Just as the call ended here, the detector released by the exploration fleet reacted!
"The A-9, A-17, G-1, G-13, and D-12 detectors have responded! An unknown object is approaching us rapidly from our 11 o'clock direction!"
"They are very fast, only 1.3 kilometers away from us!"
"There is also movement from detectors in other directions!"
"Oh my God! We are surrounded, and something is approaching us from the bottom of the sea!"
When the white officer returned to the control room, the entire control room was in a mess! It can be seen from the feedback of the detection signal that there are at least hundreds of targets on the seabed surrounding them surrounding them!
This kind of detector is specially used to search for large objects traveling on the seabed, so it is impossible for ordinary seafloor creatures to send back such a strong response. For the detector to feed back such a clear signal, at least a submarine is needed. Volume matters.
But the problem is that there are no countries or forces around this sea area that can mobilize so many submarines to attack them!
What is the concept of hundreds of submarines? In today's world, the United States only has 73 submarines! (But they are all nuclear-powered submarines)
This is simply unreasonable! Recalling the information they obtained from the military before, the people in the control room quickly got a relatively reasonable answer.
These are the sea monsters that once appeared on the Yago! ! !
One sea monster silenced the world's largest cruise ship, but what about hundreds of them?
Although these exploration ships are all warships, they don't think that their torpedoes and rockets can cause much damage to those deep-sea monsters!
"Retreat immediately! Everyone retreat immediately! By the way, ask for help from the bureau! Immediately!"
The white officer responded immediately. He now knew why the previous batches of investigation teams were left alive but not dead or dead! Moreover, the white officer was originally the second and fifth son of S.H.I.E.L.D., but now that he doesn’t run away when he encounters something he can’t handle, does he really have to be loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.?
He is just a kid, there is no need to be so serious!
Unfortunately, it can be seen from the fact that he still doesn't have his own name, he is just a free agent.
Now that he has been given so many shots, it is already a very preferential treatment.
He is destined to finish!
Just when the captain was about to take a plane and escape, countless large whirlpools suddenly appeared on the distant sea, and these whirlpools surrounded the entire survey fleet.
Then countless strange-shaped underwater aircraft emerged from the vortex. Those things clearly looked like metal and had a very high-tech feel, but there were countless translucent tentacles surrounding these underwater vehicles. Those tentacles danced irregularly, as if they were octopuses living on the seabed.
Buzz buzz buzz.
With the appearance of those underwater aircraft, a buzzing sound came from those underwater aircraft, and then all the electronic equipment on the probe fleet began to have various malfunctions. In the end, they were all scrapped, even the communications equipment with professional protection. The machine also started to malfunction.
The entire fleet finally lost contact with SHIELD headquarters.
The bitch officer originally planned to report what he saw to his superiors through his special communicator. But his communicator also failed.
"God...what have we encountered?"
Among those underwater aircraft, figures covered with exoskeleton mechas jumped into the sea from the underwater aircraft and quickly approached the exploration fleet.
…
About an hour later, a handsome and tall young man wearing handsome silver scales and holding a silver trident stood to explore the concave shape of the fleet's flagship ship.
Soon a crimson mecha warrior came to the man in silver armor.
"Gulu Gulu... Ka Gulu, Mo Gulu."
Hmm...their conversation is really hard to understand, just like the sound a person makes after being submerged in water and choking. Through the transparent visor of the red mecha warrior, I could really see that the mecha was filled with water.
"Have we lost so much?" The man in silver armor looked extremely gloomy after hearing the report from his subordinates. But unexpectedly, this man in silver armor spoke English... Although in the settings of many American dramas and movies, the whole world, no, the whole universe speaks English, but that is fiction. In the real world, except for the real Who speaks English every day in English-speaking countries? Take Kai's previous life as an example. English is a compulsory course, but after college, there are a few people who really know how to speak English.
And this man, who is obviously a foreigner, actually speaks fluent English... There must be a story in this.
But I won’t expand on it for now.
"Drag all human weapons and ships to the bottom of the sea. I need to crack their technology as soon as possible! Only in this way can we have an absolute advantage when the day of final judgment comes!" the man in silver armor said fiercely!
"Gulu gulu..." There was another unexplained choking sound.
"Don't underestimate humans. Our Kraken was killed by humans. This shows that they have the strength to fight against us. We must be careful!"
It turns out that the sea monster that attacked the Yago cruise ship was created by these Haitians. Although I don’t know why these guys released this sea monster, it doesn’t seem to be to establish a good bilateral relationship with humans. .
…
The news that SHIELD had once again lost an exploration fleet was finally confirmed by SHIELD three days later.
Calculating from the beginning to now, SHIELD has lost more than thirty ships of all levels in this mysterious sea area, as well as hundreds of agents and several times this number of auxiliary personnel. This is SHIELD's biggest loss since World War II.
For this matter, the World Security Council has conducted more than five hearings on Nick Fury, the current director of S.H.I.E.L.D., had it not been for Nick Fury’s old boss, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Alexander Pierce, who had defended Nick · Fury. He repeatedly emphasized that it was because of the huge losses that SHIELD should find out what happened there.
Only then did Nick Fury finally get through.
"Huh... Nick, although I can convince the council not to pursue the loss this time, I must say that the investigation into the sea monster must stop."
After the last hearing, Alexander Pierce immediately took off his mask and no longer supported Nick as firmly as he did during the hearing. Nick Fury is not surprised by this at all. Alexander Pearce certainly needs to be tilted in his favor.
Because Alexander Pierce was the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he was the one who recommended Nick to the position. The reason why he has such a big voice in the council is because Nick is his person, and he can give direct orders to SHIELD without going through the council.
So from a political perspective, Alexander Pierce must support Nick Fury.
Of course, it doesn't matter if Alexander Pierce doesn't support it. Although nominally the World Security Council is the superior unit of S.H.I.E.L.D., it has jurisdiction over S.H.I.E.L.D. But in fact, it can be seen from the history of SHIELD's development that SHIELD itself is very independent.
Many funding sources since its establishment by others are not from the council. They have their own complete funding sources, and they also have their own institutions for personnel recruitment and training.
If SHIELD cannot be blocked in terms of personnel or financial resources, how can the Security Council really control SHIELD?
In a sense, Nick Fury is indeed the best successor to Alexander Pierce. He is even better than his predecessor. He completely controls the situation and makes SHIELD even more detached. Let's put it this way, on the surface, only Alexander Pierce on the Security Council can command S.H.I.E.L.D. without Nick Fury.
Of course this is all superficial.
Under the surface, without Nick Fury's nod, Alexander Pierce couldn't really command S.H.I.E.L.D.
And beneath this, there is a deeper truth hidden. If Alexander Pierce nods, Nick Fury may only be able to command half of SHIELD, or even less. But even Nick Fury doesn't know this truth.
But anyway, at this stage, Nick Fury doesn't really care about the Security Council.
But Alexander Pierce is also Nick Fury’s old boss. Nick Fury doesn't trust anyone, and the same goes for Alexander Pierce, but everything must be viewed dialectically. Nick Fury is skeptical of everything, but the level is different.
If I had to choose a ranking of the people Nick Fury trusts the most, Alexander Pierce would definitely be at the top. After all, Alexander Pierce had never done anything sorry to him. No matter how suspicious he was, he could not doubt Alexander Pierce out of thin air.
"I know... we will not launch any more investigations in the near future... but I still want to say that there must be very important secrets hidden there, even secrets that may affect the entire world!"
Nick Fury is an agent, not Ironhead. I have already sent it several times, and if I send it again, it will be really stupid. So he also wanted to take it slow and wait until he was completely ready to take a look.
Agents are so virtuous, they have a strong sense of voyeurism, and they want to know all the secrets in the world. Nick Fury is known as the King of Secret Agents and has a strong desire for any secret. He knows very well that mastering those secrets means mastering everything!
Agents are not soldiers. They do not believe in head-to-head combat. They prefer to use information and intelligence to defeat their opponents.
"That's good...that's good."
Alexander Pierce breathed a sigh of relief. At this stage, the interests of Alexander Pierce and Nick Fury are aligned. It can even be said that the stronger SHIELD is, the happier Alexander Pierce will be. He doesn't really care about Nick Fury going to strengthen S.H.I.E.L.D., anyway, no matter what benefits Nick Fury gets, they will have a share of the pie.
It can even be said that at this stage, even if the whole world wants Nick Fury to die, he, Alexander Pierce, will forcefully renew Nick Fury's life.
Afterwards, Alexander Pierce left Nick Fury's office with great satisfaction. When Alexander Pierce left, Nick Fury immediately took out an old Nokia mobile phone with all kinds of strange technology accessories on it.
It's hard to imagine that the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. actually uses such an old-fashioned mobile phone.
"Hey...it's me. I need you to get in touch with a person. Well, I will send you the information. No, there is no need to use means against him. I just want to figure out one thing, no no, this thing ...It's important, I'm not sure how much he knows. So it needs to be kept secret. Well, you go to Minnesota immediately."
"You said your current mission? That Russian? You don't need to worry about that. I will take care of it. This is indeed a very important mission. I think you can definitely find out what I want. Hmm , Hawkeye will take over, the relevant people will be identified, you will disappear for a while first."
Nick Fury said into the phone with a nonchalant expression.
"Good luck, Black Widow..."
Nick hung up the phone silently and stared at the sky outside the window with one eye. No one knew what he was thinking.
…
The massacre of the Westin family made the residents of Jiade Town really nervous for a while. There have even been a lot more complaints from residents against the police department during this period. After all, a month has passed for such a serious case, and there has been no progress at all. Even worse, a body was burned due to the negligence of the police station.
This has greatly undermined residents' trust in the police department.
People are always so simple. If you can protect the people, the people will naturally support you. But if you fail to fulfill your responsibilities, then they will naturally distrust you.
Fortunately, most of the police officers in the police station are still newcomers. Everyone knows that they have just taken up their posts and still need to learn to adapt to some things. So I am willing to give a little trust. But the premise is that the Jiade Town Police Department must take real actions.
So in order to stabilize people's hearts and reassure residents. Over this period of time, the police officers in the police station were almost exhausted. For a month in a row, except for the necessary left-behind personnel, everyone else had to take turns patrolling the town. Anyway, for one purpose, anyone in the town can find the police for help as soon as possible.
A group of new police officers simply love and hate the chief's decision!
Love. Naturally, in order to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, the police department gave all police officers a salary increase. The salary of rural police officers in the United States is generally not high, with a maximum of $30,000 a year. Of course there are exceptions, and that is where the police station is located and has money.
There are three ways to fund police departments in the United States. One is allocation by local governments, the second is private donations, and the third is fines and stolen money. (The fines issued by the police will not be handed over to institutions such as the treasury. They will be directly converted into the police station fund. The stolen money is also similar, but it is more troublesome)
Funds allocated by the government will not have a great impact on police salaries, and each locality will make adjustments based on economic conditions. The real impact on the income of police stations and police officers is the latter two reasons.
But the economy in Jiade Town is not very good, there are few wealthy people, and there are few wealthy people, so naturally few people donate money. And due to its remote location, the crime rate is low, and fines and stolen money are even more pitiful. This was also an important reason why the police in the town at that time collaborated with the gangs.
They are poor.
Now Kai has directly adjusted his salary. Each police officer will receive a monthly subsidy of about $500 to $1,000 based on performance.
This is no small sum of money.
With money, those newcomers are naturally willing to work hard.
Perhaps because of this, the atmosphere in the police station is quite good and everyone is willing to do things. It was less than the off-duty time, and Kai couldn't leave the police station. He needed to stay at the police station to interrogate some criminal suspects.
There is no way, most of the people in the police station are new recruits, and many of them have not passed the formal examination. Strictly speaking, they can only be regarded as auxiliary police officers. Yes, the United States also has auxiliary police. Generally speaking, auxiliary police are only responsible for basic social security. In some major criminal cases, auxiliary police are not allowed to take action.
It is also not allowed to interrogate prisoners, but it can assist in interrogation.
Although Kai is the boss of the local police station, there are more than thirty people in a police station, including clerks, and it is impossible for Kai to put them all on duty immediately.
Originally, according to the laws here in the United States, it was very difficult to become a police officer. It requires one year of training, and then a written test and various skill tests. Very tedious. Kai can only do more and guide them.
"What's going on?" Kai had just mediated a case with two newcomers about a fight between two neighbors because their dog defecated on the lawn. He walked non-stop to the next interrogation room. He picked up the case brief from a police officer.
"Susie Cabell, female, 17 years old, high school student. At nine o'clock tonight, she stole from the supermarket and was discovered by the clerk. She also injured the clerk."
