In any organization or company, as long as it is not a one-man show, the opinions of decision makers are very likely to conflict with each other.
Hydra is no exception.
At least, a phone call last night told him that Alexander Pierce and his allies had no involvement in this decision, which was entirely made by another person, Daniel Whitehall.
Lake naturally wouldn't believe it.
but...
Lake didn't say it on the spot. Sometimes, no matter how good the words are, when it comes to doing it, it is easy to see whether it is unity of knowledge and action or saying one thing and doing another.
Lake chuckled at the time and said thoughtfully to Lister on the phone: "If I remember correctly, Daniel Whitehall was released by Alexander Pierce."
Lister on the other end of the phone was instantly shocked.
after all...
Lister and Alexander Pierce knew that Lake... no, they knew that the Black King knew them very well, but they probably never expected that the Black King even knew such things.
In 1945, Daniel Whitehall was captured by the Strategic Science Corps, the predecessor of SHIELD. Ms. Peggy Carter ordered that as long as she was still in position, he would not be allowed to succeed. Even when Project Paperclip was launched, other Hydra scientists joined the Federation's team, but Daniel Whitehall was excluded.
After all, at that time, Daniel Whitehall was not only a senior executive of Hydra, but also a close friend of Red Skull.
but...
Ms. Peggy Carter never imagined that the Paperclip Project would not only give Hydra's scientists the opportunity to see the light of day again, but also allow Hydra, which should have been swept into the dust of history, to revive again from the ruins.
Late eighties.
After Ms. Peggy Carter retired from S.H.I.E.L.D., Alexander Pierce took over and secretly reactivated Daniel Whitehorse, who had been imprisoned for more than 30 years, and gave him treatment under the pretext of medical parole.
Immediately following.
Daniel Whitehall died of a sudden heart attack.
But what is the truth?
Daniel Whitehall reversed time and returned to his youth by transplanting the organs and blood of Skye's mother, the Inhuman Jiaying.
after...
Alexander Pierce was probably just like Ms. Peggy Carter. He never imagined that Daniel Whitehoe, who was able to see the light of day again thanks to him, would directly take over power again and once again possess the power to suppress him within this second-rising Hydra.
If God gave Alexander Pierce another chance, I guess no matter what Alexander said, he would not release Daniel Whitehall.
After all, it was with the re-emergence of Daniel Whitehoe that Alexander Pierce, in order to curb Daniel Whitehoe, directly transformed the Hydra decision-making level that originally belonged to him into the Hydra decision-making level that now looks very democratic.
It's obvious.
Alexander Pierce instructed Lister to call the Black King just to prepare for a rainy day.
Facts have proved that sometimes, the longer you live, the wiser you will not necessarily become. Look at Daniel Whitehall, he has completely turned himself into an old bastard.
This was true for Alexander Pierce.
For Lake?
Lake didn't care. When the enemy came, he would fight back. When the water came, he would block it with earth. When he reached the city gate, he would not show mercy.
Or, leave the city and die.
Otherwise, Lake will break into the city, kill everyone, and never stop fighting!
The same thing.
Dance, dance, dance happily, dance however you like, just don't wait until Lake comes to settle the score and then cry like a little girl.
After a while.
While Lake was sitting on the sofa in the private plane and sipping wine, the last guest was brought in by the airport.
John Wick walked into the plane with a frown.
The cabin door closed directly.
Next second.
The special plane started moving, entered the taxiing procedure, and prepared to take off.
"Mr. Wick!"
Lake gestured to the seat opposite him: "Sit!"
John Wick stood at the cabin door, staring at Lake, then took a few steps and sat down opposite Lake.
"Want to drink?"
"no thanks."
"That's terrible."
Lake withdrew his hand that was about to pour the wine and said to John Wick who was sitting opposite him: "Mr. Wick seems to be going to Texas as well. It just so happens that I want to go too, so please come with me, Mr. Wick. I hope Mr. Wick doesn't mind."
"Who are you."
"...What?"
John Wick's eyes moved down to Lake's right hand holding the wine glass: "You are not just a simple director of homeland security."
Lake smiled and said, "Isn't it the same for Mr. Wick? At least, Mr. Wick's temperament and hands tell me that you are not a house designer either."
John Wick didn't respond.
Lake smiled.
I guess... Hydra doesn't know what kind of existence they have provoked. The John Wick in front of them, who is known as Baba Yaga in the killer world, can turn the entire killer world upside down for a dog.
at the moment?
Hydra used John Wick's brother as bait, and perhaps, had already killed his brother. Guess how John Wick would react?
This is also the reason why Lake dared to go to the appointment even though he knew that going to Texas this time was like walking into a trap.
He is not alone.
With John Wick, the No. 1 killer in the world, accompanying him, Lake is even more fearless.
The plane looked up and instantly soared into the sky.
Thousands of miles above the sky.
Lake took out a laptop from the plane bedroom, turned it on, sat down again, and looked at John Wick: "Mr. Wick, we know what your brother is doing in Texas. At the same time, we are also very sure that your real brother is probably dead."
John Wick stared at Riker expressionlessly.
Tony is online.
Lake turned the computer screen to John Wick: "Because, this trip to Texas is a trap set by a mysterious organization against Tony Stark and me. Your brother is just bait to lure us into this trap."
Tony didn't say anything, but asked Jarvis and John Wick to explain the key points of knowledge.
Lake got up and went into the bedroom.
Tony's call went through to Lake's satellite phone.
"Are you sure you can tell him this?"
"Why not?"
"I looked up information on this John Wick."
"hehe."
Lake said into the phone, "Tony, there are some worlds that even you don't know, but I can tell you that John Wick is a top talent who is no less talented than Bucky Barnes."
Lake never bothered to hide anything from his allies.
Tony said in a deep voice, "More and more photos of Bucky Barnes have been captured by Jarvis."
Lake said, "If you come, then you will fall into the trap."
"If I hadn't come, they might have realized that their plan had been discovered by us."
"Yes."
Lake nodded and said, "But, we are in the open. Even if they know, they will launch an attack. Because, what we lack the most is time, and what they lack the most is time."
Once Riker and Tony Stark discover the truth, Hydra will soon be exposed to the sun again.
so...
Even if Tony Stark didn't go to Texas, Daniel Whitehall's plan would not change at all. For Daniel Whitehall, the arrow was on the string and had to be shot.
after all...
So many benefits have been given. If we don't kill Lake before the Black King changes his mind, what if the Black King changes his mind?
Hydra has a lot of assets, but the two major groups that Daniel Whitehall gave to the Black King this time have already accounted for one-third of his total personal assets.
Give it to me next time?
This time, Daniel Whitehoe was willing to sacrifice himself for the greater the reward. If it happened again, haha, Daniel Whitehoe was not sure if he had the courage to do so.
"All right."
Tony Stark took a deep breath and said, "If you need any help, just tell me. I'm willing to help you."
Lake smiled and said, "Okay, maybe one day, I'll ask Stark Bank for a loan of tens or even hundreds of millions. When the time comes, you can just find a backdoor and get it approved for me."
Finished.
Lake hung up the phone directly.
In a manor in France.
Daniel Whitehall also remotely received various information from the Federation through his own intelligence network. The person who helped to summarize it was Dr. Zora, the electronic life who agreed with Daniel Whitehall's plan.
"Lake Edwin has already left for Texas. As we suspected, he enjoys and will personally participate in the process of solving this major case."
"We already knew that, didn't we?"
Looking back at the cases Lake has participated in over the years, there are [Russian Spy Anna Case], [Langley Russian Deep Undercover Spy Shao Te Case], [Japanese Terrorist Case]...
Lake's presence can be seen in all these major cases, and he was involved on the front lines throughout the entire process. There is no doubt that he is a person who enjoys solving major cases and is quickly promoted based on the impact of these cases.
Now, with such a major cloning case, as long as Hydra reveals a little bit of real information, just as they speculated, Lake Edwin will come to the door in person.
It's the same profile as Hydra's psychological behavioral profiler.
only...
The result is the same, but the profiling process is a bit distorted. After all, Hydra's psychological profiling is based on the fact that Lake and the Black King are two different people.
If Hydra knew that the Black King and Riker were the same person, then they would realize that there were other reasons why Riker enjoyed solving crimes and being on the front lines.
For example, he was always passively involved in these cases, and then, because the people involved in these cases provoked him, he did not show any fear because he was not afraid of death.
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