Sebastian, Tony, and Reed returned to New York together, each heading in different directions to pursue their investigations. Tony took Reed to find his protégé Peter Parker first, while Sebastian Apparated directly into the Pioneer Technologies building.
It was clear from the building's modern decor alone that the aesthetics of Pioneer Technologies' executives were far superior to Hydra's outdated style. At least compared to the gloomy, last-century villain lair aesthetic, the interior of Pioneer Technologies now looked like a futuristic tech company with sleek design.
Casting a Disillusionnt Charm on himself, Sebastian walked through Pioneer Technologies building undetected. Following the instructions displayed in his contact lenses that Tony had provided, he arrived at the room where the building's computer servers were stored. He used magical interference on the server to block the security monitors and inserted what resembled a USB flash drive into the main server.
Quickly, the program inside connected to Tony's remote server and, with his expert help, quickly breached the server's firewall, copying and extracting all the data within the system.
Once the data was completely copied to their secure location, Tony's voice rang out again through the communicator in Sebastian's ear.
"Sebastian, all the data has been copied successfully. There is hidden data on the server, which I have also found. It will probably take so ti to crack the encryption. You can first investigate the people within Pioneer Technologies. Perhaps they know sothing useful, or maybe they are actually from Advanced Idea chanics!"
"Okay, I understand!"
Pulling out the USB-like device, Sebastian once again beca invisible and headed for the top floor of the building. He intended to find the person in charge of Pioneer Technologies. If Pioneer Technologies was truly connected to Advanced Idea chanics, then its leader must be deeply involved.
Like a ghost moving silently, he arrived at the top floor of Pioneer Technologies. There was only one office there, which was where the Pioneer Technologies leader worked from.
Just as Sebastian was about to Apparate to enter through the walls, the door of the office suddenly opened on its own. The leader of Pioneer Technologies, wearing a pair of special goggles with glowing lenses, looked directly in Sebastian's direction and said clearly, "We are sorry to have failed to welco the famous Dark Wizard properly."
Revealing his figure and dropping the Disillusionnt Charm, Sebastian looked at the other person and said, "I have to say, you really surprised . You can actually see through my invisibility magic."
The middle-aged man who was the leader of Pioneer Technologies slowly stood up from his desk. He looked at Sebastian with a smug expression, took off his goggles, and said to Sebastian, "Although magic and technology are very different in many ways, they also have many similarities. As long as your magic does not make you disappear completely from this dinsion, then we will find a way to detect and find you. It is not a very difficult thing, right?"
"So you really have changed the master behind the scenes, from Hydra to Advanced Idea chanics, right?"
Looking at Sebastian in surprise, the middle-aged man nodded and said, "As expected of a Dark Wizard, a forr Avengers veteran, and the initiator of the Illuminati, you do know a lot of things, but the information you have is not entirely accurate.
Of course, maybe Hydra does not know that this technology company, which looks like their subordinate research institute, has been a part of Advanced Idea chanics from the very beginning. The relationship between Pioneer Technologies and Advanced Idea chanics is obvious, right?"
"It has been a part of Advanced Idea chanics from the very beginning... I see now!"
Sebastian then understood why Kilgrave's samples and genetic data were mastered by Advanced Idea chanics, and so corresponding mind control drugs were developed from them. It can almost be regarded as Hydra personally delivering the research materials to Advanced Idea chanics. It is of course normal for them to be able to research and develop those drugs.
Looking at the middle-aged man again, Sebastian said, "Alright, please co with now. If you resist, I will not be polite."
The middle-aged man looked at Sebastian without the slightest hint of nervousness or fear. He simply smiled and said, "Mister Dark Wizard, are you not curious why I found you and waited for you here?"
"I am not interested in your explanations. Since you do not want to leave with , I can only be rude to you."
With that, Sebastian raised his wand. However, the Stunning Spell he was about to cast did not work at all.
Seeing sothing unusual happening, Sebastian waved his wand again, finally discovering sothing amiss in this area.
For so reason, all magical energy was blocked here. He could not mobilize any magical energy from the environnt, and even his own magic power had beco like a stagnant pool, unable to be mobilized at all.
Sensing sothing terribly amiss, Sebastian imdiately retreated, leaving the office quickly. He could use magic outside the office, so the magical barrier must be within this specific area!
Sebastian's judgnt was indeed correct.
However, just as Sebastian was about to enter the office, the middle-aged man had taken the initiative to open the door and usher Sebastian in, so that Sebastian would not imdiately notice anything unusual about the room. The mont Sebastian stepped in, the man had already made preparations for the next step of his trap.
Of course, the details of these events were irrelevant; the key question was how this forbidden magic area was created, and Sebastian was eager to know the answer.
"Mister Dark Wizard, we at Advanced Idea chanics have conducted rigorous analysis and calculations of you. Beyond your magic, your physical strength is roughly that of an average, stronger person. You possess no high-tech weapons, and your hand-to-hand combat proficiency is rely amateurish at best.
So, when you can cast magic, you are a Dark Wizard few on Earth can rival. But without it, you are just an ordinary young man. For soone like , who has undergone dozens of genetic enhancents, you are no match!"
As his words fell, the middle-aged man's body suddenly expanded dramatically. He ripped his coat apart, revealing muscles taut as if they were made of armor plating.
A cruel grin ford on his face as he spoke again, "Though the higher-ups need you alive for interrogation, they have not forbidden from playing gas with you. I am particularly drawn to people like you, once a powerhouse, now reduced to a lamb for slaughter!"
"Really? But I am truly sorry, I am not interested in your gas at all."
As soon as he finished speaking, a simple crow mark appeared between Sebastian's eyebrows, and a magical power that should have been sealed suddenly escaped from Sebastian's body!
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