Marvel's Venom, starting with a Hydra undercover agent.

He would start his operation once the drinks were served. It would take about half an hour from when the drug was administered until it took effect, which would be enough time to stage a drinking party that would go unnoticed.

In the restroom, Daisy first checked her makeup, opened her small bag to touch up her lipstick, and then opened a pre-wrapped tissue to take out a white pill.

"Come on, with this, you'll definitely be able to drink a ton of wine tonight and knock that guy out." Daisy cheered herself up in front of the mirror, then swallowed the pill with the drinking water next to her.

She knew, of course, that she wasn't a very good drinker, especially after the embarrassing experience of falling asleep while eating chocolate last time.

So today's drinking session wasn't because she lacked self-awareness, but because she had already made preparations and bought powerful hangover cures in advance.

If she takes this pill 15 minutes before drinking, she can avoid being a lightweight tonight and manage to get Holm drunk.

And if we just get Holm drunk, then whatever she says will do.

"Hehehe~" Daisy couldn't help but giggle as she imagined Holm drunk on the bed, completely at her mercy.

With such meticulous planning, her operation tonight is sure to succeed. She's got Holm wrapped around her little finger! No one can stop her!

When she returned to the table, all the drinks and snacks they had ordered were already on the table.

Daisy confidently sat back down, then picked up her cocktail glass and clinked it against Holm's, saying, "Let's start our mission with this first drink! Cheers!"

After she finished speaking, she parted her red lips slightly and drank the orange-red wine in her glass in one gulp.

Holm had originally intended to slow down and take it easy, since the drug had already been administered and there was no need to rush. However, seeing Daisy's surprisingly rapid pace, he raised his head and downed the wine in one gulp.

Fifteen minutes later, Daisy, her face flushed and eyes glazed, slumped onto the table and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing this scene, Holm, sitting opposite him, was at a loss for words.

He was still waiting for the drug to take effect in half an hour, but unexpectedly, Daisy passed out after only 15 minutes.

Chapter 143, The Operation Begins and Infiltration

Deep in the Sokovia Forest, outside the base of a Hydra branch, Holm stood on a large tree, looking at the gray-white castle in front of him.

"Just like in the movies, this Hydra branch in Sokovia seems to have quite a historical background," Holm thought to himself as he observed his surroundings.

An hour had passed since the drinking party, and the drunk Daisy was eventually taken back to the hotel by Holm and settled into bed.

Despite some minor hiccups, his plan was successful. Under the subsequent effects of the drug, Daisy slept soundly and did not wake up during the process of being taken back to the hotel. Her breathing remained steady.

Holm only left the hotel to carry out his final mission after confirming that everything was normal and there were no unexpected situations.

Tomorrow morning, Daisy will wake up and get up as usual. They will leave Sokovia together at noon, so Holm's mission only lasts from now until tomorrow morning. He must complete it in one go without any mistakes.

As Holm looked at the castle where the Sokvia Hydras were distributed and observed the surrounding guards, Venom said in his mind, "Tsk tsk tsk, there are so many people here. Besides the buildings above ground, there are many underground levels."

"What a pity. So many people are right in front of us, but we can't even get a bite out of their heads. Sigh..."

Hearing Venom's complaints, Holm responded in his mind, "Alright, alright, I know you haven't been eating heads lately. I'll find you some when we get back."

"And although you haven't been eating much brain-twisting lately, you've been eating a lot of chocolate, especially yesterday. Think about how much you ate."

"Chocolate is chocolate, and snacks are snacks. How can you lump them together?" Venom muttered upon hearing this.

"Besides, I didn't ask for those chocolates. It was all for the greater good and for the plan."

"Oh, so you're saying you're being wronged?" Holm said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Since you put it that way, I'm not a heartless person. I won't let you eat chocolate for the next couple of days. Let your stomach be empty so you don't feel too sweet."

When it came to chocolate, Venom immediately changed his attitude, abandoning his previous pretense and fawningly saying, "Hey, what are you saying? I was just joking."

"Hehehe, whatever you say, whatever you say. We'll find some snacks when we get back. I'm not in a hurry, hehe."

"Oh right, I've found the target for this mission. He's on the second basement level of the main castle building, and there are many guards around him."

"The two core teams are very strange. They don't say a word, just like robots, and their auras are weird too. Just in case, we need to keep an eye on them later."

As Venom spoke, a sensory map of the castle appeared in Holm's mind. Thanks to the strange energy catalyzing Venom's abilities over this period, Venom's various abilities had become much stronger, including the range and accuracy of its sensory abilities.

"Swish!" Holm gently drew the short sword from his body and gripped it in his hand, then began to move along the best route he had planned in his mind.

It's already the dead of night, and there won't be many people around. Only the castle guards will be patrolling continuously.

Holm has achieved a perfect infiltration if he can eliminate everyone along this route without being detected.

"Stab!"

"brush!"

As Holm advanced and infiltrated, one Hydra member after another was silently sent to their deaths with his dagger. In less than 10 minutes, he had broken into the castle from the side.

At this moment, in the central area of ​​the second basement level, Baron Strucker was still not resting. He was sitting at his large desk, leaning back in his chair and flipping through documents.

The cigar held between his fingers shimmered with a faint orange-red light. With a deep drag, the light became dazzling, and a large amount of clear white smoke billowed from his mouth, slowly drifting upwards.

The documents in his hand contained the latest research from the Sokovia Hydra branch.

The mindless warriors he mentioned to Dr. Lister last time, who had no thoughts and only knew how to fight, were a byproduct of this research.

Their ultimate goal is to develop a method that can turn ordinary people into superhumans.

This project originated from the World War II super-soldier research program, the same program that created Captain America.

However, with the development of the times and the research over the years, they are no longer satisfied with Captain America's level, but want to create even more powerful superhumans.

There aren't many superhumans like this; just a few dozen would be enough for him to take control of the entire Hydra organization and replace Pierce as the new leader of Hydra.

Thinking of this, Baron Strucker couldn't help but picture Pierce's old and repulsive face again.

Hydra has always been a global organization, but its organizational focus changes with the times.

The European side was once the headquarters of Hydra, so the Sokovia branch in Eastern Europe also held a pivotal position, and this historically significant castle is the best proof of that.

However, with the development of the times and the defeat of Germany, which had been heavily bet on by Hydra during World War II, Hydra took the opportunity to disappear from the public eye, but in reality, it went into hiding in a deeper shadow.

During this process, some of Hydra's power was absorbed by that emerging superpower, where it established a firm foothold and thrived by utilizing the shell of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Over time, the Hydra forces over there became the core that dominated the entire Hydra organization, while Baron Strucker, a senior and long-standing Hydra figure, gradually drifted away from the center and was gradually ignored and looked down upon.

Now even Pierce, a guy with no historical background who rose to power entirely through S.H.I.E.L.D., can boss him around and display the power of the Hydra leader in front of him.

Lord Strucker had tolerated this situation for a long time, but now he finally decided to break off all restraint.

The two special guard teams outside the door were berserker soldiers who had been further refined by Dr. Lister. After a series of operations, their berserker nature had been removed, and they had become mindless puppets.

As long as they are given instructions through special methods, they will obediently follow them and begin to act, and they will not give up until the instructions are completed unless the order is changed.

Although it's still worlds apart from a finished product with its own thoughts, this power is enough for him to cause Pierce some trouble.

Chapter 144, A War Machine Without a Brain

In the passageway on the second basement level, Holm slowly removed the cover of the ventilation duct, then attached a palm-sized black device to the ceiling and pressed the start button.

"Buzz!"

As an invisible electromagnetic wave spread, the surveillance footage on this floor was frozen in time. No matter what actions Holm took afterward, the surveillance footage in the monitoring room would not change.

Two seconds after the black instrument was activated, Holm nimbly jumped down from the ventilation duct and landed silently on the ground.

From here to the center, you need to pass through three patrols of guards. The outermost guards are ordinary guards, while the two innermost guards are those whose presence Venom sensed was somewhat strange.

"Crack!" Holm stretched his neck and wrists, then, guided by his senses, quickly walked in one direction.

As he walked, his hands began to change shape, turning into two black blades. At the same time, several sharp tentacles extended from his back, swaying gently with Holm's steps.

"Just like before, move quickly in a bit and don't let them make any noise," Holm said to Venom as they walked.

Venom nodded in agreement. It had worked with Holm before, and was already very familiar with the task, ensuring that nothing would go wrong.

“I’m getting more and more curious about what’s going on with those two groups of people with strange auras behind us, because the closer we get to them, the more we can sense their oddity,” Venom said to Holm.

“I’m curious too, but we’ll find out soon enough.” Holm said as he pressed himself against the wall at the corner, listening to the patrolling guards getting closer and closer.

Just as the first patrolling guard stepped past Holm and saw him, Holm also made a sudden move, instantly severing his neck with a sharp hand chop.

The people behind them stared wide-eyed at the sight, but their screams were ultimately muffled as the venom, controlling its sharp tentacles, pierced their throats and snapped their necks.

From contact to the end, it took no more than three seconds, and this team of guards was instantly wiped out.

After doing all this, Holm simply shook the blood off his hands, stepped over the corpses, and continued walking inside.

He and Venom had worked together on this scenario countless times, so he didn't hesitate at all.

"Closer, closer, I can already smell their strange aura," Venom said, sensing the distance.

"These people are really strange. I can't smell anything coming out of their heads. It's like there's nothing in their heads?"

"That doesn't make sense. Normal humans have emotions, and emotions cause hormones to be secreted. Hormones can produce smells. How could someone have no smell at all?"

Venom was also completely baffled by the strangeness of these people.

Holm wasn't surprised. While sensing the distance between himself and these people in his mind, he said to Venom, "We are now in the core of Hydra's distribution network. They have done all sorts of insane experiments, so it's not surprising that anything strange happens here."

"Isn't it just about hormone secretion? The impossible situation you described might be exactly what we're facing now. These people might not have any thought process."

"Without thought, there would be no emotions, no hormones, and no taste."

"It seems that Baron Strucker has assembled two teams of emotionless bodyguards for himself."

As Holm spoke, he was getting closer and closer to the special guards.

Soon, after turning a corner, these special guards, each over two meters tall and resembling small giants, came into his view.

Just as he had expected, their eyes behind their masks were devoid of any emotion, and the group of people couldn't muster a single trace of life.

The moment they appeared in Holm's field of vision, Holm had already been spotted and marked as an unknown intruder.

These little giants moved in unison, their footsteps making a deep, resonant sound as they stepped on the ground.

As they approached Home, they suddenly changed formation, enveloping Home in a semi-encircling formation.

"If I couldn't feel that their bodies were made of real flesh and blood, I would have doubted whether these guys were robots." Holm thought to himself as he watched the special guards move in perfect unison.

Venom chuckled and said, "I can't wait to take one apart and see what's different inside."

As the two were talking, the special guards took the lead in making their move. Their tall and muscular bodies moved at an eerie speed, and their fists, as big as basketballs, slammed towards Holm with a whistling sound.

Seeing this, Holm also transformed his left hand into a jet-black shield to block the punch, experiencing just how powerful these special guards really were.

"Wow, that's really powerful!" Holm couldn't help but marvel at how these guys, though brainless, must have maxed out their physical abilities to possess such immense strength.

Although they weren't carrying firearms, Holm estimated that these people must have the relevant skills, so if they appeared on the battlefield, each of them would be a human tank.