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Under the guidance of Skynet, Stark Industries' private plane arrived silently in Sokovia's airspace.
Below them, endless snow-capped mountains stretched out, like a sleeping beast, creeping on the horizon. The biting cold wind blew the snowflakes, making the land seem particularly desolate and dead.
The castle belonging to Hydra is located on the top of one of the mountains, like a tumour embedded in the forehead of a giant beast. It is out of tune with the surrounding snowy scenery and exudes an ominous atmosphere.
"I take that back," Henry said, looking out the window at the Gothic-style building looming in the snow below. He curled his lips.
"This place doesn't look like a vampire's vacation home. It looks more like a second-hand haunted house that some fired demon king was forced to buy because he couldn't afford the rent. Just smell it; the air is filled with the sour stench of a loser."
"Your metaphors are still so refreshing." Tony walked over to him, holding a cup of hot coffee, and followed his gaze.
"But I agree with your second half. Hydra is a group of losers living in the garbage dump of history. The only thing they're good at is hiding themselves in these dark corners, dreaming of one day recreating their ridiculous dream of empire."
He took a sip of his coffee and snapped his fingers.
The holographic projection in the cabin lit up again, showing the castle's real-time energy flow diagram and defence deployment.
"Okay, sightseeing time is over." Tony's tone became serious.
"Get ready to get started, my foolish brother. Remember our plan, do everything I say, no improvisations allowed, especially your primitive way of thinking that only uses brute force to solve problems. Put it away for now."
"You mean your flashy, slow-moving artistic plan?" Henry turned his head and raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, come on, Tony. We're going to do a demolition, not a fashion show. My plan is much simpler. I'll just fly down and knock that broken castle from the top of the mountain to the bottom with one punch. Mission accomplished, we'll go back to the plane and eat burgers. See, how efficient."
"That's not efficiency, that's barbarity! It's unskilled destruction!" Tony retorted immediately, his voice rising unconsciously.
"We are Stark! We represent the pinnacle of wisdom and technology! Every action we take should be a surgical operation, a display of our intelligence! Not like a runaway bull in a Bull Show!"
"But what we are facing is not some exquisite porcelain, but a group of damn Nazi remnants." Henry spread his hands.
"When dealing with scum, there's no need for courtesy. Haven't you heard the saying, 'The best way to deal with a mad dog is to find a stick thicker than it is and beat it to death with it.'"
"I am the thicker stick!" Tony pointed at himself and said confidently.
"A stick made from a genius brain, and damn handsome! And you," he looked Henry up and down.
"You are at best a harder brick."
Henry:'..."
Just as he was about to retort that being hit with a brick hurt more, the tail door of the plane slowly opened.
The biting cold wind suddenly rushed in, mixed with countless flying snowflakes.
"Stop talking nonsense." Tony's voice came from the communication channel. He was already standing at the cabin door. The bracelet on his wrist instantly decomposed and turned into countless golden-red nanoparticles, covering his whole body like flowing light.
In less than two seconds, the iron Armor completely enveloped him.
"Follow me, Mr. Brick." Tony's voice came through the speaker of the Armor.
"Let us extend a warm greeting from the 21st century to these old-fashioned people living in the past."
Henry shook his head helplessly, and the black watch on his wrist activated, silently enveloping him in an oppressive nano-Armor.
"Here we go, Uncle Traffic Light."
The two of them, one in front and one behind, jumped down from a height of ten thousand meters like two cannonballs. In an instant, they turned into two streams of light that tore through the wind and snow and swooped down towards the silent castle below.
They are already accustomed to flying at high altitudes.
Tony led the way in front, his golden-red figure standing out against the dim sky and the white snow.
"Jarvis, activate the tooth decay protocol." Tony gave the order calmly.
The next second, dozens of micro devices the size of a fingernail separated from the back of his Armor and dispersed silently like a disturbed swarm of bees, precisely attaching themselves to every surveillance probe, automatic turret, and radar array outside the castle.
There was no explosion, no sparks. Just a barely perceptible flash of electromagnetic pulse.
With Henry's super vision, he could clearly see that the defence facilities that were originally rotating slowly all stopped at the same moment and turned into lifeless scrap metal.
The patrol drones hovering above the castle were like toys with their batteries removed, spinning and falling into the thick snow without making a sound.
"Done." Tony's voice sounded in the communication channel with a hint of boasting.
"See? This is what we call technology. Without even moving a single soldier, they rendered their defences useless. Elegant, deadly, and environmentally friendly. They landed silently like two feathers on the spire of the castle's highest tower.
The cold wind was howling, and there was dead silence all around except for the rustling sound of falling snowflakes.
The entire castle is like a huge tomb, sleeping in the wind and snow.
"Okay, I admit that your move is really cool." Henry looked around at the defensive weapons that had been completely paralysed, and gave a rare compliment.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and the castle became transparent in his eyes, including the structures of the houses, the veins of the human body, the beating of energy, and the people scattered everywhere inside.
Henry complained in his heart, blinked again, and his eyes changed instantly.
Looking down again, he penetrated the outer structure of the castle and saw the people inside in their entirety. It was no longer like the discomfort of an X-ray. It was more like a true X-ray vision. If he wanted to, he could focus and see through something.
He saw the Hydra members inside who were on alert because of equipment failure.
"It's not cool, it's art," Tony corrected, his Armor's visor folding upwards, revealing a face filled with pride.
"Right now, everything in this castle appears normal from the outside. But inside, they've become blind and deaf. Next, it's the moment we've all been waiting for, the King's arrival."
They leaped down from the tower and landed silently in front of the castle's main gate.
It was a massive door made of oak and steel, with a ferocious skull-octopus emblem carved into it. It looked heavy and sturdy.
"Let me do it?" Henry clenched his fists, eager to try.
"No! No! No!" Tony immediately reached out to stop him.
"I've suddenly changed my mind. Be graceful. Violence is for those mindless barbarians."
Henry rolled his eyes and shrugged, signalling him to act quickly.
Tony said, extending his right hand and aiming the energy cannon in his palm at the keyhole in the centre of the door.
A faint blue beam shot out and sank into it precisely.
There was only a slight click, followed by a teeth-grinding creaking sound, and the heavy door began to slowly open inward.
"Welcome to Hydra's party."
Tony gestured to Henry to come in.