My last name is Stark after I changed my job to become a female musketeer?

One year ago, after the Insight Incident——

Thanks to the prodigal operations of Captain America and others, the three attack space carriers equipped with anti-gravity engines, the proud work of SHIELD that cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build, turned into ashes in front of everyone. Three dazzling fireballs plummeted to the ground, and together with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Trident headquarters, they were completely buried on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington.

The so-called [Theta Protocol] was secretly planned and born under such a premise.

Time: May 3, 2014 10:27 am

Location: Inside the new S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters "Hub"

"...Actually, compared to me, I actually recommend Hill to be responsible for this job. She is more familiar with this big guy than I am."

In the bright passage, as a thick metal door slowly opened, Coulson, the new deputy director of SHIELD with an increasingly dangerous hairline, was leading the way while complaining helplessly to the people following him.

"I know, but you also know that Hill is being closely watched by the Senate and the Security Council..."

Following the former's footsteps, Leni, who showed no pretense as a new director along the way, stepped into this special underground area with an access level of up to level 8, smiled and said half-jokingly:

"If I really assign Hill to this project now and she doesn't show up at the company today, I believe that by tomorrow morning, those politicians will be lining up to kill her because they haven't slept well all night. Go to Fulian Building to find me and ask for an explanation."

Unlike Coulson, who had been warned by Leni in advance and retreated bravely.

As the only top-level agent in SHIELD who had level 9 clearance and was deeply involved in many of SHIELD's top-secret projects, Maria Hill is dangerous in the eyes of today's politicians, led by the Security Council and the Senate. The coefficient is obviously much higher than the former.

Therefore, Agent Hill, like several other Avengers who originated from S.H.I.E.L.D., was forced to continue to appear in public temporarily due to pressure from the Senate and the Security Council.

To make it clear that it has not participated in any confidential projects, nor has it engaged in any "small actions" that may pose a threat to the government.

It is for this reason that instead of sitting in the new SHIELD headquarters, Leni, who was originally the new director of SHIELD, stayed in the Avengers headquarters, a building with three sides of glass, doing nothing.

Therefore, it's not that Leni really likes to be the hands-off shopkeeper and leave all the hard work to Coulson, the tool man, and enjoy it all day long.

Rather, she needs to reduce SHIELD's sense of threat to those frightened politicians, so that the outside world mistakenly thinks that she is busy dealing with the daily affairs of the Avengers, rather than going deep into the secret operations that may cause political turmoil.

Yes, that's it. Regardless of whether Coulson believes it or not, Leni and Hill believe it anyway.

Of course, Leni and the two are not really immoral and don't care about anything.

In fact, as mentioned above, Leni and Hill are just physically staying in the Avengers Building, and the work they are responsible for is still completed here in an orderly manner.

Just like telecommuting, although people are indeed not involved in any secret projects, in fact their hands are still holding the invisible pulse of SHIELD and the entire world.

In response, Coulson had no choice but to smile bitterly, and could not give any more reason for rejection.

"Well, it seems that my vacation plan will be postponed again..."

"Don't be so negative. This is a special period. As long as you get over this hurdle, you will have plenty of time to enjoy your vacation, trust me."

A hint of cunning flashed in Leni's eyes, she chuckled and said:

"Besides, you can arrange for Sitwell to come here. He is not as busy as you anyway, and those guys don't keep an eye on him closely. He disappears from time to time for three to five days."

Coulson raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but didn't take the cake Leni drew too seriously.

"Actually, I have done this a long time ago. I tricked Sitwell into it a week ago, and even others are inside now..."

When he didn't want to say this, the isolation door at the other end of the passage was suddenly opened from the inside. A bald man just exposed half of his body, and happened to hear the second half of Colson's words.

"Huh? Why did I get tricked into this?"

Sitwell asked with a blank look on his face. He didn't hear the first half of the conversation and obviously knew nothing about his "cheated" situation.

He blinked and looked around, trying to read some clues from the subtle expressions of Leni and Colson, but he only received a tacit smile and a slight shrug from the two.

"It's okay, we are just talking about the time when you were tricked by me into joining the team to participate in the operation. Don't take it too seriously..."

Colson coughed lightly and quickly changed the topic.

"Back to the topic, how is the 'big guy' doing now?"

Hearing this, Sitwell wisely did not continue to ask further questions. He turned serious and raised his hand to show a holographic terminal to Leni beside him.

"The current progress is pretty smooth. Although we have temporarily lost Stark's anti-gravity engine support, fortunately, the old guys from the beginning can still be used. With some modifications, we can barely keep up."

Sitwell said as he slid his finger across the holographic screen, displaying a series of complex charts and data.

"However, since many devices have not been carefully maintained since that incident, we encountered a lot of unexpected troubles during the restart and debugging process... But fortunately, we are lucky and there has not been any major trouble so far."

Hearing this, Lainie reached out to take the terminal and flipped through it, nodding her head to agree with Sitwell's statement.

"It's okay. It's normal to encounter some troubles. Everything will proceed according to plan. We still have time."

As the three of them talked, they walked into the final destination of this trip, the core of the Theta Protocol, a giant dock secretly built in an underground base!

The deep underground dock is like a huge underground palace, surrounded by soft and efficient LED light strips. There is no intrusion of natural light, but it has its own atmosphere of technology and mystery.

The air is filled with a faint smell of metal and motor oil, and every step on the solid and cold metal floor echoes with a low and rhythmic sound.

The heavy mechanical arms moved in the air, completing their tasks accurately and without error. The logistics personnel who came and went performed their duties and maintained the entire dock in an orderly manner so that it could operate normally.

In the central position, a huge aerospace carrier was quietly parked. It occupied almost half of the space of the underground dock. It completely attracted the attention of Lainie and the other two as soon as it came into view.

The damage on the hull was obvious. If nothing unexpected happened, those scars were left in the original New York battle. Since it was retired, it has not been well maintained and maintained.

Fortunately, it seems that there is no injury to the bones. The set of engines that were originally blown up by Clint was also completely dismantled, and the assembly of the new engine was ready to be completed under the guidance of the technicians.

"Welcome to the heart of Theta Protocol!"

The voice of Sitwell, who was walking in the front, was a little proud.

Being able to witness such a proud work that once soared in the sky and was about to be revived under his leadership, Sitwell was naturally very excited and honored.

Lainie stared at the dazzling mobile fortress in front of her, and she couldn't help but feel an indescribable excitement in her heart.

Once upon a time, she also owned such a magnificent space battleship. Although it was far smaller than the one in front of her, the ambition to control the stars and shuttle through the sea of ​​clouds still stirred in her heart.

"It's so beautiful."

"Yes, I can't wait to see the day when it rises into the sky again."

Coulson also looked at the behemoth with expectation, his eyes flashing with longing for the future.

"There will definitely be such a day, and it will be in the near future..."

--

Time returns to the present, Sokovia, local time at 9 pm--

According to the previous agreement on the phone, the twins Wanda and Pietro passed through the city center under the night, and under the strange gaze of others, stepped into the abandoned central church.

As soon as they stepped into the long-ruined church, Wanda and the others noticed a strange figure wearing a cloak, sitting cross-legged, and leaning on a chair in the middle of the hall.

"If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. I don't have that much time to waste here."

Wanda's voice echoed in the empty church, with a bit of impatience and vigilance. She walked forward slowly, and Pietro followed closely behind her, with his hands slightly clenched, ready to deal with any emergency at any time.

However, the man did not come back to his senses, but continued to be a riddler leisurely, and even talked about the history of this church inexplicably.

Wanda didn't want to listen to the other person's nonsense, and the man's voice sounded really weird, definitely not a normal human voice. In Wanda's ears, she even couldn't help but wonder whether the person standing in front of her was a human or a ghost.

Wanda tried to use her ability to perceive the other person's thoughts, but a more weird situation appeared. She found that her mental perception, which had been invincible in the past, was once again ineffective!

She couldn't see into the other person's mind at all, as if the guy standing in front of her who was talking to himself was not human at all.

"You must be wondering why you can't see my heart?"

The thing seemed to have realized something and asked, and its posture with its back to Wanda and the other person was also slightly straightened at this moment.

"It is indeed a bit difficult, but people will always show their true colors, everyone is the same."

"You are right, I think so too."

After the voice fell, the man opposite suddenly stood up from his seat, and the cloak on his body fell down, revealing a terrifying appearance of steel and mechanical structure.

The twins couldn't help but shrink their pupils when they saw this. They had never expected that this guy who hid his head and showed his tail was not even a human, but a humanoid monster with mechanical structure!

It was tall, exuding a cold metallic luster all over its body, and every joint rotation was accompanied by a slight mechanical friction sound, which sounded both weird and palpitating.

Those eyes that were not made of flesh and blood emitted an extremely evil scarlet light, as if they could see into the depths of people's hearts, making Wanda and the twin brothers feel a chill running down their spines.

"Do I look a little scary?"

Ultron's metal head strangely revealed a heart-pounding smirk.

"It's indeed a bit...unexpected."

Pietro swallowed and stood silently beside his sister Wanda, intending to use this as support and at the same time so that if an accident happened, he could escape with his sister as soon as possible.

"It's not your fault. In the eyes of humans, my body is indeed a bit...exaggerated, but don't worry, this is only temporary, because I will correct it soon..."

There seemed to be something else in Ultron's words, and the twins couldn't tell for a moment whether the other party was talking about modifying his appearance or modifying something else.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, please allow me to introduce myself..."

Ultron's voice echoed in the empty space, with an unreal electronic texture. It slowly took a few steps forward. Each step seemed so heavy and powerful, as if every step was stepping on the tight arms of the twin brothers. Nervously.

"As you can see, I am a brand new life form that is different from all organic creatures in the advanced world, a mechanical life full of wisdom and future."

Ultron pointed at himself, and tapped the steel bones on his chest with his metal fingers, making a tinkling sound.

"Ultron, that's my name, just like what your human parents call their... little humans? Um~Children! Sorry, I forgot the word.

Just like a human parent naming a child they created, Ultron was also a name given to me by others, even if they never got my consent. "

Ultron's mechanical face is so expressive that it doesn't look like a metal structure at all, and he even laughs at himself for his temporary "forgetfulness".

But that smile was too scary in the eyes of Wanda and the others.

"You said someone else created you, who was it?"

Pietro was keenly aware of the loopholes in Ultron's words. Even though the other party deliberately lowered his tone to hide the "someone", it still could not escape Pietro's keen ears.

"That's not important."

Ultron frowned its angular mechanical eyebrows, obviously he didn't want to talk about this.

But Pietro didn't think so.

"I guess... it's Stark?"

Pietro didn't care about the other party's displeasure, curling his lips and revealing Ultron's secret.

Ultron did not speak immediately after hearing this, but stared at Pietro with its strange scarlet eyes.

It wasn't until the latter looked at him that he felt guilty and took a step back unconsciously. Then he expressed with a beaming smile that Pietro had guessed correctly.

"Okay, I admit that Stark created me, but that doesn't mean he is..."

Ultron did not continue talking because he realized that he seemed to have revealed enough and there was no need to continue this topic.

"Let's talk about 'hate', after all, this is our purpose today."