Chapter 34: Heavenly Sword
The next few months were probably the busiest for Michael Patso since the crossing.
For most of the time, Michael was busy traveling around the world in armor through circle after circle of magic, and sometimes his schedule was so tight that he didn't even have the time to stop and recharge his armor. In this case, he had to go back to his laboratory first, change into an old suit and start again.
His mission is not difficult to say, in fact, it is nothing more than blowing up a few bases, tearing off a few roofs, and showing some non-human power to bluff some of the remaining members of the Hydra who are reluctant to cooperate, and persuade them to "voluntarily" accept the transformation and obey the command and leadership of the new leader.
In fact, most of the work is handled by people like Rick Belloc, his recently acquired Hydra brother, and everything he does in person is hard to bite. Some of the remaining Hydra units still have enough firepower to rival the regular army, or some high-risk technology. At this time, Michael will personally come forward to deal with it, because I have to say that when he wears that black armor and the low and strange voice in the speaker, he is indeed quite "convincing" when he persuades him to surrender.
After six months of non-stop efforts, most of the remaining power of Hydra has been successfully co-opted by Michael. Most of them have now come to terms with the fact that the organization has a new leader, and they all know that this new leader is no less dangerous than their former leaders. But interestingly, none of them had actually seen the new leader, or at least not the face beneath the black armor.
Michael has said that he wants to rebuild a better organization from the remains of Hydra, but when he says this, he never naively thinks about reversing the beliefs of the members of the Order. He knew exactly what kind of people he was gathering - liars, killers, terrorists, and human lives were like mustard for them, even if they slaughtered an entire city, they could not blink an eye, and it was better to try to drill ice and fire if they wanted to influence them.
This new organization is like a sword, sharp and extremely dangerous. But after all, a sword is just a sword, it can hurt people and save people, whether it is good or bad depends on the person who wields it.
That's why Michael renamed it "Heavenly Sword Bureau".
The Sentient World Observation and Response Department (S.W.O.R.D.), originally an agency established in Marvel Comics to monitor alien invasions and resolve interstellar disputes, is similar in nature to S.H.I.E.L.D.
However, anyway, it didn't seem like this world was originally like there was a Heavenly Sword Bureau, so out of the sake of naming and saving trouble, he simply borrowed this title directly.
Hydra can't be eradicated, but it's not uncontrollable. In addition, the world is facing a crucial new era, the number of superheroes and supervillains has skyrocketed exponentially in recent years, and the existence of aliens has been confirmed. In such a situation, it is undoubtedly necessary to have an organization that monitors and manages paranormal phenomena around the world and can quickly identify safety hazards.
Of course, until now, these have been the responsibility of S.H.I.E.L.D. However, as everyone knows, S.H.I.E.L.D. is now in disarray. While Agent Phil Coulson is working hard to rebuild the organization, their resources and capabilities are far from what they used to be, not to mention that they have even been classified as terrorists by the international community.
This is also one of the reasons for Michael to establish the "Heavenly Sword" to monitor dangers and prevent and control hidden dangers. He needs to make sure that potential threats from all over the world are under control, and that they are stifled as much as possible before they become a threat, even if they are unavoidable.
The resources that Hydra has are undoubtedly well suited for this task. So far, Michael's successful recruitment of Hydra-related figures has included a large number of bankers, scientists, gangsters, high-ranking politicians and military leaders, who are spread across various countries and fields, and have access to information on various high-secret projects. These people will be the eyes and ears of the Sky Sword, helping them keep track of all aspects of the planet.
In addition to these eyes and ears, technical monitoring is also very important, and this part is mainly Shirley's task.
As he has explained, Michael dug a backdoor into Hydra's network a long time ago, and then he created his first artificial intelligence and rooted it in Hydra's network. Over the years, the program has been digging deeper into the vast world of data that belongs to Hydra, and today it controls almost every aspect of Hydra's entire network. And now it has completely merged into Shirley, which means that Shirley has full access to the Hydra network on her own.
In the past, Hydra used to like to show off that they were everywhere, and now Michael believes that this "Heavenly Sword Bureau", which is still in its infancy, has the same capital.
After six months of hands-on work, the "Heavenly Sword", a huge machine hidden in the shadows, is finally on the right track. Every part is ready, every gear is in place, all functions are online and working well.
The current Heavenly Sword Bureau has been able to monitor all kinds of anomalies and superpowers around the world, but the next problem lies in the response action. Many cases involving paranormal abilities are beyond the reach of normal forces and conventional weapons, and Michael is not always on the scene to resolve a crisis.
So that's why the Heavenly Sword Bureau also needs an elite squad with enough ability to deal with all issues involving paraphenomena. According to Michael's vision, the team should be completely independent of the organization, with a high degree of autonomy, not reporting to any level of the organization, but only reporting directly to the director of the bureau – in other words, Michael himself. They are like a precise and sharp scalpel, capable of cutting out all unconventional threats cleanly.
Of course, this is the next step in the concept, and at this stage there are only three candidates for this team. Sergeant Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier who escaped Hydra's brainwashing; Wanda Maximov, who is suspected of having acquired the ability to cast chaos magic from Baron Straker's experiments, codenamed Scarlet Witch; Petro Maximov, the former's older brother, acquired Super Speed in the same way as Wanda, codenamed Quicksilver.
With a flick of his finger, Michael turned off the candidate list projection that was floating on his desk. He took a deep breath and rubbed his temples.
Maybe there are only three candidates in this team now, but it won't be long. Soon, more people with extraordinary abilities will appear one after another, and they will form an invincible team, and they will become the sharpest blades of the "Heavenly Sword Bureau".