Chapter Ninety-Eight: Riding a Tiger

"Where's Rumlo?"

Pierce stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the dark night sky outside, and said lightly with a glass of red wine.

"He'll be in front of you in half an hour." Aegis, Zola, Dao.

Pierce nodded: "Sitwell should have started the action by this time, I hope that Christmas ghost is still there." I don't like things that are out of control, you know? ”

"Of course, I don't like it either." Zola said: "The vicinity of the Statue of Liberty has been completely cordoned off, and even Nick Fury will not want to enter without your orders." ”

"If he wants to go in, I can't stop him." Pierce shook his head: "But it's not about the big picture. If he goes, he will solve it. I'm worried about the military. The CIA is nothing, the military is the hard one. The Hulk is a product of the military, and the military has always been obsessed with the Hulk. But what they think is precious is vulnerable in the hands of the Christmas ghosts, what do you say they will do? ”

"They'll find ways to catch the Christmas Ghost and use him as a replacement for the Hulk."

"yes." Pierce said, "But I'm bound to get the ghost of Christmas." ”

"I keep an eye on the military. General Ross, who was in charge of the piece, was still in his apartment. Pierce, by the time the Statue of Liberty was alarmed, it was too late. ”

"I hope so." Pierce lifted his spirits: "This Christmas ghost is very bizarre. It is incomprehensible that a town like St. Edward's could hide such a character. Don't all those who have gained strength yearn to call for wind and rain? World domination? Destroy the world? That's what someone like him should do. ”

"He's Chinese." Zola said: "Chinese people don't think like we do. Bide? Or is it a good idea? They are rarely public. In their history, many legendary characters prefer to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, rather than calling for wind and rain in the crowd. Maybe he's the same person. ”

"That's why I took half of Nick's words." Pierce said: "The mortals in the Eastern legend can cultivate to become gods, if this is true, it means that he does have a set of methods for inheritance and order. That's what I'm hoping for. I'm old, but I don't want to die yet. Become a god, Zola, do you desire? ”

"I am God now. The god of the web. Zola said: "Although I don't have a body, my mind is with the Internet. ”

Pierce scoffed, "You're just a tool in my hands." ”

"But you can't live without me." Zola's voice didn't waver: "I like it now. Let's say I suddenly found a video that you might be interested in. ”

"Oh?" Pierce's expression moved: "What video, call it out." ”

"A video from ten days ago." "It's a strange video, I just found out about it, and it didn't exist in the database before," Zola said. ”

The video projection is a video of Chang Wei coming to S.H.I.E.L.D. for the Cosmic Rubik's Cube that day, only the part from the square and Natasha walking into the hall to entering Nick Fury's office.

"Who is this?" Pierce's eyes widened, and even in the video, he could feel the touching bearing of the tall Asian man.

"Chang Wei." Zola said: "The farmer of St. Edward's Town, the place where your men overturned twice in St. Edward's is his farm. The Winter Soldier and several other powerful transcendents died in these two rollover accidents. ”

"Farmer?!" Pierce's eyelids jumped: "Are you kidding me?" His bearing, Twitter is a scum in front of him, you say he's a farmer?! ”

Pierce shook off his glass: "Tell me right away what he has in common with the Christmas Ghost!" ”

Zola brought up the image of the Christmas ghost and took a screenshot of Chang Wei's frontal image, contrasting the two and saying, "There is no common ground." Regardless of height, weight, or temperament. Aside from the fact that I can be sure that this farmer is not just as ordinary as the Christmas Ghost, I can't find anything in common with them. ”

"What is Nick Fury's intention in releasing this video at this time?" Pierce muttered to himself, "Why did this farmer named Chang Wei come to S.H.I.E.L.D., and what is his purpose?" What does he have to do with Nick Fury? Is there a connection to what I'm going to do right now? ”

"I can't find a causal relationship." Zola said: "I think he may be Nick Fury's trump card hidden in the shadows, or a strong man that Nick Fury has just wooed. He has some influence on what you are doing, but he is now in St. Edward. ”

"Tell me everything about him."

"Okay." Zola brought up Chang Wei's information, about why he came to New York, about Ellie, about the music festival, all kinds of information, in clear chronological order.

Pierce looked at it carefully, and then pondered, "That is, after the festival, he returned to St. Edward's with the female musician named Ellie Wells. ”

"Yes. I was also able to pull up some surveillance footage from the small town of St. Edward, and I was able to find him. Zola said.

Pierce exhaled, "In that case... Nick can't stay anymore, and this man has to be controlled. Zola, let Rumlow send a team of elites... Forget it, focus on surveillance to make sure that we are not disturbed by this person in the process of catching the Christmas ghost. If you notice that he is in the mood to leave St. Edward's, let me know at once. ”

Thinking of the two farm bloodsheds, the loss of manpower made him feel painful. Maybe it was done by the Christmas ghost, maybe it was done by Chang Wei, but in any case, this person is not easy to mess with.

He vaguely linked the Christmas ghost to Chang Wei, but he couldn't be sure.

"Now I need to wait for news from Sitwell." Pierce mused, "If the Christmas Ghost is in the Goddess Statue, then the possibility that this Chang Wei is Nick's person can be confirmed, and if the Christmas Ghost is not there, then the possibility that he is the Christmas Ghost is greatly increased." ”

"But there's no causal connection between them." Zola reminded.

"So you, the god of the network, are just a tool." Pierce said, "You're losing your human mind. There are things that do not need evidence, do not need to find a causal connection, just suspicion is enough. ”

It was at this time that news came from Sitwell.

"Good news, BOSS."

Pierce perked up: "Found him?!" ”

Sitwell said, "A group of my faction is trapped inside the statue of the goddess. Most likely, he was inside. ”

"Very good!" Pierce laughed, "Catch him for me!" ”

"As you wish." Sitwell disconnected.

"I'm very happy." Pierce poured himself another glass of wine: "He's there, Zola, what I want, I'll get it right away." ”

"You can't rejoice too soon." Zola said, "You've got to catch him, and you've got to pry his mouth open." These are two steps. ”

"I only need one step to shut you up!"