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Chapter 392 You're just a decoy!

Peter didn't know if the hotel was booked by S.H.I.E.L.D. or the school, but in any case, it was quite nice. Each person had their own room, and he was currently lying on the bed looking at information on his computer. Beside him was a Wild Chapter combat suit, provided by Sylvia.

After experiencing a battle that started and ended inexplicably, Peter witnessed the Sandmen and the Wild Warband's fighting style for the first time.

There's no doubt that this isn't the first time the Wild Chapters have clashed with the Elementals. Both the Wild Chapters' special forces equipment and the Elementals' immediate retreat upon seeing Sylvia prove this point.

"The Wild Chapter has compiled very detailed information about the Elementals. They have basic data on each enemy, including the limitations of their abilities... Although the Water Elemental can control water, he can't control a human body unless the water he controls is poured into it. Hmph~ Not as powerful as I thought."

So ultimately, the biggest problem with the four Elementals isn't their abilities, but their immortality. Each Wild Order has devised corresponding tactics, but they haven't been able to find a way to capture or kill them.

The only option was to send troops out again and again to stop it.

So what are they fighting over?

Nick Fury most likely knew, but he didn't tell Peter, and Cindy wasn't sure either. Sylvia provided some intelligence, but this intelligence, based on the Wild Chapter, was subject to many limitations; after all, they were just a private mercenary group, and they couldn't access much government information.

"Hospitals, laboratories, warehouses. Put all of these together... tsk, do you have a map of Hydra bases from World War II?"

Peter laughed, as if he were using the answer to solve the problem. Ultron, of course, retained all the information of the Science Strategy Bureau, the predecessor of S.H.I.E.L.D., including the distribution of all the known Hydra bases.

Not all of them match up, but the distribution largely overlaps. These locations span from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, and almost all were under the control of the German-occupied territories at the time.

In other words, both sides in the Cold War chose to rebuild their research facilities directly on the sites of Hydra's former bases. It's understandable that the Wild Chapter was unaware of this clue.

This also explains why there are no related facilities in Lisbon; Hydra did not set up a research base there.

"Then all we need to do is paste the remaining old Hydra bases onto them, comparing them with the existing research facilities at their locations..."

As Peter pondered this, he realized something seemed amiss: Hydra's infiltration was so extensive, did they really need to resort to such violent means to seize the laboratory's results?
And even if they didn't know where the Elementals robbed, they should at least know what they stole after so long, right? But the result was that they didn't know. The Wild Chapter had a detailed list of thefts, but even if they gave it to Ultron, Peter wouldn't know what the point of stealing these seemingly random and whimsical things was.

The technology, which had absolutely no connection to anything else, was snatched away by the Elementals all at once.

“If they’re not using numbers to cover up their true objective, then the Elementals’ actions themselves are suspicious—could Nick Fury be using me as a cover, and Hydra be using this group as a cover?”

After careful consideration, Peter became increasingly convinced that it was highly likely that Nick Fury and Hydra might have secretly arranged for a group of thugs to openly fight each other, while actually sending other people to carry out the real tasks.

"How could this black-haired guy be so wicked?" Peter sighed helplessly, deciding to deal with the Elementals first; after all, they were enemies.

Rome, Italy.

While Spider-Man was still in Portugal, the two men had already arrived in Rome by passenger plane, disguised as passengers. The taller one looked around and remarked, "The last time I came to Rome, it had just been liberated from the Nazis, and the city was engulfed in war. I didn't even have time to properly explore it."

"Now you have plenty of time to look, Steve. By the way, you said we were comrades in World War II, how much do you know about my past?"

Nick Fury didn't choose to entrust the real mission to any S.H.I.E.L.D. agent because, at the moment, none of them were trustworthy. Therefore, he had to assign the mission to someone he could absolutely trust.

For example, Captain America, for example, Wolverine.

Captain America and Logan donned S.H.I.E.L.D. disguise gear and arrived in Rome. Meanwhile, LMD androids would impersonate them and operate in New York to provide cover for them.

Of course, Peter Parker is very trustworthy. The only problem is that the people involved in this mission are just too...sensitive.

Richard and Mary Parker, a married couple, were assassinated here by the Winter Soldier. Hydra's motive for the assassination was the results of their super-soldier program. As the heads of the Savage Force project, the Parkers had also researched other super-soldier projects, so they were sent on this investigation mission.

They undoubtedly uncovered something that led Hydra to risk exposing themselves to assassinate them. And quickly, the Pentagon hired a lynx to travel to Russia and steal the super-soldier serum.

The whole plan was too cleverly orchestrated.

Even more coincidentally, Captain America and Logan, who came to carry out this mission, were products of Project One "Rebirth" and Project Ten "X" of the Weapons Expansion Program. Spider-Man, on the other hand, was a product of Project Two "Savage Force," and also brought with him Project Five "Symbiote."

"So, Fury wants us to find out exactly what kind of super soldiers Hydra is researching, and to what extent."

The two walked and talked in hushed tones. The Elementals were left to Spider-Man and the Wild Band; they would draw Hydra's fire, creating space for Captain America and Logan to investigate. The two of them, however, needed to thoroughly investigate the problems Hydra had created.

In this process, they will undoubtedly face some very difficult troubles. These troubles may even come from old friends, such as the original Human Torch Jim Hammond, who has been modified and controlled, or Captain America's old partner, the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes.

Yes, through the wasteland universe, the Captain has learned the true identity of the so-called Winter Soldier and what he did.

Now, he's here to stop his old friend.

(End of this chapter)