HYDRA, they actually sent the Winter Soldier to kill me?"
In front of another diary, Nick Fury's expression suddenly froze, and a sharp light flashed in his single eye.
Had HYDRA become so rampant?
He was the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
It was one thing for them to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D., but they actually planned to eliminate the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Could it be that HYDRA was no longer content with just being undercover, but intended to come out into the open and seize power from him?
To completely control all of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
What grand ambition, what a grand scheme!
An undercover Agent wanting to completely replace the rightful owner was truly unheard of.
However, this also indirectly showed the insane extent of HYDRA's infiltration and control over S.H.I.E.L.D.
Otherwise, how would they dare to be so rampant?
The HYDRA problem was truly a grave hidden danger!
But how to solve this grave hidden danger was truly a headache.
At least Nick Fury, for now, had not come up with any particularly good ideas.
The only thing he could do at the moment was to first identify the HYDRA Agents pointed out in this diary's spoiler!
Other matters would have to be handled gradually, with a long-term plan.
The Insight Project was the same.
Although the diary made it clear that this was an important HYDRA plan, and in the future, it even prompted someone like Captain America to personally intervene to stop it.
But as of now, besides a name, the diary had not revealed anything else.
Nick Fury could only secretly investigate and try, but he couldn't do more.
"All things considered, Crossbones is quite formidable; he's captured Captain America and even pummeled Captain America."
"Moreover, strictly speaking, this guy was the fuse for the superhero civil war and the split of the Avengers!"
"If it weren't for Crossbones, Scarlet Witch wouldn't have accidentally injured civilians, and Wakanda wouldn't have publicly condemned the Avengers internationally."
"Becoming the final straw that crushed public opinion."
"The Sokovia Accords wouldn't have been enacted! The civil war wouldn't have broken out!"
Crossbones?
This name, or rather, this alias, immediately caught Nick Fury's high attention.
This was a HYDRA elite "officially stamped" by the diary; he had even achieved the "feat" of capturing Captain America and pummeling Captain America?
So, was this person also a super soldier?
Almost instantly, Crossbones was regarded by Nick Fury as an extremely important threat.
However, it was a pity that the diary did not reveal the name directly like it did for Baron Strucker, otherwise, finding the person would be much easier.
The only clue Nick Fury could work with at the moment was the alias "Crossbones."
But Nick Fury wasn't really confident whether he could find anything concrete based solely on an alias.
He could only try his best.
After making up his mind, Nick Fury did not dwell on this matter, but instead focused on another, more important piece of intelligence below.
The superhero civil war, the split of the Avengers, was it because of the Sokovia Accords?
So, what was this accord?
First, the name of the accord contained the place name Sokovia.
Based on some common naming conventions, it was clear that this accord was enacted because of events that occurred in Sokovia.
According to the context, it was clear that Scarlet Witch, yes, the "most tragic" hero mentioned earlier in the diary.
Although he didn't know who this Scarlet Witch was, she could use magic to rewrite a town, rewrite reality.
She was undoubtedly a super powerhouse.
The diary had also confirmed that Scarlet Witch was a positive figure, a superhero.
Nick Fury was naturally very willing to recruit such a person into the Avengers.
But unfortunately, based on the scattered words mentioned in the diary, it was impossible to find out who Scarlet Witch was.
So now, Nick Fury could only abandon that unrealistic fantasy and continue to analyze the matter of the Sokovia Accords.
The name "Sokovia Accords" unequivocally indicated that Scarlet Witch's accidental injury to civilians occurred in Sokovia.
And the injured people were clearly Wakandans, otherwise, it wouldn't have caused Wakanda's public condemnation.
Wait a moment, Wakanda?
Nick Fury thought for a while before recalling.
Wasn't this country a small, extremely poor and backward nation located in Africa?
It was even widely considered the poorest country in the World, with its civilization still stuck in the "agrarian age."
Such an insignificant, third-rate country was quickly dismissed by Nick Fury, who paid it no further attention.
Instead, he continued his analysis based on his previous line of thought.
According to the diary's intelligence, this accord was enacted because Wakandan people were accidentally injured by Scarlet Witch, and Wakanda issued a condemnation, igniting public opinion.
In other words, this accord was enacted to appease public anger over superheroes accidentally injuring civilians.
Then it must be a restrictive, suppressive, or even controlling accord.
And what about those superheroes?
Each of them was an extraordinary individual with unique abilities, so it was likely that many would not obey or agree with such an accord.
For example, Tony Stark, whom Nick Fury had just recently met; that guy had always acted on his own whims and would never agree to that accord.
But at the same time, there would certainly be some superheroes who would agree.
For example, Captain America.
As a "super soldier" from a military background who had obeyed orders his entire life, he would certainly understand such an accord.
So, the point of conflict arose here.
Undoubtedly, it was precisely this point of conflict that ultimately led to the superhero civil war!
Understood!
As a seasoned Agent leader, Nick Fury simply sorted out his thoughts and had a good grasp of the matters concerning the accord and the civil war.
"But the most formidable one is actually Nick Fury; he's practically HYDRA's best assist."
"The Insight Project, which he painstakingly developed, became the sharpest weapon in HYDRA's hands!"
"Allowing HYDRA's plan to kill millions of people at once to be successfully implemented."
"It must be said that HYDRA truly has a grand scheme, killing all of HYDRA's enemies and potential enemies globally in one go, rooting them out completely!"
"If HYDRA really succeeded, the consequences would truly be unimaginable."
"Ordinary people aside, as long as they were targeted, they wouldn't survive, and even a large portion of superheroes would be killed."
"I'm afraid few people besides Hulk, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver of that level could stop it, right?"
Killing millions of people at once!
Tony Stark was severely stimulated.
Yes, even the Playboys's cool and arrogant nature was shocked by HYDRA's terrifying and cruel plan.
That wasn't just a few, a few hundred, or even tens of thousands, but millions!
You know, the entire population of New York is less than ten million!
Are those HYDRA people all insane?
No, the word 'insane' is completely insufficient here; these are simply demons! Insanely cruel demons!
However~
After the shock and anger, Tony Stark also had deep doubts about it.
How could one "simultaneously" kill millions of people?
Highlight the key point: simultaneously!
This means doing all of this at the same time, or within a very, very short interval!
Weapons of mass destruction?
No, no weapon of mass destruction could do such an exaggerated thing, unless it was a nuclear bomb!
But the key problem is, the diary clearly states that the Insight Project is to kill all of HYDRA's enemies and potential enemies.
Those people couldn't possibly all gather in one place waiting for HYDRA to kill them, right?
Considering HYDRA's enemies and such, it should have little to do with geography.
In other words, those millions of people should be scattered all over the World.
That is to say, HYDRA could use that Insight Project to simultaneously kill millions of people scattered across the World?
How is that possible!
From a technical standpoint, it's simply impossible.
So, what exactly is the Insight Project?
The Playboy fell into deep thought.
The diary also mentioned that this project was developed by Nick Fury.
Considering that Nick Fury also researched super weapons using the Tesseract, is it possible that this thing is a super weapon developed by Nick Fury?
Damn Nick Fury!
What exactly have you done!
If you can't absolutely control the weapons you develop, then don't research them recklessly!
"The Insight Project, it was actually something I created?"
Nick Fury was stunned for a moment, caught completely off guard, and equally stimulated.
His highly anticipated, supposedly top-secret HYDRA plan, turned out to be something he had created himself?
What the hell.
How could he, Nick Fury, create something that could kill millions of people at once?
Besides that, there was another equally important question: why would he, Nick Fury, create such a thing?
Did his future self believe, or rather, did his self from another parallel Universe believe, that S.H.I.E.L.D. needed to kill a huge number of targets on a large scale at once?
Are you kidding me? They are just an intelligence agency, not fighting a World war!
Why would there be such a need?
"Wait a minute!"
"Not necessarily!"
And soon, Nick Fury, who knew the truth of this World, realized something.
He himself had experienced the war between the Skrulls and the Kree, and the diary also mentioned the "Chitauri" invasion.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. truly needed to kill millions of people at once, there was only one possibility.
They were dealing with this kind of alien threat!
Nick Fury had always been preparing for such alien threats, and it seemed that in the future, he achieved very significant results.
But what was frustrating was.
Such a powerful weapon meant to deal with aliens actually fell into HYDRA's hands!
How could this happen?
With his capabilities, Nick Fury would surely hold onto such an important item tightly; how could it be snatched by HYDRA?
Could it be…
Nick Fury's single eye lit up.
Could this be the assassination attempt by the Winter Soldier on him, as mentioned in the diary?
Given Nick Fury's status, HYDRA would certainly not act this way unless it was for a very important reason.
And if Nick Fury was fine, the Insight Project would absolutely not fall into HYDRA's hands!
Combining these two, the logic before and after suddenly became clear.
The only problem was that all of this was Nick Fury's speculation.
Whether it was actually like this, only Satan probably knew.
Besides that, there was another extremely important question.
What did "potential enemies" mean?
Not enemies now, but potentially posing a threat to HYDRA in the future?
HYDRA would actually kill even such people?
No wonder they would kill millions of people at once!
HYDRA truly had no bottom line in their actions!
"If that's the case, Stark, who is currently boasting, even if he avoids palladium poisoning and Whiplash, he won't escape HYDRA's cordial greeting!"
"Speaking of which, Stark being able to live until the Endgame War really owes it to Captain America!"
"But it's hard to say."
"According to the plot, Stark's palladium poisoning should be quite severe by now, right?"
"This Universe isn't the 199999 Universe; God knows if Stark can solve the palladium poisoning problem."
"You know, there are quite a few Universes where Stark dies in various ways; it's possible there's a Universe where he dies from palladium poisoning."
"Haha, if there really is, that would probably be the most pathetic way for any Iron Man to die, wouldn't it?"
"It seems that HYDRA's plan to kill millions of people using the Insight Project was stopped by Captain America."
Black Widow couldn't help but nod with some relief.
The diary had previously mentioned the "Insight Project War," and both Captain America and the Winter Soldier were participants in this war.
And in this war, Captain America was even beaten like a dog by the Winter Soldier!
At the time, Black Widow was worried whether such a heinous plan as the Insight Project had been successfully stopped.
And now, Black Widow finally felt relieved.
Captain America was indeed Captain America, as reliable and powerful as he was back then.
He once again crushed and dismantled HYDRA's conspiracy.
Saving millions of people.
"Palladium poisoning is very deep?"
Tony Stark couldn't help but curl his lips into a smug smile.
Hmph!
Zhou Cheng, you completely miscalculated this time!
Look at your confident demeanor; he, Tony, will deliberately not follow your script, will deliberately not follow your "plot"!
Tony's palladium poisoning has already been cured, okay!
Of course, curing his palladium poisoning was entirely due to the diary's spoiler, and the Playboy would never mention such a thing at this time.
"It's just a pity I can't see Zhou Cheng's expression when he hears this news."
Thinking of this, Tony Stark couldn't help but shake his head with some regret and boredom.
Thanks to user 08a for the reward!