The old relic's stupid question made Sitwell laugh.
"Of course. The twenty-first century is an electronic book. Zola taught Hydra how to use it," he continued. "Bank statements, medical insurance, email exchanges, phone records, even goddamn high school test scores."
"Zola's algorithm analyzes people's pasts to predict their futures."
Steve stared coldly at him. "And then?"
As the excitement and fear faded, Sitwell realized what he had said-and what consequences awaited him.
But there was no taking any of it back.
"Project Insight's Sky Aircraft Carriers will eliminate them. Millions of people, all at once."
The bloody plan shook all three of them.
Even Steve, who had witnessed Hydra's madness before, felt a chill.
"Is John Wick one of your targets too?" Natasha took the opportunity to ask.
Sitwell nodded. "Hydra had no data on him before, but his performance in New York convinced Hydra that he was an unpredictable factor."
Steve and Natasha exchanged looks.
"You mean now?" Natasha frowned skeptically. "Then why did Zola already know him?"
"Impossible!" Sitwell argued. "Before 2011, there was no information on John Wick anywhere in the world."
"The only possibility..." Sitwell shut his mouth.
When he stopped talking, Natasha grabbed him and dragged him to the edge. "Want another taste of how I work?" she snarled.
Cold sweat poured down Sitwell's face. "I can't say!" he cried in terror.
"Why?" Natasha demanded angrily. "Is it a Hydra plan?"
"It's the Wizard!"
"What?"
Sitwell's answer stunned not only Natasha, but Steve as well.
Sitwell's face twisted in anguish. "That's all I know."
"Zola had contact with the Wizard when he was still human."
Zola had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1972. John had not even been born then.
"Please," Sitwell begged. "I really don't know anything else."
Natasha hauled him back, looking