Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 193 Pierce, Completely Enraged (Fourth Update!)
Hawke is back!

"Fake!"

Taking advantage of Maria Hill's presence in Africa dealing with Wakanda's affairs and the assassination of Nick Fury, Alexander Pierce, who had taken full control of the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters as a member of the Federal Council, cursed under his breath as he listened to the latest news coming back from New York City.

Especially after hearing that Sharon Carter had escaped and run into Palm Street, and that their Hydra agents had followed her in and were even trying to threaten Gwen, they were caught red-handed by Hawke, who had just returned.

Alexander Pierce was even more furious.

He wasn't very optimistic about this renewed effort plan to start over.

After all, it was all done in a rush. The three Insight Motherships equipped with Insight algorithms are still in the final debugging stage.

but……

The arrow is on the string and must be fired.

Rather than perish in silence once more, it is better to fight again.

Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle.

So Hydra seized this rare window of opportunity and chose to fight again.

Maria Hill is currently in Africa and cannot return for the time being.

Thor went to New Mexico.

Iron Man Tony Stark has retired and gone to South Korea with Pepper Potts.

Even Hawke was managed to be driven out of New York City by Zola.

This is a rare window of opportunity. With a god, a god-like figure, and a super-rich tycoon all absent from the Federation, the obstacles they face in their renewed struggle are minimal.

One Captain America is nothing to fear.

Although their leader was defeated by Captain America last time.

But the last time was an accident.

This time——

They are terrifyingly strong.

They didn't even need to kill Captain America; they only needed to wait for the three Insight Helicopters equipped with the Insight algorithm to take to the skies permanently, and then everything would be settled.

Three permanently airborne Insight Motherships, powered by Zola's algorithms, can instantly analyze data on billions of people worldwide to identify those who could threaten their rule.

The three motherships will fire simultaneously, capable of eliminating millions or even tens of millions of potential threat targets locked by the algorithm within minutes.

but……

Among these, there are two targets they absolutely do not want to provoke.

The first one is Thor.

Thor isn't the Earth's Thor, but the Asgardian Thor. What if they provoke him and 100,000 Asgardian soldiers come down the next second?

So Thor is not to be messed with. Fortunately, Thor has also gone to New Mexico with his girlfriend and is not in the District of Columbia or New York City for the time being.

The second one is Hawke.

one more time.

The thick layer of white ash in Wakanda still hasn't been cleaned up.

Therefore, Hawke is not to be trifled with. Fortunately, Dr. Zola also managed to get Hawke out of New York City ahead of time.

But Hawke is no longer in New York City, while Gwen is still there.

So Alexander Pierce gave New York City a strict order from the start: stay away from Palm Street, no matter what happens.

result……

A few idiots did go, and most importantly, Hawke returned just as these idiots were threatening Gwen.

"You didn't ask me before you ran in, but only asked me after something bad happened?"

Alexander Pierce was so angry he laughed.

The assistant, who had rushed over to report, was standing to the side. Seeing his boss, who was practically fuming, he quickly responded.

"Sir, they have already requested permission."

"Who the hell agreed to that? Who did you ask for permission from?"

"Dr. Zola."

“Zuo…”

Alexander Pierce was genuinely amused.

Once again, Hydra was never a monolithic entity; it was more of an alliance than an organization.

It is an alliance of remnants who survived until now by various means after the end of World War II and now call themselves Hydra elders.

Although Alexander Pierce was not a remnant of Hydra, he was a leader of the new generation of Hydra.

Well known.

There are bound to be disagreements between the old and new factions, and Hydra is no exception.

Just as Alexander Pierce has been angrily calling Arnim Zola and Sitchrek two idiots who should have been in a museum long ago.

This time, Zola was in charge of the New York City campaign, and John Garrett, who was in charge, was Arnim Zola's spokesperson.

"What's the meaning."

"They didn't ask me before they started, but now that something's happened, they're coming to me. They think they can take advantage of me and that I'll clean up their mess?"

Alexander Pierce sneered repeatedly.

The assistant standing to the side kept his eyes down, not daring to make a sound.

Alexander Pierce didn't even consider getting his assistant's opinion. He took a deep breath, sneered, took out his phone, and contacted Dr. Anim Zola directly.

Dr. Zola's electronic voice soon rang in his ears.

"Pierce!"

"Zora, you sent someone to Palm Street?"

"Yes."

"very good."

Alexander Pierce listened to Zola's candid admission and said bluntly, "You dug this mess yourself, so you have to clean it up."

Zola's voice was completely flat. "According to my calculations, if Hawke doesn't show up, Sharon Carter will definitely come out on her own initiative to protect Gwen, given our extreme pressure."

“But Hawke is back now.”

"Yes."

Dr. Zola's electronic voice remained steady.

After all, the real Arnim Zola, who had all sorts of emotions, died in 1972. The current cyborg Zola, though called Dr. Zola, is more like a program with Dr. Zola's memories, but in reality, it is just a program that ultimately follows so-called logic.

Given enough data, he can calculate all sorts of possibilities for the future.

For example, he can use the upcoming Zola algorithm to calculate the potential likelihood of each person becoming their enemy in the future.

But if someone cannot reason logically, then their Zola algorithm is useless.

For example, Hawke...

His logic told him that Hawke would immediately go looking for Peter once he disappeared.

But ultimately, he wasn't actually making calculations about Hawke, but rather about Peter.

and so……

He foresaw Hawke's departure, but not his return.

But this is not important.

Importantly, as a being whose consciousness is digitized, Zola is also incapable of lying, so when faced with Alexander Pierce's questioning, he made no attempt to shirk responsibility.

The same goes for Alexander Pierce.

This time, he refused to get involved no matter what.

You dug this mess yourself, so you have to clean it up!

"I will."

Zola said calmly, "Although Hawke's return was not part of my calculations, New York City is not a major issue. I will keep the impact within New York City."

Alexander Pierce sneered, "You'd better keep your composure."

Say it.

Alexander Pierce then stopped talking to Zola, hung up the phone, tossed his phone aside, and drank the ice water his assistant handed him in one gulp.

next second.

He reached out and pressed the signal jammer on the table, glancing at his assistant beside him with a glint in his eyes: "Arnim Zola can't stay."

Zola's cloning project.

Structural's android project.

Good guy.

If Hawke discovers the plans of these two old fogies, even a fool could guess what they'll face.

Alexander Pierce felt wronged.

He hadn't done anything wrong, and even lost one of his men, yet he still had to share the wrath of Hawke after being discovered by Zola and Stryker.

At first, Alexander Pierce was persuaded by Zola to join him on the pirate ship.

but now……

He suddenly realized that he actually had a second option.

First, kill this damn Zola, otherwise Alexander Pierce feels he'll be dragged down by these old fogies sooner or later.

And there's Sitrek.

This guy has planted an even bigger minefield. Once it explodes, the fate of the entire Wakanda race turning to ashes will probably be the future of Hydra.

but……

Strucker is located far away in Sokovia, and unlike Zola, the old Strucker has a physical body. It is said that he ate an alien in Japan back then, which allowed him to survive until now. He has always operated independently.

So killing Sitor is still quite difficult.

But it's not impossible.

After the mothership was permanently launched, Alexander decided that the first shot would be fired at Sitorik, who was far away in Sokovia.

They would wipe him, his dilapidated castle, and the thunderbolt inside that, if Hawke found out, might incite the Demon King's wrath, completely from the face of the earth.

Alexander believed that once these two idiots, stupid enough to be in a museum, were dealt with, the resurgence of Hydra would no longer be a distant dream.

In a word.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster.

The last time Hydra failed, it was because of these incompetent teammates who dragged it down. This time, he will definitely not repeat the same mistake.

and so--

First take down Zola, then eliminate Stryker, and with Pierce by your side, Hydra will reign supreme!

After making up his mind, Alexander Pierce's gaze stopped flickering and instead became fixed intently on his assistant.

seems to be saying.

You need to find a way to shut down Zola's servers.

The assistant was taken aback by his boss's low voice, then met Pierce's gaze and realized what his boss meant.

"Okay, boss, I'll go tell the Winter Soldier to go to Jersey City to shut down the power for him."

"……Do not!"

Alexander Pierce quickly reached out his hand.

That was his initial thought as well, so he sent Winter Soldier to New Jersey to shut down Dr. Zola's servers.

But right now—

He suddenly had a better idea.

A good way to ensure that Dr. Zola is shut down and that Hawke doesn't vent his anger on Project Insight, which he'll be online in 12 hours.

……

(End of this chapter)