Gentlemen, we're in trouble!"
It was still a dim little room, the opening remarks were still similar, and the attendees were still the same group of people, the five leaders of Hydra, gathered together again.
"Oh, God!"
Baron Stark, who was wearing pajamas, rubbed his eyes and said, "Gentlemen, I don't know what time it is over there, but it's late at night here."
Daniel Whitehall said directly: "Lake Edwin and Tony Stark have already suspected that the Bucky Barnes lying on the autopsy table is not the real Bucky Barnes."
Alexander Pierce frowned and looked at Daniel Whitehorse upon hearing this. "You mean, you handed over the clone? I thought we handed over the original."
Said.
Alexander Pierce said somewhat displeasedly: "You know, our relationship with the Black King has improved. What are you doing, Daniel?"
He is very angry.
Not only do I have to clean up Nick Fury's mess, I also have to clean up Hydra's mess. Damn, Hydra doesn't belong to me alone, so why do I feel like I have the most work to do?
Daniel Whitehall looked at Alexander and said, "Pierce, the current clones will stop growing for unknown reasons within two years at most after being activated once. Bucky Barnes is a sharp weapon."
Alexander Pierce sneered, "Yes, it's also a force that could hurt us."
"You are very afraid of these two people."
"I think that if there is no conflict of interest, there is no need to create unnecessary enemies."
"He knows about us."
"Yes, but thanks to me, the Black King is currently our friend. Similarly, thanks to you, the Black King of the Immortal Royal Family, who has just established a kingdom for his woman, will once again become our enemy."
"Are you accusing me of causing trouble for the organization?"
"Yes."
Alexander Pierce looked at Daniel Whitehorse and said bluntly, "Do you know the old saying in the East Country, 'The black sheep of the herd?'"
MMP.
They had paid a huge price to appease the Black King's anger, losing a senior executive. Now they were carefully disguising themselves with clones and had finally turned their enemy into a friend.
As a result, this cat caused some trouble.
Daniel Whitehall narrowed his eyes. "Be careful, Mr. Pierce, watch your words. When I was working for the organization, you..."
Alexander Pierce interrupted directly, taking off his glasses and exiting the group chat, saying: "You better hand over that damn Bucky Barnes, otherwise, you guys can go play by yourselves."
Said.
Alexander Pierce simply left the group chat.
In the study of a villa in the Special Administrative Region.
Alexander Pierce stood up, poured himself a glass of whiskey, drank it all, and calmed his inner throbbing.
Pig teammate.
Daniel Whitehall takes advantage of his longevity and seniority to call himself the boss.
In the group chat channel.
Baron Stark, who was considered an ally of Alexander Pierce, said to Daniel Whitehall after seeing his ally withdraw: "Mr. Whitehall, do I need to remind you that handing over Bucky Barnes was our unanimous decision?"
Daniel looked at Baron Stark with a smile: "So I handed it over."
"...What you handed over was a clone."
"They don't know."
"Now I know."
"There's no evidence whatsoever."
"...ha!"
Baron Stark was silent for a moment, then he couldn't help laughing. All sleepiness was gone. He was amused by Daniel Whitehorse's words: "Do you think the Black King of the Immortal Royal Family needs evidence?"
Daniel said, "It is Lake Edwin we need to deal with, not the Black King."
"They are bound together. Remember how we first provoked the Black King?"
"I can handle the Black King."
"What?"
Daniel Whitehall looked at Baron Stark and said word by word, "I say, if we let the Black King stay out of this matter, then do you still think it is wrong for us to keep Bucky Barnes?"
Baron Stark frowned. Although he didn't know where Daniel Whitehorse's confidence came from, he still felt that something was wrong. "I think you are playing with fire."
Daniel Whitehall said, "Lake Edwin is just an ordinary man. Tell me, if I offer half of our European assets to the Black King in exchange for him giving up on him, what will he do? He's a threat to us. Wouldn't it be better to use this opportunity to get rid of him?"
Baron Stark looked at Daniel Whitehall in shock: "You are crazy."
Half of their European industry?
Damn, do you know how much that's worth?
Daniel said calmly, "I can sense that Lake Edwin will be our biggest hidden danger, just like we thought Steve Rogers wouldn't be a hidden danger back then. We lost that time, and we must not lose a second time this time."
Said.
Daniel Whitehall looked around the conference table at the remaining people and said, "I propose that we get rid of this Lake Edwin."
The few remaining people looked at each other.
quite a while.
Baron Stark chose to abstain from voting: "I don't agree, but I don't object to this plan either. You can do whatever you want. Anyway, just don't touch the property under my name."
Gideon Malik smiled and said, "Me too. Besides, I'm semi-retired now. When my daughter takes over, the world will be yours."
Dr. Zora, who attended the meeting as an electronic lifeform, said: "According to my plan, because of Lake Edwin, there is a possibility that the probability of our exposure may be as high as 70%. If it can be solved once and for all, I agree."
Daniel nodded and said, "Okay, then it's approved. Since you are all unwilling to intervene, I will arrange this matter myself."
Finished.
The meeting was immediately disbanded.
After a while.
Alexander Pierce learned about Daniel Whitehall's plan from Baron Stark after the meeting, and for a moment, he felt speechless.
From the perspective of Hydra's organization, Alexander Pierce did approve of Daniel Whitehall's plan.
but...
Alexander Pierce's sixth sense told him that Lake Edwin would not die so easily. Even though the intelligence they had showed that Lake Edwin was just an ordinary person, Alexander always felt something was strange.
Think about it.
Alexander Pierce called Lister directly, said a few words to Lister, hung up the phone, sat in a chair and drank the whiskey in his hand.
New York.
National Land Building.
Autopsy room.
Olivia took off her gloves and said to Lake, "The autopsy results show that he died directly at the time of the car accident, but it's a bit strange."
Lake, who had just walked in, asked, "What?"
Olivia pointed to the four bodies lying on the dissection table and said, "The tissues on these four bodies all show signs of having been extracted."
"extract?"
"Um."
Olivia nodded, walked over to a corpse, and with a snap, opened its skull. "As for the others, I don't know. It's useless for me to tell you. Their brains are gone."
Lake handed Olivia a list of equipment worth 8.7 million that he had taken from the office. "Take a look and see if these devices can create clones."
Olivia didn't answer: "Brother, I'm a coroner, not a scientist."
Lake said, "Isn't cloning part of the medical department's knowledge?"
"...Cloning is a medical knowledge point?"
"Isn't it?"
"Did you teach me?"
"I guessed."
"…"
Olivia opened her mouth, then pointed to the door with a dark expression. "Go ask a medical student if they teach cloning. That falls under biology."
Lake tilted his head: "Really?"
Olivia was too lazy to pay attention to Lake. She rolled her eyes at him and looked like she didn't want to talk to him.
Lake shrugged and turned away.
Return home.
Skye, who was playing with a laptop on a high stool, turned and greeted Lake.
Lake walked over and asked: "Didn't you go out today?"
Skye shook her head.
Lake said "oh", turned around and took it out from the wine cabinet. Work is work and life is life. Lake never thinks about work after returning home.
Besides.
It takes time to investigate a case. If a somewhat suspenseful homicide case can be solved within a month, it is already a great success.
"What to eat?"
"I just ordered pizza."
"sharp."
Lake took a sip of bourbon. "You didn't go down today to tinker with the car you'll be able to drive next year?"
Skye said, "It's almost all touched up, so just leave it there. It can still maintain the new car smell."
"It will get dusty."
"I'm going shopping with Alexis tomorrow and buying a car cover to keep it dust-free."
"All right."
Lake nodded and looked at Skye who was typing on the keyboard: "What are you doing."
Skye looked up at Lake and said nothing.
Lake blinked.
"You said that if you're doing something bad, you don't need to be told."
"Normally, but if you're doing something bad and I don't know about it, how can I help you clean it up?"
"I'm behind the scenes at the Black Child Welfare Agency."
"Is this true?"
Lake became interested. He stood up and stood behind Skye. He looked at the dazzling codes flashing on the computer screen and smacked his lips. "To be honest, I've always been curious about how hackers break into systems."
Skye asked curiously, "Don't the agents in your department know that?"
Lake smiled slightly. "I'm even qualified to know what's inside Area 51. So, if I want any government information, I don't need to invade to get it."
Skye: "…"
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