At the sound of that voice, William Stryker's pupils contracted sharply, and the blood in his veins seemed to turn half to ice.
From the voice alone, he recognized in an instant who the towering figure before him was, clad in that hideous black Bio-Armor.
Harry Osborn!
The very target he had been plotting to have killed by Mutants!
Stryker's mind ground to a complete halt, descending into chaos.
Hadn't Lady Deathstrike reported that Harry Osborn's car had been blown sky-high by the Winter Soldier?
Then what was this?
Had he risen from the dead?
Or had this all been a setup from the beginning?
And why did he look like this?
"Urgh!"
Before Stryker could figure out what was happening, he suddenly felt himself choking. His eyes bulged.
Instinctively, he reached beneath the desk to press the emergency alarm button.
It was connected to the base's top-level alarm system!
But when his fingertip touched the button, he found that the alarm system wasn't responding at all!
Cold sweat instantly seeped from Stryker's forehead.
Only then did he realize in horror that his opponent had already infiltrated and disabled the base's security system without making a sound!
But how was that possible? The base had the highest-level security system. No matter how skilled the other man was at hacking, how could he break through a military system of this caliber so easily?
"Wait! You... you can't kill me!"
"I'm with the military! If you kill me, there'll be—"
William Stryker's face had turned bright red as he tried to intimidate Harry with his rank and connections.
"Those who kill others must be prepared to be killed themselves."
"Don't you agree, Mr. Stryker?"
Harry spoke calmly.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the hand gripping Stryker's neck began to