Chapter 281: Intent and Requirements
"Is that him?" Meng Ao looked at the person in the photo seriously and raised his eyebrows.
"Can't believe it?" Nick Fury smiled wryly. When Meng Ao was looking at the photo seriously, he was also carefully observing the subtle expression on Meng Ao's face.
"Believing in him is as unreal as believing that the president is a spy." Meng Ao flipped over the photo above, and then, a familiar face appeared under his eyes, that bald head with a sense of joy, it was always easy for people to remember this person in their minds.
Jasper Sitwell.
"I'm just like you, and I can't believe it's him. I never even doubted him. Nick Fury's gaze deepened, and his tone carried an unprecedented slump, "I've known him for a long time, and I've been friends with him since I was not the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. yet. ”
"He was the one who went out of his way to get me to where I am now. Because he thinks I'm the best person for the position. You see, who can doubt that a man who has single-handedly put himself in this position, and who has been supporting me for decades, helping me to deal with all kinds of criticism and trouble from the government and the council, is an enemy? ”
"But the death of Lady Viper woke me up. You don't know how much embarrassment Madame Viper's death caused me, so embarrassing that I can't even figure out how to face you. After all, you deserve the most credit for the arrest of Lady Viper. ”
"I've been investigating the death of Lady Viper, but the resistance of all kinds is surprisingly strong, even so great that it surprises me! It is precisely because of this investigation that I have become more profound and soberly aware that in the past few decades, I have never really been in charge of the huge organization of S.H.I.E.L.D. ”
"I'm the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I've been at the helm of it for decades! For a while I even thought I had a good grasp of it, and after decades of running it, it was pretty much my word. ”
"But that's just what I thought. In the past ten years, I have known very well that there are remnants of Hydra in S.H.I.E.L.D., and I even have enough confidence that I can find them out one by one, and then completely eliminate these enemies once and for all. I even had the real identities and lists of some of them. ”
"S.H.I.E.L.D. has a more powerful intelligence pipeline than the FBI, CIA, and other organizations, if I want to. There's not much to hide from me in this country. For example, the senior staff member that Storm arranged for the president to be next to him? ”
"I did do something, and I used the conflict between Storm and Osborne back then. I found quite a few people that time. I thought I had succeeded, but the facts told me that I was far from it. ”
"The death of Lady Viper is a clear signal. There are still Hydra people inside S.H.I.E.L.D., and he is more hidden, more hidden, and more cunning! Then, everything is different. I used to feel like S.H.I.E.L.D., but suddenly I felt like I had severe arthritis. All sorts of diseases swept through it suddenly. My orders can still be carried out, but I don't have much hope for what will be achieved. It made me feel bad and shocked me even more! ”
"Do you understand how it feels?" Nick Fury asked Meng Ao.
"I don't understand." Meng Ao waved his hand: "But I can substitute for the experience." For example, I would be shocked that Storm suddenly stopped listening to me, that there was a boss on the board of directors who had more stocks than me, and that this giant that my family had worked on suddenly had nothing to do with me. ”
"yes, there's nothing worse than that." Nick Fury sighed helplessly: "I suddenly found out during that time. I used to be able to trust people, but now I can't trust anymore. That's the worst-case scenario. You can't find anyone you can trust. Or rather, you know that most of the people in this organization are definitely on your side, but you can't be sure who the people who stand by your side will be! ”
"And around me, there are many people with another identity. They will closely follow any decision I make. Any little gesture in private! I was like a transparent person in front of them. ”
"You have a lot of capable men, but you don't know who of them can believe that you have a huge organization in your hands, but one day you suddenly understand that you are just a puppet who has been pushed to the front to take charge of this organization. When you make decisions that are harmless and conflicting, your orders will be carried out 100%, but once you have something you shouldn't think, you can immediately feel the pressure from all sides, and it is a dilemma of being stuck in a quagmire and embattled! ”
"My grandfather was an elevator operator for 40 years, and he worked in a very good building, and he got a lot of tips every day, which allowed him to come home every day and always bring back a big roll of a dollar in his lunch bag. He greets people and smiles in return. ”
But then the world went down, and when he asked questions, others said, less nonsense. He had to be careful with his lunch bag at all times. Every week, the thugs would ask him what was in the bag, and he would cooperate to open the bag and let them see it. A bunch of worn-out bucks, and a loaded point 22 Magnum. ”
"When people defend what is most important to them, even the most cowardly people become braver. My grandfather didn't teach me much, but he taught me what it means not to compromise with people. ”
Nick Fury seemed to be suffocating and became a little chattering: "I realized my predicament, so I stopped chasing after Madame Viper's death." It gave me a lot of time. I need time to restructure the situation and think about how I can get out of it. ”
"The Avengers are the last backhand I've thought of over the years, the hole cards to fight and turn the tables in the worst situation, but you see, they don't give me time to integrate and control this team at all. For this famous team as soon as it was born, the other party easily dismantled it in pieces, split and hated, and almost played it in the palm of his hand. ”
"Those who make chess pieces in a chess game can never get rid of the control of the chess player. The people behind me know me well, and I have long since lost any secrets under his decades of covert attention, and I can't even play good enough cards to pose a lethal threat to the other side. ”
"So you chose death?" Meng Ao clasped his hands to his chest and looked at Nick Fury, who was leaning against the head of the bed.
"Dead people are like pawns that have been eaten, and no one pays any more attention. All I have to do. It's just to try to convince the other party that they've succeeded, and I'm dead. ”
"Did you come up with such a plan after your two visits to me?" Meng Ao blinked. The most crucial point of Nick Fury's plan is that he needs to know in advance that the other party will be against him! Only in this way can he make targeted arrangements, instead of trying to plan by luck.
In the past, if anyone wanted to be unfavorable to Nick Fury, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s large, sophisticated, and seemingly ubiquitous intelligence system could naturally detect it in advance. But if it's malicious from within S.H.I.E.L.D., it's hard to say whether these messages can go unfiltered, and if they can be passed to Nick Fury's desk after breaking through the filter.
As a senior advisor to S.H.I.E.L.D., Meng Ao certainly doesn't know anything about the history of S.H.I.E.L.D. It cannot be denied that Stark Enterprises has provided many important technologies to S.H.I.E.L.D., including arms and weapons, as well as various electronic components and software.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s super-intelligent system, in which Howard Stark and his Stark Enterprises are at his disposal, are indispensable, but he is more of a hardware provider. The code and algorithms of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s superintelligent system. Howard Stark also contributed, but more than him, he was an Arnim Zola man!
Arnim Zola created many algorithms for this system that seemed amazing at the time, and even now, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s massive information summarization and filtering and elimination algorithms are all born from Anim Zola's algorithms.
And Anim Zola, a talented and talented scientist at the time, had been working for Red Skull, the leader of the Hydra organization, before being recruited and absorbed by S.H.I.E.L.D.! Even if the opponent is consistent in S.H.I.E.L.D. He was quite well-behaved, honest and cooperative until his death, but no one knows whether he has any unknown backhands in this algorithm and system.
"Of course it can't be." Nick Fury shook his head. "But the information you provided made me realize a very important point, that is, the other party will definitely do something in the near future."
"There are not many people who have a close connection with S.H.I.E.L.D., who can kill Mrs. Viper right under my nose, and who can go in and out of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s prisons for supernatural criminals without suspicion, and release important criminals inside at will."
"And the one who can plan that assassination and easily split the Avengers, so that they can fight vigorously and watch the play on the sidelines. There is only one such scheming character in my memory. This is also very in line with the other party's style of acting, always like to use strategy to solve problems, especially good at using the other party's weaknesses to target the layout, and was calculated by him unconsciously. ”
This time he apparently thought I was dead, so he was a little lax and came to the forefront. This exposed a lot of things that I couldn't pay attention to and associate with before. ”
"I have to thank you." Nick Fury looked at Meng Ao and thanked him again.
"Actually, I don't think I've done anything." Meng Ao spread his hands helplessly. Although it is a good thing to get gratitude and favors, especially Nick Fury's gratitude and favors, Meng Ao knows very well in his heart that things have come to this point, except for the fact that he found a thread for Nick Fury at the beginning, everything else has little to do with him. Even Tony Stark, who was in the middle of it, was more involved than he came.
"The Skrulls. You told me about the Skrull you sent to prison, and that's crucial! Nick Fury smiled: "An alien visitor who was supposed to stay in the superhuman prison and was closely monitored suddenly left the prison and was freed, and more subtlely, the superhuman prison did not report any escapes, or unrest, which is simply incredible!" I don't believe that an important criminal has disappeared from prison for some reason, and it's normal that I, as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., haven't heard the slightest bit of news. "Nick Fury Dao.
After saying that, Nick Fury's one-eyed eye suddenly aimed at Meng Ao's eyes, and the expression on his face became a little smiling: "It's not this, I don't know that Storm still has such a positioning technology that even S.H.I.E.L.D. can't detect." What else did you do to that Skrull before sending him to the Superhuman Prison? ”
For this sharp question, Meng Ao could only smile. It was impossible for him to let go of an excellent and rare "specimen" like the Skrulls, and if Meng Ao hadn't collected the other party's blood and done a series of studies on the other party, even with the pressure of Nick Fury, he would be reluctant to hand over such a good specimen easily.
But this topic can't go deeper, otherwise it's easy to make people think, in case Nick Fury suddenly says: You're so cautious that you don't even let go of a living specimen that is a supercriminal, then what did you do with the tyrants and clothes you sold to S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Although Meng Ao will certainly be extremely resolute and firm in his denial, in fact he did manipulate the tyrants and colonies that were sold. Meng Ao didn't know how much Nick Fury was thinking about it right now, but what he knew was that this potentially embarrassing topic could not continue.
"Where's your plan to fight back?" Meng Ao decisively changed the subject.
"What kind of plan do you think will work for him? He has a much wider network than I do. Nick Fury didn't ask any further, glancing at Meng Ao and then retracting his gaze.
"Are you planning to die here?" Meng Ao turned around and looked around at the empty area.
"No, I'm waiting here for my time." Nick Fury Dao.
"When?" Meng Ao asked.
"That's what I'm asking you to come back and risk being discovered by the other party to see me, there are some things we can only say in person, and all internet and communication signals are blocked here." Nick Fury propped his body with his hands and adjusted his body posture before answering Meng Ao's words.
He looked at Meng Ao seriously: "I want you to convene a hearing of the World Security Council." It's not virtual, it's the kind where the directors are in person. Whether as one of the world's most important partners in the Security Council or as a senior advisor to S.H.I.E.L.D., you have the right to propose such a hearing. (To be continued.) )
PS: PS: The Spring Festival is over around the end, and there should be about two volumes left......