[Comprehensive] First Lady

Actually, the Apple of Eden shouldn't be in Shu's house.

Why it fell into the hands of the Shu family has to be traced back to the previous Templar attack.

The final location of the Apple of Eden was originally the tomb of Columbus, and it was delivered to Columbus by Aquila, a member of the Spanish Dark Age Brotherhood.

However, around 1840, a screen thief stole it and delivered it to India without knowing it.When the Sikh Empire was at war with the British East India Company, members of the Indian Brotherhood successfully protected the Apple of Eden and sent it to China.

The direct descendant of the Shu family is the ruler of the Chinese Brotherhood.They have the bloodline of the Assassin Shaoyun, who was an Assassin in the late Ming Dynasty and studied under the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze.

Since no other more suitable object could be found to protect the Apple of Eden, the Apple of Eden remained in the hands of the Shu family until the death of Holly's grandparents. Someone in the family wanted to use the Apple of Eden to take power.

And all of this, Holly didn't know.Her parents never intended for her to contact or even inherit the title of Assassin. It was a very difficult road, and she was the only daughter of her parents.

Similarly, S.H.I.E.L.D. did not find out the information until Steve, reminded by Natasha, remembered the folder, the "gift" given to him by the other party before parting with Ethan Hunter.

The Apple of Eden is a top secret guarded by the Brotherhood.This involves religion. For thousands of years, outsiders have not understood what the Brotherhood is fighting with the Templars. They only think it is evil or superstitious.

Today, the Syndicate no longer exists.Someone took Holly, not to threaten Steve, but obviously, for other secrets that Holly had.

"So...the apples of Eden weren't real apples."

S.H.I.E.L.D. base playground, inside the Avengers office, Steve, James, Natasha, Clint, Tony, Sam, Vision, the twins, and Peter, circled the desk, and took turns to read the materials.

"No," Clint replied, frowning as he read the information, "It says that this is a kind of...maybe from aliens, or other civilizations, or a sphere from God, which contains the secret of human free will genes."

"What do you mean?" Wanda wrinkled her face hard, "Is that an Infinity Stone?"

"No. Something similar."

"Why does Holly have this?" Peter asked, "How can such a dangerous item be left to ordinary people for safekeeping, what are the people who made the decision thinking."

"Actually, this is not the first time a fraternity handed over an apple to an ordinary person for safekeeping." Tony said, raising his eyebrows, resting his forehead, and pushed the information to the center of the table. "On the first page, it says that Aguilar will Give the apple to Columbus. Columbus hadn’t discovered the New World then.”

"Is this to deceive people?"

"I guess, yes."

During the discussion, Steve remained silent.Natasha was also very quiet.Wade stands outside his office, seemingly not planning to join the Avengers.

Suddenly, Vision spoke. "I'm curious, did Mrs. Rogers escape from Shanghai to New York on her own?"

Everyone looked at Vision.

"You think someone helped her?" Sam asked.

"Mrs. Rogers was only 16 years old at the time." Vision emphasized, looking at Steve, "Captain, in your opinion, do you think your wife can complete this act independently at that age?"

Steve frowned slightly, noncommittal. "Holly didn't even know she had the Apple of Eden," he replied. "It doesn't make sense."

Tony glanced at Wade thoughtfully, "Maybe she doesn't know, it's the Apple of Eden. Why don't we ask her cousin?"

"Wait." James suddenly thought, "So, the fraternity acquiesces to Holly to keep the Apple. After all, according to the current information and our inference, the reason for Holly to leave Shanghai is that her paternal relatives apparently wanted to fight for property, but actually The above is to assassinate and frame her for the apple."

"Yes." Natasha looked up suddenly, staring at the empty space on the table, and said, "Walking in the dark, serving the light, everything is empty, everything is possible. This is the purpose of the Brotherhood."

Steve immediately frowned, "That's not Holly's idea."

"Of course not hers," Natasha said, looking up at Steve, "because she's the light."

Steve suddenly realized something was wrong.He remembered Natasha's surname, Romanov, the same surname as the Tsar.

Rumor has it that the Tsar's youngest daughter, Princess Anastasia, did not die and fled to Germany under the pseudonym Anna Anderson.

According to the information Ethan gave him, the Russian Brotherhood once sent an assassin to kill the Tsar's queen; however, the assassin rebelled and chose to protect the princess.

Steve then wondered; when did Natasha start being particularly close to Holly?

Steve subconsciously looked at Natasha.Natasha's eyes faintly hinted that his guess was correct.Steve's gaze shifted to James, who also looked at Natasha in surprise.

Others didn't notice the strangeness in the three of Steve's rooms.Discussions continued.

"It says that almost all of Holly's relatives in China... died. Not long after Holly left Shanghai." Clint looked around at the crowd, rather astonished.

"There must be someone secretly protecting and helping Holly, not Deadpool or Wesley." Sam affirmed.

"And she didn't know it at all." Pietro raised an eyebrow.

"We'd better find her, anyway," Tony concluded. "Steve, I remember you saying that Holly's parents had something hidden in the Swiss bank."

The Avengers are heading in the right direction.Holly was indeed on the plane to Switzerland.

Shortly after Darren Cross left the room, a group of people dressed as religious broke into the ward and took her away.Holly didn't fight back because she had to protect herself, and the baby, in Steve's absence, and she knew that Steve and her brothers would bring others to rescue her.

All she needs to do is delay time and save her life.

The two parties came to the airport and got on the special plane without any exchange of words.The group didn't say a word, they worked quietly, and Holly didn't ask who they were.Although deep down in her heart, she felt subtle doubts about why this group of people had no doubts about why she was so quiet.

These people are like machines.

They arrived at the Vatican first.her birthplace.

The group first took her to a private house.Through the tunnel of the house, they arrived at an old church.

Holly guessed this was Rome.

This church is old and grand, and the building is filled with the smell of dust, candle oil, and yellowed paper.The vault is majestic, and every brick and tile looks sacred.

Holly followed the cardinal to the end of the corridor.A group of nuns passed by to their left, quietly examining Holly.

The door opens from the inside.

Holly is wheeled into the room.

The door closes.Holly frowned displeasedly, and patted the touched arm.

"welcome."

Holly turned her head, looked across the room, and saw a man with short gray hair, wearing a suit, sitting in front of a rectangular iron-colored desk, looking up at her and smiling.

"Hello, Shuhe. My name is Alan." The man introduced himself, stood up, and walked slowly towards Holly, "Welcome to the headquarters of the Templars in Rome. This is my office, you can find it wherever you want." There is no place to sit down, don’t be restrained.”

Holly stared at Alan warily, expressionless, without saying a word or moving.

"I'm sorry to bring you in in such a tough way," Alan continued, sitting down on the couch and looking up at Holly. "There's nothing else we can do. You're being closely monitored, and I won't say that's a kind of protection."

Holly looked at Alan coldly, and conveyed a word with her expression.

none of your business.

Allen smiled, unaffected by Holly's attitude. "Relax. You want to leave as soon as possible. I'm happy to make a long story short."

Holly raised the corners of her mouth and looked at Alan.

After a while, Holly walked to the sofa and sat down gracefully.

"What's your business?" Holly asked.Chinese, standard accent.

Allen narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly followed Holly's words. "Your parents took something that didn't belong to them," he said, also in Chinese. "Now, I need you to return this item to the Knights Templar."

"Our family has money, and we don't take other people's things." Holly replied without changing her face.

Alan stared fixedly at Holly, and after two seconds, he laughed.

"My words were wrong," Allen said, looking briefly over the painting on the wall.It was a religious painting, a group of believers were burning heresies, and the crowd surrounded the execution ground passionately, the picture was brutal and evil.

"To be precise, it's not your parents who took away such items, but your ancestors." Allen said, with a calm expression and authoritative tone, "Perhaps your father told you that the Shu family protects a certain Something, something that shouldn't be in the hands of the Shu family──"

"The Apple of Eden. Have you heard of it?"

The atmosphere condensed after Alan's last word fell.

The two looked at each other, amidst the church bells ringing on the hour.

Holly counted the bells silently.one two three four.

"Yes," Holly replied, after the bell rang, "but I had no idea what it was."

Allen narrowed his eyes again, his expression revealed that he felt absurd about Holly's answer.

"Are you kidding me? Better not, I don't have much time. You want to see Captain America again, don't you?"

"I'm not kidding, I really don't know anything. If you want such an item, you'd better describe what it looks like, what it does, so I can recall where we put it. You know my Parents have been to many countries."

The two faced each other in silence.

An eagle stood outside the window, watching the situation in the room silently.

It was Allen who spoke first. "The sphere, in a box," he said, almost glaring at Holly. "As for the purpose, you don't need to know."

"Then let's start from Switzerland." Holly replied, with a straightforward attitude, "The scope you gave is so wide, we can only start from the place that impressed me the most. My parents left assets to me in the Swiss bank, Maybe the item you want will be in there."

Allen looked at Holly carefully, his eyes full of doubts.

Holly is unafraid.

"Let's go now," Allen said, standing up.People outside the door came in, and Holly automatically followed Alan.

Holly thought to herself as they boarded the plane.

Steve, you better not miss this opportunity - she thought, looking out the plane window.

She had to trust what Steve knew about her, and the tacit understanding between them.