In the office of the S.H.I.E.L.D. psychiatrist, Schiller looked at the assessment report in his hand and said to Natasha, who was sitting opposite: "Madam, there is nothing wrong with your mental health evaluation report, all the indicators are normal, showing that you are mentally healthy, but in terms of anxiety, it seems to be a little fluctuating than before, have you been worried about anything recently?" ”

"Ah......h ”

"All members involved in the solar system development program have any psychological problems, which is within my purview." Schiller replied, holding the paper in both hands and saying to Natasha: "Any communication and conversation you have with the psychiatrist is completely confidential, so you can talk about your private affairs, and I would be happy to listen to it." ”

Natasha's face did not show any obvious emotion, it was clear that the female agent was still immersed in her work, but she seemed to have a special trust in Schiller, so she lowered her voice and said:

"Recently, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been following the protests on New York's airline transportation routes, with more than 50 large and small protests erupting in quick succession in the Brooklyn and Bronx districts in a month."

"But that should be the FBI's jurisdiction, right?" Schiller took his eyes off the papers, put down what he was holding, leaned back in his chair, and asked in a relaxed tone as if in a private conversation.

"That's right, it was the FBI that found traces of the activities of superpowered people during the protests, and they didn't dare to act rashly, so they contacted S.H.I.E.L.D."

"You're in charge of all of this now?" Schiller asked.

"My subordinates." Natasha opened her eyes, as if she had thought of something, and said, "Or my subordinates, there are too many major events on the planet right now, and the protests in a certain country, a certain city, or a certain region are not even small things the size of sesame seeds." ”

"S.H.I.E.L.D. is extremely short of people, the shortage of people has already been shortage, this kind of thing only accounts for 1/5 of an agent's workload, we pay attention there, but we haven't started to deal with it yet, after all, there is an FBI here, and the situation will not spread very seriously."

"Then why do you say it's your private business? So far, it's still work, right? ”

Natasha nodded, her face became more serious, she pursed her lips lightly and said, "The day before I went for a psychological evaluation, Banner found me, and he said that one of his friends was injured by the police during a protest in the Bronx. ”

"Armed clashes have broken out?" Schiller leaned forward slightly and asked.

"It's a shoving incident." The female agent didn't frown, and her mouth spat out a series of information smoothly: "The protest crowd crowded the streets of the Bronx, and when local police and FBI agents arrived at the scene, they found a small group of people rushing into the local convenience store to smash and loot. ”

"The police used a taser and subdued the gang leader, only to have a young man suddenly rush up and try to grab the police by the neck, and the FBI agent shot him directly, but he was dodged, and his companion covered his escape, and he was pinned to the ground in a matter of seconds."

"They all shots, and it's a shoving incident?"

"Didn't hit anyone." Natasha shook her head and said: "There are only two similar incidents, one is a pushing incident, the other is a bloodshed incident, and there is no median value, the specific difference is whether the police fired a warning shot to cause real bloodshed and casualties, obviously not, so it is a pushing incident." ”

"Banner is the young man's friend?"

"Far from it." Natasha shook her head again and said, "The father of one of the accomplices who covered the young man's escape was the caretaker of the parking lot in Banner's neighborhood, and after the father's son was caught, he was charged with six counts and required a hefty bail. ”

"His father hid in the security booth and cried during work, and he happened to meet Banner who got off work, you know, Banner is actually a delicate person, exceptionally gentle and sensitive, but at the same time, he is a bit of a scholarly personality who is too introverted and not good at socializing."

"He's been in the lab lately, and he can't figure out who is in charge of this kind of thing, and when he came to S.H.I.E.L.D. to look for me, he heard from others that my group was looking at it, so he went straight to me."

Schiller also shook his head a little helplessly and said: "Serious overstepping, and also talking to personal friends about business that may have confidential information, well, who made him Bruce Banner?" Every genius scientist is Nick's baby. ”

Natasha burst out laughing, as if she had heard the deeper part of Schiller's joke.

But she still reached out and brushed the hair on her forehead, and said with some sadness: "It's good that superheroes are compassionate, or because of their abundant compassion, they are superheroes, but their excessive compassion affects rational judgment." ”

"I described the truth to Banner, but he still thought the FBI and the police were not doing the right thing, and that in the face of impulsive young people, it should be a matter of persuasion, and he wanted everyone to speak well."

"It's not wrong in a sense, but it's completely unrealistic." Natasha commented: "In the face of this situation, it is necessary to give priority to subduing and even killing, and hesitation will only escalate the bloodshed. ”

"Typical clash between scientific and security personnel." Schiller noted: "Ma'am, I think you should be able to see that this group of top scientists is more or less idealistic and romantic, because only these magnificent fantasies can calm the depression and frustration caused by the dry research data day after day." ”

"They have to think about the world as a better place, so that they can have the motivation to devote their lives to it, and they will not be like you, who have realized in personal experience that the weak are not only weak as an attribute, but also may be evil, violent, and messing around."

"Exactly." Natasha nodded and said, "Maybe there is indeed unjust bloodshed, and in the midst of these more than 50 protests, there must have been people who have been wrongfully injured, I admit it, but I will no longer have any sympathy for this, this is the basic skill of the agents." ”

"It is the noble who is human, not a profession or a social position, the poor have saints and wicked people, and the rich are the same, and every group is a mixture of good and bad people."

"And when there is a conflict between two groups, the good and the bad are intertwined, and everyone sees the good side of their group, and deliberately does not look at the bad side."

"But I don't want to poke that out of Banner." The female agent shook her head to the point that it was invisible, and she continued: "There is no need for him to realize this, he is a genius scientist, even if the world is about to be destroyed, he is the first person to board Noah's Ark, and the ideal point is good." ”

"They are protected people, so they feel empowered to protect others." Schiller relaxed his eyebrows and said, "Compassion is precious, and if one can live in an ivory tower for the rest of his life, how can it not be a kind of happiness?" ”

"Well, ma'am, I have understood the specifics of the matter and the arguments about right and wrong, but what about your private feelings?"

"Banner expects me to give him a result." Natasha's mouth tightened into a line and said, "But obviously, this kind of thing will not lead to anything, but I don't want to disappoint him." ”

"The fact of the situation now is that S.H.I.E.L.D. simply doesn't have the strength to focus on this kind of thing because of the speculation of a superpowered person who catches the wind and shadows, and the FBI is fully capable of handling this matter."

"I don't want to delay other work to satisfy my private feelings, maybe that's why I'm a little anxious, but I don't think it's a big problem, I can adjust it myself, or you can prescribe me some placebos, I want mint flavor."

"Do you personally think there are any suspicious points worth paying attention to in this incident?" Schiller asked with a slight narrowing of his eyes.

"Do you mean that there are people who incite protests and intensify conflicts?" Natasha said unconcernedly: "It's not a doubt, it's a problem in every protest in every country." ”

"Maybe in the early stage, some people did freely express their dissatisfaction, but once the flame is lit, someone will inevitably add firewood to it, and the trouble will be out of control, and sometimes there is more than one person and one force, so the way most countries deal with this kind of thing is to directly snuff out the sprouts."

"As for why we didn't do it, we have to ask the FBI what they eat." Natasha's tone revealed obvious dissatisfaction, she said: "The FBI now seems to think that everyone in New York is a superpower or a potential superpower, and as long as they throw it to S.H.I.E.L.D., they are not responsible anyway." ”

"Do you think that with your current state of mind, you still have the ability to catch the shadow of a superpower?" Schiller asked again.

Natasha understood the hint in his words, and the female agent changed her position, no longer leaning back in her chair so relaxed, but propped her arms on the table, her muscles tense, apparently in her work.

"I think, I can't do it, you've read my psychological evaluation report, severe anxiety has swallowed my heart, I feel very sad and sad, I can hardly do this job anymore, doctor, I need to rest."

"But, ma'am, you must understand that we are short of men now." Schiller's conversation changed, and he seemed to immediately swap places with Natasha, and said, "Although this kind of work is less than a tenth of the workload of an agent, we really can't find an additional 100 agents to handle it." ”

Natasha sighed very regretfully and said, "Doctor, all I can say is that the mental health assessment system you and Director Nick have established is so prescient that if it weren't for that, I might have had a nervous breakdown in my post." ”

"But you have taught me the importance of resting and regulating my mental state, so now, I'm going to take over the department and put my work on hold."

"It looks like Coulson has to take over." Schiller stood up, shook hands with the female agent, and said, "Don't worry and feel guilty about this, after all, Coulson has more than 600,000 agents on the more than 30,000 jobs at hand." ”

"No, doctor, I'm still very worried about this, and if you don't want my condition to get worse, you must grant my request."

"Tell me, ma'am, I'll do my best."

Natasha raised her head and raised a hand, and said in a dramatic tone: "Although my colleague Coulson has a strong ability to work and can implement everything and pay attention to every piece of data, it is obvious that more than 30,000 jobs will inevitably distract him, and the personnel transfer of more than 600,000 agents is also a burden that he has to carry on his shoulders. ”

"In that case, I implore you, the doctor, to help him pay more attention to the mental health of my department agents, but don't let them collapse from the stress of their work, as I did."

"Don't worry, ma'am, I'll go to your office right now to get a detailed and unobtrusive look at the mental and mental state of your subordinates."

"Then I'll be relieved, so I can have some free time to recuperate my spirits."

"By the way, take care of your personal emotional issues."

“…… Incidentally. ”

The two hands clasped together vigorously, and the female agent smiled and walked away briskly.

Three minutes later, in the office of Natasha's emergency response team, Schiller slapped the papers on the table with an expressionless face, crossed his arms and looked around, and all the agents below were silent, not daring to raise their heads.

"You didn't work as hard as you could." Schiller first made a cold tone, and then continued: "Black Widow was keenly aware of this, and pushed the job at hand to me, wanting Nick to criticize me, but she made a good move. ”

Instantly, the atmosphere in the room became tense, and a middle-aged female agent stood up and said, "She hid it from all of us, and we don't know what she was going to do. ”

"It's not helpful to say more." Schiller didn't even look at her, and began to pace around the room, occasionally sweeping everyone's face with a cold look, and everyone who made eye contact with him bowed their heads in fear.

"Of course, you can grind foreign workers under Natasha's hands, this female agent is only in Cao Ying's heart, but Hydra only needs results."

"Now, with all our efforts to investigate the specifics of the protests that have erupted in Brooklyn and the Bronsk districts, while ensuring that your work is not disrupted."

"In two days, I want results! Don't pile up a bunch of boring data in front of me, I want a core solution! ”

Schiller said aloud:

"Get to work, remember, long live Hydra."

"Long live the hydra."

With that, Schiller left the room, closed the door, walked briskly to the next door, exchanged glances with a man sitting in the front row, immediately walked up to him and shook hands, and said directly in Russian:

"Comrade, have you heard about the protests of the people at the bottom in two districts of New York? I knew that these lackeys of capital were absolutely unreliable, and they wanted to suppress the people again. ”

"Yes, comrade, of course I have heard that since mankind has made substantial progress in entering the universe, we, the remnants of the previous era, have seen hope again, but in addition to the high starry sky, we must also pay attention to the people on earth."

Before Schiller could speak, another lady walked up, looked at Schiller and said, "This is Natasha's scope of work, and we are planning to make contact with her." ”

"No, don't do it, it's embarrassing her." Schiller replied to her quickly: "It is not easy to gain a foothold here, we cannot trap another comrade in injustice. ”

"Nick is interested in setting up a new organization to deal with interstellar intelligence, so I don't have time to pay attention here, I've already handed over work with Comrade Natasha, and I'll arrange the investigation of the protests."

"Of course, Comrade Schiller, we unanimously agree that you are the only one in S.H.I.E.L.D. who can take on this great responsibility, and you have shown this with your actions, and it is all your credit that we are here, and the comrades within the KGB will fully support you."

"Don't say that, all the credit is the credit of the people, and since you have no objections, let's get started."

Schiller shook hands with them in turn, and after glancing around with a sincere gaze, he said, "Throw yourself into the great labor, comrade." ”

(End of chapter)