Sitwell didn't speak and just hung up the phone silently. Anyone who can be scolded like this by Director Pierce is a big boss. Because if the identity was not enough, they would have been killed long ago, so why waste time scolding them.
This involves a struggle between big guys, so it's better for a little guy like him to stay away. Hydra is not monolithic. Alexander Pierce is nominally the boss, but only in the United States. Hydra leaders in other regions have a cooperative relationship with Pierce, and there is also competition. It's complicated anyway.
After hanging up the phone with Sitwell, Pierce had no time to host any meetings. It was a retreat meeting anyway, and it wouldn't mean much if it couldn't be held.
So he left the scene and returned to his manor.
Before returning, he issued a summons to a meeting that all Hydra leaders must respond to.
When he arrived home, he went directly to the secret meeting room. He sat in the main seat and put on holographic glasses.
The moment the eyes closed, the picture they saw was different. The originally empty conference table was full of people.
"Pierce, why are you calling us at this time? You know it's still late at night here!" an old man with French emphasis asked.
This is Gideon Malik, former member of the World Security Council. He is one of the oldest leaders within Hydra. During World War II, his family played a great role in the surrender of France. At the same time, his family is also the most important driving force behind Red Skull's formation of Hydra.
"The Winter Soldier has been exposed!" Pierce said directly without paying any attention to the other party's complaints.
"How could it be?!" a woman in a green dress asked in surprise.
She is the Viper Lady. A real old monster. She is an old German stick. She was helping Germany as early as World War I. However, during World War I, after being defeated, she became anonymous and was invited by the Red Skull before World War II to become Lady Hydra.
Although she is already a hundred years old, she now looks like the mature woman Sanjuro used to be. That's because she signed a contract with the ancient evil god Chthon, which gave her the ability to greatly slow down aging and stay young almost forever.
The only sequelae is that my aesthetics have gone astray, I like green, everything except my skin is green, even my lipstick is green.
"Humph, now that this news has been known to intelligence agencies across the United States, do you think I will lie?" Pierce looked at a man who had been silent. The anger in his eyes was not concealed at all. "Daniel Whitehall, won't you explain it?"
Daniel Whitehall, whose real name is Werner Reinhardt, joined Hydra before World War II. He is a standard believer in science and controls many scientific research institutions in the world. He has lived from World War II to today, using the "power of science" to restore his youth from old age.
At the same time, he is also the host of the Winter Soldier Project. In other words, the Winter Soldier has always been under his control.
Of course, the Winter Soldier is not his property, but the common property of Hydra. Many assassination missions of Hydra are completed by the Winter Soldier. After all, it is the most successful test product of super soldier serum at this stage. Very rare.
But this time, no one else knew about the Winter Soldier's actions.
"Mr. Daniel Whitehall, I think you should explain it." At this time, another man spoke. He wore a monocle and had an aristocratic accent.
He is Baron Strucker, whose real name is Wolfgang von Strucker. He was born into a Bavarian aristocratic family at the end of the 19th century. His family used its wealth and knowledge to support the Communist Party, and eventually invested all its assets in Hydra. Stark's body has been chemically and mechanically enhanced to become extremely strong, and he has barely aged since he was a Nazi officer under Hitler.
He is also an old immortal. Still looks young now.
Daniel Whitehall, who was generalized, did not panic at all, but spoke very calmly.
"Because it's worth it."
"The reason." Pierce said coldly.
"Vibranium, endless vibranium, is this reason enough?" Daniel Whitehall said calmly.
In fact, he was no less angry than Pierce. He didn't expect the Winter Soldier to be exposed.
Originally this secret belonged to him alone!
But now...he had to share it.
Vibranium, also called sound-absorbing steel, is the most perfect metal that can be found on earth at this stage. Vibranium is very hard. Its special molecular structure makes it almost indestructible. Because its molecules are relatively stationary, it hardly conducts heat and kinetic energy. This characteristic allows it to absorb heat, energy and kinetic energy.
The most famous example is Captain America's shield!
In addition, Adamantium alloy is also a product of vibranium plus an extraterrestrial substance and carbon alloy.
But the problem is that this metal is very rare. So far, the whole world has only discovered a little bit, and part of it has become Captain America's shield. The other part is in the hands of the US government and is one of the top secrets, and Hydra doesn't know where it is. There is another part in the military...that part has been lost. At least that's what the military says.
Regarding the role of vibranium, it is not just made into a shield or other cold weapons. On the contrary, for scientists, it is the most wasteful approach. This metal is the best material for many high-precision instruments.
In short, it is a very precious strategic material.
"How is that possible!" Baron Strucker was the first to express disbelief.
"Why is it impossible?" Daniel Whitehall said mockingly. "You've never wondered where Howard Stark's vibranium came from?"
Everyone else looked over.
Of course they had thought about it, but it was a pity that Howard kept it a secret and didn't tell anyone.
"Did you find out?"
"No, to be precise, someone found me."
"who?"
"Ulysses Crow."
"That arms dealer?" Baron Strucker asked in surprise.
Others looked at Baron Strucker. They had never heard of this man.
Baron Strucker took the initiative to explain: "He is one of my partners. He doesn't know my true identity. He can provide a lot of high-quality arms and rare materials. I didn't know that he was actually doing business with vibranium."
"Of course he won't tell you, and he won't even tell anyone. After all...he himself didn't know that his family was actually related to vibranium. The vibranium that Howard Stark got back then was bought from his family. Broken."
The Crow family is a very long-established family that has been in the arms business since a long time ago. The family originally came to England. During the Napoleonic Wars, this family, as British nobles, sold arms to the French for use against their own country.
The Crow family were expelled from England. Then the family settled in France, but soon the family's habit of reselling arms recurred. During the Franco-Prussian War, they went to sell French arms to Prussia, and France was defeated. Then the Crow family was liquidated again.
After that, the Crow family was divided into two groups, one stayed in Europe, and the other went to the New World to develop.
The team that stayed in Europe is developing very well, while the team that went to the United States is relatively in decline.
In Grandpa Ulysses Klaue's generation, they discovered vibranium and sold it to Howard, so there was Captain America's shield.
When it came to Ulysses Crow's father's generation, he hoped to replicate his father's feats and once again paid attention to vibranium, but this time the result was not good. Ulysses Crow's father disappeared and was never seen again.
"You mean, he knows the origin of vibranium?"
"He doesn't know, but he knows who knows!"
"who!"
"A prince who wants revenge!"
At this moment, Pierce suddenly looked at Daniel Whitehall. "King of Wakanda! Your target is the King of Wakanda!"
Pierce kept wondering what this had to do with the explosion in the United Nations building, until he said the word prince, and Pierce quickly thought of the King of Wakanda.
Otherwise there would be no such coincidence.
"That's right!" Daniel Whitehall somewhat admired Pierce's reaction ability.
"Wakanda? That place with only primitive tribes and rhinos actually produces vibranium?"
Wakanda is a country with a very sparse international presence. It is one of the few countries on the African continent that has not been colonized.
Because colonization is useless, there is nothing there except grassland and there are lions and rhinos. Hunting is okay, colonization?
I can’t thank you enough!
This country is located in the interior of Africa, with little rainfall, barren land, savannas everywhere, and few minerals. And the geographical location is terrible, surrounded by either deserts or mountains. The cost of colonizing there is too high. Therefore, during the colonial frenzy, only small European countries such as Portugal or Belgium who were unable to compete for good places tried their luck. As a result... … Not to mention that colonization made money, it also suffered a lot of losses.
So just like that, it was a forgotten country from the colonial period.
In modern times, the sense of existence is not strong.
Most people have probably never heard of it.
"Haha, this is the most interesting part of this matter. The prince told me that these black people actually have technological capabilities that far exceed those of the outside world! The reason why those countries failed to colonize is entirely because of the tricks of the Wakandans , making the colonists think there was nothing there.”
"ha?"
Everyone looked confused, wondering if Daniel Whitehall had Alzheimer's disease.
Everyone here is a standard racist, but a very extreme one. When Pierce chose Nick Fury to become the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he was ridiculed by them for a long time.
Even now, they still look down on black people.
"There is no doubt that if I can say something like this, it has been verified." Daniel Whitehall shrugged. He himself is from a ** background and is naturally an extreme racist.
Hitting Daniel Whitehall told them what had happened.
It turns out that a long time ago, a huge meteorite fell on the African continent. And that meteorite was the original vibranium. Later, the ancestors of Wakanda discovered the place and also discovered vibranium. Therefore, while the entire Africa was still in a period of ignorance, the Wakanda tribe began to use vibranium to develop rapidly.
But due to traditional reasons, this country in eastern Africa has been isolated from the world for centuries. On the surface, it is a poor and backward agricultural country, but it is actually the most technologically advanced country on the planet.
But not everyone is willing to accept this tradition. Thirty years ago, when the King of Wakanda was still a prince, another prince of Wakanda, the younger brother of the late King of Wakanda, felt that He felt that black people were oppressed and Wakanda was indifferent to this situation, so he decided to change this situation.
But because he was not the heir to the king, he could not change the entire kingdom, so he decided to start over again. He left Wakanda and abandoned his status. Came to the United States. As a result...of course I thought too much and didn't make waves at all. Until he met Ulysses Klaue's father, the thief who planned to sneak into Wakanda to steal vibranium. The two hit it off and decided to steal vibranium to the outside world.
The prince was severely beaten by society until the outside world had no money and could do nothing, so he planned to use this to obtain funds to start a black revolution and put blacks above all races. According to him, it was to bring blacks back to where they should be. s position.
As a result, things were revealed.
The Kingdom of Wakanda decided to clean up its doors.
So he sent his brother, the king of Wakanda who was killed in the bombing, to kill the prince who wanted to die.
By the way, he also killed Ulysses Crow's father.
But no one knew that the second prince actually had a child in the United States.
That is to say, when this troubled prince grew up, he found Ulysses Crow and planned to renew the family relationship and cooperate again!
But the problem is, of the two of them, one is a black man who can fight a little, and the other is an arms dealer. Against Wakanda? dream!
So Ulysses Crow found Daniel Whitehall.
Remember Ulysses Crow’s Crow family, cousins in Europe? Ulysses Crow has been able to live so well these years because of his cousin. This cousin was related to Daniel Whitehall, and Ulysses Crow learned some details about Daniel Whitehall through his cousin.
Hence this collaboration.
For the plan to begin, one thing must be done, and that is to kill the current king of Wakanda!
When the plan is completed, the troubled prince promises that he will open Wakanda's domestic vibranium resources to Daniel Whitehall.
"So...are you going to help him finish playing Prince's Revenge?"
"No... I prefer another story called the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind. Why should I spend money to buy vibranium? Why can't we die and have all the vibranium? Anyway, that country has no sense of existence. As long as we plan, It can swallow the entire Wakanda!"
Others' eyes lit up. Indeed, since you are hiding so well in Wakanda, then just keep hiding it! It’s just convenient for them to do things!
"Ahem! Okay, this is all for later. Even if we agree with your reasons, the most important thing now is that the Winter Soldier has been discovered! How do we respond!"
Pierce said suddenly calmly.
Others immediately came to their senses. It is true that vibranium is great, but that is all for later. What they need to consider is now!
Exposing the Winter Soldier would bring them many unnecessary variables.
You must know that Tony Stark and Captain America have been looking for traces of the Winter Soldier everywhere, and they will never let go so easily this time!
Daniel Whitehall did not shirk responsibility: "This time I did not plan well. This happened... I am very sorry. So, I decided to start the cleanup process if necessary. I can leave the decision to you, Pierce.”
