"Go and stop him!"
Seeing Merlin disappearing into the office, Pierce grabbed the phone on the table and turned his head to shout at Fury:
"He will cause a terrifying conflict, my god, go and stop him!"
Fury also knew that the matter was urgent, so he rushed to the office door, but at the moment Merlin disappeared, Fury actually knew that no matter how quick he was, he would never be able to stop Merlin, who was already murderous.
No one knows better than him how strong Merlin's execution is.
After Fury disappeared, Pierce's phone also dialed at this moment, and a gentle voice sounded on the other end of the phone:
"Pearce? Why call at this time? Is there anything urgent?"
“Gideon…”
A ray of light flashed in Pierce's eyes, he said:
"I just received the message, the hive... is dead, your god, is dead."
“…”
On the other end of the phone, the World Security Council director with a huge background, the great philanthropist Gideon Malik's breath became heavy at this moment. After a few seconds, he said bitterly:
"Really?"
"You can think I'm lying to you."
Pierce said calmly:
"But our Godslayer has gone to you, you'd better be prepared."
"Pearce..."
The person on the other end of the phone was not so irritated by the news. He hesitated for a few seconds and then asked:
"Tell me honestly, is it all in your plan? Including the thing you sent a few days ago..."
"I've always had hope for this kid Merlin."
Pierce replied calmly:
"I was very conflicted when you told me that you had a way to kill the threat he brought, and I always thought that he might be our best successor and bring the real new order to this ugly world, but you think he was a threat, I compromised, I gave it all to you to operate, but it turned out that my expectations were right."
"Merlin made a feat that no one could ever imagine. He freed Hydra from the beehive faith, he gave me and you real freedom... So, I decided to continue to believe in him."
"That is, you want to give up on us?"
Gideon laughed twice, his tone became sonorous, he said:
"Do you think I will help you keep your secret? Do you think I will continue to hide your existence in front of that Godslayer?"
"You will do this!"
Pierce said confidently:
"From the time we set out on this road, you should know that great causes require victims, many victims, and now we are only one step away from the final victory... You will make great sacrifices, I believe in you, Gideon, I have always believed in you."
"What's more, besides your belief in the twisted beehive, you have more valuable things to guard, my old friend..."
"Stephanie, your daughter, my niece...her wonderful life has just begun."
"Pearce! You are such a mess!"
Gideon Malik roared:
"You can't get her involved!"
“It depends on your choice, my friend.”
Pierce's tone was gentle, like a kind reminder:
“We need you to make sacrifices.”
"The demon must have a face, so that the warriors will have a goal, and only when evil really falls, the pursuit of justice will stop... Hydra will fall down today and fall completely apart, but the new order will rise tomorrow and shine on the entire world."
"Gideon, haven't you always wanted to control the entire Hydra?"
Pierce whispered:
"Now, you are the leader of all Hydras."
"I wish you a good journey, my friend, wait for me in that world, and I will bring you the news of victory."
"I'm very old, you don't need to wait too long..."
"Go. Death is all relief for you and me..."
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"Icarus, search for 'Gideon Malik'."
Merlin's figure floated in the air, and before him, the beautiful sunset was scattering in the large swimming pool of a private estate in the mountains of Virginia. The halo reflected by the water waves cast a dreamy layer of color on this beautiful, luxurious golf course.
It is not far from Washington, and the low-key Mr. Gideon is said to often spend leisurely weekends here.
In the lens in front of Merlin, information about Gideon Malik was listed in front of him in a screenshot. Judging from the information retrieved, this politician is really enthusiastic about public utilities. Several charitable foundations under his name have ongoing charity activities around the world.
As Pierce said, it is really hard to believe that such a person born with a golden key would be the head of an evil organization.
"My Excellency Merlin, I have retrieved the evidence that Amanda Waller showed to Mr. Fury, all of which are true, hidden in the complex flow of cash flow, and it must have taken a lot of time to find these loopholes."
Icarus's voice rang in Merlin's ears:
"This doesn't seem like a coincidence of temporary arrangements. According to my judgment, 85.47% of the news that Gideon Malik is the leader of Hydra is likely to be true. Judging from the current intelligence, he is the last head of Hydra you are looking for."
"Um..."
Merlin moved his left hand's finger in the air. He touched the shadow blade whip with his right hand. The shaking shadow enveloped his body, so that he would not be detected by any monitoring equipment.
He had made a decision to do the right thing, but before that, he would be sure that the man who was about to die under his knife was not a sad scapegoat.
In the previous confrontation, Hydra played too well about the Golden Cicada escape.
"I'm curious, what are the other 14% possible in your absolutely rational inference?"
Merlin asked.
"Information is insufficient, Mr. Merlin."
Icarus replied:
"The internal forces of Hydra are too complicated. I don't rule out that besides the Red Skull faction, the .m faction, and the Hive Worship faction that is about to be destroyed by you, are there any other Hydras who continue to hide... You shouldn't have forgotten Ms. Peggy Carter's advice before leaving."
"She said she thought Hydra was the enemy, but then she discovered that Hydra was not."
"You mean, maybe there may be any Hydras that have been discovered now?"
Merlin fell into the ground, and under the shadows, he walked past the gate guarded by four bodyguards holding weapons as if no one was around, and he said:
"Is this 14% beyond your conclusion?"
“To be precise, it is 13.53%.
Icarus corrected:
"Including all unknown information and speculation, as well as other possible results."
"Well, I noticed that you used 'me' again..."
Merlin said:
"Have you regained your self-awareness?"
"This is your illusion, Mr. Merlin."
Icarus said in a voice without emotion:
"I am just a rational and indifferent artificial intelligence, and I don't have the 'self-awareness' you understand."
"Well, you are an electronic creature without emotions, I understand, I understand."
Merlin felt like an invisible and inaudible ghost wind. His fingers touched the door of the closed room of the manor. In the high-speed vibration of the atomized fingers, he "melted" into the wall in front of him, and he whispered:
"Close all the communication equipment in this room, I want to have a good talk with Mr. Gideon."
The next moment, Merlin's figure appeared in the study of the current World Security Council Director Gideon Malik.
This is a very quaint room that does not look luxurious, but the impressionist paintings hanging on the walls, the precious family collections of Mr. Gideon, and the books placed on the bookshelf, and a delicately shaped fireplace filled the study with a quiet and elegant atmosphere.
Merlin stood by the wall, and he looked at the old man behind the desk.
He looked very old, and his well-made blue suit jacket was thrown on the sofa by him. He sat next to the long L-shaped desk, with a loose belly, a very distorted figure, and a little bald.
He unbuttoned the two buttons of his shirt, and his sleeves were very undecent, with a haggard expression, holding a wine glass in his hand and a bottle in his hand.
It seems that before Merlin arrived, he had been drinking by himself for a long time.
"God Slayer...you're coming a little slow."
Old Man Gideon's voice was a little fluttering. He raised his head and looked at Merlin, without fear in his eyes.
Like a crazy believer after his faith collapses, perhaps there is nothing worth his nostalgia in a world where the gods he believes in.
At least it seems like this on the surface.
"come over!"
Gideon waved at Merlin, pointed to the chair in front of the desk, he took a wine glass from the wine cabinet behind him, poured some wine into it, and said to Merlin:
"I know what you are here to do. Before you start, have some wine with me."
Merlin walked forward and reached for the wine glass, and said to the drunk Gideon:
"So, in what name? Mr. Gideon?"
"Oh"
Gideon looked up and looked at Merlin with a sarcastic look, he said:
"You still call me Gideon? Shouldn't you call me 'Speaker'? I don't believe you have been pursuing us for so long, but you don't even know my code name in Hydra..."
Merlin didn't answer, but Gideon Malik was really like his faith was shattered. He stood up staggeringly, holding the wine glass, ignoring Merlin behind him. He walked to his family's collection and drank the wine in the glass in one go, he said:
"I've noticed you since you killed the banker, Merlin Riley, Fury's Beagle."
"You were not a trouble when you first appeared, and then we focused on a greater cause and thus ignored you, which was a stupid mistake, and you quickly showed more lethality than we expected."
"You are like a cold hunter, carefully looking for your target, poor baron, Mrs. Hydra, unlucky White Hall, the despised chief, one after another, my 'park' has become fragmented under your continuous hunting, and your reputation has scared my subordinates who are not smart enough and unsolicited enough."
"You and Fury, you united and forced me and my faith into desperate situations bit by bit. They forced me to resort to the illusory myth... Unfortunately, myth...myth also failed."
Old man Gideon picked up a beautiful sculpture in the collection cabinet. He admired it as if he had been countless times, and then suddenly, his hand shook, and the sculpture smashed to the ground, smashing to pieces.
Just like the Hydra now.
“We once wanted to shape a new order…”
Gideon didn't even look at the broken sculpture at his feet. He turned around and said to Merlin:
"But now, it's all over."
"You believe in an evil god who feeds on flesh and blood, sir."
Merlin looked at the wine glass in his hand, the amber liquid radiating mellow. He raised his head, poured the wine from the glass into his mouth, and then placed the empty wine glass on the table, he said to Gideon:
"Without alcohol, I can't drink the trash lies you said... What kind of new order can an evil god bring to this world? You are just deceiving yourself."
"No, no no no."
Gideon shook his head with a smile, spread his hands and said to Merlin:
"That is to maintain the belief that an organization should have. You must understand that if a young person wants to exist for a long time, it needs faith."
"As for the hive...you see how I am now, do you think I am a sincere believer?"
The Hydra, who called himself "speaker", sat back to the desk. He opened the drawer and found a golden, delicate ring. He put the ring in his hand and rubbed it gently. He whispered:
"Maybe in the age of our ancestors, faith was still sincere and mysterious, but have you ever thought about Merlin, why would an evil faith last for more than 3,000 years? Have you ever thought about why we believers who live in the new era and grow up in atheistic education still obey that ignorant legend?"
The old man raised the ring in his hand, and on the face of the emerald, there was the purest Hydra emblem without any embellishment. He placed the emblem before Merlin, and he said:
"Faith? Faith is just a trivial thing. What really brings us together is the interests."
"The real Hydra died long after the failure of the Red Skull. We latecomers came together only because of various interests. But the more greedy a person is, the more they will cover a layer of brilliance on their own greed."
"Some people use faith as a cover, while others do whatever they want in the name of order."
The old man threw the golden ring on the table casually, and he pulled out a meaningful smile. He looked at Merlin and said:
"There are greedy bastards everywhere in this world, and I am just one of them. I am just not very lucky. The powerful and invincible gods inherited by our ancestors still failed to bury you in that world."
"It's a pity that as long as the greed in human nature is still there, young people, you will never think of destroying Hydra..."
"I can see murderous intent in your eyes. You have made up your mind, so come, kill me and bury you at the same time."
Gideon reached out and pulled his shirt open, his eyes closed, he said:
"Let all this end completely in the flowing blood."
Chapter completed!