Harry explained the current situation to everyone.
"After Agent Coulson was brought under Garrett's control, he was subjected to a series of brain experiments—their objective likely involves a drug codenamed GH-325."
When the Hammer squad attacked Garrett, he had just killed Pepper and was preparing to relocate with Coulson.
GH-325 is a drug derived from Kree remains that can restore life to the recently deceased, essentially equivalent to bringing someone back from the dead.
This was also what Garrett had always wanted—because he was dying.
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The man was now lying nearby—Osborn technology was keeping him on life support.
To analyze the prosthetic technology used inside him, the researchers had already cut him open, making for a rather gruesome scene.
Raina was also handcuffed nearby. This lady hadn't escaped in time, and now it was likely too late. Harry planned to keep her locked up for now and bring her out when it was time to deal with the Inhumans.
"Agent Garrett, you're The Clairvoyant? That explains everything," Skye said, realization dawning on her.
John Garrett had been using his identity as The Clairvoyant to target Coulson's team, all to uncover the secret of Coulson's resurrection.
He then discovered that the key lay in GH-325.
To find the drug, he had been guiding Coulson to investigate the mystery of his own revival.
After finding the drug, to verify its feasibility, he ordered his subordinates to shoot Skye—it was during this operation that he collaborated with Coulson's team.
Immediately after, he received orders from above to cooperate in dealing with Harry.
"Boss, the technical concepts used on this HYDRA Agent are different from ours. One could say... they're very crude." The researchers seemed to look down on the technology.
The prosthetic organs in Garrett's body were closer to mechanical prosthetics; in terms of adaptability and efficiency, they were inferior to Osborn's artificial organs.
"You're lucky to be alive with this junk," Harry said, glancing at the prosthetics.
This technology came from Cybertek Corporation, a company owned by HYDRA, with Quinn International also holding a stake.
At Cybertek Corporation, this technology was called "Deathlok," aimed at creating an army of semi-mechanized cyborgs.
Under normal circumstances, this technology would represent the World's cutting-edge achievements in this field. Unfortunately, there was at least a Stark-sized gap between Cybertek Corporation and Osborn.
Furthermore, according to everyone's statements, they hadn't found any traces of Deathlok.
Even the centipede serum hadn't been found within the United States, but rather in other countries. The promotion of ctOS made such drug trafficking increasingly difficult.
Moreover, with the rollout of exoskeletons and prosthetic-enhanced police officers, a few centipede serum soldiers would likely be snatched up by Osborn for research as soon as they appeared. It wasn't worth it; they preferred to test the serum abroad.
In short, it was clear from Skye's and the others' accounts that because of the rise of Osborn and Norman, HYDRA's development was far worse compared to the original story.
Harry set the prosthetics down and said to Garrett:
"However, I can tell you what that drug is, so you can die with some understanding."
"Several HYDRA heads have been arrested. Next, we'll decrypt their origins and tell them that the so-called HYDRA philosophy is just being slaves and Earth-traitors for the sake of Aliens."
"Of course, this must be done step by step."
Harry clapped his hands and took a vial of blue liquid from a laboratory cabinet; this was GH-325.
"This comes from an alien corpse whose cellular vitality is nearly comparable to an Asgardian's. Using this liquid alters the subject's genetic material, granting the recipient immense cellular vitality, but it also brings great suffering—"
"Their own cultural information—such as writing and technology—is etched into this genetic material. Consequently, it inflicts immense psychological pain and trauma on humans."
"Alright, now you have the answer. Let's start decrypting the alien."
Harry turned back to Garrett and Raina and said, "That's the answer. Aliens, not some miracle panacea."
With that, Harry cut off Garrett's life support—he was no longer of any value.
Meanwhile, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team looked at Skye, silent for a long time.
"Wait, I was also injected with this drug, but why don't I feel anything abnormal? I feel fine?" Skye was confused; she didn't feel any of the side effects Harry mentioned at all.
Harry glanced at her. Of course you don't feel it, because you are a product of the Kree life modification project; your blood compatibility is excellent.
"Good question. Here's the file on your internal records within S.H.I.E.L.D. It was hidden quite deep." Harry casually mentioned the security clearance of the item.
Skye took the file. The two young Agents were stunned; the clearance level stamped on top of the document was not low.
"How did you get this?"
"That's not important. You two, come with me now to deal with Coulson."
Due to the experiment Raina designed, Coulson had recalled some of the memories and sensations of his resurrection. This triggered his body's self-preservation mechanism, causing him to fall into a coma.
Injecting GH-325 had once caused Coulson to lose his will to live. If he were to recall the full experience of his resurrection, he might seek death on the spot.
This project was originally Coulson's responsibility. To address these consequences, he had proposed a memory transplantation method, but his conscience held him back, and he advised Fury to shut down the project.
He never expected that this very technology would be used on himself.
Harry handed the detailed records of the resurrection surgery to Fitz and Simmons. As researchers, they could better understand the report's implications.
"This... does that mean..." Simmons couldn't bring herself to finish after reading the report.
Fitz added, somewhat dazed, "To wake Coulson, we'd have to use memory transplantation again? This..."
Not only that, as the Kree blood's influence on Coulson grew, he would become increasingly obsessed.
Harry nodded and then displayed another proposal on the screen:
While the primary genetic material of the Kree is also DNA, many unknown substances are added to their bodily fluids. These substances have a massive impact on genetic information; strictly speaking, this should be considered epigenetics.
Having acquired the system's technology, Harry could use the data collected from millions of humans to eliminate these anomalies as much as possible.
Then, through the virtual reality pod, the memories would be blurred, making them less difficult to recall.
This method was far more humane than S.H.I.E.L.D.'s direct mechanical manipulation of the brain.
However, this technology for precise manipulation of genetic information was far too advanced. Under such technology, humans became more like programmable entities—
"Truly amazing." "Is this really possible?" Fitz and Simmons exclaimed simultaneously.
"I hope you can participate in this surgery—I assume you and Coulson have a good relationship?"
The two nodded, but they didn't know what Harry meant.
"That's good—it'll keep you from privately suspecting me of doing something atrocious again."
Harry said as he put on a white lab coat.
There were several reasons for bringing in Fitz and Simmons—firstly, the sensitivity of the prosthetic body he was currently using still needed improvement, and it would be bad if something went wrong during the experiment.
Secondly, he wanted to avoid creating misunderstandings or taking actions that enemies could exploit.
HYDRA had used the Avengers to stall him this time, but he had more resources and used cheats, which was how he managed to crush HYDRA.
But no matter how much one cheats, it's hard to withstand individuals who are constantly thinking of ways to resist Osborn.
Additionally, although S.H.I.E.L.D. had collapsed, the organization indeed possessed many talents and facilities that didn't belong to HYDRA. Hammer would soon begin taking over these assets, so this served as a bit of a warm-up.
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