American Comics: The Law of Strength

Chapter 123: The Storm Is Coming

S.H.I.E.L.D., full name is the Homeland Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency.

As the official military operations organization and intelligence agency of the FBI and CIA, its primary responsibility is to defend against things that are considered "significant threats" to the world, or to the United States.

In terms of functions alone, it has duplicates with the FBI and CIA, but its importance within the US government is increasing day by day, and after Nick Fury took over the position of director of S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D. directly broke through certain boundaries compared to its brothers.

S.H.I.E.L.D. not only has at least one operational center dedicated to their use in every military base belonging to the United States in the world, but also has more manpower and funds available for deployment than other departments can imagine, and now S.H.I.E.L.D. even has its own special talent training base, more than one.

And the reason why S.H.I.E.L.D. gained such attention, and even surpassed its brother department in terms of power, was because of its true function.

Defense is a major threat with supernatural powers.

In the eyes of many government officials, this function is just a scam created by Nick Fury in order to defraud funds, and it is also a scam created to make S.H.I.E.L.D. stand out among many agencies and departments, just as the US military advocated to Congress every year about the great threat posed by a country or organization, so that Congress could allocate more funds.

But now only members of S.H.I.E.L.D. know that these threats are real.

Recently, everyone in S.H.I.E.L.D. has been busy with their plans, and they have countless paranormal cases to investigate, and now there are two big cases on their heads, making every staff member breathless recently.

Even Nick Fury, a workaholic, was a little uncomfortable, rubbing his temples and constantly answering "calls" through the three-dimensional image transmission device.

These "calls" have reports from the recent progress of the case, the accountability of the top government officials, the pull of this year's budget, and the continuous attack of troubles, which even gave him the idea that he must take a good vacation when the time is right.

At this moment, another call request sign flashed in front of the desk, Nick Fury sighed, but when he saw the initiator of the communication, his only remaining eye narrowed slightly, he immediately connected the "phone", and the current Captain America, Sharon's appearance immediately appeared at the desk.

As soon as Sharon's image appeared, she quickly and standardly completed the salute, while Nick Fury only nodded slightly, and Sharon grinded her teeth unpleasantly, but Nick Fury said without care:

"I've read the report you submitted, but I'm curious how much do you believe Tony Stark and the 'Batman' claims?"

What Nick Fury said was the interrogation that Tony and his party were questioned when they were "rescued" and sent to Germany, where they confessed to a certain extent how they escaped from the base of the Ten Rings, but they kept silent very tacitly whether it was Peter's ability or the two sets of armor.

But Sharon said very firmly:

"I fully trust Tony's words, he knows what the consequences will be if I find out if he lies to me, so at most he dares to play some language games, or miss some insignificant little information, as for the general process, he should not lie, and I am also at the scene, although I did not directly witness the process of their escape, but the details are also correct."

"Irrelevant little information, ha."

Nick Fury, on the other hand, smiled playfully, and his fingers ran across a document from a S.H.I.E.L.D. exploration team that detected a brief but powerful energy reaction high in the air when Tony Stark fled the base of the Ten Rings, and they immediately launched an investigation, and the document appeared in Nick Fury's hand the next day.

In the document, they simply described the process of their search and the final result without the slightest delay, and there were several photos attached to the document, and in the endless yellow sand, a silver rough mask appeared in the center of the picture, and the breastplate, boom and other parts were gradually excavated from the yellow sand.

But Nick Fury showed Sharon the photo in his hand and asked with a somewhat playful smile:

"If this can be counted as 'irrelevant' little information, then what is important information?"

"This is a... What kind of stuff? "

Looking at the somewhat familiar appearance, Sharon vaguely remembered the silver shadow that flew into the sky in a violent explosion that day.

"According to the investigators' assessment, they are convinced that this is a suit of armor, or a set of mechanical exoskeleton devices, which is rudimentary but very practical, and we have reason to believe that it was with this suit that Tony Stark escaped from Ascension, but the problem is..."

And with Sharon's knowledge of Nick Fury, she immediately guessed Nick Fury's concerns, so she shrugged her shoulders and firmly assured:

"He won't cooperate with terrorists, I don't think the Ten Rings Gang should have drawings of this thing, I don't want to use the too subjective statement that I know him very well or how many years I've been with him, but the leader of the Ten Rings Gang, Laza, is dead, I watched him die in front of me, even if Tony did cooperate with him, now his partner is no longer there."

However, when it came to this, Sharon couldn't help but complain:

"Actually, from what I know about him, I'm really curious who can put up with his weird temper and keep cooperating with him, I just helped him bring him back less than two days ago I was almost strangling him, and now I'm escorting Tony to New York, because he refused any kind of medical examination when he was in Germany, so I can't submit a health assessment about him, and I plan to pack him up and stuff him in the hospital when I get back to New York."

Nick Fury watched Sharon like a little girl complaining about Tony's evil deeds after the corners of his mouth twitched, he waved his hand to stop Sharon from continuing to express new thoughts on how angry Tony really is, and then asked about Peter's condition as if to change the subject.

"What about our friends from another 'dimension'? As you mentioned in your report, he is now also flying to New York with Ling, and he not only appeared in the military base of the Ten Rings, but was also one of the parties who rescued Tony and helped him escape, what do you think of him? "

"Actually, besides him, there are two little guys, and I submitted their information in the report."

Sharon pondered for a moment before reporting her impressions of Peter after this period of contact.

"First of all, I can confirm that he is the same 'Batman' I encountered in the sewers that day, but whether he is the same person as the one 'Batman' that caused an uproar before, I still can't be sure, he may just be a more cost-conscious imitator.

But his strength is undoubtedly strong, and although I have never had the opportunity to fight him directly, I cannot guarantee that I will defeat him 100% in a one-on-one match.

In addition to his extraordinary physical abilities, he also displayed some special abilities, but I couldn't figure out whether these abilities came from that suit or his own.

On the other hand..."

After a two-second pause to organize the language, she added with a little bewilderment:

"He refused to take off his mask, but Tony had seen his true face, and I don't know if he really valued his secret identity or just resisted letting the government know his true identity."

Nick Fury frowned when he heard this, and his fingers unconsciously tapped lightly on the half-empty table.

"If his strength is comparable to yours, then this is very alarming, the Ten Rings Gang simply cannot have the strength to kidnap him, then the reason why he appeared in Afghanistan and happened to appear in the base where Tony Stark was kidnapped is worth playing."

"That's what I thought at first."

Sharon coughed lightly and said emphatically:

"I have submitted information in my report that he did not go to Afghanistan alone, but with two of his friends, and although his statement is not credible, the problem is that I really can't figure out why he brought two tow bottles.

I had already investigated the identities of those two men, both of them were ordinary civilians, and I couldn't see anything special about them from experience, and although they had frequently participated in demonstrations against Stark Industries, they had no criminal record, not even fighting.

And after the actual contact, I am very sure that these two people have not received any form of military training before this, and it is estimated that they have not even touched a gun before coming to Afghanistan, and in terms of special skills, according to Tony, ... It's hard to put into words.

The only good fortune they had in their lives was probably being accepted by the Bernano family to New York for further study. "

Sharon spread her hand and shook her head helplessly.

"If he really went to Afghanistan for some purpose, then there is no need for him to take these two little guys with him, even if he and these two people have no feelings to carry them, it will only get in the way, not to mention stuffing the two of them into his plans, this behavior is like stuffing a time bomb in his arms."

However, this level of justification obviously cannot convince Nick Fury, as the most cautious leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., he will not let go of the slightest anomaly, not to mention that he has every reason to suspect that the purpose of this "Batman" is not simple.

"The problems of these two little guys are put aside for the time being, recently the Bernano family has made a few big moves, they have taken advantage of this Tony Stark attack to make a lot of money through the stock market, and the Bernano family is obviously related to this 'Batman', and these two little guys are also sent by the Bernano family to New York, all of which can be related, the only question is why they did it."

Sharon's eyes widened and she asked in a low voice:

"Didn't you just say that they made a lot of money? Can't this be their purpose? "

"Of course, but the problem is that what they do is so obvious, as long as they are not stupid, they can definitely guess that their money by predicting the attack on Tony Stark will inevitably attract suspicion, and in their style, not only can they think of this, they are also capable of doing very covertly, they have a lot of securities, financial companies, if they want to, even we can hardly detect how much money they make."

I suspect that they are sending a message, or that making people doubt is one of their purposes.

And the fact that Batman traveled to Afghanistan with his two children also made me wonder if there was a deeper secret in this.

In any case, I have to figure out the inside story of this. "

Sharon was also aroused, and she said with some excitement:

"Then it's up to me to investigate the information of the Bernano family, and after the escort mission on my side, I will go back to report and prepare for the operation."

"No, you continue to stay with Tony, I need you to investigate his experiences in Afghanistan, I need all the details of his time when he was imprisoned inside the Ten Rings Gang,"

Ignoring Sharon's dissatisfied expression, after a short thought, Nick Fury immediately made other investigation plans, probably to appease the hardened Captain America in the background, Nick Fury explained:

"There are so many weird things about Tony's kidnapping, I need someone he can trust to investigate, and I need you to get all the information about that suit of armor, preferably the key data, which only you can do."

I will send others into the Bernano family to investigate the situation related to 'Batman', and their contact must be cautious, you have been in contact with 'Bat', 'Spider' and 'Cat', they are all related to the Bernano family, if your last report is accurate, I believe that all of them have reached some kind of deal or alliance with the Bernano family, if you are rashly let to investigate, it is easy for them to see.

More importantly, whether it is a 'spider' or a 'bat', and the 'black cat' are likely to be related to a more serious case. "

This time, without waiting for Sharon to ask, Nick Fury took the initiative to explain.

"Several of them appeared, or showed extraordinary strength at the time after the 'Super Soldier Serum' was leaked, I originally suspected that at least one of them had injected the 'Super Soldier Serum' researched and manufactured by some organization or individual, if this is the case, then it is clear that someone has obtained a relatively stable finished product, and judging from the strength they have shown, perhaps the serum they injected is even higher than the serum injected by your father in terms of completion."

So we have to find out the truth without startling the snake, and if this serum does exist, then we must get a sample of the finished serum as soon as possible. "

At this time, Nick Fury's one-eyed light erupted with a dangerous light.

"I think we're close to the truth, but in the same way, I can sense that a huge crisis awaits us."

(End of chapter)