Mina hid in the jungle outside the villa, carefully observing the movement inside the villa through a telescope.

In her sight, Ling Xiao didn't stay in the villa for long, and after standing by the pool for a while, he entered the basement. I didn't stay in the basement for long, and soon I was back in the living room.

Sitting alone in the living room, I didn't know what to think, and after a while I made two phone calls, I drove away again.

Mina waited until Ling Xiao's pickup truck disappeared at the foot of the mountain, then quietly entered the villa and headed straight for the basement.

In Los Angeles, the place where Ling Xiao often stays is the basement of the villa, Mina has known Gan Jing for so long, and she has even been to the pharmacy on the third floor of the pharmacy, but she has never entered the basement of the villa, so she will conclude that Ling Xiao's Heavenly Soldier Armor must be placed in the basement.

After all, Ling Xiao has only two properties in Los Angeles, and he doesn't go to New York often, so it can only be in Los Angeles.

Entering the basement, Mina suddenly noticed that it seemed to be slightly different from the last time she entered, and after carefully examining the traces on the ground, Mina finally noticed the strangeness of the basement.

After groping around with the wall for a while, I didn't know where the mechanism had been touched, but I heard a soft "creak" sound, and the wall in front of me slid in both directions.

It is a 3-meter-wide, 5-meter-long compartment, with only a black and gold futon placed on the ground in the center of the clearing, and a tempered glass window above, and the sunlight shines through the clear water in the pool above to cast a blue light in the basement, which is so beautiful that people are reluctant to blink.

However, what Mina really noticed was in the corner of the cubicle, where a metal base was placed, and there was nothing on it.

It was clear that something had been placed on it, as could be seen by the trail marks on the ground.

The bracket ran from the metal base to the door of the compartment, and then there was no trace, apparently erased.

When Mina and Gan Jing received a call from the police station at noon yesterday, there were no drag marks on the basement floor, so the only people who entered before them were the mercenaries hired by Mina Tangde and her two patrol men.

For a moment, Mina began to suspect her two patrol men, who should not have failed to report such obvious traces, so they either colluded with the mercenaries to get rid of the heavenly armor, or they colluded with outsiders to rob and kill the mercenaries.

Mina's real concern is that they are not colluding with outsiders, but their own people, which is why it is worrying.

Immediately after leaving the villa, Mina used a disposable phone to dial the personal phone number of the two patrol officers, but unfortunately, the sound of the mobile phone being turned off on the other end of the phone kept coming.

Immediately afterward, Mina called another LAPD subordinate, who was the detective in charge of the theft of the Villa.

Mina sent a total of three groups of people to the whole thing, the first group was the group of mercenaries, the second group was the two patrol officers, and the third group was the police detective who was responsible for investigating the whole case.

Each group only knows the tasks of itself and the people in front of it, and has no knowledge of the existence of the people in the back.

The whole case from the occurrence, to the discovery of the police, and then the investigation, all are under Mina's control, this is Hydra's consistent style of doing things.

The detective quickly replied with a phone call, he had already asked, the two patrolmen had not gone to work today, and he asked Mina if she needed to go to the two patrolmen's residences to have a look, and it was obvious that he also realized that something was wrong.

After thinking about it for a while, Mina refused the detective's request, I am afraid that this matter will not be hidden for long, and someone will soon start an investigation into the missing patrolman, it is not appropriate to involve this detective at this time, the Hydra Los Angeles branch has enough manpower to deal with this matter.

Soon, two field teams set off from the secret base, disguised as plumbers, and the special service team of repairers entered the residence of the two patrol officers without attracting anyone's attention.

Both of them are renting houses, and the layout in the rooms is very simple, and the results of the search make Mina's heart chill for a while.

The two of them saluted, passports, and a series of other things, and even there was a lot of fresh food in the refrigerator, but there were some hidden things related to the Hydra missing, and it was obvious that someone had cleaned them up before them.

After a careful examination by the two special service teams and making sure that nothing related to the Hydra was left, they immediately retreated.

Everyone is a veteran, and they all know what the situation on the scene means, and they all know it, those two patrol officers are afraid that they are no longer in this world, and Hydra's methods of handling things have always been cautious and ruthless, and they rarely leave behind trouble.

Despite the worst-case prediction in her mind, Mina ordered her men to continue searching for the two men, and informed Baron Sterkle of her suspicions.

"Who do you think got in the middle?" The phone nodded in Baron Sterla's somewhat cold, hoarse voice.

"I don't know, Lady Viper is the most likely, but we've been keeping a close eye on her men, and if they're moving, there's no reason why we can't find out." Mina herself is a pawn planted by Madame Viper at Baron Sterkla's side, and although there are some things that she doesn't need to know, there's no reason not to know about her in Los Angeles.

After a slight pause, Mina continued: "It is also possible on the S.H.I.E.L.D. side, after all, those who have taken refuge in us have their own interests, and it is impossible for them to take advantage of the opportunity to make a move. And, not long ago, John Garrett appeared in Los Angeles, and just outside Ling's Pharmacy. ”

After hearing Mina say his guess, Baron Sterkra was silent for a moment before he spoke: "I will communicate with Pierce about this matter, and your side is responsible for continuing the investigation, and at the same time keeping up with Ling Xiao's side, you must get the manufacturing method of the Heavenly Soldier Battle Armor from him." ”

"Yes, Lord Baron!" Mina hung up the phone and sighed slightly, she knew that this was the case, the contradiction between the three leaders of the North American branch of Hydra decided that this matter could only be solved like this.

Even if Alexander Pierce did find the Celestial Armor in the end, he would only study it in his own hands, rather than kindly take it out and return it to Baron Straker.

Fortunately, this matter has not yet reached the point where it is completely irreparable, Ling Xiao is still there, and they still hope to get the manufacturing technology of the Heavenly Soldier Battle Armor from him, and even if the operation is done well, they can use Ling Xiao to build a Heavenly Soldier Battle Armor for them.

Moreover, the Celestial Soldier Armor is only part of the plan of the West Bank Division of Hydra, before, they have obtained the design drawings of the Stark Mark III Armor, as well as the manufacturing plan of the Palladium Element Ark Reactor, if it were not for the fear of the electronic system intrusion ability of the intelligent system Jarvis, Hydra would have already created countless machine armors, and there is no need to be like now, they can only be placed in the warehouse to eat ashes.

This is also the reason why they are eyeing the Lingxiao Heavenly Soldier Warframe, Tony Stark has seen it himself, the Skyman Warframe is completely different from his Mark Warframe, the energy source does not rely on the energy similar to the Ark Reactor, and there is no electronic system in the Warframe, if the advantages and disadvantages of the Skysoldier Warframe and the Mark Warframe can be combined, Hydra will definitely be able to create a new Warframe that is not inferior to the two Warframes.

It's a pity that the internal strife has led to a somewhat complicated situation now, and Mina couldn't help but sigh slightly. However, she didn't know that all of this was deliberately planned by Ling Xiao in order to divert Hydra's attention, and with Mina Tangde's internal response, Hydra would no longer be a threat.

(End of chapter)