"Are all the mutants missing?" Nick looked at the report in his hand in surprise.
"That's right, because of this alien incident, all branches of SHIELD have re-examined the current status of their monitored targets. After summarizing all the reports, it was found that all mutants under surveillance were They’re all missing.”
Agent Hill looked nervous. It was obvious that this matter was not trivial.
"I began to wonder if the military had done something, so I asked for information through some connections in the military. What surprised me was that all the mutants in the hands of the military were also missing."
"I conducted a detailed and in-depth investigation and found that not only SHIELD and the military, but also the mutants imprisoned as experimental animals in the laboratory have all disappeared."
"Now the military and many research institutions are in chaos, and they are very worried that Magneto or some other new powerful mutant has rescued people."
"If these mutants come back to retaliate, or even just expose the human experiments, it will be enough for many people to lose their jobs or even spend the rest of their lives in prison."
Nick also took a breath, realizing the seriousness of the matter.
In fact, many high-level figures are well aware of the threat posed by mutants. However, based on various factors, the attitude of all humans towards mutants has always been one of vigilance, rejection and suppression.
But they know very well in their hearts that the abilities of mutants are too random. No one knows when a super powerful mutant will appear, become the savior of the mutant group, and start a big fight with the human world.
It will be difficult to say who will win and who loses at that time, but no matter which side wins, it will most likely result in the destruction of the other side.
It's just that short-sighted people will always make up the majority in human society, and there will always be more politicians than politicians. Those who choose to sell the rope to hang themselves for the sake of immediate small profits will always have a sense of luck.
Or to put it more clearly, after I die, I won’t care about the flood!
As long as you can enjoy glory, wealth, fine clothes, fine food, beautiful cars, and beautiful women while you are alive, that is enough. If the sky falls, there will naturally be someone taller who can hold it up.
Even if the heroes can't stand it, Sa's life is worth it!
SHIELD has a free system for the threat level to mutants. Doves like X Academy have a very low threat level. Even the Brotherhood of Mutants, which has expressed hostility, actually only has a few people threatening it. The degree is relatively high, and most people are low-threat.
But all people with unknown abilities or unknown attitudes towards enemies and friends are all included in the high-threat category.
SHIELD has dedicated personnel responsible for mutant-related work.
As long as a new mutant is discovered, the personnel of this department will contact them as quickly as possible, gain the trust of the other party in a relatively friendly way, and then test the other party's ability in detail and have it analyzed by a psychologist. , and then decide whether to hand it over to X Academy or to jail "in accordance with the law" depending on the situation.
The vast majority of mutants awaken under strong stimulation. Many of these strong stimulations are accompanied by a series of unique American folk customs such as robberies, shootings, and rap...
In addition, when mutants first awaken, they have insufficient control over their abilities and often cause secondary harm to those around them.
Therefore, as long as SHIELD is willing to investigate, it will be difficult for them not to violate the law.
In this situation, all the mutants could be rescued without anyone noticing, which clearly showed that it was a strange new super-powerful mutant who did it.
"What's the attitude of Professor Charles?" Nick put his arms on the desk in front of him, crossed his hands and put them in front of his eyes. His two thumbs were circling quickly unconsciously, his eyes wandering, and he was quickly calculating the pros and cons in his mind.
"Director Fury, what I just said is all mutants, including the X-Men, of course." Agent Hill rolled his eyes and emphasized the meaning of "all" again, "The X Academy is now full of people. The building is empty, there is not a single mutant left.”
Nick's body stiffened, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear in his heart.
He knew very well how terrifying Professor Charles's mutant abilities were. If he also participated in this operation and showed his fangs that had been hidden for many years at humans, then it would be possible for ordinary humans to be wiped out in the next moment.
He took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down.
"Since the war between humans and mutants has not yet broken out, it means that at least the mutant group has not yet unified its thinking, and the hostility is not that obvious yet."
"We must now release enough goodwill to the mutant community. Those who secretly and illegally use mutants for human experiments cannot be retained."
Nick picked up the phone and immediately began to contact the Security Council, explaining the situation in detail, asking all countries to strictly investigate those unscrupulous congressmen and evil research institutions, abandon the car to save the commander, and appease the mutant population whose current situation is unknown.
Of course, the old foxes on the Security Council were aware of the danger and immediately voted to adopt this suggestion and then quickly implemented it.
In any country, once the ruling class reaches a consensus, orders can be implemented faster than imagined.
Almost overnight, all the media began to report wildly on the unscrupulous businessmen who dared to secretly use mutants for human experiments in pursuit of profits, as well as the corrupt congressmen who colluded with their officials and businessmen.
Those who should be arrested, those who should be searched, and those who should be tried should be tried...
With the concerted efforts of the media, mutants have instantly transformed from street rats that everyone shouted and beat up into a vulnerable group that has been exploited, squeezed, and discriminated against.
Experts also jumped out to conduct scientific analysis from the perspectives of genetics, sociology, psychology, etc., and used a lot of proper nouns that ordinary people could not understand to prove to the public that ordinary people People are potential mutants, and mutants are ordinary people in the future.
There are even some congressmen who come out to show off and show their kindness to mutants, saying that mutants are the same as ordinary people, they are all one family, they are equal, and they should not hate each other.
The day after all the mutants disappeared, the mutants got something that had been out of reach for decades of hard work.
Humanity, rehabilitate the mutants!
In this environment, no media dared to report the news that the Viper Gang was killed by an invulnerable mutant, so it was suppressed directly. After being circulated through several channels, it was finally reported to SHIELD On the desk of Bureau Director Nick Fury.
The people at the scene were not dead. After discovering that the thermal weapons were ineffective, the Viper Gang collapsed and fled in all directions. Zhan Liu had no interest in chasing down this group of water dogs.
So after making character sketches of the people at the scene, SHIELD immediately knew who did it.
If there is a road to heaven, you don't take it; if there is no door to hell, you just go to it.
I was worried that I couldn't find you, so you sent them to your door yourself.
Nick, who has always been suspicious, has never believed in coincidences. The invasion of the Skrulls and the disappearance of mutants, these two things collided. If there is no connection between the two, Nick does not believe it.
Natasha has been dealing with a group of "twins" whose authenticity is difficult to distinguish. She has exhausted all methods and still cannot tell who is real and who is fake.
It would be fine if they were just ordinary people, but here there are our own people, Tony Stark's friends, and lieutenant colonels in the military. It is not even suitable to torture them, let alone shoot them all. We can only imprison them first. stand up.
The only ones who can be confirmed to be fakes are "Escape Tony" and "Tights Natasha", so we can only start looking for clues from them.
The Super Skrull possesses Natasha's memory and is very clear about SHIELD's methods and habits, making it difficult to catch clues.
But as long as she is exposed in the eyes of SHIELD, SHIELD can rely on its huge resource advantage to pursue her closely until they catch them.
But what’s going on with Exhibit 6?
Natasha has never reported that this guy is so awesome!
Invulnerable and powerful...
This can definitely join the Avengers you are preparing!
If we had known that this guy was so powerful, we shouldn't have let Agent Mei catch him, but now he is killing people and running away.
But Nick just thought about it casually. After all, Zhan Liu was mixed with the Super Skrulls now, and his identity was doubtful, so it was difficult to gain his trust.
I was about to call Natasha over to ask if Zhan Liu had any habits or weaknesses, but there was a knock on the door and Natasha pushed the door open and came in.
"What's wrong?" When Nick saw Natasha's serious expression, he knew there must be bad news again.
"I was previously ordered to form a trustworthy team to conduct an internal self-examination, and found very serious problems."
Nick looked stern and sat up straight, "Are many people replaced?"
"I'm not sure." Natasha shook her head. "My team members and I conducted a detailed investigation and found no signs that anyone had been replaced. However, during the investigation, I found that many people in the bureau were suspicious of us. are very resistant to the investigation, and there are faint signs of joining forces to resist us."
"Oh, what do I think?" Nick relaxed and leaned back on the sofa chair. "No one likes to be investigated, and it is human nature to resist. Moreover, there are indispensable small groups within any organization. existence. It’s not surprising that everyone forms gangs and forms cliques because of their own interests.”
"But are you sure they haven't been replaced by the Skrulls? You and Clint are the only two people in SHIELD?"
Nick is not interested in the factional struggles within SHIELD. The Skrulls are his biggest concern.
"At least after our cross-checking, we found no signs that they had been replaced. We have discussed your issue internally. The Skrulls should not be randomly selected, but people with higher agent levels. This is necessary. Be replaced. One person in a key position is more effective than a hundred ordinary agents."
"Well, what you said makes sense." Nick nodded thoughtfully, "In that case, let's screen all the agents of level seven and above again, and if there are still no problems, we can close the team."
"However, the group of people I just mentioned don't feel like an ordinary small faction." Natasha looked solemn and hesitated to speak.
Nick had great trust in Natasha's ability and loyalty, and when he saw her like this, he knew that he must have noticed something.
"What? What did you find out?"
"This group of people, headed by John Garrett, often gathers secretly, and I couldn't find the location of the gathering for a while. It seems that there is some force preventing me from further investigating."
"I investigated some of their members, and found that there were many difficulties in the investigation process, and a lot of resistance even came from within SHIELD."
"Although I haven't found anything yet, my years of experience as an agent tell me that there must be something wrong with this group of people."
"What's the problem?" Nick laughed.
"John wants to take my place and become the director of SHIELD himself?"
"Then he can just come over and tell me!"
Nick teased a few words, and then comforted:
"Perhaps they are indeed doing something illegal behind my back, but our SHIELD is different from ordinary organizations. For some things that cross the line, as long as they don't go too far, it's better to just turn a blind eye. ”
"Of course, if things go wrong in the end, they will naturally take the blame. John must have this awareness."
"No matter what they are plotting, this is an issue that I need to be vigilant and consider. What you need to be responsible for now is to conduct an internal self-examination regarding the Skrull invasion."
"All you have to do is tell me, are those people Skrulls?"
Natasha looked at her old boss with one eye staring intently at her, and already understood the other person's attitude.
She replied without hesitation: "Of course not."
She paused for a moment and then added: "Maybe the top few people can't rule out this possibility for the time being, but most ordinary agents are definitely not."
"That's enough!" Nick concluded the matter with a final word.
"Okay, I understand. Once I confirm that Agent Garrett is not an imposter, I will ask Agent Coulson to withdraw."
Nick nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with Natasha's attitude. He threw the previous report in front of Natasha and asked:
"How much do you know about Zhan Liu?"
"He is extremely powerful, and his body is invulnerable and cannot even be penetrated by bullets. This was not included in your report!"
"Uh..." Natasha picked up the report and glanced at it a few times, feeling embarrassed.
As an ace agent, he failed to find out the actual situation of the target. This was a big mistake.
She smiled bitterly and said: "There is such a thing as invulnerability... I can't shoot him with a gun to test his defense."
"As for his power, although it is indeed great, it is still far from being infinite!"
Natasha shrugged, "Of course, it's possible that he didn't use all his strength on me."
Nick didn't care about Natasha's private life and asked directly:
"Then do you know what his hobbies are?"
"Do you know how to find his whereabouts?"
Natasha thought about it carefully and said helplessly:
"He is an alien. He has no relatives or friends on Earth, and he has no unique hobbies. If you want to find him, conventional means will definitely be useless."
"Perhaps we can only rely on others to report him. After all, he has three eyes and his target is too obvious."
Nick shook his head when he heard this, "Instead of hoping that they are not careful, it is better to pray that they will come to SHIELD directly and surrender themselves to the problem that can be solved with just a headband!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Agent Hill knocked on the door and came in, placing a pad in front of him.
"Director Fury, someone called to report the alien in Zhan Liu. It has been confirmed through satellite positioning. It is indeed him. He is escaping towards Mexico with the Super Skrull."
Upon hearing this, Natasha tilted her head to one side and snickered to the side.
This slap in the face was so fast!
(End of chapter)
