After the man left, Tim sat in a chair in a daze. Natasha brought over two cups of coffee. After Nick took a sip, he leaned back on the chair and narrowed his eyes.
"I know you have a lot to ask. I won't talk about those old things. Let's talk about SHIELD and the FBI first."
"Although we are both law enforcement agencies in the United States, there are some conflicts due to different scopes of functions, just like the FBI and the CIA."
"The conflict between the two of us is actually greater than that between the two of them, because we both have domestic law enforcement rights, and the boundaries are often blurred, and anyone can handle some things."
"No one wants to work more, but everyone wants to get more money, so when something goes wrong, they all blame it on the other person. When the matter is resolved, they all take the credit, because this can help us get more funds from Congress."
"But... screw it! I don't need this laborious method." Nick waved his hand vigorously and said, "I have a better way!"
"In order to obtain funds and satisfy the desire for control of some big shots, the FBI has never given up sending spies to the international organization SHIELD."
"It sounds like this should be the work of the CIA, but in fact, the agents used at home and abroad are not the same people, and the FBI is the one most likely to get mixed up."
"Because the young people who are trained through local academies every year either go to the FBI or SHIELD. As long as they bribe those people, they can easily replace SHIELD agents with theirs, and naturally they will
It’s easier to take the blame or seize the results in certain matters.”
Tim also gradually listened to it, because this is actually a well-understood logic. The best way for local law enforcement agencies to seize the right to speak is to pour sand into the hands of the other party. As long as they move a little at key nodes, they can
Let the other party suffer a big loss.
The method of adding sand is also very easy, because theoretically speaking, the number of agents that can be selected from each generation in the United States is certain. It will not suddenly increase or decrease, nor will there be a sudden change of people. There are only those who can do the job.
, as long as you keep an eye on this group of people, it will be easy to buy people.
So what is the better approach that Nick is referring to?
Is it counter-bribery? Or is it to arrange one's own people into this group in advance?
Just as Tim was thinking, Nick said: "The FBI wants to bribe these people, but there are people who want it more than they do."
"Who?" Tim had a bad feeling.
"Of course it's the KGB." Nick said proudly: "The FBI just wants to trip me up, but the Russian National Security Agency wants us to die."
"So they are willing to offer a higher price than the FBI, or simply plan for a long time and directly bring in the agents they have trained."
"But it's not that easy, right?" Tim questioned: "Don't U.S. law enforcement agencies and secret service organizations have to backtrack? How could he make fake identities in large numbers in the United States?"
"Of course they can't do it, but I can!" Nick spread his hands and said, "They can't infiltrate the FBI on a large scale by themselves, but it's different with my help. I promise to do it for them.
This person’s identity is really unreal and no one can find out the problem!”
"Then...why is this happening?" Tim still didn't understand.
"The KGB joined the FBI, but the FBI didn't know they were the KGB. They thought they were new agents who had been bribed by them, so they would send these new agents to SHIELD."
"Then the KGB joined S.H.I.E.L.D.? Aren't you asking for trouble?"
"No, no, no, it's not so easy for them to get into SHIELD." Nick waved his hand and said, "SHIELD is an international security organization. It's higher than the FBI. I don't know where it is. It's not that difficult to infiltrate.
Average size.”
"Well, what's the problem?"
"Don't worry about it. In short, we are a very high-level organization. If we want to get in, we have to take care of all aspects..."
"You mean bribery? But if they meet the conditions... wait a minute, their identity is yours!"
Tim's eyes widened as he finally understood.
The KGB wanted to infiltrate the FBI and needed the identities Nick created for them, but the FBI wanted to send these KGBs into S.H.I.E.L.D., but S.H.I.E.L.D. could find loopholes in the identities they created for them.
If there is a loophole in the identity, then there is no way to send it in using normal methods, but the FBI wants to rely on these people to cause trouble for SHIELD, so they have to spend money to deal with it. The FBI's funds are thus lost to SHIELD.
In the hands of the Shield.
Perfectly closed loop.
"Then the FBI can't just bring them in?" Tim said, leaning forward.
"Then I am a vegetarian? They don't need these people to cause trouble for me, and I will take away all the funds from the congressional discussion!"
"How do you do it?" Tim said, "As you said, your two functions overlap, so the number of cases solved and the effect of solving the cases should be about the same, right?"
Nick smiled disdainfully and said, "Of course it's different. Let me ask you, what is the difference in our functions?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D. can handle superpower cases."
“Which is the world’s largest super-powered terrorist organization?”
"Hydra."
"As long as I let Hydra create unlimited superpower cases, how can the FBI compare with me?"
"Then how do you let Hydra create unlimited superpower cases?!"
"I can let SHIELD create unlimited superpower cases."
"What?"
"Look, if a Hydra agent creates a case and a SHIELD agent goes over to solve it, then I have to pay for an extra trip. But if a Hydra agent creates a case and the Hydra agent solves it on the spot, then
Wouldn’t this save transportation costs?”
"But how do you control Hydra?"
"I can't control Hydra, but I can control S.H.I.E.L.D."
"???"
"Schiller didn't tell you?" Nick looked at Tim and said, "I remember I told him to tell you this. Without Hydra, there would be no S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Yes, he said that, but doesn't it mean that Hydra created the case so SHIELD can get the funds?"
"Then you are thinking too much." Nick said: "This sentence means literally, Hydra is SHIELD, SHIELD is Hydra."
Tim looked at him blankly.
"Furthermore, if a Hydra agent creates a case and the Hydra agent solves it on the spot, there is no need to go to the crime scene, because anyway, after solving the case and coming back to write the report, there is no difference between sitting in the office and writing the report directly.
"
"In this case, both parties can sit directly in SHIELD's office and write the report. I even saved the fare for the trip there. I don't have to run there or bother to solve the problem. I can save a lot of time and just write it.
More reports."
"But...but the case didn't really happen!"
"Yes, this way it won't hurt ordinary people."
"Wouldn't Congress find out?"
"How did they find out?"
"Of course, send...send the FBI..."
"That's right!" Nick snapped his fingers and said: "If they send the FBI to investigate, they will increase funding for the FBI. As soon as the FBI has more funding, they will seize the opportunity to stuff people into S.H.I.E.L.D.
, if you want to open up SHIELD's joints, you have to give SHIELD money. With money, SHIELD can hire more Hydras. If there are more Hydras, it will arouse suspicion in Congress. Once Congress becomes suspicious,
Funds will be given to the FBI to investigate..."
Broken, now he's closed the loop, Tim thought.
"Then you're not afraid of the KGB stealing intelligence?" Tim was still more concerned about this matter.
But in fact, when he asked this question, he knew that he was a bit stupid.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. is Hydra, then the information the KGB steals will only be Hydra's information, and it will not be able to obtain S.H.I.E.L.D.'s information.
Then, the less they can steal information from S.H.I.E.L.D., the more they will want to send people to the United States. The more they send people, the more new people the FBI will have.
The more people are stuffed into S.H.I.E.L.D., the more money is stuffed into it. The more money is stuffed into S.H.I.E.L.D., the more Hydras there are. The more Hydras, the less S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence the KGB gets.
The less information SHIELD has, the more people they send to the United States...
It closed the loop on him again.
Tim covered his forehead.
"You're so damn..." Before Tim could curse, he suddenly thought of Wayne Group again.
After a pause of about ten seconds, he said: "You are a fucking genius!"
Tim looked at Nick with bright eyes and said: "I can help you with things, but I don't want your money. After the thing is done, you tell me exactly how you did it."
Nick smiled and gave him a high-five and said, "Deal!"
"You have to tell me first what you want me to find and where it might be. The more specific the better," Tim said.
"A recorder that contains important information." Nick said, "But the trouble is that this is Schiller's personal belongings, and we don't know where he will put it. You have to find it yourself."
"
Tim frowned deeply.
When he understood what Nick was doing, he had to admit that this guy was really a genius. Whether he was immoral or not was not within Tim's consideration. Whether it was useful or not was what he focused on.
For him to call it important information, the importance of this thing must be beyond imagination, Tim thought, and Dr. Schiller must also play an important role in this universe just like the professor.
He was originally a psychological consultant of SHIELD, but Nick did not ask him directly for it, but asked Tim to get it by means close to stealing, which proves that the sensitivity of this thing may be beyond his.
Imagine.
A lot of conspiracies and conspiracies flashed through Tim's mind instantly.
"You have to give me a chance." Tim proposed. "If your people can't create a good opportunity, I'm not sure I can succeed in one fell swoop."
"We were actually ready," Natasha said. "Remember those farm parties around Los Angeles? Schiller had a reason to go, and after he left, you tried to find a way to check his personal belongings.
"
"The reason why we have to go..." Tim said thoughtfully: "He wants Pamela to get the cabbage in, but I don't think he will go by himself because he knows how dangerous the cabbage is."
