American comics: Becoming the god of technology from Osborn

Chapter 59 Baron Strucker and the Underwater Base

In the Pacific Ocean, a submarine is continuously diving to the bottom of the sea.

Inside the cabin, Pierce looked deeply at the submarine's external monitor.

"Sir, you don't have to come here in person."

Sitwell said beside him.

"Just let us handle the things here."

"No, you are not qualified enough to negotiate with Baron Stark."

Pierce shook his head, then turned around and asked, "What has Harry Osborn done recently? Can you find out the whereabouts of the Winter Soldier?"

"I'm sorry sir, but our spies planted in the Osborn Group have not been able to find any information on the Winter Soldier. He must have been hidden by Harry Osborn."

Sitwell's face darkened.

"What about other information? Osborn's super serum, the core technology of androids, or those exoskeleton armor technologies?"

Pierce demanded.

"In fact, our spy was discovered shortly after infiltrating the Osborn Group. Now every corner of the Osborn Building is equipped with bionic security guards who can easily see through the spy's disguise. Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, infiltrating the Osborn Group may be more difficult than infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D."

Sitwell smiled bitterly.

Pierce stopped talking and the court fell into silence for a moment.

"Sir, we are almost reaching the [Ichor]."

At this time, a Hydra agent came over to report, breaking the silence between the two.

"Gods don't have blood. The golden, ethereal liquid flowing in their bodies is called spiritual fluid, which is the source of life for the gods and all things in the world... Humph, Baron Strucker has great ambitions to name his base after the blood of the gods in Greek mythology."

Pierce snorted.

The City of Ichor, a Hydra base located in the deep sea, the headquarters of Baron Strucker.

As the submarine reached the bottom of the sea, a huge underwater city appeared on the monitor. Hundreds of buildings were connected together. From the outside, each building was completely enclosed and isolated from the sea water.

On the tallest and largest building, there is a huge skull connected to six curled tentacles, which is the symbol of Hydra.

"signal!"

As Pierce's submarine arrived at the entrance of the building, a communications signal was connected to their channel.

"Long live Hydra."

Pierce responded in a reverent tone.

"Long live Hydra, you can pass!"

The next second, a passage opened in the building ahead, and after the submarine entered, the passage was closed.

After moving forward for some distance along the passage and reaching the end of the passage, a huge mechanical arm reached out and grabbed Pierce's submarine, then automatically rose up.

Not long after, the submarine surfaced, but what appeared before Pierce and others was not the underwater city they had imagined, but metal walls and countless mechanical facilities that were no different from the experimental base on land.

Wherever you look, you can see complex electronic devices and flashing screens, as if countless pairs of eyes are silently watching those who come.

"Follow me, the Baron is waiting for you." A soldier wearing pure green Hydra combat uniform was waiting at the entrance in advance and announced to Pierce and others who had just boarded the submarine.

Pierce nodded and walked into the huge underwater base under the guidance of the Hydra soldiers.

Sitwell and several Serpent Shield agents followed behind Pierce, looking serious and alert.

The few of them were silent all the way until they reached a spacious palace at the highest point of the base. Sitting on the throne was a burly middle-aged man, who was Baron Stark, whom Pierce wanted to meet.

Baron Strucker, like Sitwell, has no hair. He has a red mechanical eye installed in his right eye, and a noticeable scar can be seen from his right eye to the right side of his head.

His right hand is also a red mechanical hand. It is not difficult to infer that the right half of his body must have suffered serious injuries.

Baron Stark is over a hundred years old, but he looks much younger than Pierce, who is only in his sixties.

This is because he was infected with the Death Spore Virus and gained the ability to live forever.

"Alexander Pierce, Red Skull's disciple."

Lord Strucker regarded Pierce and Sitwell coldly.

"I'm surprised you would come here to see me in person."

Pierce smiled slightly, his tone calm and confident, "Baron Strucker, I came here to discuss a cooperation with you, in order to achieve the great cause of Hydra."

Strucker was indifferent to his words and didn't even blink.

"Hydra's great cause? What a joke! The spiritual leader of your faith, the Red Skull, has long since betrayed Hydra's goals, just like he betrayed the Führer. What qualifications do you have to talk about Hydra's great cause?"

Speaking of Red Skull, Strucker's tone was full of disdain.

"Please allow me to remind you, Baron Strucker, that it was you who first betrayed the Führer, joined Hydra, and seized power by bloody means."

Pierce's face darkened.

"so?"

Stark asked back with a cold look in his eyes.

"So let's be frank. Harry Osborn has information that is very detrimental to Hydra. If he doesn't die, all of us will be threatened."

Pierce put away his smile and said seriously.

Baron Strucker sneered, "You have gone to great lengths to infiltrate the world's largest intelligence organization, SHIELD, but in the end, someone else got hold of the intelligence you should have kept hidden the most. If Schmidt knew that his successors were all such rubbish, I wonder what his expression would be."

"The Winter Soldier you sent out was completely defeated. It will cost me a lot to help you deal with him. The question is, what can I get in return?"

Baron Strucker stared at Pierce. "Don't tell me he might be a threat to Hydra. Even if he really destroys you, it won't have any impact on me."

Pierce took a deep breath. He knew it was not easy to convince Baron Stark. He had to come up with strong bargaining chips.

He raised his head, locked eyes with Baron Strucker, and said slowly: "I have another proposal. If you are willing to cooperate, I will hand Captain America over to you."

"A real, living Captain America!"

The Baron's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he was obviously interested in this proposal. "Captain America? Are you teasing me?"

As soon as he heard Captain America's name, he felt the scar on the right side of his face ache slightly, and countless memories flooded into his mind.

(End of this chapter)