Chapter Twenty-Eight, Captain America and the Cosmic Cube
In the S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Joint Dark Energy Research Institute, countless researchers are hurriedly tossing at the moment, and the latest task issued by the director, Steve Rogers, that is, Captain America, has been successfully brought back from the pole.
Although Captain America has not yet woken up, this does not affect the enthusiasm of many people who worship Captain America.
"Coulson, can you please stop spinning around......" Commander Maria said to Coulson, who was wandering around with an irritated expression.
"Don't be like that, it's rare to see a real person, and you know that I have a whole set of collector's cards, so I wish he could sign my name when he wakes up." Coulson didn't care about Maria's reprimand, and was still very excited.
Maria shook her head, didn't bother to talk about him anymore, and turned her head to look at the culture tank in the isolation room, where Captain America was lying peacefully frozen in ice.
However, Maria also knew that the task assigned by the director was just for observation for the time being, and that square was what Director Fury wanted to figure out the most now.
"Ciel, how is he now?" Fury's voice rang out from the headset, and Maria knew that the Director was asking about the captain.
"He's fine, he hasn't had any problems with his vital signs, but Director, don't you really want to experiment?" Maria said very seriously, glancing at Coulson beside her, and she also knew how much her colleague was looking forward to the captain's awakening.
"Not for the time being, there are no problems with the Cosmic Cube."
"Dr. Hamilton is doing a data review, but for the time being, there shouldn't be much of a problem."
After disconnecting, Maria glanced at Coulson and did not tell him that the Director had not instructed to resuscitate Captain America at this time.
In a laboratory not far from where Captain America was stored, an old man with white hair was observing a blue square of about fifteen cubic centimeters in the isolation cell, the blue fluorescence was intoxicating, this old man was Dr. Hamilton in Maria's mouth.
"Perfect!" Glancing at the monitor next to him, Dr. Hamilton looked excited, unlike Coulson, this old man was not a fan of Captain America, he liked this strange collection of energy.
"Doctor?" At an operating table not far from Dr. Hamilton, a younger scientist seemed to be a little tired of Dr. Hamilton, who was nervous at the sight of these strange things.
"What's wrong? Quint. Dr. Hamilton was interrupted by the voice of the young scientist, and said with some displeasure.
"I didn't ...... Nothing, but doctor, you're too close to that thing, and we can't be sure it has any radiation we don't know. "Quint is actually kind to remind him that he has studied a lot of strange things in the past two years, and many things have some energy that they don't understand, but whether these energies are good or bad, they can't be sure.
Wasn't there a researcher in the previous paragraph, who was inexplicably brain dead, and Quint intuitively felt that the death of that person was probably related to something he had previously studied.
"Are you kidding me? Lad! We already have information about this cosmic cube during World War II, so can't you read these things carefully? Dr. Hamilton didn't care about Quint's reminder, but he was right, when S.H.I.E.L.D. was just a science force, he had already obtained some information about the cosmic cube from the Nazis.
"Alright, Doctor, I think you should be careful." Quint shrugged his shoulders and was a little helpless, this old stubborn persistence, he didn't have the confidence to convince this old man.
On the other hand, Fury is in a security level 10 room, reporting to the officials of the World Security Council, and five huge screens display the members of the board of directors of each country.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have discovered the Cosmic Cube and found Captain America, who is still asleep!!!!" Fury was also a little excited, after all, Captain America affected not only players like Coulson, even he admired the American team lying in the ice lumps.
"And Director Fury, do you have any opinions?" One of the female commissioners on the far left screen frowned and asked with some confusion.
"I have a plan to recruit those with superhuman strength to participate in the project, and I name it the Avengers." Fury didn't care about the strange behavior of these commissioners, anyway, he had already seen the brain-dead behavior of these mallet commissioners, and he didn't realize what kind of decisions these guys who could only babble and talk nonsense could make.
Anyway, as long as the funds are sufficient, Fury is happy to talk to these officials, and anyway, he will be scolded at most two sentences, and it won't hurt or itch.
"But Director Fury, aren't you just one Captain America still in the freezer?" The middle-aged commissioner in the center screen questioned.
The World Security Council, which is now the direct superior of Aegis, has overall oversight over S.H.I.E.L.D., and can force some actions when necessary, which even Fury can't help.
But fortunately, it's not the time for Fury to fall out with these commissioners, Fury still said politely, "No, we still have a genetically modified agent in S.H.I.E.L.D., and there is also a shooter who is far beyond ordinary people, if you count Captain America, I think the basic framework of the Avengers can be completed." "At this time, there is no Spider-Man, no Hulk, let alone Iron Man, as for Thor? That stupid big guy is still in Asgard and is messing with people with a hammer, so you can estimate it.
"So Director Fury, what are your funding requirements for this Avengers of yours?" Because there are no big monsters, there is no reason for the World Security Council to reject Fury's plan for the time being, of course, it depends on how much money Fury wants.
"I want to get a billion dollars a year in activity funding, after all, they're not like ordinary people." Fury Lion opened his mouth and said, a billion dollars? Not to mention a billion dollars, he would be happy if these council members could give him 100 million dollars, of course, this is just a way to bargain, in fact, the relationship between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the World Security Council is more like doing business, the World Security Council pays for money, and S.H.I.E.L.D. pays for security.
However, Fury obviously didn't expect that his Avenger plan itself was not very optimistic, and he asked for one billion at once, which directly rejected the idea of this useless committee member's consent.
Three agents who may be stronger than ordinary people will cost a billion? Or annually? Did you Fury really make money in the World Security Council? Several members glanced at each other.
Finally, the commissioner in the middle screen slowly spoke, "Director Fury, I don't think we need the Avengers project you talked about for the time being, we decided to put this plan on hold for the time being." ”
Well, he directly denied Fury's plan, and now Fury was also stupid, thinking that he was asking for a sky-high price, and the council would just sit on the ground and pay back the money, how could he have thought that this directly denied his plan.
"But......" Fury still wants to argue, after all, it is really impossible to give three or five billion, and if it is not enough, it will be one or two hundred million, or tens of millions, so let the director of the big bureau put up the shelf first.
"Needless to say, Director Fury, the actual effect of this plan is not obvious, if you are worried about those mutants, you can rest assured that they are not in your charge, and even if they make a mess, someone else will be responsible." The commissioner in the middle screen directly interrupted Fury's words and said very seriously.
"Damn, these guys who can only eat, don't they have something useful in their heads......" Walking out of the video conference room, Fury decisively exploded with the anger he had just accumulated.
After a while, Fury came to Captain America's isolation room and saw Maria and Coulson, and Fury straightened his emotions and walked over.
"How?" Fury looked at Captain America in the ice lump through the glass window and asked Maria on the side.
"Director. He's fine, but Coulson's wish seems to be hard to come by, and doctors say Captain America's body is not fit for forced resuscitation. Mary pouted when she saw Fury coming over.
"Coulson's wish?" Fury didn't know what Coulson wanted, and asked Maria curiously.
"Well, he has a set of Captain America's collector's collection cards, and he hopes that Captain America can sign his name when he wakes up...... "Maria is also a little entangled, although many people in the United States like Captain America very much, and there are many people who worship Captain America in the base, but it is estimated that Coulson wants to sign it."
"Hehe, that's a good idea." Fury listened to Maria's words, smiled, and glanced at Coulson, who was full of happiness.
Later, Fury went to see the progress of the Cosmic Cube, but Dr. Hamilton had only been researching for a short time, so he didn't give Fury any good news.
"Agent Romanoff, I'm going to give you a mission now, this mission requires that it must be kept secret, anything you see on the target during the mission cannot be archived, it can't go through the S.H.I.E.L.D. database, and this mission, you won't have attendance records, you can only come on vacation." After returning to his office, Fury called Black Widow over, this will be a short time for Black Widow to join S.H.I.E.L.D., but this mission is only suitable for her, and as the only level 10 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. now, Fury also trusts Natasha more.
"Understood!" Natasha replied very seriously, this kind of thing is actually not new to her, to put it mildly, this is the private work given by the director, there can be no official records, there can be nothing on the surface that can find clues.
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