Washington, S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Office of the Director.
A low atmosphere filled the entire empty room. Nick sat on a chair with his arms folded across his chest, his one eye filled with anger as he stared at the two people standing in the room.
"You turned the infiltration operation into an armed invasion, and this is your answer to me?!"
The room was filled with the sound of Nick roaring and slamming the table.
As the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he does not reject his subordinates using force or breaking some rules in order to complete his tasks.
But he couldn't stand the fact that his people broke the rules, caused him trouble, and got nothing in return!
"I am willing to take full responsibility and accept any punishment from the bureau."
Sharon, who was standing, spoke in a somewhat dull tone. Coulson, who was standing by, saw this and spoke to ease the situation: "You can't say that. If it weren't for me..."
"You don't need to say this in front of me. You two are both responsible. The bureau will issue disciplinary documents against you later."
Nick interrupted with a cold face, raised his head, looked at Sharon and asked, "I read the mission report you submitted last night. It said that researcher Alex Mercer admitted to you that the Jintek Group was researching a high-risk virus, and you also lured the enemy away at a critical moment and asked him to collect relevant evidence for you, right?"
Sharon, who was somewhat confused as to why Nick asked this, looked up and nodded, "Yes."
After Sharon confirmed it, the room suddenly became silent.
After a while, Nick exhaled and said, "An hour ago, I received a report that Alex Mercer was shot dead at Pennsylvania Station, and a large number of troops belonging to Black Watch are entering Manhattan..."
As he was speaking, he looked at Sharon, who was standing in front of the desk, trembling slightly, and paused and said, "Agent Sharon Carter, you can leave now."
"But..." Sharon looked up suddenly.
Nick looked at him and said coldly, "Leave."
"I understand." Looking at Nick's eyes that were free of any emotion, she nodded and walked out of the office with a gloomy expression.
Coulson looked at the closed door with some worry, and said with some concern: "I hope she can come out."
For those of them who are in danger all year round, mission failure and death of companions are things they will encounter as long as they stay in this business long enough.
This can also be said to be the necessary journey from a rookie agent to a mature agent.
"It's also my fault that I expected too much from her." Nick also sighed.
Sharon has not been officially in S.H.I.E.L.D. for long, but because of her excellent performance in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy and the perfect completion of several missions after officially joining S.H.I.E.L.D., he gave her the task of investigating the Kintek Group, which was important but not urgent.
After receiving the invasion plan submitted by Sharon, he also deliberately sent Coulson, a reliable guy, as a safety precaution, but...
"Coulson, what do you think of this mission?" Nick asked.
Given Coulson's cautiousness in doing things, it was hard for him to believe that such a big mistake could have occurred.
"Other things were fine." Coulson groaned for a moment and said, "The only thing that was beyond my expectation was that three people who went to the lower level were killed and they didn't ask for help from me. But when I asked Grant afterwards, he said that they dispersed in order to attract as much attention as possible. It may also be because the guards downstairs were more elite than those upstairs."
Coulson expressed his opinion, Nick listened, nodded, thought for a while, and then threw out a new document.
Coulson reached out to take it, and after flipping through two pages, he looked up at Nick with some surprise.
"Sir, I think this is a bit risky, and things haven't come to this point yet. If we fail to take action against Colin Blake, the consequences..."
"You misunderstood, Coulson." Nick said with a rare look of worry on his face: "Using Joseph to lure Colin Blake out is not to deal with him."
Coulson frowned as he listened and looked over in confusion.
Nick looked at it, and said with energy: "Remember what I just said."
"Could it be that… "
Thinking of what Nick had just asked Sharon, and what he said about Alex Mercer being shot and Blackwatch heading to Manhattan, Coulson's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Ah, the Black Watch immediately blocked Pennsylvania Station after entering the city, and set up multiple layers of defense lines around it with that station as the center point."
"As expected, it was Alex Mercer who stole the virus and successfully escaped from Kintek."
"When he was escaping, he was discovered and shot by the people of Jintek Company, but he also released the virus at the same time..."
As he spoke, Nick clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, saying, "We are also partly responsible for this matter. Without sufficient knowledge of the virus, it is difficult for us to determine what kind of trouble it will cause, but just looking at the reactions of the Blackwatch guys, we know that it is definitely not a simple matter!"
"Isn't Colin Blake an expert in this field? Let's get him here first as a safety precaution."
"I see."
Coulson nodded, and after leaving the office, he walked in the corridor of S.H.I.E.L.D. with a lot on his mind.
A virus outbreak? He had never imagined that an invasion would lead to such serious consequences.
However, since it has already happened, there is no point in regretting it. At the moment, the main thing is to minimize the losses as much as possible.
Thinking in his mind, Coulson slightly quickened his pace as he walked along the aisle.
…
"Let me go on a mission?"
On the basement floor, at the gun training ground, Joseph looked at Coulson and Grant who were walking over with documents, his dark face full of surprise.
"You are a police officer and have a certain foundation. Now you have been studying for more than a month. It's strange to ask you to go on a mission?" Coulson asked back.
"Of course it's strange!" Yosel said cautiously, "You know my situation very well. I thought you would keep me under house arrest like this. Or, what are you going to do to Colin with me this time?"
"You're thinking too much. If we just want to put you under house arrest, we don't need to include you in the SHIELD organization." Coulson said, throwing the document in his hand over and saying, "This is your mission target this time. Grant is with you. I have something else to do. If you don't understand, just ask him directly."
After saying that, Coulson patted Grant on the shoulder and turned away.
Joseph looked at it, picked up the document and looked at it, then frowned at Grant and said, "What are you planning?"
"Perhaps we want you to recognize us more?" Grant smiled, leaned over and looked at the title on the document.
Elm Street Mystery Murder Investigation.
Haha, this is an extraordinary case that happened a long time ago.
The first order was 290, and the subscription-to-receipt ratio is 40 to 1. To be honest, I’m a little depressed at the moment.
I barely managed to type this chapter and will post it first.
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