As for Fury's statement, it was actually what Harry had told him when persuading him.
It doesn't matter what it's called; the key is what you do, then how you can do it, and how you do it.
Although everyone has some inexplicable prejudice against Osborn, so far, Harry has been saving the World, which is something they cannot refute.
"Agent Coulson, if you've caught your breath, I still have some work left to do here," Harry said.
The best way to get Coulson to accept it was to get him to work.
He was clearly still a bit dazed, not quite having recovered.
Seeing this, Simmons tried to smooth things over, saying, "Coulson just woke up, he needs—"
"He needs to work, Dr. Simmons. HYDRA is still out there—you don't really think I've caught them all, do you?" Harry tapped the table.
Coulson raised his head again. "He's right. HYDRA, that's the most important issue."
Seeing this, Harry smiled with satisfaction.
He had always liked to recruit various talents. As everyone knows, resources need people to use them to create more value. Harry's advantage was that he had many resources, and therefore, he also needed many people.
There was no need to mention Coulson's work ability. On the other hand, his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. stemmed partly from his belief in "protecting humanity."
On the other hand, S.H.I.E.L.D. was both his workplace and his family.
No matter how you looked at it, he possessed the attributes of a model employee—as long as he could work under him.
Harry played the HYDRA intelligence he had prepared.
Now, the leader of HYDRA was undoubtedly Daniel Whitehall. He hadn't captured all the HYDRA leaders at once; instead, he had left some heavyweight figures behind.
This Whitehall had been a loyal believer of Red Skull during World War II. Pierce had been captured, so the next leader of HYDRA should logically be him.
Besides that, he had captured Baron Strucker, Gideon Malick, and Zola. A vacuum would appear in HYDRA's power structure. Before filling these middle-management positions or reallocating power, Whitehall would have to personally command this part of HYDRA.
This would make them much easier to handle.
"Daniel Whitehall, are you sure he's the new leader of HYDRA?" Coulson asked. He wanted to ask about Harry's source of intelligence to judge its credibility.
"I'm sure. As for the news—it comes from science and technology." Halfway through, Harry realized something. "Wait a minute, would you ask Fury that too?"
"Sometimes," Coulson shrugged.
"Then don't ask. Besides, this Whitehall is no ordinary person—he's over a hundred years old and a loyal fan of Red Skull. His level of madness is like that of a young person willing to run to Stark Tower to do cosplay."
As he spoke, Harry glanced at Skye, who rolled her eyes in return. "That was years ago! And now they all like to go to the 'New York Fortress'."
"It hasn't been that many years. Besides, how do you know?"
Skye was choked up. Coulson said helplessly, "Really? Are we really going to discuss cosplay during an intelligence meeting about a HYDRA leader?"
Making fun of Skye was always fun, but Coulson was right; they were in a meeting.
Harry continued, "Just an aside—let's continue. I just mentioned that Whitehall is an enhanced individual; he has lived for over a hundred years, which doesn't match his appearance at all."
"Enhanced, very dangerous. So, is our mission to find him?" Coulson asked.
"Pretty much, but that's not the ultimate goal—it's the age of big data now, Agent Coulson."
Harry pulled up the projected tracking map for Whitehall.
HYDRA had businesses all over the World, and as it happened, so did Osborn.
It wasn't just businesses. With the establishment of the military alliance, Norman could now provide Hammer with traffic information for over 123 sovereign nations.
And as small countries and various disputed regions fell into war, Osborn had already taken over the actual control of many war-torn regions. Combined, Hammer had support all over the World.
Through the AI's calculations and scheduling, they could easily lock onto Whitehall's area of activity.
At worst, he also knew of an important HYDRA Base in the North Pole. If he couldn't find the person, he could just raid his home directly.
"Is this 'Avengers-level' technical support?" Fitz was deeply shocked.
Harry just shrugged. In reality, the Avengers didn't have this capability.
"Guys, did you see him shrugging pretentiously just now?" Skye interjected again.
But everyone ignored her humorous joke.
Coulson said, "Since we already have his information, why not act? Hunt him down just like you did with your large-scale manhunt?"
"Because if you cut off one head, two will grow back. I want HYDRA to go extinct. No compromises, no so-called Operation Paperclip."
There are a few more HYDRA leaders we need to find together and strike at them all at once. This time, we aren't just cutting off one head.
"We need to be like Hercules—cutting off heads while cauterizing their wounds with Fire."
Keeping Whitehall alive was to dig out the other HYDRA members.
Known middle-management leaders of HYDRA included Warship, Chief, Banker, and Dr. List.
Among them, Warship was Whitehall's current head of security, Bakshi. Dr. List was also easy to find. The key was Banker and Chief.
Banker was likely some old-school financial oligarch, and Chief, well, should be some wealthy individual or even royalty in the Arab region.
It just so happened that expanding production required crude oil as a chemical raw material, so it would be unreasonable not to fleece them; those old-school financial oligarchs had always been opponents of the energy-currency system.
"We find them, then lock onto their industries and pull them out by the roots all at once. Am I clear?" Harry said.
HYDRA was also composed of people, and the most powerful force a person had in society was the ability to mobilize resources. By pulling out their industries, they would never have a day to rise again.
After reading the data, Coulson remarked, "Officer, you really have a lot of intelligence. I mean, even Fury looks like a blind man compared to you."
"Technological means. If there are no other questions, go down and get to work. The AI will provide support throughout—you will know who it is."
Coulson commented, "Mysterious, very much like Fury's style. But before starting the operation, I have one more question: Why ask me to do this?"
Hearing this question, Harry smiled. "Agent, I'll be blunt. I like the humanistic aura about you. On the other hand, you owe me your life, in every sense."
"Saving your life goes without saying, and I also cleared the effects of the Alien blood that Fury injected into you—there should still be some left, but it won't be a problem soon."
Although Coulson's memory was very fuzzy, he had already understood what had happened to him through Fitz and Simmons' words.
He was strong, but injecting Alien blood, coming back from the dead, and memory transplantation didn't seem like things that would put anyone at ease.
So Harry's words made him silent—because from this perspective, he did indeed owe Harry one.
Harry patted Coulson on the shoulder. "So work hard. Report any matters related to Aliens immediately. I have much more experience in this regard than you do—exclusive news, I've already been to outer space—don't ask."
Everyone looked at each other, but they were sensible enough not to ask.
Coulson replied, "Received, Officer. One last question: What about those S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents? I mean, the ones who aren't HYDRA?"
"As for that, you should still be able to be colleagues, but they will have to go through a long, special vetting process—completely harmless, don't worry."
Coulson smiled upon hearing this answer. "Technological means again, is it?"
Harry nodded.
Just as everyone was preparing to leave, Fitz seemed to summon great courage and asked a question, "Then what about those HYDRA who are pretending to be S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents?"
Harry smiled. "Your phrasing is strange. They are just HYDRA; you don't need to add so many prefixes."
"I mean, they might have been brainwashed, you know, like Sergeant Barnes."
"Dr. Fitz, not all HYDRA have undergone forced brainwashing." Harry interrupted Fitz, his tone firm.
As soon as these words were out, the group felt like they had been doused with cold water.
"However, some of them were indeed invaded by HYDRA through their own weaknesses and then 'molded.' For those people, I have other arrangements. You will know soon."
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