After the image of Stephanie dying in the mouth of the hive emerged in his mind, Russell, who was sitting in the main driving seat, frowned involuntarily.
In terms of ability, Hive is indeed a very powerful alien, and has immortality in another sense.
But parasites and stuff are still a little too disgusting.
Zhenglian Headquarters.
After returning to the garage in the self-driving Porsche 911, Russell was about to go to Diana's study when his cell phone suddenly rang.
Unfamiliar number?
Looking at the completely unimpressive number, he hesitated for a few seconds before pressing the connect button.
As soon as the call was connected, an electronically disguised voice came from the other side.
"Good morning, Mr. Bradley!"
Although the person on the other end of the phone used a very polite preface, the electronically disguised mature male voice did not sound polite at all.
how to say?
This electronically disguised voice is a bit like the interrogation mode voice set by No. 3 on Peter's Spider-Man suit.
Thick, mature, serious, and a little bit hoarse.
"Who are you?"
Russell asked with a frown.
The mobile phone he is carrying now is not a work mobile phone for external use, but a personal mobile phone used in daily life.
Not many people knew his mobile phone number, less than ten people knew it.
Although he didn't know where the guy on the other end of the phone found the number, he didn't like the feeling of having his privacy leaked.
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that I know your secret."
The person on the other end of the phone said calmly.
Know my secret?
Hearing this, Russell suddenly laughed.
He does have a lot of secrets.
The biggest one, even Diana didn't know.
However, he didn't take the other party's threat to heart at all.
The reason is simple, because he listened to some interesting information from the other party's words.
Peter, who has a young voice, needs a thick and hoarse mature male voice to disguise his original voice when using the interrogation mode of the Spider-Man suit, and at the same time bring some vocal and psychological pressure to the other party, thereby increasing the possibility of a successful interrogation. .
When he first heard the electronically synthesized voice coming from the other end of the phone, Russell thought that the other party just wanted to disguise his original voice to avoid revealing his true identity.
However, after hearing what the other party said just now, he knew that the other party's use of this mature and hoarse electronic synthesized voice was not just for disguise.
The guy on the other end of the phone, like Peter, was a rookie with little operational experience.
"why are you laughing?"
The person on the other end of the phone said again.
"It's nothing, it's just that I didn't expect that one day I would be threatened by a rookie."
Russell said with a smile.
"I'm not a rookie!"
"I'm not kidding you. If you don't want the secret to be leaked, you'd better cooperate with me!"
The person on the other end of the phone was starting to get upset.
"Okay, okay, I will cooperate with you."
Russell answered perfunctorily and gestured to the camera in the garage.
When the nearest camera turned towards him, he opened his mouth and said a few words silently to the camera.
Although he didn't make a sound, he was sure that No. 3, who was responsible for monitoring, would understand what he meant.
It is not difficult for No. 3 to figure out what he is "saying" through his mouth shape.
"I'm warning you again, please be serious if you don't want the secret you're hiding to become the headlines tomorrow."
After hearing Russell's perfunctory answer, the person on the other end of the phone became even more unhappy.
This also strengthened Russell's judgment that the other party was a rookie.
To be precise, he is a rookie who has some skills but no practical experience.
"Are you sure you want to tell my so-called secret to the media? In a country dominated by capital like the United States, you should know very well what I can do."
Russell said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the cell phone he was talking on received a message from No. 3.
After taking a look at the message, he showed an expression that was indeed true.
"Mr. Bradley, don't underestimate the communication power of the Internet!"
The "rookie" on the other end of the phone said again.
"Of course I don't underestimate the communication power of the Internet, but Miss Skye, who is organizing a secret base at Rising Tide in Brooklyn, do you also look down on Zhenglian's Internet power too much?"
As soon as Russell finished speaking, the other party fell completely silent.
Within a few seconds, the call was hung up.
After hearing the beep of the phone being hung up, Russell looked at the camera in the garage again and said unhurriedly: "Send a few White Zetsu soldiers over and bring Skye back. As for the other hackers in the base, let's They go to the hospital and stay there for ten days and a half.”
"Okay, sir!"
The electronic synthesized sound of No. 3 quickly sounded.
After giving orders to No. 3, Russell put his phone back in his pocket and walked towards Diana's study with a calm expression.
After staying in Diana's study for ten or twenty minutes and chatting about the future development of Zhenglian, Russell returned to his study.
Not long after he sat down in the study, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
The door was pushed open, and a white warrior who looked no different from a normal human walked into the study carrying a huge black travel bag.
After entering the study, this white man who looked a bit like a soldier first nodded slightly to Russell.
Then, he placed the huge travel bag that was constantly fluttering in his hand on the ground.
After putting down the travel bag, the White Jue Warrior opened the zipper, lifted the person inside with one hand, and placed it on the chair in front of Russell.
Skye!
The person placed in the travel bag by the White Zetsu warrior was none other than Skye.
Like the information I read yesterday, Skye is a very young, mixed-race person with typical Chinese-American looks.
After tearing off the black tape on Skye's mouth and cutting the ropes binding Skye's hands and feet, the White Zetsu warrior left the study and closed the door.
"Miss Skye, we can continue our previous topic now."
"How do you plan to expose my secret?"
Russell looked at Skye, who was wary and embarrassed, and said with a smile.
"Are you going to kill me?"
Skye asked while moving her aching wrist.
"Not yet!"
"However, if you continue to threaten me, I don't mind changing from a kidnapper to a murderer."
Skye, to be precise, the Rising Tide organization would come to threaten him, which was something Russell did not expect.
Although he now wears the superhero title, Rising Tide knows exactly who he used to be.
Taking the initiative to threaten a killer who is famous in the underground world is not a wise decision.
After hearing his words, Skye was silent for a moment and looked at him warily.
Although he was used to being noticed and looked at, Russell still felt a little strange after being stared at by Skye without saying a word for dozens of seconds.
So, he spoke again: "What do you want to threaten me for?"
He didn't ask Skye what secrets they had found.
No matter what Skye and the others found, it wouldn't have much impact on him.
"We don't want to threaten you, we just want to know the truth about the alien army's invasion of New York!"
Skye said righteously.
"What will you do if you know the truth about the alien army's invasion of New York?"
A disdainful expression appeared on Russell's face and he continued to ask.
"As long as we know the truth, we can know whether the government is hiding anything, so we can supervise the government and safeguard the people's right to know!"
Although Skye saw the disdain on Russell's face, she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she and the Rising Tide Organization were doing.
Seeing the overly innocent expression of justice on Skye's face, Russell sighed helplessly and shook his head.
It shouldn’t be!
Logically speaking, people like Skye shouldn't have such naive thoughts!
Russell would not be surprised if those hothouse flowers who have been protected by their parents since childhood and have never experienced the dangers of society would have such thoughts.
Greenhouse flowers who have never experienced severe beatings from society have no idea what the real operating logic of the bottom of society is, so they will naturally have some naive ideas.
But the thing is, Skye didn't grow up in a greenhouse.
Just looking at the environment in which she grew up, she is no different from an orphan whose parents and relatives all died unexpectedly.
What exactly did the Rising Tide Organization do to her to make her, who had witnessed the dangers of society early on, still have such naive ideas.
"I know you think our concept is a bit naive and unrealistic, but I can tell you clearly that this is the concept that the Rising Tide organization has always believed in and practiced."
Skye said seriously.
"you sure?"
Russell asked rhetorically.
"certainly!"
An extremely determined expression appeared on Skye's face.
"Since you said that the Rising Tide Organization is to supervise the government and protect the people's right to know, then you will definitely not steal business secrets and sell them to competing companies or steal official confidential information and sell them to other countries, right?"
Russell looked into Skye's eyes and said calmly.
"Of course! Our Rising Tide Organization is not one of those hacker organizations that steal confidential information for profit!"
The firm expression from before appeared on Skye's face again, with some pride in her tone.
"It seems you are more naive than I thought!"
Russell said, shaking his head.
"On the 3rd, project the Rising Tide Organization's business orders for the past three months to Miss Skye."
"Okay, sir!"
The next second, a holographic projection screen appeared in front of Skye.
After seeing the transaction records and information displayed on the screen, Skye's face became a little ugly.
Although the transaction records were somewhat disguised, she recognized one of the overseas bank accounts.
That's Rising Tide's overseas bank account!
The proud expression on Skye's face suddenly disappeared without a trace, revealing a look of disbelief.
How can this be?
How could Rising Tide profit from selling confidential information?
Skye felt like the faith she had always had was starting to crumble.
"This is the Rising Tide organization you're talking about that steals classified information in order to monitor the government and protect citizens' right to know."
Russell said calmly.
The information that the Rising Tide Organization profited from selling government and corporate confidential information was not found by him, but by No. 3 when he was investigating the Rising Tide Organization.
In fact, even if No. 3 did not find this information, Russell did not think that the Rising Tide Organization would be a righteous hacker organization.
When he first came into contact with the Rising Tide Organization, the task entrusted to the Rising Tide Organization was not a just one.
From that time on, he knew that the Rising Tide Organization was no different from those hacker organizations that specialized in stealing confidential information for profit.
If there is any difference, it is that the technology of the Rising Tide Organization is better and has the ability to break through the firewalls and databases of official organizations.
But even so, it still doesn't change that Rising Tide is a hacker organization that makes money by selling confidential information.
"These records are all fake. This is not what we do. We never do these things!"
Skye said excitedly.
"At this point, are you still unwilling to accept reality?"
"There is a computer here. If you don't believe it, you can investigate it now."
Russell pointed to the laptop on the desk.
If it were another person, he wouldn't bother to explain so much. Anyway, he wasn't the one being treated as a fool.
But Skye was different.
In addition to being pretty good-looking and in line with his aesthetic standards, Skye is also an alien with great potential.
Although in his memory, Skye did not use his shock wave superpower to the limit, but he was sure of one thing, that is, if Skye's shock wave superpower was used to the limit, it would be no less powerful than a nuclear weapon.
If the conditions are right, it can even directly shatter the planet.
So Russell's patience is slightly better when it comes to Skye.
As soon as he finished speaking, Skye opened the laptop on the desk and quickly started operating it.
Russell is not worried that Skye will secretly hack into Zhenglian's database now.
Although Skye's hacking skills are pretty good, they are not good enough to hack into the Zhenglian database under No. 3's nose.
Time passes little by little.
Ten minutes later, Skye's hands stopped moving and she looked at the information on the screen in disbelief.
it is true!
Rising Tide is really secretly selling confidential information for profit!
After confirming this, Skye couldn't help but show a wry smile.
Russell didn't speak, just looked at Skye quietly.
After a few minutes of silence, Skye shifted his gaze from the screen to Russell's face, and said slowly: "You didn't ask someone to bring me here specifically to let me know that the Rising Tide organization secretly sells confidential information for profit. What on earth are you doing?" What’s the purpose?”
"That's right, having someone bring you here is not just to let you know the 'truth' about the Rising Tide Organization."
"Your hacking skills are very good. Zhenglian needs professionals like you. If you don't mind, I would like to invite you to join Zhenglian."
Although Russell has now handed over the responsibility of the head of the Zhenglian to Diana, he still has the right to recruit a few new people to join the Zhenglian.
Although Skye has not yet awakened her superpowers, it does not mean that Skye is worthless now.
Not to mention anything else, Skye's hacking skills alone were enough for him to extend an olive branch.
