Eight thousand meters above the Eastern Pacific.
A Gulfstream G800 business jet had just departed from Seoul, South Korea, and was climbing toward the stratosphere, heading back to New York at top speed.
Inside the cabin, Miles leaned against a leather seat, his expression grave.
After learning that "Ultron" might have appeared in New York ahead of schedule, he had temporarily left the U-Gin research project and rushed back to New York with Psylocke and Esme.
"Vacation's over. Something happened in New York." He glanced toward the cockpit, then said to the two women beside him, "Hydra and Ultron have appeared together."
"What is Hydra? And what is Ultron?" Esme's azure eyes were filled with confusion.
"Hydra was a Nazi organization born in Germany during World War II." Psylocke recalled as she explained to Esme, "It existed during the war and was one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s old enemies. Back when I was with the Hellfire Club, Hydra contacted Shaw too, but things ended on bad terms."
"Hydra contacted the Hellfire Club?" Miles raised a brow.
"Yeah, but that's all in the past now, isn't it?" Psylocke shrugged indifferently, then looked at Miles with a teasing smile. "I always thought you wouldn't care about this kind of thing, boss."
"I really didn't care much before, because aside from its secrecy, Hydra in this world posed limited threat to me," Miles replied.
In his memories, the biggest stunt Hydra had pulled in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was the three Helicarriers from Project Insight. Those posed no threat to Miles whatsoever. He could make those oversized toys crash in more than a hundred different ways.
"What I'm more curious about is Ultron. It's a super-intelligence that shouldn't have existed in the first place."
As Miles thought, he said, "...Ultron and Hydra appearing at the