41. The trouble left by the hive (II)
Andrew. Ghana, Merlin knows him, and he knows him well. Because he is also theoretically one of the employees of S.H.I.E.L.D.
He is S.. L.D.'s current external psychologist leads a very professional team every quarter to conduct a survey of S.D. All L.D. field agents are to be counseled and evaluated.
Once Dr. Andrew believes that a field agent is no longer fit for field duty for a variety of reasons, the agent will passively enter an observation period, and after a psychological problem is confirmed, he or she will be transferred to civilian duty.
It's a very powerful job and it's important, but Merlin has always had a lot of trust in Dr. Andrew.
On the one hand, this doctor is indeed very professional and conscientious.
On the other hand, also because of his identity... It's special.
He is the Commander of the 7th level of S.H.I.E.L.D., Melinda. May's husband.
Melinda, on the other hand, is S. L.D.'s veteran agent was also the first to follow Merlin to form S.D. from scratch. One of the "Big Three" of L.D.
In the current S.H.I.E.L.D.'s management system for occult affairs, Melinda is a very important node, as the direct management of S.S. L.D. is currently the leader of 12 branches in North America, and her importance cannot be overstated.
She is Merlin's most trusted and reassuring subordinate, and for this reason, Andrew . Dr. Garner has also been placed on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s protection list.
"I can only introduce him to you."
In his office in the Trident Building, Merlin said to Medusa and Black Bolt, who had changed into a long dress and suit:
"I won't get too involved in this because Dr. Andrew's identity is sensitive and I have to stay away from it. I can understand your desire to save your loved one, but I will not allow you to forcibly convert him into an Inhuman. β
"I mean, no matter what His Excellency Andrew chooses, you can't force him!"
Merlin looked at Medusa and Black Bolt, he stretched out a finger and said with a serious expression:
"Attention, this is not a request!"
"I understand."
Queen Medusa glanced at her husband, and she replied solemnly and earnestly to Merlin:
"In the name of the Inhuman Dynasty, we promise that we will never do anything to force us."
"Well, that's good."
Merlin reached out and pressed the telephone on the desk, and he said:
"Sharon, you can invite Melinda and her husband in."
Moments later, Merlin's office door was pushed open, and Agent Melinda, who maintained her usual nonchalant expression, nodded slightly to Merlin, then looked back at the other two people in the office.
Melinda is a good and powerful witcher, and she can sense the power of the two men in front of her.
They are not ordinary people, nor are they aliens, but they are much more dangerous than most aliens.
Andrew. Dr. Garner was right behind his wife, and he kindly extended his hand to Merlin, a true high-level intellectual, a true social elite, and a courteous gesture to anyone.
Well, it's really not the same as his black compatriots at the bottom of society.
Merlin, who liked to deal with such polite people, stood up, shook Dr. Andrew's outstretched hand, and said:
"In the past, I would have given Melinda a task, but today the situation is special... I mean, today's thing, mostly about you, Dr. Andrew. β
"Huh?"
The doctor of psychology looked at his wife in surprise, and he said to Merlin in a gentle tone:
"Judging by your expression, Director Merlin, I guess, shouldn't it be a good thing?"
"Well, that's up to you to understand."
Merlin shrugged, gave Melinda a reassuring look, and then said to Andrew:
"The last time I went to your wedding, I remember you complaining to me that husbands should protect their wives and not the other way around... I mean, if you make a choice, then you also have the power to protect Melinda. β
Merlin pointed to the two men standing on the couch, and he said:
"These two are the Inhuman King Blackcard from Atthilan. His Majesty Bertgang, and Medusalis. Ammaquiline. Queen PortagΓ‘n, they are here for you. β
"Inhuman?"
Before Andrew could speak, Melinda's expression suddenly changed.
Unlike Andrew, as a high-level agent, she was well aware of the relationship between Inhumans and humans, and she almost immediately understood why Merlin had summoned her to come with her husband.
"No way!"
Melinda slapped the director's desk and protected her husband behind her, and she said to Merlin in a fierce tone:
"I disagree!"
"Melinda, listen to them first, it's polite."
Dr. Andrew, who did not understand what was happening, did not want to see his wife at odds with her superior, reached out and put his hand on his wife's shoulder, and whispered:
"I'm sure Director Merlin won't force me to do anything."
"Yes."
Merlin said to his subordinates:
"Don't worry, Melinda, I can assure you that the choice will always be in Andrew's hands."
"I'll answer for him!"
Melinda was very strong and said without giving an inch:
"I just don't agree!"
"Okay."
Merlin shrugged, he took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, and then said to the four men in the office:
"Now it's up to you, I don't interfere with the rest of the matter, I also hope that the two of you will keep our agreement, and I don't want me to come back and see a building shattered by sound waves..."
After saying that, he patted Melinda on the shoulder from behind, and he whispered:
"It's about saving an innocent girl... Melinda, your husband has the power to save her, of course, it's just a choice, I said, the choice is always in Andrew's hands, if he doesn't want to take the risk, I can assure you that, as before, no one can disturb your life. β
"You shouldn't have let us come!"
Melinda glanced at her boss, and she complained:
"You should just say no to them!"
"But you know your husband's character better than I do, he is a really good man, a good man."
Merlin Says:
"If one day he knew that he had a chance to save a dying life, but was stopped by you or me without his knowledge... What do you think the result will be? After all, there should be nothing to hide between husband and wife. β
Melinda's expression fell silent, and Merlin softly advised:
"What's more, you've also seen the statistics on the frequency of supernatural events, and you should know that no matter how hard we try to stop it, it will always come in that bad time."
"In that coming era, having the power to protect yourself and protect your loved ones... Maybe not a bad thing. Andrew is already luckier than most people, at least in the face of possible horrors, he still has the ability to fight against them. β
"Trust me, Melinda, this might be a good thing..."
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"Huh"
A conversation was still going on in Merlin's office, but the owner of the office had already gone somewhere else.
A place thousands of miles away.
As he stepped out of the warped light of the Transfiguration Charm, an old friend was already there waiting for him.
Still dressed in a white hunting suit, brown breeches, and orange boots, the white-haired female swordswoman Siria with a sword on her back seemed to have been waiting for a while, and she was even bored enough to stand on the edge of the sea cliff and fish with a stick.
"Has anyone ever told you that you're in really good shape, maybe you should change into a more feminine outfit?"
Merlin went up to Ciria and said:
"Like skirts and stuff."
"Oh?"
There is a scar on her face, and Ciriah, who looks cool, said expressionlessly:
"So you're teasing me? Are you living impatiently? β
"No, no, no, it's just appreciation."
Merlin Says:
"Necessary appreciation is a virtue for a good woman... What's more, praise doesn't cost anything. β
"If Elsa hears you, you're dead."
Ciria smiled strangely:
"But... Let's just call it a compliment. β
She threw away the fishing rod in her hand, and in the beating of the white light, she appeared more than ten meters away from Merlin, and then reached out and grabbed the hilt of the sword behind her back, and she hooked her finger at Merlin:
"Let's fight!"
"Why?"
Merlin was surprised and said:
"I didn't provoke you, did I?"
"No, no, no, I just saw you defeat those three Inhumans and defeat the Black Bolt King by yourself, so I think you may have grown to the point where you can be my opponent."
Ciria slowly drew the long sword behind her back, and she said:
"And Elsa asked me for something, a thin-skinned man was embarrassed to ask me for help... You're going to collect the metal that is buried deep in the crust of those dead worlds, right? β
"Yes."
Merlin nodded.
"Then fight me."
Ciria moved her wrist, and a white light danced on her blade, it was the power of the blood of the elder in Ciria's body, manipulating space, tearing space, it was one of the most superior power elements among all the innate powers of the stars.
Compared with Ciria, Merlin's so-called talent is not worth mentioning at all.
"Do you really want to fight?"
Merlin moved his fingers, and in the beating of purple lightning, the golden Scati Warhammer was suspended outside Merlin's palm, and the black symbiote on his body also covered him in the wriggling, and the power of the Three Palaces Demon was also awakened.
Ternary...
It seems that Merlin is well aware of the gap between him and Ciria, and will use the tactic of pressing the bottom of the box at the beginning.
"I really want to fight!"
Ciria moved her wrist, the light on the blade of the sword continued to cut through the space, she reached out and brushed a strand of white hair on her forehead, she stared at Merlin with green eyes, and then said a little flirtatiously:
"It's certain that you can't beat me, but hold on a little longer, you thin-skinned man, if you let me have fun, my sister will give you some reward..."
"Okay."
Merlin gripped the Scati Warhammer, and in the beating of purple lightning, he entered the three-way form again.
The tall armed demon appeared in front of Ciria like a doll, and Merlin spewed flames from his nostrils, and he, like a demon god, said to Ciria in a loud voice:
"Let's talk about it first... Don't slap you in the face..."
"Such a handsome appearance, but he said such cowardly words."
Ciria sneered, and in the beating of the white arc of light, she pulled out hundreds of figures in the air, a powerful real . The sword dance unleashed.
"You always make me look at you... Hold on, man, and let me have some fun with you! β
Seven minutes later, Siria returned her sword to her sheath, her face ruddy, and she seemed to have enjoyed the previous battle.
Behind her, Merlin, who was half-kneeling on the ground, had a withered face, trying his best to appease the rioting power of Sannomiya in his body, and at his feet, the miserable symbiote Beowulf had no strength to make a cooing sound.
It's like being completely drained.
"Well, 7 minutes..."
Ciria looked back at Merlin, she folded her arms, and said:
"Not bad, beyond my expectations, I thought you wouldn't even make it through 3 minutes."
"Awards, awards."
Merlin angrily reached out and picked up the limp Beowulf, and said:
"Also, as a girl, can you not talk so sexually. Feeling... It's easy to be thought crooked. β
"Huh"
Ciria made a mocking sound, but she didn't say anything more, but held out her hand to Merlin:
"Where's the thing? Give it to me, the next time you go to see Elsa, I will give you half a planet of metal orium, but I advise you, it is best to be careful, it is not so simple to control that kind of strange thing that is close to the rule level. β
"Okay."
Merlin accepted the warning, he put his hand in his pocket, and the next moment, a large metal cabinet was placed next to the two of them, and in that cabinet, the black stone was stored.
"I don't understand, what do you want this thing for?"
Merlin Says:
"It's just the key to a barren world..."
"Hehe, stupid!"
Cilia's fingers stroked the metal cabinet, and the cabinet vanished, and she flicked her white hair, and said to Merlin:
"This thing is more important than you think... I've heard that you S.H.I.E.L.D. are also collecting some incomprehensible gadgets? You call it a 084 item? β
"Yes."
Merlin nodded.
"Very good, this blackstone, which can open doors to different dimensions in the same time and space, is an upgrade to the 084 item. This is also part of our daily work. β
Ciriah explains:
"It could also be your future job, in short, you just need to understand that these things can't be in the hands of ordinary people."
"Uh, okay."
Merlin wasn't going to ask more, he wasn't ready to get too much into the mysterious organization behind Ciria, but before Ciria left, Merlin asked:
"About that barren world... Can you give me a key to get back and forth there? β
"Huh?"
Ciria looked at Merlin suspiciously, and she asked:
"What do you want that thing for? That world was drained of metal by you, and although Elsa bridged it with glaciers, it was already very unstable and worthless. β
"No, it does."
Merlin flicked his fingers and said seriously:
"Don't you think, for some superpowered villains..."
"Is that a perfect place to exile?"