A team of Aegis went to clean up the aftermath of their boss again. Tony Stark, who returned to the mothership, didn't say anything, didn't explain anything, and went straight back to his office.

When Maria Hill pushed the door in, Tony hadn't even lifted his armor - he was sitting in the chair behind his desk in his steel suit, pondering something.

Hill locked the door and stood in the doorway for a few moments before asking, "Mind telling me what the situation is?" ”

Tony didn't say anything, but silently blocked the signal in the office. The director's office has activated the silent mode - the signal cannot enter or exit, and the whole room is basically a small closed box.

“...... I encountered some kind of high-tech armed ...... there A mech. "The interior design is something I've never seen anywhere else, with some kind of new technology - my initial guess is that it's alien technology that we haven't been exposed to yet." But its base material is patented by Stark Technologies. In addition, many of the details it showed in combat are consistent with the driving characteristics of the arc reactor...... After blowing it to pieces, I re-scanned it, and I did find remnants of the reactor's constituent elements in the debris......"

Ciel frowned, "What does this mean?" ”

Instead of answering directly, Tony continued to his own devices: "Very few people know about transporting the reactor - they haven't even mentioned it to you. Not because I don't trust you, it's just because it's not under your jurisdiction. But the people who know about it should be the ones I trust...... I can't think of anywhere that could have been leaked. ”

Hill seemed to understand what he meant: "You're talking about ......"

"There are inner demons among us." Tony's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "It's inside the Aegis." ”

Hill was silent.

Inner ghost, this word has now become the biggest pain for S.H.I.E.L.D. - especially for the old S.H.I.E.L.D. that went through that purge. A large number of Aegis operatives have entrusted their faith to the Order, believing that what they are doing is fighting for the future of humanity and building the world's strongest shield, only to turn out that they themselves are part of the worst evil that has poisoned the world.

Many people have experienced a collapse of faith, and it is difficult for those who have not personally experienced that moment to relate to it. But even so, on the occasion of the formation of this new Aegis, many people are back. Because even after going through so much, they still have ideals...... and faith.

But now they are back in the same situation—there are inner ghosts lurking in this Nirvana-reborn S.H.I.E.L.D., and their number and level are unknown.

Hill asked, "Is it Hydra?" ”

"I don't know...... But I don't think so. Tony shook his head, "Not their style. And I believe that this time the hydra should indeed have been completely eradicated, and there should be no more remnants this time. ”

"Who else would it be?"

"Here's the problem." Tony's face was gloomy, "I don't know. ”

***

Somewhere the location is kept secret, the mutants of the Heavenly Sword gather strongholds.

"Coke, lemon juice, or soda?"

Lorna Dane, the leader of the mutant stronghold, was hunched over in her freezer in a denim miniskirt and a lace short-sleeved T-shirt. She turned her head to the little guest in the living room and asked, "Or maybe you want to drink milk?" ”

"No, thank you." Wanda politely declined.

This is her routine - Michael says that because meddling in mutant affairs has been Wanda's decision from the beginning, although Michael nods and agrees, mutant-related affairs are Wanda's responsibility. She would stop by regularly to check on the situation and talk to the mutants here to make sure everything was okay.

To be honest, she quite likes this errand, and she should be traveling. And since Wanda learns that she's mutant too, being around these people makes her feel inexplicably reassured—especially Lorna. Although she still didn't know why, she felt that this green-haired little sister felt very kind, and she had been very speculative when chatting about the day.

Lorna wasn't polite to her, she came back with a can of soda and sat back on the couch with a grunt.

"It's good here." "I can thank Mr. Paso on my behalf — on behalf of all of us," she said. We've changed strongholds a lot in the past, but we've never been able to escape conflict. There are always some idiots who like to chase us around with guns, like we're beasts running out of the cage. But here...... Here we find unprecedented peace. This is the first time we have found a place where we really never need to flee, we don't need to fight, we just have to live in peace.

I thought maybe this was the place we've been looking for. ”

Wanda smiled, "If you think so, Mr. El Paso will be happy." ”

Wanda actually saw that compared to when they first met, Lorna seemed to have undergone some subtle changes. Once, Lorna seemed to have a fierce look in her eyes - especially when facing humans, it was like locking herself in a cage, always alerting the world.

But now, that thing in her eyes was gone, as if for the first time she had found a place where she could let her guard down and sleep altogether.

Wanda was happy for her from the bottom of her heart.

"Alright, the work is done, now how about we talk about you?" Lorna smiled suddenly.

"My business? What do I have to talk about? Wanda shrugged.

"Of course, for example, you and Mr. Paso?"

"We ...... How? ”

"Alas, don't pretend to be stupid, everyone can see your relationship."

"Is it so obvious?" Wanda raised an eyebrow, but didn't deny it - there was nothing she couldn't admit anyway, "Okay, yes, we're ...... Well...... Social, sort of. ”

"Oh~ That's really congratulations." Lorna laughed, "He looks like a very unusual person. ”

"yes." Wanda sighed.

"So why don't you look happy? Quarreled? ”

"It's not ...... either," Wanda cupped her cheeks, "...... It just seems like he's been busy lately, and we haven't had a chance to talk for a long time. I don't know what he's up to, but I can't seem to help......"

As soon as he finished speaking, sparks erupted in the air. The flames cut a circle of spell teleportation in the space, and Michael walked out quickly, saying with a blank face, "Wanda, come with me." I'll have to get your body checked. ”

Wanda blinked her eyes and looked confused: "What? ”