On the surface of the Pacific Ocean, on the aegis floating carrier.

The black Airbus spewed down a rapid air stream and landed vertically, and finally landed smoothly on the deck of the mothership. The cargo door slowly slid backwards, and S.H.I.E.L.D. 8th Class Agent Phil Coulson stood behind the cargo door in a neat suit to greet the guests who were about to board the plane.

Several high-ranking SHIELD AGENTS who had been waiting on the deck boarded the plane along the ramp. Victoria Hand, led by a black-rimmed woman with black glasses, boarded the plane and said, "You know, Agent Coulson, there's something called a 'conference call' right now, right?" ”

"It's good to see you soon, Agent Hand." Coulson smiled slightly, and the hatch slowly closed behind them, "Thank you very much for coming at a moment's notice. I'll explain everything when we get to 50,000 feet. ”

He leaned sideways and gestured, "This way, please." ”

After a short stop to resupply, the plane was soon in the air again. Agent May, who was in charge of the pilot, switched the system to automatic stance as it reached an altitude of 50,000 feet, and he got up and returned to the reception room to join the conversation.

"Cruising altitude has been reached, 90 degrees over the North Pole." She spoke to the crowd and nodded to Coulson, "We can get started." ”

"Thank you." Coulson looked around at the senior agents present and said, "I'm sorry for the complication." But we do it just in case. ”

"What precautions?" The interviewer was Agent Sitwell, a bald man with round glasses and a crisp suit.

"'Clairvoyance'." Coulson explained, "If he's really a telepath, then we'd better get as far away from him as possible before we start." ”

"Also, the Northern Lights may also interfere with his mind-reading wireless signal." Level 8 Agent John Garrett shook the mug with the Aegis Eagle emblem in his hand, "Clairvoyant has always been one step ahead of us for a long time, and he has stolen our strategic means and caused us a series of troubles. ”

"I'm sure you've all seen Agent Garrell's latest report, and Agent Garrell believes there are signs that we're getting closer to the truth." Coulson Road.

"What truth? His identity? Agent Hand asked.

"The range of potential targets has been narrowed down to 13." Garrett explained, "I've carefully double-checked S.H.I.E.L.D.'s roster of people with special abilities, especially those who have dealt with us but didn't end up being included. Some of them are thought to be telepathic. ”

"Are you saying S.H.I.E.L.D. may have been in contact with Claireye?" Sitwell asked.

"Think about how many cases of superpowers Aegis has reviewed. Not just possible, but quite possibly. Coulson said.

"Well, let's assume your conjecture is correct," Agent Hand interrupted, "if we're dealing with a man with clairvoyance, you've already planned how to fight him?" ”

"Fragment the information." Garrett said.

"I have a pattern recognition analyst on my team. She was able to crunch through the data, prioritize the people on Garrett's list, locate them, and then randomly split all of us into groups so that we didn't know the full details of the mission. ”

After speaking, he paused for a moment, and his gaze swept over the agents present: "So, who still has any problems now?" ”

No one spoke.

"Good." Coulson nodded, "Then let's get to work quickly." ”

***

The process of division of labor is not complicated. Each agent involved in the operation was given a mobile phone with a set of coordinates that would direct the wielder to one of the suspects in the clairvoyant. When the holder comes within a mile of that coordinate, his partner receives the suspect's name and file on their phone.

However, due to the odd number of agents involved in the operation, three people must have been assigned to the same group in the end. And in this grouping, these three people happen to be Phil Coulson, John Garrett and Grant Ward.

The three-man team received coordinates in Indiana, and mobile phone navigation led them to a remote location outside an abandoned electronics factory.

"It's weird." Agent John Garrett frowned at the coordinates displayed on his phone, "There is no half a person in this place within a radius of at least two miles, what kind of suspect would be in this kind of place?" Ward, did you get a message about the suspect? ”

Ward glanced at his phone, "No movement." ”

Garrett pouted at Coulson, "Maybe your people are in the wrong place?" ”

"No, she didn't." Coulson clasped his hands in front of him, his face expressionless, "Actually, it's because I moved a little bit around this set of coordinates — just like I did a little bit in the random group." ”

Garrett was stunned for a moment, and looked at Ward: "What do you mean by that?" ”

"Let's skip the nonsense and get straight to the point." Agent Coulson's tone was unfazed, as if he were stating an inconsequential trivial, "You and I both know that Clairvoyant doesn't have any telepathic abilities at all, he's just a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with very high clearance...... Oh no, to correct you, you're not even a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, are you, Hydra Senior Agent John Garrett? ”

Both Ward and Garrett looked surprised, and the latter's expression seemed to contain a hint of amusement in addition to shock: "Wait, wait, Phil...... Sorry, even as a joke, what you just said is a bit too informative. Are you trying to say that I'm 'clairvoyant' and that I still work for Hydra? An organization that was long since the end of World War II? ”

Coulson's face remained unwavering: "What makes you think that I must be Agent Phil Coulson?" ”

This time, even his voice changed, and it was noticeably different from that of the real Agent Coulson. Garrett was stunned for a moment again, and his face suddenly darkened.

"It's you." He said, "'Black Knight'? ”

Coulson, who is actually Michael disguised as Coulson in a digital mask, tilted his head sideways: "'Black Knight'? So Fury gave me such an uncreative name? But it's quite Aegis style. ”

After a pause, he said, "Long time no see, John Garrett." And, of course, this Grant Ward...... Your attendant? ”

Garrett is Ward's custodian, and it was he who introduced Ward to S.H.I.E.L.D., when in fact both master and apprentice were Hydra spies who were embedded in Aegis.

By this moment, Ward's hand was pressed on the holster, and his eyes wandered back and forth between the two men, as if he couldn't make up his mind what to do now.

"I've got a message from you last time Tolandall." Garrett stared at him intently, as if trying to see through the digital mask through him, "You're Dr. Norton?" ”

"For you, yes." Michael replied, "But that identity was abandoned by me three and a half years ago." ”

"We've been looking for you for a long time, but nothing has been found. Mind sharing the tricks? ”

Michael shrugged his shoulders: "A little magic." ”

"So you're not going to be honest, but you can't say I'm surprised by that." Garrett shook his head.

It may be hard for Garrett to believe, but Michael is telling the truth. Five years ago, he crossed into this world as a Hydra researcher, and three and a half years ago, after he defected to Hydra, he immediately set off for Kathmandu to find the legendary magical shrine of Kama Taj. The protection of magic conceals his whereabouts, and although the Hydra has tentacles all over the world, it cannot reach the territory of the Supreme Mage.

After leaving Kama Taj, Michael immediately created a whole new identity for himself. He used magic spells to change his appearance, hacked into the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and federal databases, and forged a new identity like Michael Paso without a trace.

"You're pretending to be like that," Garrett looked at him for a moment, "when did you start replacing the real Coulson?" ”

"Probably before you draw lots to group groups. The real Agent Coulson should still be napping in the Airbus storage room by now, but in another twenty minutes it will be almost time to wake up. ”

"So you went to such great lengths to get in, just so that you could expose me face-to-face that I was a 'clairvoyant'?"

"The first reason is to record the conversation just now, so that I can prove the identity of you two Hydra spies with less effort in the future." Michael said lightly, his gaze swept over Garrett and Agent Ward, who was holding his breath of vigilance, "Reason two, you may already know that I am preparing for an all-out war against Hydra recently, and I would be happy to let Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. do the rough work of taking out a few bases and killing a few superpowers for me, but as for the work of cutting off the head of the Hydra...... I'm more relieved to watch you breathe in person. ”

Garrett squinted his eyes at him for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"You're a genius at research, Dr. Norton, I admit it." "But you realize that we now have two high-level agents with top fighting skills, and you're only one by one...... And you didn't bring that magical armor, did you? ”

Ward pulled his pistol out of his holster, opened the safety and pointed it at Michael's head.

Michael was unmoved.

"You can try."

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