"Ciel, what do you think about that?" After everyone else left, Nick Fury looked at Maria Hill with a solemn face.

"It's not clear yet, and everything will have to wait for a specific investigation." Hill shook his head slightly and said, "Garrett may not really have anything to do with that force, maybe everything is really just a coincidence." ”

That force refers to the Hydra that is now hidden in S.H.I.E.L.D., of course, neither Nick Fury nor Maria Hill now knows that they are facing Hydra, the Hydra they thought had been completely wiped out half a century ago.

All along, Nick Fury always sensed that something was wrong with S.H.I.E.L.D., but he couldn't say exactly what was wrong, but when he suddenly checked the death records of S.H.I.E.L.D. over the years a while ago, he caught Hill's attention.

There are some things in these death records that, after careful examination, have been found to be forged.

Hill immediately secretly informed Nick Fury of Coulson's discovery, and Nick Fury immediately authorized Hill to conduct a full investigation.

After months of covert and meticulous investigation, Hill and Nick Frey discovered that nearly one-third of the missions, personnel and material transfers in recent years had been carried out without his consent, and that many of the signatures on the documents had been forged.

Such a discovery made Hill and Nick Fury dare not act rashly, and he did not know where the secret force came from.

Although Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he can't cover the sky with one hand in S.H.I.E.L.D., and there is also the existence of the World Security Council on his head, and it is precisely because of the existence of the World Security Council that the forces within S.H.I.E.L.D. are also complicated.

The strongest is Nick Fury and a series of his own cronies, followed by the strength of countries to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D., after all, S.H.I.E.L.D. is a joint organization composed of elites from various countries, and it is impossible not to be infiltrated by various countries.

The strongest of them naturally belongs to the forces on the American side, S.H.I.E.L.D. itself is in the United States, and most of its agents are from the U.S. FBI, CIA and military elites, and even Nick Fury himself is also from the CIA.

This is also the reason why the U.S. government will allow S.H.I.E.L.D. to exist, the World Security Council is part of the reason, and more importantly, if the United States needs it, they can instantly hold S.H.I.E.L.D. in their hands, and it is no wonder that S.H.I.E.L.D. can use the military's weapons of mass destruction in the United States.

But now this division of strength has faintly changed, Nick Fury himself is the strength representative of the United States, which is why he can sit in the position of director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the support of the former director Alexander Pierce is crucial.

Even now, a significant portion of S.H.I.E.L.D. are Alexander Pierce's cronies.

Nick Fury was shocked by what Hill found in his investigation, and it was obvious that there was a new force lurking in S.H.I.E.L.D., which had deeply invaded various departments of S.H.I.E.L.D., and even some of the high-level agents had been pulled into the water.

If it were said before, Nick Fury would definitely go to great lengths to take down all these people as soon as possible, but in the current external situation, he must be cautious, and Asgard's threat to the earth must be prioritized before internal troubles.

Although Thor said that he was friendly to the Earth and was even willing to ally with the Earth, Nick Fury, as a political veteran, was not so optimistic, because he knew better than anyone that the boss of Asgard was Thor's father, the god king Odin, not Thor, who was the prince.

In particular, Asgard is still in the midst of internal turmoil, and it is still unknown whether Loki will finally become king or Thor will succeed in reversing the chaos and taking back his own throne.

Even if Thor really regains the throne and forms an alliance with the Earth in the end, Nick Fury must carefully probe this force and finally strike it accurately, otherwise, the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. may fall apart.

"Ciel, you're in charge of investigating Garrett's affairs and making sure to determine if he did it personally, or if it had something to do with that force." After a slight pause, Nick Fury said very indifferently: "This is the first level 8 agent to be found to have a problem, I hope to be able to find out the others from him, if he is alert, you know what to do." ”

"Yes, Director." Hill nodded with a cold face, as Nick Fury's most trusted person, the next candidate for the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hill is very rational, and he is also strong and indifferent because of reason, Fury carefully cultivated Hill precisely because he saw this.

When Natasha mentioned Ling Xiao's indifference before, Hill never spoke, although in her opinion, there was no harm in being indifferent, but she also didn't want the super strong person who joined the Avengers to be too indifferent.

Apathy means less weakness, and less weakness means difficult to control, the reason why Tony Stark will be the first person to be the first person to introduce the Avengers, his father Howard's relationship is only one of the reasons, and more because Tony Stark is too easy to control.

Playboy Tony Stark, Stark Industries is on American soil, S.H.I.E.L.D. really wants to deal with him too many ways, of course, under normal circumstances, S.H.I.E.L.D. will not easily move a famous billionaire in the United States, it will be difficult to end.

"What about Ling Xiao's side?" Hill looked at Nick Fury and subconsciously asked.

"I'll wait for Asgard to come to a conclusion." Nick Fury shook his head slightly and said, "It's hard for us to judge how much an exiled alien prince can represent, and we still know too little about Asgard. ”

In fact, Nick Fury is very inclined to Ling Xiao to join the Avengers, after all, neither Natasha nor Coulson's reports show that Ling Xiao has any criminal discipline, and the source of assets in his hands also shows this, at most he is not social, which is not a problem in Fury's opinion, is there still less such people in S.H.I.E.L.D?

The most important thing now is the matter of Thor and Asgard, this matter is not only the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D., but also the World Security Council and various governments are also paying attention to the progress of the matter, and the President of the United States even sent a message through private channels, once Thor returns to Earth from Asgard, he hopes that Thor will be able to visit the White House as soon as possible, which is very good for establishing the image of the US government.

Regarding Thor's matter, Ling Xiao didn't spend too much energy on this matter, because he knew that if nothing else, Thor would not be able to return to Earth in a short time, and the Rainbow Bridge was seriously damaged in the battle between him and Loki, and it would be at least a few months before the Rainbow Bridge was repaired.

After returning to Los Angeles, Ling Xiao did skin care for Melinda and her companions on the same day, for this woman named Victoria Hand, Ling Xiao still has a certain impression of her, after detecting that S.H.I.E.L.D. was infiltrated by Hydra, Hand took a decisive and effective way to screen the team led by Coulson, but unfortunately killed at the last moment.

This is also a powerful head of agents, second only to Fury and Hill in S.H.I.E.L.D., and even above Coulson.

Ling Xiao didn't expect that he had come into contact with this person so early, but he didn't say anything that shouldn't be said, just sent the two of them away very calmly after giving them skin care at the pharmacy.

Little did he know that Melinda had been summoned by Nick Fury for a meeting about him when he returned, and that he was now busy taking stock of what he had learned from his trip to the small town of Antica Pointe in New Mexico.

(End of chapter)