Chapter 1404 Chapter 1400 Three Giant Stones (Two in One)
In fact, Constantine could see where Coulson was troubled without any explanation.
The operational logic of this mission is different from all the missions Coulson's team experienced after the Hydra rebellion. At that time, they discovered or encountered threats themselves, and they solved the threats for the sake of their friends. They could see the target and knew who they were going for.
To fight. But this time they couldn't see the target. The mission they accepted came from the Emperor and the Praetorian Guard, and even put the most important member of SHIELD on the opposite side of the friendship they had built together. Unless they were
Execute a mission without any detail being known to any agent - issuing orders, taking orders and executing them without any questions or openness - this was the way SHIELD operated in the past, and it is what Agent Coulson has abandoned.
mode, he once vowed to his team members to make SHIELD a real SHIELD instead of a cold and ruthless secret service agency.
"The reason why you want to be a vigilante and not an agent is because you don't want to take responsibility." There is no chair suitable for Constantine in the room, and he prefers to stand. He prefers to look down at the troubled Cole.
Agent Mori created a sense of oppression as sharp as the garrison spear in his hand during the conversation. "If you want to be a vigilante, go to the streets to fight crime, and then leave the matter of saving the earth to more professional people.
Because professionals know how to reduce casualties and need to be responsible for it, vigilantes don't, and vigilantes can abandon all rules and regulations and do what they want."
"This is to uphold the justice of SHIELD." Agent Coulson retorted without hesitation, "The SHIELD in the hands of Nick Fury was too big and bloated. At that time, SHIELD did a lot of shady things.
That's why Hydra has a parasitic space. We don't even know whether those things are necessary evils of SHIELD, or crimes committed by Hydra to satisfy its own selfish desires. I don't know, and I can't tell.
Yes, but this won't happen again. We have to do the right thing, there are no secrets in S.H.I.E.L.D. now."
"Procedural justice and consequential justice, the ancient issue of modern law, the balance point between human nature and order."
"I'm so glad you understand."
"Not everyone who is genetically modified is Steve Rogers."
Constantine said, ""
"I'm warning you, don't say that about my idol."
Agent Coulson shrugged and laughed. He knew that Constantine was referring to Steve Rogers' cultural level. Although Steve Rogers was his idol, he had to admit that Constantine was right.
Yes, this is a joke that is often made fun of in the Captain America fandom, and there are many fan works surrounding this element. But Constantine doesn't care about those things at all, and he doesn't know the existence of those things.
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"I didn't expect you to be joking. Didn't genetic modification remove all human emotions from you?"
Constantine nodded expressionlessly. "Yes. Every Praetorian Guard has extremely rich knowledge, and we are still learning. If you want, I can recite the entire "Merchant of Venice", that's it
The ability he gave us is a perfect person who is constantly improving. So, not everyone who receives genetic modification is Steve Rogers, we are better."
The smile on Agent Coulson's face disappeared like ice and snow next to a furnace. He shrugged angrily, "Okay, I know you're not joking. Now, coming back, I don't know where Agent May is.
I don’t know what they plan to do, and I don’t know if the agents on the task list will be fatally injured or disabled..."
"This is your mission, Agent Coulson." Constantine looked around. Enoch had already left here and sought refuge in a more private room. To this day, Agent Coulson or SHIELD still has not been able to
Understand the complex structure of the lighthouse base. All the known rooms and paths come from the information provided by the Cold War-era computer. Even through the circuit system, it is difficult to understand all the rooms in the lighthouse base, because many rooms use...
Independent power supply system.
"I hope Enoch has escaped safely," said the Praetorian Guard, "and I also hope you don't know his current location."
Agent Coulson lowered his head. He did not intend to tell the Praetorian Guards the information Enoch showed him now.
"He didn't say anything."
Constantine lowered his head, his expression still unchanged.
"Very good." After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the explosion-proof door, reaching out and pressing the code. The Rangers and Martian technicians reinstalled the security system here to prevent it from being overridden by SHIELD agents and the main control room.
Possibly. He exposed Agent Coulson's lies without hesitation, "Tell Enoch to stay in that place and don't leave. I will arrange for armed personnel to protect it and evacuate it."
"What are you going to do?" Agent Coulson asked, "Also, have some respect for Enoch. It's 'him', not 'it'. He is an intelligent creature. For intelligent creatures,
We need to show respect..."
Constantine did not answer.
His route was not completely back under the control of the First Secret Regiment, but when he passed by, the SHIELD field agents all lowered their weapons, not only because of his height and equipment, but also because of the pure appearance he displayed in the control room.
Violence. However, Constantine didn't even bother to give the riot agents a look. He came to a lift door and said something through the built-in intercom of the power armor. Then the lift door with the smashed control panel slowly opened.
opened.
Several laser weapons and grenade launchers were aimed at the lift door. A Martian technician in a red robe stood behind all the soldiers of the First Secret Regiment. The metal appendages on his back were waving wildly, as if he was ready to cut with plasma at any time.
Weapons launched an attack on the invaders. Constantine was very satisfied with their vigilance. Even if he issued announcements in accordance with the rules and regulations, the First Secret Regiment still adhered to wartime principles and never laid down its weapons.
"Sir!"
The soldiers of the First Secret Regiment responsible for guarding the warehouse saluted immediately after seeing Constantine.
Nowadays, this warehouse that stores dangerous items has changed its appearance. In addition to the items that were originally numbered and sorted by SHIELD, they are neatly placed on the shelves. Some items selected by the Guards are listed separately for storage and care.
The most eye-catching objects among them are three rectangular boulders stored in bulletproof airtight glass cabinets - the first one is mud black and can liquefy at a specific vibration frequency and transport people to a specific location; the second one is as white as
Snow, with three red stripes painted with unknown paint in the middle, will liquefy at a specific time and transport people to a specific time; the third gray boulder has circles on the surface. The purpose is unknown, and even Enoch cannot completely
The explanation is clear, but judging from the shape, it has the same origin as the previous two boulders. It is necessary to take it to the research department for some tests.
The Mars technician came here to conduct preliminary research. He cut a rectangular sample from the gray boulder and sealed it and sent it back to Latvinia. Later, the sample will be divided into several pieces for different tests.
Detect and determine the environment in which the boulder was born, its ingredients, etc., to find out where in the universe they came from.
At this moment, Melinda May was focused on seizing control of the Lighthouse Base. She had no idea that what the Guards really cared about was not the Lighthouse Base, but the three boulders in the warehouse. These three boulders were the reason why the Guards attacked the Lighthouse Base.
The real reason, otherwise they would have evacuated with the agents on the mission list, conducted pre-war training (whether they wanted to or not) and waited until the boulder melted to stuff them all in together. Constantine thought Enoch would like it
This plan has the least twists and turns, and there is no need to reveal too much information to the experimental subjects (referring to Coulson's Agent Team) or provide too much help.
But Constantine knew that the emperor would never allow a mission to achieve only one goal.
Every time the emperor planned and arranged, he would often connect several tasks that spanned many years, and use one task to affect another. Constantine knew that the plan of Agent Coulson today was definitely different from the current plan of Coboy.
It is related to the Riren Star Castle, and is also related to General Hale and her daughter Ruby. The emperor wants to get everything in one mission, which will inevitably require the full cooperation of all departments and organizations affiliated with the emperor, and even
Perform some tasks that ordinary people cannot understand.
This is not the first time that this has happened. Constantine has done "wet work" for the emperor more than once, setting up a plan to clean up those localities that tried to protect their property by surrendering during the Balkan Unification War, and then continued to resist the emperor's policies.
Plutocrats or warlords. The country in the hands of Marshal Tito once had a lot of similar problems. The emperor would not let the same problems trouble him, and the same was true for the regents.
Constantine led the First Secret Regiment and other Praetorian Guards and also performed many tasks that were difficult for ordinary people to understand, but they were able to achieve their goals without exception. The logic in the tasks often required a large amount of information to be clarified. For example, a certain path
There were stowaways on the Suez Canal freighter. In order to catch the stowaways, the local police forcibly detained the freighter for inspection. As a result, some food raw materials were not delivered to the Balkans in time, forcing a certain person to change the type of breakfast on his way to work.
I had to walk an extra twenty meters for this, and then accidentally fell into the sewer manhole that had been moved due to construction. The warning sign and fence had been moved back home by a drunkard who had a sudden whim the night before.
Through the careful planning of big data calculations and the combination of various random events, it is ensured that some people will die at the right time, and no traces can be found afterwards. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is just a random event that comes out of nowhere.
It is a coincidence that even if one is diligent in tracing it, it will be classified as an accident, because the plan constructed by the accidental death of the leader can only go bankrupt.
However, this is an action based on the premise that many negotiations have failed. The emperor will not waste the power of the Praetorian Order on assassinating a few key figures. The more common method is to send assassins and use the corpses of the enemies.
Deterrence - people are the sum of social relations, and the most tragic death at the center of social relations can act as the greatest deterrent. That is an execution, not an assassination. An assassination needs to be secretive, but an execution needs to be fair. Everyone knows that the emperor sent someone
But no one has direct evidence, and this is enough. The small area of the Balkan Peninsula does not require the emperor to invest too much energy. The emperor only needs an arsenal and a source of soldiers. The Balkan Peninsula is a tool to realize his ideals.
Not the ultimate goal.
Perhaps the regent had a conflict with the emperor on this matter, but as far as Constantine knew, this conflict could be resolved during a long drunken conversation between the emperor and the regent and could not affect anything. After the drunken conversation, many people
All the independence and autonomy that the surrendered country should have had were nullified. The emperor did not allow those people with a small population, who were brave and good at fighting, and who were obedient when resisting foreign enemies, to escape his control.
The enthusiasm shown by the countries in the Balkan Peninsula when the German Third Reich invaded is a dark history. The emperor was very concerned about this hidden extreme thought and planned to use it for his own purposes. And before the emperor launched the war, most of the countries in the Balkan Peninsula
All are trapped in government corruption and inefficient bureaucracy. If anyone in this world can change the status quo, then only the emperor and regents, because they don't care how many officials will die due to reform. What's more, the human race is still facing such
With so many threats, in order to save prison space and administrative costs, it seems a good choice to throw some corrupt officials who should have been thrown into prison directly into the incinerator.
It was really just to save prison space and administrative costs. This was something the emperor personally admitted to Constantine. Some people might accuse the emperor of being cruel, but Constantine didn't think there was any point in maintaining the hypocritical appearance of a so-called civilized society, especially
For those who can make rules, the democratic society described by Plato in "The Republic" is too inefficient, and is not even as good as a tyrant society.
"Start the escort mission." Constantine said, "Take all the items on the list and board the plane in twenty minutes. Zephyr 1 remains here, SHIELD agents need to use that aircraft. In addition, speed up Zephyr 1
The vacuum airtightness experiment is to ensure that Zephyr-1 still has airtightness after the planetesimal belt."
Enoch accurately informed the liquefaction time of the second boulder, a rectangular boulder with three red stripes, which was accurate to microseconds. Constantine used an atomic clock for calibration to ensure that the mission he led would not be affected by the liquefaction of the second boulder.
At the same time, Enoch also told Constantine that the Zephyr 1 must be modified for void navigation to ensure that the aircraft has the capability of void navigation, because the Zephyr 1 will still be used by Aegis after seventy years.
It is used by Bureau agents, and the performance of Zephyr-1 will determine the success or failure of the mission.