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Chapter 236 Alexander Pierce's Recruitment

"who!"

Upon hearing the slightly mocking voice, Alexander Pierce paused briefly before continuing to walk towards the cross he didn't want to see.

Meanwhile, the Hydra warriors who had been surrounding Alexander Pierce instantly drew their weapons, which they had just put away.

While tightly protecting Alexander Pierce, they all cautiously searched for the source of the voice they had just heard.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed past the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of Alexander Pierce's house.

The moment they saw the dark figure, the Hydra warriors guarding Pierce raised their weapons and began firing rapidly at it.

next second.

The sound of "putt-putt-putt..." continued incessantly.

In an instant.

The dark shadow that flashed past the floor-to-ceiling window was instantly riddled with bullets.

When the gunfire subsided, a Hydra warrior near the floor-to-ceiling window looked out and immediately saw a tattered cloak.

Upon seeing the cloak riddled with bullet holes, the Hydra warrior, who had raised his neck, shouted, "Oh no, it's just an overcoat..."

Before he could even turn around...

An orange-yellow bullet traced a graceful arc in the air and struck him squarely between the eyebrows with a "bang."

The Hydra warrior with the new hole between his eyebrows froze instantly.

Immediately afterwards, he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Almost the instant the first Hydra warrior fell, two more gunshots rang out almost simultaneously, taking the lives of two Hydra warriors who were near the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Shrink the formation!"

Upon seeing that the enemy had taken care of his three men in an instant before even showing themselves, the Hydra team leader responsible for protecting Alexander Pierce's safety immediately frowned.

However, although his expression was somewhat grim, he still issued orders in an orderly manner.

Although the enemy who had been hiding in the shadows and had instantly killed three of his men seemed somewhat troublesome, in his mind, he was much easier to deal with than the vengeful spirit in the villa who was immune to physical weapon attacks.

after all.

A person dies when they are killed!

When it comes to killing, Hydra is the professionals.

They quickly retreated and changed their defensive formation. Once most of the Hydra warriors were behind cover, the Hydra squad leader waved his hand, and three Hydra warriors each took out three fragmentation grenades from their waists and threw them into the villa yard outside the French windows.

Although there weren't many fragmentation grenades, the shrapnel from the explosions of the three grenades, which landed in different locations in the yard, was enough to cover the entire yard.

As long as the enemy who just ambushed them is still in the yard, the shrapnel from those grenades would be enough to seriously injure him.

At worst, we can force him out of his hiding place.

Rumble...

Just as the Hydra warriors in the living room were all drawn to the "enemy" outside the yard.

Wearing a faceless mask, Erin took advantage of the loud noise from the explosion to quietly enter the villa from the second floor.

"There's an enemy at the stairwell, next to the TV, and behind the sofa... there's one at each of these locations."

After leaving the room on the second floor, Erin used his spiritual vision to directly see the Hydra warriors hiding behind the cover.

next second.

The bullet leaves the barrel!

Arc-shaped ballistics!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

With a flick of his arm, Erin sent three orange-yellow bullets tracing graceful arcs through the air, rounding the stairs, and firing at their respective targets.

"Bang!"

The first orange-yellow bullet fired blasted directly into the head of the Hydra warrior at the stairwell from the left, leaving a crimson bloodstain on the pristine white wall.

The other two bullets, after rounding the stairwell, continued their trajectory and blasted into the heads of the two Hydra warriors next to the television and behind the sofa.

next second.

The Hydra warriors guarding the living room went to the third one.

Almost in the blink of an eye.

Six of the Hydra warriors, who had been numerous and powerful just moments before, had died.

Only five Hydra warriors remained, including the Hydra squad leader, and Alexander Pierce, who casually pulled the cross from the ground.

The enemy has not yet shown themselves.

The Hydra squad leader, whose squad had suffered another loss, was terrified by the enemy's strength, but he also discerned the enemy's location from the three gunshots he had just heard.

"Fire from the left side of the second-floor stairwell..."

Almost as soon as he spoke, the Hydra captain opened fire with his submachine gun towards the second-floor stairwell.

"Rat-a-tat-tat..."

Meanwhile, the other Hydra team members in the living room were only a moment slower, and their submachine guns followed suit, unleashing scorching flames towards the second floor.

Instead of firing in the direction their captain was shooting, they immediately and clearly divided their tasks and began firing at the ceiling on the second floor.

Countless bullets rained down on the spot where Erin had just been standing.

In the blink of an eye, Alexander Pierce's luxurious villa, adorned with famous paintings, was smashed to pieces.

Not long after, in the floor beneath Erin's feet.

Bullets were also fired one after another.

Although the bullets were greatly reduced in power after breaking through the second-floor barrier, they were still fatal when they hit human flesh and blood.

Although Erin's body has undergone several rounds of enhancement, it is still far from being able to ignore bullets.

"Wow! That gun is really powerful!"

With his keen intuition, the clown twisted his body as if he had a premonition, dodging several bullets that pierced the floor.

With a flick of his wrist, several high-explosive grenades appeared in his hand as if by magic.

"It's only polite to reciprocate; you'll all feel the impact of my firepower!"

With skillful control of his strength, Erin deftly tossed several high-explosive grenades down the stairs.

In a few leaps, the high-explosive grenades landed in the lobby on the first floor.

The moment the Hydra captain, who was closest to the stairwell, saw the grenades, his pupils constricted sharply.

"Grenade! Oh no! Take cover!"

Done.

The Hydra captain's body suddenly lunged towards a sofa next to him.

The other Hydra warriors, whose expressions had changed drastically, also stopped firing and each sought the nearest cover.

But before they could even begin to hide...

Several bright orange bullets suddenly shot out from the second-floor stairwell, tracing graceful arcs in the air before accurately hitting the high-explosive grenades in mid-air.

"Time's up."

Hearing the screams coming from the first floor, Erin raised his hands, gently covering his ears with the fingers that had just pulled the trigger. Then, with a smile, he mimicked the sound of an explosion and softly uttered...

"boom!"

Boom!

Accompanied by screams of agony.

The Hydra warriors in the living room, who didn't have time to find cover, were engulfed by the towering flames.

[Flame Leap]

With almost no chance for the enemy to react, Erin quickly used the flames to leap directly into the still-burning lobby after the explosion.

"Bang bang..."

He raised his pistol and killed the two Hydra warriors who were still groaning in pain.

Erin then saw the Hydra squad leader charging towards him fearlessly.

"Sorry, I don't want to die with you."

Raising his pistol, Erin fired a precise shot between the eyebrows of the Hydra squad leader, then used his ability to leap through flames to change his position once more.

Almost at the same time that Erin's body turned into a phantom and disappeared.

The Hydra squad leader's several grenades, whose locks had long since been removed, fell to the ground.

next second.

In this dilapidated living room, flames erupted once again, shooting into the sky.

The rising flames and surging shockwaves this time ripped off the first-floor ceiling and smashed the second floor of the villa into ruins.

After Erin spoke.

Alexander Pierce's expensively built private villa was reduced to ruins in less than thirty seconds.

The dozen or so Hydra warriors responsible for protecting Alexander Pierce also perished in the flames.

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But amidst all this ruins...

Alexander Pierce, who should have been the most vulnerable, survived unharmed.

Aside from his somewhat disheveled appearance due to the flames and smoke from the explosions, Alexander Pierce was completely unharmed by the continuous blasts.

Erin, who reappeared from the flames, looked at Alexander Pierce, who was unharmed not far away, and showed a look of "I knew it."

"Sure enough, that luck of always narrowly escaping disaster was no coincidence at all."

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Just as Erin was sizing up Alexander Pierce.

Alexander Pierce, holding the sacred cross in his hand, was also silently observing Erin.

Although his men had been completely wiped out by Erin, Alexander Pierce did not show much panic on his face.

Looking at the faceless mask on Erin's face, Pierce remarked, "I had heard that Nick Fury had been using S.H.I.E.L.D. funds to recruit a lot of people in private, but I never expected that among them would be such a powerful superhuman as you."

Alexander Pierce witnessed firsthand the moment when Erin vanished instantly through [Flame Leap] and reappeared amidst the flames.

That is why he uttered such a sigh at this moment.

That day, Nick Fury's helicopter was blown up by his own hand, but after three days and three nights of searching, they still couldn't find Nick Fury's body or remains, and Alexander Pierce realized something was wrong.

Although he didn't know how Nick Fury had "escaped" the explosion, he knew that he would soon face Nick Fury's revenge.

That's why he arranged for so many people to protect him in his villa.

only.

To his surprise, Nick Fury's revenge came so quickly and so... bizarrely!

Pierce originally thought that with those dozen or so well-equipped Hydra warriors...

Even if Captain America personally intervenes, they can hold out for a while.

But who would have thought that Nick Fury would do things differently?

Putting aside the vengeful spirit that was immune to a physical attack, if it weren't for that "generous" cardinal who happened to come to him for help, asking him to help find the saint who had summoned the "six-winged angel" and shielded him from the calamity...

Pierce was almost torn apart by that vengeful spirit.

But to my surprise, just as I had dealt with that vengeful spirit, another superhuman with explosive combat power, who had single-handedly wiped out an entire Hydra squad, arrived.

Ok.

Never having considered that Erin's attack was for Pierce to settle Bucky's grudge, he directly blamed Erin and the terrifying vengeful spirit from earlier on Nick Fury's revenge.

After shaking his head slightly, Pierce looked at Erin's mask and said sarcastically, "Mask, Nick Fury told you to walk openly in the sunlight with your own face on, and you can't even do that? If you were one of us, you wouldn't need to be so careful."

"How about it? Interested in becoming one of us? If you become one of us, we can easily mold you into a superhero like Tony Stark."

"It allows you to not only walk openly in the sunlight, but also to freely enjoy people's worship and cheers, and even power and wealth are readily available..."

"Wow, that's a great speech."

While clapping for Pierce, Erin remarked, "If that red-clad guy who just died at your hands heard what you said, he'd definitely be tempted!"

Upon hearing Erin's pointed remark, Pierce's heart sank, but he showed no sign of it on his face. Instead, he revealed a disdainful expression:

"You mean Canterbury? If you're talking about him, I don't think I did anything wrong. If you really knew what he did, you might even thank me for removing a malignant tumor from God's body."

"Over the past few decades, he has used countless means to climb to his current position, including coercion, bribery, framing, and murder? Ha, these are just the basics. He has killed countless people over the years, and dozens of families have been torn apart because of him. And this is just one of the crimes Canterbury has committed..."

"If we let him continue to live, he will only cause greater harm to the world."

(End of this chapter)