Rise of an Empire

"Mr. Pierce, you're welcome. If you don't want to see anyone else, just call me Conrad." Conrad quickly reached out his hand to shake it, and also signaled that the two parties could get closer.

To be honest, he was really confused when he suddenly heard Osborne introduce this guy.

Alexander Pierce, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. more than thirty years later, single-handedly promoted Nick Fury, the one-eyed dragon, and was also one of the future snakeheads of Hydra. The entire Captain America 2 was completely based on him as the villain.

But now Pierce is just a teenager who is at most two years older than them, far from reaching the level of cunning and cunning he would be in his later years.

It's just that this guy actually comes from a political family, which is really surprising.

"Then I won't be polite. Speaking of Conrad, just call me Alexander. We are good brothers and don't need to be so open-minded." Pierce is also a master of catching snakes and following sticks, and he quickly put on a brother-like attitude. He looks good, and judging by his posture, he might be ready to take over Conrad.

"Are you two bothered? Is that guy Thaddeus here?" Osborne pulled the maid Pierce had just hugged into his arms and asked, raising and lowering his hands.

"Bastard Osborne, let go of my Lisa!" Pierce finally came to his senses and saw that his maid had fallen into Osborne's hands, and he shouted in anger.

"Pull it down and give it back to you Lisa. I remember she is obviously your father's personal maid. How about I see Uncle Pierce another day and ask for you?" Osborne was unmoved by Alexander Pierce's threat. Threatens in turn.

"Asshole, you bastard." Pierce was put in a dilemma by Osborne's trump card. Although it was nothing new for father and son in a big family to share a maid, it was still a bit embarrassing to be exposed by the other party in person.

"What's going on?" Just when Pierce didn't know how to smooth things over, a serious voice suddenly interrupted.

Although there are dozens of people scattered in the courtyard, everyone strictly abides by their own circle. There are only three of them and the maid named Lisa in the middle. The others can only watch helplessly. , they would not dare to come forward without being summoned.

"Thaddeus, you're finally here." Pierce finally found a place under the steps. He immediately ignored Osborne, the bastard who was doing something to his maid over there, and quickly turned around and pulled Conrad. introduced to.

"Excuse me, this is my good friend, Duke Conrad Weyen. Weyen comes from a well-known family. Ross, you two can get closer and closer."

"Thaddeus Ross, a recent graduate of West Point Military Academy, nice to meet you." Before Pierce could introduce him, the guy named Ross on the other side stretched out his hand and introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you." Conrad stretched out his hand numbly and shook hands with the other person. Isn't this guy the father-in-law of the green fat man later?

By the way, General Ross is also a fierce man. First, he spent decades on the human genetic project, wasting hundreds of billions and ended up creating a fat green man and an abomination. Later, the two guys fought and almost destroyed several people in Manhattan. The neighborhoods were wiped out.

It stands to reason that after such a big mistake and so much money wasted, General Ross would have to step down. However, he relied on his backstage to force him. Not only did he not get away with it, but he also became the Secretary of State.

It can be said that the background behind this boss Ross is quite scary.

"Thaddeus is from Pennsylvania," Pierce reminded Conrad again because he was worried that Conrad wouldn't know the other party's identity.

After hearing his explanation, Conrad's doubts were immediately cleared up.

As the first state to join the United States during the American Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania itself holds a pivotal position, and the ancestor of the Ross family was one of the founding fathers of the United States, holding the position of marshal.

No wonder this old boy seems to have become a general before he was forty years old, and he can also do everything in military and political affairs. He has a good ancestor, and he was indeed born directly on the finish line.

Ross has a rather burly figure, probably because he was born into a military family. Even in his daily life, he has a strong military atmosphere.

"Thaddeus, who is that behind you?" Pierce asked Rose to take a seat. Only then did everyone see that there was a young man following behind Rose.

This young man has a delicate appearance and a fair face that is a bit enchanting. He looks a bit like those sissy and pretty boys from his previous life.

Conrad couldn't help but mutter secretly in his heart, could it be that Thaddeus is a good guy and Long Yang just seems to have never heard of it?

"This is William Stryker, my classmate. I brought him to see him." Only then did Ross wave his hand and said to Stryker.

"William, say hello to all my friends."

William Stryker's identity was obviously incomparable to those of them. The reason why Thaddeus Ross brought him here was mainly because he felt that this young man was a talent.

The first reaction of second-generation people like them when they meet talents is whether they can be used for themselves. It is obvious that William Stryker is the one that Ross values ​​the most among this class of West Point cadets.

"Hello, sirs." Compared to the casualness of the others, Stryker was obviously much more nervous. He quickly stood at attention and gave a military salute to everyone, not caring at all that he actually seemed older than Conrad and Osborne. How old.

"Strike, right? You don't have to be so polite. Let's chat casually. Sit down wherever you want." Alexander Pierce still looked like a good old man and greeted him with a smile.

At the owner's enthusiastic request, William Stryker finally sat down, but his back was straight, showing that he must be sitting very unpleasantly.

After all, among everyone here, he has the lowest status. Everyone respects him and takes him to play, but he himself must not mess up his sense of proportion.

Looking at William Stryker walking on thin ice over there, who would have thought that this guy would be the famous Colonel Stryker forty years later, and he could defeat the entire X-Men by himself.

This guy's ability is definitely there. Compared to General Ross's messy human genetic project, Stryker just relied on the few funds leaked from other people's teeth to build the mutant weapons plan. It can be said that he has worked hard and achieved great results. .

It's just a pity that even if he really came up with an effective and feasible mutant weapons plan, this guy's military rank has always been just a poor colonel. It seems that the military took pity on him and promoted him to a brigadier general when he was sixty or seventy years old. .

Compared with the promotion speed of Ross, who was promoted to general before he was forty years old, and became an admiral at the age of fifty, William Stryker could have changed his career to complain about Dou E's injustice.