Chapter 113 Strong castles are broken from the inside
Straker Castle is an ancient fortress located on the outskirts of Skovia, the base of Baron Straker, the last leader of Hydra.
Baron Strucker's full name is Wolfgang von Strucker. In the comics, he is a descendant of a noble family born in Bavaria, Germany. In the movie universe, some changes have been made to his identity, and Strucker Castle has been moved to the virtual city.
Near Skovia.
The defeat of Alexander Pierce and the North American branch of Hydra had a huge impact on Hydra members around the world.
Their identities were revealed without reservation by the Black Widow, and they had no choice but to leave their original base and flee in embarrassment under the pursuit of secret service agencies from various countries.
It was also during this period that Baron Strucker withdrew his direct subordinates and forces from Skovia and moved them to the suburban castle he inherited.
Lu Xiao had no interest in the internal struggle for power within Hydra, nor did he know how Loki's scepter fell into the hands of Baron Strucker.
Right now, he only needed to confirm one thing, that the scepter inlaid with the Mind Stone was indeed in the hands of Baron Strucker, and that was enough.
According to Fury's agents' on-the-spot investigation, the outside of Straker Castle was covered with a powerful protective barrier.
Without special permission, the agents tried every means but were unable to penetrate further into the castle. Their weapons hit the barrier and were unable to cause any damage.
As the saying goes, the strongest castles are breached from the inside... The Maginot Line? What is that, I don't know.
Lu Xiao originally didn't think about knocking off Baron Strucker's turtle shell head-on. That was Thor's usual style.
As early as the Battle of Tri-Wing Tower, he relied on a realistic performance to deliver a bottle of sweet poison to Baron Strucker - the Winter Soldier.
The Winter Soldier did not fail to do his best in the Battle of the Tri-Wing Tower, as evidenced by his broken mechanical arm and scars all over his body.
Confirming that the Winter Soldier who fled Eastern Europe was still loyal to Hydra, Baron Strucker, out of caution, brainwashed the Winter Soldier again and changed his master list from Pierce to himself.
However, what Baron Strucker didn't know was that in the underlying consciousness deep in the Winter Soldier's soul, neither he nor Pierce had the first authority. Lu Xiao was.
According to Fury, the superheroes of the Avengers will arrive in Skavia within three days. Lu Xiao is not an impatient person. Before reinforcements arrive, he patiently stayed in the small town of Skovia.
Come down.
To Lu Xiao's expectation, he originally thought that the Avengers would formulate a battle plan after arriving at their destination. However, the steel armor whizzing past the city of Skovia subverted his three views.
"...Iron Man Stark? Are you so impatient?"
As a hostile flying object approached, the relevant alarm was naturally received in Straker Castle, and the guards of the entire castle were mobilized under the order of Baron Straker.
A large number of Hydra soldiers armed with high-tech beam weapons rushed out of the castle in neat formations. Many automatic defense turrets protruded from the walls around the castle to attack Iron Man, who was rapidly approaching the castle.
"Wow~"
Stark rolled in the air to avoid being reminded by the artificial intelligence Jarvis: "Sure enough, a large part of the alien weapons left by the Chitauri were handed over to Hydra for secret collection by that bastard Pierce."
Thinking that he had personally handed Loki's scepter into Pierce's hands, Stark felt very unhappy.
He and his comrades from the Avengers fought desperately to defend the earth in New York, but after the war, they were tricked by Hydra who was hiding behind the scenes to pick peaches.
"Jarvis, give our old friend a little greeting gift."
"Okay, sir."
Countless micro-missile launchers popped up from the two arms of the steel armor. The arrogant Iron Man ignored the cost of these high-performance micro-missiles and presented them to Baron Strucker.
However, Tony's missiles were blocked by the barrier outside the castle and failed to cause any damage to the castle itself.
"Oh? I didn't expect that."
"Tony."
Captain America finally fell off the Quinjet on his modified Harley motorcycle. While using his flying shield to clear away the surrounding Hydra soldiers, he reminded Tony: "Have you forgotten the information provided by Hill?"
"Baron Strucker is likely to hold Loki's scepter in his hand. He can use the power of the scepter to create a solid defensive position. We must..."
"Ha~"
Stark smiled sarcastically and hovered in the air to fight with Hydra's aerial vehicle.
"Captain, you don't really plan to wait for the support that Fury said to open the barrier, do you?"
"With a defense network of this strength, we can only use greater firepower to break it from the outside. If that 'support' can really fulfill his promise, I will do it on the spot... huh?"
The translucent barrier covering the outside of the castle suddenly flickered a few times and then disappeared without a trace. Stark showed an embarrassed and confused expression in the steel armor.
"...Are you kidding me?"
Clint Barton, the Hawkeye who was in charge of piloting the Quinjet, laughed shamelessly: "Tony, I really want to know what the second half of your sentence was."
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Time goes back a little earlier.
When Iron Man impatiently launched an attack on Straker Castle, Lu Xiao also activated the acceleration ability of the Hermes Boots and ran towards the castle.
At the same time, he remotely activated the spiritual seeds buried deep in the Winter Soldier's soul, and effortlessly took control of the Winter Soldier.
After being recovered by Baron Strucker, the Winter Soldier was replaced with a brand new mechanical arm, and Baron Strucker kept him by his side as a confidant bodyguard.
The Winter Soldier's bodyguard mission has been completed perfectly. The taciturn Winter Soldier will not gossip about any of Baron Strucker's secrets. Even if it is absolutely necessary, he can reset his memory through brainwashing.
When transferring control of the Winter Soldier, Lu Xiao briefly read the memories of the Winter Soldier's recent experience in Straker Castle.
"twin?"
Lu Xiao stood in the woods outside the barrier and waited for the Winter Soldiers to take action. At the same time, he touched his chin thoughtfully.
"Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff."
According to the partial information revealed by Baron Strucker himself in the Winter Soldier's memories, these twins were the only two people to survive Hydra's human experiments.
Baron Strucker used the power of the Mind Stone in Loki's Scepter to conduct cruel experiments on the orphans they abducted from surrounding countries.
Most of the orphans could not bear the painful torture and died during the experiment. Only the Maximov brother and sister were lucky enough to survive because their potential abilities were activated by the Mind Stone.
"boom!"
Before Lu Xiao could think more about the situation of the Maximov brothers and sisters, a substantial roaring and breaking sound suddenly came from the strong outer barrier of the castle.
Baron Strucker, who was hiding in the command room of the castle, looked in disbelief at the Winter Soldier who used a mechanical arm to take away Loki's scepter.
Without the energy provided by the Mind Stone for the defense system, the castle's defense efficiency dropped by at least 80%, and it could no longer block the Avengers' indiscriminate bombings.
"Winter Soldier! What are you doing!"
Baron Strucker walked towards the Winter Soldier angrily and anxiously: "Give the scepter to...oh!"
The Winter Soldier hit Straker's face with his right fist expressionlessly, causing the Baron's unilateral glasses to shatter. The broken glass shards directly penetrated into his right eye before he could close his eyelids. The severe pain caused Baron Straker to
Covering his eyes in pain, he fell to his knees.
"You damn traitor!"
Holding back the pain, Baron Strucker took out the beam pistol from his waist and fired at the Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier holding the scepter did not intend to stay in this castle with equally tight internal defenses for a long time.
Rolling on the spot to avoid Strucker's counterattack, and using the sophisticated instruments and furniture in the castle to block the gunfire, the Winter Soldier left the castle command room as quickly as possible.
"Ah!"
Baron Strucker shouted angrily in the dual pain of mind and body: "Send out the Gemini! Let them take back Loki's scepter!"
Dr. Lister, who was standing aside, hesitated: "Baron, those twins have not been completely tamed yet, if..."
"Don't worry about so much!"
Baron Strucker roared angrily: "Without the scepter to provide energy, the castle will be captured by the Avengers sooner or later. Now we can only take a gamble!"