Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 192 39. Secret Mission

Merlin was standing in the waiting area of ​​the airport. He was wearing a casual suit and rimless glasses, looking refined.

He was waiting for a guest of his own, a friend to be precise.

A young, beautiful friend.

Accompanied by the notification sound of the arrival of the domestic flight, a large group of passengers dragging their luggage appeared before Merlin's eyes.But he didn't take the initiative to look for it. He still wanted to look down at the mailbox on his phone as before.

In recent days, in Greenwich Village near New York, a group of vampires who migrated from other places appeared inexplicably and caused panic.Coulson and Melinda were there to deal with the unexpected, and Merlin needed to keep an eye on them in case they needed backup.

Speaking of which, in SDOLD's daily life, vampires are considered difficult opponents.

These guys who like to move around in the dark have perverse personalities and are good at hiding sneak attacks, so they are extremely dangerous.

The most important thing is that this group of guys is different from the general aliens who secretly live in the human world. They like to get together and like to develop their own power very much.

But there are many stupid and ignorant ordinary people who will regard them as "masters" for various reasons.

In the several raids on New York vampires commanded by Merlin, the most troublesome ones were not the lurking vampires, but the incited vampire "fans".

Coulson nicknamed them "ghost fans".

For one thing, they do have a twisted worship of vampires.

On the other hand, after being in contact with vampires for a long time and being impacted by negative energy, these guys will indeed become crazy, neither human nor ghost, and many of them will even imitate vampires and drink human blood.

The problem is, vampires drink human blood because they can't produce hemoglobin in their own bodies and need normal blood to replenish it, while these ghost fans drink blood purely to pay their stupid respect to their masters.

"If the trouble continues like this, it is estimated that wizards will come forward to suppress the situation."

Merlin frowned and said to himself:

"It seems that a New York cleaning is necessary."

After finishing speaking, Merlin raised his head naturally, and looked at the young girl who was sneaking up in front of him, trying to scare him. With a gentle smile, he said softly:

"Hi, Charlie."

Merlin was just right, raised his head and greeted him exactly, like a prophet, but surprised Charlie, who was about to scare people.

In fact, after Merlin diffused his dark perception, the sound and movement of the little girl who was trying to scare people towards him was as obvious as thunder, and Merlin couldn't be fooled at all.

Now, in theory, he no longer needs to use his eyes to observe and guard his surroundings.

"You startled me, Merlin!"

Charlie is wearing a white shirt, short shorts, sunglasses, and dyed her hair blonde today, revealing her perfect figure.

While patting her chest, she looked at Merlin reproachfully, and said:

"I haven't seen you for more than a month, and you are still so strange."

"I'm not surprised at all, girl."

As Merlin spoke, he took the trolley case from Charlie's hand, and he led the girl to the parking lot, where his car was parked.

"So, where did I live when I was at Imperial High?"

Charlie followed behind Merlin, and she asked:

"Are you at home?"

"Didn't I say that before? You live with my sister."

Merlin says:

"Do your parents agree to your transfer?"

"What if you don't agree?"

Charlie had a rebellious tone. She touched the exaggerated earrings on her ears and said:

"The transfer procedures have been completed. Besides, my parents are eager for me to leave home. They are better off in their own two-person world. You don't know, my adoptive father, although he is over 40 years old, is still very "romantic". people."

"Well, it seems that your relationship with your adoptive father is not very good."

Merlin stepped out of the elevator and said casually:

"That's not good, he is still your relative in theory."

"He prefers his own kid, my brother...a guy who always likes to pretend to be grown up."

Charlie seemed to think of something, a smile appeared on the corner of her lipsticked lips, this expression did not hide from Merlin's perception, it seemed that although this girl kept saying that she didn't like her family, when she got along with her family, , and it's not all bad memories.

"Pause."

When approaching Merlin's Ford car, Merlin frowned suddenly. He reached out to stop Charlie who was walking forward. Under the girl's puzzled gaze, Merlin looked indifferently and disgusted, and walked towards the side surrounded by darkness. Corner says:

"I have a guest today, and I don't want blood on my hands. I'll give you 5 seconds, get out!"

"hiss"

In the darkness, there was a strange hissing sound.But the moment Merlin took off his glasses, the guy hiding in the darkness seemed to know Merlin's identity from those eyes. It ran out of the underground garage from the corner of the garage in a little panic, leaving behind A distraught woman.

"What's that? Merlin."

Charlie saw the black figure, she was so frightened that she held Merlin's arm and hid behind Merlin.

Merlin glanced at her, he shook his head and said:

"Don't you want to be a hornet knight? If you want to fight side by side with the hornet, you don't have the courage to do so."

"I do not have!"

Charlie immediately withdrew her hand, showing fearlessness, but her trembling fingers still showed the girl's fear.

Merlin pulled the box and went on, he said:

"That's a predatory vampire."

"Vampires? Are there really vampires in New York? So the stories Mr. Coulson told me weren't bragging?"

Charlie's eyes widened. When Merlin started the car and slowly turned the steering wheel, she stared at the rearview mirror and looked at the unconscious woman in the corner. She said worriedly:

"Should we just leave her here? Won't that vampire come back and hurt her?"

"Do not worry."

Merlin didn't even look at the unconscious woman behind him, he said:

"I have appeared here before, and they dare not come back in a short time."

"Are you so good?"

Charlie turned to look at Merlin, and she said:

"Are the vampires afraid of you?"

"Little girl, in this city, those who are afraid of me..."

Merlin chuckled lightly, and said:

"Not just vampires."

After sending Charlie to her cousin's house in Queens, Merlin was about to pick up Eric and have a family meal when he received a message from Agent Hill.

Hill said Fury had something important to discuss with him in person.

So Merlin could only bid farewell to his sister and Charlie, and then called Eric to ask him to come to Queens from home.He promised Mei that he would come over for dinner in the evening, and then drove all the way to the office building of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"As soon as I heard that you were looking for me, I rushed here immediately. I think I'm really born to work hard, and I want to take a vacation for myself, but I can't take it easy."

Merlin pushed open the office door and walked into Fury's office.

The busy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. is lying on the table, writing something intently.Merlin's arrival seemed to disrupt his train of thought, making him stare at him dissatisfied.

Fury dropped his pen, pointed to the chair in front of him, and said to Merlin:

"Sit down, I have a few things to tell you."

"Well, judging from your expression, it should be very troublesome."

Merlin walked to the drinking fountain and poured himself a glass of water. While drinking, he sat on a chair and said to Fury:

"Go ahead, I'm listening."

"First of all, the Ministry of Defense agreed to open the evaluation and supervision rights of the 'Seventh District' to us."

Fury also leaned on the office chair, and he said slowly:

"I intend to conduct a surprise assessment of that place in the next few days."

"That's a good thing."

Merlin became interested as soon as he heard it. He stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes and asked:

"Where is that place? When do I leave?"

"Hoover Dam. But, not you."

Fury shook his head. He took out a document from the bookcase on his desk and handed it to Merlin.The latter took it in his hand, only took a look, and then frowned.

"You're transferring me to Afghanistan?"

Merlin looked at Fury:

"Why? This looks like an exile... Have I offended you?"

"It's a protection, Merlin."

Fury also said with some headaches:

"Pierce gave me a personal message. The Department of Defense has used many connections to investigate you. Obviously, what you and your subordinates did in California made them very angry. Court-martial. This is a very serious accusation, and if it is carried out, you will never have access to classified matters in your life."

"So you let me run without a fight?"

Merlin's expression became indifferent, and he said:

"When I joined S.H.I.E.L.D., Fury, you said that we are a team, I'm in charge of the action, and you're in charge of the finish. My action was perfect, but your finish this time is really disappointing."

"It's not a question of being afraid, Merlin."

Fury tapped on the table and said:

"It's a question of whether it's worth it or not. You're still young, and you're only 27 years old this year. Your future is destined to be limitless, and you will definitely climb to a high position. At this time, standing up for such a thing will only provoke a lot of dissatisfaction. Necessary trouble."

"The Ministry of Defense has suffered a heavy loss, and their anger must be found out. Pierce has helped us bear most of the pressure. He made a compromise before the generals of the Ministry of Defense agreed to sit down and talk. He has taken on the responsibility. His pressure, we have to bear ours."

Fury said softly:

"Also, don't just take things for granted...I can send you to any place in the world where the Department of Defense cannot get involved. But please think about it, why should I send you to Afghanistan?"

"Um..."

Merlin's anger was only temporary, after he calmed down, his thoughts began to spin rapidly.

Soon, a matter that fit the current situation flooded into Merlin's mind.

"Is it the CIA?"

Merlin asked:

"Kohler told us a few things at the beginning, the National Security Agency's Imperial Project, and the Seventh District of the Ministry of Defense have been caught by us. Now there are only some activities of the CIA in Afghanistan... You want me to investigate this matter?"

"clever!"

Fury was very satisfied with Merlin's keen senses. He stood up, walked to the window of the office, looked at the street scene below, and said:

"After Kohler told those secrets, I have been trying to track down those things. Last month, the New York police intercepted a shipment of weird drugs from the Middle East... You know those drugs with extremely high purity By what means did X pass through customs?"

"A drug trafficking case that can be noticed by you, I guess, their actions must be very strange."

Merlin says:

"Come on, don't play this guessing game."

"Well, you're really impatient."

Fury turned to look at Merlin, lowered his voice, and said softly:

"The poison X was packed in some corpses."

"Corpse?"

Merlin frowned. Although he knew that huge benefits would make people lose their minds, this way was too scary.

"Yes, a corpse."

There was also a disgusted expression on Fury's face, and he explained:

"And it's not a common method of transporting poison from the human body. Those corpses are hollowed out, and they will..."

"Okay, stop talking."

Merlin stopped Fury, and said:

"I'm going to have dinner with my family tonight, so don't spoil my appetite. Just tell me what you found?"

"The important thing is that those corpses are not ordinary corpses."

Fury emphasized his tone:

"They were brought back under the national flag."

"You mean, they were public officials during their lifetime?"

Merlin's expression became serious again:

"A CIA agent who died in Afghanistan?"

"Yes! They are our colleagues."

Fury nodded:

"This incident was accidentally discovered by a drunk warehouse guard. If the guard hadn't drunk too much that night, this incident would not have been disclosed at all. We have no way of guessing whether the gang made money in this way." How much disgusting dead money. After the incident, the CIA immediately blocked the news, but I still used my method to find this!"

Fury took another item from his drawer and handed it to Merlin.

Merlin took it in his hand and found that it was a badge-like thing with a strange symbol on it.

Ten rings are interlocked to form a ring, and two sabers are interlaced in the center of the ring. In the ring of each ring, there are characters that Merlin does not understand.

This sign is very strange, but Merlin can be sure that it is definitely the sign of some hidden organization.

This sign is full of a taste of association.

"This is?"

Merlin looked at Fury, who said softly:

"We followed the intended delivery address of the drug shipment and found this in a warehouse in Brooklyn. I got some experienced friends to look at it and they told me it belonged to a Central Asian region The mysterious organization..."

"A secret group with a lot of energy."

"That is, your mission this time. Merlin, find out what tricks are being played between the CIA and that group, and find out what other deals they have besides jointly selling X!"

Fury narrowed his eyes, and he said:

"If the organization tasked with protecting order has become corrupt, then..."

"We will shoulder the responsibility of bringing it back from the ashes!"

(End of this chapter)