Chapter 056 Deficiencies in the Hierarchy of Authority
Rhaegar then talked about some of his abilities, such as absorbing various energies to recover faster than usual, such as the strength, speed, and endurance of his physical fitness. And just as he was about to break the news that he had never put into actual combat, he was interrupted by two things in a row.
First of all, Skye's side. According to Coulson's instructions, she has been keeping an eye on the latest developments at the Gotham Hotel through the Internet and surveillance cameras. In the last case, the Hydra agents who were transferred by Coulson continued to rescue the guests who were huddled together in the hotel, which made the name of Hydra another favorable. However, it has to be said that this was done when the mutants deliberately released water. According to speculation at the time, the mutants had the intention to retreat.
But now the latest news is here, the Hydra agents seem to have received an order from a certain high-level, anyway, it was not Coulson's order, but the Hydra agents attacked the mutants who were about to retreat from the hotel, so they began to fight back against the mutants who were dissatisfied with the passive retreat that did not achieve the small goal of capturing Thomas Wayne. In the end, while the mutants returned to moderation, they couldn't have allowed the Hydra agents to attack. So they took one person hostage and were eventually able to evacuate them all.
Getting the news, Coulson couldn't help but scold.
This is a good example of what is not enough to do and what is more to lose. Things that can be solved smoothly have to be done in one more way. And it's beyond his strength, even with three or four squads of ordinary agents who want to take down more than a dozen mutants? That's not enough people to kill the saber-toothed tiger alone! The higher-ups who gave the order should be glad that someone is restraining the mutants!
"How do we do it?" Ward asked.
"Do nothing." Coulson shook his head slowly, "Since there are high-level interventions, then there is not much we can do. Besides, we didn't come to Gotham to end up with those people's irrationality. Meeting Thomas Wayne remains a top priority for us. By the way, who was taken hostage by mutants? While it's a bit inappropriate for me to say that, if the higher-ups had dared to let an ordinary agent take action against a mutant, he wouldn't have been intimidated by a normal hostage. ”
After listening to Coulson's analysis, Skye nodded and continued to operate the tablet in her hand. More than ten seconds later, he gave an answer that surprised everyone a little but took it for granted.
"It was Tony Stark, CEO of Stark Industries, the most well-known playboy in the nation in recent years."
It took a few seconds for the teammates to digest the news, turning it into a conversation in their free time after dinner, not noticing that Rhaegar was so surprised that his eyes were about to fall out.
The plot of this world is ...... I really don't understand!
"What about Stephanie Malik? What happened to her? Coming back to his senses, Rhaegar looked at Skye and asked.
Skye frowned. Looking at Coulson, seeing that the captain was not stopping, she quickly tapped a few times on the tablet and handed it to Rhaeggar.
So Rhaegar saw Stephanie, who was still calm and calm enough to make Rhaegar feel uneasy under the surveillance camera. You know, Stark, who was taken away by the mutants, is her boyfriend!
"I didn't know you cared so much about your cousin." Coulson came to Rhaeggar's side, looked at the screen on the tablet, and suddenly said this.
Cousin? Coulson's words made the rest of the team suddenly realize, and Skye's frowning eyebrows also relaxed. Unfortunately, Rhaegar didn't notice this.
"Concerned about her? No, I'm worried about myself. Rhaegar smiled bitterly and said, "Looks like I'm going to have to find a chance to tell you about my feud with her and her father." You know, her father had been suppressing me in Hydra for more than a decade, and I had been a Level 4 agent for more than a decade. But now, after the last time I met them, they wanted me dead. ”
Seeing Rhaegar say this, Coulson seemed to be interested: "Don't wait for an opportunity in the future, you can talk about it briefly now." ”
Rhaegar was stunned for a moment, then spread his hands.
"Well, since you're willing." After a pause or two to organize the language, he spoke: "The situation is more complicated than you think, simply put, Gideon Malik once had a twin brother, and the two of them, who were not yet twenty years old at the time, had a pact to take on the business of the Malik family together after the untimely death of their parents. Soon after, however, the twin brother and his wife died in an accident, and Gideon quickly took control of all the Malik family's estate. After that, Gideon took his twin brother's biological son in captivity in his villa, yes, in captivity. On the surface, it was to give the child a home, but in fact it was under house arrest, and there was no possibility for the child to contact the outside world. As a result, the kid finally found an opportunity at the age of fifteen, escaped from the villa, and then met a Hydra agent by chance, and as a result, he joined Hydra and was recommended to be a cadet in the Hydra Academy's operations department. ”
Speaking of which, noticing the expressions of his teammates, Rhaegar shrugged: "That's right, this kid is me." ”
In his previous life, as a well-known screenwriter, Rhaegar knew which stories to use to arouse the audience's sympathy. At least half of the members of Coulson's team had a not-so-good childhood, such as Skye and Fitz; Or they came from a complex and gloomy family environment, such as May, and maybe Ward. This was a good opportunity to gain their trust, and Rhaegar was very patient in telling the story.
"There was a time when the kid thought he had nothing to do with Gideon. He didn't expect Gideon to be a member of Hydra's Super Council. When he graduated from the Hydra Academy's operations department, the list was reported, and Gideon discovered the existence of his nephew. After that, that kid ushered in overt or covert repression, and had to work as a civilian for several years. During this period, the ordinary agent who brought him into the industry and recommended him to Hydra Academy also died mysteriously, which made him dare not speak. It wasn't until he took an adventure and volunteered to join a dangerous mission that no civilian could handle, and was finally mobilized as an assault force, and he was finally able to leave the Hydra base and get rid of Gideon's control for the time being. Still, he thought too simply. Even when he was out on a mission, Gideon did not give up on suppressing him, and even used more drastic means than before. At first he didn't find out, and he happily thought he had found a way out, but then he ...... Well, let's not talk about that much, let's talk about the most recent one. When the kid was on a mission to hunt down two superpowers in Brazil, the details of his actions were leaked, and the entire team was wiped out, including the kid. If it weren't for the kid's luck with some kind of superpower, the story would have ended there. Afterwards, the child couldn't bear it anymore and publicly applied to meet Gideon and confront him face to face. Gideon couldn't just kill him on the spot for the sake of his reputation, but he also told him that he would find another opportunity. So, well, that's all. ”
The 'story' that Rhaegar told made the team members, including Coulson, not know what to say for a while.
"Wow, that's a ...... Rest assured, you're now up to us! Fitz gave Rhaegar a hug.
Simmons is the one with the most complete family among the team members. Her parents are still alive, and they are very good to her, except that they don't know much about her profession, and they didn't force her to get married or anything (laughs). Because of this, she is also the one who cannot understand the story of Rhaegar the most.
"Why? Why did your uncle do you so badly? ”
"This is the Prince's Revenge...... The first half ...... "Skye couldn't help but say half a sentence. But when she noticed Rhaegar looking at her, she said no more.
What else can it be for, for the sake of the Malik family's estate, for the sake of cutting down the grass and eradicating the threat of Rhaegar this threat. Coulson thought. There were some blank spaces in the information he had found about Rhaegar earlier. At the time he thought it was Gideon Malik's tactics. Now it seems that it was indeed Gideon Malik who was the obstruction, but the reasons and motives were more profound.
Speaking of which, this is the permission of the permission hierarchy system. If Coulson's real immediate bosses, Nick Fury or Maria Hill, could let him know the truth about Rhaeggar's 'soul body', and let him know that Rhaegar was not the original Rhaegamalik at all, then he wouldn't be so passive and waste so much time and resources researching Rhaeggar's origin or something.