A Meeting That Would Decide Hydra's Fate

Captain America's point was simple: Red Skull really was dead. He had examined the body himself; the traces left behind from that battle were all there. Stark's equipment had also tested the cells' lifespan, proving it was not a clone.

"Someone has suggested placing a wax figure of Mr. Sitwell in your museum to replace Bucky Barnes's original spot. Captain, what do you think about this?"

Having his wax figure stand beside a bald man instead of his good brother and best buddy... the image was rather strange. Still, Captain America affirmed Baldy's outstanding deeds. Besides, his good brother needed to stay hidden now, and the fewer people watching him, the better. Captain America smiled and said that his wax figure would be willing to become Baldy's neighbor.

Someone else went to ask Stark. Stark was so familiar with Odin that he probably knew Baldy had used one of Odin's divine artifacts to achieve his hundred-kill feat. But he had no standing to criticize that equipment-based approach, because he used one himself.

Leaving Miss Maid and Davos behind, Daisy summoned Typhoid Mary back as well. Together with Groot, they would protect Baldy. Daisy herself headed to Hydra's base in the Indian Ocean, "Purgatory," to attend Hydra's largest meeting, one that would decide its future fate.

The island still had an anti-teleportation device built by the Nova Corps, so she could only take a helicopter from Mauritius to Purgatory.

Grant Ward accompanied her.

After flying for an hour, the helicopter finally landed on a fairly large island.

This had once been one of Red Skull's secret bases. After the war, Baron Strucker had claimed it as his headquarters. A bloody battle some time ago had returned it to Red Skull's hands, but things were rather chaotic now.

She wore a black