A secret laboratory.
After listening to his subordinate's report, Whitehall set down the scalpel and stood with his hands behind his back, thinking for several minutes.
The most important plan had yet to be completed. For now, they could not fall out with S.H.I.E.L.D., or it would alert the World Security Council. At that point, Pierce might not be able to fool those crafty old politicians.
Pierce, Garrett, Hillvert, and the others were doing everything they could to deal with Fury and Hill. None of the undercover agents could be touched. Hydra's other heads each had their own plans. This operation had been personally planned by him and aided by The Clairvoyant.
Yet it had still failed.
Hawkeye's sudden appearance had allowed Black Widow to survive. They had failed to seize even a single jar of wine transported from the Azeroth Specialties Shop.
Even Master Wang, whom they had thought would be easy to deal with, had displayed strength no less formidable than Black Widow's. The seven elite agents sent after him were dead or alive, no one knew. They might have succeeded in killing themselves, or they might already have been captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. Either way, plenty of vital intelligence was bound to leak.
The appearance of the Kunlun Iron Fist and his astonishing performance in defeating Winter Soldier had made him realize the power of "qi." Combined with his investigation into the Darkhold, that was why he had set his sights on Master Wang and those medicinal wines.
Dissecting that immortal female Inhuman had granted him the same ability, but it had not given him combat power beyond that of an ordinary person.
He had wanted to study the medicinal wines and Master Wang's body to gain the power of "qi." He had also wanted to obtain information