Chapter 3305 - Ch: 99-104

Chapter 99: 98. Triggering Tasks Still Depends on Oneself

Tony was very much looking forward to seeing those bastards in the Military try to replicate this armor after they got their hands on it.

He believed that Justin Hammer, that plagiarizing dog, and the group of stupid politicians behind the Military would definitely doubt their very existence.

Just thinking about it felt great.

To see this scene as soon as possible, Tony couldn't wait to go and contact the Military.

Meanwhile, Loya sat on the sofa and summoned Gulu.

[Pet: Gulu (Infinite Slime)]

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[Level: 5]

[Strength: 7]

[Constitution: 7]

[Intelligence: 7]

[Leveling Progress: 5%]

[Satiety: 10%]

"Come here, Gulu, eat this."

From his system space, Loya took out the Uru Metalfragment he had previously separated from the Destroyer Armor.

Because Gulu's satiety was too high before, and the energy contained in the Uru Metal was too vast, Gulu hadn't devoured it immediately.

The Uru Metal fragment fell into Gulu's body, and within moments, its satiety reached 100%, and then the Uru Metal fragment was spat back out.

Loya looked closely; only a portion of the fragment had been digested, and it could be eaten at least a few more times.

The energy contained in this top-tier magic metal was indeed staggering.

"Gulu, Mimicry a portion of Uru Metal, then Mimicry a portion of thunder."

As the words fell, Gulu immediately sprang into action.

Most of its body transformed into a dazzling thunder form, with tiny electric arcs crackling and popping.

Amidst the flickering lightning, a palm-sized piece of dark gray Uru Metal slowly emerged, its surface flowing with a strange luster.

"Gulu, use the power of thunder through the Uru Metal."

"Gulu!"

Gulu gave a soft cry, and the dark gray Uru Metal, stimulated by magic energy, instantly turned into a bright silver.

A bolt of thunder as thick as an arm and even deeper in color surged out, striking the coffee table in front of them.

Boom!

The coffee table instantly shattered into pieces, scorched smoke rose, and with a clatter, the remains scattered on the floor.

"It really works like this."

Loya was extremely satisfied in his heart.

After obtaining the Uru Metal, he had this idea.

Uru Metal was not only hard but also had an amplifying effect on magic.

By having Gulu partially Mimicry Uru Metal and then using magic energy, it could directly amplify itself, doubling its power.

In this way, the number of combo skills Gulu could develop in the future would be immense.

For example, if it devoured Vibranium, it could max out its physical properties as well, achieving a multi-faceted integration.

Good grief, that scene would definitely be beautiful.

"What the hell? What kind of thing have you come up with now?"

At this moment, Tony's shocked voice sounded from behind.

He glanced at the mysterious ball of lightning flying in the air, then at the shattered coffee table, his face written with pure confusion.

He had just been away for a phone call, hadn't he? How did Loya bring out another incomprehensible gadget? Was he a wholesaler?

Loya smiled and introduced, "This is my pet, called Gulu. Isn't it cute?"

"Gulu?" Tony walked a bit closer, the crackling sound of electricity exploding in his ears, making his heart race. He really couldn't see how it was cute.

His eyes held a hint of disbelief: "This is a magic pet from your magic world? A ball of thunder?"

After having his worldview baptized by the enchantment effects, Tony was now somewhat numb. Having a ball of thunder as a pet wasn't something unacceptable anymore.

"No, no, no." Loya shook his head, "This is just one of its forms."

Gulu, understanding the cue, began to perform.

It cycled through wind form, fire form, and metal form, and even turned into a mooing little cow and a bleating little sheep.

Watching this scene that defied all common sense, Tony's eyes widened, his mouth hung open, and he was so shocked he lost the ability to speak.

Seamlessly switching between various unrelated substances and even species was completely outside his cognitive framework.

If the previous enchantment effects were reshaping his worldview, then this scene was practically violating it.

Is it even reasonable for such a creature to exist in the Universe? Is there a bug in reality?

He couldn't imagine how this was done; he could only marvel at how vast the world was and how full of wonders.

After a long time, Tony gave a thumbs up, and a thousand words condensed into one sentence: "Awesome! I'm impressed!"

Loya cradled Gulu, who had returned to its original state, in his arms, smiled, and stated his other purpose: "Give me an arc reactor to use. My Gulu can use an arc reactor too."

Tony was completely confused, tilting his head as he looked at Gulu: "Isn't this a magic pet? It can use an arc reactor?"

At this time, Gulu had returned to its black ball form, looking like a proper biological creature.

But how would it use an arc reactor? There wasn't even a plug.

"Hehe." Loya gave a knowing smile, "Just watch Guluperform."

"Fine." Tony shrugged, casually removed the arc reactorfrom his chest, and handed it over, "It's yours."

He didn't have much of anything else, but he had plenty of arc reactors.

Loya took the arc reactor and then pressed it directly onto Gulu.

The moment it touched the arc reactor, Gulu's contact point automatically transformed and deformed, fitting perfectly with the arc reactor's interface, without a single gap.

Tony kept staring at Gulu but couldn't figure anything out.

"And then?"

He couldn't help but reach out and poke Gulu; it felt soft and squishy, quite a nice texture.

Loya waved his hand and shouted, "Gulu, start your performance!"

"Gulu!"

As the sound fell, Gulu gave a sudden jolt, and the arc reactor lit up, beginning to run at high speed.

Immediately after, on top of its round head, it gradually extended and deformed, finally forming a miniature Barrettsniper rifle.

Tony: "???"

Wait, aren't you a magic pet? Why did you grow a Barrett? Is this appropriate? Is this reasonable?

And how did it transform into a Barrett? This didn't feel scientific, nor did it feel like magic!

The scene before him gave Tony a shock no less than if Jarvis had become a spirit and then registered for a dating site membership to go on blind dates; it was bizarre to the extreme.

"Can this gun fire?" Even if Tony couldn't understand it, he instinctively asked this question.

Bang!

Responding to Tony was a precise shot. A bullet erupted from the muzzle, hitting the bullseye of the test target in the armor display room, leaving a scorched hole.

"What the...!?"

Tony cried out in surprise, truly unable to understand the principle behind it. This world was too crazy.

He swallowed hard and looked at Loya, his voice even changing pitch slightly: "This was converted from the arc reactor's energy?"

The scene before him was truly a cognitive shock. The arc reactor was an energy source; how did it convert into a physical entity? And directly into a usable weapon.

Loya nodded and smiled, "Exactly. Don't worry about the principles; anyway, that's how it is."

Now with the arc reactor, my Gulu can play with infinite firepower too."

—"

Tony was silent for a moment, then rushed directly in front of Loya, looking at him eagerly with unprecedented sincerity: "Give me one too, I'll buy it! Any amount of money is fine!"

He was now even more curious about magic. Whether it was magic enchantment or this mysterious pet called Gulu, they both had incredible research value.

Loya waved his hand and rubbed Gulu, "This is not for sale. My Gulu is the only one in the entire Universe."

"

Hearing this, Tony's face was written with regret.

Not to mention the ability to change its own material structure, just the ability to convert energy into physical matter—if he could research that thoroughly, the world would be completely changed.

To prevent Tony from obsessing over it, Loya decisively changed the subject: "Let's ignore that for now. When are the Military people coming?"

Tony suppressed his curiosity about magic and curled his lip: "They don't trust me at all; they'll be here to pick me up soon. How about it, are you coming?"

If you're going, you'll temporarily serve as my bodyguard. Happy can't handle this kind of situation."

He was very clear about Loya's combat power and also extremely distrusted the Military. With Loya around, his safety would be greatly guaranteed.

[Tony has issued a task to you]

[Task: Protect Tony]

[Objective: Escort and protect Tony]

[Reward: Experience +500]

Oh, an unexpected gain.

Loya was delighted and then decisively agreed.

"I'll go, why wouldn't I? I love watching other people's drama the most."

He paused, "But I have to make a phone call first."

Leaving Gulu in the room to play with Tony, Loya got up and walked to the balcony, took out his phone, and dialed Fury's number.

"What is it? Found another stronghold of The Hand?"

Fury's voice carried a hint of surprise. It hadn't been long, and there was already a new discovery?

"No." Loya replied, "Tony is going to a Military Base to hand over armor technology. I'm going with him. By the way, I wanted to ask if you need me to cause some trouble for the Military or steal something."

"What? Tony is giving the armor technology to the Military?" Fury cried out in surprise.

He had given so many guarantees to Tony, thinking everything was settled, but then Tony turns around and gives the tech to the Military? What's the difference between this and being NTR'd to his face?

"It's a stripped-down version, just to fool them. Director, what are you panicking for? Could it be that you want it too?" Loya teased.

"Hmm—" After a moment of silence on the other end, Furydecisively moved past the topic, "I don't need any trouble caused, but I do want their internal experimental data. However, their firewall is very strong; it's not something a combat-type agent like you can handle."

Hearing this, Loya's eyes lit up. Wasn't this a perfect coincidence? He immediately said, "Director, 'combat-type' is just your own assessment, right? I never said my other skills were lacking."

"1

Fury fell silent again. From the moment Loya joined S.H.I.E.L.D. until now, his combat ability had refreshed Fury's understanding every single time; there seemed to be no upper limit.

If his technical skills were also that strong, what would the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents be? Accessories? Could someone really be that all-around?

Fury coughed twice: "Are you sure you can do it? This is acting on someone else's turf; it's very dangerous."

"Don't worry." Loya laughed easily, "I have a 100% mission completion rate. I won't act unless I'm sure."

Fury thought for a moment. Judging by Loya's strength, even if he were discovered, escaping wouldn't be a problem. Besides, Tony was with him; if he dared to act, he likely had Tony's help.

Having reached this conclusion, he nodded, "Alright, if you can break through their firewall, focus on the human experimentation data."

[Fury has issued a task to you]

[Task: Infiltrate the Military Base Network]

[Objective: Steal internal classified data from the Military Base]

[Reward: Experience +2000, Random Item * 2]

"Mission guaranteed to be completed!"

Hanging up the phone, Loya stretched with a refreshed spirit. As expected, triggering tasks still depended on oneself.

Now, let me see what shameful secrets are hidden in that Military Base.

Chapter 100: 99. Seems Like I've Discovered Something Incredible

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!

Loya had just finished his call with Fury when he heard a sudden burst of rapid gunfire from behind.

Turning his head, he saw a Gatling gun had sprouted from Gulu's head, which was now frantically strafing a target, riddling it with holes like a honeycomb.

Tony stood to the side, laughing heartily and dancing with joy.

Loya smiled slightly, approached, and asked, "There are fifteen enchantment opportunities left. Do you want to enchant your armor now?"

Tony struggled to tear his gaze away from Gulu; he was truly covetous of this pet—it had so many abilities and could even understand human speech.

He nodded. "Alright, but I wanted to ask, what kind of effects can that enchanting table produce? Is it only the ones you mentioned before?"

Loya spread his hands. "It's hard to say. The enchantment effects aren't specified by me; they're random. Perhaps some hidden effects might be triggered, who knows."

"There's such a thing?"

Now Tony was even more curious. It was actually like opening a random mystery box, which made it even more interesting.

Compared to the known, he preferred the unknown. Exploring the unknown was the most attractive thing to him. Sooner or later, he would spend enough to max out Loya's enchanting table!

So Tony immediately got up and went to another room, bringing back a metal briefcase containing the portable Iron Man armor he had built.

Loya didn't waste any words. After stuffing the armor into the "pay-to-win enchanting table," he immediately began the enchantment.

"Enchant fifteen times."

He didn't feel like doing it one by one and just finished it all at once.

[Energy Efficiency +5]

[Sturdiness +2]

[Durability +2]

[Fire Protection +1]

[Blast Protection +1]

[Thorns +3]

[Speed +1]

Looking at these enchantment effects, Loya raised an eyebrow; his luck was unexpectedly good this time.

After taking the armor out, he said, "This time the enchantment added Fire Protection, Blast Protection, Thorns, and Speed. The other enchantments are also stronger than that stripped-down version."

Tony looked delighted upon hearing this. There were actually several more enchantments. He was about to put on the armor for testing when he heard the roar of a helicopter not far from the building.

Without even thinking, he knew it was the Military.

With no other choice, Tony had to temporarily give up on testing to avoid letting them see anything suspicious.

Once Loya had recalled Gulu into the system space, the two of them went to the rooftop together.

Not far above the rooftop, a military-green gunship was hovering. Rhodes, in full military uniform, stood at the door, waving toward them.

Tony curled his lip, thinking to himself, "The Military people are certainly impatient, but you'll have a hard time later."

Rhodes got off the aircraft and gave Tony a somewhat bitter smile, saying helplessly, "Tony—"

—Sigh, I didn't want to either—"

Tony gave him an understanding look.

Being a soldier, obeying orders was his duty. Rhodes was also facing a difficult choice between friendship and mission.

From this, it was evident that the superior who came up with this method was truly a beast.

After some small talk, Rhodes looked at Loya behind Tony and asked curiously, "And this is?"

Tony said casually, "This is my bodyguard. He's coming to the Military Base with me later."

"Bodyguard?"

Rhodes carefully scrutinized the upright, expressionless Loya.

He felt that this person didn't look like a bodyguard, but rather like an assassin.

However, he didn't think too deeply about it. After all, life was very stressful these days, and taking a part-time job was quite normal.

Taking the stripped-down armor and the data with them, the helicopter sped toward the Military Base.

Before long, they arrived over the Military Base.

Loya was currently playing the role of a professional bodyguard, so he immediately began observing below.

People were already waiting down there.

Leading them was a man with graying hair but sharp eyes, who looked about the same age as the deceased Ross.

This should be Rhodes' superior, some General Janssen, who had the face of someone destined for an early grave.

Beside General Janssen stood a middle-aged man in a well-tailored suit, his hair meticulously groomed, looking like a respectable person but hiding a dog-like nature.

It was none other than Justin Hammer, who had always viewed Tony as a thorn in his side.

After they landed, Janssen immediately walked up, smiling as he extended his right hand. "Tony, this is a wise choice."

Tony looked at that hand, a flash of disgust in his eyes, and said coldly, "I have a habit—I don't like shaking hands with people."

Janssen wasn't angry; he smiled and withdrew his hand, his face showing no sign of anything unusual.

Since the 'good cop' had finished his part, it was time for the 'bad cop' to take the stage.

Hammer stepped forward, looking at Tony provocatively. "In the end, didn't you still choose the Military? What was the point of closing the weapons division?"

Tony glanced at him sideways, shushed him, and said flippantly, "Don't come over and talk to me, you copycat dog. If a dog like you were useful, would the Military still need to find me? You bark quite happily when your master is around."

Like to bark? I haven't seen you bark out any technology. With this time, why don't you go back to your mother's embrace? Maybe she'll reward you with two teddy bear cookies."

It had to be said, Tony's level of sarcasm was top-notch.

The words he spoke happened to hit Hammer's unbearable sore spots.

In an instant, Hammer's face turned red at a visible speed, completely overheating.

"You—!"

He waved his arms and subconsciously stepped forward, actually wanting to argue with Tony as if he were in the right.

At this moment, it was time for the professional bodyguard to play his part.

A professional bodyguard must protect the employer from any harm, including psychological harm.

Loya's expression was cold, and his movements were swift. He pressed a hand on Tony's shoulder and gently pulled, bringing him back several steps.

At the same time, he quietly activated his telekinesis, silently causing Hammer to trip. Hammer's own feet tangled, making him lose his balance.

The next moment.

Smack!

"Ugh—ah!"

Hammer took a solid face-plant, his face slamming hard against the concrete ground. Not only did his nose start bleeding profusely, but his glasses were also smashed to pieces.

He lay prostrate on the ground, twitching in pain.

He instinctively wanted to cry out, but realizing Tony was there and not wanting to lose too much face, he could only endure the sharp pain, groaning low and panting as he stood up.

Hammer reached out to cover his nose, blood oozing through his fingers.

Before he could call for medical attention, he was subjected to another verbal attack from Tony.

"Can't even walk straight, and you're developing armor? You're probably developing a flying toilet—wherever you fly, you leave a mess. You're just a piece of crap."

Tony spoke with a double meaning. "Four-eyes, the prerequisite for running is learning how to walk. A copycat dog still wants to surpass me? Fix your eyes first! Hahahaha."

"You freaking—!" Hammer had already lost his emotional control, pointing at Tony's nose and about to start cursing.

"Enough!"

Janssen gave a light shout, interrupting the farce.

The look he gave Hammer was one of great disappointment. Losing so much face right at the start was truly embarrassing, disgracing the entire organization.

Then, Janssen looked at Tony with a smile, though there seemed to be something else in his eyes. He said, "Tony, let's go inside and talk in detail."

Tony was cheerful, casting a faint glance at the pathetic Hammer. He was in a great mood.

"Then let's go. My mood is really good today. Hammer, wouldn't you agree?"

After saying that, he strode forward, not caring at all about the venomous gaze behind him.

On the way to the reception room, Tony secretly gave Loyaan appreciative look.

He knew that the copycat dog Hammer's fall on flat ground must have been Loya's doing. It was simply beautifully done!

[Tony's Favorability +1]

Loya remained expressionless. He really wanted to laugh, but given his current role as a bodyguard, out of professional ethics, he held back his laughter.

Moreover, his role as a fake bodyguard might just turn into a real one.

In his "Killing Intent Perception," Hammer had a very strong killing intent toward Tony.

It was clearly Hammer who had copied Tony—he was a bootleg dog—yet he wanted to kill the original. It was truly twisted logic.

Did he really think any bootleg could take the place of the original once it was gone?

Besides that, there was another person with extremely strong killing intent toward Tony.

That was Rhodes' superior, the general named Janssen.

This person's killing intent was even stronger, according to Loya's previous analysis of others' killing intent when he had nothing better to do.

Janssen's killing intent was equivalent to the intensity of having his wife cheat on him with Tony and then having his daughter fall in love with Tony too.

In short, it was terrifyingly strong, a feeling of deep-seated hatred.

This was very thought-provoking.

Tony and this old geezer had almost no interaction. Could he hate him this much just because of the armor?

Or was this guy also someone else's dog, acting under instructions?

While he was pondering, the group had already arrived at the reception room.

Janssen had a smile on his face, but his words were very jarring. "Tony, there are no problems with the armor technology, right? Don't misunderstand, these are all orders from above—"

Looking at this hypocritical face made Tony feel nauseous, but thinking about what this old geezer would look like later, his mood suddenly improved. He said expressionlessly, "Isn't your wholesale knock-off dealer very good at copying? Let him test it himself and find out. I've brought the armor for you. Or is that four-eyes Hammer so incompetent he doesn't even know how to test it?"

Hammer was furious upon hearing this, wishing he could tear Tony's mouth apart.

But at Janssen's signaled look, he could only obediently go to perform the tests.

The testing was very quick. Before they had even exchanged a few words, Hammer returned.

His expression was very excited as he whispered in Janssen's ear, "The test is fine, even better than expected. The armor technology also perfectly matches that suit of armor. No problems at all."

Janssen's eyes lit up, and his expression softened even more as he repeatedly praised Tony. "Tony, your choice was absolutely correct. Compared to your father—"

"Enough!"

Before he could finish, Tony fiercely interrupted Janssen.

"Don't mention my father in front of me, or I can refuse to hand over the armor technology."

Janssen was stunned; few people dared to speak to him like that. A flash of killing intent appeared in his eyes, but it was quickly suppressed.

Why should he lower himself to the level of a man who was about to die?

Tony continued, his face wearing undisguised mockery. "Let me remind you of one thing: I don't believe an idiot like Hammer, who only knows how to copy, can replicate my armor.

Don't come saying I tampered with it when the time comes."

"You freaking—!"

Hammer was truly about to explode with rage. He had been mocked the entire way, tripped for no reason, and now that the technology had been handed over, he was still being looked down upon.

The stuff was right in front of him. If he couldn't build it the same, he'd elbow-drop the ground from the thirtieth floor!

He pointed at Tony's nose and roared, "You just wait and see! Our military-industrial chain is very fast. Give me three hours, and I'll definitely build it for you to see!"

In fact, what they lacked was only the connection between the system and the core technology. Various components had long been prepared; they only needed to be installed, which wouldn't even take three hours.

"Fine."

Tony leaned back on the sofa, almost unable to stifle his laughter. "Then I'll wait here for you for three hours. If the performance of what you build is different, then you just have to shout 'Hammer is a copycat dog' ten times."

"Deal!"

Hammer shouted through gritted teeth and turned to leave hurriedly.

For some reason, as he stepped out the door, his feet tangled again and he fell once more, tearing open the bandages he had just applied.

"Ugh—damn! Truly... bad... luck!" Hammer cursed inwardly, enduring the sharp pain as he scrambled back up and ran off. He absolutely had to prove that Stark was a clown!

Janssen took a deep look at Tony and also found an excuse to leave.

Only Loya and Tony remained in the reception room. The two of them looked at each other and smiled; those who knew, knew.

But given the current role-play, they didn't communicate much more.

Tony cheerfully started scrolling through his phone.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't stay in a Military Base; it was simply too dangerous.

But now was different. With Loya by his side, his sense of security was maxed out.

He didn't believe this Military Base had the capability to threaten a person who could elbow-drop a mecha with his bare body.

And this person also knew mysterious magic; at least his life was guaranteed.

Meanwhile, Loya finally had the chance to start executing Fury's mission.

He took a black phone from his pocket. The model looked very similar to an iPhone.

But on the back was not an apple with a bite taken out, but a pear with a bite taken out.

Let's tentatively call it the Duck-Pear Brand.

This was the "hacker phone" he had obtained for helping Tony solve his problem.

He opened the "hacker phone." The operations could be said to be simple to the extreme, very much in line with the system's style.

There was a search box on the phone; you just had to search for your intrusion requirements.

A certain signal built into the phone could directly infiltrate any place with a network and organize data as requested.

The simplicity and effectiveness of this operation were simply incredible.

Loya slowly typed: Infiltrate the network system here, obtain internal information, compile a copy of the materials regarding human experimentation, and then I want to see the social chat records of the people connected to this network.

The command was entered, and the interface showed the intrusion was in progress.

After a mere ten seconds, it showed the intrusion was successful.

Loya: "???"

Didn't Fury say the firewall was very powerful? This is it? It feels inferior to a sketchy website.

I feel like I'm the King of Hackers right now!

The "hacker phone" had also thoughtfully categorized everything.

Loya didn't bother with the materials on human experimentation but instead clicked on the chat records.

Compared to those materials, he preferred to see what these Military personnel were chatting about.

Soon, he scrolled to the records with Janssen's avatar.

"This old geezer even uses his own face as an avatar. Could it be that his heart is still fluttering?"

Loya complained in his heart and opened the old fellow's chat records.

When he saw the two words that had just been sent, he almost cried out.

Chapter 101: 100. Why is there another Hydra?

"Hail Hydra!"

Who could have known? The moment Loya clicked into the chat logs of that old fogey Jensen, he was greeted by this classic slogan.

This immediately threw him, the fake Hydra agent, for a loop.

What was going on?

Was General Jensen also a Hydra agent?

But he didn't seem to have heard of such a Hydra member.

Someone who had already reached the rank of General shouldn't be a minor character no matter how you looked at it.

At the very least, Loya searched through his memories and had absolutely no impression of this old geezer.

However, if Jensen was Hydra, then his strong killing intent toward Tony made perfect sense.

After all, according to Hydra's methods, if you didn't obey, you died. The fact that they hadn't made a move on Tony for so long was already considered restraint.

From this, it could also be inferred that Hammer was likely Hydra as well.

Loya had felt that Hammer had no reason to harbor such intense killing intent toward Tony; if he was Hydra, then it all clicked.

Moreover, seeing the way the kid acted in front of Jensen, it clearly wasn't a partnership but more like being a dog, which further confirmed this point.

It was just very bizarre. In the original story, this guy seemed to be just an unscrupulous arms dealer and didn't have any ties to Hydra.

Was Hydra in this universe strengthened that much?

Not only had they infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., but they were also starting to reach into the entire American military, government, and business sectors?

The more Loya thought about it, the stranger it felt, so he began browsing through the rest of the old man Jensen's chat logs.

He found that apart from occasionally sending a 'Hail Hydra' to a Mysterious person...

The rest of the chat logs were no different from those of a normal General; one could even say they were terrifyingly normal.

Furthermore, the person he sent messages to never issued any instructions.

Every time the other party received a message from Jensen, they would delete the account and cut off all leads.

The slogan Jensen sent seemed more like a report that a mission had been completed.

This left Loya completely bewildered.

Also, he could almost certainly conclude that Jensen was not a Hydra agent under Pierce.

Because Jensen and Ross were in the same camp, and to some extent, Jensen was even Ross's superior.

In the internal files, there were instructions from Jensen to Ross regarding human experimentation and battle suit technology.

If Jensen were Hydra under Pierce, then Pierce would have had no reason to have Loya assassinate Ross before.

With Jensen in control at the top, they could have completely attributed Ross's research results to Hydra to strengthen Hydra's power. Killing Ross was undoubtedly the most unwise move.

An old fox like Pierce would have no reason to do such a thing.

The only reason he would suddenly give a death order was if he were certain that Ross posed a significant threat to the Project Insight.

On the surface, Ross's research would strengthen the power of the American government and military.

"Hiss~"

Loya sucked in a breath of cold air. The more he deduced, the more things felt wrong.

Hydra was not a monolith; rather, due to slight differences in ideology, it was divided into many factions and branches that both cooperated and competed with each other.

If Pierce knew that Jensen belonged to another Hydrabranch, then killing Ross was a struggle between factions.

If he didn't know, then things would get interesting.

Just who could be the superior of a General like Jensen?

And everything this old geezer was doing was aimed at strengthening the power of the government and the military.

So who was the superior? It was so hard to guess.

No, that's not right, or at least not entirely right.

Loya quickly overturned his own deduction.

If it were truly as he thought, then Jensen wouldn't need to be so secretive, even using high-risk methods like encrypted chats.

Though they probably thought it was safe, it was actually a high-risk behavior.

Perhaps they simply couldn't imagine anyone being able to easily break through their firewall without being detected or leaving a single trace, which is why they were so reckless.

"Hiss, things seem a bit complicated. What exactly does this Hydra faction want to do——"

Loya's eyes flickered as he fell into thought.

After a long while, he decided——not to think about it anymore!

After all, this was just his speculation. To confirm further, he would have to test Pierce, the current Hydra leader.

If Pierce was unaware, then there would surely be a wave of major actions coming.

An unexpected Hydra branch would surely mean a massive wave of missions.

If it weren't for the fact that Pierce still hadn't confessed his Hydra identity to him, why would Loya have to guess blindly? He could have just asked directly.

After saving and categorizing the data, Loya made up his mind to find a time to tell Pierce this news in person once he returned.

Not only could he gain a wave of trust, but he could also test him.

He only needed to sense the emotional changes when they were face-to-face.

As for Fury's side, he should give him a copy as well.

If Fury knew that the military side was Hydra, he certainly wouldn't use conventional means to handle it later.

There was a high probability he would look for an opportunity to strike.

And striking would inevitably involve finding him, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s combat powerhouse.

Loya loved these simple and crude missions the most. Just kill all the way through; why use his brain?

This was another case of catching multiple fish with one bait.

It was all about wisdom.

Putting these thoughts aside for the moment, Loya focused on the other chat logs on the hacker phone, trying to find something different.

Some time passed.

Loya curled his lip, very disappointed.

There wasn't anything particularly interesting in the chat logs.

It was nothing more than some soldiers discussing how a certain soldier suddenly became homeless after discharge and why the country wasn't doing anything.

Or how a certain soldier actually went for gender reassignment surgery after discharge, even including pictures that were extremely eyesore-inducing, practically mental pollution.

Or else, the family of a soldier who died for the country was accidentally killed by government law enforcement, but they couldn't get justice. The soldiers were all denouncing it passionately, but then it just fizzled out.

In America, these things were simply commonplace.

So Loya decisively changed his intrusion method, using a trace-free stealth mode to slip into one of their private group chats in real-time.

This group chat seemed to be for assassins. As for why he was so sure, it was because he had been in them back when he was an assassin.

Loya was about to exit when he suddenly saw a familiar ID.

Of course, the group chat was anonymous; Loya could see it because he had cracked it with the hacker phone.

The owner of the ID was Hammer, and he had posted a bounty to the assassins, offering a hundred thousand dollars to kill the bodyguard by Tony's side.

That bodyguard was Loya.

Loya was instantly stunned, his heart filled with speechless exasperation.

"No, the one who scolded you was Tony, the one who mocked you was also Tony. I pulled him away out of my duty as a bodyguard, and now you want to kill me? Is this what a human does? And only a hundred thousand dollars? Who are you looking down on!"

He was truly laughing out of anger.

How could there be such a twisted freak? Had he been brainwashed and broken by Hydra?

"Damn! The more I think about it, the angrier I get. If I let you live past tonight, I'm a dog!"

How could Loya take this? A piece of trash who couldn't even trigger a mission dared to be so arrogant; he might as well go be an unscrupulous capitalist in hell early.

In the blink of an eye, an hour passed.

Tony was clearly someone who couldn't sit still. He found scrolling through his phone boring; he didn't have Loya's ability to casually hack into other people's networks and peep at their privacy.

Scrolling through his phone only allowed him to see some news or forums, but those things were clearly junk information in his eyes.

So Tony stood up, stretched, and looked at Loya: "This is too boring. Come with me to see their military industrial chain and speed things up for that four-eyed copycat dog."

Loya nodded expressionlessly, strictly playing the role of a cool bodyguard.

He also wanted to go for a walk. The things those guys were chatting about had no substance and no fun; they were just the usual stuff.

As they walked out of the reception room, someone immediately came forward to meet them.

After learning of Tony's intention, the person hurried to report to Hammer.

Hammer walked over triumphantly, his face wrapped in thick bandages, looking extremely comical.

"What? Our genius Tony Stark also wants to visit someone else's manufacturing process? Tsk tsk tsk, that's truly rare."

Tony sighed, his gaze as if looking at an idiot: "Did you get your head stuck in a door? All your current technology was given by me. What exactly are you so proud of? I seriously doubt your level of intelligence. How did you manage to make Hammer Industries what it is today? By selling your ass?"

"You!"

Hammer's face turned ashen. He waved his arms, wanting to retort, but then found he had no way to argue back. He could only give a cold snort: "Just you wait. You'll regret this later! Your brain has been put to the wrong use."

"Dumbass," Tony said indifferently, not caring about the other's harsh words at all.

Hammer led the way in silence, his body trembling slightly with anger, looking pitiful no matter how you saw him.

Meanwhile, Loya and Tony walked behind, wanting to laugh more and more as they watched.

Soon, they arrived at the factory located inside the Military Base.

Looking around, all sorts of high-tech instruments were present. Production lines were operating in an orderly fashion, producing and assembling components for battle suits at full speed.

Over a hundred already manufactured battle suits were neatly arranged on the ground, looking particularly spectacular.

Hammer introduced proudly: "These are all my masterpieces. Sea, land, and air unmanned technology, capable of combat in any environment."

Tony curled his lip, not even bothering to lift an eyelid. These things were trash in his eyes.

Sea, land, and air unmanned technology? Since they were already unmanned, they could have just combined all three. How much more efficient would that be? Making these separate units was a waste of resources.

Tony was very bored now. He just wanted Hammer to replicate the battle suit quickly so he could finish with the Military and go back to his research on enchantments.

So he provoked: "Two hours have already passed. Where's the battle suit you replicated? You weren't just bragging, were you?"

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Hammer's eyes lit up upon hearing this; he had been waiting for these words!

He raised his head proudly: "I originally wanted to save you some face, but since you insist on seeing it, then follow me."

With that, he led the way.

Tony and Loya followed closely. After walking a short distance, they entered another workshop.

The equipment here was clearly more advanced than before. They were precisely assembling an Iron Man suit, and it had already reached the final step.

This was enough to show that while Hammer mocked him verbally and looked down on him mentally, he actually took it very seriously.

At this moment, a researcher ran over quickly and said respectfully: "Boss, all systems of the suit have been debugged. It's a complete replica of the Iron Man suit and can be started at any time."

Hammer smiled with satisfaction upon hearing this. He then glanced at his watch and looked at Tony: "It wasn't two hours. To be precise, it only took one hour, forty-eight minutes, and thirty-seven seconds for me to complete the replication of your battle suit. How about that?"

"Mm-hmm." Tony nodded repeatedly, forcing himself to hold back a laugh. "Wow, how are you so amazing? Should I give you an award?"

Hammer's face turned visibly dark. This mouth was truly asking for a beating.

Seeing his ill-tempered expression, Tony clenched his fist in his pocket to keep from laughing out loud, and continued to provoke: "But building it doesn't mean its performance is up to standard. I'll put on my suit, you put on your replicated suit, and we'll have a competition. How about it?"

Hearing this, Hammer remained calm on the surface, but he was ecstatic inside.

To prevent any accidents, he had deliberately not added any of his own ideas into it. It was a pure one-to-one replication, with all systems copied directly. There couldn't possibly be any issues with performance.

Furthermore, behind him, he had a scientific research team and a supercomputer performing real-time combat calculations.

He could guarantee that he could spin Tony around like a top!

This was what unity and power meant!

Hammer feigned hesitation: "Tony, you're a guest after all. Doing this wouldn't be very good. What if you get hurt?"

Tony displayed his amazing acting skills, holding back his laughter while his face was full of disdain: "You think I'll lose to a copycat dog like you?"

Hearing 'copycat dog' again, Hammer wasn't that angry anymore. Instead, he was very excited. He could finally beat up this foul-mouthed guy out in the open.

He sighed, feigning helplessness: "Fine, since you're strongly requesting it, I have no choice."

Tony was overjoyed in his heart: "This fool finally took the bait. I was bored to death. I'm going to beat the life out of you, you copycat dog!"

Loya's mouth twitched. This scene was truly hard to watch without laughing.

Hammer was still acting all reserved here; he'd probably be questioning his life in a bit.

Thinking of this, his eyes lit up: "Why don't I add a little something extra?"

Chapter 102. 101. Which faction of Hydra is this?

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On the open ground of the Military Base.

Hundreds of soldiers and researchers surrounded them in a circle, excitedly watching the two steel figures standing in a standoff from afar.

One was the gold-red colored, enchanted Iron Man suit piloted by Tony.

The appearance of the suit was extremely exquisite, looking like a piece of art, yet it didn't seem that powerful in terms of combat capability.

The other was the silver-black pirate Iron Man suit piloted by Hammer himself.

This suit looked sharper, and the heavy alloy glittered with metallic luster under the sun, looking very formidable.

Looking at it purely from the outside, it was obvious that Hammer's suit had the advantage, even if it was a pirate version.

"Place your bets! Place your bets!"

Seeing that the general was not on the scene, some veterans immediately began to call out in low voices, their voices filled with suppressed excitement.

"I'm betting on Iron Man! He is the ancestor of the Iron Man suit, he won't lose no matter what." A soldier whispered. "Bullshit!" Another soldier immediately retorted, stiffening his neck. "Don't underestimate Mr. Hammer. Have you forgotten the suit he developed with that Russian guy before? That build is what a man should play with, Stark, that sissy, is nothing!"

"You make me laugh." Someone else sneered. "The shock absorption on that suit was a joke. I almost died inside when I tried it on. If this suit is the same, Hammer is a dead man!"

"I don't care what you say, I'm betting on Hammer anyway. Down with that sissy capitalist Stark!"

"Seconded! That suit is made so gaudy, it must be impractical. Down with the sissy capitalist!"

The crowd was discussing heatedly, and the scene was in a bit of chaos for a moment.

Loya stood in the distance. Taking advantage of this time, he had already silently hacked into Hammer's suit system. He just needed to find an opportunity to play a big trick on him.

Just as the crowd was making noise, Hammer was secretly rejoicing inside the suit.

"Stark's suit technology actually surpasses ours by so much. The control system is adjusted so well, and other things like the shock absorption system are also top-notch.

If applied to those giant suits, it would definitely be able to slow down the death rate of the consumables inside, extend the usage time, and enhance combat power."

He calculated in his heart: "When the organization's plan is completed, the World will tremble at our feet!"

"Hey! Four-eyes!"

Just as Hammer was daydreaming, Tony's mocking voice suddenly rang out, interrupting his fantasies.

"Why do you keep standing there? Make a move! Chickened out?"

Tony raised an arm and crooked his finger provocatively.

Hammer came back to his senses, a trace of murderous intent flashing in his eyes, but what he said through the microphone was very polite: "Mr. Stark, I must remind you again, if you get injured, don't let your legal team come to bother me."

"Injured?" Tony sneered. "I said, a pirate version is a pirate version, it will never beat the original."

"Heh." Hammer sneered. "Stark, then I won't be polite. Don't cry if you lose."

He turned off the external communication system.

Then he used the built-in communicator to contact the R&D team behind the scenes: "Perform a full-scale combat simulation calculation. I want to blow Stark up!"

As the words fell, under the control of the team behind the scenes, the suit jolted violently. Under the calculation of the combat system, it assumed the most scientifically accurate posture for exerting force and rushed towards Tony.

The alloy boots rubbed against the ground, making a clattering sound, and sparks flew everywhere.

"Woohoo! Mr. Hammer! Blow that sissy up!"

The soldiers waved their fists and shouted excitedly. They seemed to have already foreseen the scene of Hammer knocking Iron Man away with one blow.

However—

Facing the aggressive Hammer, Tony couldn't help but laugh out loud, feeling completely relaxed.

He didn't dodge or evade. Putting strength into his feet, he puffed out his chest, looking like he intended to use his chest to ram into people.

Hammer was overjoyed at the sight. Even a combat-zero like him knew that it was impossible to win a shoulder ram with his chest.

So he sneered and quickened his pace, determined to knock Tony away in one go.

Boom!

The two collided in the purest posture, emitting a muffled sound of steel clashing.

The lively scene just now instantly fell silent. Everyone stared with wide eyes, looking at this scene in disbelief.

Hammer had flown away!

That's right, Hammer was knocked away by Tony's chest-ram, looking so weak and powerless.

Bang!

Hammer fell heavily to the ground, groaned, and his mind went blank.

"How is this possible? With this posture, he shouldn't have been able to win against me. No! This is wrong!" He roared in his heart.

He immediately roared in the communication channel: "What are you doing! Why didn't we win the collision?!"

But before the R&D team behind the scenes could respond, Hammer felt his ankle being grabbed tightly.

The next moment!

A strong sense of weightlessness came, and he was flying again!

Bang!

Tony grabbed Hammer's right foot with one hand, then exerted force suddenly, and with a clean, single-armed giant circle, smashed him heavily onto the ground!

"Stark, wait—"

Tony chose to be selectively deaf, and took the opportunity to grab him again, smashing him back in the opposite direction.

Bang!

Sparks flew, the ground cracked, and obvious dents appeared on the suit, sizzling with sparks.

Hammer inside the suit only felt his vision go dark, dizzy, as if his internal organs had shifted.

You must know that the shock absorption system of the Hammer suit was a castrated version. With this smash from Tony, Hammer would definitely not have a good time.

"You wait—" Hammer opened his mouth with difficulty.

Tony didn't pay attention at all, grabbed him again, and after several violent smashes, threw the battered suit away like trash.

"That feels good!" Tony laughed heartily and kicked Hammer. "Hammer, what's wrong with you? Your suit doesn't seem to work. How come you can't even copy well?"

The scene was silent. No one expected that Tony would defeat Hammer so easily, just like teasing a little chick.

Clearly, the other party's suit didn't look that strong.

Only those who bet on Tony were extremely excited. The odds this time were very high, and the money won was enough for them to find many sexy ladies.

The thick smell of blood woke Hammer from a brief fainting spell. He only felt immense pain all over his body, and breathing felt burning hot.

His nose, which had just been bandaged not long ago, was smashed crooked again, and blood was streaming down.

He ignored Tony's mockery and asked weakly in the internal communication: "What's going on? What are you doing? So many people can't beat him?"

The communicator came with the panicked and confused voice of the researchers: "Boss, data monitoring shows that the comprehensive performance of your suit is not even one-third of that of Stark's suit."

"What?!"

Intense shock and anger made Hammer briefly forget the pain, and he roared: "What the hell are you guys doing! A bunch of losers! You can't even do a one-to-one copy! The money I gave you was fed to dogs!"

The researcher's voice came from the communicator, a little aggrieved: "Boss, we did a one-to-one copy. Everything was made according to the technical data and the suit reference. It shouldn't be like this. We used that discarded suit for reverse research before, and it wasn't just at this level."

Hearing this, Hammer forced himself to calm down. That's right, the suits they imitated before were all better than this level. How could there be a problem with copying?

The reason must not be them, then it could only be Stark!

Hammer forced himself to get up and cursed at Tony: "Stark, you damn bastard! You actually messed with the technology!"

Tony opened his mask, looking innocent: "Hammer, do you have a problem with your brain? This suit and technical data have always been in your hands, and they were checked during the handover. Now you are turning around and saying that I messed with it? I think your team is just too incompetent, that's why you messed it up. Look for your own reasons, don't pass the buck for no reason."

Hammer was slightly stunned, his blood-stained face seeming to turn a few shades redder.

In fact, what Tony said made some sense. In the team's tests, the suit technical data did not have traps, and it matched that suit, and the system was indeed more perfect and stable than what they developed themselves.

But why was the performance so much worse? This doesn't make sense, right? Everything was clearly according to the data.

Even the stupidest copy wouldn't be less than one-third. Could it be that there is magic? Weakened the suit?

Hammer couldn't figure it out, but now he definitely couldn't admit it even if he died. He didn't want to be punished, he must find someone to take the blame.

So he shouted at Tony: "It's you, you bastard! You deceived us! The data is all wrong!"

Tony smiled indifferently, his tone relaxed: "Then compare my suit with the technical data in your hand again. I don't mind."

He silently gave Loya a thumbs up in his heart. This enchantment is truly amazing! Playing the idiot Hammer to death.

Hammer was speechless for a moment. If there was no problem after comparing again, then he would really have to take the blame.

"What are you doing!"

Just then, a roar came from afar. It was General Jensen.

The chaos here inevitably attracted his attention.

The soldiers dispersed upon hearing this.

Seeing Jensen coming, Hammer was even more panicked, so he shouted: "General, it's Stark, he messed with the data! The performance of the suit I built is very low!"

"What?" Jensen was furious upon hearing this. He waved his hand, and several soldiers nearby surrounded them, pointing dark gun barrels at him.

Seeing this, Tony's mask slowly closed, and he said coldly: "General, I don't like others pointing guns at my head!"

Jensen only then revealed his true colors and sneered: "No one has dared to deceive me yet. If you don't do what you agreed to, then I won't let you go!"

"Yes! It was him who deceived us!" Hammer stood not far away, opening his mask to reveal a scarred, swollen, and twisted face.

Tony shook his head, smiling coldly: "I can let you compare again, but if the result is still the same, I am not so easy to talk to either."

Who knew Jensen was extremely domineering: "You are more of a genius than anyone here, who knows what tricks you played? Want to leave? Then you must build a suit that is the same in every respect for us, not the one you brought, otherwise, don't even think about leaving."

Tony's heart sank: "It's over, this old guy is so unreasonable."

Just as he was considering whether to do it directly or let Loya take him away, the sound of metal colliding with the ground suddenly came from the side.

Turning his head to look, the dumbfounded Hammer raised his steel arm high and had already jumped in front of him.

He smashed down with a fierce punch, directly hitting Jensen's right arm.

Crack!

A crisp sound of bone cracking rang out.

"Ah!!!"

Jensen screamed and fell to the ground, his expression twisted.

Although the pirate suit had less than one-third of the performance of the original suit, it was more than enough to deal with an ordinary person.

"General! Listen to my explanation, the suit is out of control!" Hammer's expression was terrified, and he hurriedly explained, his voice changing pitch.

He also didn't understand why the suit suddenly lost control.

Before he finished speaking, the suit rushed forward again, and the fist smashed downwards with all its might. The target of this punch was Jensen's head.

It was foreseeable that if it hit, Jensen would definitely die.

At this critical moment, Tony instinctively made a move, kicking Hammer more than ten meters away. The badly damaged suit rolled on the ground and slid for dozens of meters before stopping.

Hammer inside had already fainted.

Jensen clutched his right arm, looking at Hammer on the ground in disbelief, an incredible thought rising in his heart: "This bastard wants to usurp the position?! But I am the messenger of God, if he kills me, he will only end up dead. Is something wrong with his brain?" He stood up, looking at Tony with an awkward expression, not expecting that it was the person he wanted to kill who saved him.

"It seems that there is a problem within us. Sorry Tony, thank you for saving me."

Seeing this old man with two faces, Tony felt even more disgusted and snorted coldly: "Then can I leave now?"

Jensen narrowed his eyes and weighed the pros and cons, then said softly: "I will have Rhodes take you back."

Seeing that the dust had settled, Loya silently put away the "hacker phone" and smiled inwardly: "This old guy has been made like this by me, and he still has to thank us."

That's right, it was he who hacked into the control system behind Hammer, issued the wrong command, and made him attack Jensen.

Next, I believe Hammer will have an unforgettable day. It is estimated that it will be difficult to survive. If he survives, Loya will personally send him on his way.

He was even offered a bounty while being a bodyguard. This bastard deserves to die.

The matter at the Military Base came to an end.

Loya and Tony also returned to Stark Tower.

As soon as Tony landed, he couldn't wait to dive into the laboratory to study the various enchantment abilities of the suit.

At the same time, he told Loya that he would regularly ask him for enchanting in the future, and he would definitely be able to find the mystery behind it.

Loya shook his head. Let him study if he wants to. It would be strange if Tony didn't study this, but there will definitely be no results in the end, because the system's items sometimes don't follow science or magic, and don't even follow reason.

But in any case, he had free enchanting times.

Leaving Stark Tower, Loya had already contacted Pierce, ready to go find him first.

On the way, Loya sent the information of the Military Baseto Fury, and the system prompt sounded in his ears simultaneously.

[Task "Infiltrate Military Base Network" completed]

[Reward: Experience Points +2000, Item "Senzu Bean", Item "Accessory Box"]

[Senzu Bean: A bag of Senzu Beans. After eating, it can instantly heal all injuries, replenish physical strength, and restore all energy]

[Accessory Box: Put an accessory into the box for a day to enhance the effect of the accessory. And holding the accessory box, you can perceive the state of the owner of the enhanced accessory (each accessory can only be enhanced once)]

Arriving at the S.H.I.E.L.D. branch, he pushed the door and entered Pierce's office.

Loya first briefly reported the situation of the mission at the Military Base, then bluntly said: "Officer Pierce, I discovered something incredible when I infiltrated the Military Base. The general there, Jensen, is Hydra!"

Pierce's expression was first blank, then stunned and puzzled, and finally stood up in disbelief, shouting: "What did you say!?"

Loya used "Minds Eye" to accurately perceive Pierce's emotions. He was unaware of this matter.

In other words, Jensen was not the Hydra that Pierce knew.

Then which faction would Jensen belong to?

Chapter 103: 102. Fury is about to get serious.

Pierce stood up in disbelief, then realized he had lost his composure and sat back down, his body somewhat stiff.

He was inwardly shocked: "How could a military general be Hydra? Where did this unknown faction of Hydra come from?"

Although there were many Hydra factions, he was very clear about the major ones.

Yet, this General Jensen that Loya mentioned did not belong to any Hydra faction he knew of.

Hydra members with such high authority were almost always core figures within the major factions.

This General Jensen had even been on their infiltration list once.

It was just that because the other party was extremely loyal to the government and had terrifyingly normal living habits, they couldn't find any point to infiltrate, and in the end, it just had to be dropped.

He was even listed as a target difficult for Hydra to infiltrate.

But now, he was suddenly told that this guy, for whom they couldn't even find an opportunity to infiltrate, was actually Hydra all along!

Is this some kind of joke?

And it was done by a Hydra faction he didn't even know about; where did this wild Hydra come from?

Pierce steadied himself; years of experience allowed him to quickly calm down.

With a solemn expression, even though he knew Loyawouldn't joke about this, he still asked in a deep voice: "Agent Loya, this is not a matter to joke about. Are you sure it's Hydra?"

Loya smiled slightly without speaking and handed over a USB drive containing chat logs regarding General Jensen and data related to human experimentation.

Pierce inserted the USB drive into his computer and opened the files to carefully browse through them.

After a long while, he frowned; this General Jensen really was Hydra.

Only a pure Hydra member could determine whether someone else was Hydra from certain details.

This General Jensen was undoubtedly Hydra, but the philosophy of the faction he belonged to was hard to infer.

Factions like Pierce's advocated using the "Project Insight" to eliminate all potential threats and establish a new order to control the World.

General Jensen's philosophy was unclear, but his actions were all aimed at strengthening national power.

It was hard not to associate the leader behind him with that someone in America.

But how had this faction hidden itself for so many years and never contacted other factions?

If it hadn't been for Loya accidentally discovering it while executing Fury's mission this time, it probably could have stayed hidden forever.

Also, the experiments this faction conducted were very strange.

Pierce scrolled with his mouse to look through the human experimentation data.

Besides some cliché serum human experiments, there was also a special kind of experiment.

This experiment aimed to study how to amplify pain to the limit without numbing the person, allowing them to experience extreme suffering.

He couldn't see the point of this experiment; for interrogation? It was far less effective than truth serum.

Moreover, this experiment was considered very important in the data, which was even more baffling.

At the same time, he also felt some regret; Ross had been killed too early. He could have tried to bring Ross into his own fold.

After skimming through the data, Pierce looked at Loyawith a solemn expression and said seriously: "Agent Loya, you did very well this time! I will give you a commendation!"

"But with Hydra making a comeback, there must be a huge conspiracy. After you tell Fury, I will discuss this matter with him. You must not alert the enemy; act as if nothing happened. If there is a mission, I will contact you at any time."

He had to find a way to contact this Hydra member, General Jensen. Regardless of whether they were enemies affecting the Insight Project, he first had to figure out the other party's intentions.

What if they could cooperate?

Then controlling S.H.I.E.L.D. operations in the future would be much more convenient, after all, the Military was always obstructing S.H.I.E.L.D. operations.

Loya nodded seriously, secretly curling his lip: "The old fox acts quite well; if one didn't know, they would really think you are a proper former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D."

He could roughly guess what Pierce wanted to do; it was nothing more than trying to make contact without exposing himself to see if they could cooperate.

After all, the strength of the Military could not be underestimated; being able to utilize it would naturally be for the best.

Loya didn't care about these things; he only cared about the subsequent mission arrangements. Now that the purpose of the test had been achieved, it was time to leave.

After a brief exchange, he stood up and left, preparing to find Fury to report.

After Loya left, Pierce's eyes flickered, then he quickly typed on the keyboard, entered the secret Hydra network, cleared all traces at the fastest speed, and disbanded all group chats.

After doing all this, he let out a long sigh, took a sip of coffee, and muttered to himself: "This Loya is too all-powerful. Besides having ridiculously strong combat power, he also has these hacking skills. To be able to hack into their system right under the nose of the Military Baseis truly terrifying."

You have to know that even the top-tier hackers under him couldn't do this, yet Loya did it.

Pierce didn't think his own Hydra security system could be much stronger than that of the Military Base.

If Loya could easily hack into the Military Base, it wouldn't necessarily be difficult for him to hack into Hydra. To be safe, it was better to disband what should be disbanded.

Although the other party had no reason to do so, and came to report to him first, which was enough to show loyalty.

But who can say for sure about human nature? After all, Loya didn't know that the organization he joined was Hydra. It's always better to be careful.

Their Hydra was currently in a state where everyone wanted to beat them, but sooner or later, Hydra would complete its great cause! Completely change the World!

Pierce now felt that the internet approach was too risky; in the future, he would have to switch to some traditional methods.

On the other side, Loya, who had just gotten into the car, picked up the "hacker phone" and took a look, his heart skipping a beat.

"Tsk, impressive. As expected of Pierce, who can toy with Fury. He disbanded the group so quickly and even cleaned up the traces. As expected, an old fox is different; he is cautious enough."

In fact, after entering the S.H.I.E.L.D. branch, he had used Pierce's device as a springboard to hack into the internal Hydra network, and the entire Hydra was under his surveillance.

It was just a pity that before he could monitor what Pierce's next move was going to be, Pierce had already felt unsafe and disbanded the internal communication network.

Thinking about it, it was normal. After all, hacking into a network system right under someone's nose was still too exaggerated.

A cautious person like Pierce wouldn't gamble on a probability.

Loya now somewhat understood why Fury liked to monitor others; this feeling, truth be told, was actually quite satisfying.

Soon, Loya was driving the vehicle at a speed of two hundred miles per hour, arriving at S.H.I.E.L.D.Headquarters, causing countless people on the road to dodge in terror.

The first thing upon entering the headquarters, Loyanaturally picked up the "hacker phone" to hack into the S.H.I.E.L.D. system.

Since he had already hacked Hydra, how could he let S.H.I.E.L.D. off? He couldn't favor one over the other.

This time the hacking took quite a while, a full twenty seconds.

Not long after, Loya pushed the door open and entered Fury's office.

He saw Fury frowning slightly, currently checking the Military Base data that Loya had sent to his computer.

Seeing Loya arrive, he looked up with a smile, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "Agent, well done. You actually managed to hack into the Military Base system and obtain their data."

"With this data, it will be much easier for S.H.I.E.L.D. to deal with them."

He hadn't expected Loya to actually complete this mission.

Obtaining the data without causing any suspicion from the Military, and furthermore helping Tony fool the Military—killing two birds with one stone, it was simply perfect.

Recently, the Military didn't know what kind of madness had taken them; they had started targeting S.H.I.E.L.D.again, both openly and secretly.

Fury was suffering because he had no effective way to fight back. Now with the data obtained by Loya, he could finally fight back properly and extort a fortune from the other side.

Now, S.H.I.E.L.D. was becoming more and more unable to do without Loya.

Combat, intelligence, hacking skills, and even extraterrestrial civilization diplomacy all required him.

Every time he thought back to when he first recruited him, Fury felt he had made the most correct decision.

Loya saw Fury smiling and inwardly scoffed: "Go ahead and be happy; you'll be miserable soon enough."

He responded cheerfully: "The Military Base's network security is nothing impressive; it's just a paper tiger."

"It feels like one of those situations where they spend millions to build a firewall, but actually only spent a few hundred to buy a router; it's pure corruption."

Hearing this, Fury's expression changed slightly. Although he didn't do exactly that, it was about the same; he would falsely report a little bit of funding to the higher-ups, but the firewall was still built properly.

However, Loya made it sound simple, but those hacker experts at S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn't managed to hack into the Military Base; in the end, it was a matter of ability.

Fury coughed twice, his expression quickly becoming serious: "Let's get down to business. You wanted to see me in person, what did you want to say?"

While receiving the data, he also received the message that Loya wanted to talk about some things in person.

Loya said seriously: "Director, I discovered something incredible while hacking into the Military Base. You need to prepare yourself mentally."

Fury sat up straight, his brows furrowed, and he suddenly had a bad feeling: "Tell me. What haven't I seen? Nothing can scare me."

Loya was expressionless and said word by word: "General Jensen, is Hydra!"

The office suddenly became deathly silent.

Fury's pupils shrank, his eyes widened, and he stood up subconsciously, saying in disbelief: "What did you say? Hydra? Are you sure?"

Loya nodded, "I am sure."

As he said this, he placed the USB drive on the table and gently pushed it over.

Fury gently took the USB drive, inserted it into the computer, and carefully began to examine it.

His breathing gradually became heavy, his single eye staring fixedly at the screen.

After a long while, he let out a long sigh, collapsing into his chair as if his bones had been removed.

"Motherfucker!"

"Hydra! It's actually Hydra! General Jensen, this military general, is actually Hydra!"

Fury just felt exhausted. He indeed always had contingency plans and schemes to guard against Hydra, but he never expected that a Hydra member had actually sat in the position of a general.

This indicated that Hydra was not just the remnants left gasping for breath as he had imagined, but a systematic organization, and its power could not be underestimated.

Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for someone to sit in the position of a general.

In this way, there was a clearer explanation for why the Military was always targeting S.H.I.E.L.D..

Does Hydra need a reason to target S.H.I.E.L.D.? No need!

Fury rubbed his temples with both hands, feeling like his brain was about to explode.

Vampires, The Hand, aliens, and the recently discovered alien creatures—these were already troublesome enough, and now another Hydra had appeared.

What is this? Why are they all coming at once? Is there any way for people to live!

And because Asgard mythology was actually aliens descending to Earth.

S.H.I.E.L.D. summarized a lot of relevant intelligence and data in the World and really discovered some clues.

It wasn't just the Asgard branch of aliens that had been to Earth; there were others, and there were traces in certain countries.

Earth was also more chaotic than imagined.

S.H.I.E.L.D. was facing unprecedented challenges; one careless step, and the consequences would be devastating.

Fury just sat slumped in his chair, thinking for a long time, so long that Loya almost started cursing.

Finally, Fury suddenly sat up straight, a trace of ruthlessness flashing in his single eye.

Hydra's ambition was great, and the harm to the World was extremely high. It required precise deployment and digging out the roots, otherwise, the future troubles would be endless.

But other problems were much simpler.

Originally, he wanted to plan slowly and resolve the peripheral issues with the lowest casualties.

But now it was clearly not possible. It needed to be resolved as soon as possible to concentrate resources to deal with major threats like Hydra.

Sometimes, sacrifice is necessary.

Fury stared at Loya, his eyes firm, his tone solemn: "Loya, the time has come to test us. You don't need to worry about the Hydra matter. But from now on, your missions will be numerous and very dangerous, but the rewards for every mission will be doubled!"

Hearing this, Loya's eyes lit up. It seemed that Hydra had become the fuse, and Fury was about to get serious, first clearing out other potential threats, and then using full force to deal with the great enemy, Hydra.

This was the effect he wanted; the more missions, the better. He was only afraid there wouldn't be any. It seemed that Fury, this mission-dispensing machine, was really powerful.

So Loya stood up abruptly, pretending to be firm: "No problem at all!"

Chapter 104: 103. Hydra and a Hydra God?

"Well done! Agent!"

Fury's expression was passionate, looking just like a pyramid scheme leader.

"Then you go back and wait for my news first. I need to discuss the future plans of S.H.I.E.L.D. with Pierce. There should be action soon."

He pondered for a moment, then added: "By the way, do not tell anyone that Jensen is Hydra. This is top secret!"

Loya nodded solemnly on the surface, but he was complaining incessantly in his heart.

"Poor Fury is still being kept in the dark. Actually, S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't called S.H.I.E.L.D., it's called Hydra S.H.I.E.L.D., hey!"

Leaving S.H.I.E.L.D., Loya went straight back to the Villa.

Although Fury said there would be many missions, he had to go discuss the details with Pierce first.

Regarding this, Loya only wanted to say: Fury, oh Fury, you have already been played in the palm of Pierce's hand.

However, it's good to rest for a while and sort out his thoughts; so many things happened today.

First, Peter encountered the "slashing line" crisis, then Tony encountered trouble with his armor, and finally, he accidentally discovered another unknown faction of Hydraat the Military Base.

These days are truly exciting.

However, there were many events, and the harvest was not small.

Not only did he gain several items, but future enchantment opportunities should also be contracted by Tony.

And among the items, the one that made Loya most curious was the "ornament box" item.

The ability description of the "ornament box" is very simple: place it for a day to improve the effect of ornaments.

At first, Loya thought this was an item linked to the previous "accessory rose tree".

After all, the special effects of the ornaments produced on the rose tree were weak, and they would be more practical if boosted by the "ornament box".

But soon, he felt it was more than that.

The "ornament box" didn't limit the energy level of the ornaments placed in it, which means any ornament with special effects could be put in and get a boost.

This is not simple at all; there are quite a few treasures in the Marvel Universe that count as ornaments.

For example, the basic equipment of Kamar-Taj mages — the Sling Ring.

Or the eye of aurora of the Ancient One.

Looking further, Infinity Stones embedded in a ring should also count as an ornament, right?

What would happen if these were put into the "ornament box" for improvement?

Of course, these assumptions are still too far away.

Loya currently has several items that can be counted as ornaments in his hands.

They are the "Paralysis Ring", "eye of aurora", "Moonlight Amulet", as well as the "good person card" and "bro card".

Yes, the "good person card" and "bro card" should count as ornaments; these two can be worn on the chest, like badges.

With a thought, Loya took the "ornament box" out of the system space.

This was a black wooden box with a simple and archaic design, about the size of two palms, and it felt very heavy in his hand.

Opening the wooden box, it was deep and bottomless, as if leading to another World.

"Is it still a spatial item?"

Loya couldn't help but be surprised; the more he looked at this item, the less simple it seemed.

He tried to pick up a chopstick and wanted to put it inside. Well, it couldn't go in; it didn't belong to the ornament category and was bounced off directly.

So he put the other few ornament-type items inside.

Sure enough, as he expected, the "good person card" and "bro card" also counted as ornaments.

What Loya was looking forward to most was the improvement effect on the "eye of aurora".

The other few ornaments at least had a capability limit, while the "eye of aurora" was only for teleportation; he didn't know what would be improved.

"Ding dong!"

Just then, the phone in his pocket suddenly made a notification sound. Loya took out his phone and looked.

It turned out that Tony had transferred fifty million to his bank account.

Loya smiled knowingly: "It seems Tony must have tested the enchantment effect. Unsurprisingly, he is very satisfied. Should this count as an enchantment service fee? He's really rich."

He knew Tony would give money, but he didn't expect so much.

You know, every time he helped Tony enchant, it was equivalent to earning nine million. Now he could even collect a service fee; it made him feel quite embarrassed.

But well, don't refuse what's given; squeeze the capital hard!

Putting away the phone, Loya got up and went to Steve's Villa to take a look.

Steve hadn't returned yet.

"Didn't we agree to return during the day? Why hasn't he returned yet?"

Loya muttered, then suddenly thought that it seemed like it was still daytime until nightfall, after all, it was only the afternoon now.

Then he went to check on Thor and the others. As expected, they were all sleeping. Except for Sif, everyone was snoring like thunder.

He didn't know if it was a habit of Asgard or because they drank too much alcohol that night, but it had been nearly twenty hours, and they were still sleeping.

Loya shook his head with a smile. Being able to sleep is also a skill, and it saves trouble when they are asleep.

He came to the "ornament rose tree" and observed it carefully.

After sprinkling Bone Meal, the growth speed was extremely fast, and there were already flower buds. Looking at this appearance, it was estimated that it would be able to bear ornaments in two or three days.

Immediately after, Loya took out the "Sunflower Seeds", planted a circle around the Villa, and sprinkled Bone Mealon them by the way.

The effects of these sunflowers were also good.

After finishing these, the sky was already dark. Loyareturned to the Villa, sat on the sofa, and took out the "hacker phone".

As for what he was going to do, naturally, it was to see if Hammer, who wanted to put a bounty on him, was dead.

This bastard was definitely brainwashed by Hydra and had his brain messed up; his thinking was abnormal.

The phone screen flashed, and the surveillance footage of the Military Base was quickly pulled up.

He wanted to see whose surveillance footage it was; even if he just entered that person's name, the phone would automatically match it according to the user's cognition.

To perform any operation, he just needed to enter the command, and the phone would operate based on what was already there; it was simple and crude.

This didn't look like technology at all; it looked more like some kind of magical creation.

The strange point was not just this; the phone had no signal display but could go online, and the memory was infinite. Sometimes it really felt heaven-defying.

But thinking it was produced by the system, he was relieved.

Loya entered the command to pull up the surveillance footage of Hammer.

After seeing the content clearly, his face changed.

"Why is he being served with good food and drink?"

In the picture, Hammer was next to their military industrial assembly line, eating exquisite and delicious food while cursing with a red face.

He was naturally still cursing about the performance of the armor, not knowing that even if they researched for a lifetime, they wouldn't find the cause.

He was still wearing an exquisite suit, and the injuries on his body had all healed; he looked even more energetic than before.

He could feel his high spirits even through the screen.

"This—this doesn't make sense, right?"

Loya rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought. At that time, Hammer had solidly broken Jensen's arm and even wanted to kill him.

Although it was controlled by Loya, even if Jensen didn't torture him, he wouldn't let him go like this, and even used some means to treat him.

Loya clearly sensed Jensen's killing intent towards Hammer at that time, as well as deep suspicion.

With Hydra's style of conduct, they shouldn't have ruled out the other party's suspicion so quickly.

"No, I have to see if the surveillance from the previous time period has any records."

Loya immediately started to operate and really found a surveillance record of the two being alone.

To be precise, it shouldn't count as surveillance, but an independent high-definition camera, which seemed to be specifically used to record some kind of ritual.

The camera was facing a small room. The room was very empty, without any furniture. Only a huge blood-red Hydralogo was drawn on the white floor.

On the nine heads of the Hydra logo, a bloody heart was placed on each.

And in the center of the Hydra logo sat a man covered in wounds and blood, which was Hammer.

Jensen in the video already had his arm healed and had changed into casual clothes.

He placed a hand on Hammer's head, his expression pious, and shouted loudly: "Long live the Hydra God! Please, my God, grant me the ability to distinguish right from wrong! I am your most pious believer, your most loyal servant! May your Shadow descend into the World, bringing the greatest darkness, purifying everything!"

The next moment!

Visible blood light surged from the hearts, forming a blood mist the thickness of an arm, which went straight into Hammer's head and began to stir crazily.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!"

Hammer let out a heart-piercing scream, his body twitching uncontrollably.

Before long, the hearts on the ground withered and turned into ashes, and the blood mist dissipated accordingly.

Hammer fell straight to the ground, as if dead.

At the same time, Jensen shouted: "Respectfully send off my God!"

After a long time, Jensen walked under the camera, his expression extremely pious. He couldn't see any of the majesty a general should have; instead, he looked like a fanatic.

He was extremely pious to the camera, as if he had done it many times: "This is the 91st ritual; it is still impossible for my God to descend. But I will not give up. One day, my God will descend to the World!"

After speaking, Jensen took out a needle and injected the liquid into Hammer's body.

The injuries on Hammer's body healed rapidly at a visible speed, and then he woke up faintly.

Even through the screen, one could see his limbs were a bit uncoordinated, his eyes were dull, and it took a while for him to regain his spirit.

Then Jensen took him away from the room, and no one appeared again afterwards.

After watching this video, Loya was at a loss.

"What the hell is this?"

"Hydra God?"

"Does Hydra have this thing?"

Loya was really a bit confused. How come Hydra still has a faction called the God faction? He really learned something.

Actually, in a sense, Hydra can be said to be a god.

That so-called god is called Hive.

But Loya dared to be sure that Hive and the god Jensen prayed to in the video just now were completely different things.

To put it bluntly, Hive is a monster that has undergone genetic modification, and its body is composed of parasites. It is a heterogeneous being that has been deified, not a real god.

At least in Loya's memory, Hive didn't have the kind of ability in the video just now, nor did it need that kind of ritual to pray.

And this monster, Hive, seemed to be locked on an extremely distant Planet, which was physical imprisonment.

And Jensen's operation just now was really summoning a Dimensional Demon God, letting it descend from another dimension to reality.

What made Loya even more puzzled was.

Jensen's actions and slogans were all classic Hydra style, and the source must be the organization Hydra, not the god he prayed to.

From this, it can be seen that the god he prayed to might really be related to the organization Hydra!

Who would that be?

It couldn't be Red Skull, right? Isn't he the gatekeeper of the stone?

Besides, Red Skull couldn't leap to become some kind of Evil God.

Loya thought for a long time, but there was no answer.

He only understood why Hammer cleared his suspicion and why his brain had problems.

Being stirred in the brain by such a large blood column by Jensen, could he not have problems?

Maybe this wasn't the first time.

No, he should also understand one thing, that is why America is so favored by Dimensional Demon God and various evil gods.

Just looking at Jensen's ritual, he put nine hearts each time, and he carried it out a full 91 times, killing nearly a thousand people.

Coupled with the current social environment, how many people have been ruthlessly killed by the "slashing line"?

And how many people are constantly pouring into this country?

Always dying, always replenishing; the cult materials are endless.

In such a place with outstanding people, if he were an evil god, he would like it too.

Buzz buzz buzz!

Just at this moment, the vibration of the phone interrupted Loya's thoughts. He picked it up and saw it was Fury.

"Huh? There's a mission so soon? How long have I been back?"

Answering the phone, Fury's voice slowly sounded: "Agent Loya, there is a temporary emergency mission for you."

"You say."

Fury spoke extremely fast and said briefly: "We found that the Life Foundation brought back some kind of alien creature from outer space and is conducting human experiments. Originally, this mission was not ready to start, but not long ago we received news that the founder of the Life Foundation urgently locked down the laboratory."

He paused, his tone deepened, "Your mission is to try to bring back that alien creature. If you can't bring it back, then destroy the entire laboratory."

[Fury has issued a mission to you]

[Mission: Life Foundation Theft]

[Goal: Bring back the alien creature or destroy the laboratory]

[Reward: Experience points + 2000, random item * 2]

"Guarantee to complete the mission!"

Hanging up the phone, Loya was thoughtful.

Life Foundation, it should be the Symbiote.

But before that, let's send Hammer on his way first.

If it's overtime, he'll become a dog.