Chapter 173: Chapter 174: Spider-Man Shines and Joins the Civil War!
"What point?" Tony Stark asked.
"Iris information!" Nick Fury said solemnly.
"No way? You recorded iris information but not from your good eye? Instead, you recorded it from your 'cat eye'?" Scott Lang chimed in, "Are you doing this because you miss the moment when you were scratched by the cat?"
"Who said I didn't record my good eye? I recorded both of my eyes!" Nick Fury replied irritably, "What the heck is a cat eye? Do you think I'm a door?"
"A scratched eye is colloquially called a cat eye," Scott Lang explained.
"...," Nick Fury was momentarily speechless, then after a while, he said, "You are so accomplished, does your family know? Should I call them and tell them?"
"No need for that. Even my three-year-old daughter knows this," Scott Lang replied.
"If it were an ordinary system, I don't think anyone would record iris information from an eye that's already blind," Bruce Banner said, "It must be a highly classified system."
"It's the system of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Nick Fury said. "I'm the kind of person who always likes to keep something up my sleeve, so I recorded iris information with this cat, this eye, just in case. I never thought I would eventually need it."
"Are the permissions the same for your left and right eye?" Bruce Banner asked.
"They are the same," Nick Fury replied.
"This is interesting," Stephen Strange said, "Since the permissions are the same for both eyes, and your right eye is more convenient to use than the one with the eyepatch, logically, you should use the right eye. But you chose to use the left eye."
"This situation may be because Director Fury's right eye is no longer usable," Clint Barton said.
"Is the right eye blind as well?" Thor said with a touch of regret, "Fury, you really have had it rough. Both your eyes are gone."
"And it should be a traumatic kind of blindness; ordinary blindness wouldn't affect iris information recording," Nick Fury glanced at Thor, "But I believe in another possibility. It's more likely that my permissions for the right eye were deliberately deleted by someone!"
"You're the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. now. Is there anyone who can delete your permissions?" Stephen Strange asked.
"There are a few," Nick Fury said, "For example, Alexander Pierce."
"So, this question seems quite clear. Someone in S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to go after you! The person who deleted your permissions, whoever it is, must be your enemy!" Stephen Strange said.
"The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. is targeted by enemies within S.H.I.E.L.D…" Clint Barton smiled, "But we haven't seen questions related to HYDRA for quite some time."
"This question should be related to the time when Alexander Pierce tried to assassinate Fury," Natasha Romanoff said. "He sent the Winter Soldier to do it, thinking that Fury was dead and deleted his permissions. But he didn't know Fury hadn't died and that he failed to delete his permissions."
"The answer to this question is almost obvious now," Steve Rogers said. "We already know that HYDRA's Project Insight sends Helicarriers into the sky, capable of killing a million people with one strike. Only option D fits the condition, and it looks like they didn't plan to kill only once."
"20 million people, they are even crazier than we imagined," Nick Fury made his choice, "I choose D!"
"Correct answer! Reward granted!" A dark light appeared out of thin air and entered Nick Fury's eyepatch.
"I can't see through it..." Nick Fury looked at everyone, took off the eyepatch of his left eye, and grinned, "You may not believe it when I tell you, but my left eye can see again."
"The eye wasn't healed," Stephen Strange looked and said.
"That's true, it's still blind, but because I need to see to trigger the headshot ability, I can see with it now," Nick Fury described what he could see with his left eye, "But the vision is different from the normal sight. Everything seen by this eye is burning with black flames, as if I've entered hell."
Nick Fury threw the eyepatch in his hand aside, turned his head, and looked around, "I was right. If it's an inanimate object with no life, I still can't see with this eye."
"Is your headshot ability loud when triggered?" Tony Stark asked.
"Silent and invisible. You won't even know it was me," Nick Fury said.
"Congratulations. You've gained a pretty useful skill," Tony Stark said.
The video started to play. At the beginning, it was in a huge conference room where Alexander Pierce and several council members from different countries were present, each holding a glass of wine.
"I know there have been many bumps on this road, and some of you even wanted to kick me off the car. Finally, we are here," Alexander Pierce raised his glass, "The whole world should thank us."
The other council members in the conference room raised their glasses, but just as they were about to drink the wine, Steve Rogers' voice was heard, not in person but through a broadcast:
"Attention all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, this is Steve Rogers. Over the past few days, you've heard a lot from me, and some of you have even received orders to arrest me. Now it's time for you to know the truth.
S.H.I.E.L.D. has changed; it's no longer what you imagined it to be. It has been taken over by HYDRA, with Alexander Pierce as their leader. The special ops team and the Insight Project team are also under their control.
I don't know if there are others, but they are here in this building, maybe right beside you.
They are about to succeed and gain absolute control.
They assassinated Nick Fury, and the matter is far from over.
If you launch those Helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to kill anyone who stands in their way.
Unless we stop them.
I know it's difficult, but freedom has always come at a high cost.
I am willing to pay that price.
Even if I'm the only one, it doesn't matter, but I believe I won't be the only one."
As these words were spoken, the council members from different countries looked surprised and turned their gazes towards Alexander Pierce. He remained composed and took out his phone from his pocket, typing rapidly.
"You arrogant bastard!" One of the council members, an elderly man from the Mediterranean, couldn't help but curse at Alexander Pierce.
Alexander Pierce stood there with his arms crossed, seemingly unbothered by the commotion.
Soon, everyone realized why he was so calm. A heavily armed team entered the room.
"Arrest them," one gray-haired middle-aged man immediately ordered the armed personnel, but one of them directly aimed a gun at him.
"This floor is under my command," Alexander Pierce said with ease.
No matter where you are, having a gun gives you the upper hand. In no time, the other people in the conference room were also held at gunpoint.
"Let me ask you a question," Alexander Pierce put his phone on the table, picked up a glass of wine, and walked towards the gray-haired council member, offering him the glass, "If terrorists were to attack South Asia tomorrow, and you knew they would take your daughter to a soccer field to execute her, and you could stop it by flipping a switch, would you do it?"
The gray-haired council member took the glass.
"And what about all of you?" Alexander Pierce turned to the others.
"If it were your switch, I wouldn't," the gray-haired council member was resolute and directly threw the glass on the ground with a crisp sound.
Alexander Pierce smiled, stretched out his hand, and a nearby armed personnel handed him a pistol. He pointed the gun at the gray-haired council member, ready to shoot him.
But before he could fire, a female council member standing behind the gray-haired man suddenly acted. She kicked the gray-haired council member away from the gun's aim, then she lunged forward, snatched the gun from Alexander Pierce's hand, and fiercely punched him in the face.
The other armed personnel in the room moved to deal with the unexpected situation, but this female council member turned out to be exceptionally skilled. She took on all of them alone and quickly defeated them.
Finally, the female council member pointed the gun at Alexander Pierce, taking control of the situation.
Everyone was amazed to see how skilled an elderly lady could be. But wait, this "elderly lady" reached up and removed her high-tech mask, revealing a beautiful and captivating face, then she took off her wig, letting her red hair flow freely.
This was not an elderly lady at all; it was someone everyone was familiar with - Natasha Romanoff.
"Sorry if I ruined your fun," Natasha Romanoff looked at Alexander Pierce and said.
Then she handed the gun to one of the Asian agents and quickly moved to the side, tapping on the computer.
As she operated the computer, rows of data flashed on the massive screen.
"What are you doing?" The Mediterranean council member couldn't help but ask.
"She's disabling the security protocols," Alexander Pierce answered the Mediterranean council member, "Sending all the secrets to the internet."
"Including HYDRA," Natasha Romanoff added.
"And S.H.I.E.L.D.," Alexander Pierce reminded, "If you do this, your past won't remain hidden."
Natasha Romanoff's fingers stopped as she was about to proceed. The next steps required high-level passwords that she didn't have access to.
"Disabling encryption requires administrative orders," Alexander Pierce said, "Two Level A members need to be present."
"Don't worry; your partner is here," Natasha Romanoff said.
Almost as soon as she spoke, a loud rumbling sound came from outside. Alexander Pierce turned to look, seeing a helicopter landing, and a person wearing a black trench coat walked in with great dignity.
This person had bandages on his left hand and wore an eyepatch over his right eye. He was none other than the supposedly "eliminated" director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury.
"Received my flowers?" Alexander Pierce asked, hands on his hips. "Glad to see you here."
"Is that so?" Nick Fury walked forward with a grim expression. "Didn't you kill me?"
"That's true," Alexander Pierce admitted without any hesitation. As the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury understood the situation too well. Any excuse or lie would be futile.
"Why did you make me the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Nick Fury asked a question he didn't quite understand.
"Because you are the most excellent and ruthless person I have ever seen," Alexander Pierce replied, surprisingly accurate in describing Nick Fury, despite being enemies.
"Everything I did was to protect the people!" Nick Fury stated.
"My enemies are your enemies," Alexander Pierce retorted, explaining calmly, "Chaos, war - sooner or later, our enemies will launch nuclear missiles or an electromagnetic pulse attack on Chicago. How do I know this? Because of the Middle East and North Africa. You didn't ask me for permission but did what needed to be done. Sacrificing 20 million people can establish a new order for 7 billion. That's the next step. Do you have the courage to execute it?"
"No, I have the courage not to execute it," Nick Fury said, pulling Alexander Pierce's arm and bringing him to the large display screen.
Natasha Romanoff noticed this and tapped a few times, activating the "retina scan" sound. She pointed her gun at Alexander Pierce, forcing him to comply.
"What do you think you'll achieve? Do you think we forgot to remove your clearance?" Alexander Pierce laughed.
"I know you erased my password and retina scan records. But if you want to outplay the Minister here..." Nick Fury took off his eyepatch, revealing his heavily scarred and lifeless eye. "You need to keep both eyes wide open!"
"Level A confirmation!"
"Level A confirmation!"
Both Nick Fury and Alexander Pierce successfully scanned their retinas.
"Encryption code accepted. Security protection disabled." In the next moment, the security protection was removed.
"It's over," Natasha Romanoff said, feeling some relief, "The fuse is lit."
At this moment, Alexander Pierce took out a remote control the size of a phone and pressed a button. Immediately, the people in the room screamed in pain. Two of them had their chests emitting scorching white light, as if some metal was burning.
Natasha Romanoff immediately pointed her gun at Alexander Pierce, who kept his finger hovering over the remote control. "If you don't want a 2-inch hole in your chest, put the gun down."
It turned out that before the council members attended the meeting, Alexander Pierce gave each of them a pin, which they thought was for identification. Little did they know that HYDRA had set up a deadly trap.
Under the threat to their lives, Natasha Romanoff had to lower her gun, and Nick Fury, concerned for his subordinates' safety, had to comply and disarm.
The situation in the conference room was tense, with S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA clashing intensely. The battle outside was no different. Through the transparent windows, one could see the three Helicarriers engaging in fierce combat and emitting billowing smoke.
Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson managed to prevent the Helicarriers from launching, which was good news.
"What a waste," Alexander Pierce commented, and indeed, those were three Helicarriers, not three fishing boats. Such a waste to scrap them like that.
"Still calculating Rogers' success rate?" Natasha Romanoff asked.
"Female council member, it's time to leave. Over here." Alexander Pierce pointed his gun at Natasha Romanoff, "You fly the plane and take me out of here."
"You know, I was willing to eat a bullet for you," Nick Fury suddenly spoke.
"You've already eaten one," Alexander Pierce replied with an air of expertise, "And you'll eat another one when needed."
As Alexander Pierce and Nick Fury were talking, Natasha Romanoff took out a small disk from her body, squeezed it hard, and a powerful electric current surged through her body.
Natasha Romanoff wasn't immune to electricity; she also feared it.
No, she was just like Thor; she was also afraid of electricity. She was immediately convulsing on the ground.
However, that badge on her chest was also destroyed by the strong electric current. Alexander Pierce pressed the remote control several times, but the badge failed to trigger.
Bang! Bang!
Gunshots rang out.
Nick Fury seized the opportunity and shot Alexander Pierce without hesitation.
The cold-blooded executioner, planning to kill 20 million people, fell to the ground with two bleeding wounds on his chest.
"Romanoff," Nick Fury rushed to Natasha Romanoff's side, calling her name. "Natasha! Natasha! Wake up!"
"It feels like being pricked by needles," Natasha Romanoff opened her eyes faintly and said.
The screen darkened, and the video ended.
"After watching this video, I suddenly feel like it's not a bad thing for Fury to get scratched by a cat," Tony Stark said, looking at Nick Fury, who put his eyepatch back on. "Alexander Pierce was careful enough, even thinking to remove a 'dead man's' clearance. But he never imagined that Fury's left eye could still activate the system."
"Exactly, Fury's left eye is indeed easy to overlook and underestimate," Stephen Strange said, "Now his left eye has gained abilities. It's no longer a burden but has become an ace up his sleeve."
"If Fury's eye had this ability back when he was playing with the cat, what would he be afraid of?" Tony Stark added, "With a flick of the cat's paw, he could have blown its head off!"
"It's a Flerken! Tony, please call it a Flerken, thank you," Nick Fury corrected.
"I remember mentioning something about the Kree before?" Scott Lang interjected, "Those are the aliens, right?"
"That's right, the Kree are indeed aliens. Carol lived on their planet and fought for them for a while, but she eventually discovered their deception and switched sides to help the Skrulls," Nick Fury explained.
"Skrulls? Another kind of alien?" Scott Lang exclaimed, "There were more than one alien race back then?"
"Yes, there were two alien races at that time," Phil Coulson spoke, "The Skrulls can shapeshift into anyone; they can take on any form. At first, we thought they were enemies, but later, they became friends."
"I don't really care about the Kree or the Skrulls. I care about the Flerken," Thor asked, "Fury, where did the Flerken go after that?"
"I don't know," Nick Fury said, "It just disappeared suddenly. No one knows where it went."
"That's a shame," Scott Lang suddenly had an idea, "Our Scarlet Witch can control minds, right? If the Flerken is still around, we could have her control its mind, and we'd have a very powerful force on our side."
"Scott, your idea is very dangerous. Controlling such a powerful creature is playing with fire; one misstep could lead to disaster," Steve Rogers immediately said.
"I just thought of it and said it out loud," Scott Lang shrugged, "Maybe we should buy more cat treats instead."
"But Scott's words made me curious. Can Wanda's magic control other creatures besides humans?" Stephen Strange joined the discussion, "Steve said controlling the Flerken is dangerous, but I'm not so sure. Thor also mentioned that the Flerken behaves much like a cat, and we saw that in the video, it really does resemble a cat. This implies that its mind is weak or, in other words, its consciousness is chaotic. How should I put it...?"
Steve Rogers glanced at Bruce Banner on the side and suddenly knew how to describe it, "Just like the Hulk, it's incredibly powerful, but Wanda controlling him should be the easiest."
"Wanda, can you control other living beings?" Nick Fury also asked, considering Scott Lang's suggestion.
"How would I know?" Wanda Maximoff looked puzzled, "Scarlet Witch, magic - those are all things for the future. Right now, I'm just a regular person, and I don't even know if I can become the Scarlet Witch."
[Seventh question begins, please get ready.]
[In "Captain America: Civil War," which of the following characters did Spider-Man Peter Parker not fight against?]
A. Falcon (Sam Wilson)
B. Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
C. Captain America (Steve Rogers)
D. Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)
[If you answer correctly, you will be rewarded with electricity manipulation ability. If you answer incorrectly, one year of your lifespan will be deducted.]
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