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"So, have you decided?"

Inside the Dark Avengers base.

Nick Fury looked at Howard at the console and asked.

"What?"

Hearing the voice from behind, Howard stared at the screen on the console and said without looking back.

"Jacques's Funeral."

Swordsman Jacques Duquesne, a member of the Dark Avengers, was also a member of them who died in previous battles.

"Clint is sad."

In the team, the relationship between Hawkeye and Swordsman is the most complicated. The two have worked together. In a sense, Jacques is Clint's master and taught him the skills of fighting.

It is precisely because of this that the death of the swordsman is a particularly huge blow to Collint.

"..."

In front of the console, Howard was silent for a few seconds before replying in a hoarse voice.

"Place a bouquet of flowers on my grave."

"You're so closed off, Howard."

Nick Fury was not too surprised by Howard's response. He just looked at the other party with his only intact eye and said: "Maybe you can try to come out a little bit, after all..."

"I know what I'm doing."

Speaking, interrupting Nick Fury's comfort, Howard responded in his icy tone.

"Okay, I get it."

Seeing Howard's resolute attitude, Nick Fury said nothing more. He shook his head, sighed silently, turned around and left the base.

With the departure of Nick Fury, the entire base hall returned to calm.

In silence, Howard in front of the console raised his right hand and slid it on the screen a few times.

"What are you doing, Dad?"

"Create a key to the future."

"For whom?"

"you……"

A childish voice sounded in the empty base. Howard stood in front of the console and stared at the picture played in front of him. A faint blue light flashed in the eye sockets equipped with mechanical eyes.

…

Hydra Towers.

"Zemo!"

Hank Pym comes to Helmut's office.

"What's the matter?"

Reaching out to press the screen in front of him, Helmut looked up at the uninvited guest in front of him and asked calmly.

"Dr. Hank Pym?"

Putting the information in his hand on the table, Pim looked into Helmut's eyes and asked.

"Why did you activate Ultron without notifying me?"

Lowering his head and scanning the information that Dr. Pym took out, Helmut corrected him expressionlessly.

"First of all, Ultron does not belong to you, Dr. Hank Pym. It is a product of Hydra Biotechnology, and Hydra has full rights to use it."

"Also, the next time you come in, I hope you can knock on the door in advance."

He raised his head and motioned to the secretary to close the office door, and Helmut said to Dr. Pym.

"Without the brainwave pattern I designed, you wouldn't be able to create Ultron at all."

Hearing Helmut's cold reaction, Dr. Pym's eyes became even more angry.

"I admit that in the Ultron project, Doctor, you play a vital role and occupy an absolutely dominant position, but this does not mean that Hydera must obtain your consent for the use of Ultron."

"Use? I only see you destroying Ultron in the stupidest way possible!"

"This may mean that Ultron is not perfect yet, Dr. Pym."

Looking at the latest information on Ultron's damage on the table, Helmut said slowly.

"Perhaps this will be your next research direction, how to make Ultron's brainwave pattern more advanced and perfect... What Hydera hopes for is a perfect combat robot, not one that can be destroyed by the enemy in one blow. Scrap metal.”

Shaking his head and placing his hands on the table, Hank Pym looked down at Helmut in front of him and said every word.

"Do you think I will continue to study for you after something like this happened?"

Looking up and meeting Hank Pym's eyes, Helmut said expressionlessly.

"I guess you have no choice, Dr. Hank Pym."

Hearing the somewhat threatening words from Helmut's mouth, Hank's fingers on the table clenched subconsciously.

If he could, he really wanted to reach out and grab the other person's head and slam it down on the table.

Just, thinking about my current situation.

Hank Pym had to suppress the anger in his heart, took a deep breath, released his hands on the table and said.

"I see."

…

"Feel sorry……"

In the office, watching the back of Hank Pym leaving.

"I didn't expect him to burst in suddenly. This was an oversight on my part."

Helmut reached out and turned over the screen on the table again, and said to the face in the screen.

"I don't want this to happen again."

What appears in the picture is a figure in military uniform with gray hair. His eyes are sunken and his skinny face gives people a gloomy feeling.

"It was just an accident."

Explaining what happened in the office, Helmut changed the subject and directed the topic to the original content: "We have discovered traces of the resistance. According to the footage recorded before Ultron was damaged, It was the Iron Avengers who launched the attack, and we also found fragments of arrows left by Hawkeye at the scene..."

"Leave the problem of the resistance to the Thunderbolt Team."

The figure on the screen interrupted Helmut's content and asked: "How is the progress of the things I told you before?"

Being interrupted, Helmut pulled the corner of his mouth unnaturally: "There are some clues. Hyde Formula is indeed helpful for research, but our researchers cannot completely crack the content of the formula. Obviously, Mr. Hyde did not hand over the complete formula..."

"Calvin will not hand over the complete Hyde Formula. This was one of the conditions for him to join the Thunderbolt Team. He is still very important in the operation."

In response, the figure on the screen frowned and replied.

"In fact, even if we crack the complete formula, we can't copy it to the serum experiment. After all, the two are different research results. Hyde Formula can only be used as a reference for serum experiments to help us understand the formula of serum more clearly, and the changes it causes to the human body, and how to combine the two."

Helmut did not waver because of the rejection of the figure on the screen. He continued to make a report with a calm face.

"I have sent an invitation to a famous physicist through Hydra, and I am waiting for his reply."

"Who is he?"

"Dr. Bruce Banner."