With Thor's arrival, everyone who needed to be present was finally here.
The group sat in the conference room, waiting for Nick Fury to brief them on the situation.
Besides Meng Ran and Natasha, the rest only knew a few simple facts and weren't aware of the specifics.
So, before the discussion, Nick Fury needed to explain the current problem in detail.
Including the existence of the monsters and the relationship between HYDRA and the monsters, Nick Fury took this opportunity to explain everything to them.
After listening to Nick Fury's introduction, Tony Stark was the first to express his opinion.
"This is really bad news. It's been so long since the Battle of New York, and we've only now discovered that Loki's Scepter was switched."
"Thor, after you took the Scepter back to Asgard, didn't you take it out to look at or use it?"
"It's been so long, and you didn't notice anything strange about the Scepter?" Tony Stark asked Thor, sounding a bit puzzled.
The others could be forgiven for missing something, since they'd only had brief contact with it.
But Thor had taken the Scepter back to Asgard. How could he not have noticed anything out of the ordinary after all this time?
As Tony questioned Thor, everyone in the conference room turned their attention to him.
Although Tony had asked the question, they were all genuinely curious about the answer.
Seeing everyone's gaze fixed on him, Thor scratched his head and said awkwardly, "You might not believe this, but no one has touched Loki's Scepter since it was taken back."
"The Tesseract, on the other hand, was used once to repair the Bifrost."
"After I brought Loki back to Asgard, he was thrown into the dungeon."
"His Scepter was also placed in Odin's vault, and no one touched it again."
"A lot has happened in Asgard since then, including the invasion of the Dark Elves, and the deaths of my mother and Loki."
Thor's expression darkened slightly as he spoke, the deaths of those two having indeed hit him hard.
"So, to be honest, if it weren't for this situation, I would have almost forgotten about the Scepter."
After hearing Thor's explanation, everyone fell silent.
After a moment of quiet, Meng Ran spoke again, "It's no use dwelling on this now. What we need to do is find the Scepter and bring it back."
"We can't let it continue to be in the hands of HYDRA. Who knows what they'll get up to then."
Hearing Meng Ran's words, Rogers also agreed, "That's right, now is not the time to dwell on those things."
"Since it's happened, there's no way to undo it. What we need to do now is find the Scepter as quickly as possible and minimize the damage."
Banner, who had been silent, spoke up after hearing the two of them. "Do we have any leads on the Scepter's location?"
Meng Ran answered Banner's question immediately, "According to the information we got from Pierce, Strucker's main base is in Sokovia."
"So, the Scepter should also be in Sokovia."
After answering Banner's question, Meng Ran continued.
"Actually, we have an advantage right now. Neither Strucker nor Miel, the leader of the monsters, knows that we've already obtained information from Pierce."
"Because we've kept the news under wraps, and the cleanup and screening of HYDRA spies has been very swift."
"So, they should only know that Pierce's identity might have been exposed, and that the HYDRA faction he was in charge of is in crisis."
"They probably don't know the specifics very well either."
Speaking of which, Meng Ran looked around at everyone and continued.
"Our action this time is a surprise attack. If we can seize this opportunity, then apart from Pierce, the other HYDRA members will also face a disaster."
"This time is also a chance for us to truly wipe HYDRA off the face of the earth, so we must seize it."
After Meng Ran finished speaking, Nick Fury also said in a deep voice: "So, everyone should be able to understand the importance of this mission."
"This is a surgery for us to eliminate a tumor for Earth. We are the doctors holding the knife."
"The effectiveness of the treatment depends entirely on our actions, so I hope everyone can complete this mission successfully, just like in the Battle of New York."
"OK, OK, let's end the speech here. Is it time for the next step?"
Tony Stark got a headache the moment he heard Nick Fury's lecture, so he urged him to wrap up the mobilization quickly and move on to the next phase.
Tony's urging was clearly directed at Nick Fury, which made Natasha and Barton, who were watching Nick Fury get frustrated, secretly laugh.
"Ahem, let's talk about the specific arrangements," Steve said, clearing his throat.
Nick Fury couldn't do anything about Tony Stark, so he could only let Meng Ran continue to present the information with a dark face.
Meng Ran cleared his throat and continued, "Ahem, according to all the current intelligence, besides Pierce's faction, there are about three other HYDRA forces in the world."
"Besides these three, the remaining small forces have already been swallowed up and integrated."
"The most powerful of these three is the HYDRA led by Strucker, based in Sokovia."
"So, the main target of our operation this time is Sokovia, and we also need to eliminate the remaining two HYDRA forces."
"So, we're splitting into three teams?" Thor, who hadn't spoken for a while, asked.
"That's right. You and Barton are one team. Natasha, Banner, and Rogers are another. The remaining team is Tony and Ghost," Nick Fury replied after hearing Thor's question.
This was a division he'd carefully considered, one that would maximize the efficiency of the mission.
With Ghost watching Tony, the unstable, offbeat element that Tony was would have a rare chance to be stable.
Tony guessed Fury's thoughts when he heard the team assignments, and he could only shrug helplessly.
After the teams were set, Nick Fury distributed the locations and strength details of the three HYDRA strongholds to everyone.
The main Sokovia base was to be handled by Ghost and Tony, while the remaining two forces were to be dealt with by the teams led by Rogers and Barton, respectively.
With the teams and plans finalized, the three teams began their preparations.
Although the three teams were not in the same location, their missions were scheduled to begin around nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
Therefore, these teams began their preparations, selecting aircraft to travel to the vicinity of their respective mission locations beforehand.
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