Peggy Carter asked another curious question: "What about Silver Sable?"
"She's so clumsy, at most she's street-level." Samuel pouted.
Peggy Carter chuckled. Perhaps Silver Sable didn't realize it herself, but she saw it clearly: Samuel had the intention of having her join.
Otherwise, why would he hire her for help? Samuel had plenty of people with her level of strength around him; there was no need to pay outsiders.
"I need to leave for a trip. Perhaps I'll be back soon, or perhaps it will take a few days. I'll leave this place to You. If You think they are ready, You can start investigating HYDRA..."
Samuel didn't tell her the location of Baron Strucker's Base. As for the reason, on one hand, his relationship with HYDRA was still quite good for now. Even if he wanted to eliminate Baron Strucker, it would be best to do it under a different identity.
After all, Baron Strucker was one of HYDRA's leaders. His legacy shouldn't just be handed over cheaply to irrelevant HYDRA members, right?
On the other hand, it was also to train their abilities. Skye and Wanda were absolute rookies, of course. Although Peggy Carter was well-trained, lacking the war against Red Skull's HYDRA, her experience and thinking also needed to change and improve further.
Only then could she become Captain Peggy from the "What If...?" series.
"Okay, I'll take care of it." Peggy Carter replied solemnly.
Samuel smiled, stood up, and suddenly disappeared without any fanfare or warning.
United States, a certain Air Force Base.
In an office with a 'Hale' nameplate, a slightly plump middle-aged woman in a black business suit was drinking coffee and reading a newspaper, looking relaxed and leisurely.
"None left..." Hale glanced at the coffee cup by her mouth, put down the newspaper, and prepared to pour another cup.
The moment she put down the newspaper, Hale's gaze immediately darkened, and she looked solemnly at the strange man sitting in the chair opposite her desk, not knowing when he had appeared.
This was an Asian, a young Asian man!
"Who are You, and how did You get in!" Hale put down her coffee cup and asked very calmly.
"You wouldn't know if I said anything else, so let's keep the introduction simple. Void Express, Samuel."
Hale was stunned for a moment, then said: "I've long heard of Your name. As expected of the founder of 'Void Express', You can come and go from a military Base as You please."
Samuel nodded with a smile: "As long as I want to, there's really no place I can't go."
"It's easy to come, but leaving might not be so easy." Hale said with a smile.
Samuel scoffed: "If I can come, I can naturally leave, so stop boasting."
Hale asked noncommittally: "Then what is Your purpose for coming to see me? Surely someone hasn't sent me a delivery, have they?"
Samuel casually took out his phone and fiddled with it for a moment, then looked up and smiled at her.
"Hail HYDRA!"
As soon as Samuel finished speaking, Hale seemed to have triggered some mechanism, instantly stood up, raised her hand, and solemnly whispered a reply.
"Hail HYDRA!"
After shouting, or rather, after realizing what had happened, Hale's expression instantly changed. She quickly pulled out a gun from her waist, aimed it at Samuel, and gritted her teeth, demanding: "Who exactly are You!"
Although she couldn't see the content on Samuel's phone, there was no doubt he was recording.
He had recorded the scene of herself shouting "Hail HYDRA!"
Damn it, this recording must be destroyed!
"Don't be so nervous. If I wanted to target You, I wouldn't need to use such methods. I just need to go to the HYDRA School and find Your daughter, Ruby, and You, this HYDRA member, wouldn't You have to obediently listen?"
"Besides, my relationship with HYDRA has been quite good lately."
Samuel smiled and put away his phone, glancing at Hale, whose expression was constantly changing.
Hale snorted and finally lowered her gun: "Since You don't need this method, then delete the video. No, give me the phone."
Samuel said with a smile: "This is just a small method to make You communicate with me calmly. If we talk well, it will be useless. If we don't talk well... it won't matter to You anyway."
Hale understood his meaning. He was simply saying that if they didn't talk well, he would kill her, and if she was dead, whether the recording was leaked or not would be irrelevant.
Although she was frustrated that her identity, which she had kept hidden for so long, had been discovered and she had been caught, Hale was not an ordinary person after all.
The other party clearly had something they wanted from her, which meant there was room for negotiation and a chance to change the situation.
What truly concerned her was how this Samuel knew her identity, knew about the HYDRA School, and knew about her daughter, Ruby?
The existence of the HYDRA School was very secretive. Only the true core members knew about its existence, because one could say that all of HYDRA's core members came from the HYDRA School, including herself.
As for her daughter, Ruby, she had practically grown up in the HYDRA School since childhood. Outsiders had no idea about her existence or identity. Because of her special nature, even within HYDRA, it was a secret unknown to most members.
Based on all of this, Hale's first reaction was that someone within HYDRA, especially among the core members, had betrayed them and sold her out.
She was just one of many HYDRA members in deep cover. Her mission, or lack thereof, was practically non-existent. There was absolutely no need to betray herself at the cost of exposing the HYDRA School and Ruby!
Personal vendetta?
Or some other reason?
Hale, whose thoughts were racing, forced herself to calm down, poured herself a cup of coffee, then took out another cup and poured one for Samuel.
Samuel took a sip and slightly raised his eyebrows: "The taste is good."
Hale drank her coffee and asked as calmly as possible: "What do You want to talk about?"
"Let's talk about HYDRA." Samuel asked in a relaxed posture: "Do You know the origins of HYDRA?"
Are You asking me, a HYDRA member, if I know the origins of HYDRA?
Hale looked at him and said irritably: "Are You serious? Everyone knows HYDRA originated from Red Skull."
Samuel smiled: "It seems You don't know."
Hale was startled: "What do You mean by that?"
"Alright, I'll give You, this HYDRA member, a good explanation about the origins of HYDRA."
"..."
These words made Hale feel there were countless things to complain about, but soon, she no longer thought so.
"The true origins of HYDRA can be traced back 1,400 years ago. In the long river of history, the HYDRA founded by Red Skull was just one branch of HYDRA, or rather, an alias funded by the orthodox HYDRA."
"During that period, an alien race called the Kree was conducting genetic experiments on Earth using humans, with the goal of creating warriors with powerful abilities."
"The first one successfully modified was a Maya warrior. He was transformed by the experiment into a composition of cellular parasites, achieving permanent survival by occupying others' bodies and gaining their memories in the process."
"His name was Hive."
"Hive could release parasites to consume humans as sustenance, or parasitically influence other Inhumans, dominating their will to control them. In fact, this was designed by the Kree to make him their leader."
"The Inhumans were those who were modified by the experiments."
"Those Inhumans feared him, so they used Kree technology to exile him to a distant Planet. His worshippers established a secret society with the goal of bringing Hive back."
"This organization was HYDRA."
"The goal of HYDRA in every era was to bring him back, but it wasn't easy due to the level of technology. However, they never stopped sending people to the Planet where Hive was located."
"Don't ask how they sent them; I'll tell You later."
"You must know about the Distant Star Project, right? This was also a project and plan carried out to bring Hive back."
Hale heard this, opened her mouth as if to speak but stopped, having many questions, but ultimately only asked one thing: "What's the evidence? How do I know if what You said is true or false?"
The Malick family has always been legitimate HYDRA members; ever since the HYDRA organization was founded, his family has continuously sent people to Hive's Planet without interruption.
If You investigate his family history in detail, You will find that someone from each generation would die, the kind where no body could be found.
Hale was stunned: "You, are You talking about Gideon Malick?"
Samuel smiled and nodded: "Exactly, that old guy is very shrewd; although his family has been brainwashed for generations, believing Hive is the Hydra God, in fact, he doesn't know the true situation of Hive, nor does he believe this ritual of sending people is sacred."
Afraid of Death, he tampered with the family lottery; the person who was originally supposed to be sent was her!"
"However, he does believe that once the Hydra God returns, he can rule the World, and by then, having won back the Hydra God, he can rule the World together with him."
Speaking of which, his daughter has a good figure, but she was brainwashed by him from a young age and has been fooled into foolishness; she is even more devout about the Hydra God's affairs than her Father."
"That Hydra God, can he really do it?" Hale couldn't help but ask.
Samuel curled his lip and cursed impolitely: "Are You stupid? Leaving aside whether he has the strength to do it, even if he does, do You think his goal of conquering the World is the same as yours?"
He is an Inhuman and can control Inhumans; the World he wants to rule is a World he can control, which is a World full of Inhumans.
If someone has Inhuman blood, it's fine, but those without Inhuman blood will either be killed or forcibly transformed into Inhumans, and he doesn't have the means to do this.
Either he uses brute force, forcibly transforming them, and the result is either Death or losing their self, becoming monsters that are neither human nor ghost.
Or he contacts the Kree, but once he contacts the Kree, he will no longer be the ruler, and it will be impossible for You to benefit from it; by then, the entire Earth will no longer belong to humans.
This, is this what You want?"
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