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Chapter 193: Pietro? No Such Person

"Thor!"

A voice called out, and Peggy Carter entered the banquet hall with some documents, interrupting Thor who was drinking with Natalia.

"You'd better watch the news."

Thor took the documents from her, which were about a certain military base in Sokovia.

"Isn't the plan to act tomorrow morning?"

Thor muttered.

This evening, S.H.I.E.L.D. had discovered a HYDRA base in Sokovia, which was probably the largest base the enemy had established so far.

The Mind Gem was located at this base, which meant that S.H.I.E.L.D. alone couldn't handle it. After all, dealing with the Infinity Gems was beyond the capacity of mere mortals. Well, not all mortals—recently, a superpowered individual named Daisy Johnson had awakened, though she was still inexperienced.

With doubts, Thor turned on the TV, which was broadcasting CNN news...

"This afternoon, an accident occurred in a private area of Sokovia. A large number of people have died or gone missing. There seems to be no visible damage at the scene. The cause is still unknown..."

Sokovia?

Thor woke up slightly startled, the effects of the wine wearing off. He immediately thought of Scarlet Witch!

There are only a few individuals on Earth capable of easily demolishing a heavily fortified base single-handedly.

And the only one who could achieve that was Wanda, the wielder of Chaos Magic with immense potential!

Scanning around the crowd, besides the somewhat inebriated Natasha Romanoff, everyone else was already lying around.

Asgardians are known for their ability to handle excessive drinking, and Thor was no exception. Except for Natasha, there weren't many others who could match him in drinking...

Shaking his head helplessly, he ordered, "When they wake up, let them know. I'm heading to Sokovia."

With that, his figure vanished.

The HYDRA base in Sokovia was no longer the impregnable fortress it had once been; the ground was strewn with various corpses.

From their expressions, it seemed they had experienced tremendous fear.

Thor followed the map on the wall near the gate and reached the command room.

"No! Don't kill me... go away..."

As soon as he entered, he heard a trembling voice.

Upon closer inspection, it was the base's manager—Baron Strucker—who seemed to have lost his composure, mumbling incessantly while shaking uncontrollably.

On the table, the Mind Scepter was nowhere to be found!

Thor ignored his hysteria, grabbed the computer on the table, and found that all the screens were covered in a blood-red haze.

Sighing, he turned around, seized the frantic Baron Strucker, and placed a finger on his forehead. He channeled divine energy into his mind, temporarily restoring his sanity.

"Demon, don't come here, don't... eh? You're..."

For a moment, Strucker's dead eyes were filled with hope: "Hail HYDRA!"

Thor: "Has this guy's brain not been fixed yet? Does he still see himself as a major player in the organization?"

"Hail HYDRA! Well, tell me what happened here."

To extract the information, Thor decided to play along.

Baron Strucker's face showed renewed panic: "It's a witch! The Red Witch, she killed everyone..."

"A witch? Wait, what about the other experimental subject? The one who's fast?"

Thor knew he must be referring to Wanda. Only an out-of-control Wanda could frighten these severely brainwashed individuals so much.

They were probably mentally shattered, believing their HYDRA gods were torn apart by Wanda, which is why they were so terrified?

But there had to be a reason why Wanda lost control, and it was likely related to Pietro...

"Another? Faster?"

Baron Strucker looked confused: "No, we had so many experimental subjects. Only one succeeded? How could there be another?"

Thor: "???"

Had Quicksilver not participated in the experiment? Or was the experiment a failure and Quicksilver eliminated by HYDRA?

It was also possible that the situation had collapsed entirely. He had received information from Kingpin and had assumed the siblings were...

"Thud..."

The divine energy in Baron Strucker's body was withdrawn, causing him to collapse to the ground, dead.

Thor pulled out his phone and called Kingpin.

"The brother and sister you mentioned, are you sure they are at the Sokovia military base?"

Kingpin's voice sounded strange: "Brother and sister? What are you talking about?"

Thor frowned in confusion.