While the original body was living a peaceful life in New York, the first-level avatar, incarnation Joker, was taking Dr. Harley to "travel around" in Europe.
Harry could not alert the enemy before, so he could only investigate secretly and found some traces of Whitehall in the three Nordic countries of Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Compared to Harley's academic hypnosis, Luke's super power hypnosis is extremely violent.
Many times he only needs to stay near the target for a few minutes to obtain the information he wants.
He learned from Whitehall's men that Harley's intelligence was slightly outdated.
Half a year ago, Whitehall disappeared with a few of his trusted aides, and the remaining personnel from these three countries have entered a daily latent state.
Luke did not kill these people because they had no memory of leaking Hydra's secrets.
Besides, the capabilities of these low-level Hydra are limited, and there must be a "leader" to gather them together. Without their consent and command, nothing serious can happen.
Once Whitehall is taken down, perhaps there will be other "bosses" to take over these lower classes.
At that time, Luke might be able to find another clue about the "head".
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Luke and his companions quickly traced the clues from the three Nordic countries to Austria, and then from Austria to Lyon, France.
On a hillside in the suburbs of Lyon, a luxurious French manor stands.
The large classical main building, the spacious and neatly laid lawns, the dense and appropriately lush woods, and the clear stream flowing through the ditch all reveal the generations of luxury of the manor's owners.
Luke and Harley were now dressed up as a wealthy couple, with polite smiles on their faces, listening to the woman in front of them tell them the news they wanted: "I'm sorry, Warner had something to do some time ago and has left. Do you two have anything to do with him?"
Luke didn't say anything. Anyway, this young lady named Stephanie Malik had been controlled and influenced by pheromones.
The female doctor is very good at communication and she will answer any questions as long as they are not too sensitive.
More than ten minutes later, the two drove away from the manor.
Watching the carved iron gate of the manor close in the rearview mirror, Harley turned back and asked, "This Malik family has a big secret, why don't you let me ask that woman a few more questions?"
Luke turned the steering wheel lazily, and the car moved forward smoothly on the winding mountain road. "We need to figure out the problem slowly. If we scare away the "players" right from the start, the game will be so boring."
Harry blinked. "Really? Gideon Malik is a former member of the World Security Council. He's not someone you'd want to mess with."
Luke glanced at her and said, "So?"
The female doctor leaned over, put her arms around his neck, and gave him a "mua" on the face: "It's so exciting to play games with such a big shot."
Luke: "Yes, this is indeed a very interesting person."
The Malik family is one of the oldest families in Europe, said to have a history of thousands of years, and has an intricate network of family interests in various European countries.
It has the inevitable problems of a large family - numerous internal factions, complex power distribution, and considerable internal friction.
But there has always been a relatively core group of members who possess the most core power in the family.
In this generation, the leader of this core group is Gideon Malik, who is also the father of Miss Stephanie mentioned earlier.
After Gideon's insight into the incident in Washington, he resigned from his position as a member of the World Security Council for the purpose of avoiding suspicion.
In the post-investigation of the Insight incident, Luke did not find anything suspicious about Gideon.
A more accurate statement would be that there are too many people who are similar to Gideon as suspects, and it is not worth investigating them.
The Malik family's base is in Europe, and his withdrawal seems more like the US government forcing the blame on Europe.
The US officials have no psychological burden at all when doing this, and they can also muddy the waters and share their own pressure.
It was completely an accident that Luke went to Whitehall and found Gideon here.
Luke found out in Austria that Whitehall had met a young man named Werner von Streeck.
When the two sides met, Whitehall's right-hand man Bakshi seemed to be quite familiar with Warner.
How could a young man be so familiar with a reclusive Hydra boss like Whitehall and his men? This is an interesting question.
Whitehall was missing at the moment, so Luke checked Warner's background and found out that the young master was protected by several Hydra secret agents.
Their leader was Baron Stark.
Those Hydra members protected Warnar only because he was the baron's son.
The Baron is the leader of one of the "heads" of Hydra.
It was he who stole Loki's scepter from Tony and created Wanda and Pietro.
Unfortunately, Baron Stark is very strong in conspiracy and scientific research, but his luck is not very good.
Tony led all the Avengers to Sokovia to retrieve the scepter. When they rushed in, they shot him with a shot, causing him to vomit blood and die.
It was not until the post-war inventory that the young master realized that he had killed the mastermind behind stealing the scepter when he passed by.
After the Baron's death, Master Warner, who had not participated in Hydra's affairs, was left with only part of the inheritance left by his father through formal channels.
It’s not that I’m in dire straits, but at best I can be a small wealthy man who has no worries about food and clothing.
At this time, Warner suddenly began to interact frequently with Stephanie Malik.
On the surface, these two people have known each other since childhood, and they do seem to be old friends.
But there are also three to five hundred young men and women who Stephanie has known since childhood, and Warner is just an ordinary one among them.
Luke noticed Malik's family because of Vonnar, and then he found out that Malik and his daughter had private contact with Bakshi, a capable man under Whitehall.
By this point, most of Luke's attention had shifted from Whitehall to the Malik family.
Whether this family is Hydra is another matter, but when Luke just contacted Stephanie, the system showed that she was in a small red name status.
The eldest daughter of the Malik family is in the news from time to time.
In the news, she is enthusiastic about charity, actively participates in volunteer work, and calls for environmental protection, animal protection, women's rights, etc.
She is a little-known celebrity who shows off by doing good deeds every day, but this only proves that those "good deeds" are not worthy of the reputation.
More importantly - Xiaohongming is not within the protection scope of the system.
Thinking of this, Luke raised the corner of his mouth and revealed a wicked smile: "Let's go back and prepare first. We need a more suitable identity. When the time comes, we can invite this young lady and her father to play a good "game". "
Harley also let out a long hiahia laugh: "No problem, I will design exciting enough game levels this time, and I will definitely move this young lady to tears."
After the two left, Stephanie left the living room and came to the small garden behind the main building: "Dad, I have sent away those two Warner's friends."
An old man with white hair and a serious face turned around and nodded, "Well, let's find out why they came here later."