Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 191 38. "Thunderbolt" Rose's Little Conspiracy

When Merlin's team captured the Decepticons, they did use nukes.

But that is not a nuclear weapon in the traditional sense. To be precise, it is an advanced technology that the scientists of S.H.I.E.L.D. reverse-restored from the cruise missile technology of the Kerry battleship.

It can be regarded as a clean nuclear weapon.

After the launch hits and explodes, the resulting atomic radiation rapidly weakens and dissipates quickly after a few hours.It will not have a dire effect on life around the blast zone.

But a nuclear weapon is a nuclear weapon, and for the Department of Defense, after the detonation of two Needle missiles fired from a tiny electromagnetic railgun, they both detected atomic radiation.

At the beginning, the leaders of the Ministry of Defense thought that other countries had launched an attack on the United States, which even caused panic within the Ministry of Defense.

But later, when the rapidly weakening atomic radiation was observed, the generals of the Ministry of Defense realized that it seemed to be a new weapon they did not know.

And it was precisely because of the appearance of this new weapon that the cooperation between the "Seventh District" of the Ministry of National Defense and the Decepticons was interrupted, and was even ambushed by the rebellious Decepticons for a time, causing heavy casualties.

This was not the result that the generals of the Ministry of National Defense hoped to see, so the mysterious force that mysteriously participated in the affairs of their seventh district was immediately targeted by them after the war.

After nearly a month of tracking, they finally determined the heel of the mysterious force.

Homeland Strategic Defense Offensive and Logistics Agency, or S.H.I.E.L.D.The predecessor was the famous Strategic Science Corps during the Cold War. After several years of dormancy, these annoying guys, under the leadership of their annoying leader Nick Fury, seem to have begun to try to interfere with the affairs of other departments. .

"Nuclear weapons?"

Pierce blinked his eyes, he put the cigar in his mouth and took a deep breath, and then puffed out a cloud of smoke, he said softly:

"Why don't I know? Is there any casualty report? Also, where is the place where the nuclear weapon was attacked? Do I need to send a rescue team?"

"you!"

Pierce's obvious reckless statement made the old soldier Thaddeus frowned like a tiger. He patted the table and said:

"Don't play this game with me, Pierce. I don't believe you don't know what Fury's agents are up to, and I don't want to deal with that cunning, lying director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I just want our stuff back !"

"Give us 98084-3, and the SHIELD, the remains of another mechanical life, can be kept! This is our bottom line!"

"Tsk, what a domineering military style."

Pierce sighed, put his cigar by the ashtray, and said:

"Thaddeus, I know you still miss the battlefield, but look around, we are no longer at war. You are now chief of staff, and even if you don't admit it, you are a politician, so don't use the soldier Playing it like trying to get what you want... What I'm trying to say is that S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't going to give you that mechanical life back."

Hearing Pierce's words, Thaddeus was about to refute immediately, but was stopped by Pierce's extended hand.

He looked at his old companion, and said softly:

"It's not that S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to claim the credit, the real reason is that you know better than I do, Thaddeus. About your mysterious 'Sector Seven'. It was established before the World Security Council was established, before We don’t discuss, but after the establishment of the World Security Council, secret projects like this that threaten the world order, you should file with us.”

"But you didn't!"

Pierce's expression became serious:

"I made repeated orders, and sent emails to the high-level mailboxes of the Ministry of Defense several times, but nothing was heard. You want to maintain your independence, you don't want to be interfered... Then I want to ask you, Thaddeus, you What are these soldiers who do not obey the orders of the higher-ups trying to do?"

"Are you secretly planning some dangerous things? Are you huddled together to study dangerous alien technology, are you trying to subvert the regime and order?"

"we do not have!"

Thaddeus gritted his teeth and said:

"Don't give us any label, Pierce! Your words are dangerous."

"Your approach is more dangerous!"

Pierce patted the table, and he shouted indifferently:

"What is the difference between you and the Japanese army that walked alone during World War II? Ignored the president's order and opposed the World Security Council!"

"Let me tell you the truth, Thaddeus, I did order SHIELD to interfere with your transaction with mechanical life, but that is not to steal anything from you, it is a warning! If you don't file again, don't Accept the assessment action of the World Security Council, and in the next step, I will directly destroy your 'Seventh District'!"

Pierce's command made the aggressive Thaddeus suddenly raise his head.

After a few seconds, he said softly:

"It seems you know a lot, Pierce."

"What do you mean?"

Pierce picked up the cigar, leaned on the sofa, and said with a trace of fatigue:

"If it's the 'Seventh District' that you've been hiding all this time, then I do know a lot."

"SHIELD is not a decoration. The World Security Council has given it the power to accommodate and supervise dangerous affairs, and it is not given casually. It is our eyes, and when necessary, it is our weapon."

"I also know that your secret plan is more than just the 'Seventh District'."

Pierce said:

"The recently restarted 'X' project, the 'Super Soldier' ​​project in preparation, etc., you have hidden too many things, sometimes I can't help but think, Thaddeus, why do you do this ?”

"It's a peaceful time now, why do you still study these dangerous things, or I put it another way, after the fall of the Soviet Union, who do you still regard as your imaginary enemy?"

Facing Pierce's questioning, the gloomy General Thaddeus said:

"You're not the only ones who are terrified by the Kree, Pierce. That day, we saw our own cowardice and our fears, and we knew we were weak. All of this, all of this, was to fulfill our mission and responsibility as soldiers .Isn’t SHIELD also doing this? Aren’t they also looking for all kinds of strange people all over the world?”

"I didn't say you did anything wrong."

Pierce waved his hand:

"I can understand your thoughts and actions, which is why the World Security Council has tolerated you until now."

"But it's time for this isolated situation to end, Thaddeus, you should join the existing system and accept the supervision and evaluation of the World Security Council. We know we are weak and we need the power to protect ourselves, but this The premise of everything is that we will not destroy ourselves in dangerous experiments."

"So, if we don't accept the involvement of the World Security Council, there is nothing to talk about today?"

Thaddeus looked at Pierce, who shrugged:

"This is the premise of the conversation. Only when we are within the framework of jointly maintaining order and jointly building a new order, and with a unified and clear goal, can our conversation continue."

"so..."

Pierce looked at the old general in front of him. He stood up, took out a document from the bookcase behind the desk, and put it in front of General Thaddeus. He reached out and clicked on the document. He said:

"Do you agree?"

"us..."

General Thaddeus looked at the document in front of him, his tone was heavy, and he said to Pierce:

"Personally I agree, you know me, Pierce, I'm a soldier, I do what I'm called to do. But other people aren't like me, a lot of people only look at the interests of the Department of Defense, and it's a matter of convincing them to agree to put their own It is not easy to open up the secrets to more people."

"Benefits... So, what you want to talk to me about is actually interests?"

Pierce's eyes narrowed, Thaddeus thought his old buddy was going to get angry, but after ten seconds of silence, Pierce smiled.He said softly:

"Okay, then let's talk about benefits. Tell me, Thaddeus, what do the generals of the Ministry of Defense want?"

Seeing that Pierce was calm, Thaddeus also heaved a sigh of relief.Before he came, he knew that this matter was not easy to do, but now it seems that things are going well.

The old soldier put aside the cigar in his hand, crossed his fingers, seemed to be thinking about his speech, and after a few seconds, he said to Pierce:

"When the 'Seventh District' was first established, it was to study mechanical life and improve our civilization. Facts have proved that this is very effective. The Apollo moon landing project and the Star Wars project all contributed to the Seventh District Advanced technology. But after the Kree Wars, the purpose of the program changed."

"When we realized that our current strength was completely insufficient to protect our country and people, the radicals gained the upper hand. Including this adventure and cooperation with mechanical life, it is all to find out from those advanced mechanical life A method that allows us to be fast and powerful."

"Then have you found it?"

Pierce asked back, Thaddeus nodded:

"Several more efficient means of using information flow, some complex chips, a prototype of some kind of high-energy weapon, we got a lot. But we want more!"

The old general said softly:

"S.H.I.E.L.D. captured 98084-3, which was our goal. We intended to dismantle it to conduct further research on mechanical life, but we lost this opportunity."

"We need it."

"Nick Fury will not give it back to you."

Pierce shook his head:

"The containment authority of S.H.I.E.L.D. is given by the World Security Council. If Fury insists, I can't interfere."

"Then let's take a step back."

Thaddeus' expression changed a bit. This seemingly reckless old fox finally revealed his true intentions at this moment.He said to Pierce:

"98084-3 can be handed over to S.H.I.E.L.D., after all, it's their loot. But in exchange, we want a weapon that can easily destroy the existence of mechanical life... I mean, a clean miniature nuclear weapon. "

"this..."

There was a look of embarrassment on Pierce's face, and he said:

"I don't think Fury would agree either."

"So, I bypassed him and came directly to you."

Thaddeus picked up the documents on the table and put them in his briefcase. He said to Pierce:

"Everyone knows that the difficult agent chief listens to you very much. We will join the surveillance system of the World Security Council, but we also need that kind of technology, please, Pierce."

Pierce mused, playing with a cigar blowtorch in his hand, and after a moment he said:

"Then I'll... give it a try. And, about 'Sector Seven'?"

"We would welcome assessors from the World Security Council."

General Thaddeus stood up, and he said to Pierce:

"The seventh district, we are waiting for your arrival at any time."

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A few hours later, Pierce called Fury in his office.

"Furry, the military from the Department of Defense just came to visit me, and they were really difficult."

"But I believe you must have sent them away."

Far away in Nevada, Fury replied in a relaxed tone:

"You can always do these things."

"Yes, I sent them away, and I also won permission for you to go to the 'Seventh District' for evaluation."

Pierce replied:

"But they made demands."

"Oh?"

Fury's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice and asked:

"any request?"

"They want Kree missile technology."

Pierce truthfully stated:

"They want you to hand over Merlin... They accuse Merlin and his team of using nuclear weapons at will on our soil, which is a crime against humanity."

"They don't even think about it!"

Fury said in a deep voice without hesitation:

"Go to hell with those soldiers, I won't hand over my own agents to them!"

"That's how I rejected them."

Pierce leaned back on the chair and picked up the documents on the table, which contained Merlin's detailed information and the slightly serious work photo.

Pierce looked at the photo, he said calmly:

"But they won't give up so easily. The 'needle' missile is indeed a nuclear weapon in theory. Regarding this point, if the Ministry of Defense kills it, it will be really difficult for Merlin to get out, so you'd better send Merlin out temporarily. My It means, send it a little farther, to a place where the Ministry of Defense cannot intervene."

"I will think about it."

Fury responded.Pierce added:

"You've got to get something out of those belligerent generals, I mean, those Kree missile samples, you still have them, right? Give them that, and what they can figure out is theirs It's my own business."

"I don't think that's a good idea, Pierce."

Fury retorted:

"They're out of control, they're dangerous."

"Actually, they have already entered the system of the World Security Council, so you don't need to worry about that."

Pierce explained:

"S.H.I.E.L.D. can keep 98084-3. This is my request, and they agreed. So, use the evaluation rights of the 'Seventh District' and the secret of the mechanical life to exchange for one that will be researched sooner or later." Technology, Fury ... I don't think it's a disadvantage."

"I can understand, but..."

Fury took a deep breath, and after ten seconds of silence, he said:

"Well, I can understand your pressure, Pierce. I won't make it difficult for you, I will give them the sample of the wreckage of the missile."

"Well, also, since Merlin is going to be sent out, the evaluation of the Seventh District must choose a trusted agent with strong handling ability. I think Agent Japas Sitwell Yes, he works hard and has a delicate mind, so he can discover things that others can't, what do you think?"

"I'll think about it, Pierce, and I'll trouble you this time."

Fury hung up the phone, he turned to Hill behind him and said:

"Sill, you go to the Pegasus base immediately and remove all the important chips in the Cree's cruise missile!"

"Sir, is this really okay?"

Hill asked suspiciously:

"People from the Ministry of Defense shouldn't be so easy to fool, right?"

"Oh, I just said to give them samples."

Fury said coldly:

"It's not complete! Let's do it. Also, help me contact Merlin. I have something to ask him."

PS:

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(End of this chapter)