However, this is clearly not enough. I know that Russia has also joined the 'S.H.I.E.L.D. Control Camp', so it would be very difficult to deploy troops in Russia to attack you without anyone knowing.
Zemo continued, saying that even if they couldn't air-drop soldiers, Harry's own abilities were not weak; he had a powerful set of armor and an unknown number of Flyers, and was suspected of having undergone physical enhancement.
'So they also need efficient executors—I noticed in your file that you seem to have posed as an underground force to carry out operations, which would make excellent material—to deceive some people. With Stark's approval, they could even bite back at you.'
As for who to deceive, Harry could only think of those Avengers, especially Captain America.
Come to think of it, there hasn't been any news from the sanitarium for such a long time; the hypnotic suggestion shouldn't have lasted this long.
He was confident in the security design of the sanitarium, but he couldn't help it now that his opponent had Tony Stark, and might have even roped in Captain America.
Harry made another phone call, asking Aiden to secretly confirm the Winter Soldier's treatment status.
As a result of this check, Harry was stunned—the 'Winter Soldier' indeed hadn't shown any improvement; instead, after waking up, he kept screaming and acting insane.
After laboratory comparison, this person was not at all that Winter Soldier Barnes!
Someone had stolen Barnes!
Upon getting this result, Zemo was not too surprised. He continued to analyze: 'If that's the case, it means our "beloved" Captain America has also joined the enemy camp—although he might have been deceived.'
Zemo sounded a bit sarcastic when mentioning the name of Captain America. Few foreigners worshipped Captain America, especially in a small Eastern European country like Sokovia that had suffered from unprovoked disasters for years.
'Do you know? I once envisioned a plan to make the Avengers fall apart. If an empire starts to collapse from within, it is truly finished. HYDRA clearly understands this principle.'
Zemo's voice sounded like a mystic.
In his view, the largest interest groups in the United States right now were the various high-tech industries formed and led by Osborn and Stark; it was unrealistic to take action against either of them.
But if they could be made to suspect each other, and cracks could be created in their alliance, this massive capital group would be dismantled.
This was the case at the power level; at the level of individual assassinations, the Avengers would serve as the vanguard.
Harry rubbed his temples. Unsurprisingly, he estimated that he had already been labeled as HYDRA by S.H.I.E.L.D.
If he died, S.H.I.E.L.D. would be able to aggressively launch an investigation into Osborn, forging evidence, slinging mud, and other such means that they were clearly very familiar with.
And once this plan succeeded, the alliance between other countries and Norman would also stall. Whether or not they believed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s lies, they wouldn't mind giving S.H.I.E.L.D. political support in exchange for some benefits.
Even if the operation against Osborn failed, it didn't matter—if things went as expected, the Helicarriers were likely already preparing to launch by now.
Once these carriers launched, HYDRA's dark reign would begin—even if they didn't wipe out all threat targets at once, it would cause global tension to skyrocket, potentially leading to a third World war at any moment.
Harry did believe that these superheroes would surely be able to use their plot armor to resolve this series of 'dark reign' events afterward, but he and Osborn would become the sacrifices.
Thinking of this, Harry knew that once he arrived in Russia, he would inevitably face a situation of being isolated and helpless. The Avengers might all come out to beat him up, and then HYDRA Agents would add a few more stabs.
However, Zemo had more details to add: 'There is one more detail to add—how do they plan to deploy assassins in Russia? To be honest, the Avengers certainly wouldn't kill you directly, so what about the people responsible for doing the deed? They should have good on-the-spot handling capabilities, be proficient in various assassination activities, act cleanly and efficiently, and be cold-blooded killers.'
Harry pressed his temples—HYDRA really did have one force they could contact: the Red Room.
In the MCU, the Red Room was a spy organization left behind by the former Soviet Union. They used stolen technology to secretly create a serum that could delay aging and mildly enhance the user's body. Black Widow came from there.
The Red Room used this serum and brainwashing technology to create an army of Widows, and in the process of creating this army, a former Soviet scientist, Ivchenko, played a huge role. He was proficient in hypnosis and brainwashing techniques and had invented some special drugs.
This technology was not only applied to Black Widow but also to the Winter Soldier. Harry wasn't entirely clear on the specific details of how the technology exchange was completed.
But he knew that after this Dr. Ivchenko was captured back then, he happened to be placed in the same cell as Dr. Zola.
In other words, the Red Room really did have the possibility of allying with HYDRA, it was just a matter of how they negotiated the spoils of war.
Zemo also knew about the Red Room. His laughter came from the other end of the phone: 'You see, HYDRA is just this omnipresent. Do you feel the pressure, Mr. Osborn?'
That was what he said, but Zemo was even more curious about Harry—how did this entrepreneur know so much intelligence?
You have to know that Harry was not even 25 years old and had only taken over Osborn for a few years. How did he manage to collect such massive amounts of intelligence without attracting too much attention from HYDRA?
'They are just stumbling blocks on the road ahead; it won't be a big problem to solve them,' Harry said as he lay back on the lounge chair.
The problem was that Tony was captured now. Under normal circumstances, they certainly wouldn't kill Pepper; after all, it was their only means of coercing Iron Man.
But if Harry pushed them too hard and drove them into a corner, HYDRA might inevitably take Pepper as a hostage. If handled improperly at this point, and Pepper died, he would truly have made a formidable enemy for himself.
You have to know that in this World's Killian incident, Tony hadn't experienced much; things had all been directed at the Osborn father and son.
What if Pepper died?
Harry suddenly frowned.
What if she died?
She couldn't die!
He had the Dragon Bone Secret Medicine in his Hands!
He had snatched three portions of the secret medicine from the Hand back then. Two were used to resurrect Frank's family, which verified its feasibility. The last portion was originally kept as insurance for Norman, but it hadn't been used in the end.
Moreover, HYDRA absolutely couldn't know about this. The secret medicine was the foundation of the Hand. The fact that he had snatched three portions from them would surely be kept tightly under wraps by them and couldn't possibly have leaked out!
Thinking of this, Harry suddenly saw the light—
Zemo, on the side, was not in a hurry, just waiting for Harry to provide a countermeasure. In his view, this situation was indeed difficult to handle, and it was highly probable that Osborn would eventually break with Stark.
Once HYDRA lost this battle, Pepper's life would be hard to save. As long as they packaged the situation slightly, it would be easy to shift this hatred onto Harry.
Only one-tenth of the hatred needed to be transferred, and that would be enough.
This plan was ring after ring. If it were up to Zemo to handle, he could only choose...
Who would have thought that Harry would suddenly laugh: 'Give me the HYDRA Bases you know of, and I will air-drop Titans directly on their heads.'
'And you, I want you to go to Siberia and help me pick up someone.'
'It's not easy to pick up people from that prison,' Zemo said.
'As for that, don't forget that I also have my own political status; the FSB will release them.'
HYDRA and the Red Room were, after all, only organizations in the shadows. Once the key problems were solved and this layer of shadow was stripped away, countering them wouldn't be too difficult.
Especially for an 'official entrepreneur' with broad connections like Harry.
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