187 Quicksilver's Folly
No matter how aggrieved he was in front of others, once he returned to his car, Coulson regained his calm and determined expression.
Senior agents may not be overly casual in the use of funds, but they are by no means as calculating as he appears. This is just a façade to bring the two closer, and Eric knows it, but in any case, the performance will always have some positive effect.
In front of the truly powerful, keeping a moderate low profile can effectively reduce the risk and make it easier to win favor.
In the history of S.H.I.E.L.D., there are many agents who are more organized and operational than Coulson, and have more experience than him, but due to their own positioning mistakes, most of them have left their original posts, and some even have no bones.
You must know that the opposite side of the Aegis is an extraordinary existence. Every strong person is like an evil dragon, you can sneak up a few gems while it is napping, but never try to dance on its head - it is with this humility that you finally become an eighth-level agent in the fourth decade of your life, and you can deal with heroes of all levels on behalf of this powerful agency, and carefully maintain your friendship.
Coulson also attaches great importance to his relationship with mutants, and in fact he has a feeling that Eric is not unaware of what he is doing in the game, but just keeps looking down in a playful manner. The biggest difference between Magneto and previous heroes or criminals is that he can completely control himself and not be bound by various ideas, this awareness is the most dangerous side of his character, so no matter how enthusiastic Eric is, Coulson is as honest as possible with him every time.
The right attitude paid off for Coulson, who is currently the only agent in the bureau who can deal with the mutant leader. His status has been rising ever since.
to report directly to the top officer, without having to forward the report through an assistant as before.
Today Coulson has once again proved his status. After separating from Eric, he rushed all the way back to headquarters, but Fury was not alone in the director's office at the moment. Commander Hill, Captain, and Natasha are all there.
They were engrossed in watching a recent gun clash on the streets of Chicago.
A man in black armor, a mask, and a silver metal arm is on a killing spree on Michigan Street.
The video, taken from the reporter's camera, was recorded from before he appeared and ended with the police surrounding the remaining gang members after he left.
After watching it again, the agent leaders did not turn back and play it again, they have all been specially trained and have the ability to remember.
"I know this man. He is the Winter Soldier, or the Winter Soldier. "Hill breaks the silence first." In the past fifty years, he has been considered the murderer of twenty assassinations. ”
"Why would he work for a gang, or is there someone else?" Nick thoughtfully recalled the list of victims, and then he showed up.
"You think a mutant did it?" Natasha asked, she wasn't with Pepper today, but returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. to report on her work, and it always gave her a special feeling to hear about Eric, and the person in the video had a relationship with her a long time ago.
But she covered it up well. Even Fury, who is also a Level 10 agent, didn't notice it.
"No, I'm not sure." Fury replied bluntly. "I'm even more inclined to those people who have started to enter the active period again, and their contradictions with mutants are irreconcilable. Personally, I think it's more likely to be a deliberate framing to inflate the government's relationship with mutants. ”
"If that's the case, the appearance of the Winter Soldier won't be an isolated case." Hill reminded him, writing a line of notes on the memo.
Unbeknownst to them, the Winter Soldier had fallen to Eric months earlier, and that Stryker had thrown himself at Hydra, but Warren kept the secret and told no one about it, so the killer was put into use again. Hydra could only helplessly carry this black cauldron for the new Magneto.
"He looks familiar, though." The captain did not pay attention to their conversation. He was still silently recalling the Winter Soldier's movements, the familiar ones that had come to his best friend. But his friend had fallen into the cliff of the ice valley seventy years ago.
"Bucky ......", pronouncing his friend's name, the captain's body unconsciously leaned forward, and suddenly he wanted to meet the man, and took his mask off his face with his own hands.
, turned around and talked to Coulson, who had come to report the situation.
"How's it going over there, does Eric agree to put the address in Boston?"
He agreed, but there were some demands. Coulson succinctly finished Eric's request, and Fury didn't hesitate for a second and immediately agreed.
"Promise him." The one-eyed black man said categorically. "I asked him to take out the samples as much as possible, and as long as the quality was qualified, I immediately helped him get a loan from the bank."
Coulson nodded, which was in line with his thoughts, but there was still something to remind the director.
"The White House hasn't given up on dealing with mutants, and if they know about our moves, the president might be upset."
"Don't worry about the president, he may not be re-elected, and the most important thing for us right now is not to let the council lose patience." Fury stood up and walked to the window, his hands in his pockets and looking down at the pedestrians below the Triqual Wing Building, his heart feeling some unspeakable anxiety.
Even if it was his most trusted subordinates, some things could not be fully revealed, and the undercurrent in S.H.I.E.L.D. was quietly directing all kinds of conspiracies by one hand, and he had to keep this position so that the situation would not get out of control.
"Our world is so dangerous, Hydra has been everywhere for decades, and now that the mutants are expanding, the situation is forcing us to embrace one or the other, and we obviously have no choice." Fury thought silently, and made a decision in his heart.
On the other side, after being entertained by Bobby's parents, Eric returned to Manhattan with the young man within a few days.
As soon as he entered the office gate, the building was almost crowded.
"What's going on?" Eric asked in surprise, he hadn't seen so many mutants in the past few months, and now his eyes were filled with mutant magnetic fields, and all kinds of auras kept appearing in his eyes.
"Uh, sorry boss, it's all my fault." Pietro suddenly appeared beside him, looking uneasy.
In the few days that Eric went to Boston, two representatives of mutants from other places approached him and asked for help, the other party didn't have much hope, only hoped to get a little relief, but recently some self-aggrandizing Pietro agreed and made a lot of promises, so these poor compatriots were overjoyed and beckoned relatives and friends to leave their hometown and rush over together.
"How many people are there now?" Eric asked, with a twitch in his face.
"About four hundred." Petro replied in a low voice, the number startling him himself.
In the past, all the people who came together were only two hundred, but now they had doubled in just a few days, and Pietro couldn't imagine how these guys could have come so recklessly.
In fact, there is nothing strange about it, some of these people are from Mississippi, and some are from West Virginia, these two places are the poorest places in the United States, the poorer the place, the more chaotic and xenophobic the atmosphere, these people have no special abilities, even Magneto's brotherhood looks down on them, as soon as they hear that someone is willing to lend a hand, and it is a promise made by the subordinates of the well-known heroes, so their representatives went back and said that people immediately rushed over together.
In addition to Petero's unreliable promises, the lavish interior of the building also increased confidence, and Eric's original planning finally had a negative effect.
"What did you promise them?" Eric asked, taking advantage of the fact that no one was looking, pulling Pietro out of the building. "You're not going to tell them I'm going to settle them in Manhattan, are you?"
The students also swarmed around Pietro, and at this time, the complex side of human nature was fully revealed, and no one was willing to pay the price of a lower standard of living, even if he wanted his fellow citizens to live happily.
Especially a few girls, they were afraid that their carefully arranged little world would be occupied by people from outside.
Fortunately, Pietro's brain hasn't gotten home yet.
"Safety, Housing, Work, Education...... It's about the same as an ordinary person. He slurred, and Eric confirmed it again, then finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although his money is easy to come by, it is not as much as people think, the building that Warren got is his biggest asset, most of the other funds have not been transferred back in Osborne Industries, and even this investment in the purchase of the factory is also a capital game to play using the urgent needs of S.H.I.E.L.D., if Pietro promises too much, although he can eventually come back, but it will inevitably lose credibility in the hearts of his compatriots.
However, such a promise is still within the scope of acceptance, he took a general look, there are old and young inside, children can continue to be stuffed into the college, so that the professor has a headache, the old man has contacted a newly established community near the college to provide elderly care services, young people can be arranged according to the situation, especially excellent selection and use, and the rest of the Boston factories just need people to fill in.
When you think about it, what Pietro did wasn't entirely stupid. (To be continued)
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