Evenson's words were like blade after blade of critical damage, stabbing straight into Coulson's heart.
The Americans had taken the scientists away, while the Strategic Scientific Reserve had taken in nothing but Hydra. It was such a coincidence that it seemed prearranged. And if it had not been arranged beforehand, and the officials responsible for personnel screening had not been undercover agents, then it could only mean their luck had been bad beyond measure.
Evenson had not even been born back then, yet he had somehow brought such terrible misfortune upon the S.H.I.E.L.D. he would join in the future? Was this the legendary reverse causality? Or perhaps it was the will of the great universe people always talked about—but that cosmic will was far too biased toward Americans. Could it be that the will of the universe had been made up by Americans?
No wonder director Carter was now refining her eyes, keeping only a pair of pupils blazing with green flames. She was probably thinking, Lend me, lend me, a pair of discerning eyes, so I can see this fate clearly, plainly, truly, and completely!
But that really wronged Peggy Carter. Given her utter hatred for Hydra and her outstanding abilities, she certainly could have rooted out many Hydra affiliates hiding in the shadows. She might not have been able to clear out every last one, but she could at least have swept most of them away.
Though she was a founding veteran of the Strategic Scientific Reserve and had contributed enormously to Hydra's destruction, later even leading the Howling Commandos to wipe out Hydra stronghold after stronghold, unfortunately, she was in the United States, not the Soviet Union!
After the war, Peggy Carter was known not as a combat hero, but as Captain America's lover. She had retained