Chapter 164: Who Will Clean Up the Aftermath (11th Update)
A top-secret military-owned laboratory was razed to the ground, and there was a suspicion of giant creatures involved, and the whole of Washington exploded the night the news was transmitted.
Using the corpse of an alien beast for human experiments, Rose must have been instructed to do this, and there are not no people in the upper echelons who know about it. But it's one thing to know it or not, they still have to try to pretend to be angry, surprised, and righteous indignant after the matter is revealed, because this is political correctness.
You can't sit calmly in a chair and wave over tea when your colleagues are calling for it: "Sit down, sit down, aren't they just a few monsters, how big is it?" Haven't we done anything crazier? ”
If anyone dares to say that, then his days in the White House will probably end there.
With such a big mess, someone must come out to deal with the aftermath if something happens. It stands to reason that this matter should be regarded as a pot on the side of the army, and the military should be responsible for the aftermath. However, the bigwigs who secretly instructed to support Ross were all mute at this time, and they all pretended to be deaf and dumb and pretended not to know. The higher-ups with a slightly normal head know that this is a hot potato, and no one wants to take it when everyone pushes and pushes it, and the Pentagon has been pulling each other for most of the day without any result, and no one is willing to come out to take this drudgery.
In the end, the White House was also helpless, and Mr. President had to come to discuss with the boiled eggs, saying Director Fury, you see that your mothership is relatively close and it is convenient to dispatch, why don't you go and sweep the tail?
Fury doesn't care, anyway, at this stage, theoretically speaking, the Aegis organization does not exist at all, their nature and status are very special, and neither the White House nor the Pentagon actually have the authority to directly command them. Therefore, Mr. President can only discuss with him, and he will not be able to explain the reason of lack of personnel if he casually talks about it.
But Director Fury, after all, unlike the politicians who play ball, simply agreed to Mr. President's request. It's just that he also said that it is definitely not easy to clean up such a big mess without money, as the so-called smart woman is difficult to cook without rice, and the funds must be in place before things can be done.
Mr. President is having a big problem with not being able to find the person in charge, and he wants to find anyone to take over the job at will, and any conditions are negotiable. So as soon as he heard that the boiled eggs were just asking for money, Mr. President immediately agreed. He said that if you let it go, the problem of funding is easy to say, and I will find a way!
However, normally Aegis is the responsibility of the World Security Council, and Mr. President obviously does not know much about how Aegis works and Director Fury's style. If you were to communicate with someone from the council, they would definitely know that there is such an iron rule - you can say anything to an old fox like Nick Fury, but you must not be too happy when it comes to money. Because you never know how much he wants when he opens his mouth......
When the boiled egg promised to wrap it on me, Mr. President finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he thought to himself that it was really Director Fury who was reliable, and those bunnies kicked the ball more slippery than the World Cup athletes at the critical moment, and they couldn't be counted on at all. However, at this time, Mr. President did not realize the problem......
Another thing that Mr. President didn't know was that Fury himself had already arrived at the site of the ruins of the base when he spoke to him.
Richard, who was with Aegis, leaned over and asked, "What's the situation?" ”
"Nothing." Fury calmly put away the phone, "Mr. President paid for Aegis to be in charge of cleaning up the scene. ”
Richard couldn't help but look sideways at the boiled egg.
So Fury had already figured out that Mr. President might ask him to do the job, and even if he didn't ask for it, he actually had the intention to do it. The failed experiments, xenomorph remnants, and other things left behind in General Rose's laboratory must be completely destroyed, and there can be no cells left, and he can't sleep without personally confirming the destruction of these things.
Anyway, he is already doing the work, and Mr. President calls and is willing to send money, so naturally it is no better. Braised eggs mean that the more money this thing is, the better, and the more the merrier......
Fury personally inspected the abandoned base while asking Richard about the previous night's situation. Richard briefly told him about the humanoid xenomorphs, and also about the monsters that Rose had created by combining the abomination of corpses with the xenobiotic factor. Speaking of this part, even Fury couldn't help but be a little surprised, even he didn't expect Rose to be so crazy.
And when Richard finally mentions The One's existence, Fury can't be calm.
"The origin of the Xenobiotic Beast?" He asked.
"Logically, it should be." Richard nodded, "The One is the ancestor of all xenobiotic beasts, and theoretically the most powerful one, it can evolve infinitely by devouring other creatures. ”
"Infinite evolution?" Fury felt that the word was a bit infiltrating, "How strong can it be?" ”
"I'm not sure. But try to be as optimistic as possible......" Richard thought for a moment, "and it will be okay to destroy the earth or something." ”
Fury stared at him with the one eye.
"Conservative, seriously?" He looked incredulous, "What about the worst direction?" ”
"The destruction of the universe." Richard spread his hands, "Please don't look at me like that, I'm not kidding." I'm just trying to tell you that if you let it grow, the consequences are dire, and that you have to fix it as soon as possible. If it wants to grow, it must eat constantly, and it especially likes to eat people, so you Aegis better pay more attention to it. ”
Fury nodded, "We will." We will let you know if there are any findings. ”
Although the main work is contracted by the boiled eggs, after all, the basket was poked out by the military, and they completely ignore it and it doesn't seem like that. As a representative, Brigadier General Tarbert also personally rushed to the scene to supervise the work.
Brigadier Tarbert had of course been informed of Rose's lab before he arrived. He secretly scolded Rose for having a head convulsion, and at the same time had to try his best to find a way to cover it up.
Although a certain lighthouse country prides itself on democracy, once something happens, many colleagues around the world have to bow down. Brigadier Tarbert made a tour of the base, but he didn't know if it was old and dizzy or what, anyway, he didn't seem to see the claw marks on the broken wall, the footprints on the ground, and the armor plates that were obviously deformed by the huge force. He also brought a guy who was said to be an expert in the survey, and pretended to wander around the scene where even children could see that something was wrong, and finally came to the conclusion that "the accident caused the explosion in the laboratory".
Brigadier General Tarbert was a little nervous when he finally mentioned this conclusion to Fury. After all, Aegis is not a regular organization, and God knows if Fury will twitch his head and say that they should be realistic and act according to the charter, then Tarbert's task will not be easy to handle.
Fortunately, Fury didn't embarrass him, only nodded lightly, which means that you look at it, and you can explode if you want to, anyway, I can't care about it.
Brigadier General Tarbert breathed a sigh of relief, his job was done. Anyway, he's just a nominal representative, and the rest of the big is all thrown to Aegis and dealt with slowly.
However, Brigadier General Tarbert did not know that although Fury acquiesced to making up random conclusions about the accident, Fury also "forgot" to tell them that there was a journalist at the scene. Although Aegis doesn't plan to say anything, this media boss is not......