Schiller stood in front of the door with the telephone, the hands on the dial behind him kept turning, and as the second hand continued to sound "click", the sky gradually darkened, and the last rays of the setting sun fell below the horizon, and after Schiller made the last call, he walked to the wall to turn on the lights.

And at this time, there was a knock on the door, a very standard three soft sounds, with a dull atmosphere, which complemented the night that had just fallen.

After Schiller turned on the light, he turned and walked back, and instead of looking at Grant Ward, who had pushed the door in, he walked back behind the desk, and then tapped his finger lightly on the table, motioning for Grant to sit across from him.

Grant sat down, but sat a little farther, and Schiller stared at him and said, "Why are you sitting so far too?" ”

Grant didn't speak, and Schiller knew that it was another pot of his own personality, he sighed, flipped out the medical records from the shelf, and said, "Let me see...... Depression, and a bit of compulsion, the last time you said you refused to take medicine, if nothing else, the situation should have become more serious. ”

Grant didn't answer at all, and Schiller said helplessly: "Do you know why after so many years, you are still just an ordinary agent?" I don't ask you to learn how to slap a horse, but after I speak, should you react a little? ”

Grant said "um", and then didn't say anything again, Schiller simply closed the medical record, and then put it away, to be honest, the psychiatrist is not afraid that the patient's symptoms are complicated, nor is he afraid of the patient messing around, what he is most afraid of is that the patient is mute.

"If that Hydra just called is like you, then I'm afraid I'm really worried about it now." Schiller couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that it is a little good to talk less." ”

"I'm not short of words." Grant denied it, saying, "Before you told me to shut up and listen, and ask less why." ”

"It seems that Garrett's control over you has seriously affected your personality, if nothing else, he must have used violence against you and mentally abused you?"

"What do you want me to do?" Grant asked.

"Life in S.H.I.E.L.D. has awakened you to a little bit of self-awareness, and before that, you were strictly controlled by Garrett."

"But this awakening is very limited, although you know mentally that this state is not right, and you want to get out, but in action you are still giving up on yourself, you are convincing yourself that whoever you kill is killing, and giving me a job is no different from working for Garrett."

"Isn't that so?" Brandt looked into Schiller's eyes and asked,

Schiller shook his head and said, "He's a patient, and I'm a doctor." ”

"There are some people in this world, they just like to stimulate others mentally, or use all kinds of means to control others, and they will feel satisfied when they see that you are suffering because you can't go against his will, which is common in the unreasonable control of parents over their children."

"But whether you are on the strong side or the weak side, taking the performance of others as a spiritual pillar is actually a very serious psychological defect, once no one is under his control, then it will be followed by a mental and personality breakdown, which is also common in parents and children."

Schiller sighed and said, "It's a pity, in that situation, I have to kill Garrett, otherwise, it would be a good experiment to help you get out of his control and then observe his reaction." ”

"You can see that out of his control, you feel that your freedom has come too much, and suddenly there is a kind of panic and confusion, and at the same time you are surprised to find that you want to avenge Garrett, avenge this person who has been controlling and hurting you, this emotion makes you feel even more frightened."

"If you don't have a mission, I'm leaving." Grant didn't react at all, just said so.

Schiller sighed again, from a killer's point of view, Grant was not particularly good, but from a patient's point of view, he was a combination of all kinds of difficult characteristics.

"Well, I do have a mission." Schiller took out a book from the bookshelf next to him and handed it to Grant, who took it and looked at the words on the cover and said, "Who is Hydra?" ”

It's not that he's asking, it's the words written on the cover of the booklet – "Who is Hydra?" ”

I have to say. This question successfully aroused Grant's interest, and the other Hydras shouted slogans, and he followed them, and the other Hydras shouted Hydra, and he also shouted Hydra, but he didn't actually know what Hydra was.

When he opened the first page of the booklet, he found that it was not a popular science book, but more like a religious text, because it started with Norse mythology.

Norse mythology is relatively popular among many myths, and many people have more or less heard the name of the World Tree, and it is precisely because of this half-understood state that Grant suddenly found that the story told in the book in front of him was quite interesting.

Soon, he finished reading the first one, and then began to read the second one, in which the worldview became even more magnificent, and they proposed that the nine kingdoms on the World Tree were called "earthly", which was a huge castle, and around the castle was a huge python that was connected from end to end, the earthly giant python Yermungad.

The second focuses on the power of Jörmungård, and highlights a parable in which the great serpent will die with Thor, the mightiest god of thunder, in the Norse mythological Ragnarok, to end the fate of the gods.

The grand battle epic is also fascinating, and by the third chapter, things have become a little magical, and the third part emphasizes that the hydra is actually the incarnation of Jörmungard, and in the beginning, he had only one head, and in order to deal with the nine kingdoms in the World Tree, he divided into nine heads, bringing disaster to all life in the World Tree.

At the end, Grant's gaze fell on the last sentence of the entire book - "Yesterday was divided into nine, and today is one." ”

His fingertips trembled a little as he put the book on the table, and he looked at Schiller and asked, "Do you know what you're doing?" ”

"It seems that your basic logic has not been affected." Schiller took a streak out of every sentence he could analyze the factors he had, and the last time he felt this way was when he was on a college exam.

Grant immediately shut up, and Schiller then explained to him, "Don't you think that Hydra, as a spy organization, is a little outdated? ”

"Whether it is a pyramid scheme organization or a cult organization, they have made further progress in personnel screening, personnel structure, and organizational capabilities, and Hydra did not start from scratch, so the pyramid scheme organization should not work."

"Are you going to preach?" Grant asked.

"Do you know what the nature of religion is?"

"What is it?"

"It's a coat of skin, and you can choose to drape it over any kind of bone."

"Do you think they'll believe it?" Grant thought it was ridiculous.

"Why don't you understand that this is not a doctrine, it's just a business, and the purpose of this myth is not to make those low-level agents believe it."

Schiller threw the pen on the table and said, "You can think of it as a match, which can only be lit by those who are ready to move in the first place." ”

"They just need an excuse, a name, to blatantly compete for power, kill allies, and sit on the only throne."

Grant thought back to what he had seen in that manual, and in the last chapter, the so-called prophecy of Ragnarok, which was actually implying that the hydra no longer needed nine heads, and that the earthly python that could bring twilight to the gods had only one head, only one god, and only one pope.

"You can think of this as the spread of extremist ideas, and anything that is unique can cause people to be more extreme."

"Grant, I think, you should be able to see that the situation is changing, this purge against Hydra has brought up many contradictions buried under the water, the dispute between the old and the new, the dispute between the upper and lower levels, and the dispute between regions ......"

"Many people are more desperate than I want a big reshuffle, and everyone knows that there is only one way to shake the inherent class, fight for more interests, and become the ruler of the new era......"

"Sarajevo." Grant slowly spat out a noun, but then he asked, "But a story alone is not convincing enough, they are all very cautious, and they will not be willing to make a bird." ”

"Did you see the prophecy in the last one? About Ragnarok. ”

"I saw it, but it was just a prophecy."

"yes...... But what if I collude with the gods? ”

As Schiller smiled, the weather behind him turned from dark to bright, the sun rose over the horizon, and it was another sunny morning, and the shadow cast on the table gradually changed shape, and the one sitting opposite Schiller became Loki.

He was still gorgeously dressed, his clothes and hairstyle were still meticulous, but his face could not hide his tiredness, and he shook his head and said, "The situation in Asgard is not good. ”

"What's wrong? Is something wrong with Thor? ”

"On the contrary, this time only Thor didn't have a problem." Loki showed a complicated expression, and he said, "I can't believe it, someday. Thor would be the most normal one. ”

said. He put his hands on the table, crossed his fingers, and explained, "Thor has returned from Earth, and he has taken back his divine powers, and not only that, but it goes further, which is a good thing for Asgard, right?" ”

Schiller nodded, and Loki continued, "Thor suddenly understood the meaning of honor, that it should be his weapon, not his shackles, that it should be his scepter to rule his subjects, not the whip that drives him. ”

"He's determined to change the status quo in Asgard, and he wants to stop this chariot and find a more sustainable way to make the country and its people more stable, instead of rushing all the way to destruction, and that's also a good thing, right?"

Schiller took a sip of his coffee and said, "But some people don't want to, right?" ”

"Yes, for many Asgardians, war is a quick and easy way to get everything they need, and they are used to it, they have been like this for generations, we are Vikings, fishermen, and pirates."

"It is almost impossible for such a civilization to learn to slow down or even stop."

Loki put his finger to his forehead and said, "The problem is that the Father of the Gods does not support Thor either, not because he likes war, but because he feels that Asgard must be strong enough in the face of the upcoming Ragnarok. ”

"If you stop this chariot now and remove its wheels, we may not be able to run by Ragnarok."

"Odin may not know, even if the chariot keeps driving, he may not be able to run out, but he doesn't dare to bet, if he continues to move forward and accumulate strength, maybe there is some room for resistance, but if he gives up his strength and is captured, then it will really be a man-made sword, and I am a fish." Schiller concludes,

"That's right." Loki nodded helplessly and said, "Thor is under attack, and many people are taking this opportunity to shake his position as heir. ”

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