Chapter 436: An Invitation from the Sun
Dante could tell that Coulson was just joking, so he just shook his head.
"Stop making trouble, where's your director?"
"Believe me, Dante, he will be back here as soon as you come!"
"So we're going to wait!"
Dante said, nodding, and patted Barton beside him.
"Come with me for a while, hey, man, why are you so nervous, you should be more comfortable here than I am!"
As soon as Dante finished speaking, Barton couldn't help but show a laughing and tearing expression, he looked at Coulson, thought for a few seconds, and finally pursed his lips and made up his mind.
"It's because I'm so familiar that I feel embarrassed at this time!"
Barton said, reaching out and wrapping his hand around Coulson's shoulder.
"Coulson, you're a nice guy and my most admired colleague, hey, I really don't know how to talk to you about this!"
"If you don't know if you should say it, or if you don't know how to say it, you have to make it clear, Barton, what's going on?"
Coulson said as he gently examined Patton's eyes, but his gentleness was the greatest cruelty to Patton!
After struggling for a long time, Barton finally spit out the words in his chest, perhaps, even he couldn't believe that he actually had the time to say this!
But anyway, he spoke out!
"I'm quitting, Coulson!"
"What?"
Coulson was simply stunned, and he looked at Barton in surprise, what a ...... What an exaggeration!
In Coulson's eyes, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s career is of course everything to him, and since he was absorbed into S.H.I.E.L.D. with excellent grades in college, he has never had the idea of leaving S.H.I.E.L.D.!
And Barton!
Coulson looked at Barton's eyes seriously, he saw the firmness in Barton's eyes, and at this moment he kept complaining in his heart!
"Even the Black Widow who soaked in Dante has no intention of resigning, why are you?"
Belch......!
Of course, he himself would not have said that!
Just listen to him say quietly!
"Can I make sure again, you were just saying, you...... Quitting?"
"That's right, Coulson, my friend, I've made up my mind, you know, I have a wife, and two lovely children, and the most important thing is that the earth today is no longer the earth we used to be, there are too many strong people on the earth now, whether I am here or not, I can't have more impact on the world!"
Barton was very sincere, and when he spoke, his eyes were glued to Coulson, but our Corvo was quite resistant to any look in his eyes except Captain America!
No one knows that even if Captain America has a complaining look, Coulson will probably be able to fight for him to the end!
Even if you give chrysanthemums?
Who knows!
At least for now, no one could see that, and Coulson's answer to Barton was very formal.
"Patton, you are one of the most powerful agents in the entire S.H.I.E.L.D., my friend, please think about it, I think you should have long been used to the life of an agent!"
Coulson said in his mouth, and at the same time gave Barton a hug, while being protected by Coulson, Barton's face was a little ugly, although he had made up his mind to jump out of the whirlpool of S.H.I.E.L.D., that didn't mean that he would have no guilt for his old colleague!
"Coulson, you know, I have a family, and I have children, and my children are almost growing up, and I think it's time for me to be a good father and husband!"
"But you should know that our work is not something that can be left just by saying goodbye, the director ......!"
"So I asked Mr. Dante to help me, and this ...... In that case, he should be able to agree!"
Barton explained to Coulson, and an hour and a half later, in the S.H.I.E.L.D. cafeteria, there were quite a few passing logistics agents looking at the largest table from a distance, where there were four people sitting, Dante, Barton, Coulson, and Nick Fury!
Nick pushed the pizza closer to Dante while staring at Barton with a frown!
"It's your decision?"
He asked, and his words made Barton nod restlessly!
Seeing Barton nod in confirmation, Nick let out a long breath of cold air, God, this is a disaster for him!
He hesitated for a long time, and in his opinion, Patton's departure would be a bad start, and he would be a bad example to everyone else who was thinking about leaving!
So, he tapped his finger on the table.
"Barton, I need your help!"
"Director, I think, I don't understand the world anymore, I just want to stay at home now, spend time with my lover and children, and make up for my indifference to them and the loneliness I have always experienced in the past fifteen years!"
"I know how you feel, but I ......!"
Nick Fury was not in a very good mood, looking at Hawkeye in front of him, who was also hesitant, and then at Dante who had not yet spoken for Hawkeye, looking at them, Nick seemed to see the elite agents under him, one by one, began to leave as a lifelong goal!
It's horrible!
"Hey......!"
Thinking like this, Nick let out a rare sigh as he delivered the last piece of pizza to Dante, and then he put his arm around Barton's shoulders and whispered in Barton's ear!
"Can you talk to me, it's just you and me!"
"This ...... Alright!"
Barton looked at Dante and finally agreed to Nick's request, and when he stood up, Dante reached out and knocked on the table.
"Nick, don't embarrass someone who wants to be a good father, what do you think!"
"I'll refer to it!"
Nick nodded, and he and Barton turned away!
Coming to Nick's office, Nick waved his hand, he opened the thirteenth floor of his office, and then he came to the innermost floor, and after walking in with Barton, he locked the secret room to death!
"I can agree to your request to leave, Patton!"
As soon as the door was closed, Nick said to Barton, which made Barton breathe a sigh of relief, for him, this part of the resignation journey is really full of difficulties and dangers!
"But ......!"
But before Barton could laugh, Nick continued, hearing this damn twist, Barton's face that was just about to smile instantly turned into a wry smile, and he nodded with a wry smile, indicating that he was still listening.
"But, I really need your help!"
Nick said, pointing to the screen behind him, where there was no picture, just rows and rows of lists.
"Do you know what these names represent?"
Pointing to the list on the screen, Nick asked softly, his words made Barton look at it suspiciously, after seeing the list displayed on the screen, Barton thought about it, in these lists, he only knew a few people, it seems that they are all low-level agents who have only recently joined S.H.I.E.L.D!
"What's wrong, Director?"
"They betrayed, or rather, they weren't from S.H.I.E.L.D. in the first place!"
Nick made the final decision, and his words made Barton's eyes widen in shock!
"How is it possible, God, this list is probably hundreds, how can we be infiltrated by so many agents without knowing it!"
Barton asked, listening to his doubts, but Nick shook his head slowly!
"Actually, this is just the result of my screening from the agents I have joined in the past year, in fact, there is something wrong with our agent vetting mechanism, and the trouble is far more than the low-level agents on the list, and even the instructors who train and guide them, they even tamper with our core ideas in some aspects!"
Nick gritted his teeth as he turned his head and stared at Hawkeye firmly!
"I've secretly started investigating ourselves since the Manchurian failed to capture us, and I'm pretty sure that damn it, there's a behemoth hiding in S.H.I.E.L.D., and that's probably the result that I'll all feel shocked, another or at least an organization, he's hiding within us, like a tree vine clinging to a tree to survive, and they're training the agents they need through our system, I don't know how long they've been around like this!"
Nick said as he gave Barton a hug.
"So, Barton, I will agree to your request to leave my job and I will definitely firmly block the news of your marriage, but I sincerely hope that in the future, if I need your help, it is not my request, but my request, and I hope that when I and we really need help, you can reach out to me, just like we have been working together for many years!"
"Don't worry, I will!"
Barton nodded hurriedly, he even regretted that he had submitted his resignation now, if he had known that S.H.I.E.L.D. was in such trouble, he would not have left now anyway!
After all, such an act is simply no different from betrayal!
In this way, after leaving Nick's secret room, Barton's face has not been very good, and at the end of his walk out of the room, he couldn't help but look back at the figure that Nick Fury had seen him, and for some reason, he seemed to see countless tiredness in that figure!
It's a pity that what he didn't know was that when he completely disappeared from Nick's sight, Nick actually showed a satisfied smile, only to see Nick smile and muttered to himself.
"I didn't expect Patton to take the initiative to resign, which is exactly what I want, far from me and I are still thinking about how to reasonably make the illusion of dismissal or even arrest them!"
Nick said, sitting down with a smile on his face.
"Hydra still exists, and even they have infiltrated us, wearing the skin of Aegis, enjoying the intelligence and resources of Aegis, and completely becoming a part of us!"
"Dadada......!"
He tapped the table a little irritably, and then he continued to talk to himself.
"They're hiding so deeply, their ambitions are bound to be so big that I can't imagine it, and if I hadn't really had a big problem, then these damn bastards would never have jumped out!"
He thought, pondered, and finally nodded silently.
"That's it, let's dismiss Barton and Black Widow, the two ninth-level agents, first, and after arranging three or five rookie agents under my control among them, I must take the initiative to create a big opportunity for them to act, no matter what, S.H.I.E.L.D. must completely get rid of these carrion!"
As he spoke, his hands crossed over his chest, his eyes were as sharp and focused as ever, and behind those eyes, he represented his strong confidence!
On the other hand, after Barton and Nick left, Dante sat down on the couch with a big grin, Coulson brought two glasses of wine, and then the two of them took a sip and I took a sip!
"Dante, you haven't satisfied my curiosity, can you tell me what your kingdom of God means?"
Coulson took a sip of champagne and asked Dante softly, who nodded and said.
"It doesn't make any special sense, it's just for an independent world that belongs to me that is about the size of the sun, the air is countless times better than the earth, and the resources are countless times more than the earth, built outside the core level of the sun!"
"This ......!"
Coulson was stunned.
"I always think that when you say that, I would like to have the honor of going there for a while, and if I walk around there, will I become a god too?"
"Hahaha!"
Coulson's words made Dante laugh straight away.
"How is it possible, if you can become strong so easily, then the power will become worthless, won't it?"
With that, Dante raised his glass, and after the two took a sip, Dante asked Coulson.
"Do you think Barton's request will get a satisfactory outcome to him?"
"I don't know, but I know that whatever the outcome is, I'm afraid it won't be the result that the director wants!"
When he said this, a wry smile appeared on his face, as if he had seen the director's death-threatening expression!
Listening to Coulson's words, Dante nodded knowingly, he thought about it, and continued to ask.
"By the way, there is one more thing I haven't had time to ask you, before, when I didn't come, what was that guy busy with, when we first met, that guy's expression was not very good!"
"No, don't ask me such a question, Dante, you know, I can't say such things to you. ”
Coulson said as he shook his head, and as soon as he finished his answer, he already heard the voices of Nick and Barton in his ears!
Dante looked over to the two men, and he saw Nick, dressed in a black trench coat, escorting Barton away in a tracksuit and casual clothes, carrying a box containing his longbow and arrows, and in addition to that, the box contained two million in cash!
These two million are Nick's compensation to Barton, as for why cash, if the transfer is made, Barton's account will have a chance of being exposed, which will put Barton's family in danger to a certain extent!
As long as Patton doesn't spend too much, it will be difficult for potential enemies to find Patton's information through small and medium-sized cash transactions!
And Nick, the two of them came to Dante not far away, and at the same time, Nick said a word to Dante.
"It just so happens that you asked about this, so there is nothing I can't say to you, Dante, I met with the Asgardians in China this morning, if you have time, can you preside over the first negotiation between the Asgardians and the earthlings for us!"
As he spoke, Nick let go of Barton and walked across from Dante.
"Among the Asgardians, whether it is the self-proclaimed goddess Sif or other mortals, they are all too arrogant, they have never considered it, no matter what they were in the past, but now, it is they who are asking the earth to take them in, I hope that in the first negotiations between the United Nations and Asgard, you can appear, the current earth, I am afraid that only you can make them give up their arrogance and pride, after all, the main god they believe in is dead in your hands!"
As Nick spoke, Dante clapped his hands violently, and he spoke as if he had suddenly realized.
"Ha, I always feel like I've forgotten something, it turns out that those bastards have been forgotten by me and Loki all aside, haha, I'm still thinking about how to make my kingdom lively, and it turns out that the solution has always been not far from me!"
As soon as Dante's words fell, Nick's expression suddenly changed, he looked at Dante, and always felt as if he had done something bad for the earth!
And just as he was thinking about it, he only listened to Dante continue.
"I shouldn't have let poor Sif continue to wander the earth, it seems that it is time to give them an invitation from the sun!"