Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 162 Baron Zemo
"Okay, not Wanda?!"

Luca, who had only wanted to look out the window at the riots below, spotted the Maksinov siblings in the crowd.

It wasn't that Wanda's snow-white skin was particularly eye-catching; the main issue was that the two siblings were at the very front of the rioting crowd, still pushing and shoving the building security guards in front of them, as if determined to drive the Orange Group out of Sokovia.

Just as Luca was wondering whether he should send someone to bring the two siblings with their immense potential, Strucker had already arrived in front of the crowd below.

Without any further ado, he immediately pulled out his pistol and fired two shots into the air.

"Everyone! Quiet!!"

A loud shout, followed by two gunshots.

The rioting crowd immediately calmed down. Seeing that everyone present had stopped causing trouble and was looking at him in fear, Baron Strucker finally spoke with satisfaction.

Sokovia is a democratic country.

Well, in short, it's the same old rhetoric used to fool the masses, with a brief introduction to the history of the Orange family, and a straightforward statement that the Orange Group is one of their own.

This time, I returned to Sokovia with the money I had earned from the Americans, to help build up Sokovia.

The goal of equipping police stations with the 'Orderman' pistol is to allow everyone to live a more peaceful life.

Whether these people believe Strucker's words or not, they at least have to believe in the weapons in Hydra's hands.

Faced with those dark gun barrels, people always find various reasons to convince themselves.

Better to die than live.

For these ordinary people in Sokovia, it seems that they have little to lose except their lives.

However, after the crowd had all dispersed, two people remained behind.

Since it wasn't the Maksinov siblings that Luca had previously been interested in, and considering that the 'meeting' this time hadn't been very pleasant, Luca didn't immediately step forward to recruit the two.

The Orange Group is destined to invest heavily in Sokovia in the future, so there is no rush to recruit the two.

As for the two people left behind after the crowd dispersed, one of them, an elderly man with white hair, was clearly a butler or something similar, so we won't discuss that for now. The other man, around thirty years old, was dressed in a smart suit, his hair meticulously styled, clearly out of place among the poor, ordinary people from before.

At this moment, the man with the butler did not retreat with the others. Instead, he stepped forward and stood calmly in front of Baron Strucker.

“Mr. Strucker, could you take me to meet that young man from the Orange family?”

Although the man was asking a question, his tone carried an air of unquestionable authority.

It seems they didn't take Strucker, the 'warlord' who had almost complete control over Sokovia, seriously.

“Zemo.”

Strucker uttered the man's last name softly.

Yes, the person in front of me is the leader of one of the few remaining traditional family forces in Sokovia.

Helmut Zemo, also known as the famous Baron Zemo.

In fact, Luca, who was standing by the window upstairs, had already recognized the other person's identity.

After all, the other party was a ruthless person who almost wiped out the Avengers while being an ordinary person, so Luca had a pretty deep impression of him.

Regardless of what Luca upstairs thinks.

Strucker, however, frowned slightly.

Being controlled by Loki's scepter does not mean he has lost his ability to think; it simply means that all of Strucker's current thoughts will prioritize Luca's interests and orders.

As for Baron Zemo, who was secretly manipulating Sokovia, he naturally wouldn't be unfamiliar with the other party.

However, the Zemo family had always maintained a neutral stance, and few family members had ever participated in Sokovia's affairs. Now that the other party suddenly wanted to see Luca, Strucker was unsure what they wanted.

“Zemo, the Orange Group is a friend of mine, and their investment in Sokovia is also out of goodwill.”

Before he could finish speaking, Baron Zemo raised his hand to interrupt him, his tone unchanged.

“I came here with good intentions. The Zemo family and the Orange family have a much better relationship than you do.”

Upon hearing this, Strucker merely gave Baron Zemo a deep look and then did not stop him further.

Ultimately, although the Zemo family had some influence within Sokovia, he didn't believe they posed much of a threat to Luca.

The group went upstairs, and before Strucker could lead Zemo to his office, he first greeted Dunshan and the others outside the door.

"Dunshan, it's been a long time."

Dunshan, who was guarding the office door, looked at Baron Zemo's face with some confusion, and then, as if he remembered something, asked hesitantly.

"Captain Zemo?"

Baron Zemo smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"He's a lieutenant colonel now."

As he spoke, he lifted the collar of his suit jacket, revealing the military insignia on his shirt underneath.

"What are you doing?"

Dunshan glanced at Strucker and the others beside him, then at Zemo who had followed them upstairs, and asked uncertainly.

"It's nothing, just came to meet the new head of the Orange family."

Hearing Baron Zemo's words, and thinking about his past relationship with Gina when they were in the army, he didn't say much, just nodded slightly and stepped back.

It was still in the same office as before.

Even Strucker made an excuse to leave temporarily this time, leaving only Luca, Erha, and Zemo in the office.

At this moment, Luca was still somewhat unclear about the purpose of this representative of the Sokovian local forces approaching him, but the next moment, Baron Zemo's words caught Luca off guard.

"Luca, did your mother ever tell you about Hydra?"

Upon hearing this, Luca was stunned for a moment.

'No, are you also a Hydra?'

"Hydra? Isn't that an organization from World War II?"

Not knowing the other party's purpose at the moment, Luca could only vaguely ask in return.

To everyone's surprise, Baron Zemo didn't follow Luca's line of thought at all. Instead, he nodded thoughtfully.

"It seems you know, but didn't Gina tell you?"

Luca: "."

"No, bro, why aren't you playing by the rules?"

However, Baron Zemo didn't seem to notice Luca's speechless expression and continued to speak on his own.

"Now that the Orange family has chosen to cooperate with Hydra, what do you intend to bring to Sokovia this time?"

(End of this chapter)