Chapter 18 Don't you wail at me...
Although Baron Strucker was reluctant to admit it.
But without a doubt.
This was the most likely scenario right now.
Because if some other person or organization had intervened.
Then, with Hydra's intelligence network in Sokovia and the Hive Satellite's round-the-clock reconnaissance.
He would have received news immediately.
However.
Nothing had happened in the past two days.
Therefore, he was certain that Karl was the one who made the move!
Thinking of this, Baron Strucker's face couldn't help but reveal a look of deep emotion.
Originally, after learning through intelligence that Karl had not chosen to escape.
He and his subordinates almost unanimously believed that the other party was likely suffering from severe physical exhaustion due to excessive use of his superpower.
That's why he was temporarily unable to leave the Base.
Otherwise, the first decision an ordinary person would make in that situation would be to escape, one hundred percent!!
But now it seemed that they had not only guessed wrong.
But also paid an extremely huge price for this mistake.
Just then, a soldier rushed into the office with a panicked expression and reported:
"Officer, a video just came from the New York branch, saying it might be related to the missing special forces squad..."
Baron Strucker's face showed a suspicious look.
He then took the tablet handed to him by the soldier and clicked on the video inside.
As the picture appeared, a slightly excited male voice came with it.
"Oh, this thing can really shoot at night?"
Then another magnetic male voice also sounded.
"Of course, this is a high-end product, it's no problem to just take it to shoot the moon... You prepare here, the show is about to begin!"
Then, the camera shook, and the focus of the picture was adjusted several times towards the distance.
Finally, it was fixed in a mountain forest.
Even though it was far away, whether it was the branches and leaves swaying in the wind, or the birds and beasts perched on the branches grooming their feathers, everything was clearly visible in the picture.
Not long after...
A figure suddenly moved in a corner of the screen.
Eight fully armed special forces squads, under the cover of night, arrived silently like ghosts.
However.
Just as these soldiers had just reached the foot of the mountain and were about to enter a certain tunnel.
A figure shimmering with golden light, like a God descending, crashed down from the dark night sky.
The terrifying roar instantly echoed throughout the entire mountain forest like a thunderclap.
The surging airwaves directly sent those tall and strong soldiers flying far away.
And the male voice, like a narration, sounded again at this time, "Wow, that's so cool, that was a standard superhero landing just now!!"
Next, a magnificent one-sided slaughter began.
Even though those battle-hardened soldiers were all equipped with advanced weapons similar to those in sci-fi blockbusters, they were still beaten without any ability to fight back.
Their attacks were almost all blocked by the "energy shield" on the Golden Flashing Man's body.
In just a few minutes, the entire squad was wiped out.
The video also stopped abruptly at this point.
Undoubtedly, the eight small teams that were wiped out in the video were precisely the Rapid Response Force led by Captain Boka.
And that "Golden Flashing Man" was naturally Karl.
However.
Compared to the rookie who rampaged through the Base two days ago.
The "Flashing Man" in the video looked more like a veteran no matter how you looked at him!
And he was the kind who was decisive in killing and ruthless.
"It's simply unbelievable... Experiment Subject No. 380 has grown to this extent in just 2 days!!"
Even though Baron Strucker had already guessed the result.
But he was still so shocked that he almost lost his composure.
On one hand.
Karl's monstrous growth rate and immense future potential made him incredibly covetous and amazed.
If he could capture the other party and conduct deep brainwashing.
Then the power of the Hydra faction he led.
Would undoubtedly receive an unprecedented huge boost.
By then...
What S.H.I.E.L.D., what Avengers, and those drug-addicted superpowered individuals.
Would all become insignificant trash in front of him!!
But on the other hand.
The powerful strength Karl displayed made him feel a long-lost sense of apprehension and worry.
That video just now was enough to show.
Conventional weapons, and even new types of weapons reverse-engineered from alien technology.
Were no longer able to effectively curb Karl's superpowers.
So, how to continue the capture work had already become an urgent priority!
But one thing was certain.
Baron Strucker would never dare to give Karl another chance to grow.
It's just...
If large-scale troop movements were carried out at this time, it would inevitably attract the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers.
Thereby increasing the risk of exposure, which would be more trouble than it was worth!
In addition to that.
There was one more thing that made Baron Strucker very puzzled.
That was how Karl managed to "predict" the Boka Squad's movements in advance?
"Could it be that there's an internal spy in the Base who leaked the operation information to Experiment Subject No. 380?"
"Or did this kid deliberately hide other superpowers in the video before, such as telepathy..."
Although Baron Strucker leaned more towards the latter.
But this did not prevent him from carrying out a major purge of loyalty in this Base!
But before he could sort out his thoughts, the phone on his desk suddenly rang.
Looking at the number, Baron Strucker's face immediately became a little ugly.
"Strucker, what's going on with that video online? Why was the Rapid Response Force's operation filmed?"
"Also... who is that superpowered individual fighting the Rapid Response Force in the video?"
"Is it someone from Vought Corporation, or a God from Asgard or some other damn place?"
"What the hell are you guys doing in Sokovia?!"
As soon as the call connected, a series of almost roaring, stern interrogations came from the other end.
"Hmph." Facing the questioning, Baron Strucker sneered in return:
"Pierce, it seems it's not your place, as the head of the North American Branch, to question what I do, is it?"
The person on the phone was none other than Alexander Pierce, the Secretary of the World Security Council, who appeared in the movie Captain America 2.
He was not only Nick Fury's direct superior, but also the main person in charge of the Hydra organization's North American Branch.
Although normally, the different factions within the Hydra organization always operated independently and did not interfere with each other.
But when it came to certain key information or serious situations.
They would still communicate with each other and help each other out.
This was also one of the reasons why Hydra could never be completely eliminated.
"You... you're an incorrigible idiot!!"
Alexander Pierce's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly increased by several decibels.
"Do you know, if Dr. Zola hadn't accidentally retrieved this video during a big data screening process,
And promptly cut off related propagation channels, and maximized the suppression of existing popularity, this video would have already gone viral online."
"By then, it would definitely attract the attention of Nick Fury and the Avengers, thus alerting them to what's going on over there..."
However.
Before he could finish speaking.
Baron Strucker lightly said, "Don't wail at me, I didn't ask for your help!"
"Besides, what if we are discovered?"
...S.H.I.E.L.D. can't do anything to me, okay?!!"
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