On the other side, after hanging up the phone, Harry felt something was not quite right.
Regarding the name of the artificial life form, he had clearly told Tony not to use the name Ultron.
On the other hand, Tony's comment about "not liking to do research behind the back of his partners" was something he had said to him and Banner before.
No matter how he thought about it, this matter was strange.
"UIS, check the ctOS data. Where is Tony Stark now?"
"The last public appearance was his speech at MIT three days ago. The last time ctOS captured him was at the New York airport."
ctOS couldn't monitor Stark Industries; it could only do this much.
It seemed fine, but Harry thought about it and called Aiden. Aiden was currently the head of security for Osborn on the surface; he was responsible for monitoring company security and commanding regular security personnel.
However, Aiden's feedback was also normal; everything was fine. ctOS already covered half of the United States, with almost no blind spots.
But the more Harry thought about it, the more wrong it felt. This was a warning from his Sixth Sense—Tony's words definitely had a problem.
If he thought based on this premise, who else would want to make a move on him?
To be honest, there were many people who wanted to make a move on him, but most of them couldn't find an entry point.
If the entry point they found was Tony, that had some possibility.
Following that line of thought, who could use Tony Stark as an entry point?
S.H.I.E.L.D., or rather, HYDRA.
Tony's relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn't bad, otherwise he wouldn't have helped them upgrade the Helicarrier—you have to know that it was he who said he was closing the weapons manufacturing department, yet he turned around and upgraded the equipment for S.H.I.E.L.D.
Fury's phone couldn't get through, which might be normal or abnormal. The other Avengers were nowhere to be found; even Steve Rogers couldn't be contacted—this centenarian had previously been staying well at his old house in Brooklyn.
Thinking about it this way, this matter definitely had something to do with HYDRA.
He had the script, so he could almost be certain that HYDRA definitely wanted to do something to him, but how should he handle it?
This matter was completely off-script, and he needed to think about it carefully—not just how to deal with it, but how to break the head of HYDRA once and for all.
If he let the other side go this time, things would become increasingly complicated later.
He had mostly relied on his knowledge of the plot to make choices and reap the benefits, but this event was completely off-script.
He needed someone who understood HYDRA to assist him in dealing with them.
Thinking of this, Harry walked towards the door.
"UIS, I need to go to Sokovia—have Aiden assist you in handling this, and set the security level to the highest."
One couldn't grasp the full picture of HYDRA just from movies and literature. To completely destroy HYDRA, he needed a subordinate who knew them very well.
Someone who hated HYDRA to the bone and had firm convictions. As it happened, Harry knew where to go to find that person.
HYDRA was cautious and secretive in their actions, but this person was even more cautious than them; all he needed was an opportunity.
Sokovia, a small, war-torn, and impoverished Eastern European country.
What they faced was not just war and resource shortages, but also corruption and depravity.
After the Eastern European upheaval, the economy here was hit hard. Incompetent and corrupt bureaucrats allowed HYDRA to build an underground fortress here, parasitizing this already poor country and dragging it into the abyss.
Helmut Zemo was a Baron of this country. He loved this country, but he also hated it.
He loved its beauty, but hated the corruption and depravity—he once wanted to change all of this. His firm convictions and rigorous working methods led him to the core of the problem:
He discovered an organization that should have been dead was active in this country, controlling every aspect of it. It was them who turned Sokovia into this—it was beyond saving.
This organization was HYDRA.
When the movie came around, the Ultron created by the Avengers would wipe this place off the map. He would then realize that what he hated was not just HYDRA, but also superhumans and the desire of ordinary people to become superhumans—a kind of supremacy.
But for now, he was still playing a game of wits with HYDRA bureaucrats, working for HYDRA while pretending to know nothing.
"It's a good day, My Lord." Zemo's butler served him red wine on the side.
Facing the butler's words, Zemo took a sip of red wine and shook his head while looking at the distant mountains and forests.
"The weather is fine, but it's just the weather."
Impacted by the new monetary system gradually established by the United States, the already poor Sokovia was now even poorer. After all, a small country is not a great power.
Especially Sokovia; it was a country on the surface, but in reality, it was an exploitation tool for HYDRA, providing them with money, manpower, and land.
The old butler saw his Master lost in thought and silently retreated.
Zemo stared at the clouds for a long time, then slowly rose from the recliner. As he rose, the sight beside him made him freeze on the spot; the red wine in his hand slipped and fell towards the ground—
Beside him sat a person wearing an armored suit.
Slap.
The wine glass was caught by Harry and placed back on the table.
The mask opened, and Harry revealed his face: "I am Harry Osborn. Baron Zemo, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Mr. Osborn, is there anyone on this Planet who doesn't know you?" Zemo steadied himself and reached out to Harry.
Although he was surprised and suspicious, he couldn't lose his composure.
Harry shook hands with him with interest.
"I'll be direct. I need your help. The enemy is HYDRA—the very organization that your Prime Minister is actually serving."
Zemo was stunned on the spot.
What was going on? Harry Osborn came to his territory to tell him he wanted to deal with HYDRA?
"Wait a minute, where did you land?" Zemo shuddered suddenly—HYDRA had eyes everywhere here!
Harry checked the time and said:
"Czechoslovakia. The plane will land in 3 hours."
The plane had applied to land in Czechoslovakia, and not in Harry's name, but as a private jet of a catering tycoon from Britain.
He had put on his equipment on the way and flew over. The target was small, and it was invisible on radar.
"Time is tight. I need you to upload all the data on HYDRA to my computer, and then I will explain the current situation to you."
Harry's tone made Zemo somewhat unhappy—he was a Baron!
On the other hand, why was this tycoon at odds with HYDRA? To be honest, he had always thought that Osborn and HYDRA had a cooperative relationship.
So Zemo tried to probe a little: "I don't know what HYDRA is, but if you want to talk about some..."
Harry took out a USB drive and handed it to Zemo.
This thing had a built-in battery, and Volt could control it.
"The investment you want to talk about, Osborn can accept—but Osborn can also sponsor your neighboring countries, and the United States can also give up its independent protection of you—don't forget, you were originally just a province."
It was precisely because Zemo was very capable and just happened to have the right expertise that Harry was willing to say so much to him to get him to work for him.
Otherwise, Harry could just manipulate things a little, and the official in charge here would be changed.
Facing this naked declaration of bullying, Zemo opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
What was there to say?
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