The Light of Beauty

"What does he want to do?" Pierce lowered the curtains and turned to Horner.

His expression was fairly calm.

Horner shook his head with a cold expression: "I don't know, but he talked to Hill in the morning."

Pierce nodded, tightened his pajamas, turned around and sat down at the table, and opened the cigar box.

Outside the window, gunshots rang out again, but after a brief moment of movement, there was silence again.

Pierce paused slightly for the hand that picked up the cigar, and then picked up the cigar cutter beside him.

While watching the movements of his hands, he asked, "Is he very powerful?"

Horner frowned slightly, but still nodded: "Yes, both Rumlow and I lost."

"I know that the process of you fighting did not even exceed two seconds."

"sorry."

"No, you don't have to say sorry." Pierce shook his head lightly, "How do you think he compares to our soldiers?"

His meaning is very clear, referring to the Winter Soldier.

Horner thought about it seriously, and finally shook his head: "Sorry, sir, I can't be sure."

Snapped!

A flame rises and the cigars are lightly scented as they grill.

Pierce took a puff, exhaled the smoke, and said, "It's a pity. If he didn't come to you, then I think he would be as powerful a fighter as Bucky. Well, maybe even stronger?"

The sound of the battle outside the window was getting closer and closer, the gunshots were always interrupted abruptly, and then one or two wailing could be heard occasionally.

Horner's expression remained calm, he turned his head and looked at the door: "He's coming up soon, I..."

Pierce raised his hand to interrupt.

"Let him come."

When the words fell, he and Horner glanced at the side door next to the bedroom at the same time.

There, stands the most powerful outcome of the Winter Soldier Project.

Outside.

Most of Ryan's white shirt was dyed red, and the cuffs were even dripping blood.

Hold down the back of the enemy's head with one hand and gently push it to the ground, and the blade underneath immediately tore open his throat, releasing the bondage of blood in his body.

The blade of the lightsaber was not stained with blood, Ryan looked up.

In front of him, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes pressed his back against the wall, trembling.

Looking at his face, Ryan frowned.

"Which country?"

"Japan..."

Clang!

The lightsaber turned sharply, and the blade was inserted between the eyebrows in an instant, nailing it to the wall.

Looking at the brain-opening corpse, Ryan found it very interesting.

There are more than 200 answers in total, but he chose the one that must die.

Withdrawing his sword, Ryan kicked open the door in front of him.

Pierce and Horner looked over at the same time.

The corners of Ryan's mouth were slightly raised, and he looked a little gloomy and cold against the backdrop of his blood.

He walks past Horner like no one else is, then plunges his lightsaber into the floor and sits down across from Pierce.

Pierce stared into Ryan's golden eyes: "You know, even Nick Fury wouldn't dare to be so rude in front of me."

"It's not that he doesn't dare, it's just that he doesn't want to."

Pierce looked at the corpse lying outside the door and frowned slightly: "That's my guest."

"Today, everyone is an enemy except you."

"He is a politician and an important member of a certain organization. If you kill him, neither the US government nor the people behind him will let you go."

"It doesn't matter."

Pierce withdrew his gaze: "I'm curious, did you think about the consequences when you made such a fuss today?"

"You might as well guess it, and let me feel the wisdom from Hydra by the way." After that, Ryan cut a cigar by himself.

After hearing his words, Pierce was not surprised, but smiled.

He looked at Ryan curiously: "Do you know that your informant has been exposed?"

"I don't know. However, from the second I decided to tell Nick Fury, I knew that you would find me sooner or later." Ryan replied unhurriedly.

How thorough Hydra's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Roughly speaking, from the perspective of film and television dramas, the captain of the United States uncovered the conspiracy of the insight plan, notified the existence of Hydra, and then took down the supreme leader Alexander Pierce in one fell swoop. At the same time, the Hydra exposed by the insight plan was naturally inevitable. .

But even so, many years later in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode, Coulson, who was finally resurrected, still had to fight the Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D.

The most basic logic is that it is impossible for all Hydras to participate in the insight plan, so it is naturally extremely difficult to investigate the rest.

What's more, it's too early at this moment. Fury's idea of ​​sneaking investigation is very good, but the depth and breadth of Hydra in S.H.I.E.L.D. are definitely beyond his imagination.

Pierce was the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a long time.

And this is also the purpose of Ryan coming here today.

In the future, no matter what level of agent he becomes or what position he holds, he will never be able to avoid Hydra.

Instead of spending a lot of time and energy trying to get rid of Hydra, why not find a way to use it like S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Would you point to two hammers that differ only in color, say one is good and the other bad?

Pierce was silent for a moment.

"You want to show your strength, express your position, vent your dissatisfaction, and strengthen your character in the S.H.I.E.L.D. report." He looked at Ryan and said seriously.

Hearing this, Ryan applauded him with a cigar in his mouth.

"Wonderful, you actually got everything right."

"Hehe, don't forget that I used to be an agent like you, and even the world environment and mission conditions I had to face in those days were more harsh than yours now." Pierce squeezed his cigar, his eyes full of scrutiny and said: " No matter how many goals and ideas you have, for Hill and Fury, as long as you can complete the task, even if you are not trustworthy and dependable, the future will be a particularly handy tool."

Ryan: "Who isn't?"

This is, Pierce changed the subject: "SHIELD doesn't know about the Red Room, but I already know, your means are really good, you can take down Dreykov overnight, he is my boss opponent."

What he meant was: Although you know that I am a hydra, I also know that you are not clean.

Talking here, the two seem to be picking each other up.

It is also because of this that Pierce calmly let Ryan rush in all the way.

Because everyone knows each other's ulterior secrets, Ryan has his own needs, but Pierce obviously wants more.

Lane put down his cigar.

"Pierce, can you tell me what the ultimate goal of Hydra is?"

"Why, do you want to join? I asked Rumlow to recruit you before, but then you caused me some trouble. Of course, if you are willing now, I think Rumlow will be happy to give up his position to you .”

Ryan shook his head slightly: "It's not that I join you, but you...join me."

Hearing this sentence, Pierce was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"You don't look like you're drunk."

Ryan stretched out one hand, fingers spread.

"Your goal has always been to take over the world..."

Behind him, Horner, who was standing solemnly, suddenly froze, and the skin on his exposed face, neck, and hands suddenly turned black and blue.

"Although I don't quite understand why some people still have such thoughts in this era..."

Pierce listened to Ryan's words, and at the same time stared at Horner behind his eyebrows. At this moment, Horner's darkened skin was undulating like the surface of the water, and the blood vessels below were abnormally protruding, and the surging blood flow could be seen with the naked eye .

"But I actually quite admire you, because you are at least action-oriented, and I have always liked people who are strong in execution..."

A drop of blood suddenly oozes from Horner's pores, which makes Pierce's eyes twitch wildly.