Chapter 527

S. H. I. E. L. D.

Natasha and Hawkeye have already returned to S. H. I. E. L. D.'s ground headquarters.

Originally, S. H. I. E. L. D.'s headquarters had been transferred from the ground to the Helicarrier.

But the Helicarrier was destroyed in this war.

Because of this, Nick Fury is now extremely troubled, as he has not yet figured out how to explain it to his superiors.

Because the destruction of the Helicarrier can be said to have caused S. H. I. E. L. D. heavy losses.

To build the Helicarrier, S. H. I. E. L. D. spent a huge amount of money.

As a result, the Helicarrier was gone just a few days after it took off.

With such a huge mess, Nick Fury cannot really hold it up.

Director's Office.

Nick Fury looked at the office door being pushed open and at Natasha and Hawkeye walking in; he did not mind that the two entered without greeting him.

"Natasha, tell me about your situation."

"What are the specific details?" Nick Fury said.

Naturally is already known to him that the wormhole above Manhattan had disappeared.

But how the wormhole disappeared, he needs to know the specific details and the sequence of events.

Also, where the Tesseract, Loki, and his scepter that can control people have gone.

Natasha did not hide anything and told Nick Fury the whole story directly.

"What? You say the Tesseract was crushed by someone into a blue gem, and then the culprit, that guy named Loki, was also taken away by someone?" Upon hearing Natasha's words, Nick Fury could no longer maintain his composure and stood up immediately.

Originally, he thought that at least they had won the war.

If they could get the Tesseract back, capture the culprit Loki, and then hand over the scepter that can control people in his hand, perhaps he would be fine this time.

But now, well, they won, but it seems it was not mainly because of them.

Someone intervened to help them.

But to say they helped them is not entirely correct.

Because the other party may have had their own purposes; helping them was just because their purposes happened to align somewhat with theirs.

Moreover, the other party also took away the culprit this time, and the Tesseract and that so-called scepter were all turned into gems and taken away by him.

And according to what Natasha said, that person called the blue gem inside the Tesseract an Infinity Stone.

The information about the wormhole's disappearance and the other details is very incomplete.

Natasha nodded.

Upon hearing this, Nick Fury felt a headache.

This is trouble.

Just then, Nick Fury's phone rang.

He took it out and saw the caller was Pierce Alexander, his direct superior.

The former director of S. H. I. E. L. D.

He could sit in this position now entirely thanks to the strong support of Pierce Alexander.

At this time, if Pierce is calling, it obviously cannot be to deliver good news.

Nick Fury answered the call.

Just as he expected, as soon as the call was connected.

The Pierce on the other end unleashed a torrent of abuse at Nick Fury.

After all, this incident was mainly S. H. I. E. L. D.'s fault.

S. H. I. E. L. D. failed to protect the Tesseract; letting someone steal the Tesseract was one thing.

But in the end, they did not even discover that the other party had intentionally feigned surrender.

Causing the Helicarrier to crash.

Although the casualties were not as large as imagined, there were still heavy losses.

This is a dereliction of duty on Nick Fury's part and a manifestation of his incompetence.

Being scolded is normal.

Originally, Nick Fury thought he would be completely removed from his post.

But the result was that he was only temporarily demoted to Deputy Director.

He was not directly removed.

This made Nick Fury somewhat surprised and also somewhat pleased.

Afterwards, Pierce gave Nick Fury a new order.

That is, no matter what, they must find Jiang Hao, who took away Loki and the two Infinity Stones.

When Jiang Hao is found and the stones are retrieved, only then can he return to the position of Director.

The fact that Pierce is Hydra is something the current Nick Fury does not know.

And the reason Pierce chose not to remove Nick Fury.

Is not because he likes Nick Fury, this black egg, so much.

But because he knows that Nick Fury is capable.

Although Nick Fury was promoted by his support.

He rose to the position of Director through solid merit and achievements.

He never intentionally assigned any credit to Nick Fury.

He only helped Nick Fury ensure that all the credit that should be attributed to him was practically credited to him.

So Nick Fury occupying the Director's position was also related to his own capabilities.

A capable subordinate; Pierce naturally was unwilling to simply discard him.

Moreover, Nick Fury, not knowing he was Hydra, was loyal enough to him.

The two were actually quite good friends in their daily lives.

When there was nothing to do, they would arrange a meal together, then go pick up girls and such.

Putting aside their superior-subordinate roles, on the surface, the two also held the identity of friends with a good relationship.

Nick Fury controlling S. H. I. E. L. D. was equivalent to him controlling S. H. I. E. L. D.

If they kicked Nick Fury out and replaced him with someone else as Director.

It would instead easily give rise to some trouble.

If he didn't obey at that time, he would still have to go handle it.

So troublesome.

So it was still most suitable to let Nick Fury continue as Director.

Come to think of it, Nick Fury really should thank him.

If he hadn't stepped forward, this time Nick Fury would not only have been stripped to the bottom.

But would also have become the number one scapegoat for this incident.

Who told that guy he had no backing over at Congress.

The consequence of becoming the number one scapegoat is.

For the rest of his life, he would probably have to sing the song of iron windows.

A pizza shop.

Tony Stark, Captain America Stephen, Thor, and Bruce Banner, who had already turned back into a human, were gathered at one table eating pizza.

And at this moment, the topic they discussed was no one else but Jiang Hao.

"Thor, where do you think that mysterious man named Jiang Hao will take your younger brother?" The one asking this question was Bruce Banner.

Everyone has curiosity.

Bruce Banner was naturally no exception.

Thor shook his head.

(Regarding Zhao Zhao) "I can't guess, but if I return to Asgard, I can have Heimdall look for him."

"If they are still in the Nine Realms, Heimdall can see them."

"He can see everything in the Nine Realms by means of the Bifrost," Thor explained.

"No wonder you were in such a hurry to return; you just had that in mind?"