The Kree Wars between '94 and '95 brought our cooperation with S.H.I.E.L.D. one step further. ”

Z, who looks steady and mature, actually has the potential to chatter, just like the talkative old man next door.

He was carrying Merlin on one side. Walking in the hall of B, while looking at the work of the leader and watching the black-clad agents around him busy with their own affairs, he said to Merlin:

"When the Cree invaded, I was appointed as the envoy of the Earth civilization, and I was ready to communicate with the Kree commander face to face, to be honest, it was a fatal mission, and I was very nervous."

"You know, the Kree don't have a good reputation in the galaxy. They are aggressive, and they have a kind of arrogance that is out of place at all times. ”

Z casually said hello to a big bug walking upright next to him, and then continued to say to Merlin:

"But before I could set off, the Kree Empire's fleet was crumbling outside of our world, and they were falling as fast as they arrived, so fast that people could barely react."

"It was also at that time that I suddenly realized that . . . From its inception to the present, our eyes have been on the stars, so much so that we ignore that there are still many unsolved mysteries in our world. Fury set up S. L.D., he's always been so sharp. ”

Z looks back at Merlin and sees that Merlin is trying to touch a dwarf alien with three eyes.

"Hey, don't touch it."

Z hurriedly reached out and knocked off Merlin's hand touching the alien, and said:

"The skin of the Narcos is poisonous, it will make you lie in the hospital for 2 months, and maybe it will make you a fool who can only drink porridge for the rest of your life."

"Uh, curious, just curious."

Merlin withdrew his hand in a good manner, waved at the bouncing little alien, and continued on with Z.

Merlin looked at the strange aliens around him, and he whispered:

"You said that the news of me in the stars, let's talk about it in detail."

"And, Z, is that your code name? I've heard. The agents in B are all codenamed with letters, and the lower the letters, the higher the rank... That is, you actually. B's head here in New York? ”

"You know a lot."

Agent Z nodded, and he beckoned to Merlin to follow, and the talkative old man explained:

"I just caught up with the good times, and when I came in, we didn't have that many agents. It was a time when the Cold War was in full swing, and the whole world was shrouded in the shadow of civil war and destruction. B was not active at that time, and we were not as busy as we are now. ”

"I've spent most of my life in this department, and I'm in where I am now after those capable seniors either retired or died in the line of duty, but frankly, in recent years. B, like you, S.H.I.E.L.D., is expanding at a breakneck pace, and I'm already feeling a little overwhelmed. ”

"As far as I know, your Director Fury has the same idea as me, well, we often go out drinking together, and there are always a lot of common topics between the old men."

"Speaking of which, Agent Merlin, in recent times, . . . B and your S. L.D. has quite a lot of intersections. Every time after your battle with the aliens is over, our agents are busy for a while, cleaning up the mess, cleaning up the memories, and so on. ”

Agent Z, with his strange beard, said to Merlin:

"My boys are complaining, and what they mean is that the next time you fight with aliens, like the Vampire Wars, it's better to choose a place where there aren't so many bystanders."

"Are you doing these things?"

Merlin was surprised and said:

"I thought the wizards were doing it."

"Stop making a fuss."

Z pouted with some disdain:

"How many wizards are there? Can they be busy with such a big scene? ”

"Wizards are only responsible for solving small scenes, and if there are too many ordinary people involved in supernatural events and wizards are too busy, then we have to step in. In '98, there was a fire dragon in New York, and the large-scale amnestic operation after that incident was. B is in charge, and I was tired during that time. ”

"Also, the ordinary people in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s 'Paranormal Contact Protection Regulations' who are trying to start a new life have to go through. B's memory changes, of course, this matter is known only to your director. ”

"I have one more question, Agent Z."

Merlin listened to Agent Z's words, and he asked in a low voice:

"I've always felt like you're familiar, have we ever met?"

"I've seen you, but you haven't seen me."

Z smiled mysteriously and said:

"I'm old and rarely out in the field, but my boys have seen you leave the scene of the crime several times. Seriously, I admire you guys, as mortals, dealing with those aliens is much more dangerous than dealing with these aliens. ”

"One another."

Merlin glanced at the aliens around him, who could be called a group of demons, and said to Z:

"They look dangerous, too."

"No, they're just ugly."

Z continued to lead Merlin through the hall, and he and Merlin walked side by side, and said in a low voice:

"The vast majority of them cherish their second life on Earth and will not get into trouble easily, of course, because of the different customs, they often make some very strange problems."

"This is also . B's daily work is basically wiping the butts of this group of aliens hiding in the crowd. Those big things don't happen every day, and in fact, for me, I think the more peaceful days like this, the better. ”

Z shrugged:

"But to be honest, this kind of butt wiping work has been done for a long time, and it's quite boring."

"About the news that came back from the stars..."

After a few minutes of silence, Merlin looked away from the strange aliens around him, and he asked:

"Is there anything you can tell me?"

"Go to my office and say."

Z led Merlin up the stairs to his office, then pushed open the glass door and invited Merlin into the office, where he sat in his oddly shaped chair.

"In recent times, the number of aliens applying for asylum in exile has increased several times compared to before."

Z's printer at hand made a clicking sound, and while he waited for the paper application documents to be printed, he leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and said to Merlin:

"This is probably because the war between the Kree and the Skoru has escalated again, forcing many weak aliens to embark on the path of exile. B has been in this long time, and has never seen so many asylum applications, it is like snowflakes flying. ”

Speaking of this, Z rubbed his forehead with a little headache, and he said to Merlin:

"Although the Kree tried their best to block the news, the news of their fleet's defeat on Earth had spread almost throughout the entire Southern Galaxy at this point in time, so many aliens in this wave of exile chose their destination in the remote, backward and barren Earth."

The secret service director spread his hands and said helplessly:

"I really don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

"The escalation of the war between the Kree and the Skoruls?"

Merlin turned his head, his expression became a little serious, he looked at Z, and asked:

"Is this news reliable?"

"It's reliable."

Pointing to the alien tourists in the hall who had crossed the Earth, Z said:

"Since 1986, when Earth became a stop on the interstellar route through the solar system, the ways in which we gather information about the stars have become very diverse. Aliens coming and going from north to south will bring a lot of news. One of B's job responsibilities is to collect and analyze this information. ”

"And the news of the escalation of the war between the Cree and the Skoruls, we have already heard from aliens from 57 different civilizations, so it is true. But how to say it? I heard that in the war between the two sides this time, a third party, a powerful force called the Xia Empire, seems to have plans to intervene in the war. ”

"That's also an alien civilization we don't know, so we can't rule out that this war will completely evolve into an interstellar war in the Southern Galaxy. We will keep a close eye on it. ”

Z shrugged helplessly:

"Of course, judging from the current situation, we can only keep an eye on it."

"Huh"

Agent Z placed the pile of paper he had just printed in his hand in front of Merlin's eyes, and he propped his chin and said to Merlin:

"Fill out this paperwork, and I'll arrange for agents to go to the Cree to collect evidence from that Cree in the near future, and if it's determined that she's fit to live on Earth for a long time, and she's willing to obey Earth's laws and customs, we'll issue her a certificate of residence and assign her a new identity."

"Of course, before I do that, I'm going to talk to you about the Kree guy."

"Her name is Mineva."

Merlin picked up the pen and said to Agent Z as he filled out the information on the application:

"A member of the Kree Star Troop, a good Kree soldier who was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents during the Kree invasion in '94 and has been locked up in a remote island prison, she refuses to compromise with us. But a few days ago, the situation changed. ”

"Another Cree who was captured with her, that is, the commander of Mineva, Yong. Rogge, he asked me to release Mineva from his imprisonment. I've been to see the Minerva and to be honest, it's pretty bad, the long prison life has left her with some mental illness, she looks very depressed, and I seriously doubt that if she continues to be locked up like this, she might die. ”

Merlin looked up and said to Agent Z:

"And Mineva comes from a civilian family in Kree, and her value to us is limited to the information she has in her mind about the Kree Empire. I mean, I have a way of extracting that information. In this case, she is useless to us and passes. B's memory modification and long-term monitoring, this prisoner of war can still survive at least one life. ”

"What's more, she now has no third way to go except to be a prisoner and compromise, the Cree have an extreme view of the vanquished, and once she is discovered by the Cree, she has only one way to die."

"To sum up, I think we should give her a way to go, after all, we are not demons either."

"Hmm."

After listening to Merlin's description, Agent Z nodded slowly, and he muttered:

"I don't mind accepting her application for exile if I can guarantee that she is harmless. She can also be used as a sample for us to observe the physiology of the Cree people. ”

"But, speaking of..."

Z looked at Merlin, who was filling out the paperwork, and suddenly said:

"Agent Merlin, you and Carol. What is Ms. Danvers' relationship? ”

"Uh, friend"

Merlin was stunned for a moment, and he quickly replied:

"Just ordinary friends."

"Ordinary friends? Not really. ”

Z showed a strange smile, he knocked on the table, and whispered:

"According to what we've gotten from some 'alien friends', Carol. Seven months ago, Miss Danvers violently destroyed a Kree Empire starship on the interstellar lanes of the Southern Galaxy, and that starship was destined for Earth... Guess what, what was the purpose of those Kree warriors coming to Earth? ”

"Agent Z, stop playing dumb riddles."

Merlin's heart beat violently, and he asked quietly on the surface:

"I'm just an ordinary earthling, how can I know this?"

"Well, it seems that you don't like to reveal your love life to other people."

Z smiled and patted Merlin on the shoulder with a gesture of a passer-by, and said:

"You're lucky, boy. There's such a powerful ... Well, friend, beyond the stars, so far away to protect you. ”

"The purpose of those Kree warriors seems to be to capture some earthlings who have participated in the invasion and counterattack on Earth, including you and Fury's names."

Merlin nodded, and he asked again:

"Carol, how is she doing?"

"As for Ms. Carroll's current situation, I'm sorry, I probably can't answer your question."

Z shrugged, he took the completed form, looked at it, and said:

“. B is not yet powerful enough to build his own information network on the southern side of the galaxy, and these news are all heard from some aliens transiting from Earth. However, it is said that she is also very low-key over there, and does not provoke very strong enemies. ”

"Well..."

Merlin nodded with some regret, he looked at Agent Z, and said:

"If you can hear anything about Carol in the future, please pass it on to me."

"Is this a private request?"

Z glanced up at Merlin, and after a moment, he picked up the seal in his hand, pressed it on the form, and said to Merlin:

"Your level of secrecy isn't enough, Agent Merlin, it's not in line with our workflow. But if you can do us a small favor, I can agree to your request, after all, you are also the one who has 'contacted' with aliens. ”

"What's the busy?"

Merlin asked.

"Help us find an alien who has been missing for 21 years."

Z looked left and right, and he lowered his voice and said:

"He landed on Earth in 1980, which caused a little stir at the time, but the search technology was still very backward at that time, and we couldn't find him in the first place."

"This kind of thing is actually not uncommon, aliens always have some strange abilities, plus it has been too long, we have given up looking for it, but some time ago, he seems to have become active again, and there were several paranormal phenomena in the area where he fell back then, which caught our attention again. I sent two of my best agents, K and J, to search for him, but to little avail. ”

"He seems to be avoiding us, and. B is not essentially a combat department. Last month, when I was in a meeting of the World Security Council with Fury, he recommended you to me, saying that you were pretty good at dealing with these weird things. In a sense, . B and S.H.I.E.L.D. are also fraternal departments, and it is also appropriate to help each other. ”

Z looked at Merlin and he said:

"So you can think of it as a secondment assignment. I need you to help us find this 'ghost' who doesn't do bad things, and persuade him to do the same. B for further contact. Don't be too anxious, he has been 'hidden' on Earth for 21 years, which proves that he is not the kind of bad guy who does evil casually, so you have plenty of time to find him slowly. ”

"Well, where's his area?"

Merlin asked, pointing to the red dot on the map hanging on the wall, and he said:

"Kansas."

Merlin looked at the red dot on the map, he thought for a few minutes, and then said to Z:

"Okay, I'll take this task."