Apart from a very small number of people, almost no one in the Hydra base knew Old Steve's true identity.
Even if he walked around the base openly with that face, he did not have to worry about being recognized.
Compared to Captain America, his face actually looked more like that of a presidential candidate currently running for office, so there was no risk of his identity being exposed.
After a period of secret investigation, Old Steve gradually figured out some of Hydra's inner workings.
But the deeper he looked, the more chills ran down his spine.
He had already tried to imagine the situation in the most exaggerated way possible, but after truly coming into contact with the inside information, he realized that even his estimates had been far too conservative.
The Hydra of this world was on an entirely different level from the organization he knew.
Compared to this place, the Hydra from his original world was practically children playing house.
First, there was the upper-level structure.
Zemo was Sokovia's prime minister. He handled all major and minor affairs in the country, and his status in Sokovia was second only to the king.
Pierce was responsible for Hydra's personnel management while also overseeing ideological education—in simple terms, brainwashing.
Strucker commanded the entire research team and had gathered a group of the world's most outstanding scientists under him.
Quite a few of those scientists had been recruited from outside through various channels. Maya, the doctor who had developed the Extremis Virus, was one of them.
Even Third Sister-in-law, whom Du Mu had captured before, and Doctor Lizard Connors had been secretly transferred out of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s special prison by them.
The research team had specifically developed a corresponding antidote, clearing out the residual lizard genes in Connors's body and restoring