"SHIELD requested a meeting. Nick Fury took action personally. Do you think he will agree to your conditions?" Ada reported to Shen Yi about SHIELD's request for a meeting.
"There is no certainty. Nick Fury is an elusive person. There is no guarantee that he will have any other tricks, so give it a try. This in itself is a long-term investment. Even if it fails this time, we still have other opportunities."
In the conference room, Nick Fury, Coulson, and Natasha were already waiting.
"I'm really sorry, I've been working a lot lately. I've been waiting for a long time."
"We just arrived."
"Ada, have someone make some cups of coffee. Some of the public officials look a little tired."
"No need, Mr. Shen. We are here for a cooperation. So can we talk in private?"
"Ada is one of our own. If you have any problems, just ask them. To tell you the truth, I have always had the idea of strengthening cooperation with the government."
"No, one thing must be explained. We are cooperating with SHIELD, not with the government. We are an independent organization." Nick Fury emphasized this point in particular.
“So, you’re not regulated by the government?”
"...We are only supervised by the United Nations Security Council. And this time it is a secret cooperation. No one will know about the cooperation except the people in this room. I believe that Mr. Shen has been prepared for a long time."
"I'm starting to get interested. Tell me, what do you want?"
"We need your SWAT team. The kind that rescued Natasha in Eastern Europe."
"Do you know what that power is?"
"We only know that it is very possible for one person to defeat an armored unit head-on." There was an indescribable feeling in Natasha's tone.
"Doesn't it look like you're in a lot of trouble?"
"That's all thanks to you, Mr. Shen. Your tips allowed us to discover the fact that SHIELD has been infiltrated. But now the situation has reached a moment of extreme crisis. We need a certain amount of force to ensure the smooth progress of the purge. .”
"As a good citizen, I am willing to make certain efforts for national security. However, it is a pity that I am only a civilian and do not seem to have the authority to intervene in such high-level operations." Shen Yi looked helpless, and Fury felt a toothache when he saw it.
"I can use my identity as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. to give Umbrella the identity of a military contractor. And pay you enough. Tell me, what do you want? Weapon orders, operational privileges, confidential technology, these are all It’s negotiable. SHIELD’s background can definitely meet your needs.”
It was very rare that Fury issued the offer directly. In the eyes of Coulson and others, it was a super favorable condition. Normally, this would definitely not be Fury's character. The only possibility for him to do this is that he has guessed that the other party will not want these at all.
"You should already know that Umbrella's individual exoskeleton armor has just received a billion-dollar order from the military. Orders, we do not lack this thing. As for operational privileges, I, a good citizen, have never planned to Conduct military operations in the United States. As for the secret technology, we have enough in hand to digest it for a while. So, you need something else to impress us."
"...I have the highest authority for the secret collection of the 'refrigerator'. What do you want?" Nick Fury had obviously expected that what Shen Yi wanted should be those unknown dangerous items collected by SHIELD.
"What I want is no longer in the refrigerator." Shen Yi's next words directly made Nick Fury's face change. (Probably, it’s hard to tell)
"That's impossible." Colson was stunned for a moment, and also understood what Shen Yi meant. Only Natasha, who had never come into contact with that thing, looked confused.
"Look at your expressions, the Joint Dark Energy Project. It has already started. That would be easier. Umbrella needs to join the Joint Dark Energy Project. This is my request."
"How would you know. The Joint Dark Energy Project is SHIELD's top secret."
"Your immediate boss, Alexander Pierce, doesn't agree with you. Is the so-called top secret really that secret?"
"...That thing is dangerous. You should know that it almost destroyed the world."
"It can't destroy the world. With the energy extracted by Red Skull and Zola back then, it could blow up New York at most. Is it still far from destroying the world?"
"You...you know what it is?" Nick Fury was finally truly shocked this time. It has been decades since the Tesseract fell into the hands of SHIELD. But for such a long time. They never learned what it was. It's just the energy that can barely activate it. But Shen Yi's words seemed to understand that thing very well.
"I do know what it is. I can tell you for sure that that thing is ten thousand times more dangerous than you think. It's best to pause the Joint Dark Energy Plan. Umbrella will formulate a new plan."
"The Joint Dark Energy Initiative has made some progress."
"You haven't made any progress. Extracting its energy, Zola did it as early as World War II. That's not how the Cosmic Cube is used. In fact, it's not even called the Cosmic Cube. It's an... Infinity Stone. "
"Infinity stones?"
"I won't explain this term to you in detail, because at this time, that theory sounds a bit nonsense. You just need to know that this thing is a cosmic-level treasure, and a place like the earth cannot tolerate it. alright."
"Then Umbrella still wants it?"
"We don't want it. At least not for the time being. I just want to borrow it. I don't intend to keep it for myself. This is my condition for Umbrella to join the Joint Dark Energy Project."
"We need enough armed forces, the kind that will rescue Natasha."
"Haha, you don't even know what it is, so you want it so much? But you guessed it right. I can give you a team of twelve people. Each of them can fight alone, and a fully equipped Armed special forces warriors. Also, my assistant White Ghost has a disciple, Jessica Jones.
As I'm sure you all know, she is a super human. She recently completed her training and I can send her to you as well. When this girl is fully armed, she is already capable of fighting an armored force as you say. In addition, I can provide about thirty mercenaries with innocent backgrounds. "
"We also need weapon support. Not the defective products that Umbrella released. I need the finished products that you hide." Nick Fury decisively began to climb up the pole and offered to increase his chips. But for Shen Yi, after achieving his biggest goal, these are just details.
"Yes. Ada will be responsible for it when the time comes. But there is a premise. All weapons must be recovered. No matter whether they are good or bad."
"Can."
"I'm glad that we have reached a consensus." Shen Yi raised the wine glass in his hand.
