Chapter 592: Gathering
The harvest of this raid was not small. Richard defeated the Skrulls on an entire ship, captured a large warship, and captured the commander alive and the Skrull, posing as Captain America.
It's a pity that this "American team" spy comrade didn't take him directly to the Empress Skrull, and Richard was expecting to take advantage of this opportunity to catch the biggest fish directly, but apparently he wasn't so lucky, and this matter may have to be considered in the long run.
But a high-ranking general and a mimic spy are no slouch, and he also rescues Captain America himself from the ship. However, there was only one prisoner on board, and there was no one else.
Richard, of course, was not optimistic that the Skrulls had replaced the captain alone, and he speculated that the American team should have only been temporarily left on the ship, and that the other captives might have been held in other secret locations.
After waking up, the American team looked confused, didn't know anything, and didn't remember anything. He couldn't even remember who attacked him and how he fainted. After thinking about it, Richard decided not to tell him about the Skrulls for the time being, and only let him go back to the Avengers Mansion to rest.
Naturally, the two Skrull captives had to be put to good use. Richard turned around and took them both back to the Hydra base.
He hired a group of "mad scientists" to study the body of the guy who mimicked the American team, and saw if he could find a way to crack the Skrull's mimicry abilities. His order is simple, dissect the slices as you like, and find the answers I want anyway.
Then he brought in a bunch of Hydra's brainwashing experts to deal with the high-ranking general. Richard said you can use whatever means you want, the condition is that there is no limit, just pry his mouth open for me and ask for all the information he can leak.
But he didn't really have much hope for the outcome.
The Kree had fought countless centuries of war with the Skrulls, and still hadn't figured out a solution to their mimicry abilities, and Richard didn't think he could make any difference with the mad scientists under his command.
The Skrulls are the most professional spy race in the universe, they have to face all kinds of possible exposure situations all year round, and they have their own set of countermeasures to interrogation brainwashing and even telepathic ability, and it is not practical to pry any information out of their mouths.
It seems that we still have to find a way to start from another angle.
It was at this moment that he received a phone call from Stark.
The phone call of the big dog this time is mysterious, not only the caller ID is "unknown", the line is also encrypted, and even what he said is as inexplicable as the suspicious spy in the movie. When asked him anything, he said that he had nothing to say for the time being, and only gave him a coordinate to come to the meeting at the appointed time.
Although he felt inexplicable, considering that Stark was still relatively reliable in major matters most of the time, Richard decided to check it out.
Stark's "designated place" turned out to be his abandoned mansion in the center of the city. According to him, this was originally a large family heirloom of the Stark family, but the family did not live here since he was very young, and this place has been abandoned.
It is also clear from the condition inside that this place has been abandoned for a long time. Not to mention the heavy dust that filled the house from the moment you entered, the ceiling and corners were covered with cobwebs, and the air was filled with foggy dust.
Richard discovers that he wasn't the only one Stark had invited. Also invited were Black Panther, the crown prince of Wakanda, Doctor Strange, who inherited the title of Supreme Mage, and Mr. Fantastic, the head of the Fantastic Four. Including him and Stark himself, there were a total of five people present.
Looking at these people present, Richard suddenly had an ominous premonition, and always felt that this lineup seemed to have seen somewhere......
"Everyone is here." Stark glanced around, his expression unprecedentedly serious, "Then let's get straight to the ground." ”
Mr. Fantastic asked, "Why did you call us here this time, Mr. Stark?" You look nervous. ”
"Because I really am." Stark paused and said, "Everyone I called this time is an authority in their respective fields, representatives of a certain team and a certain force...... Well...... As well as people who are strong enough. ”
He said, glancing at Richard, intentionally or not.
"We brought everyone together to solve an important problem because...... Well, I don't really know what to do about it. ”
"Straight to the point, Iron Man." The panther said, "What are we up against? ”
Stark took a deep breath and reached out to reveal an intricately designed projection device.
"A few days ago, the Avengers teamed up with Aegis to take down a hidden Hydra base. During the scuffle, a stray bullet hit one of the Hydra leaders in the base, her name is Viper, and she is known as 'Lady Hydra'. And then...... See for yourselves. ”
He turned on the projector, and soon the hologram was projected.
I saw that suspended in the palm of his hand was a female figure, wearing the long dark green dress of the viper, lying on a hard iron bed with her eyes closed.
The reason for this description is that she is not Viper herself, or even human. She had wrinkled green skin, long, pointed ears, and knuckles that were thinner and longer than those of humans.
A Skreul native.
Richard already knew about the Skrulls, so he wasn't too surprised, but he didn't expect Stark to be aware of it, and it seems that the Skrulls' hidden plan was not so successful.
Over the years, Lu Dan has led S.H.I.E.L.D. to fight with Straker's part of the Hydra force all day long, and there have been many big and small conflicts, but I don't know how this spy who pretended to be a viper was involved. Could it be that he was sold by Straker as a pawn?
Stark explained the situation simply. He said that this is an alien species that can transform into anyone and impersonate anyone, and he has reason to believe that the earth has long been infiltrated by this kind of guy, and everyone around you now may be aliens.
This is no small statement. A group of people suddenly exploded and had a heated discussion.
Until the Black Panther finally asked, "So why did you find us?" Why not Aegis? Or Nick Fury? ”
"Because Aegis cannot be trusted, there is conclusive evidence that Aegis has been infiltrated." Stark said word for word, "As for Nick Fury...... The news itself was told to me by Fury. And he's missing now. ”