South Americas, in the heart of the Andes Mountains.
Inside the war room, a world map occupied an entire wall.
A scarlet cursor is pinned to the heart of the Europe continent.
Switzerland, Geneva.
Doctor Shinigami held an alloy pointer in his hand, rhythmically tapping the red dot on the screen with the tip of the pointer.
"Thump, thump, thump."
"Everyone, look here."
The seven or eight old men sitting around the round table looked up.
Sitting at the head of the table, Heinrich frowned, his brows covered in age spots, and said in a hoarse voice, " Geneva? You want to rob a Switzerland bank? Schmidt, Hydra's vaults are enough for you to squander for ten lifetimes. There's no need to go to a place where the whole world is watching to die."
"Money?"
Ha! Hahahaha!
He laughed so hard he almost fell over, even wiping away nonexistent tears from the corners of his eyes in an exaggerated manner.
"Your mindset is smaller than a cockroach in a sewer."
Doctor Shinigami straightened up and casually swiped across the control panel.
A top-secret intelligence document popped up in a pop-up window.
Global Superhuman Threat Response Summit
" The United Nations will hold this special meeting at the Palace of Nations at 9:00 AM the day after tomorrow."
Doctor Shinigami pointed with his pointer at the densely packed names on the list.
"Representatives from over a hundred member countries, plus observers from the Global Security Council. This bunch of monkeys in suits gathered together to discuss only one thing—how to put shackles on God, how to cage Superman."
"What a great stage! All the cameras are focused here. Is there a better place to debut?"
"What do you want?!"
"This is a declaration of war against the whole world! This is suicide!"
"This will attract the armies of all nations! S.H.I.E.L.D.., special forces from various countries... Hydra has never conducted such a high-profile operation in decades!"
"Never done it before?"
Doctor Shinigami sneered and slammed the pointer hard onto the alloy table.
A crisp "clang" made the hearts of several old men skip a beat.
"So Hydra failed!"
"Look at you all now! Hiding in the Shadow, stealing scraps like sewer rats. You infiltrate, you assassinate, you hide your pathetic fears under your beds, afraid of being exposed and dying. You call this world domination? No, this is just clinging to life!"
He straightened up and adjusted his slightly crooked bow tie.
" Shocker are different; they Shocker hiding."
" Shocker will stand in the midday sun, shove fear down their throats, and crush their spines! We will make the world understand that on this planet, the theory of evolution has been updated—now there are only two species: Shocker, and Shocker ' slaves!"
"This is insane."
"We don't have enough troops deployed in Europe. S.H.I.E.L.D.. has a branch in Zurich, and their reaction time is no more than twenty minutes. If we're surrounded, we'll be wiped out."
"Troops?"
Doctor Shinigami pressed a button on the control panel.
The scene then shifts to the underground hangar.
"Who told you I was going to use such inefficient human forces?"
Open your senile eyes and take a look!
The screen switches to a camera.
It's a hangar.
Three strangely shaped black transport planes were parked silently on the runway.
This is the "Ghost Transporter" that Doctor Shinigami created by using Hydra's resources and combining them with Shocker technology.
But that's not the point.
The focus is on the people currently boarding the plane.
They wore black, tight-fitting combat suits that clearly showed their muscle lines, and masks with bizarre skeletal patterns painted on their heads.
"Two hundred Shocker Combatant."
The Doctor Shinigami's voice was full of pride.
"They are Locust. When they cross the border, they devour everything in their path, whether it be flesh or steel."
The camera zooms in, and at the very front of the line stands a figure that stands out from the crowd.
That was a true nightmare.
His entire body was covered in dark green bio-enhanced armor, with the Shocker golden eagle emblem branded on his chest.
A bright yellow scarf was tied around his neck, fluttering in the artificial airflow of the underground base.
Shocker Rider No. 1, Bucky Barnes.
He wasn't wearing a mask, and his cold, expressionless face remained completely blank.
"This is my general."
Doctor Shinigami watched with fascination as Bucky walked up the gangway.
" Hydra treated him like a disposable assassin's dagger. I, however, transformed him into a war god capable of shattering mountains."
"This is also the first step of the Locust Plan."
Doctor Shinigami turned around and looked at the elderly people who were already dumbfounded, some even swallowing hard.
"Everyone, imagine that scene."
"When the Shocker Combatant descended from the sky, when that former World War II hero proclaimed the end of the old era on the United Nations stage."
The world will remember Shocker's name! Fear is the universal language!
Heinrich remained silent for a long time.
He stared at the red dot on the screen, then turned to look at the monstrous army on the tarmac that was completely beyond his comprehension.
The fear in his eyes gradually faded.
That's like a drowning person grasping at a straw, or a gambler seeing a winning hand.
if...
If this kind of monster could really obey...
So, can these old fogies, abandoned by the times, also return to the pinnacle of power?
"As long as we can win..." Heinrich murmured to himself, a wolf-like glint in his cloudy eyes, "Then let's do it. Let the world feel the pain."
Doctor Shinigami grinned with satisfaction, revealing his gleaming white teeth.
New York, Vought Tower.
Lynn sat lazily on the leather sofa, stroking Goose.
Tifa Lockhart stood behind the sofa, massaging his shoulders with moderate pressure.
"Boss, Shocker's troops have left the country."
"The ghost transport plane has entered the stratosphere and is expected to arrive in Geneva airspace in ten hours. S.H.I.E.L.D.. satellites are not currently responding."
"Should we notify the Clock Tower to prepare?" Tifa's hands didn't stop moving. "If we don't contain them, these Shocker Combatant, along with the enhanced Winter Soldier, will inflict devastating damage on Geneva."
No need to rush.
"Why?"
Tifa tilted her head slightly, a look of confusion flashing in her eyes.
"The world today has crime, terrorists, and even supervillains, but in the eyes of the general public, these are all within the realm of human comprehension. Robbing a bank is for money, terrorist attacks are for political demands, and even Superman going insane is just a minor disaster."
"People say they need heroes, but they don't really feel that urgent need for you."
"We need a real disaster. A doomsday rehearsal that can shatter everyone's sense of security."
"What we need is a disaster that conventional military forces can't handle, that police are helpless against, and that even the invincible S.H.I.E.L.D.. would find hopeless."
"When those Shocker Combatant stormed into the venue, when representatives from various countries watched their bodyguards being torn to shreds, when the whole world saw, live on air, that the armed forces of modern civilization were being slaughtered like chickens by a horde of monsters..."
"Only at that moment will they tremble from the depths of their souls."
"They will then understand that in this new era, the law cannot protect them, the military cannot protect them, and S.H.I.E.L.D.. cannot protect them."
Only monsters can defeat monsters.