mtl008 Chapter 2710 Hollywood Rhapsody (68)
Chapter 2710 Hollywood Rhapsody (68)
Chapter 2710 Hollywood Rhapsody (Sixty-eight)
Nick took a deep breath and said, "What did you do to Baron Zemo? Is he still alive?"
"Of course he's still alive, and living well." Nick heard the mockery in the other person's tone and knew that Baron Zemo was in great danger. This weirdo might have seized the opportunity during the chaos to defeat Baron Zemo and take over himself.
But now is obviously not a good time to usurp the throne. The situation is already very tense. With such a big fuss, it is impossible for Hydra's German headquarters not to be held accountable. No matter what means the other party uses, as long as they keep chasing after them, they have room for negotiation.
"You must want to talk to me now if you contact me now." Nick said, "Tell me your conditions."
"We both have the same pursuits." The other person spoke slowly, as if he was not fluent in German. Nick could tell from his pronunciation that he was more like a native English speaker. He silently kept this detail in mind.
"Before that, please allow me to introduce myself. I'm from Hydra's American headquarters. I'm the general manager of the New York state region of the United States. My code name is 'Doctor'. I came here because we have seen through the Red Skull Schmidt's conspiracy in advance. No one wants a nuclear bomb to fall on their head, right?"
Nick's heart tightened, and he said, "You mean the Red Skull might launch a nuclear bomb towards the United States?"
"He wants to use this as a threat to you," the voice on the other end of the line said, "If you don't help the German army drive out those Soviets, they will drop an atomic bomb on you."
"Fuck you!" Nick couldn't help cursing. He put one hand on his waist, shook his body, pursed his lips tightly, and stared like an angry beast. He said, "Since you are here, you must have a solution. Tell me."
"Schmidt is too stupid and has done too many small things. He has been targeted for a long time without realizing it. He has gradually lost Hitler's trust."
Nick seemed to understand something, he said: "Inside and outside cooperation?"
"Yes, I know you have set your sights on that base, but it is difficult for you to storm in by force. There are quite complete defense measures there. If Red Skull is determined to hide in there, it will be like a knife on your neck."
Nick did not answer, but he knew in his heart that what the other party said was right. If the Red Skull intended to threaten the US Congress with an atomic bomb, no one could be 100% sure that Congress would not be threatened. It only took a second to press the button. Even if it was just to stabilize the other side, politicians would definitely take some appeasement measures. Then the time for surrender, which was originally close at hand, would become distant again.
"What are your plans?" Nick asked.
"What about you?" the other party asked back.
"Well, it seems that you have been watching us. To be honest, I have invited Captain America."
"That grandstanding clown?"
Although Nick knew that Hydra would definitely not have good things to say about Captain America, he was still choked up because the other party knew best whether Captain America had really dealt a heavy blow to them.
"Well, there may have been some traces of acting before, but I assure you, he is an absolute super soldier and is guaranteed to be strong in terms of force."
"I've seen it." The other party still said in that light voice, which made Nick feel like a cricket being fought, as if he could not hide anything from the other party, which made him furious.
"Is this why you're chasing me?" Nick asked. He knew that the uncontrollable anger in his voice made him look like a fool and a reckless man, but he didn't care.
"Not exactly, Sergeant," the other man continued. "I just want to make sure you're a cautious person. If you're chased a few times and then have nowhere to run, I won't trust you to do those delicate jobs."
"Can you tell me about your plan now?"
"Well, let's show some sincerity." The voice continued to come from the other end of the phone. He said, "I have a way to completely alienate Hitler and Schmidt. The Red Skull will be held accountable soon. At that time, he will have only two choices, either to completely break off with his old boss, or to be trapped willingly."
"I am sure that Red Skull does not dare to completely turn against Hitler at this point in time. He does not have the courage to fight against the Soviet army outside Berlin alone, so he can only choose to swallow his anger."
"I will make him feel that Hitler has already noticed his final trump card. At that time, as a trapped beast, Schmidt will have no other choice. He will do everything he can to keep his trump card, even at the cost of transporting the missile out of the base."
"What you have to do is to give him a fatal blow when he reveals his weakness."
"I'm not questioning you." Nick said, "Can you really alienate Hitler and Schmidt? They are old partners. When Schmidt was most favored, all senior military officials had to step aside..."
"Don't worry about that." The voice was accompanied by a low laugh, and soon there was only a busy tone.
Nick stood there for a long time, but finally, he decided to take a gamble.
Schiller and Eric were getting ready to go out. Their destination was far away, so they drove a car and did not bring any other people or weapons. Eric looked at Schiller with some concern.
"Are you sure you want to go over there like this? I may not be able to handle so many soldiers."
"We are not going there to fight." Schiller said, "Just help me create some chaos, and I will naturally find a way to sneak into the base."
"Why did you have to go in?" Eric asked.
"Of course, I'll do something." Schiller seemed a little detached, always reciting something when he spoke. He said, "It's the same question. When you realize that God can't punish you, how do you feel?"
Eric was unwilling to answer the question directly, so he remained silent. Schiller looked down at his fingers and said, "The living cannot know whether there is hell, but if there is, what criteria does he use to judge people's crimes?"
Eric knew that Schiller didn't need to answer, so he remained silent. He heard Schiller say as if he was talking to himself: "God will not stop the ongoing crimes, which makes the world have many more sinners like you and me for no reason. Then who controls the standard of going to hell? Will the soul go to the same place in the end if you kill one person or ten people?"
Eric didn't know the answer to this question, but he still expressed his opinion, "Maybe different sins will result in different judgments in hell."
“Isn’t it all suffering?”
Eric suddenly smelled a hint of danger from this topic. He heard Schiller say, "Suffering has its limits. No matter what, the retribution in hell must have an end."
"So what?" Eric felt a growing ominous premonition in his heart.
When he turned to look at Schiller, he felt his breath stop for a moment, because the smile on the man's face was the most evil and terrifying Eric had ever seen in his life.
"But there is no limit to crime." Schiller said with a smile: "Retribution has a limit, but evil has no limit. We will suffer the same pain anyway, so why not do something bigger?"
The car drove slowly into the valley, and in the cool night fog, the light of the car lights gradually disappeared.
The car lights turned the corner, illuminating a dark forest. The German countryside was exceptionally damp and cold at this time of year. There was almost nothing in the depths of the dense forest, only the lonely black shadow that reminded people of the devil.
The two men got out of the car, and Eric took another route. He wanted to make some noise at the main gate. He was quite good at this. Anyway, his ability was not so controllable, and everyone in the base deserved to die.
Soon, the lights of fire, flashlights and shouting sounds all started at the same time. The rude curses in German startled the birds in the forest. At the back of the base, another figure nimbly climbed over the wall. The surveillance cameras discovered him, but no one could catch him.
Schiller quickly found the warehouse where the missiles were stored. The Red Skull did not disappoint him. This nuclear bomb was not a fake one used to threaten others, but a real atomic bomb. It was just that its equivalent was average and it would be difficult to destroy Berlin. Schiller calculated and felt that it could probably only destroy Smallville.
This is not surprising. Germany was extremely stubborn when it came to the atomic bomb. Their research direction was completely wrong, so it was not surprising that they failed to produce anything good.
Schiller turned into mist and slowly engulfed the atomic bomb. Soon another nuclear warhead appeared in its place - from another world, and more importantly, from a group of crazy teenagers.
That's right, this is the super nuclear warhead that the two teams of Robins worked together to make. In addition to coming from the Soviet Union, it has also gone through the baptism of Bat Industries and Robin's crazy fantasies. It can be called a cosmic black box. Before the explosion, no one knew how destructive this thing was.
In a nutshell, when the clown comes, run away.
Even after the bat logo was erased, the appearance was still very different from the original warhead, especially the size. The warhead looked to be more than 200 times larger than the original one. This meant that the warehouse built by Schmidt was large enough, otherwise it would not have been able to fit in.
This anomaly will definitely be discovered, but it doesn’t matter, because soon there will only be a few scientists left in the base.
The next morning, the base reported the news of the raid to Red Skull Schmidt. The number one figure in Hydra so far felt a sinking feeling in his heart, but Adolf still took action.
In recent days, things have been going badly for Red Skull. For some reason, his former colleagues from Adolf's party have started to target him everywhere, especially the head of the Gestapo, who looks at him as if he were the enemy who murdered his father.
One day, when they just came out of the conference room, the leader squeezed to the side of Schmidt, bumped his shoulder and said, "You are cruel, but don't be too proud. I will make you pay soon."
After saying that, he walked away, leaving Schmidt alone and confused, but he soon found out the reason - the Gestapo believed that the church killer who had recently embarrassed them was from the Red Skull.
As we all know, what secret police forces like the Gestapo need most is deterrence. If they cannot make people terrified, then there is no point in the existence of this organization.
Power is an addictive poison, especially such a great power as the power to prevent arrests. Every Gestapo leader would never allow this power to be weakened or dispersed.
In their view, the Red Skull sent church killers to kill people everywhere and used his intelligence advantage to evade the Gestapo's pursuit. His purpose was to take power from them, and the struggle for power has never ended.