Chapter 1883: The Madman's Journey (Sixty-One)

Chapter 1857: The Journey of a Madman (Sixty-One)

In the spacious and bright office of the Director of SHIELD, Pierce threw a stack of newspapers on the table with a little anger. He heard a knock on the door and turned around to see Nick Fury standing outside.

"Come in." Pierce sighed.

"What's wrong, Director?" Nick asked.

"Did you watch the news this morning?" Pierce walked to his desk and sat down, tapping the table with his index finger and said, "Iron Man's appearance caused a great sensation. People are guessing his true identity, but is there any need to guess?"

Nick immediately understood what Pierce meant. He said, "I think this is Tony Stark putting pressure on us. We are not ready to release the news of Hydra's resurgence. If Iron Man announces it first, it will be difficult for us to control public opinion."

"That will be a big stain in my career." Pierce's face was gloomy, and he looked straight ahead and said, "The United Nations has postponed my employment. They want to know who the mysterious enemy that SHIELD is dealing with in Eastern Europe is, and Stark has caused such a big fuss in the country. The movement, internal and external troubles."

Pierce looked up at Nick and asked, "Are there any new progress in the interrogation of Rodriguez?"

Nick nodded and said, "I was just about to say this. On the way to transfer him, the laboratory had scanned his physical condition and found nothing abnormal, but during the interrogation, we found that he might not be an ordinary person."

"Of course he is not an ordinary person!" Pierce raised his voice, dissatisfied with Nick's nonsense, he stared into Nick's eyes and said, "He is so important that the military and the FBI have erased all traces of his existence. He must have a shocking secret, and Hydra got him first."

"Sorry, Director." Nick lowered his head and said, "I mean from the time we arrested him and detained him and conducted Seven days have passed since the interrogation. During this period, he has not eaten anything or had no water, but he is still fine. The fatigue method has no effect on him. "

Pierce's brows twisted into a knot, and he said: "You mean he might be a cyborg, like Captain America?"

"It is very likely. We estimated his age, and his childhood was the time when the military was obsessed with cyborg experiments. This can also explain why we can't find his information in all the databases. He may have died socially."

Pierce sighed, turned his head, patted his hands on the armrests of the office chair and said: "Stark wants us to let him go to court, but this can't be done. He will expose all these things at once, and then the military and the FBI will also find trouble with us. Annoying."

"We are always cleaning up their messes." Nick shook his head and said, "Ninety percent of the modified humans who cause trouble in the Federation are the product of military experiments."

"The key is that he is still a Hydra." Pierce grabbed the handrail and said, "The day he stands in court, the news that Hydra has not yet perished will spread throughout the world, and SHIELD will become the biggest laughing stock, and I can't tolerate my reputation being ruined, Nick."

"Of course, Director, your contribution to the world is obvious to all, but if he can provide us with enough clues for us to catch the Hydra group in Eastern Europe in one fell swoop, it will be another matter."

Pierce waved to Nick and said, "Go, tell him that I will talk to him alone in three hours, and that will be his last chance. "

Pierce's last words were full of murderous intent, but he did not see the cold light flashing across Nick's face when he turned around.

In Stark's office, the secretary poured Coulson a cup of tea and left. Stark walked into the laboratory and looked up and down at Coulson in a suit, and sighed: "I didn't expect you to look like an agent, James Bond?"

Colson smiled helplessly and said: "I thought you would call me a stickler and a slug, Mr. Stark."

"That's what I was going to say." Stark rolled his eyes slightly, sat opposite Coulson in his battle suit and said: "What are you talking about this time? You want me to give you a few days so that you can speak softly to that Hydra and get some intelligence to make up for your mistakes? There's no time, man, my tolerance is limited."

"It's not this time." Coulson smiled and said to Stark: "Of course it is related to this, but I'm not here on behalf of Director Pierce this time. "

Stark frowned slightly, Coulson rubbed his hands, put his forearms on his knees, leaned forward and looked at Stark seriously and asked: "Mr. Stark, do you know who the next director of SHIELD is?"

Stark lowered his eyes, snorted and said: "I am not interested in your internal strife, I just want someone to do the work, and do it better."

"Nick Fury will be the next director of SHIELD. They had already started the work handover a month ago, but SHIELD attacked Hydra in other countries, so Director Pierce could not be promoted to the United Nations security department smoothly. "

Stark leaned back and said in a knowing manner: "You mean I should stop making trouble and send Pierce away quickly so that your boss can become the director of SHIELD?"

"This is also good, isn't it? Once Nick Fury becomes the director of SHIELD, the Hydra can immediately get the punishment it deserves." Coulson stretched out a finger and said: "In order to protect his own reputation, Director Pierce will definitely strictly interrogate Hydra until he gets some results to explain to the public and the United Nations."

"But Nick Fury doesn't have this concern. He doesn't need the intelligence of Hydra. He can also do his own work, and he will do better than Director Pierce."

Coulson looked at Stark and said: "Nick Fury has always been more inclined to fair trials. Once he gets the position of director of SHIELD, we will let all Hydra stand in court for trial."

Stark admitted that he was tempted.

Pierce might be desperate for his future, but as long as he leaves, Nick will let Schiller go to court. It is better to accept legal trial than fall into the hands of Pierce, the snakehead.

But at this time, Stark suddenly realized that something was wrong. Pierce was worried that the resurgence of Hydra might make him lose his reputation in his later years. Then he didn't need to announce that Schiller was a Hydra from the beginning. He just said that he was an ordinary terrorist and the matter would be covered up.

But he first told Stark that Schiller was a Hydra, and then he took action against Hydra in Eastern Europe with great fanfare. Now he started to say that if the world knew that Hydra had not been eliminated, it might make him lose his reputation in his later years. Isn't this a contradiction?

He could have pretended that he knew nothing and went to the United Nations on time to take up his post. After leaving office, he didn't care about the floods and the resurgence of Hydra. He could also throw the blame on Nick.

Stark felt his head hurt again. He instinctively felt that this might also be the result of the game between Pierce and Nick. So what did Coulson come to him now represent?

Coulson took a sip of water, looked up at Stark again and said, "Mr. Stark, let's be frank. When you were in Afghanistan, Nick Fury had already determined your whereabouts. When he was about to send someone to rescue you, Director Pierce went ahead."

The amount of information in this sentence made Stark's brain start to work at high speed. He knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Nick had already held real power at that time, and Pierce had planned to be promoted to the United Nations and leave.

If Nick had already found out his whereabouts at that time, then did he find out something else that made Pierce dare to reveal Schiller's identity in a hurry to clear himself?

The more Stark thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. Although in his opinion, Pierce's disguise was flawless, it was not impossible for Nick, who was able to get close to Pierce, to notice something.

This explained Pierce's series of actions. Nick might have started investigating when Stark announced his disappearance and found some clues of Pierce's plan.

Pierce found that he might be exposed, so he immediately took over his work, and then monitored Schiller to get the specific location of Stark, rushed there as quickly as possible, and announced the results of Nick's investigation to everyone to prove that he was rigorous in his work and had justice in his heart.

Although Stark was not very proficient in this kind of struggle, he had seen some of it. Generally speaking, after the top leader made a mistake, as long as he took out a thunderous attitude and publicly punished the second-in-command responsible for the execution, the matter would be easily covered up, which is the legendary "three cups of self-punishment".

In order to prevent Nick from following the clues to find him, Pierce hurriedly flew to Afghanistan and put all the pots on Schiller's head to end the case. This is an emergency way to deal with the crisis.

But this naturally brought greater troubles. With Nick watching, Pierce had to hit the group of Eastern European Hydra that Nick found out hard, otherwise he would not be able to clear his suspicion. However, once this happened, the matter would definitely be questioned by the United Nations, and his promotion would also be in trouble.

The more Stark thought about it, the more he felt that the whole thing was connected. This was most likely a trap that Nick had carefully set for Pierce, which put him in a difficult position. If Pierce did not take action, he would be easily uprooted by Nick. If Pierce wanted to distance himself from the matter, it would affect his career.

Stark suddenly realized that how could he be the only smart person in the world? Nick Fury might have noticed that something was wrong with Pierce.

Stark vaguely recalled that he had heard his father Howard mention the name Nick Fury, but only said that he was an excellent warrior. However, since he could survive from World War II to the present, he must be more astute than imagined.

Thinking of this, Stark breathed a sigh of relief, and the big stone that had been weighing on his heart was finally put down. Fighting alone against the devil and cooperating with another smart teammate were completely different pressure states.

But Coulson's next words made him feel nervous again.

"In order to reverse his unfavorable promotion situation, Director Pierce now wants to catch all the Hydras in Eastern Europe. Nick Fury is strictly interrogating the only Hydra we have captured under his orders."

"But he is very tight-lipped. Several agents took turns to interrogate him for a week, but did not get any useful information. But you can rest assured that Director Pierce will not let him keep his mouth shut in order to get results."

After Coulson stood up, he said, "Mr. Iron Man, you must want to see the murderer of this case stand in court to face justice. In order to ensure that he can still stand in court alive, you have to give Director Pierce some other hope."

"For example?"

"For example, Iron Man is willing to help SHIELD solve the troubles caused by Hydra and provide Director Pierce with the results he wants to appease the public."