Of course.
Whether Victoria Knowles is a Hydra member or not, and why Hydra placed the order, has nothing to do with Lake. He always adheres to his own principles when choosing targets.
How much does the order cost? Is he in New York? Is he a bad person? Are you free?
As long as these four conditions are met, Lake will not ask about anything else.
He's a killer, not a babysitter.
besides...
Since this person has been captured by the SHIELD, which doesn't even deserve a name, how did David know about it?
Does David have an informant in S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Lake looked up and looked at David's office next door, thinking so in his heart.
In the evening.
Continental Hotel.
Lake waited for Lister, who was finally not late this time. The last time he was late was because of traffic jam, which was excusable in New York's traffic. If he was late again this time, Lake felt that he had to re-evaluate whether Hydra's respect for him was just superficial.
Being punctual is the minimum respect.
"Good evening, Mr. Black King."
"Good evening."
Lake shook hands with Lister, invited him to sit down, and then got straight to the point: "Victoria Knowles has been arrested by an international law enforcement agency. I don't accept orders outside of New York."
Liszt said, "Don't worry, Mr. Black King, we are absolutely sure that the target will appear in New York in a week."
Lister did not inquire about Lake's sources.
He already knows.
Or rather.
When Lake was retrieving the information over there, Hydra already knew about it. The reason was the same as Lake guessed, David's informant was inside SHIELD. SHIELD knew about it, and naturally, Hydra also knew about it.
and...
SHIELD and Hydra have also made a preliminary speculation about the relationship between the Black King and Riker. Of course, Hydra has more speculations than SHIELD.
Because the Black King said that Lake saved his life, then, one is a killer and the other is an agent, so it is not difficult to guess the relationship between them.
partnership.
The Black King, who is involved in the criminal world, accepts the mission and then obtains intelligence through Lake in public. It is a win-win cooperation relationship in which Lake solves the case and the Black King gets paid.
This kind of relationship feels a bit weird though.
but...
Neither S.H.I.E.L.D. nor SHIELD could find a loophole to overturn this relationship. After inferring this relationship, they could only silently say in their hearts that this was a cool move and nothing else.
Lake listened to Lister's firm assurance and nodded.
Just show up in New York.
Lake stood up and prepared to leave, but suddenly remembered that he had come too long, so he sat down again and looked at Lister with some curiosity: "Just asking, if you don't want to answer, forget it, is this Victoria Knowles your person?"
Liszt said directly: "No."
It should have been.
Victoria Knowles, the No. 1 in the Secret Service Academy, is not only Nick Fury's favorite, but also Hydra's favorite. Even Victoria Knowles's defection from the Secret Service Academy was secretly manipulated by Hydra.
Originally, Hydra wanted to recruit Victoria Knowles into their Hydra camp at the right time. However, S.H.I.E.L.D., represented by Nick Fury, still seemed to have a soft spot for Victoria Knowles. Even though she became an arms smuggler, they still hoped that one day Victoria Knowles would come to her senses and return to the right path.
Over the years, S.H.I.E.L.D. has tried to capture Victoria Knowles more than once or twice, but unfortunately they were reluctant to kill her each time, allowing Victoria Knowles to escape many times.
Hydra, which was watching from the sidelines, looked at S.H.I.E.L.D. represented by Nick Fury who was relentlessly pursuing Victoria Knowles, and thought that there was no good recruitment window in this situation. Moreover, after so many years of chasing and escaping, Hydra vaguely felt that there was a rather strange relationship between Victoria Knowles and Nick Fury.
so.
After discussion within Hydra, they felt that instead of giving such a No. 1 agent to SHIELD and making him a great help to SHIELD, it would be better to kill him now and not give SHIELD any chance to take advantage of him.
Especially after Nick Fury temporarily left S.H.I.E.L.D. and returned to the Secret Service Academy, he directly restarted the plan to capture Knowles, and this time he actually captured him alive.
Just right.
At this time, Lake's alias Black King appeared in the eyes of Hydra. They needed to reconcile with Lake, and they also had other little ideas, such as making Black King truly stand on the opposite side of S.H.I.E.L.D. So, Hydra decided to give up its own actions and choose to outsource, investing one million US dollars to order Black King.
Of course.
Lister would definitely not tell Lake these words. However, after giving the task and chatting with Alexander yesterday, Lister thought about it and said to Lake: "Mr. Black King, Victoria Knowles is loved by the organization that trained her. Perhaps, she may encounter some troubles after you complete the order."
So this Victoria Knowles is the white glove of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Lake looked up at Lister and said, "This is none of my business. I only care about my principles and whether this is a trap set by the person who placed the order."
Liszt waved his hand: "I swear to God, absolutely not."
Lake smiled.
Get up.
Lake leaned forward and whispered in Lister's ear: "If you say that you swore to Hydra, I will believe you more. But it doesn't matter. If this is a trap set by you, wait for my call."
Liszt: "…"
Lister didn't know when Lake left.
When Liszt came to his senses, he was already covered in cold sweat.
He really knew.
Went out the door.
Still in that luxurious car.
"Hello."
"He really knows us."
"That's what we've speculated a long time ago, isn't it?"
"No, I mean, I feel like he knows more than we think."
"Did he refuse the mission?"
"No."
"So what's there to worry about?"
"…"
Alexander Pierce, who was far away in the Three Flying Ornaments, hung up the phone and stood there. After a while, the phone on the desk rang.
Alexander answered.
At an overseas spy base, Nick Fury, wearing a beret from an unknown country, looked at a high school girl with a funny outfit that appeared on his computer and said, "Agent No. 83 has been found."
Alexander Pierce frowned. "I thought she died three months ago."
Nick Fury laughed: "Obviously, she faked her death."
"Where is it?"
"New York."
"…What do you mean?"
"Agent No. 83 is very talented, no less than Agent No. 1. I want to bring her back."
"...good."
…
PS: Megan Walsh - from "Assassin's School Girl"
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