Chapter 871: Starry Splendor (Part 13)

"Asgard?? You just said, Asgard's fleet... how could they appear in the solar system?? How could... are they intending to..."

Ross stuttered at the end, feeling cold sweat break out on his back, but soon, a major walked in, saluted the generals, and said:

"Sir, we just received a call from the Sanctum. They said that Asgard is patrolling the Nine Realms, and Midgard Earth, as a member of the Nine Realms, needs to cooperate..."

"Asgard's warships discovered that the sanitary conditions in the solar system are not optimistic, and urged us to rectify them as soon as possible. There cannot be too much space equipment in space, and transport devices and spaceships must be parked neatly..."

"In addition, in order to prevent too many cosmic traffic accidents in the solar system, their frigates are helping us clean up space junk."

"Also, this kind of cleaning service is paid. The United Nations has announced the cleaning service bill. Other countries have accepted it, and our President is planning to sign it..."

"Cannot sign!

!" The old general roared immediately: "Why do they... they... we cannot... they cannot! The President cannot sign!

Seeing that he was already a bit incoherent, Ross immediately walked up and said: "Where is the President? Stop him immediately, we cannot recognize this bill..."

The major was a bit embarrassed and said: "This bill is actually quite cheap. Congress passed it without even a second round of approval."

"Moreover, the Sanctum said that the new King of Gods of Asgard, Thor, intends to build a new crown and hopes to collect special metals in the Nine Realms, symbolizing the unity of the Nine Realms."

"The President believes that this might stimulate the price of Vibranium. After all, Vibranium is our specialty metal."

"And the United States is the country with the highest stock of Vibranium in the world besides Wakanda. Vibranium falling too hard is a huge loss for us. If it can rise back a little, it can be considered recovering losses. For this reason, Congress wants to build a good relationship with Asgard..."

"Moreover, the United Nations said that space junk is a problem that humanity needs to solve for a long time during the explosive period of technology. Using our own technology to solve it, although possible, the cost is too high. They are planning to sign a long-term cleaning service agreement with Asgard..."

"General!

! General!

Wake up!

! Doctor!

! Doctor!

!" Ross immediately rushed over to support the old general who rolled his eyes and fainted. All the generals were in a mess, supporting the fainted old general, at a loss.

That afternoon, the sky over New York was still so blue. Sitting in the car returning to the city from the hospital, Ross felt the impermanence of life for the first time, and this was just the beginning.

Although the first two launches failed, the simplified versions of the Mother Mold core were launched, so the losses were not that great. Everyone could only pin their hopes on the third launch.

The third launch was delayed by two weeks. Everyone performed calculations again, excluding all accidents as much as possible, striving for success in one go, and it had to be successful in one go.

On the day of the launch, almost all the officers of the Tal-Tu faction came to the launch center. At the moment the rocket took off, everyone's heart was in their throats.

During the flight, it didn't hit space junk, and after successfully reaching the target position, there were no sudden laser weapons. The base unfolded very smoothly, and cheers resounded through the entire launch center.

Then, they saw a small dot, approaching from far to near. Compared with the huge Red Orchid base, that figure looked incomparably small, but it was still captured.

"There is an intruder?!

Quick, quick! Start the defensive equipment!

Wasn't it equipped with weapons?!

"Start the weapons! Start the weapons! Don't let him get close to the base!

!"

The generals and researchers shouted. But the researcher in charge of operation wiped the sweat on his head and said: "No! The base has just unfolded, the energy is not yet fully connected to the defensive equipment, the energy is being transmitted, currently 13%, it will be finished in three minutes..."

That figure stood very far away, only a small black dot in the lens, completely invisible, and it didn't look big.

He didn't appear and directly crush the base like Magneto, which made everyone feel that he definitely couldn't attack the base so quickly.

Who knew, that figure seemed to turn around in place, and then threw something out. Everyone at the launch center saw a ring of light approaching from far to near, at an extremely fast speed, with invincible power, "swoosh" across the lens, and then, accurately hit the base's energy core,

When the brilliant fireworks appeared on the screen again, the generals still didn't know the name of the ring of light they saw that day, but the light of the fireworks shone on their faces, much more brilliant than the sunset in New York.

The light lit up again. They had never seen the brilliant stars of this universe so clearly.

It was still a calm day on Earth. Almost no one knew the story that happened in space, but almost the entire New York heard the sound of several people's hearts breaking.

The next day, the conference room of the military base could be said to be dead silent. Except for everyone being silent, there were fewer people. Most of the people who left were to explain this matter to their superiors, and the rest went to the hospital.

This incident did not make any contribution to the military's grand plan, but it made a huge contribution to the promotion path of other young officers waiting to be promoted.

In the silent atmosphere, Ross took the lead and said: "The plan cannot end like this, otherwise we will lose more..."

Another officer gritted his teeth and slapped the table, saying: "There must be a conspiracy in this, someone is hindering us!

"What about the ring of light yesterday? Didn't you send someone to recover it?" Another general asked, and the general beside him shook his head and said: "We went, and we also found Stark to retrieve the monitoring of the Mercury base. That ring of light disappeared out of thin air..."

"What do you mean?"

"It means literally. In the monitoring, the ring of light that detonated the Red Orchid base disappeared instantly. No trajectory was captured, and no one knows where it went."

"Moreover, according to the analysis report given by Stark, the light scattered by the ring of light does not conform to the optical properties of our dimension, and it is very likely left by visitors from higher dimensions."

"But who can collude with the United Nations, Asgard, and the so-called higher-dimensional visitors? If he has this ability, why doesn't he directly eliminate our transport vehicle, but create so many traffic accidents??" A young officer asked very puzzled.

"The problem lies here." Another officer tapped the table with his finger and said: "If there really is someone targeting us in the dark, then since he has the ability to mobilize other countries to launch space junk, and can connect Asgard, and even contact some so-called higher-dimensional visitors, then why doesn't he directly let Asgard use warship weapons to smash all our rockets?"

Ross shook his head. He couldn't figure out this problem either. Logically speaking, if someone didn't want them to complete this plan, such as mutants, then they would directly send Magneto up to crush the base. Why make so many routines? Besides wasting time and energy, what is the point?

Ross himself knew that the military's carrier rockets and equipment were basically in an undefended state, because the development time had been too long. Even if they were defended, they couldn't block the weapons of this era, let alone a powerful mutant like Magneto.

Moreover, if mutants knew about this plan, they would definitely not be in the current quiet state.

Several times before, when they were hunted by Sentinel robots, they made a big fuss, wishing the whole world knew they were victims.

This time, the military threatened their fundamental interests. If they knew, let alone others, Wolverine would definitely be running around, asking for an explanation.

Ross himself also knew that mutants seem to be divided, but they actually have their own division of labor. Magneto and Professor X, one sings the red face and the other sings the white face. Wolverine seems reckless, but he is also a bargaining chip for mutant negotiations.

Among female mutants, relatively gentle mutants like Kitty Pryde will play the role of a victim, crying on TV, while relatively radical ones like Storm will go everywhere to give speeches, manage their own media accounts, and output their views.

If they knew the military's plan, it would be a big fuss now. Besides the members of the X-Men firing, the Brotherhood of Mutants would definitely set fires all over the world, and Magneto wouldn't be idle either. He had threatened the President before.

But now, there is nothing. All students of the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters are attending classes normally, the Brotherhood of Mutants is quiet, Magneto has not returned from the Andromeda Galaxy, and even his daughter Polaris is missing. It doesn't look like their survival is threatened at all.

Besides this, Ross really couldn't think of anyone else who would be their enemy.

Speaking of Stark, he hadn't seen him get along well with mutants, and judging from his personality, if he wanted to oppose something, he would definitely noisily find Congress, perhaps hold a few press conferences, and wouldn't be like this, burying himself in the laboratory and not even answering the phone.

Asgard and the Sanctum are even less related. Both are transcendent organizations. Other countries on Earth simply don't have this need.

The Eastern country only cares about the mutants in their own country, and their handling of this problem is very clever, not worrying about it at all, so they never express their position on this in the international arena, and they won't jump out to do this kind of thing when they are busy with technical competition.

Thinking about it, the military only thought of one possibility, and that is S. H. I. E. L. D.

S. H. I. E. L. D. Director Nick Fury cursed in the previous secret meeting, expressing extremely strong opposition very rarely, and was righteous, and no one could persuade him.

Just when everyone looked at each other and understood that the other party thought of the same person, the conference phone in the center of the table rang. Ross reached out and pressed the button, and Nick's voice came from inside:

"Oh, oh, oh... look at what I saw, it seems someone's spaceship exploded?"

"Why, did you really launch your own mother into the Sun? That's a pity, she doesn't even have a grave. Did Aunt Susan next door finally not be able to hide the fact that you are her illegitimate child?"

"I told you long ago, you fucking won't succeed!

! Just like this!

Sooner or later!

You will be launched into the Sun with your mother and explode!

No bones left!

"This is the fucking consequence of your stupid decision!

Don't even think about letting S. H. I. E. L. D. wipe your ass!

Accompanied by various words that needed to be muted spraying out from Nick's mouth, the faces of all the generals became darker and darker.

Not only that, the next day Nick also poked this matter to Congress.

Although Congress had tacitly approved of this before, the premise was that you had to succeed. If you succeeded, nothing happened. If you failed, you embezzled military funds.

Plus, the military had promised many anti-mutant organizations before that they would definitely succeed. The pressure from those forces and organizations was also great.

Nick's uncharacteristic firmness and high profile made the military firmly set the target of suspicion on him.

After all, S. H. I. E. L. D. and the military have always been in a competitive relationship. Last time the military pitted S. H. I. E. L. D., S. H. I. E. L. D. has always wanted to find a place back. Nick indeed has sufficient motivation to commit the crime.

At the same time, he also has the means to commit the crime. S. H. I. E. L. D. after all also belongs to a transcendent organization. It is easy to bribe a country to specialize in launching space junk.

Nick even contacted King of Gods Odin personally, and had received foster care from Thor and Loki. It is not strange to be able to invite Asgard to help. As for the so-called higher-dimensional visitors, only S. H. I. E. L. D. could have such strange people.

Both the motivation and the method were determined. S. H. I. E. L. D.'s suspicion had become infinitely large. In the eyes of the military, this was completely a trap set by S. H. I. E. L. D., and it was very likely a trap spanning five years, just to completely drag down the Tal-Tu faction.

The military's vigilance against Nick Fury was pulled to the highest level, and at the same time, they officially tore their faces with S. H. I. E. L. D.

In order to shift the blame and reduce pressure, the lawsuit went to Congress, and even to the newspapers. Although the specific reasons were not explained, almost everyone knew that the two sides had almost become deadly enemies.

The military made such a big fuss, originally with the mentality of "I have already lost my pants, don't even think about having a good time", putting pressure on S. H. I. E. L. D., wanting them to help wipe their ass.

The military spokesperson stood on the media, shelling S. H. I. E. L. D. Director for inaction, the Tal-Tu faction united with several other factions and congressmen to put pressure on S. H. I. E. L. D., many countries in the United Nations voiced their condemnation of Nick Fury for being in a high position and not doing anything...

One newspaper after another flew out from all over the country and landed on Schiller's desk.

And on the front page headline of the last newspaper, Nick's face was clearly printed, and the title was written in bold black letters—

"Yesterday, a gunshot rang out in Congress, S. H. I. E. L. D. Director Nick Fury was assassinated and died on the spot." ===== CHAPTER 872 =====