"The murderer chose a very professional location, which is a blind spot for surveillance on the expressway."

"I went to the scene to see it myself. There were traces of black magic there. The external communication system in Fury's vehicle wreckage was also interfered with, and the black box of the specially made car was destroyed."

As dawn was approaching, Merlin leaned against his desk and said to Pierce in front of him:

"This is a premeditated attack, and the perpetrators left no trace at all."

"I can only judge from Fury's injury. A superhuman should have intervened in the assassination."

Merlin said a little sadly:

"Just from the wounds that were dug in his abdomen, the burns around the wounds, and the claw prints behind him, the perpetrator is not an alien."

"There are traces of some kind of burning hormone residues in the air on site, which should be some kind of variant, superhuman, or alienated animal."

"I have commissioned the Aurors of the Magic France Society to search for abnormal events in New York in recent months."

"But to be honest, I don't have much hope to find this assaulter right away."

He stopped and said to the silent Pierce:

"That assaulter should be the top killer. The entire assassination process may not have even 2 minutes. If it weren't for Fury, well, in short, if it weren't for him lucky enough, he might have met us in the form of a corpse."

"What I am more confused now is why Fury drove out of the city alone in the early morning?"

"Looking at his destination, it seems to be heading to Washington"

"It's me."

Pierce lowered his head, and he said with regret:

"I asked Fury to meet in Washington, and I was the one who hurt him."

"Um?"

Merlin asked in surprise:

"What's the matter that can't be said during the day? I have to let Fury go out at night."

Pierce looked up, looked left and right, and winked at Merlin, who immediately reached out to release a soundproof barrier.

Obviously, what Pierce wants to say next cannot be known to others.

"It's very important, Merlin."

Pierce stood up, and he walked to the window tremblingly. He looked at the city far away, and said with his back to Merlin:

“I talked to Fury once when you first started taking a vacation”

"About getting you to take over as Director of S.H.E.L.D. and letting Fury enter the World Security Council and become S.H.E.L.D.'s regulator in the United Nations."

"I want to make the future career path for you and Fury as much as possible while I am still in this position."

"Fry will be the official spokesperson and protector of SHIELD at the United Nations, just like me."

"And you, you will take over Fury's mission to manage the world's largest intelligence collection and abnormal affairs management agency for the United Nations and the World Security Council."

The old man looked back at Merlin with a surprised look on his face and said:

"But this has changed recently, and I can't tell you more, but it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Fury, so I asked him to come to Washington as fast as possible."

"But unexpectedly, I almost made him this request."

"Well, if that's the case, then there's no doubt about motivation."

Merlin nodded, he looked at Pierce and said:

"The attack against Fury came too suddenly, without any warning in advance, and the traces at the scene were wiped out again. I had no clue if I wanted to investigate."

"What we can do now is protect Fury."

"After he wakes up, we may get some useful information from him."

"Um."

Pierce nodded, and the undisguised worry on his face made Merlin sigh.

He could imagine that every friend must be very precious to Pierce's age, and it must be very important to him.

Not to mention that he and Fury have also been on the battlefield, worked together, and played together.

"You haven't seen him yet?"

Merlin walked forward and sat next to the sad-looking old man, and he said to Pierce:

"Do you want to go over and have a look together?"

“Is there any cigarette?”

Pierce did not answer, but turned his head and said to Merlin.

Merlin was stunned for a moment, took out his box of Sika cigarettes wrapped in agent equipment from his pocket, took out one of them and handed it to Pierce.

The latter was taken into his hand, Merlin snapped his fingers gently, and a ball of flames sank in front of Pierce, lit a cigarette for him.

As the smoke rose, Pierce was silent for a moment, and the expression on his face became sad in the blurry smoke.

He whispered:

"Tell me honestly, is it Fury in Merlin lying in the hospital? I mean, is it true Fury?"

"Um?"

Merlin snorted and he looked at Pierce.

He didn't seem to understand why Pierce asked this question.

But when she saw the kind of light shining in Pierce's eyes that wanted to explore the truth, but was afraid to know the truth and avoid the evasive light, Merlin suddenly understood.

Pierce was also an agent, and he also had the kind of thinking that everything is defined by a conspiracy theory.

Merlin shook her head and explained to Pierce:

"I'm not so bored yet. If Fury was really dead, I wouldn't spend time playing this game of hard-to-get. I would immediately take the agents of SHIELD to flip the whole world to avenge him."

"Don't worry, Pierce."

Merlin reached out and patted the old man on the shoulder, and he said:

"The one lying there is Fury. I have seen the soul and tested the dna. That is Fury. He is still alive."

"That's good, that's good"

Pierce's expression became relaxed at this moment, but his heart became more and more solemn.

Things started to go in a bad direction.

But keep it steady, don't panic

The more critical the moment, the less you cannot panic.

"I'll go see him."

After Pierce finished smoking a cigarette, he stood up, pinched the cigarette butt, and looked for the ashtray.

Merlin reached out to him, Pierce glanced at him, and then put the cigarette butt on Merlin's palm with a strange expression.

The cigarette butt was quickly burned away in the dark mist.

"I'll go with you."

Merlin sent Pierce out of the office and he said to the old man:

"Actually, Fury may wake up in a few days."

"?"

Pierce looked at Merlin in surprise and said:

"So quickly? Was the news I heard went wrong?"

"Girl Hill told me that Fury was pierced by a sharp weapon and was almost torn apart. Such a serious injury will heal in a few days?"

“That’s for ordinary people.”

Merlin accompanied Pierce into the elevator and said to the old man:

"When Fury was saving himself, he injected nanorobots into his body. When he was brought back, the internal injuries had basically healed, but he looked miserable."

"I have contacted the healer on the Ghost Base to perform external trauma treatment for Fury."

Merlin made a searchlight movement and said to Pierce, who kept nodding around him:

"Optimistic estimates that he may wake up within a week, but it is only Awakening Fury's spine was injured and he may need surgery."

"But the trouble is that only Dr. Stephen Strange can do this kind of spinal tandem surgery in the world."

Merlin said to the old man beside him with regretful expression:

"But the doctor's appointment period has been scheduled for several years, which means that Fury may have to take a wheelchair in the past few years."

"What does it look like when you are in a wheelchair as the director of SHIELD?"

Pierce hummed with dissatisfaction.
To be continued...