Merlin was standing in the waiting area of the airport, dressed in a casual suit and rimless glasses, looking sven.

He was waiting for one of his guests, a friend, to be exact.

A young, beautiful friend.

With the prompt sound of the arrival of the domestic flight, a large group of passengers with luggage soon appeared in front of Merlin's eyes. But he didn't take the initiative to look for it, and thought it was the same as before, looking down at the mailbox of his phone.

In recent days, in Greenwich Village, near New York, a group of vampires who have migrated from other places have made a lot of noise. Coulson and Melinda are there dealing with the sudden hour, and Merlin needs to keep an eye on them in case they need support.

Speaking of which, in S.. In L.D.'s day-to-day life, vampires are a difficult opponent to deal with.

These guys who like to be active in the dark have a perverse personality and are good at hiding sneak attacks, which is extremely dangerous.

On top of that, this group of guys is different from the average alien who lives in the human world on the sly, they like to get together and are very fond of developing their own power.

There are many stupid and ignorant ordinary people who, for various reasons, will regard them as "masters".

In the several raids on the vampires of New York commanded by Merlin, the most troublesome thing is not the lurking vampires, but the "fans" of the vampires who have been instigated.

Coulson gave them the nickname "Ghost Fans".

On the one hand, they do have a twisted worship of vampires.

On the other hand, after being contaminated with vampires for a long time and being impacted by negative energy, these guys will indeed become crazy, not human and ghostly, and many of them will even imitate vampires to drink human blood.

The problem is that vampires suck human blood because they can't produce heme in their own bodies and need normal blood to replenish it, and these ghost fans drink blood purely as a foolish tribute to their master.

"If it continues like this, it is estimated that the wizards will come forward to suppress the scene."

Merlin frowned and said to himself:

"Looks like there's going to be a New York cleanup."

After saying that, Merlin naturally raised his head, looked at the young girl in front of him who came sneaking over and tried to startle him, and with a gentle smile, he whispered:

"Hi, Charlie."

Merlin was just right, looking up and saying hello just right, like an uncertain prophet, but startled Charlie, who was about to scare people.

In fact, after Merlin spread out his dark perception, the voice and movements of the little girl who tried to scare people towards him were as obvious as thunder, and Merlin couldn't hide it at all.

Now, theoretically, he no longer needs to use his eyes to observe and guard his surroundings.

"You scared me, Merlin!"

Charlie is wearing a white shirt and short hot pants today, wearing sunglasses, dyeing her hair blonde, and her perfect body is exposed.

She patted her chest and looked at Merlin with disgust, and she said:

"I haven't seen you for more than a month, and you're still so weird."

"I'm not surprised at all, girl."

As Merlin spoke, he took Charlie's trolley case and led the girl to the parking lot, where his car was parked.

"So, where did I live when I was at Imperial High School?"

Charlie followed Merlin as she asked:

"Are you at home?"

"Didn't I say that before? You live with my sister. ”

Merlin Says:

"Do your parents approve of your transfer?"

"What if you don't agree?"

Charlie had a rebellious tone, she touched the somewhat exaggerated studs on her ears, and said:

"The transfer process is all done, and besides, my parents want me to leave the house, they are better off than their own two-person world. Don't you know, my adoptive father, although he is in his 40s, is still a very "romantic" person. ”

"Well, it seems that you don't have a good relationship with your adoptive father."

Merlin stepped out of the elevator and said casually:

"That's not good, he's still theoretically your relative."

"He prefers his own children, my younger brother... A guy who always likes to pretend to be mature. ”

Charlie seemed to remember something, a smile appeared on the corners of her lipstick-on lips, this expression did not hide Merlin's perception, it seemed that although the girl kept saying that she didn't like her family, when she got along with her family, it was not all bad memories.

"Stop."

As he approached Merlin's Ford, Merlin's brow suddenly furrowed, and he stretched out his hand to stop Charlie, who was walking forward, and under the girl's incomprehensible gaze, Merlin looked indifferent and disgusted, and said to the corner next to him that was wrapped in darkness:

"I have guests today and I don't want blood on my hands. Give you 5 seconds, get out! ”

"Hiss"

In the darkness, a strange hiss rang out. But the moment Merlin took off his glasses, the guy hiding in the dark, as if he knew Merlin's identity from those eyes, rushed out of the corner of the garage with a little panic, leaving a confused woman in its place.

"What's that? Merlin. ”

Charlie saw the dark shadow, and she grabbed Merlin's arm in fright, hiding behind her.

Merlin glanced at her, he shook his head, and said:

"Don't you want to be a wasp rider? If you want to fight side by side with the Hornet, you can't have such guts. ”

"I didn't!"

Charlie immediately withdrew her hand, looking fearless, but her trembling fingers betrayed the girl's fear.

Merlin pulled the box and went on, and he said:

"It's a vampire predatoring."

"Vampires? Are there really vampires in New York? So the stories that Mr. Coulson told me weren't bragging? ”

Charlie's eyes widened, and as Merlin started the car and slowly flicked the steering wheel, she stared in the rearview mirror and looked at the woman in the corner who seemed to be unconscious, and she said worriedly:

"Shall we just leave her here? Won't that vampire come back and hurt her? ”

"Don't worry."

Merlin didn't look at the unconscious woman behind him, and he said:

"I've been here before, and they're not going to come back anytime soon."

"Are you that good?"

Charlie turned to look at Merlin, and she said:

"Are the vampires afraid of you?"

"Little girl, in this city, afraid of me..."

Merlin chuckled, and he said:

"It's not just vampires."

After dropping Charlie off at her cousin's house in Queens, Merlin is about to pick up Eric and have a meal with the family, when he receives a message from Agent Hill.

Hill said Fury had something important to talk to him face-to-face.

So Merlin had no choice but to say goodbye to his sister and Charlie, and then called Eric to let him come from home to Queens. He promised May that he would come over for dinner in the evening, and then drove all the way to the S.H.I.E.L.D. office building.

"As soon as I heard that you were looking for me, I rushed over at once. I think I was really born to work hard, and I wanted to give myself a vacation, but I couldn't be idle. ”

Merlin pushed open the office door and walked into Fury's office.

Mr. Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., who was busy, was lying on the table, concentrating on what he was writing. Merlin's arrival seemed to disrupt his train of thought, causing him to stare at him dissatisfied.

Fury threw down his pen, pointed to the chair in front of him, and said to Merlin:

"Sit down, I have a few things to tell you."

"Well, judging by your expression, it should be a troublesome thing."

Merlin walked over to the drinker, reached out and poured himself a glass of water, and as he drank, he sat down in his chair and said to Fury:

"Say, I'll listen."

"First of all, the Ministry of Defense, for its part, agreed to the assessment and supervision of the opening of the 'Seventh District' to us."

Fury also leaned back in the office chair, and he said slowly:

"I'm going to do a surprise assessment of that place in the next few days."

"That's a good thing."

Merlin became interested when he heard this, and he stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes, and asked:

"Where's that place? When do I depart? ”

"Hoover Dam. But, not you. ”

Fury shook his head, and he took a file from the bookcase on his desk and handed it to Merlin. The latter took it in his hand, and after only one glance, he frowned.

"You're going to transfer me to Afghanistan?"

Merlin looked at Fury:

"Why? It looks like an exile... Have I offended you? ”

"It's a protection, Merlin."

Fury also had a headache and said:

"Pierce's personal message to me, the Department of Defense has used a lot of connections to investigate you. It's clear that what you and your subordinates are doing in California is making them angry, and they're going to take you to court-martial for the illegal use of nuclear weapons. This is a very serious accusation, and once it is confirmed, you will never want to touch confidential matters for the rest of your life. ”

"So you told me to run away without a fight?"

Merlin's expression turned indifferent, and he said:

"When I joined S.H.I.E.L.D., Fury, you said that we are a team, I am in charge of the action, and you are in charge of the finish. My action was perfect, but your finish this time was really disappointing. ”

"It's not a question of being scared or not, Merlin."

Fury knocked on the table and said:

"It's a question of whether it's worth it or not, you're still young, you're only 27 years old, your future is destined to be limitless, and you're going to climb to a high position. At this time, being strong for such a thing will only cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. ”

"The Ministry of Defense has suffered heavy losses, and their anger must be found to find someone. Pierce had already helped us with most of the pressure, and he made compromises so that the generals at the Department of Defense agreed to sit down and talk, and he had taken on his pressure, and we had to bear ours. ”

Fury whispered:

"Also, you can't just look at the surface... I can send you to any place in the world where the Ministry of Defense can't get its hands on. But think about it, why did I send you to Afghanistan? ”

"Hmm..."

Merlin's anger was only momentary, and after calming down, his mind began to spin rapidly.

Soon, something that suited the current situation poured into Merlin's mind.

"Is it the CIA?"

Merlin asked:

"Kohler told us a few things, the NSA's Imperial Plan, the Department of Defense's 7th District have all been caught by our tail, and now only some CIA activities in Afghanistan remain... You're asking me to look into this? ”

"Clever!"

Pleased with Merlin's keen senses, Fury stood up and walked to the window of his office, looking out at the street below, and said:

"I've been working on those things since Kohler told me those secrets. Last month, New York police intercepted a shipment of bizarre drugs from the Middle East. Do you know how those extremely pure poison X get through customs? ”

"The drug trafficking cases that you can notice, I guess, must be very strange in their actions."

Merlin Says:

"Say, stop playing this guessing game."

"Well, you're impatient."

Fury turned to look at Merlin, who lowered his voice and whispered:

"That batch of poison X was packed in some corpses."

"Corpses?"

Merlin frowned, although he knew that huge benefits would make people lose their minds, but this way was too terrifying.

"Yes, corpses."

Fury also had a disgusting look on his face, and he explained:

"And it's not the usual method of transporting poison in the human body, those corpses are hollowed out, and they will..."

"Alright, don't talk about it."

Merlin stopped Fury's words and said:

"I'm going to dinner with my family tonight, don't spoil my appetite. Tell me what you found, right? ”

"The important thing is that those corpses, not ordinary corpses."

Fury accentuated his tone:

"They were brought back under the flag."

"You mean, they were public officials when they were alive?"

Merlin's expression became serious again:

"Was it a CIA agent who died in Afghanistan?"

"That's right! It's our peers. ”

Fury nodded:

"This incident was accidentally discovered by a drunken warehouse guard, and if that guard hadn't drunk much that night, the matter would not have been revealed at all. We can't guess how much disgusting dead money that the gang made this way. After the incident, the CIA blocked the news as soon as possible, but I still used my method to find this! ”

Fury took something else out of his drawer and handed it to Merlin.

Merlin took it in his hand and found that it was a badge-like thing with a strange logo on it.

Ten rings are interlocking to form a ring, two war knives are staggered in the center of the ring, and in the ring of each ring, there are words that Merlin does not recognize.

The sign was unfamiliar, but Merlin was sure that it was definitely the sign of some covert organization.

This sign is full of a kind of association.

"What is this?"

Merlin looked at Fury, who whispered:

"We searched along the intended delivery address of that batch of poison X and found this in a warehouse in Brooklyn. I looked at some experienced friends, and they told me that this thing belongs to a mysterious organization in Central Asia..."

"A secret society with a lot of energy."

"That's your mission this time. Merlin, figure out what tricks are playing between the CIA and that group, and figure out what deal they have other than joining forces to sell X! ”

Fury squinted his eyes and said:

"If the organization tasked with defending order has become corrupted, then..."

"It's up to us to bring it back to life!"