Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 627 36. Things that Light Cannot Do

"Snapped"

A document was ruthlessly thrown on the desk. The already very old Alexander Pierce turned red, as if seeing the most unbelievable joke. He put his hands on the desk and looked at Looking at Fury and Merlin standing in front of him, his breathing was a little heavy, even making noises.

Well, after all, he is an old man, and there will always be some problems with his body.

"Are you kidding me?"

Pierce asked in a voice of suppressed anger:

"I let you go and investigate Hydra, but now you tell me that my old friend for many years, my old brother who once went to the battlefield with me, a big man who plays an important role in the world's political environment, actually wants to overthrow the world The villain of order? Why don't you tell me that the president is actually a Hydra?"

"The current situation, Pierce, is much more dangerous than the president being a Hydra."

Fury said in a helpless voice:

"Calm down, Pierce, I can understand your feelings, but now the facts have proven..."

"To hell with your facts!"

Pierce shouted a little out of control:

"Why don't you call me Hydra! Hell, Gideon...I know him better than anyone, he can't be a bad guy!"

"He joins me in rejecting the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, we both believe that keeping the peace is a duty, not an honor. . . . God, God! He is my strongest ally in the World Security Council , he was a true pacifist."

Pierce scratched his hair, walked up and down the office irritably, and said in a firm tone:

"No! That's not right, you must be mistaken. Check! Check again, I don't believe it."

Fury glanced at Merlin helplessly, Merlin shook his head, he stretched out his hand, and threw a sign of Yaxi on Pierce, calming him down slowly.

Fury also reached out and touched his eyes covered by blindfolds, and he said softly:

"Calm down, Pierce, calm down, let's talk slowly."

There was a hint of spiritual induction in Fury's voice, which was a secret he hid so deeply that only Merlin knew.

He is also a superpower. When the Cosmic Rubik's Cube imitated by AIM exploded, Fury was also affected by the weak power to modify reality.

But his ability is somewhat tasteless.

After taking off the blindfold, Fury's mental induction can be fully released, but the problem is that in most cases, Fury cannot take off the blindfold.After all, he claimed that his eyes had been completely blinded in the battle with aliens, and he couldn't slap himself in the face.

This makes Fury's ability seem to be sealed, and he rarely has the chance to play.

Under the double "persuasion" of Merlin and Fury, Pierce, who was furious and even a little anxious, finally calmed down again. The newly printed documents on the table revealed a terrifying fact.

It's so terrifying that just thinking about it will make your brain hurt like it's going to explode.

Merlin and Fury didn't disturb Pierce's thinking. They knew that it might take some time for the chairman of the World Security Council to accept this cold and nonsensical fact.

A few minutes later, Pierce pushed away the documents in his hand irritably. He took off his reading glasses, as if his spine had been completely broken, and his mood became very depressed.

He raised his head, looked at Merlin and Fury, and said in a desolate tone as if he had been hit hard:

"Do you know how terrible your accusation is?"

"we know."

Fury also said with some headaches:

"We have also heard about the terrifying political background of His Excellency Gideon Malik."

"No, you don't know at all."

Pierce looked at the photo on the file and said in a low voice:

"The so-called 'political background' you know is just the tip of the iceberg that Gideon's family hides under the sea surface."

"It's only when you really become friends with him that you can really understand how powerful Gideon is."

Pierce said wearily:

"His family was already famous when the Habsburgs ruled Europe. A branch of his family even briefly served as the king of France. The Great Revolution did not destroy the power of that family. In this era, European political circles are very active. Politicians, all have a weak blood connection with Gideon... You don’t even know that Gideon spends 3 days every year taking his daughter to visit the Queen of England.”

Pierce looked up, looked at Fury and Merlin, and said:

"Do you know what Stephanie called the queen? Hehe, don't guess, you won't want to know the answer."

"What you don't even know is that after Gideon's family came to North America, behind every presidential election in our country, there is the shadow of Gideon's family intervening."

“The former president spent the night at Gideon’s estate before he delivered his inaugural address. The candidates who are now running for president are like pug dogs. Desperately awaiting a personal invitation from Gideon..."

Pierce stood up tremblingly. As usual, he walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, looked at the bustling streets below, and said softly:

"In our country, the president is just a puppet and a signing machine..."

"There are some shadows behind this country that ordinary people will never be able to touch. Those powerful people, this country relies on compromise and transactions to maintain its operation, and Gideon Malik is one of the shadows sitting on the throne."

"Let me tell you a fact, my poor children."

Pierce's voice became deeper and deeper:

"When I tried to put S.H.I.E.L.D. under the management of the World Security Council, that proposal was opposed by many congressmen."

"We try to maintain world order, but not all countries are willing to see an organization that can dictate any international affairs, especially those countries whose domestic situation is not very stable, and they do not want the troublesome situation to be overthrown by outsiders. Power interferes."

"I had just become a council member at the time, and I was a soft-spoken person. I tried hard to push this resolution through, but no one paid any attention to me."

Pierce rubbed his eyes, and he told his most trusted subordinates something he never knew:

"I was really desperate. Guess what?"

"30 minutes before the final vote on the proposal, Gideon found me, and he asked me a few questions in his office. He asked me, in my plan, what kind of responsibilities should S.H.I.E.L.D. ? I replied, maintain world order."

"Then he asked me, how can I ensure that S.H.I.E.L.D. will not become a violent machine abused by politicians to meddle in the affairs of other countries? I told him, I will watch S.H.I.E.L.D. if something goes wrong , I am willing to take full responsibility."

"Gideon said, well, he's willing to look at the friendship between the two of us in the past and believe me, we went to Vietnam together, I went to fight, he went to gilt, but we have a good relationship. . . Anyway, Gideon asked me to go back to the meeting and wait for news, and I thought he was just joking.”

Pierce smiled bitterly. He turned around and said to Fury:

"The overwhelming majority of MPs were against the proposal at the time, and I didn't think it would pass at all. But 30 minutes, just 30 minutes, Gideon made a few phone calls, got some people to talk to, chat...and then the resolution passed .”

"Many congressmen who firmly opposed the S.H.I.E.L.D. proposal abstained, and the rest... all passed!"

"At that time, I realized how terrifying the mobilization energy of my old friend who has been hiding. I was able to become the chairman of the board. I was able to sit in this office and talk to you all because of Gideon. Stand behind me, Fury, Merlin! Do you understand?"

"Without him, there would be no S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Without him, we would never have the opportunity to do so many things to maintain world order... And now, you tell me that the person who has been helping us is actually our worst enemy..."

Pierce sighed and said:

"If Gideon is indeed Hydra, then those of us who have received his help and been supported by him can also be regarded as peripheral personnel of Hydra? If he is Hydra , then we, you, Merlin, me, we are all Hydra!"

There was silence in the office.

Apart from his own work, Merlin generally doesn't pay much attention to politics, and he doesn't know much about the World Security Council to be honest, but Fury can understand Pierce's worries.

After the three were silent for a long time, Fury spoke, and he said in a low tone:

"But now we have the evidence, Pierce, and you have seen the evidence. Gideon Malik has such a big background and power only because his family has kept a secret that has been maintained for more than 3000 years. They are a group of The craziest cultists in history, they want to summon an evil god back into this world."

"Any mediocrity, after 3000 years of persistence, becomes great, at least superficially, Pierce."

Merlin also persuaded:

"But bad things are bad things, and the black stone hidden under the Gideon family's castle proves all of this. Over the years, the numerous corpses sent to the hive world by his family to die also prove it all. Those who died The innocents in the hands of Hydra, those aliens who were brutally killed by Whitehall, those innocents sent to the laboratory by AIM, those sins, he also had his share."

"He's pretending to be a pacifist and that doesn't wash away the blood on his hands."

Level 9 agent said softly:

"Fortunately, we solved the hive instead of allowing this terrifying evil god to return to the world...The illusion of their arrogance that they have insisted on for more than 3000 years has been shattered, but the final judgment has not yet come."

"Merlin, I appreciate your insistence on maintaining order and peace."

Pierce seemed a little ashamed, he didn't dare to meet Merlin's eyes, he said:

"But this time, I can't support you, not because I turned to evil, not because I gave up my beliefs, but because a part of the cornerstone of the order we guard is based on the evil in your eyes .”

"I cannot authorize you to investigate or arrest Gideon. This will directly trigger a major earthquake in world politics. Once Gideon chooses to fight back, a terrible chaos will come."

"Many people will be involved, many innocent people who have nothing to do with these plots, with these crimes, but could lose their lives because of our actions."

Pierce's tone became more and more painful:

"I'm sorry, Merlin, I've let you down, old man. But I can't...I can't break the order we've worked so hard to keep, he may be damned, but...time will judge him. "

Pierce almost begged and said to Merlin and Fury:

"Gideon is 77 years old this year. He is as old as I am, and he will not live long like me. The crazy illusion that he and his followers have insisted on for more than 3000 years will disappear with his death."

"Waiting for death in despair and loss may be the best punishment for him."

Pierce said:

"In 5 years, 10 years at the most, all this will subside, and those of us who know the truth can take solace. Justice will only be late, but it will not be absent. I beg you, don't touch that horror that will take most of the The dangerous bomb that the whole world is involved in, just pretend it never happened..."

Fury didn't answer, and it could be seen that he was a little shaken.

After learning about Gideon Malik's terrifying political background and complicated social relationships from Pierce, he had to admit that perhaps Pierce's suggestion was the most appropriate.

People die like lights, plus the beehive has been killed by Merlin, the last hope of the ancient Hydra has also been shattered, the belief of that organization has collapsed, maybe... this is the end of this matter, let time do it The final judgment is the best choice.

"Snapped"

Something was thrown in front of Fury and Pierce.

That was Merlin's secret agent ID.

Merlin's expression changed from serious to stubborn, and from stubborn to calm again. He sighed and said:

"I can understand your hesitation, so let me handle it."

"Merlin, you..."

Pierce still wanted to persuade, but Merlin didn't want to listen anymore.

He stroked the Hidden Blade fixed on his left arm, and said softly:

"Someone once told me that darkness can do things that light cannot. In addition to the judgment under the sun, there is another creed in this world."

"I couldn't understand the madness of those crazy people, but now I understand..."

"Let me handle it. This has nothing to do with SHIELD, it has nothing to do with world order, it has nothing to do with politics, it's just a private act."

"I have understood the path I should take, and I have seen clearly the morals I should abide by."

"I must set an example for those young people who walk in darkness...I must make you keep your faith, I must tell everyone, evil will be punished, evil will be punished..."

"I have seen the dead bodies in the Desert of Despair, I have seen 3000 years of evil, I have chosen to pay the price of justice, this is my war with Hydra, I cannot turn a blind eye to this, sorry...but I It has to be done. I have to chop off that last head..."

"Merlin, don't be impulsive!"

Fury reached out and tried to catch the receding Merlin, but...

"buzz"

Merlin's figure disappeared in the scattered shadows. He looked at Fury and Pierce, and said in a voice that only he could hear:

"All things are false, all things are permitted..."

(End of this chapter)