Christmas 2008 is sure to become a new urban legend in many people's mouths.

Whether it's the ruins of western Queens, or the thunderclouds that covered the sky in Midtown Manhattan that day, or the appearance of mutants....

And those heavily armed men who were caught by the New York Police Department that day....

All of them show that what happened that day was serious.

But no one knows what happened in the big place that day, at least not what they should know.

In the S.H.I.E.L.D. three-curve wing building, Pierce looked at Nick Fury, who had Diana's neck broken, and couldn't control his emotions.

This guy was the one who made every effort to sit in the position of the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., but now this seat is vacant again, just because of Nick Fury's own death, and finally let him really kill himself.

Pierce rubbed the back of his head, and if he didn't want to maintain his image, he really wanted to add a few bullet holes to Nick Fury's corpse.

With this guy in front of him, Hydra was able to develop steadily. If there is a major problem, push this kid forward, and nothing will happen.

This guy has always come up with some reason to reassure the Council, and he has always gotten a lot of money from the Council.

"Secretary-General, the meeting is ready." A bald agent knocked on the door and walked in.

Pierce nodded, then looked at Nick Fury's body again, "Let's bury Fury's body earlier." ”

The agent just nodded.

Pierce pushed open the door and walked towards the meeting floor where the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was about to be decided.

As for Nick Fury's body, who cares about a dead man?

When Pierce pushed open the door to the conference room, he saw that many of S.H.I.E.L.D. management, as well as those with level 8 clearance and above, were here.

Although S.H.I.E.L.D. is a secret agency, it is absolutely impossible for such a big internal matter to be determined by just a few people.

Moreover, from various perspectives, all agents with level 8 and above have the possibility of becoming the next director of S.H.I.E.L.D. director.

Of course, there is only one person with the highest probability.

The current head of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s New York Division, Maria Hill.

This is the most optimistic person in the Security Council, and he will basically be the next director of S.H.I.E.L.D. bureau.

But the ascension of Maria Hill will inevitably make Hydra, who was originally hidden in S.H.I.E.L.D., very uncomfortable.

There's no way, who makes the girls not good people.

Maria Hill's indifference and firmness have no way to give Hydra access to the environment they live in, not to mention that they have been exposed by Diana now.

As soon as Maria Hill comes to power, it will inevitably lead to a serious internal scrutiny and purge.

Even the agent hierarchy of S.H.I.E.L.D. was considered to have started to operate normally after Hill arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. It is not bad for the Security Council that such a productive and unsympathetic agent has become the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. director.

At least it won't be like the kind of public use in Nick Fury's hands.

"You're late, Secretary Pierce." Among the five screens in front of him, a somewhat vicissitudes of life sounded, and the Star-Spangled Banner under the screen indicated its identity.

It was a white-haired man, and it was obvious that he was a little caught off guard by what had happened recently.

First in New York, the western part of Queens, which was in ruins due to S.H.I.E.L.D. operations, and then the death of the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was announced. It really makes this veteran American politician a little big.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. field agents who were now seized by the New York Police Department are still in their detention cells.

After all, the New York Police Department doesn't rely on people who sit in Washington to eat, and even the FBI dares to scare them. Not to mention a secret service agency whose name has been exposed by others.

The person who said that he arrested you would not be able to be released easily.

But what can be done then?

Let's decide on the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and then think about the guys who have been arrested in the New York Police Department.

"Just see an old friend for the last time." Pierce walked to his seat and sat down.

No one would have thought there was anything wrong with Pierce's reason for being late, and there was no one in S.H.I.E.L.D. who didn't know the Secretary-General's relationship with Nick Fury.

That's really a relationship.

"Now that Secretary Pierce has arrived, it's time to start the meeting, Director Hill." A member of the Council does not want to drag on like this.

Anyway, the result is basically a foregone conclusion.

The next S.H.I.E.L.D. director will inevitably be the resolute lady who is now presiding over the meeting.

At most, this meeting is to introduce you to the ceremony of Maria Hill, who has been acting director since the death of Nick Fury, and officially became the director.

"I'm sorry, councilors, it's clear to me that S.H.I.E.L.D. needs a director to take charge of the big picture, but do we need to determine the true cause of Nick Fury's death first?" Pierce tapped on his desk and spoke into the five screens.

"I understand Secretary Pierce's feelings, the cause of Nick Fury's death is a very important event, but now it is more important to have S.H.I.E.L.D. have a real leader." The lady from Buckingham Palace retorted to Pierce's question.

To tell the truth, if Nick Fury hadn't been strongly recommended by the Secretary-General before, he would never have been able to sit in the position of S.H.I.E.L.D. chief.

Moreover, since the black boiled egg became the director of the S.H.I.E.L.D. bureau, S.H.I.E.L.D. began to disobey some of the Council's requirements, and now that the black boiled egg is dead, it can be regarded as in line with the Council's wishes.

Pierce also knew that he could only use this kind of lame reason to interfere with the meeting process now, but only this time.

Nothing now interferes with the Council's promotion of Mary Hill to the post of S.H.I.E.L.D. chief. Only in this way can S.H.I.E.L.D. be completely back on track.

At least that's the direction that the three parties want from the United States, Buckingham Palace and the Élysée Palace.

As for the other two, they basically don't care much about this so-called S.H.I.E.L.D. formed for the security of the world.

After all, they all have their own similar institutions, and then S.H.I.E.L.D.?

There is no way to stop Maria Hill from joining S.H.I.E.L.D. now, except that Ms. Carter, who is now retiring in England, has rejuvenated herself and returned to the S.H.I.E.L.D. building.

This meeting is very short, after all, no matter what, S.H.I.E.L.D. is nothing more than the Security Council spends money on it, and no one can have more power over S.H.I.E.L.D. than the Council.

By the time the meeting ended, Maria Hill was already the new head of S.H.I.E.L.D. director.

"Congratulations, Agent Hill." Pierce shook the young lady's hand after the meeting, then said apologetically to Hill, "I'm sorry, it's time to change your tune, Director Hill." ”

With that, Pierce patted the new director on the shoulder and was about to leave the conference room.

"Secretary General Pierce." But no one expected that the new director would stop Pierce.

"What's wrong?"

Hill walked up to Pierce, his blue eyes staring at the man in front of him, and then said a little coldly, "I know some people think it's not a good thing for me to be a governor. ”

Pierce listened to Hill's words, still with that surging smile on his face, and didn't say anything about Hill's words at all.

"It's okay, they can try it and pull me down from here." Hill's cold tone revealed her full confidence, "Of course, you also have to be mentally prepared to be cleaned up, what do you say?" Secretary General Pierce. ”

Pierce didn't answer, just smiled slightly, turned and left.

"The one who contacted Manhattan." Watching Pierce leave the conference room, Hill said to Coulson, who was now following him.

There are times when America is no longer a playground for politicians.

And there is a God who sits in heaven and watches all this. Even if you're not interested in the game of ants, you want to let people know that there will be no problems.

The ants still have a sense of awe for her.

"Understood." Coulson didn't ask anything, after all, now that the boss has changed, whatever the boss says, is what he says.

Coulson, who had just wanted to go out and start working, returned to Hill.

"What's wrong?"

"Previously, Director Fury also had an agreement with the Commander of the United States about the Avengers Project, and this agreement was also signed not long before Director Fury's death." Coulson said to Ciel.

To be honest, Nick Fury has only told his own absolutely loyal subordinate. The Council was not even made aware of the matter.

After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. is funded by the Security Council, and it will not be good to hook up with the United States now.

Not many people know about this.

"You'd better tell me that this is the only thing he's hiding from the bureau?" Hill really doesn't know if his former boss had some other messes during his lifetime.

Coulson really wanted to say that, but in the end he chose not to talk about it. In a sense, even he won't be fully trusted by Nick Fury. Therefore, there are some things that he doesn't know, so he can only wait for these things to surface.

Hill tried his best to control his expression and make sure he didn't show the slightest hint of a problem.

Now she understands that sometimes racial superiority really exists. At least Nick Fury's dark face hid in the middle of nowhere, and no one knew what the expression on that face was.

"Tell me about the agreement." Hill also gave up, and now it's safest to get it done one thing at a time.

Director Fury was in charge of conducting the initial screening of the Avengers candidates, and then handed them over to the United States to determine the final list. But all this is premised on Nick Fury being able to be the leader of this squad. Coulson said to Ciel.

"In other words, the current Avengers project is no longer S.H.I.E.L.D., is it?" Hill is really starting to get some headaches.

It's obviously a super team used to deal with a world crisis, but now all of a sudden, this thing has become something that the United States and S.H.I.E.L.D. cooperate.

Isn't that America's squad?

What else is there to talk about the so-called protection of world peace?

"Yes." Coulson didn't want to admit it, but that's what it was.

In black and white, there is no way to deny something that you can't deny.

"Well, it looks like we're probably going to have more than just some communication with the man in Manhattan." Ciel pressed her eyebrows, and now she felt some pain in her head.

"So be it."

Coulson looked at his new boss's expression, and left the conference room with great interest, leaving only Director Hill, who was now having a headache.

Pierce, who returned to his office at the other end, had no emotional turmoil at all, just poured himself a glass of whiskey, and then stood in front of his floor-to-ceiling window and quietly enjoyed the view outside the Sanqu Wing.

He wasn't worried about Maria Hill being Hydra right now.

Obviously, the new director didn't want to burn the first fire inside S.H.I.E.L.D.

At the very least, we have to get rid of the mess on the outside so that we have time to get back to dealing with the inside of S.H.I.E.L.D.

If there is anyone who cares about grades the most in this huge S.H.I.E.L.D., there is no one else except the current Director Maria Hill. And this kind of person will be the person who cares most about S.H.I.E.L.D., and will never allow S.H.I.E.L.D. to have any stains that people can catch casually.

Hydra is the same, there is only one way to continue to hide and develop after Diana exposes them, and that is to help the new director keep cleaning up the mess of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Especially the stuff that Nick Fury made.

Pierce took a sip of the whiskey in his hand.

"Looks like we're going to have to help each other." Pierce laughed.

In the distant star field, a woman is hurrying at full speed.

The whole body was emitted with colorful light, and in this vacuum universe where there was no way to transmit sound, it was as if you could hear the sound of a woman's all-out speed breaking through the air.

The long blond hair with the shawl had been completely transformed into a mohican hairstyle by the red hood at the moment.

The seven-colored streamer dragging behind him is already proving that this guy is flying towards the earth at his fastest speed.

That's right, before Nick Fury died, this guy did press down on the galactic pager that could pass the message to Captain Marvel Carroll.

Now Carol has only one thought, that is, why did Diana press the pager, it can't be that she met some enemy, something went wrong, right?

That's right.

Carol didn't give Nick Fury a pager in the first place so that he could summon himself in a dangerous time to deal with the mess.

That thing was for Diana!

What's the use of giving him?