Zola is Alexander Pierce's man, and he even provided him with a Zola algorithm to improve the Insight Project. Coincidentally, Sitwell is also Pierce's man.
Finney noted down the location Sitwell mentioned, and didn't give him any further tasks, telling him to continue as he was and to contact him if needed.
After saying goodbye, Finney took the USB drive home and looked at the information Sitwell had prepared for him.
It must be said that Sitwell's abilities were indeed quite strong; the information was very detailed, including the situation of Whitehall's base, the research projects, and the distribution of his subordinates. It
even included Whitehall's personality analysis, daily habits, and other aspects, which left Finney in awe.
After reading the information, Finney pondered. Summer vacation was approaching, and he planned to use this time to scout out the situation first, and then, when the vacation started, he would decide whether to take Skye with him to take action.
He would first control Whitehall, and then, based on him, find Skye's father, and then, by the way, find her mother.
Meanwhile, among the materials Sitwell gave him, Finney noticed one research project: the Centipede Serum. Or rather, what intrigued him more was another collaborating organization on this project, AIM, and its head, Adrian Killian.
Finney figured if he remembered correctly, this man was Tony's enemy.
Over a decade ago, Tony had stood him up on a rooftop all night, so after successfully completing his research, he planned to rule the world and take revenge on Tony.
Finney couldn't comment on Tony's actions back then, but their positions were inevitably opposed regarding Tony's desire for world domination.
"Maybe I should take care of him too?"
Finney thought to himself. Tony had given him many small Arc Reactors as food for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and he hadn't found an opportunity to reciprocate. Helping him eliminate an enemy seemed like a good idea.
Finney decided to see how things went. If possible, he'd deal with Killian; if not, it wouldn't matter—he'd just have to wait a little longer.
In fact, Finney had already changed many aspects of the future.
The Tesseract, which should have been taken by Asgard, and the Mind Scepter, which should have been seized by S.H.I.E.L.D. but was instead taken by Hydra, were now in his possession.
Without the Mind Scepter, Ultron would likely never have been born, nor would Vision, and Loki might not have been killed by Thanos because of the Tesseract.
Therefore, Finney no longer minded changing the future; since it was no longer in his control, he might as well do what he wanted.
As for whether this would reduce Tony's setbacks and growth?
Ha! Before the nuclear missiles were even launched, Tony's path to growth had already been interrupted!
After silently contemplating for a while, Finney put away the USB drive, planning to investigate in a couple of days. If he felt the base posed a danger to Skye, he would act secretly.
Time flies, and June arrived in the blink of an eye.
Finney had been extremely busy lately. On one hand, he spent his days at school preparing for early graduation; on the other hand, he was constantly traveling to investigate the Hydra base.
He also had to grind experience for his eighth skill draw, practice his skills, train his breathing techniques, and research mirror space, among other things.
He was so busy that he desperately hoped his next skill draw would be a clone technique, preferably the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu from Naruto, capable of creating dozens or even hundreds of clones.
Fortunately, June arrived, and the hot weather meant the school was preparing for summer vacation. He would finally have some free time from his heavy studies.
And vacations are often a season of restlessness for young men and women.
"Finney, you've already rejected him so many times, you're not going to reject him again this time, are you?"
Several girls in Finney's class looked at him resentfully. If it weren't for his undeniably alluring face and body, they wouldn't have invited him so many times.
"I'm so sorry!"
Finney looked at them apologetically. Although he really wanted to go out and relax with them, he had too many things to do and couldn't find the time.
"Hmph, we'll never invite you again."
The girls had their tempers too. Seeing Finney refuse every time, they angrily replied, hoping to change his mind.
However, after they left the classroom, turning back every few steps, Finney didn't change his mind. After all, if he graduated smoothly, there wouldn't be a next time.
"Why don't they invite me? I have plenty of time!"
Billy, watching the girls leave, asked Finney with envy. However, after learning Finney's true identity, he couldn't feel jealous, as the gap was too big.
"You should ask them!"
Finney rolled his eyes. He was actually quite regretful. He had spent so many holidays busy, never even having time to spend with the girls.
This showed how difficult it was to be a hero.
Billy, of course, wouldn't ask. He might be ugly, but he wasn't stupid. However, he was curious about Finney's summer plans. After looking around, he couldn't help but whisper,
"What are you going to do during your vacation? Go slay gods?"
"Slay my @ss!"
Finney looked at Billy amusedly. A while ago, to prevent Billy from revealing his identity, he'd scare him by saying his enemies were gods, and he hadn't expected Billy to remember.
"Alright, stop asking about these things. It won't do you any good."
Seeing Billy about to ask again, Finney interrupted him. If Billy knew about Hydra, it certainly wouldn't benefit him in the slightest.
"Oh!"
Billy didn't dare ask any more questions. He looked at Finney and finally said, "Then be careful." "
Yeah, have a great vacation too. And finish the game soon, I'm waiting!"
Finney nodded, waved goodbye to Billy.
Back home, Finney found Skye. During this time, he had also carefully investigated the Whitehall base. Although security was tight, he didn't see any significant danger, so he planned to have Skye accompany him.
However, one thing to be careful about was that although Finney knew it was a Hydra base, it was ostensibly under S.H.I.E.L.D.
Therefore, the two of them had to proceed cautiously and try to avoid being exposed. Of course, if they were exposed, it wouldn't matter much; at most, Nick Fury would notice something was wrong and realize that Hydra still existed. Then they would see if Hydra was prepared to launch a desperate counterattack.
After recounting his investigation and why he had gone to Whitehall, Skye became somewhat agitated: "Is he the one who drove my mother insane and made me an orphan, homeless and destitute?"
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