"For the development of the new drug, I will have Shirley's team cooperate with Osborn Biology. I've already discussed this with Mr. Norman, so you just need to handle the procedural matters."
"You can leave the more complex tasks to Osborn. They will use their connections in this field to pave the way for us."
"As for the remaining medical robot project, let's put it on hold for now. There's no rush; we can take it one step at a time."
"That's all. Report to me if there are any other developments."
After hanging up the phone, Luca casually tossed his phone aside, picked up his Harro again, and leaned lazily back against the chair.
Samira, who was driving, saw that Luca had hung up and asked curiously, "Young Master, were you just talking to Miss Lena? What do you think of her?"
Samira asked this because Luca's new secretary was someone she had recommended and hired.
And Samira herself was not good at this kind of work, so she was worried that the person she found based on a resume might not be to Luca's liking.
Luca naturally had nothing to hide from Samira, so he honestly said, "Her capabilities are indeed impeccable, but I'm still not quite sure about her identity and purpose for joining the company."
Upon hearing Luca's words, Samira was first stunned, then almost ran a red light by pressing the accelerator.
After a moment to compose herself, she asked in a serious tone, "Young Master, are you saying that Lena Peterson is a spy sent by someone else?"
If that were truly the case, it would be a major oversight in Samira's work, and her voice immediately grew colder.
"Do I need to kill her? Or should I have Wrench create an accident for her!"
Seeing how serious Samira was, Luca smiled and waved his hand repeatedly.
"Drive carefully, don't be so tense. I just said it's a possibility~"
"Young Master, with matters like this, it's better to kill the wrong person…"
"There's no need for that. She doesn't have access to any core secrets right now, and her abilities are quite good. Even if she was sent by others, using her temporarily can save us a lot of trouble."
"Then do you need me to find someone to investigate her background?"
"No, let's just keep her in this position for now and see."
In the back-and-forth conversation, Luca temporarily set this matter aside.
In fact, he suspected that this Lena might be someone sent by HYDRA, but instead of eliminating her or conducting a deep investigation that would alert HYDRA, it was better to keep her under his nose and pretend not to know anything.
This way, he could both distance himself and utilize HYDRA's resources to a limited extent.
Why not?
However, in reality, Luca might have been overthinking it.
Taking advantage of HYDRA was not that easy.
When Samira drove Luca back to the Connecticut Villa.
He immediately felt that the atmosphere of the entire Villa was somewhat off.
Although it was already late.
It was far from the dead of night.
Logically speaking, even though Green Bull and Longbow were today's bodyguards and attended the banquet with him, the remaining Shield Mountain and Hammer Stone couldn't possibly have gone to bed so early.
However, at this moment, the Villa was completely silent. Even after both cars had driven into the garden, no one came out of the rooms.
"Young Master, something seems wrong!"
The very cautious Samira had already stopped the vehicle and did not continue driving towards the underground garage. Her hand also reached for the box of universal capsules Luca had given her.
Even Green Bull and Longbow, who were following in the car behind, had connected their comms and reported to Luca.
"Young Master, I just contacted Captain, and there's no response from him!"
"The signal here seems to be blocked!"
At this moment, Luca, who had been dozing off slightly in the back seat with Harro in his arms, immediately sobered up. He frowned slightly and quickly stopped the other three from speaking.
"Don't rush."
With that, Luca directly pressed the temple of his crime tracking glasses, switching them to thermal imaging mode.
What he saw was shocking.
Under thermal imaging mode, his Villa was densely packed with over twenty fully armed soldiers.
Only Gina's room on the third floor had no outsiders.
In contrast, in the living room, not only were there seven or eight soldiers holding firearms, but two people were also tied up and thrown in a corner, and there was one person who seemed unarmed, sitting on the living room sofa.
"Damn it, they've come knocking on my door? Do they really think I'm made of mud?"
"Harro! Remote connect to Hakimi! Activate the Villa's defense system! A-level defense mode!!"
No sooner had Luca's words fallen than the red light in the eyes of the orange Harro in his arms began to flash. In an instant, it connected to the super AI within the Villa, and its voice became vastly different from usual.
"Hakimi connected. Initiating A-level defense mode!"
"Report, report! Detection system previously encountered an electromagnetic pulse. 40% of defensive armaments are damaged and cannot be deployed. An external program is attacking the laboratory's main server. Current main server damage level: 0%."
"Stop talking nonsense, deploy defense mode! Deploy as many as possible!"
"Hakimi understood!"
With Hakimi's 'understood,' a series of 'click-clack' mechanical sounds emanated from all over the Villa.
Immediately after, machine gun turrets and laser emission pillars all rose from the ground.
Inside the flowerbeds in the Villa courtyard, within the perimeter wall at the main gate.
On the ceilings inside the Villa, and in inconspicuous short cabinets by the bookshelves in corners.
Countless menacing muzzles were revealed.
From the underground laboratory, more than a dozen different colored Harro robots, driving 'auxiliary repair mechs' and holding firearms, directly rushed out.
While shouting 'Harro attack, Harro attack,' they swarmed onto the upper ground level.
In an instant, the originally unremarkable residential Villa had transformed into a precise and dangerous war fortress.
A series of exclamations immediately erupted from those 'hidden' inside the Villa.
The 'beep-beep-beep' sounds of targeting locks merged into a continuous stream.
The monitoring system on the car seat in front of Luca indicated that every intruder was now targeted by more than one gun barrel.
After a few scattered gunshots, several screams immediately followed.
As for Luca, he directly pushed open the car door and raised his hand to throw out a universal capsule.
With a 'bang,' the black and white two-husky mech had appeared on the ground.
Not only Luca, but Samira and the other two also pressed their respective universal capsules at this time. In just a moment, they were all in a fully armed state.
Listening to the gradually subsiding commotion inside the Villa, Luca stepped out of the car door, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and directly gave a cold command.
"Let's go. I want to see who is so blind as to come looking for trouble at my doorstep."