American comic book: I, with my abundant martial virtue, love to do good to others.

Duke got up, picked up a water glass, filled it with water, and placed the glass in front of Lynn.

This reflects Duke's current attitude; he wants to know what kind of offer Lynn will make to him!

"Duke, the whole world knows how dangerous Hydra is, yet Hydra has completely taken over important areas such as politics, business, and scientific research in the United States."

"Hydra wanted to divide the United States and plunge its people into war. Just when the whole of the United States was in danger and on the verge of collapse, you, as a hero, turned the tide, thwarted Hydra's plot, and saved the country."

"What do you think of the identity I've arranged for you?"

Hearing Lynn's words, Duke's eyes lit up, but he quickly asked, "Will the public believe this? After all, if Hydra truly controlled the United States, they would never have divided it!"

When Duke asked him this question, Lynn knew that he was deliberately asking such a "naive" question. In fact, he wanted to know what kind of support he, or rather the Illuminati and the Avengers, would give him if he joined him.

So, facing Duke, Lynn said, "Don't worry, once we've completely wiped out Pierce and his Hydra organization, the Illuminati and the Avengers will endorse you in the media!"

"You should know the Illuminati's credibility and reputation among the people. With us standing up to support you, absolutely no one will question your 'achievements'!"

"As for whether Hydra will split America? Hah."

At this point, Lynn chuckled softly, "Don't forget, we're still Hydra now, so..."

Upon hearing Lynn's words, Duke immediately understood what Lynn meant.

He himself was a Hydra agent, and his position within Hydra was extremely high. If he were to produce some documents that would split the United States, and with Lynn's help, who would dare to say that these documents were fake?

Even smugglers like Alexander Pierce or Ophelia would only assume they had other plans and wouldn't question the authenticity of the document.

"Duke, Attorney General Jeff Russell will be retiring in two years. If you're willing to work for me, I guarantee you the Attorney General position, and maybe even the presidency!"

Looking at Duke, Lynn said, "So, you'd better make a choice quickly: whether you choose to die with Hydra or continue as FBI Director and become Attorney General in two years."

Even the president.

Upon hearing Lynn's choice, Duke didn't even need to consider it.

He got up, took a bottle of good wine from the cabinet, opened it, and then personally poured Lynn a glass: "Lin..."

Mr. Hall, I hope you will take good care of me in the future.

Look at how quickly Duke made his choice and how quickly he adapted to his new identity.

Lynn smiled and took the glass, saying, "Don't worry about the information Pierce has on you. I've taken care of everything. From now on, you can work for me privately, but on the surface, you'll still be my boss."

"I look forward to the day you become President of the United States!"

I'm really looking forward to it too. :)

As they spoke, the two clinked their glasses and then smiled at each other.

So far, Steve and his team are still unaware that Alexander Pierce is Hydra!

However, in just one week, Steve and Tony have already learned that Hydra still exists!

Morning, the streets of Queens.

"Fuck, where is that mad scientist Justin Francis was talking about hiding? Even satellites can't find him!"

Looking at the Rhino lying on the ground, Tony Stark opened his visor and spoke to Steve.

"I don't know, but a few more rhinoceros-men have popped up in the sewers these past couple of days. I suspect that mad scientist might be hiding in the sewers?"

While having the arriving NYPD officers chain Rhino and take him back, Steve said to Tony, "Probably not. After all, after getting the blueprints for the New York subway and sewers from the city planning department, I've already had Jarvis search every possible hiding place underground!"

"What I suspect now is that the mad scientist is being hidden away by some force, like Hydra!"

Hearing Tony say this, Steve's expression also turned serious: "Yeah, I didn't expect Hydra to still be around in this era!"

"If FBI Director James Duke hadn't recently announced to the media that he had arrested many Hydra members, I wouldn't have dared to imagine that Hydra still existed!"

At this point, Steve glanced at the shield in his hand: "Cut off one head, and two more will grow back—that's Hydra's motto!"

"Who cares how many heads it grows? I'll just blow each one to smithereens!"

As the two were talking, Natasha pulled up beside them in her car: "Hey boys, anyone need a ride?"

"Huh? What are you doing in New York?"

Looking at Natasha inside the car, Tony Stark asked curiously.

"Lynn sent me, saying she needed to talk to me and asked me to pick you up!"

Hearing Natasha's words, Steve nodded, then got into the car and looked at Tony: "Aren't you getting in?"

"Forget it, it'll be easier for me to fly back!"

With that, Tony activated his armor and soared into the sky, heading straight for the Illuminati!

Inside the Illuminati base.

When Steve and Natasha arrived on the balcony as directed on Friday, Lynn was sitting there having a video call with James Duke.

Although Duke became Lynn's subordinate in private, in front of Tony and the others, the two still maintained a superior-subordinate relationship.

Upon seeing the two men approach, Tony made a shushing gesture to them, then gestured for them to sit down.

"I've captured most of the Hydras, but unfortunately, the remaining Hydras on the list fled the moment they heard that their companions had been captured."

"I've already issued an arrest warrant, and airports, train stations, and ports in all cities are now under complete lockdown. They can't escape the United States!"

At this point, James Duke glanced at Tony Stark next to Lynn.

He then lavishly praised Lynn, saying, "Thank goodness for you, Lynn, otherwise America would have been infiltrated by Hydra. Thank you for your hard work as an undercover agent within Hydra all these years!"

"It's no trouble at all, Director. It's all for the country!"

After saying that, Lynn hung up the video call.

After Lynn hung up the video call, Steve immediately asked, "Undercover? Undercover what?"

"Lynn, are you a Hydra mole? I mean, you're infiltrated within Hydra? And from what Duke just said, you provided these Hydra member lists?"

Seeing Steve's curious look, Lynn nodded and said, "That's right, I did provide the list of these people, and I've been undercover in Hydra all along."

"However, to be precise, I wouldn't call myself an undercover agent. After all, when Hydra forced me to join them, I was just playing along!"

Upon hearing Lynn admit to infiltrating Hydra, the three men present were initially stunned. Then Tony Stark said, "My God, I can't believe you had this identity. But how did you end up being forced to join Hydra back then?"

"Because of you!"

"I?"

When Lynn said it was because of him, Tony Stark was visibly taken aback.

"Yes, it's definitely because of you."

Looking at the three of them, Lynn shrugged and said, "This story begins with me rescuing Tony from the Middle East. At that time, after I rescued Tony, I thought it was just a routine mission."

"But I never expected that because I led a team to rescue Tony, I would attract the attention of Hydra."

Hearing Lynn say this, Steve replied, "That's normal. After all, Tony's father, Howard, was one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D. You saved Tony, so Hydra will definitely be focusing their attention on you!"

"yes!"

With a smile and a shrug, Lynn continued, "At first, Hydra wanted to kill me, but after reviewing my file, they decided to recruit me."

"For this, they even killed the deputy director of the New York FBI who was recuperating in Los Angeles, and when I went to Los Angeles to investigate, they came directly to me."

"They threatened me with the lives of Gwen, Uncle George, and Aunt Helen. If I didn't join them, Hydra would kill them."

At this point, Lynn shook his head: "So I can only pretend to join them."

"At first, I was thinking of catching them all once I got back to New York."

"But after I actually joined them, I realized just how vast Hydra's power truly was, and discovered that they had been plotting a scheme to rule the world all along."

"In order to find out about their conspiracy, I have been secretly investigating them for years."

As he spoke, Lynn took out a USB drive and handed it to the three of them: "Until a few days ago, I finally found out that Pierce, or rather, Hydra within S.H.I.E.L.D., had been planning a project called 'Project Insight' all along!"

Upon hearing Lynn's words, Natasha immediately took out a USB drive and plugged it into the computer.

Looking at the contents of the USB drive, the three men's expressions gradually became serious.

After reviewing the full details of Project Insight, Tony Stark frowned and said, "Using algorithms to predict who poses a threat to Hydra, and then using the mothership to directly eliminate everyone who could threaten Hydra?"

"It can even predict who will pose a future threat to Hydra? Good heavens, how is that possible? I've never heard of such an algorithm!"

"This is the Zola algorithm."

Seeing Tony's shocked expression, Lynn said, "I didn't copy the specific Zola algorithm, because doing so would activate it, thus awakening the consciousness that Zola Doctor uploaded to the computer, which would then be discovered by Pierce!"

After listening to Lynn explain Zola's algorithm in detail, the expressions of the three of them became serious once again.

"No wonder!"

"No wonder what?"

After hearing Steve say something like "No wonder," Tony asked curiously.

"It's nothing. I was just thinking about what Lynn told me back then: he doesn't trust anyone in SHIELD except for me, Natasha, and Clint!"

"Even when they eliminated Drakov in Russia, I pressed Lynn for the reason, but he told me then that it wasn't the right time!"

Steve then looked at Lynn and said, "So, the real reason is that Hydra is everywhere within S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

After seeing Lynn nod, Natasha also spoke up, "I had the same question before. When Lynn and I first met, he didn't trust me because of my identity as a member of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"At the time, I thought it was because S.H.I.E.L.D. often clashed with the FBI that he was unwilling to trust me."

At this point, Natasha looked at Lynn and asked, "But when did you start to trust me?"

In response to Natasha's question, Lynn chuckled, "The Hudson Hotel, remember that time we entered the Hudson Hotel together and encountered the demon that rushed out of the lake of fire? You remember that, right?"

"Of course, that was the first time I encountered a real demon!"

"But what you don't know is that after encountering the demon, time and space around us froze, and that's where I met Mephisto!"

Looking at the three of them, Lynn shrugged and said, "Mephisto wanted to make a deal with me back then, but I refused. However, I also learned from him that Natasha wasn't a member of Hydra!"

"God, Mephisto? The demon from the lake of fire? Is everything in the Bible true? Does such a thing really exist in this world...?"

Seeing Tony's surprised expression, Natasha interrupted him, saying, "We'll talk to you about it later when we have time. Right now, the most important thing is how to eliminate Hydra, led by Alexander Pierce!"

Natasha then looked at Lynn and said, "Lynn, since you've been working with James Duke for so long, why are you suddenly attacking Hydra? You must have a way to eliminate Hydra by now!"

In response to Natasha's question, Lynn took out a photo album and handed it to her: "These people are members of Hydra who are hiding in New York. Ever since I was forced to join Hydra, I have been secretly investigating Hydra's situation."

"Over the years, Director Duke and I have worked together to take down more than 130 Hydra members."

"Unfortunately, I can't take action against the remaining individuals because of their identities and the fact that they live in different cities. So I can only ask Director Duke to secretly monitor them!"

"The Hydra members that you are seeing in the news now, the ones that Director Duke arrested, are the ones we have been secretly monitoring."

"Of course, these are just small fry. What we'll be facing next is Hydra, the very heart of S.H.I.E.L.D.!"

At this point, Lynn produced another list: "I don't know exactly how many Hydra members are within S.H.I.E.L.D. yet."

"After all, this is Pierce's secret. I once thought about joining S.H.I.E.L.D. to find out, but Pierce ordered me to go undercover in New York."

"According to him, once Project Insight begins, I will take control of New York, the largest city in the United States, and then assist him in taking down Nick Fury."

.

Taking the list from Lynn, the three glanced at it: "Alexander Pierce, Sitwell, Crossbones Rumlow, Brian Freeman..."

"My God, many people on the list are heads of various departments within S.H.I.E.L.D., and even if they aren't the main heads, they are still second-in-commands in important departments!"

"Even most of the action teams and research departments simply can't imagine how many Hydra agents are lurking within S.H.I.E.L.D.!"

Looking at the names on the list, Natasha's expression turned grim: "All along, I thought that leaving the Red Room to join S.H.I.E.L.D. was the right thing to do, but I never imagined I'd just jumped from one quagmire into another!"

Three days later, on the rooftop of a building in Washington, D.C.

"What were the results of the investigation?"

Looking at Natasha, Steve asked.

"The investigation is almost complete. The people on the list Lynn gave us do indeed have significant connections to Hydra. Not only that, I've also found some people who aren't on the list but have close contact with them!"

At this point, Natasha exclaimed, "Thank goodness for Lynn, otherwise we might not have discovered Hydra's plot until the mothership carrying Project Insight took off!"

In response to Natasha's感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of deep emotion or reflection), Steve nodded: "Yes, thankfully we still have Lynn."

Otherwise, if Project Insight is successfully implemented, then this world will truly fall into the hands of Hydra!

Moreover, given Lynn's abilities and status, once Hydra takes control of the world, Lynn will undoubtedly gain even greater power and a higher position.

"But now, he's willingly giving up these things that are so readily available. All I can say is that Lynn is a respectable man!"

Seeing Steve's earnest expression, Natasha shrugged: "Compared to this, don't you think it was harder for him when he was undercover in Hydra? After all, he had to prevent us from discovering his identity."

"On one hand, we have to deal with Hydra and secretly investigate their plots. You know, even the slightest slip-up on his part will reveal his true identity to us!"

"Yet, under this dual pressure, he not only avoided any mistakes, but also uncovered Hydra's conspiracy!"

"I simply can't imagine how he's managed to get through these past few years!"

At this point, Natasha said seriously, "This is much more stressful than when I escaped from the Red Room, being hunted by the Red Room while also worrying about being wanted by various countries."

"After all, back then I could still fight back against those who were hunting me down, but he had to endure that torment all by himself!"

As the two were talking, they saw Sam Wilson walking towards Sitwell with a gun pointed at him.

"Looks like your new friend is pretty good!"

As Falcon Sam pressed Sitwell down, Natasha shrugged and said something.

Upon seeing Steve and Natasha, Sitwell, who had been terrified, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and demanded, "Captain Rogers, Natasha, what do you want with me being captured?"

"Do you intend to betray S.H.I.E.L.D.? This is a crime!"

"Shut up!"

Natasha landed a heavy punch on Sitwell's stomach, making him curl up like a shrimp. She grabbed his neck and demanded, "Tell me, just how many Hydra agents are hidden within S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

Upon hearing Natasha mention Hydra, Sitwell's pupils contracted sharply, and he looked at Natasha, saying, "I don't understand what you're talking about!"

"not understand?"

Seeing that Sitwell was pretending not to know, Natasha grabbed him by the neck and kicked him off the rooftop.

"ah!!!"

Hearing Sitwell's terrified scream as she fell, Natasha looked at Steve and said, "The Sitwell I know isn't this tough!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tony Stark, dressed in his armor, flew up carrying the fallen Sitwell and casually tossed him onto the rooftop. Tony Stark looked at Steve and said, "Still no good. The chip that blocks Project Insight lacks the necessary algorithm support, so it can't be manufactured yet."

"So your idea of ​​manufacturing blocking chips in advance to prevent Hydra from implementing Project Insight in other countries is not feasible. I think we should just follow Lynn's plan and storm into S.H.I.E.L.D. to completely eliminate Hydra."

"Or we could just destroy all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicopters, and as for Hydra in other countries and regions... well, we'll just eliminate them one by one!"

When Tony mentioned Lynn, Sitwell's eyes suddenly widened, and something Lynn had planted in his mind suddenly erupted.

Then Sitwell, supporting his slightly weak legs, stood up and said, "Lynn...Lynn Hall is also Hydra. Although I don't know where you learned about Project Insight, it's clear that you've all been deceived by Lynn."

"He's also part of Hydra!"

Upon hearing Sitwell's words, Natasha and Steve exchanged a glance and then laughed.

"It's true, Lynn Hall really is Hydra. We have Lynn Hall's file in our Hydra archives; he is definitely one of our people!"

Seeing that the two were not convinced, Sitwell quickly explained, "After Lynn Hall rescued Tony Stark from the Middle East, he came into our view. After we reviewed his detailed file..."

This only made him realize how capable he was!

"To this end, we even killed the deputy director of the New York FBI field office who was recuperating in Los Angeles at the time, just to lure Lynn Hall to Los Angeles for investigation."

"Once Lynn Hall is lured to Los Angeles, we'll use his adoptive parents to blackmail him into joining us!"

Hearing that Sitwell's account perfectly matched Lynn's, Natasha shrugged and said, "We already knew Lynn's identity. Otherwise, how do you think we knew about Project Insight?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, Alexander Pierce is now under Lynn's control. But more than that, I'm curious about the exact list of Hydra agents within S.H.I.E.L.D.!"

With that, Natasha grabbed Sitwell by the collar again and dragged him to the edge of the rooftop: "You'd better think this through, because if we throw you off this time, no one will catch you!"

"I'll talk, I'll talk!"

Seeing that Natasha didn't seem to be joking, Sitwell immediately rattled off a whole bunch of names.

The more they listened to the list, the uglier their expressions became.

"This is only a small part of S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. We Hydra have agents all over the world. You could say that on the surface, Nick Fury is in control of S.H.I.E.L.D., but in reality, S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been under our control!"