"Give him something."

Receiving Pierce's motion, Rumlow placed the silver-white safe in his hand on the table, and after verifying his fingerprints and pupils, he opened it.

Twelve sides of the same length formed six sides, which in turn enclosed a crystal clear cube, which emitted a faint blue light that illuminated Rumlow's face.

With the image of the blue cube in his eyes, the fanatical look on Dr. Radcliffe's face could no longer be concealed, and he couldn't wait to put on a pair of special exoskeleton gloves, took it out of the safe, held it in the palm of his hand, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help muttering: "Is this an imitation of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube?" ”

"That's right, this is the only finished product that has been imitated after thousands of failures using the debris 'scraped' off the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, which I call - Cosmic Cube.

Although it does not have the infinite energy of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, in some ways, it is much more magical than the Cosmic Rubik's Cube. ”

Pierce's smug look was overflowing, and he walked over and patted Dr. Radcliffe on the shoulder, who was still distracted: "It's beautiful, isn't it?" ”

Of course, the Cosmic Cube was not created by a person like Pierce who can only play with power, but was imitated by Baron Straker, Dr. Hall and Dr. Zola, which lasted more than ten years and cooperated with hundreds of scientific researchers.

After becoming the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Pierce discovered that the Cosmic Cube was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s biggest treasure.

Not only did it appeal to the Red Skull during World War II, but it also inspired Howard Stark to invent an energy device that could almost change the world.

An incident occurred during his tenure that completely refreshed his worldview.

In 1995, a monster named Carol Danvers returned to Earth and teamed up with Nick Fury to repel an alien invasion.

According to the footage taken by spy satellites in outer space, this monster finally scuttled through a fleet of interstellar warships with only its flesh, and directly frightened an interstellar mothership with a length of dozens of kilometers into a panic.

After using his bureau chief authority to view the top secrets kept in the S.H.I.E.L.D. database, Pierce discovered that this monster was also created by the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.

During the previous director's tenure, S.H.I.E.L.D. cooperated with the U.S. imperialist military to launch a secret project called the 'Pegasus Project'.

The specifics of the plan are somewhat fantastical, and they want to use the Cosmic Cube to develop an engine that can support faster-than-light travel.

The woman, Carol Danvers, was the pilot of the pilot of the pilot of the program, who later disappeared in an accident and was judged to be 'dead'.

Although he didn't know exactly what happened, Pierce knew that Carol's changes must be inseparable from the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, which also gave him hope to fight against those super mutants and various superpowers.

So under his leadership, Hydra secretly invested hundreds of billions of dollars worth of resources to conduct experiments, research on the cosmic Rubik's Cube, and finally reaped the fruit last year, successfully creating a highly similar imitation that is easier for people to use.

When he came back to his senses and saw that Pierce had stripped off only a pair of pants and was lying in a particle syringe, Dr. Radcliffe hurriedly put the Cosmic Cube in his hand into a spherical device connected to a transparent catheter.

Running to the next control panel to set the parameters, Dr. Radcliffe held out his finger and trembled to press the red start button on the instrument.

'Buzz ......'

Under the influence of an unknown energy, the Cosmic Cube turned into a dark blue superfluid (Note 1), which was pulled by an invisible force and poured into the particle syringe through the transparent tubes on both sides.

Under the influence of the particle injector, the dark blue superfluid was dissociated into a cloud of mist-like particles, which spread through the chamber with a strong light.

………………

One night later.

'Click. ’

There was a crisp sound, and Pierce walked out of the inside.

Touching his smooth skin, he looked at Rumlow, who was guarding the side, and said, "Give me a mirror, or something that allows me to see myself." ”

"Yes."

Seeing Pierce's appearance, Rumlow's shock could not be concealed.

But he didn't say anything more, silently took out his mobile phone, switched it to the front camera mode, and handed it to his leader.

Moist, smooth skin, blonde, flowing hair, strong, muscular muscles, and a familiar face.

Pierce is sure that this is who he was forty years ago.

"How are you feeling, Director? Is there anything uncomfortable? ”

Awakened by the noise, Dr. Radcliffe hurried to Pierce, trembling with excitement when he saw his appearance clearly.

"I feel better than ever."

After closing his eyes and carefully experiencing this energetic body for a while, Pierce's face flashed a sickly smile, and then with a gesture of his hand, the clothes and pants not far away seemed to be lifted by a pair of invisible big hands, and automatically flew in front of him.

Rubbing his palms, Dr. Radcliffe couldn't wait to say, "Director, can you let us conduct a comprehensive examination of your body to determine your current condition?" ”

Pierce, the old fox, couldn't see his thoughts, and didn't even think about refusing decisively: "My own body knows it myself, don't bother." ”

He didn't want his body to be manipulated by this group of scientific maniacs, who knows what the consequences would be.

"Director, the distinguished guests of the Security Council are about to arrive."

Raising his hand to look at the time, Rumlow also made an assist, reminding in a low voice.

"Let's go, go meet our four old friends."

A mockery rose into Pierce's face.

………………

"How's the flight going?"

Leading the four members of the World Security Council towards the interior of the Triple Wing Building, Pierce had disguised himself as before.

"It's good, but it's not a good way from the airport."

A half-aged woman in a blue dress with blond hair complained.

"It's a shame that S.H.I.E.L.D. can't control everything, including Captain America."

In order to prevent accidents, Pierce has already placed all the sections of the road near the Sanqu Wing Building under martial law.

Receiving a black box from the guard, with a hypocritical smile on his face, he introduced: "The building's identity relies on biometrics, and only this badge allows you to move around here unhindered." ”

As fellow members of the Security Council, these men never thought that Pierce would do anything about it.

Only the woman in blue, no, Natasha, who should say know Pierce's true face, had doubts about this thing.

But in order not to expose herself, she had to reluctantly wear this badge on her chest.

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Note 1: Superfluid is a state of matter characterized by a complete lack of viscosity. If the superfluid is placed in a ring-shaped container, it can flow endlessly because there is no friction. It can pass through the microtubules with zero resistance, and even automatically "drop" upwards from the bowl and escape, which is a very magical phenomenon.