Manhattan, the First Virus Research Institute.
In the spacious laboratory, Colin looked at the light blue liquid he had prepared and let out a sigh of relief.
The changes in the outside world did not affect his actions. After obtaining information from Coulson, he conducted research on the Blacklight virus in his exclusive laboratory.
Now, one night has passed, and a vaccine that can inhibit the black light virus and can be mass-produced by current technology has been successfully researched as he expected.
And the finished product is the test tube in his hand.
"It's enough to delay the outbreak of the virus for seven to ten days, but it's a bit costly... Oh, I was wrong. I don't have to pay for it."
He sneered and shook his head, took out his cell phone to check the time, and strode out of the laboratory.
According to his calculations, the manufacturing cost of a single vaccine is about $500,000. Of course, once it is mass-produced, the manufacturing cost will definitely be reduced, but no matter what, it will not be less than $300,000.
However, these have nothing to do with him.
Pushing open the door, there were few pedestrians on the corridor. The few people wearing white coats were walking hurriedly, looking busy.
Colin took a quick look and didn't go up to disturb them. He planned to just walk around and see what normal research was like.
However, after walking only two steps, a middle-aged man wearing a mask, a black suit, and looking like an agent ran up to him in the aisle.
"Mr. Colin, have you got any results from your experiment?" the visitor asked anxiously.
Colin glanced at him and didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Why isn't Coulson here?"
He didn't really care about being questioned as soon as he came out. After all, he only had a trading relationship with SHIELD now, so there was nothing wrong with being direct. If someone really beat around the bush and used those social clichés with him, he would be annoyed.
However, despite this, given the complexity of the current situation and the problems within SHIELD itself, he did not want to say much to anyone other than Coulson just to be on the safe side.
After all, sometimes the order in which intelligence is obtained can have a huge impact on the situation, but he doesn't want the situation to develop in a direction that is unfavorable to him because of his own reasons.
The agent listened, was slightly stunned, and quickly replied: "Coulson was called to the base by Chief Nick for a meeting. Before he left, he asked me to take over his job temporarily."
He paused and said, "If you need anything, just tell me. As long as it is helpful for virus research, I will try my best to get it for you."
"I don't need anything at the moment. Where is Coulson's meeting?" Colin looked at him and asked.
The agent frowned, thought for a moment, and then revealed the location of SHIELD's temporary base in Manhattan.
"It's the same if you tell me what you have to say. My authority is no less than Coulson's." Looking at Colin opening the portal, he couldn't help but frowned and said.
Just as Colin was wary of, he is a Hydra man, and he came here now because he saw the opportunity of Coulson's departure and hoped to replace him, or at least have the right to know the intelligence first.
Colin listened, paused, and walked through the portal without paying any attention to the agent.
Behind him, the agent who spoke looked at him with a slightly cold look for a while, then turned and walked into Colin's laboratory, hoping to find some clues.
For them, Colin's existence is a big unknown factor in the current situation. Due to the lack of intelligence and their unfamiliarity with Colin and magic, it is difficult for them to determine what Colin can do and whether it will affect the plans they have already made.
But despite this, he did not dare to get too entangled. On the one hand, Colin's power was one thing, and on the other hand, he was a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. after all, and it was not easy for him to do anything that would make Nick suspicious, even if their lineage of Hydra reached a cooperation agreement with General Peter's lineage.
"How cautious."
Inside the laboratory, the agent looked at the cleaned-up experimental data with some disappointment.
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Atop a building in Uptown Manhattan.
A gorgeous portal opened on the roof, and as Colin walked out of the passage, the portal instantly turned into a black dot and disappeared.
Is Hydra also involved in this incident
Amid the whistling wind, thinking about the agent he had talked to before, he felt a little doubtful for a moment.
In fact, if you insist, there is no doubt at all. At most, it is considered that the agent is more determined to make a contribution.
But for Colin, who knew that Hydra was lurking in S.H.I.E.L.D., it was easy for him to think of another level.
Forget it, I'll just leave it to Lupin and the others to investigate when the time comes.
After thinking for a while, Colin, who didn't quite understand, made a secret decision in his heart.
He has never been good at conspiracies and tricks. This kind of mess of clues are tangled together and it is difficult to sort out the problem at the moment, so it is better to leave it to professionals to solve.
Now, he should do what he should do.
Walking to the edge of the roof, I looked towards a building.
According to the agent, SHIELD's temporary base in Manhattan is there.
Of course, before going, he had to contact someone he didn't really want to contact to confirm some things.
He took out his phone, found a name in the address book, and dialed it.
"Your call came much later than I expected."
The call was quickly connected, and Jin Bing's calm and extremely oppressive voice came from it.
"I am a lone man, so I can't compete with a gangster like you." After saying that, Colin paused and said, "Do you know who did this?"
"Unfortunately, I don't know much." Jin Bing replied calmly.
"Really?" Colin raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
He didn't really believe this. As the biggest local boss in Manhattan, even if he didn't know everything, he should at least know some of the inside story.
But whether he knew it or not, since Jin Bing said so, he was too lazy to ask. He didn't make this call for this purpose.
"Okay, then I'll ask you something you must know." Colin's eyes became sharp, "Who did you give the gift I gave you?"
"I don't think I need to answer your question, Colin Blake." Jin Bing said a little coldly after listening to the question.
"Not necessary? No, no, no, I think it is still necessary. The main purpose of my return this time is to find out all the masterminds who plotted against me and then kill them. If you reject me now, it will easily make me, who is more sensitive now, mistakenly think that you, Jin Bing, are also one of the people who plotted against me."
Colin spoke with a smile in his tone, but the coldness in his voice seemed to penetrate into one's bones.
On the other side, Jin Bing was silent for a moment, and said in a cold voice: "Is this a threat?"
"No, how could that be? This is just mutual help between friends. You helped me this time, and next time it will be my turn to help you... By the way, we are friends, right, Jin Bing?" Colin asked with a smile without insisting.
Thanks to EGOIST for the 100-point reward!
(End of this chapter)