In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 335 Assassination
After three days and two nights of high-intensity work, Qingshui had spent a lot of mental energy on making magic tools and was very tired. Even though he had the energy of the mind gem to replenish his mental strength, he still wanted to have a good sleep.

I slept until noon the next day.

At the dinner table, Shimizu, holding a knife and fork and wearing a napkin, enjoyed the freshly cooked French meal while watching the news program projected holographically by Witioth in front of him.

"It is reported that the recent terrorist attack by the Ten Rings Gang, a terrorist organization in the Middle East, has caused serious damage to the Los Angeles area. Mr. Happy Hogan, a senior executive of the Stark Group and the head of the security department, was injured in the attack and is currently receiving treatment at the New York Presbyterian Hospital..."

The news program quickly switched to the reporters' interview with Tony Stark.

Because Happy Hogan is Tony Stark's confidant and has served as his personal bodyguard for many years, the relationship between the two cannot be stronger.

"If you are still a man, remember my address, 10880 Mabry Lane, zip code 90625, always waiting for your challenge..."

After eating a piece of chewy and soft foie gras, Qingshui stretched out his hand and slid it across the virtual projection, beginning to search for Mandarin’s cutting-edge technology.

Then he saw Osborne Group's investment in Avant-garde Technologies.

With an investment of US$1 billion, it is currently the second largest shareholder in the AIM group.

The largest shareholder is AIM's apparent founder, Aldredge Killian.

As for why it was out in the open, it was because through Witeos's search, he found that Killian had previously worked in a research institute at the University of California, and many of his team members were from that institute, but this institute was disbanded five years ago.

After that, Killian founded Avant-Garde Technology, recruited a large number of people from the institute, and received a secret grant in the initial stage.

There must be someone else behind him, but as for who it was, Witeos lost the clue halfway through his investigation.

Someone took action.

Maybe not a human.

In the online world, the only artificial intelligence that can compete with Witeos is Jarvis, an artificial intelligence of the same level.

But it is clear who is behind this.

Who else but Tony Stark could have this kind of internet ability?

That's the guy who intercepted Witeos when we were investigating the SHIELD network last time.

It should be Zora from Hydra.

By doing this, I am sure that Hydra has already noticed it, and they must be taking it very seriously.

but……

I am a first-class scientist, a super-rich person, and a top entrepreneur. Why don’t you, Hydra, think about recruiting me?

A guy with no vision.

If you enter Hydra, you will have one more way to gain luck.

With his power and ability, he might even become a snake head.

What a lot of luck that requires!

"Master, there is a gentleman named Phil Coulson who wants to see you."

Lunch had just ended when Jorge opened the door and came over.

"Please ask him to go to the living room. I will be there soon."

Qingshui wiped his mouth and stood up from the chair.

"He said it was a very urgent matter and suggested that we mobilize all defense forces in the manor immediately."

"Hmm? I'll go now."

Qingshui put down the tablecloth and turned around immediately.

And when Jorge, who was following behind him, closed the door, the news program temporarily inserted new live footage.

Several missiles with tail flames were fired from a helicopter across the sea and hit a mansion built on the coast.

……

……

"Coulson, long time no see, have you changed your hair growth solution recently?"

Qingshui walked into the living room and said to Coulson.

"How do you know that my hair has grown thicker?"

"No, it's that your hairline is moving up faster, so I feel like you've changed brands."

"Now is not the time to tell jokes."

Coulson shook his head helplessly, his expression serious.

"The director is dead."

"So should I clap and celebrate?"

"It's a fake death."

"I suddenly don't feel like celebrating anymore."

Even the good old Coulson couldn't hold it anymore.

"I noticed that your mouth is evolving towards Tony's."

"Okay, enough of the nonsense. Jorge just said that you suggested that I mobilize the maximum security force to protect the manor?"

"That's right, but I suggest you move immediately. I think you must have found out something just like the director. Now those people have taken action against the director. Maybe the next one will be you or Tony.

They are very secretive and powerful. I am even worried that one of their people may have sneaked into your manor. If it is an open attack, you may be able to stop it, but what about the covert attack? Poisoning, assassination, even if you have the superpower of discharge, you still have flesh and blood and will die. "

Coulson said sincerely.

This was done not only for Shimizu's own consideration, but also because Nick Fury had been attacked and was apparently dead, and the forces that could be mobilized were greatly reduced.

They need Qingshui's strong fighting power and abundant financial support.

Qingshui doesn't really care about poisoning and assassination.

Even though he doesn't use his perfect demonized body and air flow manipulation ability like his original body, without using the puppet armor, Shimizu relies on ninjutsu, magic and breathing techniques, and there are not many things on Earth that can threaten him.

Not to mention that as a top-level ninja and deputy leader of the Assassin's League, Shimizu must have done in-depth research on assassination and poisoning.

If he was really poisoned and injured, as long as he didn't die on the spot, he could save himself with medical ninjutsu - although he didn't have the huge amount of chakra that his original perfect demon body possessed, he had the Eye of Watt.

With the help of the Mind Stone, he can enter a perfect flow state, and his chakra will also be strengthened by the energy within the Mind Stone, becoming higher quality and strengthening the effect of the chakra.

"So how much have you found out now? Have you figured out which ones are Hydra and which ones are not?"

Shimizu leaned back in his chair and said to Coulson.

"How do you know it's Hydra?"

Coulson was surprised.

"I know more than you think."

"Ok."

Coulson looked into Shimizu's eyes and thought that this was something Shimizu had found out using his own abilities.

After all, their chief has always been very good at judging people. In his evaluation, Shimizu is a guy with a typical conspirator and ambitious personality. He is wary of everything, good at protecting himself, likes to conceal secrets, and creates information gaps to plan for himself.

If he has the same personality as Nick Fury, then it makes sense.

Both the ability and the motivation are there.

"You know Project Insight? It's..."

"A plan to monitor and prepare for strikes against all threatening individuals around the world through suborbital space carriers."

"You even know this?"

Coulson was stunned.

Project Insight requires a very high level of rank to know within SHIELD. Even he only understood the tip of the iceberg of Project Insight after being promoted to Level 8 Agent. He is indeed a conspirator and ambitious person who is as deep-minded and shrewd as the Director!

"Go on."

Qingshui waved his hand.

"Well, we don't have many ways to determine who is a Hydra member at the moment. We can only use the process of elimination, such as the Insight Project, which they plan to launch in three days. The director believes that they are likely to directly launch aerospace weapons to attack."

"So you think that anyone on the Insight Project list is not a Hydra member?"

Qingshui took a sip of the tea.

"Yes, and Mr. Walter, you are ranked second among the tens of thousands of lists in Project Insight."

"Second? Then who is first?"

"It's Mr. Stark."

These BYD Hydra guys are so short-sighted that they actually think I’m not as threatening as Tony Stark?
Just then, Coulson's cell phone rang.

He picked up the phone and looked at the number on it.

"Wait a mininute."

After saying that, Coulson picked up his phone and walked to the corridor outside the room.

Witioth also spoke at this time:

"Sir, a call from Miss Pepper."

"Connect."

Pepper's tearful voice soon rang out from the speakers.

"Walter, help me, save Tony!"

Corridor.

Coulson frowned, looking shocked.

"What? Tony was attacked and disappeared, and we don't know whether he's alive or dead?"

A few minutes later, Shimizu hung up the call from Pepper, and Coulson also ended the call and walked back into the living room.

"Walter, I think we have to move as soon as possible. They must have thought that Tony's presence would cause changes to the Insight plan, so they took action in advance!"

Coulson said eagerly.

"I know I know."

Shimizu made a downward gesture to Coulson, signaling him to stay calm.

"I'm absolutely safe, you can rest assured. Let's continue discussing the Insight Project and Tony and Witeos. If you haven't contacted Jarvis yet, put it aside for now and search for relevant information on the Internet first.

Coulson, can you give me your personal account on the SHIELD intranet? Your level 8 agent privileges will allow me to more easily crack high-level information on SHIELD's deep network. Hydra must also have high network privileges within SHIELD, so my previous search was blocked."

Coulson: ???

Isn't this bad?

Your artificial intelligence was allowed to enter the S.H.I.E.L.D. intranet and was given the authority of an eighth-level high-level agent, second only to the tenth-level director and the ninth-level deputy director.

So after this, does this belong to SHIELD's intranet or your private network in Clearwater?
But what they said makes sense, and this authority is required to do something of vital importance!
"Well...I need to ask the director for instructions."

Coulson replied.

Before Qingshui could say the next word, there was a knock on the living room door.

"come in."

The door opened and a waiter walked in.

He looked to be in his thirties, holding a plate with two cups of steaming tea on it.

"Sir, Butler Jorge expects that your and your guests' tea will get cold by now. Let me bring two new cups."

The waiter came to the table with tea and a smile on his face.

Qingshui felt the mind gem on his chest, which was covered by an illusion, move.

"Oh, your housekeeper is so sweet."

Coulson said with envy.

Old workers who suffer from hair loss in middle age also want to enjoy this decadent life of capitalists.

Qingshui didn't say anything, but suddenly turned sideways, sat on the chair, leaned back, and kicked the waiter.

The same moment.

The sound of a gunshot brought Coulson back to his senses from the shock. He quickly stood up from his chair, threw the cup to the waiter, then took out the pin from his chest, activated the small switch on it, stimulating the current, and pounced on the waiter.

He came to see Shimizu, so when he entered Water Manor, the security took away the pistol he was carrying, and he could only use these small props of the SHIELD agents.

Shimizu looked at the fallen assassin and the trembling Coulson with a calm look in his eyes.

As expected, Hydra people were lying in ambush inside Water Manor.

When did this person come in? It seems like he came last year?

As soon as the waiter came in, he noticed through the transparent world the miniature modified pistol hidden under his cuffs.

The gun is small and only has one bullet, so it can be hidden well.

Before it was ready to act, the Eye of Watt also identified the malice of the person in front of it through the Mind Stone.

Being able to protect, read, modify, and manipulate other people's minds, one can naturally also sense other people's thoughts.

"Coulson, back off!"

Qingshui suddenly spoke up.

Coulson quickly took a step back upon hearing that, and Qingshui also formed a seal with one hand at this time.

"Wind Release·Wind Blade!"

A thin, round wind blade flew out and instantly cut off the assassin's hands.

He was not killed directly, but given a death in the same way as Moonlight Gale, because Qingshui thought that he needed a survivor.

Coulson gasped and looked at the assassin whose hands were chopped off. His whole body turned red and he put his severed hands back together with a look of shock on his face.

The hand was cut off and it could be put back together, and the body was still emitting high temperature, this...

“It’s still not very stable.”

The waiter stood up from the ground, sneered, and then was slapped in the face by Qingshui and fell to the ground on the spot.

At the same time, layer upon layer of black spells emerged from Qingshui's hands and crawled all over the waiter's body, making him unable to move. It also suppressed the energy in his body and caused the temperature to drop sharply.

"Tsk, why are you pretending to be so cool in front of me?"

Qingshui snapped his left fingers, and as the illusion created by the Mind Gem disappeared, the Eye of Water slowly emerged, emitting a bright yellow light.

At this time, Jorge, who heard the gunshots, arrived late with the manor's security personnel.

"Master Walter, are you okay?"

Jorge jogged over with a pistol in hand.

He does not have experience serving in the special forces like Alfred, the other butler next door. He is just an ordinary butler with excellent management skills.

"I'm fine, but someone is."

Qingshui stretched out his finger and shot out several wind blades again, killing two bodyguards who were doing some sneaky tricks on the spot.

(End of this chapter)