Marvel's Speedster

Washington, Potomac River, S.H.I.E.L.D Trident Building.

As the headquarters of the agent organization, the interior of this building adopts a large number of silver-gray decoration styles. The space lines are simple and clear, the layered design is patchwork, and the decoration materials and walls use the same color, which makes the building as a whole full of indifference and toughness in the post-industrial era. Perhaps influenced by this architectural style, the interior atmosphere of S.H.I.E.L.D often makes people feel a little tense and depressed.

Phil Coulson's mood at the moment was completely consistent with this atmosphere. He had just rushed back to Washington from New York, and without a break, he went directly to the director's office with top-secret documents. He had to report to Fury himself immediately if there was an important situation.

Go up all the way from the special elevator, and then enter the security area through the verification procedure, and soon Phil Coulson arrives in front of Fury who has been waiting for a long time~.

The one-eyed black director sat in front of the French windows, with his back to the light from the window, and on the other side of the conference table sat the former director Alexander Pierce.

The last time when an unidentified intruder robbed the Tesseract, Pierce suffered a lot when he fell into the hands of the other party. Perhaps his resilience has weakened due to his age. His injury has not yet healed, and his severely injured right hand was covered with a layer of white gauze. Layers of entanglement and wrapping made the whole person's spirit seem a little languid.

"Sir." Phil Coulson saluted the two.

"Thank you, Phil." Fury nodded slightly, and then asked casually, "Have you heard about New York?"

"If it's about Dr. Banner, I heard a bit on the way back, but I don't know exactly what happened." Phil Coulson replied.

"There is no need to inquire. There is a comprehensive report here. You can take it home and study it slowly. Now tell me the mission, from beginning to end. Mr. Pierce needs to understand the whole process in order to explain to the White House and the World Security Council why There will be people of ours involved in illegal and dangerous activities." Fury threw down a document, then leaned back in his chair, the light coming from behind, making his expression completely shrouded in shadow.

Phil Coulson knew the seriousness of the problem, he nodded silently, and began to describe the results of his investigation.

He was originally ordered to get close to Ross, and at the same time investigate the super-ability that appeared in the aerial attack, but during the investigation, Phil Coulson accidentally discovered that some suspects belonged to the S.H.I.E.L.D active agent sequence, and the rapid reaction force captain Locke Rumlow turned out to be a super-ability The leader of a criminal gang. After this news was sent back to headquarters, it immediately attracted the attention of the high-level. In order to get more information about the case and figure out how many insiders were involved, he had to stay in New York for a while.

After the joint operation led by General Ross, S.H.I.E.L.D was shocked again by an urgent telegram from Phil Coulson. Only then did they know that not only Locke was involved in the attack, but also that Agent Sitwell, who had claimed to be on vacation in Europe, turned out to be the main leader of the secret gang, and it was he who single-handedly led the big case.

In order to find the answer from Sitwell, Fury personally contacted the general, paid a heavy price and finally took the investigation right into his own hands. Phil Coulson made an emergency call to Sitwell on the way back to New York led by Lieutenant Colonel Sparr. During the interrogation, he got some very unfavorable confessions against S.H.I.E.L.D, and then he returned quickly, bringing these crucial information back to the director for decision.

The video of Sitwell's interrogation was shown on the projection. Fury and Pierce are quite familiar with this middle-level backbone. The military and Phil Coulson have checked in turn, and their personal identification is enough to confirm that it is not someone else's impersonation.

When the video ended, the office fell into silence, and it took a while to break the silence.

"So, there is still a Nazi gang hidden around us that has been passed down from the World War II to this day?" Pierce sat up straight and spoke quite solemnly.

"I'd love to deny it, but I'm afraid that's the truth." Phil Coulson bowed in respect to the former chief.

According to the military's investigation, Sitwell's subordinates come from various sources, including mercenaries who are moved by interests, and active or retired agents from other organizations, but no matter what

The people of S.H.I.E.L.D occupy the main part, the number is as high as more than half of the total number, and they basically belong to the backbone force. This is an undeniable fact.

With only the authority of Sitwell's sixth-level agent, it is absolutely impossible to accomplish this alone. This is enough to prove that there is indeed a secret organization that sneaked in without S.H.I.E.L.D being aware of it, and controlled a considerable part of the power.

This news made the two generations of bureau chiefs here a little anxious, but their anxiety did not stem from the same reason.

Fury was worried about how many people under his command would be reliable, while Pierce had other ideas.

But they didn't know that Sitwell could have successfully escaped from danger and continued to lurk, but Ross sent Qin and Ororo to catch him back, and then manipulated his consciousness through Qin's spiritual induction.

Ross definitely knows that the head of HYDRA in S.H.I.E.L.D is the former director Alexander Pierce himself, but he does not intend to help Fury complete the internal cleansing. A pure and united S.H.I.E.L.D will only hinder his plan, and a chaotic and divided agent organization is in line. His interests, so he wants to use Sitwell to make S.H.I.E.L.D suspect each other, and by the way, he can use this incident to hit Mr. Senator who is calculating himself.

As he expected, the senator's name soon appeared in the statement.

.....Senator Stern was the mastermind, and the late Kenny Watsonton II, chairman of Watsonton Pharmaceuticals, was an important veteran of this organization. They maintained a huge underground force, from North America to A series of superhuman cases in Central Asia are all related to the HYDRA organization, and attacks may still be launched in the future... Do you think his words are credible?" Fury's voice came from the shadows, and Phil Coulson could hear the director's words These confessions are taken with a grain of salt.

"Sitwell is an excellent field agent. He is familiar with our interrogation process and understands how to fight the interrogation, so we used Veritaserum directly. If our special Veritaserum works reliably, then that's all we know. Definitely this does not rule out the use of autosuggestion to interfere with the subconscious mind." Phil Coulson replied sincerely.

"And what about Sitwell, the general still won't hand him over to us?" Pierce interjected. In his view, Sitwell was undoubtedly a loyal soldier, and Watsonton's words must have been used to confusing view. Although such an organization will inevitably have to reluctantly abandon some pawns, this confession seems to be acceptable to HYDRA.

Definitely, if possible, a Sitwell who shuts up forever is the best Sitwell.

Pierce's expectations were partially met.

"After our interrogation, his mental state suddenly deteriorated. The general sent someone to rush him to the Army Central Hospital for emergency treatment. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to contact him again in the short term. Phil Coulson continued to fall back.

"This is really bad news." Pierce's eyes darkened, but his tone became flat.

Although the results of the interrogation are disturbing, this clue is enough for him to explain to the White House and the World Security Council that due to the involvement of high-ranking senators, it is inconvenient for S.H.I.E.L.D to participate in the subsequent investigation.

Pierce left the chief's office with his mind full, Phil Coulson carefully closed the door, and walked back to Fury.

Now they can talk about another assignment.

"What explanation does Ross have for the incident in the sky restaurant?" Fury stepped out of the shadows and stood in front of the French windows quietly looking at the distant horizon.

"He insists he saw nothing but a mob turned abomination after Banner, and then he hid until the attack was over. Locke and everyone he brought into the bathroom were dead, only the man sent outside the door remained. Alive, their last contact with Boo Locke was to control Banner's ex-girlfriend, Betty, and then they had to evacuate the hostages by Samuel's helicopter."

"Because the scene was in chaos and no witnesses survived, no one knew what happened. As for Ross's own answer, that's all. If I keep asking, he will ask a lawyer to speak for him... Ross is a famous entrepreneur, I can't just bring him back for interrogation like a street gangster." Phil Coulson shrugged his shoulders and replied.

"That said, we still don't know anything about what happened to Ross Byrne." Fury frowned.

"You suspect something is wrong with Ross?" Phil Coulson asked in a low voice.

"It's suspicious, but there is no evidence to support it. At present, we can only guess that he has a connection with Mutant, but we can't determine the level of this connection." Fury shook his head

As Phil Coulson said earlier, even if Fury had deep suspicions in his heart, it would be impossible to bring a celebrity like Ross back for interrogation.

...asking for flowers...

For ordinary members of the same society, people who have huge social resources can also be regarded as some kind of super-ability. Like those real super-ability, they can easily accomplish feats that ordinary people will never be able to accomplish. Even someone as powerful as Fury has his scruples.

It is precisely based on the understanding of social rules that Ross never hesitates when he needs to show his strength. Because only those who never do anything will not leave any traces, but as long as there are sufficient excuses and a high enough status, no one will dare to act rashly even if they leave a few fingerprints occasionally.

But Phil Coulson still has some doubts.

"Associating with Mutant is not an important crime. We all know that Magneto is of Jewish origin. He has always been involved in Jewish consortiums. Many people traded privately through the Mutant Brotherhood. Even if Ross and S.T.A.R. did that, it shouldn't be a big deal. The problem."

"It's not a big problem, but the problem is that we can't find a channel for in-depth understanding, so we can only guess from many sources... Just like Pierce, I have known him for so long, and he gave me the position of director , we are very good friends, but I still don't understand why he took out the Tesseract in the middle of the night, and it was without my authorization, so you see, how important it is to understand a person deeply." Fury lightly Turn, the topic went in another direction.

Phil Coulson was slightly taken aback, only then did he realize that what Fury meant was not Ross, but something else.

"An invisible hand is penetrating all around us. Brocke and Sitwell are just the first cases. They are the tip of the iceberg. I doubt how many amazing things are hidden under the water. So watch and listen more , Think more, use your own heart to observe, use your own brain to think, and don't express your opinions easily." Fury raised his index finger, stopped his subordinates from speaking, and then brought the topic back to the original place.

"Young people like Tony and Ross have always been our key observation targets. I admit that I underestimated Ross and cutting-edge laboratories before. For Stark Industries, we can acquire part of the stock, and even recommend people |to join the board of directors as important members, It is difficult to hide all his secrets from us, this method can be applied to most targets, but the cutting-edge laboratory is an exception, the same means, it is difficult for us to have an effect on it."

"Because they refuse to go public or apply for a patent?" Phil Coulson guessed.

"That's just appearance." Fury shook his head. "In the past, your confidentiality level was not enough, so you could not access these secrets. Now I can tell you that since the cutting-edge laboratory has shown amazing creation

Since Ability, we have been searching for relevant information, sending agents to it, trying to install our own personnel in it, and monitoring the internal situation of the laboratory... Although we are not always

We intend to target it, but so far we have not gained any important results, which has to make us vigilant. There is like an independent kingdom, the two-tier structure of S.T.A.R. seems simple

It is simple and transparent, but the more you study it, the more it feels like a very efficient firewall, blocking all the sight of the outside world. "

"Why did Ross do this, just to monopolize the formula?" Phil Coulson was a little surprised.

"That's what I want to know too." Fury walked slowly in the office with his hands behind his back, his eyes deep.

"Highly institutionalized, strict internal classification, highly shielded information levels, and thoughtful and rigorous organization... such a three-in-one integration of scientific research, manufacturing, and defense can almost autonomously

For a self-sufficient strange organization, if it continues to develop, what will you associate with it?" Fury suddenly turned around, staring at his loyal subordinates and asked.

"S.H.I.L.E.D.?" Phil Coulson blurted out.

"That's right, it's S.H.I.E.L.D." Fury nodded. Others may not realize it, but as the leader who single-handedly developed S.H.I.E.L.D, he is more sensitive to the latecomers than anyone else.

"So we have to keep an eye on him and have enough patience. Maybe it will turn out to be a false alarm in the end, but don't let our guard down easily. As Hamlet said, the fact

It will always rise before people's eyes, and it will be in vain to suppress it with all the earth in the world. But before that--" There was a glimmer of haze in the director's eyes.

"We must first consider how to disarm HYDRA Threat Four."