"Hi! Hello Annie!"
"I'm really glad to see you again! How are you doing recently? Are you happy going home and playing?"
When Annie, Coulson and Melinda were still on their way to the beach house, Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., contacted the three of them immediately through encrypted channels and special equipment. This S.H.I.E.L.D. special car is on board.
"Oh, hello to you too! I'm also very happy to see you again, Uncle One-Eyed Black Carbonhead..."
Annie, who had eaten too much, felt a little sleepy now, and she seemed to want to take a good nap.
Therefore, she didn't want to pay much attention to the one-eyed black charcoal-headed uncle who came out of the convenient holographic communication device that Aunt Melinda was carefully holding next to her. Anyway, she didn't actually know him very well, right?
Besides, she had just returned to this world less than two hours ago, and this black bald man came to show her courtesy. Anne was not stupid herself, so she thought that he must be up to no good!
"..."
"Annie... you can call me Uncle Director or Uncle Hei, but please, can you remove other modifiers or adjectives next time?!"
After all, Nick Fury is also the director of the famous S.H.I.E.L.D., and he also wants to save face!
This is why Nick Fury himself loves and hates this little girl Annie!
look! This little girl is not only one of the most important members of the Avengers under SHIELD, she has also helped SHIELD a lot. In addition, the opponent is powerful and has powerful spells, so Nick Fury is really a bit like her. But, this little brat likes to give others nicknames at every turn, and he himself is one of those people who suffers from it!
"You're so boring! Well... bald uncle~!"
After squinting and tilting her head, looking at the director who seemed a little angry for a while, Anne reluctantly nodded, and in a long tone, listlessly changed to a title she thought was more common.
Like the previous nickname, how kind and natural is it?
Only if Anne likes someone and has a good relationship with them, will she give them a nice nickname! And if it were an ordinary person, and she wanted to give the other person a nickname, she might not even pay attention!
"All right……"
After touching his bald head, Nick Fury said he could barely accept it.
Although this title for a bald man doesn't sound too good, compared to the previous one, at least it doesn't sound so shabby, right?
"It's like this, Annie, I'm looking for you this time for a very important matter. Are you sure that no one with malicious intentions is eavesdropping around?"
Now Nick Fury is in a secret room dedicated to the director of SHIELD, using a dedicated encrypted channel and a dedicated new Chirita communication tool. Technically speaking, it should be possible to avoid being overheard by outsiders.
This matter is indeed quite urgent. Otherwise, Nick Fury would not have hurriedly tried to contact S.H.I.E.L.D. after detecting that the little girl appeared in Central Park, and got Merlin to her in the shortest possible time. Da and Colson were sent to pick up the other party.
"Eavesdropping?"
"There should be no outsiders eavesdropping..."
Annie saw Melinda next to her, then looked at Uncle Colson who was driving leisurely, and then nodded with certainty.
What on earth is going on that makes it so mysterious?
Therefore, Annie reluctantly raised her spirits and wanted to hear what interesting things this charcoal-headed uncle wanted to say.
"That's it! Annie, they were all broken probably last year!"
After hearing the little girl's affirmative reply, Nick Fury in the communication device quickly took out two rings inlaid with gemstones from his trouser pocket. Although they looked the same style, the other one was covered with additional inlays. With another layer of decorations in different colors, they don't look like a pair.
"Huh? I seem to still remember them..."
And these two little things are the identification rings of the keyword detection camp that little Annie made for Nick Fury. It will emit suggestive mental fluctuations in a small range to the surroundings. As long as it is within the range, someone will determine it. If you belong to the side of Hydra, then the diamond-like gem on it will reflect a faint colorful light after receiving feedback.
When humans receive information from the outside world, they usually receive the information through vision or hearing, or touch, smell, etc., and then feed it back to the brain after the transformation of body functions! However, mental fluctuations are different!
Because it will directly act on the human brain without requiring other transformations, the person being detected does not need to make any response at all and it can be completed instantly! Therefore, these gadgets are particularly effective for ordinary people who have weak mental strength or have not specifically practiced Occlumency! Often, when those people are being tested, they have no idea that their own brains have betrayed themselves.
"Annie, it seems like you have never told me: they actually fail automatically?!"
Before Nick Fury, he always thought that these things were permanently effective!
He originally thought that he must treat this thing as a family heirloom and leave it to the next director of SHIELD to prevent Hydra from resurrecting?
But how could he have imagined that since last year, they had become two ordinary pieces of glass? As long as there is light, it can reflect colorful shimmers no matter who it is facing?
This shocked Nick Fury so much at the beginning. That thing would glow brightly at anyone. It was really scary! So, after a period of uproar, he finally discovered to his surprise that it seemed... the ring had expired on its own and no longer had the detection effect? !
Then, something even worse happened: except for the early part of the list of Hydra members that was certain, the later lists became very unreliable!
It is precisely because of this that now, he and Agent Hill are completely confused: when did the list start to go wrong? After their discussion and careful testing, the two of them could only come up with an approximate expiration date, about a year ago?
But now, for those Hydras in SHIELD, they can only identify less than 20% of the members at best, and the remaining 80% of important SHIELD employees have not been screened. , they were a little helpless.
"Of course!"
"This is just a temporarily enchanted gadget. Its validity period is only about one year. You can't expect it to be permanently effective!"
After being stunned for a while, Annie finally recalled that these two little things were indeed made by herself and exchanged them for the Quinjet with Uncle Blackhead Chief.
After all, you get what you pay for. In the opinion of little Annie at that time, the plane, as a toy, was only worth wasting her magic power to get the other party a magic item that lasted for one year.
If it is a permanently effective enchanted item, it will need a better carrier, a circuit that automatically collects and restores energy, a permanent magic circle, etc. Those things are very troublesome, and she will not waste time and energy doing that. What a useless permanently enchanted item!
"etc……"
"Uncle Baldhead, please don't tell me that after such a long period of time, you still haven't driven away those Hydra bad guys?!"
Annie finally understood why this bald black uncle came to find her in a hurry. It turned out that before the two rings became invalid, they had not completed the task of driving away the bad guys? How lazy must these people be?
"..."
Nick Fury's lips were trembling, and he stared dumbly at the little girl opposite the communication device who had a look of disdain on his face.
He swallowed hard, with veins popping out on his head. It wasn't until he realized that the little girl opposite seemed to be out of his control and that she was not easy to mess with that he finally resisted the urge to curse.
"Annie..."
"Hydra has eroded S.H.I.E.L.D. to the point where it is deeply ingrained. We need to do it slowly. We can only try to eliminate the opponent bit by bit without causing too much backlash from the opponent!"
After taking a deep breath, the director reluctantly explained.
"But who would have thought that last year, we had just completed the preliminary layout, and these two rings would be ineffective? You don't know that after discovering this matter, our original foolproof plan was suddenly destroyed. Everything is messed up!"
Now another year has passed, except for the list of Hydra members that Nick Fury still held tightly in his hand, all other arrangements are useless!
He doesn't need to think about it now to know that the New York branch, which was originally handled cleanly by Hill, in this year's time and with such frequent personnel transfers, it is estimated that it has been rehabilitated by the members of Hydra a long time ago. Did you successfully infiltrate it once? ,
This is also the reason why he previously ordered Hill to be transferred back to the headquarters, because their previous arrangements no longer have much effect! Moreover, for those who were not members of Hydra, who knows now whether they were instigated by the enemy to rebel?
Therefore, the current Director Nick Fury is really one head and two heads!
Because a certain little kid did things carelessly and did not explain clearly to himself the timeliness of the items at the time, not only was he unable to get rid of the Hydra, but he also became worried all day long for fear of revealing too much. Let the other party see through the flaw and cause huge disasters?
But fortunately, when they were in trouble, this cute and hateful little girl came back...
"Oh...then you guys are really awesome!"
With a squinting look and curled lips, Anne had clearly told the other person with her expression and tone: She just looked down on him, Nick Fury, and she looked down on him, the useless director of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
In Anne's own opinion, an excuse is an excuse, no matter how good the reason is, it is still an excuse!
Obviously they had a year of preparation time, and knowing themselves and their enemies well, it didn't matter that they couldn't drive away the enemy. Now, they actually have the nerve to rely on their enchanted items not working? So it's obviously their fault, so why should they blame themselves?
If she gave herself a year to fully prepare, what could she not do well on her own? In that case, let alone a SHIELD, she could occupy even a hundred earths!
"We have tried our best!"
"Moreover, we have made all the preparations in the early stage! But who would have thought...it was just because the change was so sudden that we were caught off guard..."
Nick Fury's face became darker and darker, and he defended feebly. Although, his face was originally dark.
"That's only one year of preparation time! How could we complete all the arrangements so quickly? Besides, lining up to fight is not your children's play!"
Therefore, after feeling that this little girl was a bit unreasonable, Nick Fury was also filled with grief and anger, and made a small retort.
Anyway, no matter what, he would definitely not admit that the reason why he, the director, and Hill, the most capable agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., failed was because they were not capable enough!
Various factors showed that this was not the fault of the two of them at all, but because the little kid didn't explain things clearly at the time.
If they could have known earlier that the validity of the two rings was only one year, then they would definitely use another more efficient method to eliminate Hydra instead of the originally planned one that was the safest and most effective. Safe warm water is as safe as boiling a frog!
"Only one year? So, bald uncle, do you know what I have done in the past two years?"
Anne didn't pay attention to the black man's complaints. She just blinked her big eyes, turned her head, looked at the black man in the holographic communication device and asked.
"Uh...what have you done?"
This sudden question made Director Nick Fury a little confused, and then he asked subconsciously.
He didn't understand why this little girl mentioned this matter in such a quick thinking? What they were talking about just now seemed to be about those two terrible rings, right? He was just about to ask this little brat to make some new ones for SHIELD, and make a few more, preferably appraisal rings with longer validity!
"Yes! Annie, what have you done in the past two years?"
At this time, Colson, who was driving and silently listening to the conversation between his boss and little Annie, couldn't help but interrupt. He was also curious about this and wanted to know what this little girl had done in the past two years. All those troubles? Maybe she ran back to their world to take refuge?
“I’ve done a lot in the past two years!”
"First of all, I have been to a magical world, which is London, England, another Earth! There, I worked as a distinguished professor at a magic school for a while, although it was a bit boring; then, I also went to a place called Ai In the magical world of Xerath, on a whim, he conquered the elemental life of the entire fire elemental world. Later, he also created a kingdom of fire and united several races from a continent, including the high elves, dwarves, and Humans in Lordaeron, and some Nagas? Before I left there, we drove away the evil undead and occupied a large area of territory..."
Anne began to clasp her little fingers and recounted one thing at a time, without paying any attention to the three stunned listeners.
"When I traveled across the world for the third time, I also went to another medieval earth called the Caribbean, where I rescued a few fake witches and turned them into real witches!"
"After staying for a while and leaving that earth, I went to another universe with super-developed technology... What happened after that was even more fun! You may not know that I only spent a few seconds Within a few months, I completely conquered the entire Koprulu Sector and became their supreme head! My Federation of Heroes covers the center of the galaxy and owns countless planets! The humans, protoss and spirits under my rule The number of bugs will scare you to death!"
"Finally, after I came out of the house, I went to a place called Middle-earth. I easily got a United Kingdom of Alicia, defeated the orcs, and occupied half of the planet. Before I left, I had some fight with them. The Supreme God became a good friend and got a lot of good things!”
After breaking off all the little fingers on her left hand, Annie stopped with a little satisfaction, and looked at the black carbon-headed director in the communication device with incredible eyes, whose face had obviously become unsightly, and said:
"Look! In the same time, I have accomplished so many things! And what about you? You can't even deal with a small Hydra?"
There is no harm without comparison. At the same time, when Nick Fury was still struggling with the Hydra members within S.H.I.E.L.D. and was tortured to death, little Annie herself had long become a celebrity in various worlds. The boss now rules countless planets and powerful countries!
So, they still have the nerve to blame their enchanted items for not being timely enough? This is really unreasonable! It's obvious that they are so useless, so they still have the nerve to blame themselves?
"..."
"..."
Coulson and Melinda, who were driving, didn't speak. They just looked at each other through the SUV's interior rearview mirror and began to sit upright, trying hard to suppress the laughter in their hearts.
Just now, as long as half of what little Annie said was true, it would indeed be enough to make fun of the black-headed director of SHIELD!
"..."
Nick Fury took a deep breath. He didn't believe all this kid's nonsense.
Therefore, he first stared at Anne seriously for a while. After seeing no more changes in the expression on her face and those cute big eyes, he reluctantly believed her for a moment or two, but even if This was enough to scare him.
"Annie, you also know that we are all ordinary people, but we don't have the magic like you!"
After feeling that he couldn't find a good excuse, Nick Fury could only blame the other party's magical magic.
After all, whether it is himself, Hill or Coulson, in SHIELD, the only ones who can be trusted and assigned tasks by him as the director are just ordinary agents. How can there be such strange people as the other party? Can the aliens use their powerful means to cause trouble without restraint?
When they do things, they often need to take their time step by step, and also consider the gains, losses, and impacts of some things, etc.!
"Don't you still have the big green guy, the weird guy with the hammer, and the flying tin weirdo? Didn't they come to help you?"
If we want to deal with that Hydra, Anne thinks that the green big guy should be enough alone, right? Anyway, he is invulnerable, extremely strong, and very durable. If a person transforms and rushes forward, even a hundred Hydra organizations may not be enough for him!
"them……"
"They won't talk about it for now, Annie, we need your help! Just tell us whether you can help or not!"
When it comes to those members of the Avengers, Nick Fury gets angry!
Let’s just talk about that Hulk Bruce Banner. After this bastard became the Hulk, he was still so unreliable.
If there are only enemies on the battlefield, then there is nothing wrong with throwing him in! However, if he needs to cooperate with friendly forces to eliminate enemy forces, then it is very likely that the number of friendly forces will die as much as that of enemies? !
Therefore, Nick Fury would never want to use him unless absolutely necessary! At least, until there is no sure and effective way to control him, try not to manipulate the other person, let him stay in the newly opened clinic, and slowly practice the so-called anger control. Way to go!
And another important member, the God of Thunder, Thor, has already gone back to Asgard. It is basically impossible to use him! After all, SHIELD has not yet developed a means of direct interstellar communication.
Captain America is so ostentatious and well-known that everyone can recognize him when he appears! If Nick Fury doesn't want to cause a collective outburst among Hydra members, it's best not to activate him easily until the last moment.
As for that playboy Iron Man Tony Stark, let alone that...
After all, he is also a billionaire, the chairman of Stark Industries, the son of a veteran of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he makes at least several million dollars every minute. If the situation is not particularly fatal, Nick Fury is really If you don't want to, please don't move!
The remaining Hawkeye and Black Widow Natasha are too weak in combat power and can only be used as vanguard soldiers. They do not have deterrent capabilities, so they will not be considered for the time being.
So, after thinking about it, if he didn't want to fall out with Hydra and bring down the entire S.H.I.E.L.D., all he could count on was this little girl...
"Okay...if I have time another day, I will remember to help you make a few more rings like that..."
Anne, who didn't want to argue with this black-headed uncle anymore, could only sigh and said with half-draped eyes.
Anyway, these are just trivial matters. If they need it, why don't we get them some other day? If these pig teammates don't do their best, she herself will feel very distressed.
“Thank you so much!”
"By the way, Annie, the villa on the beach has been prepared for you! Don't worry, I have never let outsiders live in it in the past two years. From now on, it will be your home on this earth. Now, when you get tired of playing outside, you can come back at any time."
After getting a satisfactory answer, Nick Fury's dark face finally showed a big smile, which made his face wrinkle up.
Just a house, in exchange for a powerful support, this deal is very reliable no matter how you calculate it!
Moreover, SHIELD has a plan next. With Coulson and Melinda's relationship with each other, maybe the little girl can help a little by then? In that case, he can save some worries and concentrate on dealing with Hydra!
"Goodbye! Uncle Hei Tantou, I want to get some sleep first..."
After saying that, Annie stretched out her little feet, stepped on the switch of SHIELD's precious secret communication device, put down the seat, then pulled out a blanket, and lay down comfortably on the seat. .
The burger just now was too filling, and she needed sleep to digest it.
"Annie, your seat belt..."
Seeing the little girl sleeping in the back seat like this, Melinda felt a little worried. After all, we were in a high-speed car, and it would be bad if she accidentally got hit. So, she leaned forward and struggled with how to tie it on the little girl.
"Okay, Melinda!"
"I dare to bet you that if there is a car accident, even if we are both killed, nothing will happen to her!"
Seeing that Melinda seemed to be preparing to put the seat belt on the little girl, Coulson, who was driving, smiled and joked to his partner.
"..."
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"Agent Ward! Excuse me, what does LD stand for?"
At SHIELD headquarters, Maria Hill, a level 9 agent of SHIELD, was in an independent office with a big eagle badge, talking to a handsome young man in a suit and tie sitting on the other side of a long table. the man interrogated.
The other party's full name is Grant Ward. He is currently a level six agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. His professional skills are top-notch, but his team coordination is poor. Today he was urgently transferred back to the headquarters from Paris by Director Nick Fury. , ready to be used for other purposes.
"Of course, its full name is: Homeland Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency, I'm very sure about this!"
As a level 6 S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, there's no way Ward wouldn't understand this! However, he was a little confused and didn't understand why Hill, the ninth-level boss of SHIELD, would ask himself such a question? However, after thinking about it, he still answered honestly.
"So, let me ask you this: What does it mean to you?"
Hill remained expressionless and asked as if it was a routine matter.
However, there was an inexplicable look deep in her eyes, as if she was slightly disgusted with the Ward in front of her? But, she hides her true thoughts very well, or maybe she is already used to it?
"Meaning, someone can spell the initials of our department into 'SHIELD'?"
Ward said this casually, as if joking.
However, when she saw that Agent Hill across the long table did not give her any face, and still had the same expression, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with her answer, he helplessly continued using textbook rhetoric. :
"Well, this means: We are the link between this world and the supernatural world, and we need to protect people from news they are not ready to hear or be exposed to! When they are not ready for everything, we need to go Keep them safe!”
"Just like...this!"
After saying that, Ward took out a small bag directly from the pocket of his suit, and then took out a small gadget.
"This is actually a Kirita neural link device! Obviously, it was strayed out during the New York War! I found it by accident when I was in Paris!"
After showing it for a while, he put it on the long table without hesitation and pushed it hard in front of Hill's ninth-level agent.
This thing is not included in the mission!
Originally, he could have kept this thing for himself. Two years ago, after the New York War, countless high-tech weapons and devices of the Chiritans began to wander outside, and the prices on the black market remained high. He would definitely make a lot of money from selling them. One stroke!
But now, Ward has decided to take it out as his own certificate of nomination? Because, he has already felt that something good will happen to him next, today.
"And what we at SHIELD have to do is to do this kind of thing, find them before the bad guys do!"
Ward had vaguely guessed that the other party had transferred him back from Paris and interviewed him in person. It must be that there was something important that he needed to participate in, but he was not reassured, so he wanted to have an interview? Therefore, he felt that it would be more appropriate to hand over this thing at this time!
As for whether the other party would investigate what he had secretly hidden, Ward didn't care! After all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. These big guys will not be unaware of this!
"Do you know who Winchard is going to sell these things to?"
Hill was noncommittal, just picked it up, waved towards the wall, and handed it into a special box carried by an agent.
"Compared to this, I want to know how the Rising Tide organization discovered it!"
"Aren't they just a group of hackers? When did they become interested in these things? They took the risk to provide us with information. Could it be that the world has become a better place? A group of hackers are not greedy for money, but are coming Do good things?"
Ward just looked at the female agent who stood opposite him again, this level nine existence, and asked rhetorically.
It is said that this Hill, in addition to her good abilities, is also deeply loved by the one-eyed dragon Heitan?
So, how can you reach this level so quickly? Thinking about himself, his achievements and field work are not small, right? But now, he is still just a small sixth-level agent.
"Change? This world is always changing!"
"You also know that not long ago, many people thought that the most incredible thing in the world was just a showy billionaire wearing alloy armor and flying around in the sky!"
Recalling that playboy Tony, Hill also felt a little headache. He was too high-profile in his actions, for fear that no one on the earth would know that he was Iron Man.
However, what he did was not wrong! In this way, he can not only protect himself from the prying eyes of some people, but also add a little bit of contribution to a world that is starting to become more and more chaotic.
"And now? Think about it, just two years ago, the Chiritan army and the evil god Loki who invaded New York were so openly destroyed by a super soldier from forty years ago, and some two gods. Defeated..."
Speaking of this, Hill suddenly remembered that Colson was urgently ordered to go to New York. Originally, after today's so-called interview, he should have asked Coulson to come forward to discuss the next thing with Ward.
However, due to some special circumstances, Colson had to accept another task to meet a little girl who suddenly appeared! The little girl who single-handedly defeated the evil god Loki and the entire Kirita army, and saved New York from the terrifying existence, the little girl named Annie, who was also called the Fire Goddess by the citizens of New York, is back!
Therefore, whether it was to appease the other party, or to control the other party in his own hands and prevent outsiders from contacting him at will, Director Nick Fury immediately sent Coulson there.
Counting the time now, Colson and the others must have successfully picked up the little girl, right?
"Wait a minute, did I hear you correctly? Were you talking about God just now?"
"I don't think that little mutant girl playing with fire or that Thor can be called gods..."
In Ward's heart, the so-called god is always the one their Hydra believes in!
Cut off one head and two more will grow!
The god recognized by their Hydra will always be the one who was exiled to a distant alien planet! This is also the ultimate goal of Hydra's creation and pursuit of the 'Far Star Project'!
"No! In a sense, they are indeed! It's just that you don't know enough about that little girl and Thor!"
Moreover, various signs have shown that that little girl should be even more powerful than the Thor! So, since Thor is a god, then the little girl should be too.
Although that is said, in the eyes of senior executives of S.H.I.E.L.D. such as Hill or Director Nick Fury, the so-called gods are just beings with a certain high energy level, which does not mean that they must To worship each other or enjoy other unreasonable treatment.
"Okay, can I ask, why are you so anxious to call me back from Paris?"
Ward doesn't want to discuss too much about those false gods. In the eyes of Hydra members, except for what they believe in, all others are false gods! Therefore, he didn't want to talk about this issue, so he went straight to the point and asked what he was most concerned about now.
"Here's the thing, SHIELD now has a plan that requires your participation!"
"At the same time, I am also here to congratulate you, Agent Ward! From now on, due to your outstanding contributions, you have been officially promoted from level six to level seven!"
Now, in fact, it was not only Ward who didn't want to argue here, but even Hill was tired of continuing to treat this guy who was definitely a member of Hydra.
Hill also probably knew what Director Nick Fury was thinking. The reason why he temporarily decided to put this member of Hydra into Coulson's special operations team was just to see if he could use the little girl's hands. Dealing with Hydra, right?
However, judging from the director's face before, when he contacted the little girl, the process must not have been pleasant, right? I wonder if that weird little girl gave the director some embarrassment that she couldn't get down the stairs?
"Plan? What exactly is the plan?!"
Ward frowned, not understanding what the so-called plan meant. He had not received relevant information, and no one had tipped him off in advance.
From this point of view, it must be another little trick by that old fox Nick Fury, just like before, the other party overcame the World Security Council and forcibly created the Avengers Alliance?
"Come with me, I need to take you to see something first, and then you can take someone to find Colson and the others tomorrow..."
Next, Hill will take the newly promoted seventh-level agent Walter to see some new secret videos, which were discovered by the Rising Tide organization and sent to them by SHIELD.
Originally, this job should be done by Coulson, but now that the other party is in New York, she can only let her handle it! After the introduction is completed, at this time tomorrow, let the newly formed action team go to New York to pick up Colson and Melinda. Then Colson will handle the specific matters well.
