"So,"

The gray-haired, black-clad old man sat at the other end of the conference table, looking at the asylum across the table with a somewhat scrutinizing gaze.

"You're telling us that the aliens are already on their way?"

The old man's name is Zidane Wright, an old man who has been in the club of the most powerful people on the pole planet. And in addition to his regular position, he has recently been given a special responsibility, which is to supervise and be responsible for the operations and details of the Secret Service 9.

Lee Chang-sung's incident made them realize that the Ninth Secret Service had too many privileges and too much freedom before, so that no one found out about the water leakage and addiction at the top. As a result, the candidates for the new director have been repeatedly considered and have been unable to be finalized, and a special regulatory department has been set up to inquire into the details.

Also because there was no director, the meeting was attended by several senior officials from the Nine Divisions at the same time.

"To be precise, the information we get describes them as gods, something that may be beyond our imagination." Minister Shi Jinqiang said, "There are signs that we may not be able to cope with the current means. ”

"And the reason why you believe these ......" Zidane did not hide his irritability and skeptical attitude, "is because of an outlier side of what you call 'the ancient'?" ”

"She gave a lot of details, and many of them can be found in the ruins that we have excavated so far."

This time it was Professor Miyazaki who spoke.

"We did a lot of comparisons from the excavated ruins according to her words, and verified the authenticity of most of the contents. In the ruins and antiquities related to the ancients, especially the evidence related to infection, there are indeed many traces of the existence of 'gods' other than the ancients.

There are a few other records and clues that we have never thought in that direction before. But now, looking back at those old clues from a new perspective guided by the ancients, we do find that they match what she has told.

So yes, I think there's a good chance that the alien gods it is talking about actually exist. ”

"But there's no indication that that's going to be a threat to us." Zidane said.

"Yes, we've only managed to prove that these things exist, but the only thing that suggests they might be a threat to the Pole Star...... There is only one side of the story of the ancient, and the fact that the source of infection has indeed been waking up on a large scale in the past year. ”

"And then just because of this unwarranted possibility, you have made huge resource requests, even more exaggerated than what you have received in the past from the Secret Service Nine." Zidane frowned, "Have you read the application yourself?" Professor Miyazaki? Do you know what the resources you're asking for add up to value? ”

"In terms of defending the planet from foreign invasions? We've tried our best to be conservative. ”

"It's just that you think there may be enemies, but maybe it's just a conspiracy theory, or maybe you're using it as an excuse to trick us into spending more." Zidane said politely, "But I need to stress again that with such a large amount of money we have invested, the performance of the nine places so far ......"

"Not good enough, we know." Professor Miyazaki shrugged, "But I must also emphasize the archaic that we have faced so far...... They're just ancient polar star creatures that have touched the Transcendent Seed, but even then we'll see what they can do.

If the source of their power really emerges......"

Zidane wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a middle-aged man sitting next to him.

"I think Professor Miyazaki is right, we do need to consider the possibility of an invasion."

Chai Pingdong is also a member of the provisional supervision team.

Compared with his colleague Zinedine Zidane, he was relatively mild-mannered, but still pointed out the problem unceremoniously.

"But it is also true that the performance of the Ninth Special Service Division so far has not been satisfactory. Your proposed plan can be considered, but it needs to be evaluated and reviewed. ”

Zidane continued unceremoniously: "Before that, I think there should be other more urgent problems in the nine places before the unwarranted extraterrestrial problems. So far, however, we have not been informed of any progress. ”

"We've sent a team to check the address of the captured ancient, but its companion is gone. But we did find evidence at the scene that three of the Ancients had been there. ”

This time it was Operations Minister Hercules who answered, and his voice was deep but powerful.

"We are still searching for their whereabouts. The captured ancient man explained the pattern of the three companions, and it should not be long before they ......"

"No, of course this part is important, but that's not what I'm talking about." Zinedine Zidane interrupted him and said coldly, "You know what I'm referring to. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the assistant on the side of the conference room. The assistant operated twice on the terminal in his hand, and a projection screen suddenly appeared in the center of the conference table, which showed a clear image.

The framed shots are Batman in action, the Spider-Man duo of ace aerial combat, Batwing doing stunts with anti-physical maneuvers, Iron Man pushing giant wheels, and the Iron Army of the Ancients in aerial combat.

Obviously, this is all prepared information in advance, and he came prepared.

"A mysterious force is on the rise, and a group of masked illegal organizations with super-technological and extraordinary powers are operating right under our noses." Zidane snapped, "Their origins, their identities, their purpose...... These should also be your responsibilities, your tasks.

But what do you have now? Nothing. That's the answer you're spending a lot of money on? ”

In a way, that's fine.

I'm used to the madhouse here, and it feels quite comfortable for people to go in and out all day long, and I know how to change my position when I pat my ass. But others are different.

A group of guys with even more anti-heaven abilities and even more anti-heaven technology, completely unknown forces, come as they want in their own backyard in the territory that originally belonged to them. Unless this is already in place, they will have to resist the meaning even if they go through the motions.

"The ability and technology of the other party are above us, and we can't track and locate them." It was Minister Shi of the Equipment Department who spoke, and he was also the first person in the madhouse to rot, "and at the moment all signs indicate that they are not hostile, and they have all behaved very friendly so far."

Of course, we have never given up our willingness to negotiate and understand, but it must be based on friendship. Because as we know, their strength is immeasurable, if we overstep the bounds......"

"They have invaded our territory, our world, and are wielding extremely dangerous weapons in our world.

Tell me, Minister Shi, if you move into your neighborhood a new neighbor and you don't know anything about him, and you happen to know that he has a nuclear bomb buried in his basement that could detonate at any moment...... What would you do? ”

"It is necessary to understand the situation, but Minister Shi's point of view is also reasonable." Chai Pingdong on the side said again, "If they are friendly, we better keep it like this......

But Zidane still answered his own questions on his own.

"No, you're going to contact the authorities at times like this to make sure your neighbor's nuclear weapons are under control so you can sleep peacefully — and that's what I want.

Do you want more resources? Yes, but with one condition.

I need to know who they are, no masks, no tricks, no concealment, fifteen-fifteen-ten fifteen and fifteen to figure out where they came from and what they are planning.

That's the only way to ......

......！！？ ”

He only said half of his words, and swallowed back in the second half, his eyes widened to reveal an expression of "lying in a big groove".

Almost exactly the same reaction as everyone else in the room would see what they saw.

In front of all of them, in the center of the conference table, a phantom appeared out of thin air. The light distorted unnaturally, like a transparent wave rolling through the space, and then a red and gold steel body appeared in front of everyone as if it had refreshed out of thin air.

Iron Man Armor Mark XVI, codename Nightclub, stealth armor of the Iron Man series.

He stood in the middle of the room, looking through the cold steel mask at the old man behind the table in front of him, his mouth wide open and frightened.

"I heard someone wants to see me?"

From under the steel helmet, a mechanized, cold, eerie voice came from the speaker.

"I'm coming."