Inside the restroom, Harry unhurriedly straightened his appearance; he needed to give his team some time.♦♦ ♦♦
As an Electrical Lifeform, Volt could secretly infiltrate electronic devices in ways no one could imagine. Once this connection was established, his team could counter-detect their locations.
"Boss, I've found where Ms. Pepper is being held and have sent it out," Bone reported over the communication channel.
For safety reasons, Volt also performed a full-body scan on Tony to ensure HYDRA hadn't implanted anything strange in him.
After confirming things on this side, Harry connected with Zemo.
Zemo said, "I didn't expect that person to be so docile—I always thought the Super Soldier Serum amplified the flaws in human nature, bringing more problems, but that guy..."
"Maybe he's just naturally stupid," Harry shrugged.
This reinforcement they had brought along had a big belly; disguised as a driver, even Natasha hadn't recognized him.
Zemo had originally opposed Harry's request to pick this guy up—but he hadn't expected that while this guy was full of flaws, he was surprisingly obedient on the battlefield.
And honestly, in his view, this fat man was a bit dim-witted; it only took a few words to persuade him.
Harry hadn't brought many people here, so his next move was close to a gamble, but he was very confident.
"Good luck, Osborn—and good luck to me too," Zemo said half-jokingly.
"It should be HYDRA praying for luck instead."
Wiping his hands and looking in the mirror, it was time to head out.
Upon stepping out, the cafe had been cleared, and several Avengers stood fully armed at the door—except for Banner and Thor.
"Surrender, Osborn, the outside is crawling with S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents," Captain America Steve spoke up.
Harry smiled and said, "Are you going to execute me on the spot?"
"You must stand public trial; we won't kill you here—this arrest is public. Don't even think about your airborne troops—that will only increase casualties.
If the intelligence is incorrect, you will be treated fairly. Now, please put your hands behind your head and kneel down slowly."
Harry ignored the Captain's words, took a rectangular object from his pocket, and threw it on the ground. The Avengers flinched, fearing it was some kind of Chitauri bomb.
"It's just a Holographic Device, don't be so nervous, okay?"
The holographic projection showed a fully enclosed underground research facility. The scientists there looked very serious, and screams of pain occasionally echoed through the dark corridors; it seemed some kind of human experimentation was being conducted.
"You know where this is. Guess what will happen here in 20 seconds?"
Everyone obviously thought Harry was using hostages as leverage and was about to say something.
Only Tony remained silent.
But Harry wasn't communicating with them—
"Do it now!" Garrett shouted at Tony, but Tony remained unmoved, as if frozen.
Inside the HYDRA Base, a massive explosion rang out, a huge hole was blasted into the facility, and a massive Gatling gun barrel was shoved in. The once-busy lab fell silent.
A man who looked like a Commander regained his senses and was about to organize a defense when more breaches were torn open, and Titans swaggered into the facility.
"This is the first one, and there are more. Trust me, no one can save you. However many heads you have, I will cut them all off. Not only that, I will let you see exactly what your false beliefs are—"
Bang!
A sniper fired from outside the roof!
The bullet pierced right through the wall behind Harry. Fortunately, he had his Sixth Sense and dodged the shot.
The Avengers were collectively stunned. Various black-clad assassins appeared on the buildings outside the shop, with all sorts of weapons aimed at them—
Bang!
Before they could fire, a man with a big belly and a red helmet kicked Black Widow flying, snatched the Rocket launcher from her hands, and fired a shot at her!
The huge explosion sent him flying too, but his Super Soldier physique allowed him to stand up immediately, shouting loudly, "The Red Guardian is back!"
After shouting, he glanced at Natasha and the Captain.
Seeing this scene, the confusion on Natasha's face was enough to fill a book—this was her adoptive father, Alexei Shostakov, the former Soviet Union's Super Soldier!
Not just her, Barton and the Captain also realized something was wrong. Where did these people come from? Why were they trying to kill them? This wasn't part of the plan!
They looked at each other and finally noticed something wrong with Tony. This big tin can stood there motionless, without even expressing confusion—come to think of it, he really had very little to say this time, unlike him.
The Captain shook him and said, "Tony?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Garrett took Pepper hostage to blackmail him into dealing with me—am I right?" Harry patted Tony on the shoulder.
Hearing this, the Avengers were collectively dumbfounded.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing! There are too many of them, damn it!" Just as Alexei finished speaking, the Winter Soldier jumped out from a corner and kicked him several meters away. "You're a Super Soldier too? Good..."
The Captain immediately realized the problem; S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't seem to have kept its promise—he had been played!
Something was wrong with S.H.I.E.L.D.!
"Ahem, before we start, I still have to ask: do you know who your opponents are?" Harry asked.
The Captain didn't speak and charged toward the Winter Soldier.
"Good, the Captain has no more questions. Natasha, you should be very familiar with those equipment and the Lady Army; I don't need to explain to you, right?"
Natasha glanced at Harry and ran toward Alexei without a word.
"Agent Barton, if you really can't figure out the situation, you can sit here and have some coffee. Tony, I've already located Ms. Potts—if you want to rest, you can sit down too. If you don't, please take care of the Anti-airdrop system."
Harry said as he tapped his briefcase.
Tony gave Harry a deep look and looked toward the sky. "It's up to you. Bring her back—and, sorry."
He said that, but Garrett's words echoed in his mind: "Say goodbye to your girlfriend."
"It's up to you"—these words meant that if this matter wasn't handled well, Harry would definitely be blamed.
Harry shrugged helplessly and found a relatively intact chair to sit in—now that the Avengers were awake, he didn't need to do anything.
"I assume you've considered this, right?" Zemo's voice came through the communicator, referring to the possibility that Pepper might already be dead.
"Of course." After saying that, Harry looked at Barton, who still hadn't figured out the situation. "I say, Agent Barton, aren't you guys a team? Why are you still standing here?"
Barton opened his mouth but couldn't find the words. He took a few deep breaths and rushed outside.
The battlefield fell into chaos. The enemies who were supposed to assassinate Harry were all blocked by the Avengers—these people more or less had scores to settle with them.
Harry opened his handheld terminal and began issuing commands to Hammer.
"Ross, I need you to use satellites to find S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier. They might attack the mainland."
The Helicarrier's Optical Engines were mainly directed toward the ground; if viewed from a higher vantage point, they could be seen.
But the problem was, the thing was too small on satellite imagery.
"Are you kidding me? Searching the whole World with satellites for a hundred-meter target?" General Ross countered.
"Put Dr. Banner on the line with me."
Banner had been on Hammer's Aerospace Strategic Platform researching how to return Abomination to normal. Tony hadn't contacted him for this operation, and HYDRA had no intention of doing so either.
He knew a lot about the Artificial Life Project.
On the Hammer Aerospace Strategic Platform, there was a massive Biological Computer. Harry had originally wanted to go to the platform and start it himself, but now it seemed he had to control it remotely.
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