Daniel. Whitehall, whose real name is Werner. Reinhardt, born in 1918, was an Austrian.

He was a fanatical *** molecule in his youth, joined the *** German logistics system as a researcher, and was later photographed by Red Skull Schmidt and became one of the scientists of Hydra.

He was a disciple of the Red Skull, and had assisted the Red Skull in his hometown of Austria during World War II to find the Cosmic Rubik's Cube. The power core that Will brought back from his experiments.

In short, Mr. Whitehall has a high status in the current Hydra system, and he represents the Hydra legacy, however, he does not have the strength to match his status.

"You were pretty handsome when you were younger."

Merlin skimmed through Whitehall's memories, presumably because Whitehall didn't resist when he was disheartened, and his process of reading the memories went very smoothly.

He saw Whitehall in a black military uniform when he was young, and I have to say that when this villain was young, he did have a handsome face, but at that time, under the beautiful skin, there was already a demonic heart.

Among the fragments of memories that flickered by, Merlin saw Whitehall experimenting with mutants and Inhumans in a prisoner of war camp.

He dissected them with his own hands, men, women, the elderly, and even children.

He and his infamous mentor discussed the sources of power for Inhumans and mutants, and every time he got a new idea, an innocent person died.

"Ms. Carter was really heroic when she was young."

Merlin skips over these bloody memories, and he soon finds the scene where Whitehall was arrested.

In the memory of this hydra, the young Ms. Carter, dressed in a military uniform, rushed into the *** base in Austria with a roaring commando and captured Whitehall, who was about to escape with the obelisk.

Maybe at that time, Ms. Carter shouldn't have been soft and killed this bastard with one shot, and there would be no such bad things to follow.

After that, from 1945 to 1987, Whitehall was imprisoned in the prison of the Strategic Science Corps for 42 years, and he also went from a young man in the prime of life and ambition to an old man who could not even move.

Merlin saw Whitehall in an interrogation room, and said in an earnest tone to Ms. Carter, who was standing beyond the darkness:

"I'm willing to join Operation Paperclip, I'm willing to serve you, I have a lot of ideas for bioaugmentation, I have a complete plan, I have enough experience, you need me!"

In an almost pleading tone, he addressed Peggy in front of him. Carter Says:

"I can really help me, I don't even need to be free, just let me out of that cell..."

"You are indeed the kind of scientist we need, Mr. Reinhardt."

In this memory, Ms. Carter, who was much more mature than before, and had long hair, held a resource book in her hand, and said to Whitehall in a cold tone:

"But we don't think you're a good fit to join Operation Paperclip. We consulted some of your previous 'friends' and they said that you are not trustworthy. Therefore, your application was denied. ”

"No!"

Whitehall stood up, and he tried to retort, but was quickly pressed by several guards towards his cell.

In that mottled memory, Whitehall screamed:

"Zola for sure! Right? ”

"It must have been that villain who slandered me! You believe the wrong person, you believe the wrong person, you have been deceived by him, Peggy! You're going to pay the price! Zola is a snake who will devour you in the dark! ”

This is the end of this memory.

This is Whitehall's deepest memory of his imprisonment, and this memory also represents the complete disintegration of the Red Skull faction in Hydra.

"The last two followers of the Red Skull broke off completely at this time."

Merlin had a clue in his mind about what Whitehall called "Zola", and in the journals that Ms. Carter had left behind, he had recorded in detail about Dr. Zola.

Like Whitehall, he was the right-hand man of the Red Skull, a senior scientist of Hydra during World War II, and was captured later in the war.

But compared to Whitehall, who was imprisoned for 42 years, Arnim . Dr. Zola's luck was much better.

Because Dr. Zola is a very good genetic and electronic engineering scientist, he has mastered a lot of *** German black technology, so after the end of World War II, when the paperclip began, Dr. Zola was the first batch of scientists recruited into the Strategic Science Corps.

Dr. Zora was, in Ms. Carter's recollections, a coward and a villain who lacked loyalty.

However, Dr. Zola, who was freed and escaped trial, died of cancer in 1972. On the contrary, it was Whitehall, who was locked up, and lived in good health until the new century.

Merlin continued to rummage through Whitehall's memories, the researcher was a very rigid person, and the memories in his mind were not chaotic, like a neatly arranged line, and soon, Merlin saw the information he desperately wanted to know.

That was one day in 1987.

Whitehall, who had accepted his fate and was about to wait for his death in that small cell, was suddenly carried out of the prison by a group of agents in a sackcloth bag.

He thought he was going to be executed.

But instead of resisting, he allowed the black-clad agents to put him in a wheelchair and take him out of prison.

In that case, the coming of death would be a relief for him.

But to Whitehall's surprise, he was not executed, instead, after a long transfer of dozens of minutes, the black cloth bag on his head was removed.

What greeted him was a dimly lit round table council, which was the same Hydra council table that Merlin had seen in the banker's memory.

On the other side of the table, sat a man, hidden in the darkness with only one silhouette.

"Hydra needs your strength, Mr. Reinhardt."

The man who hid in the darkness said:

"From today onwards, you are free."

"Freedom?"

Whitehall savored the word blankly, he was very old, his mind could not keep up with the activity of his nerves, and a moment later, in a wheelchair, dressed in a blue and white prison uniform, the gray-haired Whitehall let out a low laugh.

The laughter seemed to come from hell, filled with a sense of decay.

He tried to straighten up and said to another man in the darkness:

“hail hydra！”

“hail hydra！”

The other person responded in the same way, as if it were some code, or as if the two had actually reached an agreement.

"I'm glad to see that the Hydra legacy hasn't died yet, and if Lord Red Skull could see this, he would be very happy."

Whitehall, who was in a wheelchair, said in a wistful tone:

"But I'm old, I'm dying, what can I do for you?"

"Don't be so disappointed, Mr. Reinhardt."

The hydra, hiding in the dark, persuaded:

"We are currently working on a rejuvenating serum, we call it SSS serum, which will allow you to regain your youthful physique and allow you to continue to contribute to our cause. But we now have a small problem. ”

The man muttered for a few seconds, then said to Whitehall:

"The blueprint for SSS serum is not complete."

"I've never heard of this serum, and in fact, as far as I can remember, there has never been any information about this serum."

Whitehall finally understood why his juniors wanted to help him, but he still said bluntly:

"I'm afraid I won't be able to help."

"No, you can!"

The man in the darkness said with great certainty:

"Because the original inspiration for SSS serum came from the research notes you left behind."

"My notes?"

Whitehall's eyes widened, and he said:

"You mean, the study of Inhuman genes?"

"Yes!"

The Hydra leader in the dark explained:

"Times are evolving, technology is advancing, Mr. Reinhardt. Back then, you were trapped by the limitations of technology and couldn't perfectly isolate the Inhuman gene fragment, but today, your vision has been realized. We isolated the Inhuman gene and used it as a blueprint to create the first SSS serum, and we also tested it on some test subjects. ”

"The test is satisfactory, it can greatly delay the rate of aging of the human body, so that the human body is in the best condition. But it also has drawbacks, it is not stable, and it needs to be taken consistently, otherwise it will age at a faster rate than usual. ”

"We thought you should be able to continue your research and develop a true elixir of 'elixir' for Hydra. This is important, Mr. Reinhardt, the fear that death brings to humanity is limitless, and if Hydra can resist death, then we are only one step away from the goal of controlling the world. ”

Hearing the man's persuasion, Whitehall, who was in a wheelchair, was silent for a moment, and he said:

"I'm willing to help you, because helping you is helping me. But I have a question... When did Hydra's ideal become world control? ”

"Is there something that I don't understand in the past 40 years? Isn't our ideal to make the world move in a better direction under the protection of power? ”

Whitehall's sharp question silenced the man sitting in the darkness for several minutes before he spoke:

"Times have changed, Mr. Reinhardt."

"In our opinion, the rapid progress of science and technology has put the development of the world on the right track, so what we need to do now is to control the dominance of civilization and let Hydra truly reign in the world."

"Nope! This is not right! ”

Whitehall sat in a wheelchair, and the gray-haired old man stubbornly said:

"You're stuck in the same fantasies as the Red Skull. Hydra is an ancient organization, and we should stay in the dark and cut off the world's crises instead of stepping forward and becoming the king of the world. ”

"Free will will will not be extinguished, there will always be people who disobey, and resistance will bring conflict, conflict will lead to war, war will destroy order, the defeat of order means the sinking of civilization, this is not what we should do!"

"I have no intention of arguing with you about these idealistic things, Mr. Reinhardt."

The man sitting in the darkness seemed impatient, and he said to the stubborn old man in front of him:

"It seems like you have some common language with the conservatives, but that's not the most important thing. We are all part of Hydra, and clashes of ideas are inevitable, but I hope that we can discuss these internal differences after we have taken control of the world, rather than exhausting the last of our strength because of internal strife before victory..."

"Actually, Mr. Reinhardt, you haven't touched Hydra in 40 years. I mean, in order to survive, we have had to make compromises, and Hydra is not the same as the ambitious, internally united organization you had back then. ”

"Conservatives?"

Whitehall asked rhetorically in surprise:

"You're pulling those hard-nosed mythologists back into the Hydra system? Are you crazy? Don't you know what they want to do? They're just a bunch of goddamn cultists! ”

"I know what they want to do."

The man sitting in the dark shrugged his shoulders and said:

"Their ideals have not changed from the Middle Ages to the present, and they want to welcome back their old 'chiefs' from the stars. But I don't think we can't work with them, after all, when it comes to the origin of Hydra, they are the real orthodoxy of the organization, and we are all side branches. ”

"They occupy huge resources in the current society, they have the financial resources, they have the power, and they have the ability to help us, after the death of the Red Skull, we all had a hard time, if it wasn't for their willingness to lend a hand, Hydra may have ceased to exist a long time ago."

He advised Whitehall:

"Mr. Reinhardt, ideals are important, but so is survival. You and I are both adults, and we all know that we occasionally have to compromise with reality in order to achieve our ideals. ”

"And seriously, there's enough disagreement in the organization right now."

The chieftain-like fellow who sat in the darkness said to Whitehall:

"Not only are we conservatives who pray for myths all day long, but we also have a group of wizards who want to develop their power in North America but are unwilling to cooperate with others, and are always alone, there are scientists who only take money from the organization to conduct their own research, and a group of businessmen who join us for the greater good, and have no faith at all."

"There are many contradictions, and I am already a little exhausted in trying to reconcile their relationship."

The man said,

"So Mr. Reinhardt, I desperately need an old-school member of faith like you to take some of the pressure off me... I'm going to organize a youth school that will include members of the group, something like the Secret Service Academy, whose parents can't coordinate their efforts to work together for an ideal, and I think these children may be our hope for the future. ”

"They are the children of tomorrow of Hydra, and they need someone with faith, status, and authority to teach them knowledge and be an example to them."

"Mr. Reinhardt, would you like to help me run the Hydra Academy?"

Whitehall hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Yes."

"I'm going to teach those kids, I'm going to help you with the formula of SSS serum, I understand what you mean and what you think, I won't get too involved in the current Hydra inside... Divergence. ”

"But before I can do that, I need to accomplish one thing... An autopsy, an anatomy that is more than 40 years late, an anatomy that can bring me back to my youth. ”

"You have to help me find someone, she should be in the ancient country of the East, and I will give you the specific address."

"Also, as the titular leader of Hydra in this era, you haven't told me yet... Who are you? ”

Whitehall asked a question, and the man sitting in the darkness waved his hand and said with some amusement:

"It doesn't matter who I am... I just inherited this identity from my father, and I don't want to be a part of this mess at all if I could. If it weren't for the important things this time, I wouldn't have ventured to meet you, Peggy. Ms. Carter is a very sharp person, and it is not easy to hide from him. ”

"Of course, if you have to have a name, call me..."

"Robert."