Pierce, the previous director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury's old boss and good leader. It was he who single-handedly promoted Nick to the throne of the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and pushed him to become the king of agents.

Looking at his kind and kind face, Nick couldn't help but feel ruthless while smiling.

Who would have thought that such a heavyweight, who had mastered S.H.I.E.L.D. for decades, would be the head of Hydra?

Thinking about the decades that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been in his hands, Nick almost couldn't hold back the tremors in his heart.

How much did he do for Hydra with the shell of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Is... Damn it!

"You know the truth last time was too bizarre, the military was still cheated by you, although I want to give you a thumbs up, but I have to finish it for you." Pierce was at home, made himself a cup of coffee, and said with a smile: "The dust has finally settled, so come back and ask you if you have any questions, if there are any questions, I can provide you with some references." ”

"There is no big problem."

Nick stood side by side with Pierce in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and he said: "Because of the last incident, although our S.H.I.E.L.D. was not affected too much, there were also many people who were seriously ill, which led to the suspension of some positions, which exposed some loopholes in our management, and I am making internal adjustments." ”

Pierce nodded: "Then the reason, where did the three fake plutonium nuclei come from, do you have a clue?" The CIA, the military, have no clue. ”

"Clues..."

Nick hesitated: "It should be counted, but it's not easy to deal with." ”

"Oh?" Pierce's expression moved, and he said, "Can you tell me about it?" ”

"Of course." Nick said: "According to my investigation, this series of events can be traced back to the St. Edward's Treasure Land incident. ”

"It's the one that the government endorsed, saying that it was a space meteorite," Pierce couldn't help but say.

"That's right." Nick watched Pierce's amazing acting skills, and he also began to enter the official state of drama: "The St. Edward's Treasure Land incident, peel back the cocoon, let's find a core factor hidden in this incident. ”

He paused, observing Pierce's expression out of the corner of his eye, and said, "Christmas Ghost." ”

"Christmas Ghost?" Pierce was surprised, "What is this?" ”

Nick doesn't believe in Pierce and doesn't know what a Christmas ghost is. Although Pierce nominally stepped down as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., as an advisor, he did not actually control the affairs of S.H.I.E.L.D. But as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hydra, he has huge authority, and even really controls the Aegis artificial intelligence, and can definitely access all the records that Nick failed to block before he was alert.

And the time when the Christmas ghost appeared and was recorded was before Nick was alert. Not to mention the bloody night on the farm...

"It's a person's code name." Nick said in a deep voice: "A strong man, a very powerful guy. Throughout the Treasure Land Incident, there were at least hundreds of people who died at his hands, including the notorious killers of the Underworld. ”

Pierce was surprised, "Didn't catch him?!" ”

Nick said: "I can't catch it, and I can't catch it." ”

"Why?" Pierce said: "S.H.I.E.L.D. exists to maintain the stability of the world. This kind of character who kills people without blinking, what do you keep it for? ”

Nick shook his head and sneered in his heart: You also know that S.H.I.E.L.D. maintains world stability?

On the other hand, he said: "The people who died for no reason in the Osborne group, and those who died in several farm bloodbaths, give me enough reasons not to act rashly." Pierce, this man is ruthless and incredible. If we show hostility towards him, we will suffer huge losses. ”

"Then you..."

"I decided to work with him." Nick said: "I asked Natasha to work with him and connect with him in one line. ”

A smile appeared in Pierce's eyes: "You're still so shrewd. ”

"Can't be said to be shrewd." Nick was rarely humble: "If we are enemies of him, we have one more enemy to make people uncomfortable day and night, and if we are friends with him, we have one more chess piece to use, so why not?" ”

Pierce patted his palm: "That's it." ”

"So, then what? How are the consequences of St. Edward's Treasure Land and the nuclear threat connected? Pierce's words were full of curiosity.

"Pierce, the so-called space meteorite, that treasure land, the people who died because of it, and the people who died in the nuclear threat, do you see the connection? Although the causes of death are different, there is one thing in common, that is, no matter what, the cause or cause of death cannot be found. It's like a natural death – but we know it's impossible, a living person, suddenly life runs out or the organs rot and can't find the cause. If it's one or two, it can be attributed to chance, but too many people have died. ”

"The same means? It's just a different form?! Pierce's eyes widened.

"That's right." Nick took a deep breath: "So they can be connected." And more importantly, in both cases, the same person participated. ”

"Christmas Ghosts?!" Pierce was even more surprised.

"Yes." Nick said: "After I got into a partnership with the Ghost of Christmas through Natasha, the nuclear threat ensued. You know, we at S.H.I.E.L.D. exist as butt-wiping cleaners. So I thought of it as an assessment - since I was going to use the Christmas Ghost, I had to know how capable he was, and whether he could use it. ”

Pierce agreed.

"So I had Natasha contact him and carry out the mission." Nick said: "The nuclear threat incident involves several countries and several secret service organizations, and I asked him to participate in this mission without giving him enough information, and the purpose is very clear." ”

Pierce said: "While testing his ability, let him make a feud with the secret service organizations of various countries, once he misses and kills the agents of these organizations of the CIA or MI6, he will have to rely on S.H.I.E.L.D., and thus be tied up by us." ”

"yes." "So I naturally executed the strategy that I had set. But then you know what happened. ”

Pierce shook his head and smiled, "Well, this is a really lawless guy. One after another, the organizations that called for wind and rain planted big heels in his hands, and I think he did those fake plutonium nuclei, right? ”

"Guess." "I don't have any definite proof. ”

"It's enough to have a guess. We are not a court, we are an organization of agents. Pierce said, "It looks like you've been very lucky with your decision. We didn't die a single person in S.H.I.E.L.D. ”

Saying that, he laughed: "Natasha's charm is still irresistible. ”

Nick shrugged, "Maybe." This is a clever guy who has taken revenge on me for calculating against him and has made my workload increase dramatically these days. ”