubik's Cube inside his hand.
"I thought it wouldn't be you coming in person. After all, you know, S.H.I.E.L.D. should theoretically have a lot of work to do."
"You should be very familiar with the Life Imitation Device, or LMD for short. Some of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s elite agents apply to replace their family members or themselves with LMDs for the safety of their families. If you need it, I can also provide your family with a similar device so they can stay in your home in Queens. Your real family can hide elsewhere, just like the Spider-Man agents."
This was the first time Peter had heard about the Cindy family's situation. Apart from a family photo that was part of a Christmas gift he received, he hadn't heard much about the Mu En family. Now he learned that the Mu En family had moved away, and that apart from Cindy, only LMD androids were living there.
Does that mean Cindy is living with a bunch of androids?
Before Peter could think further, Nick Fury interrupted him: "Then, there's the Elementals. Several highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have infiltrated their vicinity and gathered relevant intelligence. The person known to be behind the Elementals is actually Arnim Zola. Do you know him?"
Peter glanced around nervously, then heard Fury explain, "Don't worry, the whole room is sealed off. All electronic devices are disabled, and no signals can be transmitted. To eavesdrop, you'd need a real person present, and I have Spider-Man."
After Peter breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately thought of something: Fury had just mentioned the LMD and said that no electronic devices could function here. Didn't that mean that Fury in New York, like Spider-Man in New York, was actually an LMD?
Is the Nick Fury in front of me the real person?
"I know that Hydra's famous scientist became a U.S. citizen after the war due to Project Paperclip, thus avoiding trial by the International Criminal Court. Now it's been discovered he's also a Hydra agent?"
"Yes, without a doubt. It's clear that Project Paperclip wasn't a good idea. Back then, in order to gain a greater technological advantage in the post-war new order, the United States used Soviet ideology and preferential policies to intimidate and attract a large number of scientists from the Third Reich, a significant portion of whom were former members of Hydra. But they didn't repent; instead, they became part of us."
As Fury spoke, he placed the Rubik's Cube on the table and removed his legs: "Of course, or perhaps the United States wasn't exactly a good person to begin with, and the two sides hit it off immediately. In this regard, S.H.I.E.L.D. was initially rather passive because its predecessor, the Scientific Strategy Bureau, was an organization specifically designed to deal with Hydra. It had gathered the most elite talents from the entire Allied forces, and we didn't really care about ordinary Hydra scientists."
"Generally speaking, I guess Anim Zola is not the general one."
Peter's words were affirmed by Nick Fury. Compared with other Hydra scientists, Arnim Zola had two advantages. First, he was actually arrested by the Allies quite early and cooperated with them quite well, providing a lot of Hydra military and technological intelligence, gradually gaining their trust. Second, he was indeed a very outstanding scientist. A large amount of Hydra's technology, even the research on the Cosmic Cube, was led by Zola.
That's why, in its early days, S.H.I.E.L.D. thought Zola was a "reformed" scientist and recruited him into the agency. Little did they know that he was a Hydra for life.
This old man really taught Fury a lesson in what it means to "cut off one head and grow two."
"I now suspect that the Third Reich was merely the last parasite of Hydra. When they discover a powerful opponent, they choose to surrender, infiltrate the enemy's ranks, and then ruthlessly exploit all of the enemy's resources to grow stronger. The Third Reich did this, the Soviet Union did this, and the United States is the same. Hydra's existence may be even older and more terrifying."
In terms of combat power, Hydra has never been the most terrifying opponent they have faced. The "Thanos" and his Chitauri army brought by the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Kree and Skrull empires introduced by Captain Marvel, and even Thor's Asgard are all more powerful than Hydra.
However, Hydra's greatest danger lies in its deep roots within S.H.I.E.L.D. and even the entire nation. They are gradually corrupting the country, attempting to usurp its power and ultimately establish their own order. The unknown is what is truly terrifying, and the problem becomes even more frightening when everything you encounter that seems familiar is actually unknown, merely another entity in disguise.
Especially after Nick Fury discovered that Zola was still alive, he realized that something was very wrong. Hydra had actually found a way to revive Zola and keep him alive in the 1970s from within S.H.I.E.L.D.
Does that mean S.H.I.E.L.D. is basically untrustworthy?
Starting from the 1970s, Fury began to examine his superior, Alexander Pierce, the chairman of the World Security Council, wondering if he was also a Hydra.
Peter nodded, then asked, "So what do you intend for me to do?"
"As always, draw attention. I'm pretty sure Zola is figuring out how to deal with you, and the Elementals will choose to target you next. Be careful; they've replaced the Molten Man with Jim Hammond, and the Elementals still consist of four people."
Peter frowned, feeling somewhat confused. Why was Zola targeting him? Theoretically, shouldn't it be the other way around? Was he actually helping the Wild Chapter fight the Elementals?
After a moment of silence, Nick Fury gave Peter an answer.
"Because you are Richard Parker's son, Spider-Man, I don't know what Richard finally found in Europe, but there's no doubt that the discovery terrified Hydra."
(End of this chapter)