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Of course, it doesn't really matter whether Madam Hydra or Josie sees this woman now.

This does not mean that Ophelia is not Lady Hydra.

In fact, Josie guessed correctly; Ophelia was indeed Lady Hydra.

Aside from sharing the same title, Ophelia and the Hydra woman from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier have no resemblance whatsoever.

Because, like the Black Widow, Lady Hydra is just a title.

Ophelia was the first Hydra Lady.

As for which generation the Falcon Winter Soldier appears in, that's unknown.

While Josie was pondering the likelihood that the other party was Madam Hydra, Brooke had already taken out the "Revelation" device and begun scanning Lyndon.

Ophelia, who had been smiling since getting off the bus, suddenly looked a little unnatural when she saw the "Revelation".

Although Ophelia didn't know what it was for, she did sense a trace of mental power the moment Brook took it out.

Could it be...

Sure enough, the next moment, when the "Revelation" light turned red, all six bodyguards raised their guns and pointed them at Lyndon and Ophelia without any hesitation.

Upon seeing this, Lyndon instinctively turned to look at Ophelia, and then he saw that Ophelia had obediently raised her hands...

Under normal circumstances, Ophelia is quite confident in her own strength. She would be absolutely confident if she encountered any one of these six people.

But now, with six men holding guns at her at a distance and no cover except for a car, she didn't want to gamble with her luck.

As for mind control... she had already tried it, but apart from Lyndon, who was already under control, the six men in front of her and the two strong maids did not react at all.

As for Josie, although Ophelia discovered his presence, he was too far away for her to reach.

Although she possesses considerable skill in mind control, her control range is very short, only about ten meters.

Josie, who witnessed this scene from her window inside the manor, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he noticed Lyndon's unusual behavior and kept a watchful eye.

Otherwise, I might have fallen for this woman's tricks by now.

"Don't shoot, I mean no harm," Ophelia shouted helplessly to Vito and the others, raising her hands.

"What a fine example of 'no malice,' controlling our friends? Is that what you call 'no malice'?" Vito scoffed upon hearing this.

Meanwhile, Brooke, who was closer to Lyndon, took out a vial, darted forward, and plunged it into the old man's neck.

Lyndon immediately fainted.

“He should be alright now. I’ll take him inside and settle him in. You can take care of things here!” Brooke said to Vito after carrying the unconscious Lyndon on his back.

“No problem. You two, go and search this woman. Her shoes, her hair, her underwear—don’t miss a single spot.” Vito nodded to Brooke, then gave orders to the two burly maids not far away.

The two maids nodded and stepped forward to search Ophelia, whose expression was uncertain.

"You'd better not make any move, or we'll shoot without hesitation!" Vito warned promptly, noticing the change in Ophelia's expression.

Upon hearing this, Ophelia could only grit her teeth and let the two maids grope her body.

As for kidnapping two maids? Don't be ridiculous. This man clearly doesn't care about the lives of these two maids.

Chapter 83 Are you also a Hydra?

After a thorough search, the two maids quickly found on Ophelia a variety of strange items, including a pistol, a pocket pistol, a dagger, a sharp hairpin, thin wire, and a whole host of other oddities.

"WTF, what are all these things?" Vito's face turned green upon seeing so many things. He couldn't believe what would happen if this woman had gotten so close to Josie without any warning.

However, Ophelia's expression was also very unpleasant. She was now filled with regret for going directly to their door.

If she had just a little more patience, she would have a million ways to get close to Josh when he went out one of the days... This doesn't mean she wanted to do anything to Josh; in fact, she was genuinely there to negotiate. Of course, if Josh were a bit dim-witted, or had a relatively weak mind like Lyndon, she wouldn't mind using mind control.

But no matter the outcome, she shouldn't be in such a completely passive situation as she is now.

It can only be said that she was too confident in herself. After graduating from Hydra Academy, she went through countless missions without a single failure, which made her completely relax her vigilance.

"Let's go, the boss has been waiting for a long time!" After the two maids confirmed that Ophelia no longer had any metal or sharp objects on her, and even her earrings had been removed, Vito had the manor gate opened, then stepped back slightly to let Ophelia in.

A few minutes later, under the control of Vito and his men, Ophelia entered the manor's reception hall and met Josie, who was wearing a helmet and waiting there.

“Ophelia Sargistein?” Josie asked Ophelia from across a long table, with Vito and another bodyguard blocking the way, and the door behind him.

“That’s right, it’s me. It’s a pleasure to meet you. I never imagined that Mr. Kahn, who has been so powerful and influential in London for the past two months, would be such a cautious person!” Ophelia couldn’t help but say with a hint of sarcasm.

"There's no way around it. When facing a dangerous being like this lady with special abilities, you can't be too careful, especially when the other party is also hostile!" Josie didn't care about the other party's mockery. Compared to her own safety, what was face worth?

I've worked so hard to accumulate this wealth, and I don't want it to just fall into the hands of others, giving them the chance to sleep with my wife and beat my kids.

“Mr. Josh Kahn, I have no ill intentions toward you. I come here in good faith to discuss the future of our country,” Ophelia said with a sigh. “As for Mr. Schneider’s matter, it was indeed my fault, but I just wanted to learn more about you.”

"Enough with the nonsense. Since you say you've come with sincerity, then tell me, who are you serving?" Josie asked, staring intently at the woman.

“I serve a very ancient organization, whose history can be traced back more than a thousand years…” Ophelia hesitated for a few seconds before speaking, looking at Josie’s solemn expression.

"Stop, stop, stop! Can't you just say your organization's name?" Josie waved her hand, interrupting Ophelia's introduction.

“It’s not that I don’t want to say my name, Mr. Kahn, it’s just that saying it directly could easily cause some unnecessary misunderstandings!” Ophelia frowned slightly. She also wanted to say her name directly, but now that name had become a pariah. What if she said it directly and Josie didn’t even give her a chance to explain?

"Heh, then I'll just say it for you, Hail Hydra, right?" Josie scoffed, then shouted out the Hydra slogan.

However, his shout not only stunned Ophelia, but also made Vito and the others pause in surprise.

Why does my boss shout the Hydra slogan so naturally and smoothly? Could it be...?

"Are you a member of the Council?" Ophelia couldn't help but ask when she heard Josie so naturally shout out the Hydra slogan.

In her mind, apart from the Hydra organization that followed Red Skull, the only other organization in the world was the Council of Nine, which had parted ways with them.

"No, no, no, don't confuse me with you or them. I'm a perfectly legitimate businessman with absolutely no connection to Hydra. I just know a little about you!" Josie said, shaking her index finger.

“This is impossible! Outsiders couldn’t possibly know so much about us!” Ophelia couldn’t help but exclaim.

Her thinking was reasonable. After all, apart from the Red Skull, an unorthodox heretical group that they had taken down, Hydra was still a hidden organization.

Before Blackie and Scarlett Johansson publicly revealed Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. together, the Council of Nine, this branch of Hydra, remained an extremely secretive entity.

The reason Hydra has been able to grow indefinitely is because of its extremely secretive existence; otherwise, it would be strange if such a powerful secret organization didn't attract the attention of governments around the world.

"Heh, that's just your Hydra's narrow-mindedness. Human history spans hundreds of thousands of years, and recorded civilizations are thousands of years old. Hydra is just an organization with a history of only a little over a thousand years. What makes you think you're the only one of your kind?" Josie said with disdain to Ophelia, who seemed somewhat incredulous.

The disdain was feigned, but the content of his words was not untrue.

As long as this is what he considers the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then let alone Asgard, the Eternals, and those alien civilizations, even the forces belonging to Earth itself, such as Kamar-Taj, the Ten Rings, and Wakanda, all have a longer history and greater strength than Hydra.

They're just too lazy to play with you guys.

However, Josie's half-bluff and half-coaxing words did indeed shock Ophelia quite a bit.

Yes, the Hydra lineage has a long history, but who can guarantee that they are unique?

Then, recalling the instruments that Vito and others had used to determine whether a person was being mind-controlled, and the various legends surrounding this Mr. Kahn in front of him.

She immediately believed it to a large extent!

"So, Mr. Kahn also belongs to some long-established organization?" Ophelia asked tentatively.

“Madam, I think you’ve forgotten your situation. Now it’s my turn to ask you, not the other way around!” Josie said with a slight smile. “Tell me, what is the purpose of your group coming to me? I don’t think you’re here to act as a lobbyist for Schmidt, are you?”

Chapter 84 Aldo's News

“Of course not, Schmidt has completely gone mad, he wants to destroy the whole world!” Ophelia replied without hesitation upon hearing Josie’s words.

"We followed him because we believed he could lead us to the top of the world, but he failed. However, he refused to admit his failure and was determined to use the Cosmic Cube to create an even more powerful weapon... a super weapon that could destroy an entire city with a single strike, wanting to take down the United States and Russia together... But that's not what we want!"

Upon hearing Ophelia's words, Josie nodded slightly, knowing that what she said was most likely true.

Based on the plot of the movies he had seen in his previous life, there weren't many people in Schmidt's Hydra branch who would ultimately follow him to the end; they were mostly just brainwashed rank-and-file soldiers.

The real elites, after being captured, mostly chose to surrender and then secretly returned to the embrace of the nine-person council.

For example, Arnim Zola, and Reinhardt—who is the future Daniel Whitehall.

After all, most people are fairly rational. The purpose of starting a war is to live a better life, not to actually perish together with others.

“I believe what you say, so… what is your purpose in coming to me?” Josie asked.

“We are planning a coup in Bavaria and northern Austria!” Ophelia said.

"A coup?" Josie was stunned.

“That’s right. After the Soviet Union suffered a defeat, Schmidt took the initiative to reach a ceasefire agreement with Hitler and transferred a large number of troops to the Eastern Front to block the Soviet Union’s counterattack. Hitler also transferred more troops to the Western Front to resist the Allied offensive. So now the Bavarian region and northern Austria are very vulnerable. The German troops and Hydra troops stationed there are local corps, and we have already turned most of the officers of these corps against us,” Ophelia explained.

Good heavens, so these guys were actually planning to switch sides at the last minute.

Isn't this the same tactic used by the Italians? When did the Austrians and Bavarians learn this too?

Did this really happen in history? Even in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I've never heard of such a thing.

It seems that apart from Italy, only Romania did something similar in Europe during World War II.

Believe it or not, if Austria really succeeds, they might actually be able to avoid the embarrassing situation of being divided and ruled by four countries for more than ten years in Josie's previous life, and finally having to lie down and become a permanently neutral country.

Incidentally, it can also reunite Bavaria and Austria.

They're really good at calculating.