Speaking of Black Widow injecting Stark, I suddenly remembered that in one Universe, Black Widow killed Stark with a single injection."
"Haha, although it's not what I meant before, Stark still died from palladium poisoning, didn't he?"
"It can only be said that the Ant-Man in that Universe was truly formidable, single-handedly wiping out the Avengers!"
"This is something even the Purple Sweet Potato couldn't achieve!"
"Although the Purple Sweet Potato also killed most of the Avengers, leaving them in a terrible state, at least the three giants of the Avengers were still alive."
"Unlike Ant-Man, who directly annihilated them, leaving only Nick Fury as a lone commander."
"Even though it was only the early Avengers, this record is astonishing enough."
Killed himself with a single injection?
Tony Stark couldn't help but secretly click his tongue. Are you saving people or killing them?
His counterpart in that Universe was too tragic, wasn't he?
However, how exactly did his counterpart in that Universe die?
Tony Stark naturally wouldn't believe he died due to a low-level error like Black Widow's hand being unsteady and accidentally piercing his artery.
No matter what, she was a top ace Agent; she wouldn't make such an absurd mistake.
In other words, Black Widow's entire injection process should have been fine.
So the most likely culprit should be that serum!
Either the serum developed by S.H.I.E.L.D. had a problem, or S.H.I.E.L.D.'s serum was replaced by someone, or tampered with in some other way.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. is an international intelligence organization, Tony Stark felt that neither of these possibilities was very high.
But upon seeing the diary mention Ant-Man wiping out the Avengers later, Tony Stark began to ponder.
Why did it say Black Widow killed him with an injection earlier, and then immediately overturn that statement, saying Ant-Man wiped out the Avengers?
If wiping out the Avengers here was just a general statement, not including Stark killed by Black Widow.
The diary later emphasized that Ant-Man also killed the three giants!
That's right, although Black Widow injected Stark to death, the killer was Ant-Man!
Then a natural conclusion emerges: Ant-Man was behind Black Widow injecting Stark to death!
The other party really employed some method and successfully tampered with the serum.
"Ant-Man?"
"Who is this person?"
Tony Stark could be said to have deeply remembered this name.
Although Ant-Man massacring the Avengers happened in another Universe, Ant-Man's power was evident.
Besides that, the Purple Sweet Potato's power was also more vividly displayed.
Playboy had always known the Purple Sweet Potato was very strong and had fought many super heroes, but he hadn't expected him to kill most of the Avengers!
It seems his previous guess was correct; this Purple Sweet Potato is definitely a big boss.
"Ant-Man?"
Nick Fury, in front of another diary, felt a stir in his heart.
Tony Stark didn't know who Ant-Man was, but as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury naturally couldn't not know.
Ant-Man was once a super powerhouse within S.H.I.E.L.D.!
However, he had already left S.H.I.E.L.D. a long time ago, transforming into a renowned entrepreneur by establishing Pym Technologies.
Furthermore, he was also very old, so old that his hair had turned White, completely becoming an old man.
But even so, Nick Fury dared not underestimate him.
For no other reason than Ant-Man's set of equipment was truly impossible to guard against!
Even Hank Pym didn't need to personally wear that battlesuit; anyone who put it on could unleash Ant-Man's power.
The important thing is the battlesuit, not the person!
Although Nick Fury didn't know why Ant-Man would massacre the Avengers in another Universe, there was one thing Nick Fury secretly decided.
S.H.I.E.L.D. needs to pay closer attention to these potential threats!
After making up his mind, Nick Fury once again focused his single eye on the diary, waiting for the diary's subsequent "updates."
However, once again, the diary abruptly stopped without any warning.
After waiting for a while with no movement, Nick Fury had no choice but to withdraw his attention from the diary.
And the first thing Nick Fury did after that was to log into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s internal system and conduct a search.
Search for what?
Naturally, it was to search for the HYDRA moles revealed in the diary.
First and foremost, the "bald man" with "glasses"—this was the guy Nick Fury could immediately start investigating.
Clack, clack, clack!
His hands rapidly tapped on the keyboard, setting the appropriate search criteria, and then pressed the start button.
Beep, beep, beep!
Accompanied by this rhythmic electronic prompt, the computer screen in front of him began to rapidly flash through various related personnel files.
This process lasted for about a few seconds, and then the image on the computer screen suddenly froze.
Twelve bald men wearing glasses appeared before Nick Fury.
The guy who leaked the Insight Project in "Captain America 2" was indeed among them.
"Which of you will it be?"
Nick Fury scanned the "candidates" in front of him with his single eye, his gaze growing increasingly sharp and profound.
There were only a mere twelve people; for Nick Fury, this was quite easy to investigate.
The only problem was that this matter had to be handled with extreme caution!
After all, the diary made it very clear that the HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D. had reached a frenzied level.
If his investigation alerted them, it would be very troublesome.
In other words, this investigation required absolutely trustworthy people.
Fortunately, although the condition of "absolutely trustworthy" was somewhat excessively strict, after the diary's "certification," there were still a few candidates before Nick Fury.
Coulson, Hawkeye Barton, and Black Widow.
As for Agent Hill?
While her level of trust with Nick Fury was high, it was only higher compared to other Agents.
If considering Agent Hill alone, Nick Fury wasn't 100% trusting and maintained a certain degree of vigilance.
Never trusting anyone—that was Nick Fury's consistent nature.
So, for this extremely arduous task, Nick Fury immediately excluded Agent Hill, intending to choose only from Coulson and the other two.
Considering that Black Widow and Barton currently had missions, Coulson had just finished his Arctic Ocean mission.
Then, who to assign this matter to became a matter of course.
"Coulson!"
Nick Fury immediately called Coulson back and placed the twelve personnel files in front of him.
"I'm assigning you a top-secret mission. One of these twelve people is a high-level spy from another organization."
"I want you to find out who this person is as quickly as possible."
"Also, I want you to investigate this matter alone; do not use S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources."
Unlike the mission to rescue Captain America, where Coulson was asked to choose trustworthy people, this time, for investigating the HYDRA mole, Nick Fury only allowed Coulson to act alone.
This way, there would be no possibility of leakage.
"Officer, are you implying that there are other moles in S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
Coulson wasn't foolish; he naturally sensed something and immediately asked Nick Fury the question in his heart.
"On this point, I neither admit nor deny."
Just like when Coulson asked how his eye went blind, Nick Fury gave an answer that was both an answer and no answer.
Coulson understood that this was not something he should ask further, so he didn't.
"But if that's the case, Officer, you'll have to approve more funding."
Coulson said to Nick Fury with a serious expression.
If he couldn't use S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources, then Coulson could only use resources outside of S.H.I.E.L.D.
And they had to be the most top-notch, most formidable teams.
After all, what he was investigating was S.H.I.E.L.D.; he couldn't alert them, could he?
And that would cost a lot of money!
"I know."
"You don't have to worry about the expenses; I only want results."
"Understood, sir!"
Coulson left in a hurry.
And after Coulson left, Nick Fury began to investigate another important HYDRA figure.
Baron Strucker.
Clack, clack, clack!
After a series of taps on the keyboard.
A middle-aged man with a crew cut, who indeed seemed somewhat refined, appeared before Nick Fury.
With the name given, and being a Baron, such specific conditions made it very easy for Nick Fury to find the person.
"So you, are actually HYDRA?"
Scanning Baron Strucker's file, Nick Fury's expression grew increasingly solemn.
This Baron Strucker was no simple person; his identity and status were not to be underestimated!
Adding to that, the Senator was also a person of high status and power.
So, has HYDRA's infiltration of society reached such an alarming level!
Nick Fury had no intention of assigning the investigation of Baron Strucker to Coulson, nor to Barton or Black Widow.
After some thought, he dialed a few highly secretive numbers that he rarely used.
That's right.
Nick Fury also began to personally utilize resources outside of S.H.I.E.L.D. for the relevant investigations.
As for that HYDRA Senator?
That was the most troublesome.
Such a high-ranking figure in politics required twelve thousand percent caution.
He couldn't leave even the slightest flaw, and even more so, he couldn't arouse the slightest suspicion from the other party.
Otherwise, it would lead to immense trouble.
It required a long-term plan.
Of course, before that, Nick Fury had one more thing to do.
That was to find that guy first when the hearing convened tomorrow!
Meanwhile.
Nick Fury wasn't the only one paying such close attention to this hearing.
There were also the other two diary holders, as well as Zhou Cheng.
Tony Stark needed no further explanation; he was the person involved.
Of course, if it were at the beginning, even as the person involved, Playboy wouldn't have taken this hearing seriously.
What about a hearing?
In front of Tony, it was just a show.
But now...
Knowing that his parents died at the hands of HYDRA, and knowing that HYDRA intended to target his armor at the hearing, Playboy naturally couldn't remain indifferent.
After the latest wave of spoilers in the diary, Tony Stark had one more thing to do at the hearing besides protecting his armor.
Find that HYDRA Senator!
That was the key.
The same went for Black Widow.
In fact, her sole "motive" for paying attention to this hearing was to find out the identity of that HYDRA Senator.
So what about Zhou Cheng?
He already knew who that HYDRA Senator was, and even if he didn't, he didn't care at all; after all, HYDRA's affairs had nothing to do with him.
Zhou Cheng was simply watching the drama unfold!
Tony Stark dominating the hearing and publicly scolding the Senator—such a good show must be very exciting and not to be missed.
And so.
Under the attention of all parties.
The next day at nine o'clock, Tony Stark and his personal assistant Pepper arrived punctually at the hearing.
They took their seats.
Looking around, the hall was already filled with bigwigs from various parts of the Military and political circles.
Whether it was the committee members on the stage or the observers in the audience.
Without exception, they were all prominent figures.
This kind of scene, it must be said, was truly not something an ordinary person could handle.
But for the cool and swaggering Tony?
It was completely child's play, something he didn't take seriously at all.
He even kept turning back to tease his little assistant even after the hearing officially began, his arrogance beyond ordinary.
It wasn't until Senator Stern went all out, attacking Tony Stark with deadly blows, aiming to strip him of his armor, that Playboy finally turned his head.
He looked up and glanced at Senator Stern, outwardly calm, but inwardly he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
You fat pig, you must be the HYDRA Senator mentioned in the diary, right?
If so, then don't blame Tony for being merciless!
"Destroyer weapon? No, my device does not fit that description."
"I define it as a high-tech prosthetic."
"I am the Destroyer, I am one with the Destroyer. Handing over the Destroyer is handing over myself. That would be selling myself or selling out."
"I am your nuclear deterrent. You're welcome. It's effective. We succeeded. America is safe."
"I did you a favor. I successfully privatized World peace! What more do you want?!"
Clap, clap, clap!
As Playboy delivered various brilliant performances at the hearing, the observers in the audience all stood up, applauding him vigorously.
The entire hearing venue was lively and jubilant, turning into Tony Stark's personal stand-up comedy show.
"F*** you, Stark!"
"F*** you!"
Senator Stern, whose face was thoroughly slapped, couldn't help but curse angrily.