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Chapter 154: Hydra Hail

Thor walked into the elevator with a stern expression, and the atmosphere grew tense.

Out of the corner of Thor's eye, he noticed Crossbones tightening his grip on his gun.

Meanwhile, Sitwell and another agent holding the box placed it on the opposite side of the elevator.

Does that make you feel guilty?

Thor shifted his gaze and said in a deep voice, "The plan has changed. I've just received word that someone is trying to steal the Tesseract. Therefore, I will be taking custody of it."

"That's a bold claim," said Crossbones, his skepticism evident.

Sitwell took out his phone. "I need to call the chief."

He began dialing...

"Wait, it's fine. Trust me!"

Thor leaned closer to Sitwell and whispered, "Hail HYDRA!"

Sitwell: "???"

Crossbones: "!!!"

The atmosphere in the elevator turned very strange. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents—oh, rather, the agents of HYDRA—looked at Thor with a mix of hope and uncertainty.

Sitwell cautiously lifted the box containing the Tesseract and slowly handed it to Thor...

"Wow, the organization is really powerful. Its influence has even reached alien planets..."

Alien planets?

Sitwell paused, suddenly doubting if the organization was truly that formidable.

Thor continued, "Chop off one head..."

"Grow two more heads to replace it?"

Sitwell and Crossbones exchanged glances, then exclaimed in unison, "Attention, he's an imposter!"

Thor: "What???"

"What's wrong with Elevator No. 2? The load indicator shows an anomaly."

Downstairs, Stark was pushing Hulk with a sore back. "Come on, you oversized fool, lose some weight!"

He noticed a red circle on the screen indicating a malfunction in the elevator.

"Damn it, are there kids jumping in there? It's dangerous! J.A.R.V.I.S., check the monitor for Elevator No. 2."

"Sir, the monitoring is showing abnormalities."

Stark: "Who hacked into my building's network?"

J.A.R.V.I.S. could not provide an answer.

"Forget it, let's proceed with the search and rescue. Pay attention to the elevator. J.A.R.V.I.S., Mark 7 is useless; help me put on Mark 6!"

Stark moved toward the suit he had salvaged from the scrap heap...

The situation in the elevator was even more chaotic than Stark had anticipated.

The battle lasted for ten seconds. Thor raised his scepter and slammed it on the ground. "Be quiet!"

Everyone in HYDRA froze, staring at Thor with blue eyes filled with fanaticism.

Thor raised the scepter and tapped Sitwell on the head. "Where did I reveal my flaws?"

"The password is incorrect."

"What's wrong?"

"Chop off one head, and there are eight remaining."

Thor: "???"

"don't lie to me!"

Seeing Thor's confusion, Sitwell explained, "At the end of World War II, we discovered that the slogan was leaked. Especially a certain combat group known as the 'Howling Commandos' used this phrase to trick us every time... so we had to change our code..."

So that's it!

Thor understood. It's really unfortunate for whoever leaked that phrase, causing their own downfall.

Rolling his eyes, Thor's scepter struck the ground. "In ten seconds, forget everything that happened and start over."

"Understood!" Many agents responded in unison.

Ten seconds later...

"Hail HYDRA."

"Chop off one head?"

"Eight heads remaining."

Thor held the Tesseract, and with a flash of blue light, he disappeared from the elevator...

"Congratulations to the host for completing the achievement - Hail HYDRA: In the elevator, use HYDRA's slogan [to acquire wireless treasure cloth] and receive rewards: two southern points."

Thor nodded with satisfaction.

Despite the different process, the result was satisfactory.

In the elevator, everyone in HYDRA exchanged confused glances.

"Mr. Thor is... uh, does Secretary-General know about this?" Crossbones mumbled.

Sitwell rubbed his temples. "He probably doesn't know. Maybe Thor's scepter is more significant than the Secretary-General's? Don't disclose this without permission."

"In other words, the organization is really powerful, and its influence has even reached alien planets!"

An agent seemed proud.

"Yeah, but what I'd like to hear more is from that bastard Steve himself— Hail HYDRA."

"You mean Captain America? Damn, he insulted our slogan!"

Steve lay there, completely bewildered.

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