45..S.D.O.L.D.-Choice【15/40】

High above the sky, the bridge of the Aegis command ship was dead silent.

Although Pierce asked the World Security Council to revoke the arrest warrant for Merlin, the order was not executed immediately because of Kong's sudden loss of control.

So now in theory, Merlin Riley, the former Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., is still a wanted person.

A wanted criminal marked as the most dangerous.

"click"

In the command room, the first agent with quick reaction drew out his gun and was about to shoot Merlin.

But the moment before he pulled the trigger, a purple magic light burst from behind Merlin.

The light swept across the entire bridge like a shock wave.

Any agent who came into contact with the light seemed to be thrown into the mud, and was forcibly imprisoned in place by the shaking magic power.

Behind Merlin, Miss Hermione, the Deputy Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom, who was wearing a wizard's costume and held a wand, was tall and indifferent, stepped out.

She waved her hand, and the assembled Aurors rushed out of the portal and quickly occupied the bridge.

Those well-trained magic Aurors immediately began to cast mind-washing magic on the agents in the bridge without needing to be ordered.

In other parts of the entire Aegis command ship, when Merlin appeared, more than 20 portals were opened at the same time.

The s.d.o.l.d. agents led by Coulson and Melinda, with the help of wizards from the Magic Congress, quickly took over the Helicopter Carrier like mercury pouring down the ground.

Hermione, who threw out a large-scale control magic, stretched out her hand to pay Merlin's arm.

She worriedly said to Merlin:

"I said you don't need to come, we will take care of it... You are seriously injured, and you need to rest well."

"Just going through the portal, little Hermione."

Merlin patted Hermione's hand and said softly:

"I'm not that weak yet."

"Merlin!"

Hill, who got up from the ground, let out a scream. The usually calm and steady commander couldn't control his emotions at this moment, and she rushed to Merlin's side.

Under the gaze of Hermione's weird eyes, she hugged Merlin tightly with a very ambiguous gesture.

"It's okay, Hill."

Merlin didn't care about this either. He stretched out his hand and patted Hill's trembling shoulder. He whispered:

"I'm here, don't be afraid, it's okay..."

"There are others."

These words woke Hill up, she hastily let go of Merlin, and straightened her collar in embarrassment.

She stood in front of Merlin, straightened her body, and said to Merlin:

"I will now hand over control of the Aegis command ship to you, Commander Merlin!"

"You continue to command."

Merlin waved his hand and said casually:

"I've been fired..."

Hill gritted her teeth, but in the end she didn't say much, but sat back in the command chair.

She looked at the internal projection of the monitoring Aegis command ship in front of her. Inside the space carrier, all important nodes were being quickly occupied and cleared.

"Report the situation, everyone!"

Hill said something, and the next moment, continuous reports sounded from the bridge.

"The power room is occupied!"

"The weapon room is occupied!"

"..."

This was the first battle started by the counterattack of the entire s.d.o.l.d. assembled by Coulson after the incident.

Those witcher agents who were suffocating in their hearts moved extremely quickly.

Not to mention the assistance of the Overwatch team and the regrouped Thunder Special Attack team.

Under the premeditated raid, the mothership was completely wiped out in less than 10 minutes.

All the agents controlled by the Golden Apple were imprisoned.

The wizards from the UK and North America are cleaning their minds, but it will take time, and they may not be able to catch up with the upcoming counterattack.

"I knew you wouldn't die..."

Dr. Moira and George walked into the bridge. She glanced at Merlin who was sitting on the edge seat and was talking with Dr. Serizawa. A smile appeared on Dr. Biology's face.

She said to Merlin:

"Even if a guy like you really dies, it will be spectacular."

"It's weird what you said."

Merlin frowned, looked at Moira, and said:

"But I can understand what you mean. I accept your congratulations on my escape from death."

Merlin looked at George who was silent behind Moira again, and he said:

"George, it's all right for you to steer the ship?"

"It's just a space carrier, what a joke."

George smiled at Merlin, he manipulated the suspension chair into the main console, and then waved his fingers lightly.

The space carrier, which entered the hovering state due to lack of enough operators, was restarted at the next moment.

All modules are activated and run in the most stable state.

With his own strength, Super Brain Man George completed the work of driving the mothership that required a large team to complete.

"I heard Lillian and Winston were hurt..."

Merlin looked at Moira and said:

"is it serious?"

"It's not that serious."

Moira frowned and replied:

"Winston is just out of strength, and there are some confusions in his thinking."

"But Lillian... Lillian's problem is not physical. She took a mysterious potion to protect herself. Now she is undergoing transformation. I don't know what Lillian will become when she wakes up."

"well..."

Merlin shook his head regretfully.

A few seconds later, the bridge doors opened again.

Coulson and Melinda, wearing body armor, led the senior agents of s.d.o.l.d. into the command room.

Lincoln, Barbie, Mike, Trip, and Jimmy, the senior agents who were urgently recalled from all over the world, seemed to be in good condition, but there was a helpless silence on their faces.

Obviously, they knew something was wrong, but they didn't know where it was.

Among the crowd, there was a very special guy.

"Don't look at me like that, Merlin."

Gartler leaned against the bridge hatch, smoking a cigar, as if ready to flee at any moment.

The old cowboy shrugged and said to Merlin:

"I know, you warned me not to appear in front of you again...but you know, I really can't turn a blind eye when a friend is in danger."

"Speaking of which, we're still friends now, aren't we?"

"Sir!"

Coulson didn't know what was going on between Gartler and Merlin, but when he saw Merlin's complicated eyes, he took a step forward.

whispered:

"If Lord Gartler hadn't brought his demon hunter friends to help, many of my colleagues and I might have died in the raided headquarters..."

"It can be said that without his warning, it would be difficult for me to warn everyone and gather them together in such a short period of time."

Merlin waved his hand, signaling Coulson to stop talking.

He leaned on his cane, stood up, and under the eyes of everyone, he walked up to Gartler, and he looked at Gartler's yellow cat's eyes.

Merlin shook his head, then punched Gartler in the stomach.

Weak fist...

He was injured, and this punch didn't hurt Gartler at all, and he couldn't even feel the pain.

"We're even... you bastard."

Merlin said in a voice only two people could hear:

"But you still owe my nephew, whether little Peter will forgive you in the future, this is a matter between you."

"ha."

Gartler rubbed his stomach pretending to be in pain, and said:

"It's a big deal to marry my newborn daughter to your nephew in the future... Believe me, she must be a beautiful girl with Veela blood."

"You are an old and disrespectful fellow."

Merlin shook his head, and he said another thing:

"How did you summon those demon hunters? Could it be that you have established your own power in Europe over the years?"

"No, no, I don't."

Gartler reached for the cigar, flicked the ash casually, and said with a smile:

"I posted a mission in the tavern in Marseille. I said, I need help to save the contemporary master of the Wolf School..."

"Then that afternoon, more than 40 companions expressed to accompany me."

"You also know that there are fewer and fewer demon hunters now. Although we don't communicate with each other on weekdays, we are still very united when encountering problems."

"Oh, and."

Gartler reached out and patted Merlin's shoulder, and he winked at Merlin:

"Your father-in-law also helped. Although Master Ulysses has retired, he has a great reputation in the circle of European witchers."

"I heard that he also contacted some old friends to save his son-in-law."

"All right."

Merlin looked at the bracelet on his wrist. There was a bright red cross pendant on the bracelet. It was a treasure handed down from the Bloodstone family and was given to him by Elsa.

"How did you know I was in danger?"

Merlin says:

"Do you still have contact with Hydra?"

"No."

Gartler snorted and said:

"But I have been paying attention to them. You also know that I had a high authority in Hydra. I can always know something that other people don't know."

"Speaking of which, do you now know who the last hidden snake head is?"

This question kept Merlin silent for a moment, and he said softly:

"Ok, I know."

"click"

The cabin door of the bridge opened again, and Sharon, who was carrying two swords, walked into the command room with Yong Rogge, who was wearing a blue combat uniform. She said to Merlin:

"Sir, Dr. Banner has made arrangements. He is resting, and Dr. Betty is taking care of him."

"All the data and important items of the Pegasus base have been brought back and are now stored in the mothership's warehouse."

"The same goes for the ghost base."

The Kerry man Yuya, the semi-retired commander of the Thunderbolts, said to Merlin:

"Everything was moved back, and the base, as you ordered, was blown up."

"Um."

Merlin nodded, he pushed his glasses subconsciously, but there was no heavy frame on the bridge of his nose.

Icarus was given to Natasha to maintain covert communications and cover detection.

Natasha and Patton have now sneaked back into the Trident Building, and they are ready to respond to the s.d.o.l.d.'s offensive from inside at any time.

"Everyone..."

After confirming that all worries were resolved, Merlin turned around, looked at everyone in the command room, and said:

"I know that you are full of doubts in your heart now, and you feel ignorant of the sudden danger. You have many questions to ask me, but I can't answer you one by one."

"I can only tell you that there are traitors inside S.H.I.E.L.D."

"A terrifying one that has been hiding in the shadow of S.H.I.E.L.D. from the very beginning, absorbing nutrients. At the most critical moment, they occupy the body of S.H.I.E.L.D. from the inside."

"The Insight Project has been launched, and you have also seen the light and flames falling from the sky. They claim to establish a new order, and now this is just the beginning."

Merlin was leaning on a cane, a trace of disappointment flashed across his pale face, and he said:

"I'm sorry, everyone, I should have been more sensitive, I should have noticed the danger in advance."

"But because of my incompetence and mistrust, you, and our companions who have already suffered, have encountered this crisis that shouldn't have happened."

"Now, there is no time to mourn."

Merlin took a deep breath and said:

"I will take you back to the Trident Building. This time, we are not going to save the S.H.I.E.L.D. that has fallen into the abyss..."

"We're going to destroy it!"

This sentence made everyone in the bridge change their expressions. Coulson wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Merlin's hand. He said:

"An organization that was used to protect order and peace when it was established has now become a source of turmoil in this world."

"The work we do, the effort and the sacrifices we put into it, are meaningless when S.H.I.E.L.D. is taken from the darkness."

"I also thought that its existence was a kind of protection for this world, but I only discovered now that it is not..."

"It's us who pushed all of this. It's the existence of S.H.I.E.L.D. that allows the forces of evil to accumulate."

"To this day, it casts its shadow over a world we love and hate."

Merlin said in a deep voice:

"SHIELD has strayed from its duty and mission, and if it continues to exist, it will only hurt more people."

"We all know how terrible the catastrophe will be caused by the organization we have built with our own hands."

"So we want to cut off the black hand that manipulates it, and smash this corrupt system together!"

"No more S.H.I.E.L.D., no more Hydra..."

"The deep-diving poisonous snake will be strangled to death by my own hands, and the lair that will give birth to vicious young snakes will also be burned by our own hands!"

"The peace and order that this world needs requires everyone to participate and maintain together, instead of an organization that uses power and violence to forcefully shape a false order."

Merlin raised his head, and he looked at the agents with complex expressions in front of him.

He looked at Coulson, at Melinda, at Sharon, at Hill, and he said:

"I'm going to destroy it! I'm going to destroy the shackles on you and this world..."

"And you are going with me!"

"Guys, we made a mistake, and it's time to correct it!"

There was no sound in the entire bridge, and even the wizards and Aurors who stood by kept their mouths tightly shut.

They may not yet understand what's going on.

But they can realize that today's event will inevitably be a very important turning point in the process of world civilization.

After a few seconds, Merlin closed his eyes and said:

"Now, before we fight S.H.I.E.L.D., before we become 'betrayers', before we boldly fight back against the authorities, before we become a group of wanted, outcasts..."

"Anyone want to quit?"