Chapter 227: The Insight Plan

"Because we learned about Hydra's plans from you ahead of time, we initially had the upper hand and even identified their leader, Pierce. But then, not long ago, the Cosmic Cube was stolen by Hydra agents, and they managed to recreate energy weapons from World War II. This caught us off guard, and we had no choice but to retreat temporarily from the Three-Arc Wing Headquarters and hide in a safehouse.

However, we soon discovered that Hydra had already set up an ambush inside the safehouse, and we suffered heavy casualties in the surprise attack. Even Director Fury was killed. In the end, only we managed to escape Hydra's Winter Soldier pursuit, and we had no choice but to come to you for help."

Black Widow recounted the general situation to George, including Hydra's Insight Plan.

The so-called "Eye of Insight Plan" was originally a scheme by Pierce to deceive Nick Fury, sending three space carriers into the sky to monitor the entire planet, with the ideal goal of ending all crime before it even started.

In reality, Hydra had used Zola's algorithm to calculate all possible threats to their existence, planning to eliminate them before they became powerful by taking out targets with the space carriers. This included using the space carriers to deal with any countries that dared to resist Hydra, aiming for global domination.

Before George could speak, Captain America, Steve, shook his head and said:

"You shouldn't have taken that thing out of the sea!"

Red Skull had only been able to strengthen Hydra because of the Cosmic Cube; he had personally experienced this. That dangerous object, in his opinion, should have remained buried deep in the ocean, hidden from everyone.

"You're right, Captain. If it weren't for Director Fury wanting to use the Cosmic Cube to research energy weapons, Hydra wouldn't have had the opportunity to steal it," Coulson agreed with Captain America's sentiment.

Captain America was his idol, so of course, he found his reasoning convincing. Additionally, he had never fully supported Fury's aggressive actions and had felt that sometimes Fury had been too radical.

"I don't think Director Fury was wrong. We just fell behind. If we'd developed the energy weapons first, we would have won, and Fury wouldn't have died," another cold-faced middle-aged agent named John interjected angrily, his voice full of grief.

Coulson sighed as he responded:

"John, I understand how you feel about Director Fury's death, but… never mind. Right now, our most important task is stopping Hydra's Insight Plan. We don't need to keep arguing about the past."

John was one of Coulson's closest friends in SHIELD. They had worked under Nick Fury together, and Nick Fury had been both their superior and their teacher. So, Coulson could deeply empathize with John's sorrow and shared the same sense of loss.

"By the way, I haven't asked your names yet. How should I address you?"

Hearing the name "John," George paused for a moment, then smiled and asked the unfamiliar SHIELD agents.

The middle-aged agent named "John" was the first to introduce himself.

"John Garrett."

"Grant Ward."

"Jemma Simmons."

"Leo Fitz."

"Alfonso Mackenzie."

"Barbara Morse."

"Ah, no wonder you were ambushed. Turns out you had infiltrated Hydra as agents."

After everyone introduced themselves, George smiled coldly.

He wasn't sure about the others, but John Garrett and Grant Ward, the mentor-apprentice duo, were, if he remembered correctly, solid Hydra spies. The grief and anger they showed over Nick Fury's death was clearly an act. Their acting skills were top-notch, and if George hadn't remembered them, he might have been fooled.

Top spies had excellent acting skills—nothing unusual there.

"George, a group of people has arrived near the school. It seems like the Winter Soldiers they mentioned."

At that moment, Professor X placed his hand on his temple and sent a vision to George.

George immediately saw a group of armed soldiers with Hydra insignia, moving much faster than ordinary people, lingering near the school. However, due to the Loyalty Curse, they were unable to enter the school.

"It seems like there are two, or perhaps more, Hydra spies following the trace," George said.

"George, we need to hurry. Hydra has taken over the Three-Arc Wing Headquarters and acquired three space carriers. They could launch them into the sky at any time, and we won't stand a chance if that happens," Black Widow urged.

She was the one most familiar with George in SHIELD, and the others were hesitant to pressure him, so she took on the task of urging him.

The others, like Hill, wore anxious expressions as well.

"You're right, but before that, we need to deal with some traitors. Otherwise, we won't succeed in anything else."

George scanned all the agents with a smile, then turned to Garrett and said:

"Why don't we start with Mr. Garrett here? Let's deal with each of you one by one."

Regarding the threat of the three space carriers taking off, George wasn't overly concerned.

First, with the school's defense capabilities, especially with him there, unless the space carriers aimed a nuclear missile directly at New York, they would pose no threat to the school.

And as for the others' survival? It wasn't his problem.

Moreover, George believed the space carriers weren't as powerful as Hydra and SHIELD thought. It wasn't like there were ten thousand of them. Only three! The Earth wasn't as simple as they imagined.

Not to mention the hidden Eternals—if they suddenly realized the space carriers were attacking, would they just sit there and wait to die? There were also the Ten Rings, Ghost Rider, and Doctor Strange, who, if George remembered correctly, was on the kill list.

Ancient One wouldn't allow Doctor Strange, the future Sorcerer Supreme, to meet an untimely end.

So, if the space carriers did launch and attacked all perceived threats, George doubted he would even need to intervene—others would take care of it.

Lastly, he also wanted to use this opportunity to bring the existence of the Superpower Academy into the open.

The location of the academy could be hidden, but eventually, its students would enter society, and their presence couldn't remain concealed forever.

Therefore, the Superpower Academy would have to be revealed to the public and to the governments of various countries.

Let Hydra make a bigger fuss—ideally, it would create so much chaos that the governments would be unable to handle it. At that point, the academy could step in and resolve things.

This would have the best effect and show the world the academy's strength.