Chapter 021: An Unsurprising Crisis of Confidence
On the second floor of the Bus, Rhaegar quickly settled on his own bed - in fact, there was only one cubicle dormitory left in the Bus, and the other five had owners. Now he's packing his things. In addition, at Coulson's request, he must also build a cage for tetanus in case the puppy runs around the bus and wreaks havoc on future missions. Rhaegar understood that it was a bit too much to ask for tetanus to stay in the Busβno, very much. And for Coulson to give such a request, he can't help but make concessions. He had to ask Fitz for help in designing a more comfortable cage for tetanus, and that's it.
Poor tetanus, the little dog was still playing with Skye before he realized his gloomy future. Poor Fitz, he probably didn't expect that his rocket expert would one day be 'reduced' to the point of building a dog cage?
And just as Rhaegar finished cleaning up his bed and was talking to Fitch about his idea for the dog cage with a helpless face, Coulson was talking to May about what Rhaegar had said earlier in Coulson's standalone office on the third floor of the bus.
"He said he gave up the surname Malik, May, what do you think he means."
Melinda May only has emotions other than anger on her face when she faces Coulson. "I know what you mean, Phil, but we can't be sure if he's telling the truth or if he's being instructed by someone else." β
So far, due to the existence of the level of secrecy, Hill was unclear at the time, Coulson and Mei did not know that Rhaegar was possessed by Regamalik, but only thought that S.H.I.E.L.D. had communicated with Regamalik, which influenced the latter's thoughts to a certain extent. And these factors also influenced Coulson's and May's judgment to a certain extent. Now they care if the influence that Hill and Nick Fury have exerted on Rhaegar before them is to the point where they can shake the latter's faith in Hydra.
"yes, we can't confirm that." Coulson sighed, thought for a while, and suddenly winked at Mei: "Then ask him directly." β
Before May could react, he asked Rhaegar to come over through the communication in the Bus. Regar then leaves Fitz, who is on the verge of being driven crazy by his whimsical demands, and goes to Coulson's office.
And Coulson got straight to the point: "Agent Reggar, which side are you on?" β
Naturally, Rhaegar was caught off guard.
Normally, it seems like he should have replied, "I'm on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s." But don't forget, this is a new world that is much more complex than a simple MCU or the Marvel Universe, and he doesn't know that Coulson has a connection with the declining S.H.I.E.L.D. Now he thinks more about it, if Coulson is loyal to Hydra, but he said the previous sentence, is that considered himself to have fallen into the net?
Fortunately, before the crossing, as a well-known and popular screenwriter, Rhaegar is still relatively good at dealing with people, 'joy and anger are invisible', although he can't do it thoroughly, but he has also written a lot of similar plots, so ......
"I don't quite understand what you're asking, sir, but I can say I'm on the human side!" He put on a very determined face and said solemnly.
Coulson laughed at his words. He stared at Rhaegar and said word by word, "Hydra has always been protecting humans. And you, as an agent of Hydra, deliberately bypass the topic of loyalty to Hydra and instead focus on humans. So, can I assume that you have reservations about Hydra itself? β
Under Coulson's push, Rhaegar knew it was time for him to take a gamble. He didn't speak, but pursed his lips and looked down into Coulson's eyesβthe body wasn't as tall as Ward's, but it was still a little taller than Coulson. So, after such an eerie exchange of eyes with Coulson, he was told that he could leave.
This one-*-standing office is back to being in it with only Coulson and May inside.
"So, what do you think?" Coulson's eyes were still looking in the direction of the door, but he asked May beside him.
"I still mean that, we can't confirm his true position." Mei said lightly, "But what is certain is that he is not here to monitor this team. β
"Oh, how do you say?"
"If he's here to monitor the team, he doesn't have to come up with a narrative of being loyal to the humans, he can say his purpose directly. And now he is doing this, if it is not from his real thoughts, then there is only one possibility - he has a bigger goal than monitoring us. β
Listening to Mei's analysis, Coulson nodded solemnly: "I think so too." Now the question is, what exactly does he want from us? β
May shook her head. At present, there is still too little knowledge about Rhaegar and no further information on other aspects, so she has no clue. She's very good at fighting and executing well at a tactical level. But when it comes to the strategic level, she's nowhere near as good as Coulson. Coulson didn't know Rhaeggar's true purpose, but he quickly had a way to deal with it.
"Technically, we don't need to focus too much on his true purpose." Thinking of this, Coulson smiled lightly, "May, I'm sorry to tell you that you have one more mission. β
Melindame rolled her eyes.
At the same time, in a secret place N kilometers away, in the headquarters of Hydra, someone's 'true purpose' is something wrong at this time.
Remember the silver cabinet that had returned to Hydra's headquarters with Rhaegar earlier? Rhaegar had always thought that something inside might be related to him, or even his original body. The truth is that it took a week after they got their hands on such a thing before the Hydra scientists removed all the dirt that had attached itself to it. Another week later, and today, the team of several more top-notch scientists has not been able to break through its second layer of protection.
It was an unknown layer of azure material so thick that it was impossible to see inside.
Today, the Coulsons involved in the project stay in a laboratory that is very secretive even for the entire Hydra headquarters. In addition to these scientists, there were also several high-level Hydra leaders who came to the scene. Rhaeggar's 'uncle' Gideon Malik was among them. In addition to him, there were two other members of the Hydra Super Council, and they were accompanied by several Hydra leaders whose status was second only to them.
This is the largest number of high-level gatherings of Hydra in recent years.
"Fourteen days have passed since I got my hands on the things. But now you're telling us that your experiments can't go on? β
It was Daniel Whitehall, an old guy who had brutally taken the internal organs, blood, bone marrow, and other body parts of a superpowered person with self-healing abilities and transplanted them into his own body to become a new superpower. He is the old man of the former Nazi Hydra, and has a scientific research team under Red Skull. Later in World War II, when he found a coveted object with mysterious powers, he was defeated by Peggy Carter, who had lost Captain America's boyfriend at the time, with the predecessor of S.H.I.E.L.D., which was then called the Strategic Science Corps, and subsequently became a lifelong prisoner in a secret prison. But the real Hydra secretly recruited him. Today, he is one of the leaders of the Hydra, second only to the Super Council.
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