New York, a street corner cafe.

Eric hasn't been to this cafe for a long time.

Ruth ordered a cup of coffee, raised her long legs, and her seductive look attracted the attention of many men. But what was so annoying was that the person in front of her could not attract the person in front of her. Eric acted like an old monk entering a meditation, as if the black and clean coffee in the cup was more attractive than the beauty in front of her, and he turned a blind eye to the fantastic radio waves in her eyes.

After several attempts, she finally had to defeat and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to try.

"It's been a long time since this is one of my favorite places to come." Eric suddenly spoke first.

"Is that so? Why did it change later?" Ruth asked as he said.

Eric couldn't help but flash through the insincere in his mind, Kelly Samir, the classmate who was sent to approach him. The scenes of her body twisting and turning into a deformed beast are still fresh in his mind.

"Maybe... I want to avoid some memories." He said in a daze as if he was talking to himself. "If I want to count it, this may be the dividing point of my life. When I come back here, I will remind myself that I have been separated from my past life. Maybe I have always been afraid to face this."

"But now you figured it out?"

"Ah, because I accepted this fact." He said calmly, taking a sip of thick black coffee. "The past cannot be retained, but the future needs to be developed by ourselves."

"What about admirable determination." Ruth smiled slightly, "Do you know? A man who has firmly determined his goals is more attractive."

Eric did not answer the conversation, paused for a while before asking, "So, is there any new information today? You have something to say."

Ruth did help him a lot this time, and her intelligence network was indeed very necessary for Eric.

Ruth smiled slightly: "It's true, but a cup of coffee sent me away. Is this news too worthless, right?"

"You said this is free."

"I'm talking about the charges later...Okay, it doesn't matter." Ruth put away her smile and became serious, and her voice lowered intentionally or unintentionally, "Do you know Hawkeye?"

"Does ASCHEN's super agent? I know."

"Hawkeye and Black Widow, these two are the trump cards among S.H.E.L.D., and are very famous in the industry and are almost everyone knows." Ruth said, "But interestingly, just last night, both of them seemed to have rebelled."

"Rebellion?" Eric raised some interest. This was a big news that he had never guessed. "Are you sure?"

"The intelligence source should be more accurate." Ruth said, "It should be impossible to be wrong. It is said that the two of them stole the top-secret information of the ninth-level air carrier on the ASCHEN and handed it to Hydra. Afterwards, Hawkeye was captured by ASCHEN and is currently in prison on the mother ship. The Black Widow has defected to Hydra and is currently missing."

Eric held his chin and began to ponder.

Although Hawkeye and Black Widow have little interaction with him, even though they only understand these two characters in the comics, Eric knows that they are not like people who will rebel against Hydra. I guess there is still some inside information.

Could it be that it has something to do with Lex Luther becoming the chief of SHIELD?

Ruth continued: "Although I am not very clear about the details, it seems that SHIELD is not peaceful recently. It is just my personal intuition that SHIELD is now in the center of a huge vortex, with undercurrents surging inside."

After a pause, she said again: "And, there is another person who seems to have started the activity recently."

She said as she took out her phone for a while and handed the screen to Eric. The screen was a rather blurry photo. The background seemed to be on the battlefield. The flying dust and black smoke blocked part of the view, but she could barely see the warrior wearing a black mask and silver mechanical arms on the screen, holding a gun in each hand and charging forward bravely.

Eric recognized him and was a very famous and important figure in the comics.

"Winter Soldier." Ruth introduced, "From the World War II period to the present, super killers who have been active in the battlefields around the world and assassinate various important people. No one knows where he came from, nor who he works for. He is like a ghost, a ghost who can always complete tasks."

Eric stared at the photo for a long time, then smiled slightly.

"It seems a little interesting."

At this moment, somewhere else.

In the dark room, the big guys who held the world's top power once again gathered at the round table. Not long ago, the time was a regular meeting, but this time it was held urgently due to unexpected circumstances.

"I heard that guy Luther is missing?" said one of the people in the dark, "Did you do it?"

There is no need to be a special designation, and the people present also knew that he was asking Hydra. After all, the conflict between Luther and Hydra after taking office as Chief of SHIELD is obvious to everyone.

The general who represented Hydra denied without thinking: "No, we are completely unaware of this."

"Is he dead?" someone asked.

"Who knows, I heard that the people of ASCHD were anxious like ants on a hot pan, looking for him everywhere." Another person said, "But personally, I don't think so. After all, that guy is Lex Luthor. I think we all know his ability. He won't finish it so simply."

"But do we need to consider some worse possibilities? For example, will the other party aim at us all? Lex Luther may just be the beginning, and maybe all of us are still among the targets that the other party is attacking."

"Interesting." An old voice sounded, "If there are still people in this world who dare to be so arrogant and declare war on all the organizations we represent here at the same time, that would be quite interesting. If this is true, let them come over."

No one answered, obviously not everyone had the same idea as this old man.

“Don’t worry.”

A plain voice suddenly sounded, as if it was falling from the sky. The sound was peaceful but powerful. It was obviously not loud, but it echoed clearly in everyone's ears.

The black man appeared in the center of the round table like teleportation. The dark boots stepped on the table with bright blue fluorescent light, and the flying cloak slowly fell down.

Everyone showed a solemn and respectful look, because the person who appeared in front of them was the person who made all this work, and they called it the "center".

The black figure slowly said: "You don't have to take this matter to heart. You just need to act as usual. I will deal with Lex Luther's affairs."

Since the "center" has spoken, everyone has no objection. The ability of this mysterious man is unanimously recognized by everyone. He said that if he wants to deal with it, it will definitely be done, and there is no need to waste energy anymore.

Only the old general who represented Hydra stared at the black figure in the field and frowned slightly, as if he was a little uneasy.

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Chapter completed!