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Chapter 22 Identity
In the middle of the night, a Hydra facility.

The searchlights were like brilliant swords, they criss-crossed around the base, cutting apart the deep darkness.

The periphery of the base is surrounded by iron fences with high-voltage electricity, and the height is close to three meters. Normally, no one can leap over it while it is electrified.But right now, someone has done it. This person is wearing a black uniform suitable for nighttime action, black goggles and a mask, revealing a silver-white mechanical power arm.He jumped over the high-voltage iron fence more than three meters high, and his figure was as light as a flying swallow.

Winter Soldier.He used to be a sharp knife controlled by Hydra, and now the sharp knife has regained its own consciousness and started to attack his master in turn.

From where he landed to the observation deck, the visual distance is about 150 meters, and according to the observation of the law of the searchlight beam, there are at least seven seconds until the next time the light sweeps across this area.150 meters in seven seconds is a bit exaggerated for the world record holder, but it is not impossible for super soldiers.

He managed to evade the searchlights to reach the lookout, and dashed up to the tower to knock down two Hydra soldiers who were sitting in the duty room playing poker.He infiltrates like a ghost, deadly with precision, yet silent.

Two flash bombs smashed through the windows on the third floor and threw them in, which caught off guard and took away the sight of the soldiers guarding the room.The Winter Soldier followed closely, holding a gun in his right hand, and holding a special war knife upside down in the mechanical arm of his left hand, the blade glowed coldly under the cold light.

The alarm was triggered, and the entire base was instantly put on high alert—but it didn't matter anymore, the deadliest killer had already infiltrated the interior.It took him less than three seconds to deal with the three Hydra soldiers in the room, and he walked into the hallway, striding forward, repeatedly shooting down every enemy that appeared in his path.

The Winter Soldier blocked the Killing Buddha blocking the Killing Buddha, and no one in the whole building seemed to be able to stop his progress.He left corpses all over the floor, and went straight to the office at the end of the corridor on the third floor.He kicked open the door, and the bald Hydra agent with a pair of glasses had already raised his hands in the pose of surrender.

"Wait! Wait!" Sitwell yelled, cold sweat dripping down his bald brow. "I surrender, okay? I'll cooperate, and I'll tell you everything."

The Winter Soldier tilted his head.

"Thanks." He said hoarsely.But before the bald boy had time to feel relieved, he pulled the trigger.A long stream of fireworks spewed from the barrel of the Colt, and the bullets whirled through the bald head's forehead, killing him before he could realize what was happening.

The Winter Soldier lowered his gun and looked down at Sitwell's fallen body.

"But I don't care."

***
Aegis, Tricurve Wing Building, Director's Office.

Nick Fury stared gloomyly at the 3D projected map in front of him. A dozen red light spots were marked on the vast blue map.They are big and small, some are hidden in the mountains, some are hidden under the water, and some are even hidden in the ground of the Aegis facility.

Fury raised his head, and looked at the mysterious man in high-tech armor standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with his one-eyed sharp eyes—he had become more and more concerned about this guy who appeared from time to time in the past month and a half. It's no surprise in my own office.

"You said these are all Hydra strongholds." Fury looked at him and whispered, "How sure are you?"

"One hundred percent." Michael said, "You should know that none of the information I've given you so far has been wrong."

"We have the opportunity to verify every piece of information you provided before. But this?" Fury pointed to the map full of red dots floating on his desk, "This is different from before."

Michael said lightly: "I wouldn't say that if it wasn't a sure thing, but this war has indeed reached a critical juncture, Director Fury. These are the hearts of Hydra, they are In order to retain the backup measures of strength after the latent exposure-and this does not just mean that the defense force is several times stronger than those strongholds that were taken away by SHIELD before.

These bases are all interconnected and interconnected, and together they weave into a huge sensitive network.As long as one of them falls, the other parts will immediately implement the backup protocol for transfer, and all the information in it will also be destroyed.It took me a lot of work to find out all their locations, and if I made any mistakes, all my efforts would be wasted. "

Fury tapped the glass tabletop: "You mean, you have to take them all at the same time."

Michael nodded.

Hydra is an extremely large organization, and it is intertwined and rooted in every corner of the earth.Although Michael can kill an army head-on, he doesn't have enough manpower or resources if he wants to eradicate a behemoth like Hydra.

That's why he needed SHIELD's intervention.

"'Chop off one head and two will grow back'." Michael repeated the well-known Hydra logo. "There's a reason for that. Every time you think you've wiped them out, they always find an opportunity to lie dormant, gather strength, and come back when you least expect it. Unless we don't give them the chance to grow a new head."

Fury leaned back, crossing his hands on his chin.

"Not long ago you proved to me that my old boss, Alexander Pierce, the person who handed over the position of SHIELD Commander to me was actually a Hydra spy." I haven’t figured out how to report to the World Security Council until now, and now you want me to launch the final battle with Hydra. Such a big move cannot be hidden from the Council, and I must obtain approval.”

"In theory, it is." Michael didn't take it seriously, "but you are Nick Fury, don't tell me you can't deal with some old men sitting in offices."

"Maybe I can, but you haven't given me a good reason yet." Fury stared into his eyepiece with lightning eyes, "You said when you first proposed cooperation that I don't have to give you any trust. You leave I get the information, I check it out, and then I decide whether to act or not—it's always been that way.

But it's different now.You said that we need to take over a dozen bases in one go, and it is impossible for us to verify them one by one before doing it.And so far we don't have enough trust base to make this move.I'm sure you'll understand that I can't risk sending all of my agents into the trap. "

"Very reasonable." Michael nodded, not surprised at all.After all, Aegis has not known anything about him until now, and as commander Nick Fury has to consider all risks.

But before making this proposal, he had already made preparations for it.

"If the operation is successful, this may also be the last time we cooperate, Director Fury. If successful, Hydra will be erased from human history forever and will never exist-this means both of us major."

As Michael said, cracks began to appear on the armor's limbs and chest.The screws at the countless joints began to rotate, and the parts separated from each other.

"So of course trust is necessary to facilitate this success," Michael continued self-consciously, "and I'm willing to take that first step."

Nick Fury stared, watching the black armor open from the middle, and the man who had been hiding behind the armor for a month and a half came out and straightened his clothes.

"Let's get to know each other again, Director Fury." He held out his hand, "I'm glad we finally met formally."

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