Chapter 2722: Star Core Rescue (19)

Natasha stroked her chin, thought for a moment, and said, "You mean this might actually be a smoke screen?"

Schiller sat down and tapped the table lightly with his fingers, saying, "We can deduce their identity through the means they adopted. First, they definitely don't know about the existence of the Earth's magical defense network."

Natasha had a sudden realization. She said, "Right, if those monsters were really what they appeared to be in the video, then the Sanctum Sanctorum couldn't possibly not know. Although it's called the Earth's magical defense network, the energy level of this network is now enough to radiate the entire solar system. If there were really monsters living in the sun, why would Shi Difen run to Centauri so readily?"

"And don't forget the Ancient One and Asgard. They have traveled back and forth in the solar system more than once. If there were really such a monster, even if the Ancient One didn't drag it out of the sun and hack it to death, Loki and Thor would have no reason to hide it from us."

"After all, Midgard is also their important territory. All the so-called monsters here are actually citizens of the Nine Realms, completely within the monitoring range. If someone smuggled in without permission, those brutes wouldn't tolerate someone riding on their heads to take a dump."

Natasha nodded, deeply agreeing. She said, "Then there are only two possibilities: either the status of this monster is higher than all existences traveling in the Earth system..."

"And that has to include Eternity and Death, because I know they have watched this place more than once. Even if Death doesn't say anything, Eternity would definitely remind me. He doesn't want this monster to destroy the Earth one day, and then I go looking for his trouble."

"Then that possibility doesn't exist at all." Natasha said, "If there were really such a powerful monster in the sun, it wouldn't just play these kinds of tricks after coming out once."

"Then there is only one possibility left." Schiller straightened his body and leaned back in his chair, saying, "This monster actually doesn't exist, but someone wants us to believe that a monster exists. For this, they used a little trick."

"Illusion?" Natasha frowned. She looked down at the device on her wrist and said, "But I didn't find any residual magical energy near the photovoltaic integration device. This instrument built by S. H. I. E. L. D. is still quite reliable. If there were any, it would definitely be detected."

"Then that means it's not magic." Schiller twisted his fingers lightly and said, "It might be because the magical side is developing well now, and it has become popularized to the point where ordinary agents can also conduct tests, so your thinking always revolves around this. As long as you encounter impossible things, you hand them over to omnipotent magic to explain."

Natasha frowned and thought for a moment, also feeling that her thinking was a bit limited. She said, "Indeed, even if it doesn't involve magic at all, there are some methods to achieve this effect. But I don't understand, destroying the space station is destroying the space station, why must they conjure up a monster?"

"Anyway, they have already socially killed Aux through some means, and the only possible eyewitness can't say anything. Then they didn't need to leave the camera images at all. Wouldn't this scapegoat be completely pinned on Aux, and have nothing to do with them? Wouldn't this also achieve their goal of wanting to be heroes?"

"This kind of thinking can't be said to be wrong, it's just that you misjudged a human nature."

"What?"

"Greed."

"What the hell is this????!! " Nick's roar was so loud that it made Coulson's eardrums ache. The tall black man suddenly sprang out from behind the desk, his momentum like a tiger choosing someone to devour.

"How could such a monster appear around Earth?! Go call Shi Difen back immediately. I want to ask him what Kamar-Taj and the Sanctum Sanctorum are doing for a living!!!"

Coulson sighed in his heart. Thinking of Natasha's instructions, he still had to bite the bullet and say, "Boss, you have to calm down. Natasha said it's unlikely that this monster is real. Otherwise, the most anxious ones would be Kamar-Taj. Don't you know the extremism of those mages?"

Nick calmed down a little and sighed, also knowing that Coulson's words made sense. When it comes to extremism, no one can compare to Kamar-Taj under the leadership of the Ancient One and Strange. If they knew there was a monster so close to Earth that could threaten devices near Earth at any time, they would definitely rush into the sun without stopping to drag this guy out and smash it to pieces.

And if the monster were so powerful that even the mages couldn't discover it, then Nick calling people back now would just be sending them to their deaths. It's better to plan carefully.

The only problem is that this video is simply a naked slap in the face of S. H. I. E. L. D. S. H. I. E. L. D.'s duty is to deal with those supernatural events that ordinary people can't deal with, and not let those demons and monsters threaten the lives of ordinary people.

Now it's good. Not only did it threaten, but a big one came all at once. The degree of overlap between the appearance of this monster and the disaster it caused with S. H. I. E. L. D.'s duties simply made Nick feel that this was a conspiracy directed by some people against S. H. I. E. L. D.

Nick of course first thought of Schiller, but he thought about it and felt it was impossible. There was nothing else, it was just that this conspiracy was a bit too simple. So far, there was only one main line. Even if you count Peter and Gwen's unknown situation, there were only two lines. Even if you count the turkey competition in Centauri, there were at most three lines.

Although three lines couldn't be said to be few, if you think about it carefully, actually only the space station line had a bit of a crisis, and it wasn't the kind of crisis with no solution at all. As long as Nick was ruthless, even with his own reserves, he had a way to transport everyone down. It's just that the space station might not be saved.

If you pull in the mages, it wouldn't be impossible to have them show their holiness in front of people and have everyone fly up to lift the space station down. What's more, as long as you pull back one turkey from Centauri, the crisis would be solved.

This solution was a bit too much and a bit too simple. If it weren't for Nick insisting on letting ordinary people practice crisis prevention and response, the space station disaster would have had a happy ending three minutes after it happened.

It's unlikely that Schiller would set such a simple question. The seemingly simple clearance routes he set in the past actually only had one solution after calculating back and forth, and this solution looked very simple but was actually very difficult to achieve. Even if it was achieved, it might be a trap, or even the kind where you clearly knew it was a trap when you set off but still had to jump in.

But Nick looked at the space station event left and right and didn't see where this unique solution was.

It can only be said that this event is also quite compatible with S. H. I. E. L. D. itself. The description of having loopholes is not very accurate. Looking around, there are only loopholes.

But it just happens to be the same as S. H. I. E. L. D., all loopholes instead mean no loopholes, because it's all loopholes, so I don't know where to start.

Nick and Schiller's thinking was also synchronized. He felt that the mastermind behind this conspiracy shouldn't be at a very high level. If he knew about the existence of Kamar-Taj and Schiller, he wouldn't have set up such a stupid conspiracy. Even if he had some understanding of Nick, a semi-public figure, he wouldn't be so defenseless as he is now.

Since that's the case, taking these super-dimensional means to strike him seems a bit too much of an honor for him. Don't you want to play hero games? Then let's see who is the real hero.

Nick took a deep breath, waved his hand, and said, "Go to the conference room. I have some things to discuss with leaders of various countries."

Coulson went to arrange it immediately. Actually, calling it an arrangement is just calling a car. Now the leadership of various countries is basically gathered in the United Nations conference hall, just arguing in batches.

After the rescue plan was decided, the scientific researchers basically went home to work, leaving only a few core figures here to watch the overall situation. Now the ones arguing are politicians, and the topic of the argument is also the same old story. Anyway, they have to blame this matter on one country.

When Nick entered, he just caught up with the P5 finishing pushing the pot and was uniting to study who to throw this black pot on. Looking at the Indian representative who was still grinning without knowing anything, Nick snorted in his heart.

Howard immediately rushed toward him and then said, "Thank god, you finally came. Hurry up and let me go back to the hotel. I don't want to stay here for even a second longer."

Nick also knew that he couldn't stand these long-winded political confrontations. He estimated that his butt was already sore by now, but he couldn't go back yet. After all, Tony Stark wasn't there, and he, Howard Stark, was an important existence supporting the United States. In order to successfully let the person who should take the blame take the blame, he still had to sit for a while.

Nick looked for the figure of Zheng Xian, the Director of S. P. E. A. R., in the crowd. After looking for a long time, he didn't find him. From Howard's mouth, he learned that the group from S. P. E. A. R. had already gone to prepare for maritime rescue. However, he still found a relatively familiar Chinese face in the crowd.

"Xu, why are you here?" Nick discovered Xu Shang-Chi and called him over. Xu Shang-Chi also looked helpless. He said, "Director Zheng didn't call me when he left..."

"Did you fall asleep again?" Nick ruthlessly exposed him and then said, "You should change the habit of falling asleep when you have a meeting. If Coulson were like you, he would have been demoted to level 7 by me now."

"That, boss, I am currently level 7. After you demoted me last time, you forgot to promote me back to level 8..."

"Shut up, Xu. Come and tell me about the rescue plan in China..."

Nick actually wasn't interested in China's rescue plan, but he had to find someone to communicate with China. At least he had to let Zheng Xian know that S. H. I. E. L. D. had basically mastered the level and movements of the people making trouble. Once something goes wrong, they aren't completely passive, and can even be said to occupy the initiative. So they must not panic and must be able to hold their breath.

Xu Shang-Chi didn't let Nick down either. As soon as Nick left, he rattled off everything Nick told him to Zheng Xian. Facts proved that Nick's vigilance in taking precautions was indeed worthy of the title of King of Agents. Zheng Xian received the news less than ten minutes before something happened.

At first, a video was spread on Tiktok, a video software that was particularly popular recently. The video was very short, only about thirty seconds. The content was the terrifying monster that set off from the sun and attacked Aux.

But the angle of this video was different from the video Natasha had seen before. The previous video was filmed from a side perspective, seeing Aux's half-side, more like a narrative and introduction perspective. Although the monster's posture was still amazing, there was no sense of immersion.

But this time, the video was more like first-person, as if the camera was worn on Aux, filming the frontal perspective of this monster attacking. The moment the monster pounced, it even startled Nick who was watching the video, which showed its oppressive power.

After Nick finished watching this video, he seemed to have thought of something. He immediately turned his head and said to Coulson, "Go, call Eddie Brock over." ===== CHAPTER 2723 =====