In a secret room in New York.
Gideon Malick, Whitehall, Original Sin Cynthia Schmidt, Baron Zemo, Dr. Faust, and Nine-headed Hydra Madame were seated around a circular table.
In the center of this massive round table was a HYDRA emblem.
Alexander Pierce was at the America General Bureau, Baron Strucker was apprehended in Latveria, and Hive was currently playing PUBG on an unknown Planet.
Those seated here now were all the remaining HYDRA leaders.
"Where is John Garrett?" Nine-headed Hydra Madame was the first to ask.
"God knows what this opportunist is up to again for his pathetic life." Original Sin smoothed her dazzling red hair. "According to intelligence, he led the forces that were supposed to attack the America General Bureau to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's top-secret warehouse, 'The Fridge'. He probably found out there's something there that can extend his life, right?"
"There's no need to care about such a fellow. We had already planned to remove him; it was just because of his status as a senior Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent that we hadn't acted yet."
Baron Zemo had always looked down on John Garrett; his methods were among the lowest tier of Supervillains.
Impersonating a prophet by leveraging advanced Federal Bureau of Investigation access to information asymmetry?
He laughed for a full half-hour in his laboratory after hearing about it.
"Sigh, John Garrett aside, how exactly was Strucker caught? Didn't he say he had already negotiated terms with that dictator in Latveria?" Whitehall pushed up his glasses, his sinister gaze hidden behind the reflective lenses. "And those biochemical fanatics who originally belonged to the Umbrella Corporation, do they still belong to us? All they do is hole up in that small Eastern European country doing research."
"Forget about these trivial matters. The biggest thing now is to take over the America General Bureau, and then launch the three Helicarriers from the Insight Hangar. Although we can't truly rule the World directly, we will have the ability to negotiate with the entire World."
Dr. Faust said, opening several 3D large screens.
Displayed on them was the situation on the main battlefield.
"As you can see, the current situation is truly not optimistic..."
"After the Agent named Li Chengfeng was seconded from the Republic to the America General Bureau, not only did their strength skyrocket, but even with our embedded Agents, we couldn't obtain much useful intelligence."
Everyone present naturally understood Dr. Faust's words better than anyone else.
The reason they unfroze and sent all dozens of Winter Soldiers, hidden for so many years, to the front line was precisely because they couldn't gauge the Federal Bureau of Investigation's true depth, but the allure of the Insight Project was too great, so they could only risk everything.
If they won, they would get the ticket to carve up the World.
If they lost, they would have to enter HYDRA's most familiar dormant period again.
"First, look at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy's side. Damn it, where did so many superhumans come from? I know Nick Fury recruited a few superpowered kids, but is this just a few? This is a goddamn army of superpowered individuals! The thousand HYDRA soldiers we sent aren't even enough for them to share!"
"And on the main battlefield, who can tell me where these two monsters came from? Even if My Lord Hive returns, could he be a match for these two monsters?"
"Then look at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's interior, where we should have the advantage! Maria Hill and Black Widow stubbornly resisting is one thing, but why did the counterattack instantly begin after a few elite Agents and Iron Man joined the battle!?"
The battle situation displayed on the large screens was too... tragic.
On the far right, the teenage Superheroes and Mutants from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy were shown, directly charging into the crowds and cutting through them.
The most ironic thing was that the X-Men, who had gone to support the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy's children out of fear of accidents, didn't even make a move. Instead, after forming a large encirclement, each of them took out a notebook and a pen, writing and drawing as if they were grading the students' performance.
The center was even more unbearable to watch; when the three Asgardian siblings faced the HYDRA army, calling it a Carnage wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Especially Hela's Necromancy on such a large-scale battlefield was simply a BUG; not only did her forces grow with each kill, but her deterrent power also increased linearly.
Comrades who had just fallen beside them wobbled back to their feet and then charged at them, a sight and mental shock sufficient to shatter a HYDRA soldier's will.
The battle situation inside the Federal Bureau of Investigation, displayed on the large screen on the left, was relatively more balanced, but only relatively.
Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, fighting their way down from above, were like tigers entering a flock of sheep. Especially Steve Rogers' furious national curses echoed throughout the battlefield; in a TV show, every single one would have to be bleeped out.
The five members of the Star Team, with Ada Wong, who was most familiar with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's terrain, as their commander, Captain Carter and Harley Quinn as vanguards, Wanda as the team's core, and Pietro conducting sweeping clearances, advanced even faster than the mustachioed and honey-tongued Captain.
"We clearly overestimated the Federal Bureau of Investigation's hidden combat power to the maximum extent, but in the end, we still underestimated them."
Nine-headed Hydra Madame sighed. As the current supreme leader of HYDRA, she had no choice but to make a dangerous decision.
"Release the Super Winter Soldiers... too."
"Are you serious? Even we can't control the Super Winter Soldiers. Even if we win this battle, how will we contain him again?"
"Do we have a choice?" Nine-headed Hydra Madame pointed at the three Asgardian siblings who dominated the battlefield. "Now, only those two monsters can turn the tide of battle. We have already paid an incredibly huge cost; we can only succeed, not fail. Even if I die, I don't want to enter a dormant period like after World War II!"
Nine-headed Hydra Madame slammed her fist on the conference table, her explosive figure, clad in a green skintight battle suit, trembling with the impact.
However, none of the other leaders present dared to appreciate it.
Nine-headed Hydra Madame, ever since Red Skull was defeated and eliminated during World War II, she had become the supreme commander of all HYDRA.
Everything about this woman was a mystery; all HYDRA leaders only knew that she could remain eternally youthful...
"As you wish, then."
Whitehall nodded, picked up the communicator, and said:
"Deploy the Super Winter Soldiers to the main battlefield. Repeat, deploy the Super Winter Soldiers to the main battlefield."
Shortly after the communication ended, two transport planes appeared on the large screen displaying the main battlefield's situation. Two large Winter Soldier cryogenic pods were suspended beneath the transport planes.
They were then directly dropped onto the main battlefield, making a loud "bang."
This naturally attracted the attention of the three Asgardian siblings.
The next moment, both cryogenic pod doors were simultaneously blown skyward.
Two massive monsters, one green and one red, wearing Winter Soldier uniforms, emerged.
"Hulk! Smash!"