But the next second, his voice and face appeared on the other computers, densely surrounding Nick like mirrors.
"You're inside my brain now, Nick. My consciousness can leave this room anytime, anywhere. On the internet, I'm a fish swimming through the sea. You can't catch me."
Nick forced himself to calm down. "Then what about Project Insight? That was your doing too, wasn't it?"
"Of course. Our vision for Project Insight is broadly the same as what you once saw. The only difference is that it must serve Hydra's interests."
"What do you intend to do?"
"Project Insight will immediately eliminate those who, after precise calculations, are deemed harmful to Hydra's interests."
"Such as Captain America, Tony Stark, Norman Osborn, Dane Davis..."
"You'd even kill major capitalists?"
"That's the difference between us, Nick. You don't dare kill those who are obviously harmful to the world—the tiny group controlling more than ninety percent of the world's wealth. We do."
"And then you become that kind of group yourselves, right?" Nick sneered.
"That's right. Only Hydra can accomplish this task, imposing absolute fairness through absolute order."
"No one can achieve absolute fairness! No one!"
As long as they were human, they would have selfish desires. Nick firmly believed that.
He believed that even Captain America had selfish desires. It was simply that his moral standards were far higher than most, creating the illusion that he was nearly perfect.
"Yes, no one can." Arnim Zola readily admitted Nick's point, leaving him somewhat surprised.
"We tested it. No matter what kind of person it is, as long as they possess a self, they will inevitably favor themselves. Therefore, a person who is absolutely selfless does not exist. Even someone like Captain America has selfish desires."
Nick frowned. "Then you..."
"Later, we changed our way