In the eastern United States, a few hundred miles from Gotham, in a castle-like estate in West Chester, New York.

It used to be a hiding place for some superpowers—no, mutants. However, since Hydra took these mutants to win the support of ordinary people, the castle-like manor, which was half-crippled by the fighting, has been vacant. It wasn't until a few years later that someone took it over and repaired it. Now it looks the same from the outside, and it resembles the villas used by some tycoons for vacations, and sometimes it doesn't open once every six months. In fact, its interior has changed greatly, not to mention all kinds of security equipment that ordinary people can't imagine, and the underground facilities that collapsed because of the original battle have also been reopened and reinforced. If it used to look like an ornamental castle in the hands of mutants, it is now a modern fortress that is both ornamental and defensive, even misleading.

The point is, no matter what the name of the person who bought it in the first place, there is only one owner: Gideon Malik.

At this moment, Stephanie Malik, who had just left Gotham, was brought here by someone sent by her father. And as soon as she got off the Black Hawk helicopter, she saw her father.

"Dad, you made Deathstroke kill Rhaeggar?" Looking at her father who greeted her, Stephanie asked directly.

Hearing her words, Gideon was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "I thought the first question you asked was going to be related to your boyfriend." ”

Stephanie shook her head: "A boyfriend is just a boyfriend. My relationship with Stark wasn't to that extent yet, and I was more concerned than he was about what would happen to Stark Industries after his disappearance, and whether or not our support for Hydra would be affected. ”

As I said before, Stephanie is a believer, and she truly believes in the tenets of Hydra. Now, for example, her boyfriend, Tony Stark, has been taken captive, and she pays attention to Stark's own comfort from time to time, but it is Stark Industries' movements.

As for how Stark was taken away again, it is also a mistake to say it. After Coulson and Ward broke Rhaegar from the underground parking lot of the Gotham Hotel with Thomas Wayne, they tortured the saber-toothed tiger with a special stun gun and stun bullets, and left a few minutes later because Rhaegar had lost contact. In this regard, the saber-toothed tiger, who already had the problem of irritability, was furious, completely ignoring the rules and orders from within the mutants, breaking away from the large army of mutants, and rushing into the crowd at that time to kill. As a result, some Hydra agents, under Coulson's orders, drove armored SUVs to evacuate the crowd over there, and several vehicles and heavy machine guns forced the saber-toothed tigers with super self-healing abilities to please. So, the saber-toothed tiger, who barely calmed down, grabbed an unlucky ghost as a hostage, and was able to escape with his whole body.

This unlucky ghost is Tony Stark. Obviously, Stark, who was cheap-mouthed at the time, complained a few words about the saber-toothed tiger, and was remembered by the saber-toothed tiger. So, hehe.

When Stark was kidnapped by the Sabertooth Tiger, Stephanie was right next to him. The shock was there, but it wasn't too severe, and she recovered quickly. Then she pretended to cry a few times in front of the crowd, shouting a few words such as "Please save my boyfriend as soon as possible", and when her 'acting skills' were affirmed, she waited for her father's special plane.

That's how Stark's topic was revealed. If there is a daughter, there must be a father, and Gideon doesn't care much about the kidnapped Tony Stark.

"Tony Stark is missing, and barring an accident, the power of Stark Industries will fall into the hands of Obadiah Stein." Gideon said.

Stephanie thought for a moment, "Obadestan, I remember that it was the original partner of the Stark family, one of the elders of Stark Industries. Is he our man? ”

Gideon smiled, "He's not ours yet, but he can and will be." ”

Hydra domineering side leak!

"In that case, Tony Stark doesn't matter." Stephens laughed too. "Back to our previous topic, Dad, did you ask Deathstroke to kill Rhaegar?"

The smile on Gideon's face faded.

"I mentioned it to Death Knell. I've told Rhaegar before that I'll find the right opportunity to let him die. Why, you don't agree? ”

"What if you don't agree, he's dead now!" Stephanie sneered at her father, "Besides, I was going to make him my whetstone!" Finally, I have a potential opponent who may be able to hone my skills, and now you have ruined them! ”

Grabbed by his daughter's arm and shaken, Gideon smiled again—this time much harder.

"Where did you hear that Rhaegar had been killed by Deathbell?"

"I haven't heard about it directly." Stephanie said naturally, "I got the news from those Hydra agents that a member of that high-profile agent operation team had died, and I asked to confirm that it was Rhaegar. At the time, they all thought it was some mutant who did it. But I remembered what you said at the time that you would look for an opportunity to deal with Rhaegar at the time, so I had this suspicion. Hey, it looks like I still know you a lot. ”

"No wonder you think so......" Gideon chuckled and shook his head slightly.

Stephanie noticed her father's unnatural expression, "What's the matter, Dad, what's the matter?" Or is there something wrong with this? ”

"There's a problem here, and it's a big problem." Gideon stopped smirking, and his whole face was as black as if someone owed him tens of billions. "I received the latest news while you were here. The member of the Special Operations Squad, who was previously thought to have been killed, was seriously injured but still alive. Look, you still have a chance to use him to hone your ......"

"You know I'm just joking." Stephanie interrupted her father. At this time, she also had a serious face. "There's nothing you haven't said, right? If it was just Deathknell who didn't kill Rhaegar by mistake, you wouldn't be the one you have now. You said I was the smartest Malik, so, Dad, don't insult my intelligence. ”

Looking at his daughter, Gideon nodded seriously, and then exhaled heavily: "Ray is badly injured but still alive, and Deathstroke is dead." ”

Obviously, he couldn't accept this result. Don't talk about him, even his daughter can't accept it.

"What? How is this possible! Stephanie's already large eyes almost didn't pop out.

Although the Malik family has never been very involved in the affairs of the Hydra spy agency, they know a lot about some relatively important things within the agency, and the members of the law enforcement team are naturally indispensable. Knell may not be the strongest person in the law enforcement team, but it can definitely be ranked in the top three, and it is definitely the one with the strongest presence and the most special. The point is that it has a body that has been modified far beyond the limits of ordinary people, as well as many years of combat experience and skills. But that's all it, and he's still dead at the hands of Rhaegar?

"Death knell doesn't have to be dead at Rhaeggar's hands." Gideon thought as he said in a deep voice, "Deathstroke went to Gotham this time, ostensibly to investigate a homicide case related to superpowers, but in fact he received a hidden order from John Garrett, the director of the spy agency. The team that Rhaegar was in was inserted into that mission. I don't know exactly what Deathstroke received, but it seems to be related to the Assassin League. If Knell had died at the hands of the Assassins, I would have been surprised, but not unacceptable. The point is that I can confirm that Death Bell did attack Rhaegar, and that in Deathbell's style, he would definitely not show mercy and would handle the tail of the hand. But now Rhaegar is only seriously injured, and the reason for this is intriguing. ”

"But, Dad, we can't rule it out ......"

"Yes, it still can't be ruled out that Deathstroke died at the hands of Rhaeggar. And that's what worries me the most......"