Druid's Marvel Travels

Chapter 84 The Council's Sense of Crisis

Washington, SHIELD Tricurved Wing headquarters.

S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury stands in front of the giant French windows in his office, brooding.

He just returned from a video conference with the World Security Council.

The emergence of the Asgardians has an impact not limited to New Mexico, or even the United States.

As the supervisory department of S.H.I.E.L.D., the World Security Council, as a matter of course, knew the ins and outs of this matter at the first time.

Regardless of whether the Asgardians are the aliens they call themselves, or the protoss of the earth's myths and legends, they have all appeared on the earth alive and have done a big event.

Ordinary earth weapons have no effect on them at all.

That's why Nick Fury used the remains of the Destroyer armor to research weapons.

In fact, he is quite satisfied with the way Oakes handled it.

This kid is indeed his ideal, the mediator of the future Avengers organization.

Oakes knew very well that there was no way Banner would approve of their plan to build a stronger weapon, and neither could Tony.

But Oakes understands the necessity of this matter very well, but he can't take the risk that S.H.I.E.L.D. uses Banner's research results to do things that Banner doesn't like, which will cause him to have a risk of resistance.

So Oakes directly pointed out this matter, and later separated Banner from this matter-you play whatever you like in S.H.I.E.L.D., and we will go back to the company to work.

This successfully extracted Banner from his involvement in the New Mexico field research.

Otherwise, it is obviously inappropriate for S.H.I.E.L.D. to ignore a top scientist like Banner and hide the Destroyer for research.

"Boom ~ creak ~"

After two apparently perfunctory knocks, the office door opened.

Nick Fury frowned, turned his head and looked - which idiot came in without permission...

Then his brow relaxed.

Those who come here are indeed qualified to do so.

"Hey buddy, are you done?"

He turned around with a smile and walked forward, gave the person a warm hug, and glanced outside with one eye:
"All done?"

"Of course, but what happened this time was really beyond my expectations."

The visitor smiled until his face was wrinkled, and he looked up and down Nick Fury with satisfaction:
"Sure enough, he is the person I'm looking for. This move is beautiful... Now, those guys won't always talk about funding and authority issues by my ears."

Alexander Pierce, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., is now the Minister of Liaison between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the World Security Council, and also the Secretary-General of the Council.

As the boss who once rejected the Nobel Peace Prize, and single-handedly discovered and promoted the current director Nick Fury, he has the same tenth-level permission as Nick Fury.

It is precisely because of his dedicated dealings with the World Security Council that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been able to gradually obtain larger budgets and more authority over the years.

Of course, as the supreme leader of Hydra's lair in S.H.I.E.L.D., even among the Hydra branches around the world, Pierce is a top giant and an important branch leader.

In recent years, as Hydra's growth requires more and more nutrients, Pierce must do his best to expand the influence of S.H.I.E.L.D.

But as the saying goes, "A hunter without a goal is nothing."

The current security threats in the world, compared with the growing scale of S.H.I.E.L.D., are already... not enough.

In recent years, Pierce has been using his excellent political experience and acumen to deal with the supervision of the council, desperately seeking oil and water——

In Nick Fury's view, the old leader is trying to avoid bureaucratic constraints on the S.H.I.E.L.D. operations he leads, for which he is very grateful to Pierce.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being an old comrade who has made outstanding contributions to world security.

But no matter how eloquent Pierce is, he gradually began to be unable to bear the pressure of the council——

Especially in recent years, with the rapid development of information technology, the channels and speed for the public to receive information have undergone earth-shaking changes. Many actions of S.H.I.E.L.D. have caused public panic and even a certain degree of hostility, as well as many follow-up issues.

This also makes the governments of the countries that are usually responsible for wiping the ass of S.H.I.E.L.D. have more and more opinions on S.H.I.E.L.D.—

And the council clearly wasn't going to ignore the situation.

This is also one of the official statements that S.H.I.E.L.D. has repeatedly rejected Nick Fury's 'Avengers Project'.

But this time is different.

"According to our investigation of the battle scene on the edge of Guqiao Town, the council has a deep understanding of how much a single Thor can pose a threat to world security."

Nick Fury greeted Pierce to sit down and prepared to pour him a cup of coffee. After thinking about it, he came to the desk again, took out a small box, and went back to replace the coffee beans on the coffee machine.

"Oh! It smells so good... Do you still have such good things?"

Pierce raised his eyebrows. The agent coffee of S.H.I.E.L.D. is already top-notch. After all, they are only treated as civil servants...

But this kind of coffee, he has tasted countless top-notch coffee, it can't compare with it!
"Find it from a fun kid."

Nick Fury shrugged, Pierce showed a clear look:

"Environmental consultant? This coffee is more suitable for our age than acorn, a drink popular among young people."

"Sounds like I'm very old."

Nick Fury took a sip of his coffee with satisfaction, and gritted his teeth a bit - this thing is a "deal" giveaway...

He didn't want these embarrassing emotions to affect his thoughts for the time being, so he put down his coffee:

"The crown prince of Asgard has obviously frightened the old diehards of the council."

"Well, according to them, Earth, that is, Midgard, is still one of their vassal states."

Pierce sighed and shook his head:

"Although for some unknown reason, Asgard does not seem to have reaffirmed their 'ruling rights' to the countries on Earth today, the return of the Crown Prince of Asgard from Earth will change their attitude towards Earth. What changes?
If the legendary father of the gods, the king of heaven Odin, really had a bright mind, thinking that he still has a large piece of "territory" that he has ignored for a long time, would he suddenly want to re-declare his sovereignty?
At that time, the earth is absolutely impossible to accept, this is something that the council absolutely does not allow——

But if there is no guarantee of force, the earth is not even qualified to refuse. "

"So they finally approved 'The Avengers'."

Nick Fury snorted coldly:
"These guys were worried about what it would be like to give S.H.I.E.L.D. more power...it turns out I wasn't unfounded."

"Well, so, the 'Tianma Project' has also been restarted."

Pierce put on a serious expression on his face:

"I suggest going straight to the weaponization stage - what we need most now are powerful weapons that can effectively deter would-be enemies.

Compared with analyzing the completely unfamiliar Destroyer wreckage, the Tianma Project with pre-research data can obviously produce results faster. "

"..."

Nick Fury was silent for a while, looked at the serious eyes of his old boss, and finally nodded slowly:
"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)