American comics: I became a god at the beginning, I chose to practice both science and magic

"Yes... I know it's hard to believe, but based on the bullets we found and the autopsy report of the deceased, it seems very likely that it was the act of just one person."

"Also, this would explain why there were no enemy bodies at the scene..."

What he meant was that because there was only one person on the other side, as long as the other party was not dead, they naturally would not be able to see the enemy's body, and would not be able to verify the enemy's identity.

"There are hundreds of guards outside the castle above the bunker! And there are also surveillance cameras?"

Those were five or six hundred soldiers armed with live ammunition, not a few hundred pigs. How could they have been killed by one person?

Besides, with all the surveillance cameras in the castle, isn’t there one that can capture the enemy’s appearance?

The Baron suddenly woke up at this thought, and came to his senses in the helpless eyes of his men: "He first used a Jericho missile to clear the surface defenses and destroy all the cameras, and then single-handedly broke into the bunker, right?"

“Right now, it seems this is the biggest possibility.

By the way, the camera in the bunker had some malfunction and stopped working during that time, so we didn't capture the enemy's appearance."

"Damn it, is this Captain America?" Baron Stark cursed, as if only the former Captain America had done such a thing as single-handedly destroying an entire base.

But wasn't that guy already dead? Not even Howard Stark could pull him out.

But the subordinate said seriously: "According to our speculation, it shouldn't be him, because this enemy's killing method is completely different from Captain America. He kills with every shot, right between the eyebrows. Even our Winter Soldier finds it difficult to do this."

Baron Stark pinched his eyebrows and felt a little tired.

Although many people died this time, to be honest, his loss was not unacceptable.

The Red Skull almost turned the tables even though Captain America destroyed so many of his bases. His current wealth is much richer than the other party's back then.

Hydra's soldiers are consumables. After one batch dies, another batch will come. They take root in this small country for this purpose, so that they can easily replenish cannon fodder.

Humans are the least valuable "material" in Sokovia, but what Baron Strucker cares about is his experimental equipment and his carefully selected experimental subjects, especially the girl named "Wanda"!

Although he could not conduct some in-depth research in such a short time, he had roughly checked her qualities.

Thanks to Zora's previous research on the Cosmic Cube and some Hydra branches' research on Inhumans, Baron Strucker has some equipment that can detect super-powered reactions, and this equipment has a strong reaction on Wanda.

This made him feel that he might have found the hope of achieving the perfect human being, but this hope has now slipped away from his hands!

He pondered for a moment, sent his men away, and then asked the researchers around him, "Dr. Lister, who do you think attacked us?"

The person he was questioning was a middle-aged man. He frowned and said uncertainly, "S.H.I.E.L.D."

"You think it's them too?" The baron sneered. "What a coincidence! I think so too!"

"But S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't..."

"I know, he's managed by Alexander Pierce." The Baron waved his hand, "But that doesn't mean he won't take action against us."

Hydra is different from other organizations. Since the "death" of its soul figure, the Red Skull, the entire organization has split into several parts. Each part both cooperates and competes, and because of different core interests between branches, conflicts of purpose sometimes even break out.

Take Pierce for example. His goal is the same as that ambitious man back then. He wants to rule the world with absolute power, and his ultimate goal may be to establish a dictatorship.

However, Baron Stark’s most fundamental goal is not to conquer the world, or rather, conquering the world is only a secondary goal.

He is even more obsessed with the "perfect human" project, firmly believes in the human race theory mentioned by the leader, and wants to create a true "god" race.

He believes that as long as he completes the "perfect human" project, the world will be within his reach.

Don't think it's outrageous. Among Hydra, this idea is not the most outrageous. There is also a branch whose idea is to welcome back a "god" trapped on an alien planet. Even people like Baron Strucker think their ideas are ridiculous.

Can a "god" that can be exiled still be called a god?

But what the Baron didn't understand was that wasn't Pierce always uninterested in things like "superpowers"?

Although the famous leader of Hydra, Red Skull, is an avid paranormal enthusiast and the department he is in charge of is also called the Paranormal Science Research Department, Pierce was a later member of Hydra and was not completely brainwashed.

He only recognized the natural science research part of Red Skull and was ready to carry it forward, but he disdained the "supernatural".

Unless...some unexpected event changes his mind.

"Has anything big happened in the United States recently?"

"If you're asking about the hottest news right now, it should be Tony Stark admitting that he is Iron Man."

"That's not it."

Baron Stark simply walked to the computer and started looking for relevant information. At this moment, a piece of news suddenly jumped into his sight.

"The Hulk? What is this thing?"

Chapter 746: Simple Girl

"Dane, as you wished, the Hydra leader in Sokovia has noticed the news about the Hulk."

Cortana's voice rang in Dane's ears, and he nodded slightly.

The reason for diverting the trouble eastward was to divert Baron Strucker's attention and reduce the risk of the Black Widows being discovered.

Those women are just well-trained spies, not enhanced humans who can kill everyone. If they are caught, their fate will be miserable.

Fortunately, Slavs are not uncommon in Sokovia, so as long as the girls are careful, they don't have to worry about being caught.

However, it is easy for the Black Widows to overthrow an ordinary country, but it is more difficult to overthrow Hydra. With Umbrella's current strength, it cannot completely swallow this small country. It still needs to develop!

We have to speed up a bit.

At this time, Wanda, who had already treated her injuries, came over.

The future Scarlet Witch is now younger than Yelena. In a normal country, she should be in high school at this age.

"Thank you for saving me and Pietro, but he's still asleep, so I'm the only one who can express my gratitude to you."

Wanda was indeed very grateful. Although she didn't know what the purpose of those people capturing her was, she thought it must not be a good thing.

Baron Strucker captured many members of the resistance for experiments. No one except Hydra itself knew about this, but it was a fact that those who were captured never returned.

According to the normal trajectory of the sacred timeline, Wanda and Pietro would be imprisoned and experimented on by Baron Strucker until the Baron obtained the Mind Scepter and fully activated the potential of the brother and sister.

But now the timeline has changed, and Dane doesn't know whether Wanda can still control the red magic at will like in the original movie.

According to MCU records, chaos magic is not actually activated by the Mind Scepter, but is an ability that Wanda possesses.

When Wanda was very young, a missile produced by Stark Industries pierced through the house, killing the Maximoffs on the spot, but the missile did not explode.

This was because Wanda activated chaos magic in extreme fear and modified the missile's explosion probability, turning it into a dud, so the brother and sister survived.

Later, Wanda's magic power was awakened by the stimulation of the Mind Scepter, which was more because the chaos magic felt the threat from the outside and thus had a stress response, thus activating part of the power of the chaos magic.

However, judging from the second movie of Doctor Strange, learning chaos magic may not be a good thing for Wanda. It makes her extremely vulnerable to dark magic and easily amplifies the darkness in her heart.

"Chaos Magic" is like a poisoned wine. Using it will be accompanied by many uncontrollable consequences. The source of this ability is a divine entity from a higher dimension of reality. The waters are very deep here, and if you explore it rashly, you will easily be targeted by that existence.

But it is undeniable that Wanda is still the most promising superhuman. Chaos magic is a force that modifies probability, can distort reality, reverse cause and effect, and almost ignore any existing physical rules.

It can be seen as a Pro version of the power of "my thinking", which can make the world move as you wish. If it can be matched with a qualified mind, it has a very bright future.

But unfortunately, this ability is bound to Wanda, and no one except her can gain the recognition of chaos magic.

In fact, Baron Strucker's speculation was correct. Once Wanda became a complete form, she would be almost like God herself. For someone who could modify reality at will, conquering the entire planet would be a piece of cake.

"Where are you and Pietro going now? Home?"

Wanda was a little confused: "Home? We don't have a home anymore..."

Ever since their parents passed away, the brother and sister have been dependent on each other, making a living by begging and doing odd jobs. They even learned to read from discarded newspapers. They are so miserable.

Dane estimated that if he had not come here, the brothers and sisters who had lived in Hydra for a while would probably choose to voluntarily join Hydra because of the relatively stable conditions there.

But now, they have new options.

"In that case, you might as well listen to my arrangements. You can no longer stay in Sokovia. Hydra has already set its sights on you. As long as you remain within the territory, you will be captured sooner or later."

"Hydra is..."

"It's the organization that just arrested you. I'm not sure why they arrested you, but I know they've been conducting human experiments."

"What experiment?"

Dane glanced at her and from these few words he felt that she seemed to know nothing.

"Have you heard of the Super Soldier? No? What about Captain America?"

Seeing Wanda shaking her head, Dane finally realized that she was just a girl who grew up wildly in a closed small country and was in a state of confusion and ignorance about many things in the outside world.

No wonder they casually joined forces with Ultron in "Avengers 2", and then quickly joined the Avengers after knowing his thoughts. Finally, they were fooled by the so-called freedom and democracy of the United States and became saints. How naive!

"You lack sufficient knowledge of the outside world. Have you ever read a book?"

Wanda lowered her head in a somewhat inferior manner. Although she was still young, her toes were already invisible. “Pietro and I only went to elementary school for a few years.”

It's outrageous that the Avengers let such a child go to the battlefield!

Dane was silent for a moment, then said, "Then you and Pietro should come with me to America. At least... learn some basic knowledge first."

Wanda whispered, "Pietro and I can shoot, and we're very accurate."

"...What do you think of my marksmanship?"

Wanda thought about it and said dejectedly, "Better than me and Pietro."

"So I don't need your marksmanship. If you really want to repay me, learn it first and then come help me."

"So...does Pietro have to learn too?"

"He knows more than you?"

"Just... a little more, right?"

"Then why shouldn't he learn?"

Wanda was speechless, and so the future of the brother and sister was decided without Pietro's knowledge.

Wanda is really naive now. In gypsy families, men are generally the ones who make the decisions, so in the past, Pietro always made the decisions on such major matters.

Now that he is unconscious, and Wanda has no hostility towards Dane, she is naturally led by the nose.

She seemed to have never thought about how big a risk it was to follow a stranger to a completely unfamiliar country.

She had a natural trust in Dane, a trust that wasn't necessarily earned by saving his life, and Dane could feel it.

Wanda's trust in him cannot be explained by general circumstances. It is more like an intuition. Does it come from chaos magic?

The girl wouldn't think too much. Even though she had been on the battlefield for a long time, she still hadn't established strong enough values and was prone to follow her intuition.

By the time Pietro finally woke up from the effects of the antidote, the Blackbird had already entered the sky over Manhattan.

When he woke up, there was no one around him. He was alert for a while at first, but when he got up and walked out the door, he still didn't see anyone, so he began to feel confused.

When he wandered around in confusion until he broke into the control room, he unexpectedly saw his sister having a great conversation with a handsome man.

"Wanda?"

"Pietro? You're finally awake!".

Chapter 747 Pay off the debt

After getting off the plane, Pietro finally accepted the reality that he had come to the United States.

"So... I'm an American now?" He scratched his head, still a little bit unbelieving.

Dane landed after him and replied, "Not yet. Right now, you're just a stowaway."

The United States does not have a household registration system. In fact, only a very small number of countries in the world still maintain a household registration system.

But how does the United States manage its citizens? Does it just let them run their course?

Of course not. Although the United States does not have a household registration system, it does have an identity recognition system.

Every American citizen will have a record of their birth, and the birth information, including the time, place, who the parents are, etc. will be recorded in a file.

Then the local Social Security Bureau will distribute a paper card with a string of numbers on it, called a Social Security Number (SSN), which is actually the same as an ID number, one number per person.

Later, the driver's license commonly used by citizens must also be processed based on the social security number. When using it, you can directly report the number and generally there is no need to show a paper certificate.

Thanks to the development of information technology, the social security number actually integrates many functions, such as education, work, bank information, tax payment records, social security, and even criminal records and credit ratings, etc. These functions are integrated into this string of numbers.

Doesn't it feel very convenient? Hydra also finds it very convenient. The "Zora Algorithm" designed the "Insight" plan based on this 440 system and peeks into citizens' information through big data on the Internet.

It is said that the Zora algorithm in the movie even locked onto some future superheroes who had not yet become successful, such as Peter Parker, who was still an ordinary high school student at the time, and Stephen Strange, who was still a surgeon, and prepared to kill them while they were weak.

To some extent, the Zora algorithm accurately predicted the threats posed by these future superheroes, and it even touched the edge of predicting the future!

Based on the power of Zora's algorithm, Dane believed that the Maximov twins were likely already among the targets of Project Insight's elimination, or at least had their names entered into the archives.