Chapter 880: Starry Splendor (XXII)

Putting down the phone, Peter was still in a state of shocked dizziness. But at this moment, Seeing Natasha walked in, threw the key ring onto the table, and said, "Peter Parker, the car to pick you up is already outside. To avoid suspicion, I can't go. Take your yellow mouse good friend and go take office."

"No, wait a minute, this is too sudden. Why did I... I can't... How could I possibly be the Director of S. H. I. E. L. D.?! What kind of joke are you playing??" Peter kept retreating, saying, "This is too absurd. How could they let me be the Director of S. H. I. E. L. D.??"

Seeing Natasha hugged her arms, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Is there a possibility that you are the only one left?"

"Only me left? Are you saying that everyone else sacrificed?"

"No, think carefully. Besides you, are the others really more suitable than you?"

Accompanied by Peter's thinking, the reality that was no different from the scene in his brain happened two days ago.

Nick Fury died. At least after confirmation from multiple parties, he was not faking his death. The genetic testing from multi-point sampling matched completely, and the autopsy results proved that he was the genuine Nick Fury, and the genuine dead one at that.

However, his death did not mean the storm had subsided; instead, it meant a bigger storm was coming.

First, who killed him?

Everyone felt it was the military, even the military felt it was themselves. They all felt that it must have been someone from the Tartar faction who made the move, and everyone in the Tartar faction felt that it was their colleague who made the move.

While they complained about this reckless youth not considering the consequences, they also thanked him for his recklessness. S. H. I. E. L. D. was gone, and the power to check and balance the military was reduced by one layer.

Congress also understood this point. They couldn't just sit and watch this situation continue to develop. The Tartar faction had always been radical, they strongly disagreed with the system of separation of powers, and were ready to launch a war at any time to elevate their status. Congress couldn't let them succeed.

Once a war was launched, the entire political system would inevitably face a reshuffle. No one wanted to be washed out, so Congress's goal was to maintain stability.

Since that was the case, the position of S. H. I. E. L. D. Director became the key.

Congress hoped that Nick Fury's direct descendants would inherit this position to continue to check and balance the military. They indeed had the ability to support such people to take office, but the only problem was that Nick Fury's direct descendants couldn't take office.

Coulson sacrificed, Hill disappeared with intelligence, and as for Seeing Natasha, her name was Seeing Natasha, who would dare let her be the S. H. I. E. L. D. Director?

Ward and Mack, who emerged later, one was a cold-blooded and ruthless killer, a typical sniper, basically had no leadership ability, and his status in S. H. I. E. L. D. wasn't very high. If he were suddenly promoted, it would appear too abrupt.

Mack was not bad, an old agent, strong in ability, sophisticated in handling affairs, and his resume was also good. But the only problem was that he was a former CIA agent. Letting the CIA get S. H. I. E. L. D. would have the same consequences as letting the military get S. H. I. E. L. D.

There were a few mutants left, but the key to the problem lay in mutants. Congress couldn't possibly promote a mutant to take office immediately after such a thing happened. This wasn't putting out a fire, but fanning the flames.

Searching and searching, Congress placed their target on these people in the Avengers.

In their view, these superheroes basically wouldn't truly lead S. H. I. E. L. D., but as long as they had a title, it would be enough. As long as they could maintain short-term stability, they would have enough time to screen for a suitable successor.

However, these people in the Avengers were not all suitable. First was Captain America. Steve was very suitable. The people in Congress also understood him. Although he wouldn't favor Congress, he wouldn't favor the military either. He could be impartial and relatively fair.

At the same time, his ability was also very strong, especially his propaganda ability, which was very suitable for S. H. I. E. L. D. at this stage.

The only problem was that he himself was extremely unwilling.

Steve claimed that as long as the truth of Nick Fury's sacrifice couldn't be found out, he absolutely couldn't take over S. H. I. E. L. D., and he also said that as long as he took over S. H. I. E. L. D., he would inevitably find out all the truth.

Nick had been playing games for so many years, and not everyone was unaware. Even if they didn't know the situation was so serious, they could still hear a bit of wind.

If Captain America were allowed to take office, he was fair and incorruptible, and had great prestige. Many people grew up listening to his legends, and it was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't be influenced by his words. Intelligence work wouldn't be able to be done.

Stark didn't even need to be mentioned. He himself was already the person in charge of the Stark Group and the Solar System Development Plan. If he came for S. H. I. E. L. D. again, that would be truly holding all power, which didn't conform to Congress's idea of checks and balances.

Blade hunter Eric was a vampire, Matt was a blind man, and the remaining members were either mutants or related to that kind of sticky symbiont. Basically, they couldn't be used.

And at this time, a person appeared in their field of vision, and that was Spider-Man.

If Congress wanted to investigate, the fact that Spider-Man was Peter Parker couldn't be hidden at all. They checked and found that this kid's background and ability were not bad.

Parents died when he was young, grew up in his aunt and uncle's house, an ordinary American working-class family, and was also a local New Yorker. After entering high school, his grades were very good, and he was even admitted to New York University.

During his time at school, he had no bad records. Although he didn't actively participate in club activities, he achieved quite good results in scientific research and belonged to relatively precious knowledge-based talent.

At the same time, Spider-Man was also a relatively positive superhero image, very popular among teenagers, and unlike Captain America, he didn't have such great influential remarks that could sway the public opinion situation.

Overall, the image of Spider-Man belonged to having good reviews, but it wasn't all good reviews. He had ability, but wasn't omnipotent. His background was ordinary, but ordinary was the best advantage. Under these circumstances, he was a very suitable candidate.

That's right, in Congress's view, this kind of reckless youth couldn't figure out the complicated relationships and huge intelligence work of S. H. I. E. L. D., but this was exactly what they wanted. Spider-Man was just a transition. The purpose was to not let the military get control. As long as he could persist for a period of time, there would naturally be others to take over in the future.

More importantly, arranging for Spider-Man to be this Director wouldn't cause a strong backlash from the military.

Because the military also knew that such a kid with basically no resume and who had never done intelligence work couldn't unify S. H. I. E. L. D. at all. That was equivalent to saying that this pile of treasure was still placed there, just temporarily kept by someone. When it couldn't be dragged on anymore, then it would be up to each person's ability.

Peter, who was treated as a stopgap measure, was still confused until he got into the car. He completely didn't understand how he became the Director of S. H. I. E. L. D. He hadn't even graduated from university yet.

Pikachu, held in his arms, sniffed its nose and said, "I smell the scent of a conspiracy. You say, after you go over, will you face a hundred or eighty dark gun barrels? Or all kinds of traps?"

Peter stroked Pikachu's ears somewhat absent-mindedly. He said, "I'm not afraid of gun barrels or traps. I have Spider-Sense and can dodge them. What I'm afraid of is..."

Peter took a deep breath and said, "I don't participate in clubs at university because I'm not very good at reading the room. I don't quite understand those messy hints of theirs, and I don't want to think about them..."

"University clubs are like this, then S. H. I. E. L. D., the world's largest intelligence agency... My God, I feel like I'm about to head to another universe. The thinking and speaking style there is completely different from mine..."

With such a nervous mood, Peter still arrived at the S. H. I. E. L. D. base.

He thought he would encounter all kinds of cold faces and thousands of troubles, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as he came out of the elevator, two rows of special service officers stood neatly, and the receptionist said with a smile, "Director, please this way."

Peter's eyes widened. He confirmed repeatedly that his Spider-Sense had no movement, before he took the first step somewhat hesitantly.

The receptionist was a female agent. Peter was just behind her, arriving at an office. The receptionist stood at the door and said to him with a smile, "This is your office. You can go in and wait for a while. In a moment, this week's work report will be sent over..."

Peter nodded somewhat ignorantly, walked in, and sat in the chair. He paused, and then said, "Alright, since the situation is already like this, we can only work hard..."

After finishing, he revealed a headache expression and said, "I hope these documents won't be harder to understand than thesis materials..."

He casually took a stack of documents from his left hand, opened them, and saw a long string of names and all kinds of strange locations. Peter immediately covered his forehead and said, "What do I have to do? Match them up? But how do I know who should go where?"

"Hello, this week's work report has been delivered." Another agent walked in. He handed a thin stack of documents to Peter. Peter opened them and saw only a few sentences written on them:

"This week's work has been completed smoothly, all personnel are in place, all work is progressing smoothly, and no unexpected situations have occurred."

Peter raised an eyebrow and said, "This is the work report? This is a bit too simple, right?"

"Yes, Director, this wasn't difficult at all. You will be able to get the hang of it very soon." That agent smiled and said, "Next, what you need to do is wait here, and then, sign your name on every document."

"But, how do I judge whether that document should be signed?" Peter asked.

"This is the work the Deputy Director has to do. The documents sent to you are all documents that must be signed." The agent said very seriously.

"Then those enemies lurking here, I mean, Hydra and the like, should we arrest them, and also, Hill and the others were hunted before..."

Hearing the word Hydra, the agent's smile trembled, but he still said:

"If you want to arrest Hydra, we will carry out a special action. You just need to sign on the document..."

Peter looked embarrassed, but he didn't know what else he could do. After all, even if his IQ was high, intelligence work was complicated, and it was impossible to sort it out in a short while.

Thus, in the next two weeks, Peter's work was to sign his name on every document, and then receive an extremely brief weekly report that everything was going smoothly.

Spider-Man stood at the center of the vortex, watching the people around him coming and going, diligent and busy. He seemed to have participated, but it also seemed he hadn't.

Peter sat in the driver's cab, constantly repeating pressing a button, and this huge machine began to operate. He didn't know whether this machine was operating smoothly, nor did he know whether the smooth operation had anything to do with him.

At the same time, in the Congress Hall and the military conference room, two voices full of doubt and shock came at the same time:

"S. H. I. E. L. D.!

Why is it suddenly so efficient??!

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