Join Them If You Can't Beat Them; Hydra's Sudden Demise

Pietro Django Maximoff;

Wanda Django Maximoff.

A brother and sister who joined HYDRA in order to take revenge on Stark Industries. Information about them should have been top secret by Hydra, but now it was laid out in detail before Beckett, without any omissions.

"Like that woman named Carol?"

"Or a potential enemy of Tony Stark?"

Beckett remembered the name Tony Stark because his adoptive father Thanos had mentioned him.

The title "The one cursed by knowledge" alone, which is similar to Thanos's, was enough for Beckett to remember him, although Tony Stark didn't leave a deep impression on Beckett during the battle in New York.

"Are they very close?"

After browsing through the photos of the brother and sister, Beckett narrowed his eyes, secretly making plans in his mind.

"Based on the information available within Hydra, yes." Woz nodded.

"Except for those two, all the Hydra members were killed."

"Not one left."

Having already formed an idea in his mind, Beckett made a decision and effortlessly resolved the life and death of all the HYDRA members.

"Yes, Your His Highness Beckett."

As an Artificial Intelligence life form created by Thanos himself, Woz's existence could be described as "god" in terms of Earth's technology at that time.

A god who is omnipotent under certain limited conditions.

It's important to understand that on Earth today, no matter what kind of organization it is, once it reaches a certain scale, it will never be able to escape high-tech products.

And those high-tech products that seem completely harmless in ordinary times can instantly transform into deadly weapons with just a thought from Woz ...

World Security Council headquarters, meeting room.

Former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alexander Pierce, with the help of his assistant Sitwell, meets with a group of S.H.I.E.L.D.. members sent by Nick Fury to explain a mission that the World Security Council will soon assign them.

"This mission is of great importance."

"Everyone here is an elite member of S.H.I.E.L.D.., and I believe—"

Bang!

Suddenly, a series of explosions rang out, abruptly interrupting the speech swirling in the conference room. In the vast room, six Hydra members, including Alexander Pierce and Sitwell, were instantly killed!

The exploding communication device pierced his heart, ruptured his blood vessels, and blew his head off in the process.

The seventh person, the only real Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the meeting room, was covered in blood. He stared in horror at the conference table, now a sea of blood, and at the headless corpses lying before him, trembling and speechless...

On the S.H.I.E.L.D.. technology mothership, the originally peaceful and harmonious working environment instantly turned into chaos.

A large number of S.H.I.E.L.D.. personnel on the entire mothership, including those from the research, logistics, and other departments, suffered fatalities.

This sudden and devastating news put Nick Fury, the current Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.., under immense stress.

Two-fifths of the people on the mothership were gone in a single second; no one could bear that.

If it weren't for the mental fortitude of a legendary spy, Nick Fury would probably have been just as panicked and clueless as his men.

"Coulson, how's the situation?"

"It's not looking good, sir." Coulson, the S.H.I.E.L.D. of S. H. I. E. L. D., appeared before Nick Fury with a grave expression, sporting the distinctive receding hairline of a British gentleman.

"The cause of death for all of them was the explosion. The technological products they were carrying exploded, and the fragments directly severed their blood vessels and pierced their hearts."

"Also, their heads were separated from their bodies." Even Coulson, who had seen many big scenes, felt a little disgusted when he mentioned this.

There were over a hundred headless corpses; Coulson felt he would never forget that scene for the rest of his life.

"Technology products?"

"Yes, most of them are S.H.I.E.L.D.. -specific communicators, and some are other miscellaneous items."

"According to the World Security Council, Alexander Pierce and his assistant Sitwell are also dead, also from a technological explosion. Furthermore, they were dismembered."

Natasha Romanoff, a stunning S.H.I.E.L.D.. agent dressed in a black combat bodysuit, appeared before Nick Fury with her habitually swaying hips, carrying documents and handing him the latest news.

"The news from Barton's side is the same. Every S.H.I.E.L.D.. branch has experienced varying degrees of personnel deaths, and the characteristics of the deaths are remarkably consistent—the explosion of technological items carried on the person's person, and the dismemberment of the body."

Natasha's fiery red lips had lost their former luster, and this mass death toll was arguably the biggest crisis S.H.I.E.L.D.. had ever faced since its inception.

Based on the information currently available, the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.. personnel system has been completely paralyzed. So many people have died that S.H.I.E.L.D.. has come to a standstill without them.

"Technological products, Artificial Intelligence..." Nick Fury, the king of secret agents, was stunned by the explosion of information.

"Where are Tony Stark and Bruce Banner? I need to see them."

A headache was brewing in Nick Fury's mind, and the first thing that came to mind was those two who were still researching Ultron...

"I'm afraid that won't work. There's something more important that I need you to handle." The current Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Hill, approached Nick Fury with a phone that was playing the news.

"The place we suspected was Hydra Base just now exploded."

On the not-too-small phone screen, dozens of television broadcasts were displayed, each Central City reporters from no fewer than ten media outlets reporting on the events.

Behind these reporters lay a secret base littered with corpses, rivers of blood from headless bodies, and sophisticated equipment whose edges were barely visible...

"Fuck!"

Nick Fury swore...

"Who... who are you?!"

Inside a Hydra branch base Hydra, Pietro, whose voice was tinged with terror, could no longer shake off Beckett no matter how many times he ran with his sister.

Especially after he saw the ugly alien behind Beckett who had regained the Mind Scepter, he knew that the real human had come to wipe out his family.

"You seem to love your sister very much." Beckett, with his arms crossed over his chest, looked at her with an air of authority.

A majesty that utterly disregards life.

"What exactly do you want?!"

Pietro felt like he was going crazy; he couldn't fight them, and he couldn't outrun them.

The strong smell of blood inside the base constantly stimulated the nerves in his mind.

"Kneel down and serve me as your master." Beckett gave the brother and sister a way out.

"What?" Pietro and Wanda were both taken aback and exclaimed in unison.

"I said, kneel down, now."

Seeing the impatience on Beckett's face, Pietro, sensing the situation, immediately pulled his sister down to his knees with a "plop".

He knelt before Beckett.

Don't talk to him about dignity. He and his sister were willing to sell themselves to Hydra for revenge. What dignity are they talking about?

Living is the most important thing.

Only by living can revenge be accomplished.

"The Other, take them back."

"Yes, Your His Highness Beckett." The Other, who had been clutching the scepter and grinning foolishly since being rescued, quickly adopted the posture of a loyal lackey, eagerly becoming the Dark Order introducer for Pietro and Wanda.

Beckett was also very satisfied.

With two specimens identical to Carol's, Woz now had a comparison for his research, and he also gained two henchmen.

Two henchmen who have a grudge against Tony Stark.

If Vormir can't find anyone, they can manually create an Extremis and send the two of them to retrieve the Soul Stone.

Of course, these are just a few of Beckett's ideas at this point.

As for the specific arrangements for the two, Beckett felt he needed to go back and ask his father, Thanos.

After all, he found the woman named Wanda a bit strange.

It's not that her appearance or figure is strange, but rather her energy attributes.

As for Pietro, although his strength wasn't great, his incredible speed reminded Beckett of someone.

Someone he knew from another universe— Barry Allen, the Flash.

The man he forced to train, who then restarted the entire world with speed.

Only one update today~

Inviting my friend to dinner for his birthday~

Before I knew it, everyone around me was already in their mid-twenties. Time flies!

Sometimes I feel like I just finished the college entrance exam, and I'm still young and full of life~

In another two years, most of the people I know will probably be getting married one after another.