In the cave full of white bones, Su Ming shook his head as he looked at Peggy. He immediately saw through what Peggy was thinking, yet in reality, the person he wished to borrow from the SSR wasn't Little Rose, but Howard Stark.
He already had the SSS Serum and Dr. Erskine; he only lacked Stark and his coffin-like machine.
Once these are gathered, he'll first use them on his loyal little subordinate Gin. Even if he can't become a Super Soldier, extending his life shouldn't be a problem.
Though he seemed to have something related to a word starting with 'V,' Su Ming could still see if someone was loyal.
As for the others... let's see if he can obtain the X Compound within Germany this time.
"Go back and tell Colonel Philip, I need to borrow Howard for some time; that's my condition. If you don't agree, I'll visit him every night to play games." Su Ming waved his hand, interrupting Peggy's words. "Once Captain America wakes up, you can return to the United Kingdom. Right now, he's still not a match for Red Skull."
"Can't you help us deal with Red Skull? With your skills, it should be easy, right?" Peggy nodded but still held onto some hope.
"I can tell you seriously, Red Skull cannot die, at least not now."
Everyone basically completed their bandaging; the Roaring Assault Team used rifles and clothes to make a simple stretcher, lifting Steve, while the guerrilla fighters lit the flashlights on their bodies. The group moved again, slowly advancing in the directionless underground passage.
"Why?"
Walking side by side with Deathstroke in the crowd, Peggy scrutinized Deathstroke's red monocular, hesitantly questioning, perhaps Deathstroke knew some more secretive matters.
In fact, this was something Su Ming recently discovered; after arriving in Europe, seeing the situation here, he found everything had changed too vastly.
Hydra had grown very powerful already, but what they could present now were actually just various Energy Weapons and engines empowered by the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
Airships carrying giant cannons, towering combat robots, flying discs soaring through the sky, mechanical warriors, modified war dogs, all of them don't bear the octopus-skeleton symbol but the Iron Cross instead!
The Mr. Sinister who was defeated in London was working for the Supreme Leader, not Hydra.
For some unknown reason, Xiaohuzi's power clearly surpassed Hydra by a large margin, even his technology tree climbed faster, and the troops in his hands were more powerful.
Causing Red Skull to not dare return to Berlin, Hydra's leaders were establishing bases like thieves around the world, now Xiaohuzi had some concerns, temporarily not removing Red Skull while still maintaining Hydra's high status in Germany.
But if Xiaohuzi believed the time was ripe, or Red Skull, the apparent leader of Hydra, died, Xiaohuzi's purging speed would be the world's fastest.
By then, once Xiaohuzi centralized all Germany's power, holding all troops and technology, it would certainly not be good for the Allies.
Su Ming sorted out part of his analysis for Peggy and Fury who was stealthily listening behind, leaving them momentarily bewildered.
Although the SSR was founded to defeat Hydra, it's now turned into increasing the Supreme Leader's power indirectly by defeating Hydra, possibly even leading to an Allied defeat.
Although the Supreme Leader's war machines also had Energy Weapons, the key Cosmic Rubik's Cube probably remained in Hydra's hands, maybe it was this factor that balanced their relation, causing the Supreme Leader to restrain himself and be unwilling to tear face.
But if Red Skull died at the hands of the Allies, relying on Xiaohuzi's prestige and rhetoric, one could manipulate many aspects.
Imagine millions of elite German troops possessing such weapons, once Xiaohuzi, that madman, acquired the Rubik's Cube.
Unless there's absolute assurance, capable of seizing the Cosmic Rubik's Cube while eliminating Red Skull, one shouldn't act recklessly.
That's exactly what Xiaohuzi is doing; he's waiting for his moment, and the SSR should do the same, not like this time where they rushed over hearing Red Skull appeared, making trouble for him.
If Red Skull truly dies, the Cosmic Rubik's Cube has a strong chance of falling into the hands of a prepared Xiaohuzi.
The group fell silent, only footsteps filled the eerie underground corridor, the skeletons set in the walls seemed to be gleefully watching them.
Peggy tidied her brown long hair, feeling a bit tired, wondering if the Strategic Science Corps ever thought about what impact eliminating Hydra might have on the war situation? Perhaps not.
But the domestic orders kept driving them to relentlessly pursue Red Skull, what was this for?
Could it be... there were Xiaohuzi's spies within the domestic high ranks? And this time, Red Skull already laid traps; could there be Hydra spies within the SSR too?
"What should we do next?" Peggy instinctively asked Su Ming, momentarily losing her direction, as espionage wars sometimes leave one utterly confused.
"Act like nothing happened, honestly return home, next time just continue pestering Red Skull. As long as you don't kill him, Steve can play however he wants, though he really should change his Shield."
Su Ming answered without hesitation, for now, enemies lurked while they're in the open, what could they do?
None of the others were worth trusting...
Now the SSR was mixed with dragons and fish, various spies were also swirling within the United States, so for the safety of Peggy and the others, the best method was pretending ignorance.
Nick Fury immediately understood, nodding his head, knowing what to do next.
Having said all this was suffice; Captain America needed to grow from such intricate environments, taking his time.
Su Ming had his own mission, preventing Antarctica's melting from destroying the world, as both U Demon and perfectly replicated Namor had such capabilities, becoming the most significant threat at present.
First resolving this issue, next dealing with Xiaohuzi's unusual development, then proceeding to handle the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.
Things had their priorities; presently Su Ming didn't have spare time to play espionage drama with the SSR.
Peggy bit her crimson lower lip, contemplating, suddenly recalling a question: "So why did you kidnap the Professor and take the serum last time?"
Su Ming immediately threw the blame off: "Now that the dust has settled, I'm not afraid to tell you, it was Dr. Erskine himself who hired me to kidnap the Professor and steal the Super Soldier Serum."
Peggy and Nick Fury's pupils instantly widened; they never expected such an answer.
"Dr. Erskine had long detected your internal issues, realizing creating Super Soldiers for anyone is essentially destroying the world, he didn't want to do it anymore, but you've been watching him all along, so he found a way to reach out to me."
Su Ming, while advancing, was full of lies; anyway, Erskine couldn't jump out to refute him, he was busy growing pineapples in Hawaii.
"I... understand." Nick Fury instantaneously backfilled everything mentally, recalling how Erskine secretly contacted the SSR while in Germany, resulting in his escape led by Fury personally at that time. With a history of scheming, upon realizing the United States wasn't trustworthy to rely on, naturally the Professor would employ such tactics again.
Everything made sense.