New York is a veritable city that never sleeps, especially the buildings near Financial Street in Manhattan, which are brightly lit all night long. Even though it is already 11 o'clock in the evening, the lights here are still as bright as daytime, and people are coming and going on the streets.
In the Arkham Nursing Home not far from Wall Street, Schiller was working at his desk. At this moment, a special-style security phone in his hand rang. He picked up the phone and said, "Hello, hello, that's right.
I am the 'doctor'..."
"Yes, that's right. I also feel very sorry for what happened to Director Pierce... 4 bases in eastern New York? Sorry, but I have too much work on my hands now. You know, the entire New York can still maintain communications.
, the only senior member who has not entered the silent state is me..."
"...Okay, but I can only accept two bases at most, and the remaining two...I suggest you give up strategically and evacuate the personnel..."
"What? Safe points?... I'm sorry, Director Pierce didn't leave enough safe points for me before he went silent. Now they are all full."
Schiller sighed and said: "It's not that I want the lion to open his mouth, but there are really too many people coming to me... Yes, thank you for understanding me. The additional personnel on the security plan list are paid on a per-capita basis. Senior management
Personnel and key researchers are required to pay $300,000 each to protect themselves..."
Listening to the reply, Schiller covered his forehead, his tone became colder, and he said: "Do you think now is the time to bargain? The West Coast is their key target. You know the person who accepts you, I want to
How much risk is it taking?”
"Don't tell me this. Everyone knows that the current emergency transfer is all for you to preserve your direct power, and only my safe stronghold here is practical and reliable. If you are willing to be defrauded by those scammers,
Then I won’t stop you…”
"50? No, I told you, the quota is limited, and we can only give you 15 quotas at most. One person is calculated at three hundred thousand US dollars... Okay, 10% off, since we have all worked under Director Pierce.
…”
Schiller sighed, put down the phone, leaned back in his chair, stretched, and then looked at Nick Fury sitting opposite him.
Nick Fury looked up from the table and said, "Another $5 million, huh?"
"As I said, we split the bill 55-50, but I feel that this small amount of money can't make up for the psychological trauma caused to me by working overtime."
Just as Schiller was about to stand up and make a cup of coffee, his cell phone rang again. Schiller picked up the phone and said: "Hello, hello, this is 'Doctor'. What? Your base has been attacked? I'm sorry, I'm here
There are no extra manpower sent to rescue you."
"The person who attacked you is Captain America? Even if the person who attacks you is God, I can't save you..."
"Okay, I can only point you to an escape route. Please go to New York Harbor immediately. There will be special agents there to pick you up. But if you want to move to a safe stronghold, please send a message to your superiors and ask him to
Pay your security fee..."
"I say again, this is not extortion. The safe base is already full now. If you want to come in without paying the bill, what will other people think? You'd better call your boss quickly. If he is willing to pay,
Then you will be saved. If he is unwilling, then God bless you..."
After saying that, Schiller hung up the phone, and Nick joked again: "You are ruthless, doctor."
"Each other."
Ever since Schiller caused a standoff between Li Daitao and Silence Pierce, and then killed his back-up man Garrett, he has completely taken control of SHIELD's Hydra agents and created a set of security plans.
, turning Arkham Sanitarium into a "safe" stronghold for Hydra.
From the beginning, Schiller did not want to profit from these agents. To put it bluntly, how much profit can these workers make? Even if they rely on selling immortality factors, it will be slow and troublesome.
Schiller chose to find another way and opened up another industrial line.
The competition between Stark and Steve gradually became fierce, and the two became more and more involved. Therefore, the scale of the purge became larger and larger, and all the Hydras on the east and west coasts were involved.
Among them, because this competition started so suddenly, most of them were not prepared.
This is different from SHIELD's "investigation" that says one thing and does another. Captain America and Iron Man are serious about dealing with Hydra. Therefore, in just a few days, the smugglers on the east and west coasts have
A lot of strength was lost.
As the so-called safe strongholds are breached one after another, more and more smugglers turn to a silent state in order to protect themselves. The more they turn to a silent state, the less they can organize a decent defensive offensive, and the more losses they suffer.
Come more and more.
This group of smugglers fell silent themselves, but they were not willing to have the direct lineage they had worked so hard to build be eradicated. If that were the case, wouldn't they become lonely after they came out?
Again, Hydra's internal fighting is professional. They must consider how to face their wolf-like colleagues after their silence is over. If they really become the bare commander, they will only be eaten alive.
share.
At this time, a rumor spread among high-level officials that Alexander Pierce, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the most famous snakehead of Hydra, left behind an equally experienced Silent agent before entering Silence.
, and an absolutely secret safe base.
This silent agent, codenamed "Doctor," is most likely an agent from S.H.I.E.L.D., but his identity is temporarily unknown, but there is no doubt that his protection plan is quite effective.
And why the effect of this preservation plan is so immediate, we have to start with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Just after the important Hydra agents in S.H.I.E.L.D. were transferred, S.H.I.E.L.D. immediately began a purge, and those agents who did not participate in the security plan were directly purged.
Of course, this is a wave of cooperation between Nick and Schiller. After Schiller transferred those important Hydra agents, the rest are small fish and shrimps. Nick can give them to him for any reason.
After being purged, all the core Hydra members left, and they couldn't organize any decent defense or counterattack.
Although the agents who were preserved were captured and locked up in a sanatorium, the ones who were not preserved died. This further illustrates the importance of the preservation plan and also shows that this silent agent, codenamed Doctor, is experienced and decisive.
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After the rumors of the safe stronghold spread, many Hydra smugglers began to consider moving their direct members there.
And Schiller would ask for money, which was not beyond their expectations at all. Hydra is like this. If you don't get it now, when will you wait?
On the contrary, Schiller's behavior increased the confidence of these snakeheads. If it were not a pure Hydra, how could it be so skillful to take advantage of others' danger and make the lion open its mouth?
Given his level of proficiency, Pierce has a sharp eye!
As expected of me, Hydra.
The smugglers felt an extremely friendly atmosphere from Schiller's style, and they did not care about his high asking price. After operating for so many years, Hydra still had some capital, and they could protect their direct lineage by spending a little money.
, which is a great deal for them.
On the way to evacuate Arkham Sanatorium, 80% of the people were caught by SHIELD, which was "predictable". The remaining 20% successfully arrived at the Sanatorium, but they didn't think it was anything.
question.
Now, the situation has become so serious that if only 20% of the people can survive, they are already lucky.
But what they didn't know was that in the director's office of Arkham Sanatorium, one of their saviors was selling them by weight to the director of SHIELD.
"Seriously, I think you should find a way to get out. In a few days, those two lunatics who are in the heat of the game will find you." Nick advised Schiller: "We all know that we are
For a just cause, but those two people have been a bit jealous recently, it would be bad if they accidentally hurt one of their own...
Schiller was not in a hurry at all. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I already have a solution."
"What can I do?" Nick looked up at him.
At this moment, a portal appeared in the office, and Strange walked out. He first looked up at the sky outside, then yawned and sat next to Schiller. Schiller asked:
"Are you done?"
"That's right, the Supreme Mage has handed over all the affairs of Kama Taj to me. Now I am a veritable Supreme Mage. There is only one handover ceremony left."
"Congratulations to you, but I heard you say before that you've been having a lot of troubles recently. What's wrong?"
When mentioning this matter, Strange was a little worried. He said: "The mages think that Stark is too stingy. He only gave them one of the dozen spaceships for research..."
"You also know that those archmages are all research freaks, and one spaceship simply cannot satisfy their appetite."
"There are many schools of mages. Some use white magic, and some study summoning magic. The ideas for transformation are also different. Some want to completely energize the spacecraft, while others want to use enchanting technology. Recently, I have blocked at least ten
A few quarrels..."
"No matter what, at least three spaceships are needed." Strange concluded: "With less than this number, it will be difficult for me to balance the experimental needs of the mages."
"As I told you on the phone before, you mages have a portal anyway. If you go up secretly and do some research, you probably won't be discovered."
"This is exactly what I hesitated..." Strange showed an embarrassed expression and said: "I don't want to intensify the confrontation between ordinary humans and mages. We are the guardians of the earth, but we are not managers, let alone rulers.
Or, if he is discovered, Stark will be very angry."
"Isn't it enough that you don't get discovered by him? Aren't those great mages also used to not cleaning up the trash after finishing their research?"
"Of course not. We are different from wealthy people like Stark. Kama Taj has maintained the virtue of frugality for many years. Our magic is environmentally friendly and pollution-free, not even waste."
"Moreover, the Supreme Mage left me a special item that can also reset time..."
The more Strange talked, the brighter his eyes became. He said: "I can definitely ask the archmages to go up and conduct experiments, and then use gems to restore the spacecraft, so that Stark will not be able to discover us..."
With that, he stood up and said to Schiller: "Yes, I have an idea."
Then he opened the portal and stepped one foot in. Before leaving, he didn't forget to turn around and say: "Thank you, thank you for your flexible thinking and...morality."
When Strange's figure disappeared completely, Nick looked at the place where he left and asked thoughtfully: "The scapegoat you found?"
"Don't say that. There are many doctors in the world. How could it be possible that Stephen would be the only one to be suspected?"
"Yes, originally no one could have suspected him, but if you encouraged him to illegally seize the spaceship under Stark's nose, then there is no need to say who Stark would suspect..."
Schiller came over with coffee, handed a cup to Nick, then raised the coffee cup and said: "If you don't tell me, I won't tell you, who knows he was inspired by me?"
Nick smiled and picked up the glass, the two of them clinked the glasses gently, and then showed a tacit smile.