Merlin stood outside the hospital ward.

From his perspective, Maria Casol was lying on the hospital bed, still in a coma and had not yet woken up.

The woman was hit by a bullet a week ago. Du Pengde's timely rescue made her save her life, but the shattering caused by the bullets made it difficult for her to wake up in a short period of time.

This injury was still incurable a few years ago.

That means that even if Maria finally wakes up, her best ending will be to lie in bed for the rest of her life.

But fortunately, there are medical treatments for this injury now.

The famous neurosurgeon Stephen Strange, and his assistant Dr. Palmer Christine have successfully completed 15 spinal flattening surgeries that are very similar to Maria's condition in the past six months.

Those patients also recovered quite well.

Unfortunately, the doctor is now very popular, and his surgery schedule has been scheduled for an exaggerated 2 years later.

Even though Merlin instructed Icarus to use some personal relationships, Maria's surgery could only be arranged four months later.

But this is not the worst.

"Frank Casol has been with his wife for the past few days. He is a very infatuated man. He stays here without leaving any steps except for accompanying his children."

Sharon stood behind Merlin, and she whispered to Merlin who was standing in front of the ward window:

"After learning that Dr. Stephen could treat his wife's injuries, he went to Dr. Stephen's office with his friend Billy Russo."

"Then what?"

Merlin asked with his hands behind his back:

"Why did they leave? Why did they encounter a plane crash?"

“Because Dr. Stephen’s surgery is expensive.”

Sharon looked at Maria Casol, who was unconscious in the ward, and she couldn't bear to say:

"Frank's pension alone is far from enough, so he decided to join Billy Russo's security company. He also begged Dr. Moira to repair his calf injury through his cloak."

"The two went to Europe two days ago to negotiate the first order business. It was a life introduced by a general from the troops they had served before. It was a military outsourcing mission on the battlefield in the Middle East."

"The two of them and a group of veterans recruited by Russo were riding through the war zone in a helicopter, but encountered an unexpected small-scale engagement, and unfortunately, a rocket hit their helicopter."

Merlin was silent.

As deputy director of SHIELD, he knew very well that in some hot spots in the Middle East and Central Asia, the military would indeed outsource some peripheral military projects to private military contractors.

It's very life-threatening, dangerous, but it's profitable.

The military has always been generous in such matters as spending money to hire people to make a living.

Frank and Russo are both retired veterans. If they don’t want to make a profit by doing bad things, then returning to the battlefield to exchange their lives for money is indeed a good job for them.

Especially when Frank is in urgent need of money

Everything happens on the battlefield, and it all seems reasonable.

Maybe, Frank and Russo were just unlucky.

"Can the body be found?"

Merlin asked.

Sharon shook his head:

"That's a hot spot, sir, a new round of war broke out there since a few days ago."

"Maybe the sending of demon hunting agents can indeed cross the war zone to find the remains of Frank and Russo, but I don't think the director will approve the operation."

"Um."

Merlin nodded.

Indeed, neither Frank nor Russo was a staff member of S.H.E.E.L.D., and he could not ask S.H.E.L.D. agents risked to intervene in the war to find two people who had nothing to do with their job responsibilities.

What's more, the nature of those two guys entering the battlefield is more similar to that of mercenaries.

Apart from their loved ones, even their employers don't care about the losses of a group of people.

"Where is his child?"

Merlin looked at Maria who was unconscious in the ward. He moved his fingers and said to Sharon beside him:

“Is anyone taking care of them?”

"After the news about Frank Cassol came back, Lisa and Frank were brought back to their home by the Divine Power Man. Cage and Jessica have been taking care of them these days."

Sharon said:

"The two children are quite well-behaved. They come to visit their mother every day, but they don't know yet that their father will always be."

"Shh"

Merlin suddenly made a ban on voice.

A moment later, Frank's eldest daughter Lisa took her younger brother Little Frank out of the elevator.

Luke Cage, wearing a suit and sunglasses, was with them. The hero was carrying some fruit in his hand. He should have accompanied the child to visit the patient.

Cage saw Merlin and Sharon standing outside the ward at first sight, and his expression changed a little.

However, before the Divine Power Man could speak, Merlin took the initiative to come up.

He stopped before looking at his two children. He took out his wallet and groped in it. Finally, he took out a somewhat faded photo and handed it to the two children.

That was a photo of him taking a photo with a group of soldiers who came to drink when he opened a bar in Kandahar.

There are also young Frank and Russo in the photo.

"I am your dad's friend."

Merlin looked at the two children in front of him, and he stretched out his hand and touched the little Frank's head with a medical bandage on his face. He smiled and said to the two children:

"You can call me Uncle Merlin."

"Hello, Uncle Meilin."

Frank's youngest son was very polite. He called Merlin, then grabbed the photo, searching for his father and Uncle Billy on it with great enthusiasm.

The child is not old enough to let him know what everything that is happening in his home represents.

And his sister Lisa looked taciturn, and the little girl should have felt heavy pressure.

She was looking at Meilin with a slightly strange look. After a moment, the big girl asked softly:

"Uncle, my father"

"Your dad is going to make money."

Merlin said to the girl:

"You also saw that your mother was in a bad situation. I made an appointment with him for the doctor and paid the medical expenses. But your father is a very strong person, and you know, Lisa."

"Anyway, that stubborn guy doesn't want to owe me a favor."

Merlin shrugged, he pretended to be helpless, and he said:

"He may be out for a long time, after all, that's a lot of money, but he will always come back. Believe me, little girl, when your mother recovers, he will definitely come back."

"Remember at any time that your father really loves you and he can give everything for you two."

"So don't blame him for leaving you for so long."

"No matter what happens in the future, you must be a good boy."

He reached out and patted Lisa and Frank Jr. on the shoulders, and then said to Luke Cage:

"Cage, take good care of my two children. Tell me if you have any difficulties."

"Nothing, sir, Merlin."

Luke touched his big bald head and said to Merlin:

"Jessica likes these two children very much, Lisa is very well-behaved and can help her clean up the room. She is so happy that she lets the two children live for a while until their mother recovers."

"Well, I'm relieved to hand them over to you."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, he reached out and pushed his glasses, waved goodbye to the two children, and then quickly left the hospital with Sharon.

"Sharon, make an appointment for me Fury."

At the entrance of the hospital, Merlin said to his assistant:

"I'm going to meet him this afternoon about that virus mutant, so that the director would better take some time in advance."

"Okay, sir."

Sharon nodded, she got into her car and quickly left the place.

Meilin stood at the entrance of the hospital. He looked back at the place where he saved lives and healed the wounded. A trace of gloom flashed in his eyes.

"Icarus, send the location where Frank and Russo's planes fell to Talia, I need her to do me a favor."

"Do you think Frank Casol is not dead?"

Icarus asked:

"Is this idea based on rational judgment? Or is it from your instinct?"

"instinct."

Merlin lit a cigarette a little annoyed, he said:

"I still remember the scene when I first met Frank. He fought with a group of bandits from the Ten Rings, and everyone except him was dead."

"The bodies pressed against him, and he only breathed a sigh of relief. If I hadn't been passing there, he might have died in that ghost place."

"Frank Casol in my memory is a very tough person, Icarus."

Merlin raised her head and squirted out a breath of smoke, he said:

"It was also him who rescued me from the collapsed cave. Although the collapse of the cave was caused by his littering bombs, I had to do something for him even if he saved me."

"If he really dies, I will raise his wife and children."

"But if he isn't dead, I must find him!"

In the afternoon, in Nick Fury's office, Merlin and Fury were sitting on the sofa.

Fury was still wearing the turtleneck sweater that had not changed for thousands of years and a cool black leather jacket, a big bald head, a dark eye mask, and some scars on his face. He was wearing high-top land combat boots and a pistol on his waist.

Judging from his speech and actions, it is really hard to believe that he is already an old man who is almost 60 years old.

"How is the talks in Switzerland?"

Fury leaned against the sofa and asked:

"I heard you were talking to some politicians about the later planning of the Smart Machinery Plan?"

"Just a preliminary plan."

Merlin said:

"The power of the fire source begins to decay around the world. It is estimated that after the fifth impact, the energy of the fire source will completely dissipate, and the original intelligent equipment will no longer be a problem."

"But the intelligent machinery industry has taken shape and has been integrated into the civilization process of this world, so everyone is very concerned about some things in the future."

"But I wasted a week after staying there for a week, and the long meeting did not have a fruitful result."

Merlin shook her head:

"I seriously suspect now that Pierce also asked me to go there for him because he hated wasting time."

"He is supporting you, Merlin."

Fury said:

"Let you show your face in that circle and make some relationships will be very helpful for your future career planning."

“My career plan?”

Merlin snorted:

"Does I run for president if I don't become a secret agent in the future?"

"Stop kidding, Fury, the things in my mind determine that even after retirement, I will not be able to show up in public. I won't talk about these."

He reached out and stroked his glasses, and a blue projection projected from Icarus's frame and appeared in front of the two of them.

Merlin pointed to a double helix diagram that resembled a biomolecular structure in the projection and said to Fury:

"This is my purpose today. Let's see the preliminary research results of our biologists on that variant."

"This thing"

Fury rubbed his one-eye, and he looked at the rotating molecular structure, and he said:

"It looks like some kind of virus"

"Yes, a virus that can transform biological forms of existence from a genetic level."

Merlin said seriously and seriously:

"Although the variant seemed to trigger some kind of 'self-destruct device' after it was killed, allowing most of its cell samples to dissolve, biologists found something useful from it."

"The out-of-control variant looks dangerous, but it is not difficult to deal with if it finds weaknesses."

Merlin pointed to the spinning virus molecular map and said to Fury:

"But this, this is the real danger."

"I consulted our biologist and she told me that this thing is infectious and extremely infectious, but the virus in the mutant body was locked in the infection ability in a 'biological lock' way."

"But since the mastermind behind the creation of that variant can lock in the infection ability, I think they must have a way to unlock it."

Speaking of this, Merlin stopped talking, and Fury's one-eyed eyes narrowed.

He looked at the virus structure on the projection in front of him, and then looked at the simulated projection of the tyrant, and he said:

"So if necessary, they can use this new type of biochemical weapon, and it can set off a um, Resident Evil in a short time?"

"Yes! That's what I want to say."

Merlin snapped his fingers, sat upright and said:

"The accident caused by the variant has only ended on the surface, and the investigation of this new virus has just begun."

"Um."

Fury nodded, Merlin brought enough evidence to prove his point of view, and the investigation of the virus was a foregone conclusion.

But the director rubbed his chin and said:

"I've read the report of this accident. Your subordinates suspect that this was done by some of the remnants of Abstergo Pharmaceuticals. Do you want to follow this direction to check?"

"No."

Merlin shook his head and said:

"I don't want to undermine my subordinates' enthusiasm for work, and there are some things I can't tell them. But I can guarantee, Fury, this has nothing to do with Abstergo."

"This virus just seems to be related to the field Abstergo is good at, but in fact, what the drug company was studying before the fall was completely different from this virus."

Merlin lowered her voice and said:

"Abstergo, who fell into a tree and scattered, took the blame for the mastermind behind the scenes."

"Or it is, someone is deliberately misdirecting our sight to Abstergo in order to protect the real mastermind."

"But they didn't expect that I myself may have one of the few people in the world who know the best things about Abstergo."

"Um?"

Fury's eyes twitched for a moment, he looked at Merlin and said:

"This matter is becoming more and more interesting. It's like a pit that can keep digging out new things, are you a person who doubts?"

"have."

Meilin breathed a sigh of relief. He put away the projection in front of him, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of the tea. He said:

"Colorado, Raccoon City, currently the hottest pharmaceutical company in North America, Allabray, the protective umbrella."

"The time their convoy passed by New York was so consistent with the time when the out-of-control body appeared. My instinct was telling me that this might not be a coincidence."

"So you want to check it out?"

Fury also picked up the teacup, and he asked:

“Start now?”

"No, I'll leave this to Colson and the others."

Merlin took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and he said to Fury:

"I may not have time to pay attention to this matter in recent times, and there is another trickier thing to deal with."

"I mean, Fury, if Colson and the others find anything, they will report it directly to you."

"Um?"

Fury frowned and he asked:

"What the hell is it more important than the Resident Evil that is coming soon?"

"Yes."

Merlin shrugged helplessly, and he said:

"A few years ago, during the Cybertronic war, I made a contract with a very dangerous man who had the ability to destroy the world. Now it's time to go."

"There's been urging there, I have to hurry up and finish it."
Chapter completed!