Bab 1017: Chapter 689 U: Infinity Big Event (Part 8) _1
Even now, Shiller still firmly believed that it was Death who had first swung the sword.
Shiller had always thought that Death could cooperate with Asgard, could cooperate with the Egyptian pantheon, but had deliberately excluded him from all cooperation. If not death's fault, whose fault could it be?
Of course, cooperation presupposes willingness from both sides. However, while Shiller was more than willing, Death seemed reluctant. Shiller felt the need to help increase her willingness to cooperate.
First win her by courtesy then by force, the courtesy has been done. Shiller made countless phone calls to Death, proposed countless conditions, and even amended the contract dozens of times. This treatment was indeed befitting of a multiverse-level existence.
But, Death moved like a tornado, disappearing in a flash. And before she left, she made sure she destroyed the balance that Shiller had worked so hard to achieve.
Since the previous approach did not work, Shiller devised a new strategy. If reasoning and negotiations cannot sway Death, then the only choice left was to trick and ambush her.
Right after the negotiation with Death ended, Shiller came up with this plan. However, he was still unsure how to establish a completely voluntary second phase of cooperation with Death. That is, until he saw the figure of Dr. Octavius Parker in the Spider Legion.
He hadn't forgotten, in the backstory of Parker, the dying Doctor Octopus, Otto, tricked Death by swapping bodies with Spider-Man and managed to stay alive.
This means that the rules of Death are not foolproof. With the successful case of Parker, Shiller was sure of the theme of this friendly cooperation, which was resurrection.
It is well known that what Death craves is only death. Whether it's Asgard's resurrection of valiant spirits or the Egyptian pantheon's resurrection of devotees, or even her constant hints to Thanos, these are fundamentally to make these people work for her, to produce more deaths.
If someone who was about to die was suddenly resurrected, it means the number of Death's achievements would decrease by one.
Shiller was extending justice. Normally, Death should accept every death. But she deliberately refused some deaths to create more deaths, which is essentially ballot rigging.
In simple terms, she uses her power to erase her $2 salary and then, under another name, awards herself with a $500 bonus, gaining a total of $498.
As a moral exemplar in the finance industry, Shiller is deeply opposed to the misuse of authority. Therefore, he planned to use his own method to erase the illicit gains of Death's $498.
If he could develop a resurrection potion to decrease deaths, he could offset the extra deaths that Death has gained through illegitimate means.
This was absolutely not an act of revenge from Shiller towards Death. On the contrary, he wanted to prevent Death from going down a criminal path. After all, if her boss discovered her ballot rigging, there wouldn't be a Nick Fury around to fish her out of prison and reemploy her.
If anyone else said that Thanos is the kindest to Death in this universe, Shiller could confidently and justly express his grievance. Thanos was only indulging in leading Death down to a road of no return, while only Shiller truly cared about Death's wellbeing.
Of course, the resurrection potion, also known as the GH series potion, was inspired by the plot of the S.H.I.E.L.D. series. In this series, to prevent the loss of valuable agents, Nick Fury initiated a plan called T.A.H.I.T.I.
The raw materials of the GH potion in the T.A.H.I.T.I. project were actually from the Kree, coincidentally, there is currently a Kree prisoner on Earth, who is the council chairman captured by the mutants during the war in the Andromeda galaxy.
Before being captured, the chairman claimed that he was a skrull, but later Charles discovered that he was actually a descendant of a Kree spy.
After appreciating nature's gift, Shiller decisively proposed a plan to deal with the Kree at one of the Luminous Alliance meetings.
However, no matter how to dispose of the prisoner, a physical examination was definitely necessary. As the human race had not yet collected information about the Kree body, they needed to check him thoroughly, inside and out, to see the differences between this alien and humans.
Then, under Shiller's instructions, Connors, during the examination, pointed out that something in the Kree genes can be used as potion ingredients. At the time, Connors couldn't confirm this, but he mentioned it due to Shiller's repeated requests.
However, in subsequent examinations, the scientists found that the Kree did indeed have this function. Their self-healing power and transformative ability all came from a special gene, and this gene can indeed be used as a raw material for potion-making.
Thus began the experimentation of this potion, and the best test subjects were actually SHIELD agents, or to be precise, the Hydra agents sent to SHIELD by Hydra.
SHIELD had many dangerous missions, and most of the Hydra agents would avoid participating in such tasks. However, since all agents were Hydra, some of them inevitably got severely injured.
In some dangerous missions specially arranged by Nick, the Hydra agents who had just died would be injected with the GH series potion and then resurrected from death.
However, just like in the series' storyline, the resurrected agents would experience mental confusion. They would constantly draw some symbols, outlining some mysterious pattern.
Because this behavior was very similar to some mental illness, Nick directly approached Shiller, the psychological consultant of SHIELD, hoping he could find a way to crack these side effects.
But Shiller knew these patterns were actually a map, pointing to a very important prop in the storyline - the Obelisk.
Shiller wanted this item, not for its remarkable abilities. The so-called Obelisk was actually the Terrigen Crystal of the Inhumans, and it wasn't even thoroughly purified. Its function was to awaken the abilities of Inhumans.
But Shiller wasn't an Inhuman, nor did he need to awaken any abilities. He wanted the Obelisk because Red Skull once said that the Obelisk had the power to "interpret death itself."
This statement seemed strange like a philosophical explanation from a Kamar-Taj meditation class. It didn't have any relation to the real function of the item. How then did Red Skull come to this conclusion?
To determine this, Shiller wanted to get hold of this artifact named Obelisk to see what made it special.
When Shiller returned to his office at S.H.I.E.L.D., he immediately called Ward, a long-time member of S.H.I.E.L.D., to his office.
Ward was the Hydra Agent who once infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. He later worked for Shiller and absorbed the Yellow Torch Energy brought by Pikachu. Under Shiller's instruction, he lured Captain America to discover the Winter Soldier in the underground base.
When Ward came to Shiller's office, his myriad thoughts were condensed into one sentence: "Why has S.H.I.E.L.D. become like this???"
Ward vaguely remembers how he used to be an outcast at S.H.I.E.L.D. because he was a mole for Hydra. He lived every day in fear that he would blow his cover. He came back after a break to find familiar faces, or rather snakes, in the offices every day.
Since then, he realized the important role of the S.H.I.E.L.D. psychologist. He often wondered if the world had gone mad?
Shiller tapped gently on his desk, signaling him to sit. Once Ward sat down, he heard Shiller say:
"I hope you can find something called the 084 Obelisk. It should be in one of Hydra's warehouses. As this object has a corrosive surface and should not be touched directly, you can use your special ability to bring it back."
"You're probably not the only one eyeing this item. During the process, you may encounter opposition. They will also have special abilities. You can use the Yellow Torch Energy from before to deal with them."
Shiller looked into Ward's eyes and said, "I don't want to see any accidents. Tomorrow morning, I want to see that item on my desk."
In S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operations preparation room, Coulson slid the last bullet into the handgun. He said to the agent in front of him, "The search for the item No. 084 is now in its final stage. We've identified the target storage warehouse and are now going to retrieve the item."
"Returning the lost special items is the responsibility of S.H.I.E.L.D. that can't be ignored. I don't want to see any accidents. Now, get ready to move out."
Having said this, Coulson holstered his gun, turned around, and rushed out of the room.
A series of hurried footsteps echoed in the corridor. Coulson led the way and other agents silently followed him through the S.H.I.E.L.D. lobby.
With a "ding," the elevator door opened, and everyone walked in. As the elevator doors closed slowly, a hint of fatigue was revealed between Coulson's eyebrows.
As he sat in the car that drove opened the door for him, the agent turned his head and asked, "Boss, you've been looking a bit tired lately. Are you sure you don't need to rest?"
Leaning his head back on the seat, Coulson shook his head without saying a word, but he knew he wasn't in good shape.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was short-staffed at the moment. Many agents were involved in the Solar System construction project, so the local defense work was all on Coulson's shoulders.
He needed to manage the internal affairs, responsible for staff transfers, and keep an eye on every plan.
Meanwhile, the Tahiti project he was responsible for put him under great moral pressure. After all, he didn't know that some of the agents were actually Hydra's. Coulson thought that the suffering agents, like him, had contributed significantly to S.H.I.E.L.D.
This kind of mental torment was most draining. Coulson didn't even notice that his fingertips were trembling all the time, only slightly better when he gripped his gun.
When they reached the mission location, Coulson was the first to get out and walk towards the warehouse at a brisk pace as if trying to clear his mind of all thoughts.
Just as he saw a box marked "084," he heard a gust of wind attack him.
Coulson drew his gun and turned, immediately pointing it at the sudden figure. The figure was a bald, burly man.
A startled Coulson, in the silent environment, pulled the trigger reflexively. "Bang, bang," two gunshot sounds, hitting the burly man's arm and thigh.
But to Coulson's surprise, the man didn't scream and fall. Instead, he stood in place without harm.
Coulson saw that all bullets that hit the man were absorbed into his body.
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