When Merlin's group captured the Decepticons, they did use nuclear bombs.

But it wasn't a nuclear weapon in the traditional sense, to be precise, it was an advanced technology that S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists had reversed from the cruise missile technology of the Kerry warship.

It can be seen as a clean nuclear weapon.

After the launch hits and explodes, the resulting atomic radiation rapidly diminishes, dissipating quickly after several hours. And it will not have a terrible effect on life around the blast zone.

But nuclear weapons are nuclear weapons, and for the Ministry of Defense, after the explosion of two "Needle" missiles fired from miniature electromagnetic railguns, they both detected atomic radiation.

At the beginning, the bigwigs of the Ministry of Defense thought that other countries had launched an attack on the United States, and even caused panic within the Ministry of Defense for a time.

But later, when rapidly weakening atomic radiation was observed, the generals of the Ministry of Defense realized that it seemed to be a new weapon they were not aware of.

Moreover, it is precisely because of the emergence of this new weapon that the cooperation between the "Seventh District" of the Ministry of Defense and the Decepticons was forced to be interrupted, and they were even ambushed by the anti-water Decepticons for a time, with heavy casualties.

This was not at all what the generals of the Ministry of Defense wanted to see, so the mysterious force that was involved in the affairs of their Seventh Sector was immediately locked down by them after the war.

After almost a month of tracking, they finally determined the heel of that mysterious force.

Territorial Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency, or S.H.I.E.L.D. Formerly known as the Strategic Science Corps during the Cold War, after years of hibernation, these pesky fellows, in their hated leader, Nick. Fury's leadership seems to have begun to try to interfere in the affairs of other departments again.

"Nuclear weapons?"

Pierce's eyes blinked, he put the cigar in his mouth and took a deep breath, then puffed out a cloud of smoke, and he whispered:

"How did I not know? Are there any casualties reported? Also, where is the place that was attacked by nuclear weapons? Do I need to send a rescue team? ”

"You!"

Pierce's obvious remark made the old soldier Thaddeus's brow furrow like a tiger, and he slapped the table and said:

"Don't play this trick on me, Pierce. I don't believe you don't know the actions of Fury's agents, and I don't want to deal with that cunning, lying director of S.H.I.E.L.D., I just want our stuff back! ”

"Hand 98084-3 to us, and S.H.I.E.L.D., the remains of another mechanical life, can be kept! That's our bottom line! ”

"Tsk, what a domineering military style."

Pierce sighed, he placed the cigar next to the ashtray, and he said:

"Thaddeus, I know you miss the battlefield, but look around, we're not at war anymore. You're also the chief of staff now, and even if you don't admit it, you're a politician anymore, so don't try to get what you want with the style of a warrior... What I'm trying to say is that S.H.I.E.L.D. won't give that mechanical life back to you. ”

Hearing Pierce's words, Thaddeus was about to retort, but was stopped by Pierce's outstretched hand.

He looked at his old fellow, and he whispered:

"It's not because S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to monopolize it, you know better than I do, Thaddeus. About your mysterious 'Seventh District'. It was established before the establishment of the World Security Council, and we will not discuss the previous matters, but after the establishment of the World Security Council, you should file with us a secret project like this that will threaten the world order. ”

"But you don't!"

Pierce's expression became serious:

"I repeatedly sent emails to the high-level mailboxes of the Ministry of Defense several times, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea. You want to maintain your independence, you don't want to be interfered with... Then I would like to ask you, Thaddeus, what are you soldiers who do not obey the orders of the higher commands? ”

"Are you secretly plotting something dangerous? Are you huddled together to study dangerous alien technology in order to subvert the regime and order? ”

"We don't!"

Thaddeus gritted his teeth and said:

"Don't give us random hats, Pierce! Your speech is dangerous. ”

"You're doing more dangerous!"

Pierce slapped the table, and he shouted with a cold face:

"What's the difference between you and the Japanese Army that went alone during World War II? Ignoring the president's orders and working against the World Security Council! ”

"I'll tell you the truth, Thaddeus, it was indeed me who ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to interfere with your dealings with mechanical life, but that wasn't to steal anything from you, it was a warning! If you don't file it and don't accept the assessment actions of the World Security Council, the next step is to directly destroy your 'Seventh District'!" ”

Pierce's order made the menacing Thaddeus raise his head suddenly.

After a few seconds, he whispered:

"Looks like you know a lot, Pierce."

"What do you mean?"

Pierce picked up his cigar and leaned back on the sofa, and he said with a hint of weariness:

"If it's worth the 'Seventh District' that you've been hiding all along, then I do know a lot."

"S.H.I.E.L.D. is not an ornament, and the World Security Council has given it the authority to contain and supervise dangerous matters, and it is not given casually. It is our eyes, and when necessary, it is our weapon. ”

"I also know that you have more secret plans than the 'Seventh District'."

Pierce said:

"The 'X' project that is being restarted recently, the 'Super Soldier' project that is in the pipeline, etc., you have hidden so many things, sometimes I can't help but think, Thaddeus, why are you doing this?"

"It's peacetime now, why are you still studying these dangerous things, or I put it another way, who are you still treating as imaginary enemies after the fall of the Soviet Union?"

Faced with Pierce's questioning, General Thaddeus, with a gloomy face, said:

"You're not the only ones who are frightened by the Kree, Pierce. On that day, we saw our own cowardice and fear, and we knew that we were weak. These, all of them, are for the purpose of fulfilling our mission and responsibilities as soldiers. Isn't S.H.I.E.L.D. DOING THE SAME? Didn't they also search the world for all kinds of strange people? ”

"I didn't say you did anything wrong."

Pierce waved his hand:

"I can understand what you think and do, and that's why the World Security Council has tolerated you until now."

"But it's time for this isolation to come to an end, Thaddeus, you should join the existing system, be monitored and evaluated by the World Security Council, we know that we are weak, and we need the strength to protect ourselves, but all this is premised on that we will not destroy ourselves in dangerous experiments."

"So, if we don't accept the involvement of the World Security Council, we don't have to talk about this matter today?"

Thaddeus looked at Pierce, who shrugged:

"That's the premise of the conversation. Only when we are in the general framework of jointly maintaining order and jointly building a new order, and with a unified and clear goal, can our conversation continue. ”

"So..."

Pierce looked at the old general in front of him, he stood up, took out a document from the bookcase behind his desk, and put it in front of General Thaddeus, he reached out and tapped the document, and said:

"Do you agree?"

"We..."

General Thaddeus looked at the document in front of him, his tone was heavy, and he said to Pierce:

"I personally agree, you know me, Pierce, I'm a soldier and I fulfill my mission. But the others are not all like me, and many people only value the interests of the Ministry of Defense, and it is not easy to convince them to agree to open their secrets to more people. ”

"Interests... So, what you're going to talk to me about is actually interests? ”

Pierce's eyes narrowed, and Thaddeus thought his old buddy was going to get angry, but after a dozen seconds of silence, Pierce smiled. He said softly:

"Okay, then let's talk about benefits. Say, Thaddeus, what exactly do the generals of the Ministry of Defense want? ”

Seeing that Pierce was calm, Thaddeus also breathed a sigh of relief. He knew it was not easy to do before he came, but now it seems that things are going well.

The old soldier set aside the cigar in his hand, and he crossed his fingers as if to think about the words, and after a few seconds he said to Pierce:

"When the 'Seventh District' was first established, it was to study mechanical life and improve our civilization. It proved to be effective, with the Apollo moon landing, the Star Wars program, all of which had advanced technology contributed by Region 7. But after the Cree War, the purpose of this plan changed. ”

"When we realized that our current power was completely insufficient to protect our country and our people, the radicals prevailed. Including this adventure and the cooperation of mechanical life, it is all about finding ways to make us strong quickly from those advanced mechanical lifeforms. ”

"Did you find it?"

Pierce asked rhetorically, and Thaddeus nodded:

"We got a lot of more efficient means of using information flows, some complex chips, prototypes of some kind of high-energy weapons. But we want more! ”

The old general whispered:

"S.H.I.E.L.D. captured 98084-3, which was our target. We intended to disassemble it for further research into mechanical life, but we lost the opportunity. ”

"We need it."

"Nick. Fury won't give it back to you. ”

Pierce shook his head:

"S.H.I.E.L.D.'s containment authority is granted by the World Security Council, and I can't interfere if Fury insists."

"Then we'll take a step back."

Thaddeus's expression changed for a moment, and this seemingly reckless old fox finally revealed his true intentions at this moment. He said to Pierce:

"98084-3 can be given to S.H.I.E.L.D., after all, it's their trophy. But in exchange, we want weapons that can easily destroy the existence of mechanical life... I mean, that kind of clean, miniature nuclear weapons. ”

"This..."

There was a look of embarrassment on Pierce's face, and he said:

"I don't think Fury will agree."

"So, I'll bypass him and come straight to you."

Thaddeus picked up the papers on the table and put them in his briefcase, and he said to Pierce:

"Everybody knows that tough agent boss listens to you. We're going to join the World Security Council's surveillance system, but that kind of technology, we need it too, please, Pierce. ”

Pierce groaned, playing with a cigar gun in his hand, and after a moment he said:

"Then I'll... Give it a try. Also, about the 'Seventh District'? ”

"We would welcome evaluators from the World Security Council."

General Thaddeus stood up, and he said to Pierce:

"District 7, waiting for your arrival at any time."

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A few hours later, in his office, Pierce called Fury's phone.

"Fury, the troops from the Department of Defense just came to visit me, and they're really hard to deal with."

"But I'm sure you'll send them away."

Fury, who was far away in Nevada, replied in a relaxed tone:

"You can always do these things."

"Yes, I sent them away, and I also secured permission for you to go to the 'Seventh District' for an assessment."

Pierce replied:

"But they made demands."

"Oh?"

Fury's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice and asked:

"What requirements?"

"They want the technology of the Kerry missile."

Pierce said truthfully:

"They want you to hand over Merlin... They accuse Merlin and his team of using nuclear weapons on our soil at will, a crime against humanity. ”

"They don't even think about it!"

Fury said in a deep voice without hesitation:

"To hell with those soldiers, I won't hand over my own agents to them!"

"That's how I rejected them."

Pierce leaned back in his chair and picked up the file on the desk, which contained Merlin's details and the slightly serious work photo.

Pierce looked at the picture, and he said calmly:

"But they won't give up so easily, the 'needle' missile is theoretically indeed a nuclear weapon, and if the Ministry of Defense bites to death on this point, then Merlin will really be difficult to get out, so you'd better send Merlin out temporarily. I mean, send it a little farther, to a place where the Ministry of Defense can't meddle. ”

"I'll think about it."

Fury responded. Pierce added:

"You've got to get something out and send those belligerent generals, I mean, those Kree missile samples, you're still keeping, right? Give them those things, and they'll be able to figure out what they're doing. ”

"I don't think it's a good idea, Pierce."

Fury retorted:

"They are not regulated, they have signs of danger."

"Actually, they're already in the system of the World Security Council, so you don't need to worry about that."

Pierce explains:

"S.H.I.E.L.D. can leave 98084-3 behind, that's what I requested, and they agreed. So, using the evaluation power of the 'Seventh Sector' and the secret of that mechanical life, in exchange for a technology that will be researched sooner or later, Fury... I don't think it's a disadvantage. ”

"I can understand, but..."

Fury took a deep breath, and after a dozen seconds of silence, he said:

"Well, I can understand your pressure, Pierce. I'm not going to make it difficult for you, I'm going to give them a sample of the wreckage of that missile. ”

"Well, also, since Merlin is going to be sent out, then the assessment of District 7 must be carried out by an agent who can be trusted and has strong handling ability. I think Japas. Agent Hitvel is a good one, he's hardworking, he's meticulous, and he can find things that no one else can see, don't you think? ”

"I'll think about it, Pierce, I'm bothering you this time."

Fury hung up the phone, and he turned back to Hill behind him and said:

"Ciel, you immediately go to the Pagassos base and remove all the important chips from the Kree cruise missiles for me!"

"Sir, is this really going to work?"

Hill asked suspiciously:

"The people from the Ministry of Defense shouldn't be so easy to fool, right?"

"Heh, I just said I'm going to give them a sample."

Fury said coldly:

"It's not complete! Go ahead and help me contact Merlin, I have something to ask him for. ”

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