Chapter 102 Aegis Renamed, The Transaction Continues
"It's been a long time since we met, Mr. Colson. But I think you must not be very happy to see me at this time." Zhou Yi personally welcomed Colson who had rushed over. When he brought Colson to the study, Serana had already sent two cups of coffee intimately.
"Thank you, Miss Serana." Colson first lowered his head to Serana to express his gratitude, and then responded to Zhou Yi. "Although my boss was furious about this, he has been dark for more than a week. But I actually don't care about his face anymore. So I feel very happy to see you. Thank you for your doing to the people in Paris."
"Wow! It's really surprising." Zhou Yi smiled, and he was very satisfied with Colson's statement. " Should I say you are a special agent, or should I say I have a unique charm? Can you make high-level agents like you stand on my side?"
"Maybe both." Colson had a playful smile on his face. "But I believe that the former is more important. Not everyone can put themselves in the shoes of others. Especially when I have a special job."
"Okay, okay. Let's talk about the main business. I'm here to ask you for help. Or the department behind you who is the strategic attack on the territory behind you should be called this name. To be honest, you really should have a different name. Who can remember such a name?"
"We have changed our name, Mr. Zhou." Colson responded with a smile. "We are now called S.H.I.e.l.d.. The suggestion for changing the name was proposed by your friend Mr. Tony Stark. After an unanimous internal resolution, we changed it to the current name."
"Okay, SHIELD. Yes, it sounds much more pleasant. As I said just now, I need the help of your SHIELD." Zhou Yi shrugged and repeated the topic he had just said to Colson who was seriously sarcastic.
"This is not a problem at all, Mr. Zhou. But you know, everything has to be paid. We can help, but for the most reward, you have to pay a certain price." Without thinking too much, Colson agreed to Zhou Yi's request. For him, it is very important to establish a certain cooperative relationship with the Dawn Knight at this time. Especially after the Dawn Knight showed such terrible strength.
"The price still needs a price? I thought it would be fine to find out some small problems with our relationship." Zhou Yi said in a tone that seemed quite helpless. He really hoped to find out some information from Colson for free.
"There is no problem with the gossip. With our relationship, but if it is confidential, or if it is necessary to use the manpower and material resources within S.H.I.E.L.D., I can only say sorry. After all, I am just a working guy." Colson was even more innocent. He responded to Zhou Yi's request with a very clear statement.
Zhou Yi has already predicted this answer. After all, SHIELD is an intelligence organization, not a charity. It is impossible to make them work without paying some price.
"Okay, what do you need?" Zhou Yi asked.
Colson shook his head slightly and asked with a smile.
"No, no, no, it should be said that you need what kind of help you provide. Only after knowing your needs can we judge what price you need to pay. After all, we still want to establish a cooperative relationship with you, and silly bidding is not something a smart person should do."
Looking at Colson's eyes silently, Zhou Yi carefully observed the man's eyes. From his eyes, Zhou Yi only saw sincerity. This sincerity was enough to make him let go of a little bit of wariness in his heart.
"Very good, Mr. Colson. A person like you deserves my friendship."
"That's my honor." Colson showed a surprise expression on his face. "The friendship of the Dawn Knights who can be reached is enough to show off to his friends around him for a while. Should we take a photo and leave evidence or something? You know, there are many people in my industry who like to pay attention to evidence."
Colson's words were a bit joking, which made the atmosphere a little lively. Of course, it also made the subsequent interest negotiation easier.
"As long as you don't put this kind of thing in front of Miss Maria Hill, I think there should be no problem. Of course, I have to put on my armor first."
When he lifted the armor, Colson's face twitched a few times. He suffered a great loss in the last transaction. The armor obtained by S.H.I.E.D. and Zhou Yi had no other function except for the rare materials and stronger ability to resist strikes. Moreover, the expensive cost made those guys who were using the idea of popularizing Dawn armor in the army dare not speak out. Spending millions of dollars to equip such things was a waste of taxpayers' taxes. Although this was something they had been doing, they did not dare to be so blatant.
Of course, Colson also received a lot of reprimands for this matter. Although he was pushed down by Director Nick Fury in terms of punishment, the verbal reprimand was also not easy, especially when the reprimand came from Nick Fury, who always liked to ridicule people.
"Of course, but I think we should solve the main thing first, right?" Colson changed the subject directly, and when it comes to armor, he would think of Nick Fury's chatter again. That was not something worth remembering.
"Okay, you're the final word." Although I didn't understand why Colson changed direction on the topic, Zhou Yi accepted his statement and began to explain his needs.
"My request is very simple. First, I need to know who attacked the principal of Xavier Genius Youth School, Professor Charles Xavier. The more detailed this information, the better. It is best to tell me where Professor Charles is now! Second, I need you SHIELD to come forward and stop the president from the unfavorable bill for the establishment of mutants. This is my requirement."
"The first request should be fine, and our information channels should be able to find the answer you want soon." Colson thought for a while and replied. "But the second one, I can only say sorry. We have no right to interfere with the president's orders, even if his term is about to end."
"It is not necessary to prevent him from establishing a bill. It is acceptable to delay until I save Professor Charles."
"I need a little time to report this situation, and this matter needs to be decided by the director. In addition, as a friend, I need to warn you that you are too close to mutants. This is not a good thing for your apparent identity." Colson stood up and needed to find a place to report Zhou Yi's request. At the same time, he also persuaded Zhou Yi as a friend.
He knew Zhou Yi's family situation and his love for Xia Ruisi. But it was too much to provide support to the huge group of mutants. You should know that there are quite a few extreme racial elements among mutants, like Magneto, who are a huge threat to the public security of human society.
"I think I chose the right path, Phil. But, thank you for your kindness."
Zhou Yi politely refused Colson's advice. He had been planning for so long, even through life and death. How could he not choose to give up at this time? Of course, he would not tell anyone like Colson about this kind of thing.
Colson spread his hands and he had fulfilled his friend's obligations. Of course, there was no need to continue to bother about this matter. After all, their friendship was far from that reliable level. So he pushed open the door and walked outside to report their transactions.
Not long after, he came back and gave Zhou Yi's answer.
"Director Fury has agreed to your request. We can delay for two weeks, and in two weeks you will need to convince the President yourself."
"Yes, then what about the information I want?"
"At present, I only know that it was a special department under the military. They seemed to have strange abilities to resist Mr. Charles's mental power. And they also had quite elite special forces under them, because the information we received was that Professor Charles and his student Mr. Scott Summers were controlled in less than a minute. At that time, they seemed to be planning to board the train to Washington, but they were attacked halfway."
"Do you know who launched the attack? And what happened to them to Professor Charles? Is he still alive? If he were alive, where would he be imprisoned?"
"Professor Charles is still alive. Our video records show a group of people boarding a military helicopter with two coma guys. One of the coma guys is still in a wheelchair. But we don't know where they are. The military has always had a grudge with us. It is difficult for us to get core news in this kind of high-secret special force. What we know at present is that the person in charge of this unit is Major General William Stryker, who has participated in the early military experiments of mutants and is a thorough anti-mutants faction!"
After receiving this news, Zhou Yi fell into silence. He needed some time to sort out these situations. Colson also kept quiet with a glimpse of his eyes, just enjoying Serana's coffee, while waiting for Zhou Yi's reaction.
After a while, Zhou Yi spoke.
"Thank you for the news, Phil. I think I know what to do next. So, let me talk about your conditions. I think as smart people, you should not make any excessive demands."
"Of course, trust us. We made the most appropriate and fair deal." Colson blinked with a smile. "Our request is very simple. I hope you can accompany one of our agents to sneak into Laken after Christmas and use your identity on your face. You also know the message you sent me, and those things have attracted a lot of attention."
"But Umbrera's protection measures for the city of Laken are very strict, and it is difficult for our spies to enter with their ordinary identity, so we thought of you. Using your open identity to negotiate with Umbrera, we know that Umbrera's recent capital chain has some big problems, and they will definitely not refuse an investor with a large amount of funds to intervene. Our people use your identity as a cover to collect enough evidence. As long as the evidence is enough, Umbrera's doomsday will not be too far away."
"Is it just using my apparent identity?" Zhou Yi smiled. This is a question worth discussing.
"It is best to use your identity only. Of course, if there is an emergency, we also need a hero to save the situation, right?"
Colson asked back. Zhou Yi thought about this answer for a while, and still stretched out his right hand.
Chapter completed!