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Chapter 55 The Legendary Commander

In Eastern Europe, somewhere in a top-secret location, a branch of the Heavenly Sword Bureau.

The gray-haired old man stood high in the command room, wearing a suit and leather shoes, with his hands behind his back, and he scanned the busy scene in the command room calmly.The correspondents were busy in front of their respective equipment, the keyboard was beeping continuously, and the huge display screen divided into nine parts hung on the top of the command room, emitting a faint blue light.

The old man's name is Lauren Beard, a former high-ranking cadre of Hydra, and now a senior commander of the Eastern European Branch of the Tianjian Bureau-of course, these are his secret identities.For most people who know him, he is a billionaire, a financial tycoon, one of the top [-] richest people in the world, and one of the most influential people in Eastern Europe.

In this area alone, you don't have to know who Tony Stark is, or even your own president.But ask ten random people on the street and nine of them will be able to tell you who Lauren Beard is.

But unlike Tony Stark, the old man's billions of wealth did not come from the accumulation of his ancestors.Everyone knows that he is a self-made man who started his own company single-handedly.He started his business when he was less than 20 years old, broke through on his own, and built his own empire with an awesome drive and extraordinary courage.

The reason why Beard has great influence is not only because he owns a super company and countless banknotes, but also because of his network resources in Eastern Europe.He has a strong background, and has personal relationships with important officials and even some presidents of many nearby countries. These friends in the political circles allow him to do almost anything in this area without hindrance.

But for his subordinates and employees, this man is definitely not the kind of boss you would want to meet.Lauren Beard is quite a dangerous figure, which is almost written on his face with his unsmiling expression.There is a dangerous gleam in his eyes all the year round, and the gaze he looks at everything is like a cold and sharp sword, as if it can cut through everything and pierce the soul.

He often claims to be a person who "can't tolerate scum in his eyes", and even the smallest fault cannot be tolerated under his staff.He is ruthless, like a tiger who is always on the alert.He is even more ruthless and ruthless in dealing with his enemies. Over the years, countless competitors have become his stepping stones to the top.

And these are even just the appearance of Beard as a businessman, and what he does in his other identity is even more appalling.When he was the cadre of Hydra, he managed his subordinates submissively. Those world-famous killers and terrorists under him would subconsciously stand at attention when they heard his voice from a distance, and never Dare to be disobedient.He could order hundreds of lives to be executed without changing his face, without any mercy in his heart.

But no matter how absurd it sounds, even such a ruthless old guy has started to do good things now that he has surrendered to the "Heavenly Sword Bureau".

Just tonight, he has dispatched troops to resolve several terrorist attacks involving three Eastern European countries, and dispatched elite agents to destroy a large-scale terrorist operation stronghold hidden deep in a certain mountain range, and captured One important member of its organization.At this very moment his interrogation experts were locking the guy in a dark room to torture him for a confession - Beard had ordered that as long as the man survived, it didn't matter what method was used.

An agent in charge walked over with a thud, his face was rather ugly.

"Sir." He lowered his head and said to Beard, "There's something wrong with us here."

Beard stared at him coldly: "Say."

"We have a small team performing missions in Russia," the agent in charge wiped off his cold sweat, "and then... something happened. Two agents failed to evacuate as planned, and they were... caught by the authorities."

Beard's eyes almost seemed to shoot ice picks.

"You mean two of your idiots were caught by the Russians?"

"Yes."

Beard took a step closer and almost pressed against the agent's face, the cold breath made him almost breathless.

"I don't care what means you use. But you have to settle this matter immediately." Beard lowered his voice, "If you think it's necessary, it doesn't matter if you just find a way to get rid of those two idiots. The request from above It is the existence of the Heavenly Sword that must not be exposed for the time being, no matter what, I will not allow trouble to come out of my branch, do you understand?"

The agent nodded vigorously: "Yes, sir! I will arrange it now."

"In addition, no matter what the final result of the matter is, you will be suspended." Beard said coldly, "You know the rules."

"Yes, sir, I understand."

The agent in charge hurried away.Lauren Beard let out a long sigh of relief and was distraught.

It seems that the whole world is not at peace tonight. The entire Eastern European region is constantly breaking up, and there is not a single piece of news that can make people feel refreshed.

"Sir!" A communicator wearing a headset raised his head and stammered, "There is a communication from an external line, it is the commander of Tianjian! He is looking for you by name!"

The entire busy space fell silent instantly, and everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing.The dense keyboard suddenly stopped tacitly, and all eyes looked over in unison.

Needles could be heard in the room.

Lauren Beard gasped.

He's a dangerous, ruthless guy, but he couldn't have gotten to where he is today just by being foolhardy and reckless.Years of experience in shopping malls and hydras had taught him the intuition to smell danger, and told him what kind of characters he could never afford to provoke.

Just like someone like the mysterious commander-in-chief of Heavenly Sword.

Beard had never seen this mysterious commander with his own eyes. He had only seen him wearing black armor and single-handedly killing through the Hydra base where Beard was located like a divine soldier.He even heard that the commander-in-chief single-handedly brought down the behemoth Hydra, like Alexander Pierce, Wolganf von Strucker, Daniel Whitehall, etc. He used to feel that his hands and eyes All the characters in Tongtian seem to have been taken care of by this commander in a few moments, which shows how terrifying it is.

That's why he chose to surrender and join Tianjian almost without thinking about it.

He is a dangerous tiger, but a smart tiger knows when to be tamed.

He put on the headset, nodded, and whispered, "Come in."

Not only Bild, but to others, this faceless commander is even more mysterious.They have never received direct instructions from the commander since the operation of the Heavenly Sword, so when the commander answered the communication, everyone held their breath and pricked up their ears to try to hear the commander's intentions.

"Yes, sir, I'm Beard." The old man changed into a tone of respect that hardly resembled his own, ".Yes, I'm listening. Of course, no matter what, just order it"

Everyone noticed that Beard's expression seemed to have become a little more subtle, even a little confused.

"Uh, sir, does the 'Baldwin Brothers'... mean the animation company?

Ah sure. No problem, I'll do it myself. "

Beard ended the communication and took off the headset.

His assistant stepped forward and asked tentatively, "Sir?"

"Get me a plane. I have to take care of some things myself. You will direct me while I'm away."

He said coldly, turned his head and left the command room quickly.Hearing the sound of the old man's footsteps walking away quickly along the corridor, the assistant froze in place with a confused face.

The agents in the command room looked at each other.

"The Baldwin Brothers"?Isn't that an old cartoon production group?It's not closed yet?Speaking of which, why did the Commander suddenly become interested in animation companies?Could it be that certain groups seem to be making animations on the surface, but they are secretly planning a conspiracy that endangers the security of the world?
As expected, it is the world of big shots, and I don't understand it at all.

24 hours later, New York.

After dinner, Wanda and Pietro took a walk in the bustling business district. After wandering for about an hour, they turned back and headed home.

Pietro chattered all night, from what he saw and heard in New York these days to all kinds of trivia when he received super power strengthening training in the Tianjian branch.But Wanda always looked listless and didn't answer any questions, just responded with "hmmm" non-stop, showing no interest.

Pietro seemed to feel that there was no point in continuing to sing a one-man show, so he simply shut up.But not long after walking along the way back, he finally couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with you? You look very spiritless?"

"Yeah." Wanda replied absent-mindedly, "I'm thinking about something."

"You have been like this since you came back from training yesterday." Pietro said, "Did he bully you?"

Wanda knew he was referring to Michael.She shook her head: "No. I was just thinking." She hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked, "...what kind of person do you think Mr. Passo is?"

Pietro froze for a moment, then touched his head: "Well, he is a very powerful person, and he is also very nice. You see, he arranged such a big house for us, and the salary is ridiculously high, but most of the time Very leisurely job] Oh, except that it's annoying to always have to go to training"

"That's not what it means." Wanda interrupted, "I'm not talking about how he treats us, but what kind of person do you think he is?"

Pietro thought about it.

"It's not a bad guy," he said. "We've all seen what he's committed to these days, and I think he looks like he's really doing something good. At least he's not like Stark."

"That's not sure," Wanda said casually.

Pietro raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"I mean, maybe we don't know him at all. I can't read his mind, maybe there's another side to him that we haven't seen."

"Anyway, I think he is good." Pietro insisted.

"Maybe. Forget it, pretend I didn't ask."

Now they have reached the door of the house.Wanda walked up the stone steps, took out the key and opened the door.

"I have to take a shower first." She changed her shoes and threw the keys on the table.

"Uh, Wanda? Looks like there's your package here."

"My package?" Wanda paused and turned around in surprise, "Who will send me a package?"

Pietro raised the tightly packed square package in his hand: "I don't know. The sender is not written on it. Do you want to open it?"

"Hmm." Wanda took the package from him and opened it smoothly.Inside was a beautifully wrapped gift box with a bow tied with red ribbon.She untied the ribbon, lifted the lid of the box, and couldn't help but froze in place.

It was a watch with a girly pink case, and a childish Q version of a little girl was painted on the dial, and the hands clicked and clicked.

Pietro leaned forward and said in surprise, "This is not."

"That Christmas, my father gave me a limited watch." She said softly.

"But I remember you saying it's been out of print for ten years?" Pietro wondered, "So where did this come from?"

She shook her head: "I don't know."

Wanda picked up the watch, turned over the dial, and found a line of small characters engraved on the back.

"For a better future."

She couldn't help chuckling, and at the same time apologized for some of the outrageous things she said yesterday when she was emotional.

It turned out that he was not as emotionless as he said.

He just likes to keep everything in his heart.

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