Chapter 291 Looking again
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, April 2011 has arrived.
Daily life in the bustling city of New York continues in an orderly manner. People's life trajectories seem to be fixed, and they go back to the same place every day.
During this ordinary period, Ling Zhan and other Knights of the Ring, except for occasionally dealing with Hora, were able to enjoy the peaceful life like ordinary people most of the time.
In the past two months, the frequency of Hora's appearances has decreased significantly and their numbers have returned to normal levels, which is undoubtedly good news for the Knights of the Lord of the Rings.
When Ling Zhan faces ordinary Horas now, he can kill them instantly with amazing speed just like the protagonist in the TV series.
In just one or two years, the progress has been rapid.
The relationship between Menglong and the East Asian woman became better and better. He would often take the initiative to look for the East Asian woman, and the two got along very well.
Aikongli has been honing his close combat skills and strength. His instructor is Zero, and he and Zero can barely get along.
This guy Zero would come to Ling Zhan from time to time. Zero's attitude had softened, but Ling Zhan could feel that there seemed to be something preventing Zero from letting go of his hatred for him.
Whenever Ling Yi is free, he will eat at Da Ye's place. It seems that he likes the taste of Chinese food. Now he pursues the taste of authentic Chinese food, but... sometimes he will eat for free. (Sometimes he doesn't pay because he suddenly has something urgent to do and leaves. He needs to pay later, but Ling Zhan doesn't let him pay. It's just a small amount of money. With Ling Zhan's current financial resources, he helps Ling pay for it.)
Li Xing is almost the same as before. Now she studies some things with Leo. Ling Zhan doesn’t know what they are studying. Is it the stability and upgrade of “Haolong”?
As for Ling Zhan himself, sometimes he would go to New York University to show his face and check in; sometimes he would be called by Stark to attend some party; sometimes he would go to Hell's Kitchen to visit Matt and ask about his recent situation; and sometimes he would go to Queens specifically to see Peter and learn about the life of this young man...
However, he did not fall behind in his training. He had already passed the third level of training and was now stuck at the fourth level, but he was strengthened by the Dragon Girl and the others. Now the number of training levels has increased to seven.
In addition, Ling Zhan's mysterious ability has also made new progress.
In the past period of time, he has successfully used this power three times, and each time he was able to turn the person back intact. He has not been able to turn back into Hola for such a long time.
Ling Zhan still had no idea about this magical power.
Even the Dragon Girl, who had witnessed this power once with her own eyes, was puzzled and said she would investigate further.
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Pentagon.
"Rumlow, you know I have always had high hopes for you and I think highly of you." Pierce's voice was low and serious. "However, you have failed too many missions before. If I don't take some disciplinary measures against you, the people below will inevitably gossip. I hope you can understand my difficulties and don't complain too much."
Rumlow stood quietly, without much expression on his face. He just nodded slightly to show that he understood what Pierce meant.
The mature Pierce looked at the "Crossbones" who was once high-spirited and confident, and sighed in his heart.
Since returning from the mission two months ago, Rumlow has become much more depressed.
After being punished and confined by Pierce for a period of time, he has recovered, although he is still not as good as before.
"Thank you for your concern, sir. I have no complaints about your decision."
Pierce was right. Even though he was quite trusted by Pierce, the failure of several missions in a row did greatly reduce his prestige in the organization.
Pierce's punishment was quite lenient and not too harsh.
"Okay, no more small talk. Now there is an important thing you need to do."
Pierce's expression suddenly became solemn, and his tone became much more serious.
"Please give your orders." Rumlow responded quickly.
"I need you to contact that Hola and ask him to provide us with a Hola personally. Don't worry about the price."
Pierce's words were clear and concise, without any hesitation.
Rumlow was stunned when he heard what Pierce said.
He finally saw the cruelty and horror of that monster. Simple contact was full of danger. He couldn't understand Pierce's thoughts.
"Sir, that monster, they are definitely not interested in money. If they want people..."
"I know that based on the past whereabouts of these monsters, they are cannibals. If it needs it, we can provide it. Anyway, those guys definitely have unnecessary experimental subjects that can be used."
Pierce's tone seemed very relaxed, as if it was not a big deal.
However, his words are chilling.
Some of the other teams don't have the need or have wasted their time, especially Stark's side. Anyway, as long as it can satisfy Shen Ya, it's fine.
"Go."
Rumlow didn't say anything more and left immediately. He was just Pierce's subordinate and only needed to complete Pierce's tasks.
The cruelty displayed by the Hydra organization to achieve its goals is no less than that of Horus. He just had a momentary resistance because he is a human being. He has committed many murders.
Seeing Rumlow disappear, Pierce's expression immediately became serious.
He still values Rumlow very much. He doesn't want to be without Rumlow on the road ahead. Otherwise, he won't feel at ease relying solely on the Winter Soldier who is like a robot.
At present, the path of his Hydra team is going relatively smoothly with the help of that program.
Several aerospace carriers built with the help of SHIELD have been mostly completed, but there has been no progress in the research on Hora.
(Although they succeeded in building the Hora Explorer, it was nothing compared to the excellent detector that Stark had built single-handedly before many of their scientists did.)
The development of other branches also has a leader, which puts Pierce under some pressure. He does not want to be overtaken by other branches. The branch that is parasitic on S.H.I.E.L.D. has a natural advantage!
If you want to get out of the hydra and become a complete "Hydra", you must seize the opportunity, completely surpass those heads, and then...
Grow a new head!
If you want to go further in the Hola project, you have to please the Hola named Shenya at all costs.
I hope Rumlow can bring good news. If so, it will be an opportunity for both of them.
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