The two of you have nothing to do all day long, so you know that you are a demon, and you are haunted in the middle of the day, even if you are haunted in the daytime, I can be considered to have seen it, but you are still alive and haunted, which is a little too anxious, right?

However, Melinda didn't bother to tell Claire, because she really didn't know how to explain that she could see souls. You can't say that you suffered a heavy head injury during a mission, and then you awakened the magic eye that can see the death of souls and all things, right?

And now there is a huge problem in physics that deeply troubles her, that is, whether the soul has mass or not, whether it is affected by inertia. If you are out of body on the plane, will you be thrown out of the plane all of a sudden because of inertia?

Or does your soul seem to be staying where it is, but it's actually flying parallel to the plane all the time?

Also, the soul seems to be able to penetrate solid without hindrance, but if it can penetrate walls, why didn't you slip out of the plane, or did the soul break free from the influence of gravity?

Hey... What am I thinking? Is it wrong to use modern physics to explain the problems of the soul?

Anyway, under Melinda's silence, the agents began to discuss their next steps under the ghostly gaze of Claire. No one was aware of her presence, at least on the surface.

When Sitwell took off his glasses and wiped them, his eyes glanced in the direction of Claire intentionally or unintentionally, he seemed to sense something and instantly withdrew his gaze, and a drop of cold sweat unconsciously flowed from his big bald head, but fortunately he then took the glasses back to this action, and wiped off the inconspicuous old man lightly. But after that, he never looked in that direction again.

Now that the target of the clairvoyant has been set on the personnel that S.H.I.E.L.D. has recruited, the next step is to narrow down the target.

John Garrett said: "We've narrowed down the target to 13. ”

"Let's assume that this is indeed the case, that clairvoyance has been in contact with us and can read minds. Hand then asked a new question: "So how do we deal with him, how do we approach him without the other party noticing?"

John Garrett said that it was to make a suggestion, or to induce, and gave a piece of advice: "Fragment the information." ”

Coulson apparently had a plan for this: "I have a pattern recognition analyst on my team, and he's going to take the ultrasound test data, and he's going to prioritize the people on the list, and then we're going to randomly split us into teams of two, so that only one person knows all the information." ”

"You know the person you're referring to must be a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent of a certain level. Hand sighed, Coulson's plan was not perfect, but it was reasonable, but she also knew who the expert Coulson was talking about, which made him a little uneasy.

The person Coulson was referring to was, of course, Skye, but she was still a monitored trainee with no official agent rank and would not have been able to attend such an important meeting.

She's now in the bottom compartment of the plane, asking Fitz and Simmons to tweak the mechanical exoskeleton she's wearing, mainly to address the friction on the outside and with the skin, as well as the sudden tiredness that she hasn't been able to fully adjust to until now.

However, Fitz and Simmons do not seem to have found a solution to these two problems. The problem of exhaustion is completely at a loss, and as for friction... Fei Ori made a suggestion: "We may be able to fill the gap between the exoskeleton and your skin with a layer of silicone, which is completely human-like, so that we can reduce the touch of foreign body friction." ”

"Please," Skye pouted at the idea, "it's like having my whole body, all the time, in full contact with other people's skin, it's not only uncomfortable, but also... It's disgusting. ”

After Squig finished speaking, he found that Fizet and Simmons were a little stunned, so he asked, "I just spoke Spanish, right?" Seeing them nod, Skye slowly stood up from his chair, "I used to have some Mexican friends, and I learned some Spanish in order to communicate with them, but recently I don't know why it keeps popping up, and the accent is a lot more correct, as if my native language is Spanish." ”

"Well," Simmons said guessingly, "it may be this piece of equipment on you, which has stabbed you in the nerve of speech. ”

It was at this time that Skye received a summons, but when she arrived in the conference room, she found that all the senior agents were staring at her, which made her mind instantly square. Especially among these agents, there is also Sitwell, who she let Simmons knock out with a tranquilizer gun last time, and she feels that her expression is as embarrassed as Thirteen.

Fortunately, Coulson told the purpose of inviting her over when Skye was overwhelmed. Skye breathed a sigh of relief instantly, and adjusted the mission mode that his mental state had entered. But before she could speak, Victoria Hand's brow furrowed slightly and asked, "What's the deal with this machine on her? It looks a bit like that mobility aid from some gospel company, it's... It's a bit rudimentary. ”

"It's a bargain, it's going to be a bargain. Skye said with a black face and a shake of his head.

But Hand didn't care about the price of the machine, "Coulson, do you think it's appropriate for someone to carry such a complex machine with him at this kind of meeting?"

"Hmm. Coulson nodded, "As you all know, during that mission in Spain, Skye was seriously wounded, she saved her blood for S.H.I.E.L.D., and nearly paid with her life. ”

"The machine she had on her was brought to her by Evenson to help him with his recovery process. ”

"Bargains... I should have thought of it a long time ago. Hand glanced at some of Evenson's traits that seemed to be no secret in S.H.I.E.L.D. right now.

"Anyway, we've checked it in detail. Coulson added, "There are no espionage agencies in this machine, so you don't have to be suspicious." ”

With Coulson's explanations and assurances, the agents were not suspicious. Claire, however, glanced at Skye again. This is the chick who was sold to S.H.I.E.L.D. by Evenson, and now she looks a lot cuter when she dresses up seriously, and Evenson still takes good care of her, but... Claire clasped her hands on her chest and smiled indifferently, cute is nothing in front of sexy!

"Pairing in groups makes sense, but I have an immature idea about that..."

Skye first affirmed Coulson's deployment plan, but then suggested improvements: "We might as well use the double-blind rule, where I tell one person in each squad where the clairvoyant might be, and then share the identity information with the other person, so that no one person will know all the information about the mission until they reach their destination." ”

"I like the way you think, I like the way he thinks...", John Garrett was now overflowing with joy.

Hand also nodded, and made some kind of admission to Sky, "No one will leak secrets, because no one knows all the secrets, which is a bit like the director's management style." ”

"But I still have a question, how can I get this information without anyone else watching, I don't have that permission. "After a few missions and lessons, Skye is now much more disciplined and will no longer act as easily as before.

"That's what I want to say to you. Coulson took out a S.H.I.E.L.D. badge as if he were a surprise gift to his daughter, "Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D., Skye." ”

Everyone present congratulated her, and even Victoria Hand, who had a lot of opinions about her, showed a rare smile, but she still said something more, "But you're only a first-class agent." ”

"I... I don't even know what to say. Skye was really excited, especially since Coulson had given her the badge himself.

Skye's feelings for Coulson are very complicated, not so much that Coulson fills the role of the missing father in Skye's life, but rather that Skye really regards him as his own father, and his own father.

Skye has his own logic for this, although some time ago Coulson took out a heavily edited document about her origins, as if her biological parents were someone else. But Skye felt that this document, which had no value at all, was completely trying to cover up.

You see, I am a mixed-race child, I especially asked Simmons to check my genes, I should be a Chinese-American mixed-race, and I have been secretly arranged by S.H.I.E.L.D. for the first half of my life, so the person who did this must be an agent with a certain status in S.H.I.E.L.D. So...

You see, Coulson, whether it's age, level, or that feeling, it's quite appropriate, he's not my father, he's my father? As for my mother of Chinese descent... Skye turned to Melinda and smiled.

You see that the two of them are just the right age, some of them are high-ranking agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the two of them have had problems before, so it's very likely that they made a mistake when they were younger, and for some reason they couldn't raise me personally.

They can't be blamed for this, it seems that the union between field agents is not allowed. And as the child of two high-ranking foreign agents, it's also very dangerous.

And when they found out that I was going astray, they immediately arranged for their friend, Evinson Richter, a special adviser of S.H.I.E.L.D., to send me to the plane, otherwise there is no way to explain this matter, I haven't found a single stranger for so many years, and two popped up in one day that day, and one of them happened to be an advisor of S.H.I.E.L.D., this must have been arranged in advance!

And I did all kinds of out-of-the-ordinary things on the plane, but in the end, they all forgave and accommodated me, this must be their love for themselves, well, it must be like this!

"Sherlock Holmes. But just as the dust settled, Sitwell suddenly and coldly highlighted a name, "I don't know if you have this person on your list, if so, you have to be careful with this guy." ”

"You... Do you have any suspicions about him?" asked Coulson, frowning.

"I used to be in charge of recruiting him. Sitwell said slowly, "He has a very high IQ, but his emotional intelligence is often in arrears, and on the surface he seems to be a private investigator, working with the New York Police Department, known as the savior of the homicide team, the millennial Kudo Shinichi." ”

"He has always adhered to that basic deductive method to solve crimes. I've observed his reasoning process, it's just meticulous, he can do a perfect scene restoration, and sometimes he even analyzes the motive for the crime at all, but to be honest, watching him solve the case, the process doesn't look like he's reasoning, I think it's like he can read minds. ”

"Plus there are some problems with this person's background, first of all, he has some very unhealthy little hobbies, and secondly, his father is Morando Holmes, the world's leading venture capitalist, and his brother has a deep relationship with British MI6, and most importantly, he has a history with the international crime giant Professor Moriady. ”

"Huh?" everyone present was stunned when they heard the last sentence, and looked straight at Sitwell.

"You don't know? Moriarty is with women. Sitwell said with a fuss on his face, "And what age is it now, even if it's a man, are you so surprised?"

"If that's what you say," Coulson rubbed his hand on his chin, "this man is indeed very suspicious. ”

"It's not that suspicious, is it?" John Garrett shook his head, "I've heard of this guy, he went back to England a long time ago, and he is also friends with the only two senior advisers in our Shenzhen Bureau, and he once helped Tony Stark and Evenson in the Mandalin incident, because he and his partner were captured by Killian and almost died, if he was really clairvoyant, he wouldn't have put himself in that trap." ”

Besides, he had always had a bad relationship with his father, and for many years she had thought that his father had killed his mother, and the two of them hardly spoke. ”

Don't disrupt my arrangements casually, I'm obviously already doing a good job here, and you suddenly pulled out some Sherlock Holmes, doesn't it make me embarrassed? Are we still comrades in the same organization?

"Hmm... Maybe I'm suspicious. After John Garrett said this, Sitwell didn't insist at all, and instantly gave up his opinion.

And just then, a message came: "Agent Sitwell, headquarters order, you are to report to the Moria Star immediately. ”

"Okay, I'll go. Sitwell agreed, and then looked apologetically at the group, "I'm sorry I can't participate in your plan to hunt Santa Claus, to be honest, I've been an internal agent for most of my life, and I still hope to be able to go crazy, like jumping from a tall building, or racing on the highway to deal with enemies lying on the roof of the car, but I can't help it, orders are orders." ”

And others also understood this, but just after Sitwell left the plane, he contacted Alexander Pierce through an encrypted channel, "Sir, the temptation of John Garrett is over, but the result... It doesn't seem to be good. ”

"First of all, Evenson Richter seems to have something to do for the time being, but John Garrett seems to have known about it for a long time, and it is clear that there is a secret connection between them. ”

"Moreover, it seems true that he buried himself alive in the soil for three days, although I don't know what he was trying to do. But I remembered something, sir, you know, I'm an Indian, and on a plateau east of my hometown and my hometown, burying myself in the soil without eating or drinking, and only breathing through my trachea, seems to be a way to train myself into a Buddha in the flesh. And in that country further east, although you don't have to bury yourself alive, there is also a way of practicing called Bigu. ”

"It's a bit strange to say that, but I think there's a good chance he's practicing magic. Evenson Richter may have bought him off with the condition of imparting his magic. ”

"It's not out of nowhere for me to speculate, we have a relatively detailed file of Evenson, he hadn't eaten for five days when he first opened his little shop, and although he claimed that he couldn't open it, he was a member of the umbrella, and this excuse was certainly not credible. He must be practicing magic, which is similar to Garrett's behavior. ”

"Then there was the female hacker Skye, she appeared wearing a mechanical exoskeleton of the Gospel Company, we all know that the company is just a cover for the umbrella, even Garrett doesn't know this, but such a complex set of equipment, but any agent has to question it, but Garrett is the first to accept. There's obviously something greasy about this. ”

"Sir, if Skye was able to put on that machine and walk around in the open, or because Garrett's plan had seriously injured her, you guessed it was a bitter ploy at the time, and now I think you are very wise, and I don't believe it if there is no connection between them. ”

"In the end, I also tried with the last glimmer of hope. In my plan to capture Claireye, I deliberately added the man Sherlock Holmes, who we know to be friends with Evenson Richter, and who has been in and out of the Gospel Company since the Mandalin incident, and then returned to England through unknown channels, and his whereabouts remain mysterious to this day. ”

Considering this kind of thing, it is very likely that Holmes is also a member of the umbrella, and his father Morandu and his old lover Moriarty may be the person who copied the umbrella. At the very least, Moriarty has recently contacted some people in the UK and is preparing to open a branch office in the UK. ”

"So, I proposed Sherlock Holmes, which would have apparently distracted Coulson's group and made John Garrett's plan easier to implement, but he was the one who vetoed my proposal, and he was the first to jump out against me. It seems that we especially don't want to provoke Sherlock Holmes. ”

"That's all I have to say, sir, and I ask you to make a wise decision. ”

"Well," it had been said all along, and now that there was finally an echo on the other end of the line, Pierce let out a long sigh "It's clear that there's nothing left to decide." ”

"Now immediately disconnect from everyone on John Garrett's line, don't accept or respond to any communications they send, we don't pay attention to anything on their line, anyway, when they don't exist, I'll get rid of them when I have my hands free. ”

"It's the things on the Moria Star that's the point!" Pierce finally emphasized, "You give me caution, lately... I don't know why, but I always have a premonition that I am on the edge of an abyss, and I feel very uneasy. ”

"Understood, sir. Sitwell hung his head and a white light reflected from his flat glasses, slowly hung up the phone, and kept stroking the tie clip of the faceless beast in his hand, "I won't let you down, it will be very exciting." ”