Buzz!
A Kun fighter with an extremely domineering appearance appeared directly above the ammunition depot of the New Jersey military base, and then landed steadily on the open space in front of the ammunition depot.
Snap!
The guard soldier outside was transmitting the situation outside to the army captain underground. At the same time, a second lieutenant led a team of soldiers to surround the Kun fighter, pointing their guns at the Kun fighter.
The hatch opens.
Victoria Hand leads Natasha Romanoff and Clinton Barton out of the Quinjet.
"stop!"
"S.H.I.E.L.D."
"…What the hell?"
The second lieutenant frowned as he listened to Commander Victoria Hand's introduction. Then, the captain's order to pass came through the earphone. The second lieutenant glanced at Victoria Hand and the other two, then ordered the soldiers to lay down their weapons.
Under the ammunition depot.
Tony Stark was sitting where the corpse had been, looking expressionlessly at the old computer that was restarting.
At the same time, a question arose in Tony's mind.
Nothing else.
The computer console in front of him was produced by his Stark Industries. After all, Tony wouldn't even get his own logo wrong. There was no doubt that this was probably another secret of his father, Howard Stark.
soon.
A line of words appeared on the computer screen.
Whether to start the system.
start up!
After Tony Stark entered the information, he pressed Enter. The operating sound of the huge mainframe, which occupied two-thirds of the warehouse, came out like the sound of a mining field.
soon.
A voice came from the computer.
Male.
"Tony Stark, born on May 29, 1970."
"Jack Myron, born March 15, 1972."
"Sheridan Stevens, born on October 12, 1980."
"…"
Tony turned around and looked at Jack and the army captain behind him. The latter looked at each other and nodded.
Jack frowned. "What is this? A video?"
A human silhouette composed entirely of data appeared on the computer screen. "I am not a video. I am Jack Myron, Director of Operations for the Department of Homeland Security. My name is Dr. Arnim Zola."
Tony frowned slightly.
Arnim Zola?
This name sounds familiar, who is it?
Just then.
Victoria Hand emerged from the elevator and announced, "Arnim Zola, a Swiss scientist and the first genetic engineer, was recruited by the Führer to fulfill his dream of a superior race. He was captured by Captain America, Steve Rogers, in 1945."
Tony and the other two turned around and looked.
Arnim Zola, who was parasitic in the computer, also revealed the birth dates of Victoria Hand, Natasha Romanoff, and Crichton Barton.
The date of Black Widow Natasha Romanoff shocked Tony and others.
Natasha Alenova Romanov, born in 1928!
Nineteen twenty-eight?
You must be wrong.
Natasha didn't say anything, but just frowned, as if to confirm her birth year in some way.
Victoria Hand looked at Tony Stark, who was watching him, and glanced around. "This is where our S.H.I.E.L.D. was born. Your father, Howard Stark, was also one of the founders of the Strategic Science Corps, the current S.H.I.E.L.D."
Tony frowned: "Strategic Science Corps?"
Ms. Victoria Hand didn't intend to respond to Tony's questions, but looked directly at the electronic outline on the computer screen: "Dr. Zora, I remember you already..."
"Dead?"
Dr. Zora, parasitic within the computer, said directly, "Yes, physically I am dead. In 1972, I was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Science could no longer save my body, but my mind had to be preserved. So, with the help of Howard Stark, I saved myself in this two-million-unit database."
"My father?"
Tony said in a deep voice: "How could it be."
Victoria Hand said solemnly, "Project Paperclip."
Project Paperclip, also known as Paperclip East-West, was a plan by the Federation to recruit scientists from the Third Reich's leader during World War II. S.H.I.E.L.D. later recruited German scientists of strategic value.
but...
Victoria Hand stared at the computer screen expressionlessly. "There's no record in the SHIELD database that you're still alive in this way."
Dr. Zola seemed to know but remained silent. "Yes, after I achieved immortality through my collaboration with Stark, Stark and Ms. Peggy didn't spread the news to prevent it from being leaked. I'm here to help manage all the data here. By the way, Tony Stark, you should be aware of my existence."
Tony said in a deep voice, "Are you the hacker who hacked into satellites and military bases?"
Jarvis.
Although Tony wanted to say that he created Jarvis himself, the inspiration came from a manuscript he found when he was sorting out Howard Stark's belongings. This was what inspired him to create Jarvis.
Dr. Zola was right to say so. After all, the existence of that manuscript was enough to prove that Howard Stark had conducted similar research.
Dr. Zola still knows everything.
"Yes, I hacked your network."
"Why?"
"Daniel Whitehall!"
"…Who is this?"
"Perhaps you would be more familiar with his original name, Werner Rhinehart!"
"…"
Victoria Hand said solemnly, "Warnal Reinhardt, one of the leaders of Hydra. In 1945, Peggy Carter led Captain Rogers' Howling Commandos to capture the then-fleet Warnal Reinhardt and sentence him to life imprisonment. In the late 1980s, Warnal Reinhardt became seriously ill in prison. Former Director Alexander Pierce consulted with the World Security Council and granted him medical treatment outside the prison. However, he has already died on the operating table."
Dr. Zola said: "Cut off one head, and two more will grow. Werner Reinhardt did not die of illness, but took advantage of that opportunity to escape."
Cut off one head and two will grow!
Hydra.
Hydra has not been destroyed and still exists?
Dr. Zola said: "After Werner Reinhardt escaped, he changed his name to Daniel Whitehall. For so many years, he has been hiding secretly in Europe and the Federation, accumulating the power to make Hydra rise again."
Tony doesn't care whether it has nine heads or not.
Tony only cared about one thing: "My parents' car accident..."
Dr. Zola said, "Bucky Barnes was indeed recruited by Daniel Whitehall, but the assassination of Howard Stark and Maria Stark was part of the Red House's plan. With the help of Stark Industries, the Federation's military power was on the verge of surpassing the Soviet Union, so they had to take action. As for Bucky Barnes, Daniel Whitehall valued his talent, but he never imagined that after the clone's death, you would suddenly realize that it wasn't the real Bucky Barnes."
Ms. Victoria Hand said, "Then you..."
Dr. Zola said again: "After this base was closed, I was also forgotten, but Daniel Whitehall was not. He sent people here and controlled me, asking me to do things for him. If I didn't do this, he would shut me down completely."
Tony and the others' eyes fell on the body of the suicide nearby.
Obviously.
This corpse also seemed to corroborate Dr. Zola's testimony.
"Where is Bucky Barnes now?"
"Where is Werner Rhinehardt now?"
Tony glanced at Victoria Hand, who echoed his words.
Dr. Zola said, "More than a month ago, Daniel Whitehall learned about Lake Edwin's plan to reopen the case against Howard and Tony Stark once again. So, in order to prevent him from being discovered, he devised a plan that he hoped would allow him to catch both Lake Edwin and Tony Stark in one fell swoop."
"What about the attack on Lake Edwin just now?"
"Yes."
Dr. Zora said, "In order to prevent the intervention of Lake Edwin's friend, the assassin Black King, Daniel Whitehall transferred one-third of his assets to the Black King. In return, the Black King will cancel his protection of Lake Edwin."
Tony seemed to have thought of something. "A month ago, there was news about the Immortal Consortium annexation in Europe. Were those two groups Daniel Whitehall's?"
Just then.
Not far away, a national security agent who was inspecting the huge mainframe opened a cover and looked at something inside. His eyes suddenly narrowed and he stood up: "There's a bomb!"
Tony and the others immediately turned around to look.
Another land agent who was also dismantling the outer shell also saw that there was an extra bomb here, which was still in a one-minute countdown, and stood up and reported quickly.
Everyone was shocked.
Shit.
This is also a trap.
Targeting Tony Stark.
Jack quickly came to his senses, yelled at the Homeland agents, then pulled Tony Stark over and hurriedly prepared to leave with him.
The army captain and three people from S.H.I.E.L.D. followed closely behind.
In the elevator.
As the elevator door closed, Dr. Zola continued, "You must find Werner Reinhardt as soon as possible. His plan didn't anticipate that Lake Edwin would be so unlucky. If you can't catch him this time, then..."
The elevator door closed.
Buzz!
Twenty seconds later.
The elevator door opens.
Jack rushed out of the elevator with Tony Stark and ran quickly towards the exit of the ammunition depot, with everyone following closely behind.
Just as Jack and Tony Stark ran out of the ammunition depot.
boom!
The earth shook for a moment, and then the ground beneath their feet shook like an earthquake when a volcano erupted.
Rumble!
…
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