Another morning came, and the sun pierced the darkness and spilled into the city, illuminating the world, but there were still some corners occupied by darkness, and in those darkness, things were still happening that ordinary people could not know.

"Huh"

Victoria's steel sword was held against the neck of a killer who looked old, with white hair and a crisp suit, who looked like an insurance salesman with a successful career.

The old man's body was a little rickety, he was no longer young, but maybe the temptation of money was endless, or it was to maintain the "dignity" of the Assassin League, in short, such an old guy who should have retired a long time ago also joined the hunt for the three young assassins.

But he failed.

At his feet, there was a sniper rifle that had been severed by a sharp blade, and he held the dagger in his left hand, but his wrist was sliced by the sharp blade, making it impossible for him to fight back.

The cold sword against his neck may cut off the neck in the next moment.

The old killer sighed, dropped his dagger, leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and seemed to wait for death to come.

He was a high-ranking member of the League of Assassins in New York, one of the most powerful killers at the Continental Hotel in New York, and an absolute confidant of Thalia, but alas, he still lost.

Victoria, however, did not cut the sword.

Scarred and exhausted from a night of chaotic fighting, Victoria, a trained military doctor, raised her wrist and looked at the time, and on the black dial, the hour and minute hands pointed to 8 o'clock.

"Huh"

Victoria sheathed her sword, and she reached out to the old killer in front of her, and said:

"Mr. Marcus, it's time, the hunt is over..."

"I still remember how you took care of us when we joined the League of Assassins, you were a respectable senior, but with all due respect, you should go and enjoy your retirement instead of continuing to do these 'dangerous' jobs."

The old killer opened his eyes and glanced at Victoria, he shook his head, sighed regretfully, and then grabbed Victoria's hand and let her pull him up from the ground.

The old man covered the wound on his left arm and said to Victoria:

"I didn't plan to come, but Ms. Talia gave us an order to make our loss less ugly... But perhaps the era of the League of Assassins is over. You young people, that's amazing. ”

"There is no future for a rotten and depraved system."

Victoria turned her head to look at the sun overhead, and she said:

"The Assassin legacy, which has been discarded, should also be re-executed... This is just the beginning, Mr. Marcus, never stand in the way of the Brotherhood, but for now, allow me to say goodbye. ”

The young Assassin girl turned and walked into the dark alley, her steps a little faltering, it was not easy to defeat the old man, but it didn't matter, they won.

They've completed their own trials, and it's time to really begin the rebuilding of the Brotherhood.

At the same time that the three young men had completed the hunt trial, in the second-floor room of the Continental Hotel, Merlin put his pocket watch back in his pocket and threw a portable Animus virtual device to Talia, who was sulking on the side, saying:

"Well, you can give it a try. You can think of it as a game to kill time, or as an answer. ”

In the sunlight outside the window, Merlin whispered:

"What is a real assassin? Where does their power come from? What role did the Assassins play in human history? All your questions can be answered from those old memories. ”

"Talia, you are also the daughter of an Assassin, and you have Assassin blood in your veins..."

Merlin cast the Transfiguration Charm, and his figure quickly disappeared into the room in the distortion of light, but his voice still echoed through the room:

"Your father was also a member of the Brotherhood, listen to history with your heart, and don't let him down."

After Merlin vanished, a grim-looking Talia turned her head to look at the black Animus virtual device that Merlin had thrown on the table, staring at the thing with suspicion in her eyes.

Lars. Al. During her lifetime, Gul never revealed information about the Assassin Brotherhood to her.

Perhaps it was Talia's upbringing that disappointed him, or perhaps it was to protect his daughter from her involvement in the eternal struggle between the Assassins and the Templars. However, after the death of the ninja master, Talia inherited the withered Assassin Alliance, and she learned the seemingly absurd stories from the secret scrolls left behind by her father.

She's a person... Not a man of faith.

But now, having seen first-hand how three young men defeated the assassins of the League of Assassins in the dark, Talia became interested in this mysterious legacy.

Maybe... Maybe the myths and legends should be treated with all due respect, and perhaps, as Merlin says, she should try... Become a true assassin?

In this ambivalent state of mind, Talia reached out and placed the virtual device on her head after making sure that the black device was not loaded with bombs or other deadly mechanisms.

The white light pulsed before her eyes, as if searching for memories and inheritances of the past in her blood and genes, and after a few seconds, a picture unfolded before Talia's eyes.

The yellow sand is long, the desert is lonely, and in the sandstorm that obscures the sky, a man leading a camel is struggling to advance in the wind and sand.

Thalia looked at the man staggering forward from a third-party perspective, and she felt that this man's back was familiar...

"Father?"

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"Huh"

Merlin's figure appeared in the ghost base, and he was already familiar with this place, so his teleportation landed precisely on the destination he wanted to go.

In front of him was the biology laboratory located on the lowest floor of the ghost base, and through the glass door, he could clearly see Dr. Moira and Miss Lillian busy in the laboratory.

Speaking of which, the biology lab was supposed to be located on the basement level, just like the data room, but after a problem with Dr. Moira's last experiment, which caused food poisoning to most of the staff at the base, the lab was moved to a more "safe" location.

Merlin pushed open the door and stepped into the lab.

"Hi Lillian, the dress is beautiful and goes well with you."

He greeted Researcher Miss Lillian, who looked up and gave him a sweet smile as the young botanist asked:

"Sir, are you here to inspect the work?"

"I just want to see my subordinates who work hard and encourage them by the way."

Merlin made a serious joke as he turned his head to look at the enclosed area at the back of the lab, his expression becoming a little more serious:

"Yes, I'm here to check on the progress of the 'Dress-Up' program, and I think you guys should have some good news for me."

"Come with me."

Dr. Moira, dressed in a white lab coat, put down the petri dish in her hand, and she brushed her hair and said to Merlin:

"It just so happens that the transformation of the third batch is underway, and in addition, Lillian and I are sorting it out. While researching the data, M found something interesting. I think you might be interested, but that's a bit more on that later. ”

Led by Dr. Moira, who was walking on high heels, Merlin passed the triple authentication and entered the transformation chamber connected to the biological laboratory, which was a rather empty area with nearly 30 silver-gray transformation chambers.

These chambers resemble enlarged hamster cages, but they don't operate much differently from the first generation of chambers designed by Vivien.

The temperature here is so low that it can even make ordinary people feel cold.

Merlin walked to the front of the nearest transformation chamber, he reached out and brushed the ice mist on the transformation chamber glass, through the glass, he saw a young man lying in the transformation chamber, in the deep sleep brought by the low temperature, four hoses that constantly transported various colors of liquid were connected to his body, and there was a special vital sign instrument to monitor the transformation process in real time.

Merlin noticed that on the nameplate next to the conversion chamber, there was the soldier's personal information.

"Subject 76: Jack. Morrison. ”

Merlin looked at the nameplate, and information about the soldier was quickly listed on Icarus's lenses.

He was a captain in the Army's 107th Regiment and served in the Afghan War, and after being discharged from the army due to wounds, he joined the Logistics Division of the European Division of S.H.I.E.L.D., and last year he was promoted to a Level 4 agent for his outstanding performance and dedication.

Merlin looked at Jack. According to Morrison's information, the agent applied for the "change of clothes" program because he wanted to cure his finger disability.

And the approver of his participation in the plan is... Gatler.

Not at all expected by Merlin.

"Sympathy, ha."

Merlin stared at the soldiers in the transformation chamber, he shook his head, and didn't pay any more attention to him.

The test subjects included in the first phase of the costume change plan are all internal members of S.H.I.E.L.D., at least at this stage, Fury has no plans to share this human enhancement technology with other organizations, which is also Merlin's idea.

The transformation of the witcher was originally a mysterious magical experiment, but with the help of advanced technology and years of work by brilliant researchers like Moira and Lillian, S. L.D. finally mastered all the variables in the ritual, and the enhancement technology finally matured, and it entered mass production.

These mass-produced versions of Aegis Witchers are destined to be a trump card that S.H.I.E.L.D. can play in its future affairs.

"Lillian's talent in the field of botany is amazing, and she creatively integrates her research on plant regenerative cells into this process of 'mutation transformation', which has turned the original painful transformation into what it is now."

In the cold conversion room, Lady Moira whispered to Merlin about the progress of the 'Costume Change' program:

"The low temperature environment causes the subject to fall into a deep sleep, and the mutation inducer is injected into the body without being conscious, but the neutralizer mixed with the plant regeneration gene is also injected at the same time."

"You should know very well that the process of transformation is actually to tear apart the original mortal body, and with the help of alien genes, reshape the extraordinary body of the test subject, and inject new, unfamiliar powers."

"This tearing process can bring terrible pain, but the plant regeneration gene neutralizer cultivated by Lillian changes this process, it will make the human cells tougher and more plastic, and it can ensure that the body can complete the mutational transformation of the body without the cells being torn."

Ms. Moira said in a very academic tone:

Lillian's efforts made this transformation, which had been fraught with pain and despair, safer and more controllable. The first and second batches of 60 Aegis Hunters were all successfully converted, and there was no personality or emotional confusion. ”

"The only downside is that due to the effects of the plant neutralizer, the newly born second generation of witchers will have a slightly weaker perception of magic than you 'originals', and their physical fitness and growth will also be affected... But they are still 'super soldiers' in the eyes of ordinary people, and they fully meet the requirements of S.H.I.E.L.D. ”

"Hmm."

Merlin nodded, in his perception, the life breath of the individuals in the 30 transformation warehouses in front of him was indeed much stronger than that of ordinary people, but it was weaker than the first generation of demon hunters he personally transformed.

But as Moira said, what S.H.I.E.L.D. needs is a group of "super soldiers" who can intervene in different situations, and quantity is a very important factor, and the weakening of individual strength can be filled by quantity, and from this point of view, the "change of clothes" plan is undoubtedly successful.

"The production version is always a little worse than the manual version, and everyone understands that the quick fighter needs more time to grow."

Merlin patted the conversion bin next to him, he looked back at Moira, and he asked:

"How long will it take for this batch of Aegis Witchers to complete the transformation?"

"Due to the new technology, their conversion time is a little longer, and after about a month, S.H.I.E.L.D. will harvest another 30 witchers, then the fourth batch, then the fifth batch, until the quota of 1,510 people is finally completed, which may take several years."

Moira said:

"But if you can give us more money and make more conversion bins, then the 'outfit' project will go faster."

"There's no need to go any faster."

Merlin shook his head, and he explained:

"A qualified demon hunter is not only able to complete the transformation, recasting the transcendent body is only the first step, they also have to go through the systematic study of alchemy, swordsmanship, magic seals, etc., these trainings require a lot of time and resources, and the current progress is just right."

He looked at the silver-gray transformation chamber in front of him, and said:

"Besides, we've mastered the technology, and once the Aegis Witcher's tactical system is fully mature, we can expand on a massive scale at any time... It's just a matter of time. ”

"Okay."

Moira didn't care that her suggestion was rejected, she continued to brief Merlin on the current status of the outfit plan, and Merlin followed Moira around the entire transformation room, and after confirming that the "outfit" plan was steadily advancing, Merlin marked the "outfit" plan in the Icarus database with a √ that represented the smooth progress.

He had a lot to focus on right now, and without the help of the powerful Icarus, Merlin and his assistant Sharon would be busy.

"You just said you found something interesting?"

After exiting the conversion chamber, Merlin said to Moira:

"What is it?"

"The 'Grim Reaper' Project."

Moira replied earnestly:

“. The 'Reaper' variant of the M study, we have successfully restored all the steps of the project, and we can restart this research at any time if you feel it is necessary. ”

"Oh, I remember."

Merlin rubbed his chin, and he said with interest:

"Is that the Black Mist mutant modeled after my combat mode?"

"It's kind of interesting... Take me to see it. ”

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Sogou