Killing and Butchering

Below, these people had suddenly gained tremendous power, then witnessed terrifying visions they would never forget, visions that would be etched into their souls. They had to be at a complete loss right now. So at a time like this, they needed a senior to guide them onto the right path.

"I should go." Peggy Carter volunteered instead. She picked up the mask lying to one side and was about to put it on, but suddenly hesitated. She raised her left hand, and the focusing crystal on her wrist shot out a Fel Energy Blade. This time, however, the blade was extremely thin, like a steel needle.

Then she jabbed several holes into the mask with a series of puffs before putting it on. "Oh, nice. Breathing really is much easier this way."

"Heh." Evenson could not help but laugh at Peggy Carter's current appearance. "It does look pretty good. Just make sure that Black Friday face of yours doesn't scare the boys downstairs to death."

"But didn't you hate them?" Evenson remembered Peggy Carter saying more than once that whenever she saw Hydra operatives, she could barely stop herself from slashing them with a blade. Why was she suddenly so eager to go counsel them?

"That's right. I hate Hydra to the bone. Because of them, I was separated from the person I loved for sixty years. Because of them, my life's work was destroyed. I truly hate Hydra, but... after I go down there, will they still be Hydra?"

There was no doubt about it. Everyone who had come here this time had been brainwashed by Hydra. But they had not undergone rigid, mechanical brainwashing. They had been hypnotized by Hydra's lofty Ideal Belief.

Under Hydra's indoctrination, they believed the world had already become utterly corrupt, that every