In the Dreamland Base of the Alliance of Radiance, Charles was sitting in a wheelchair and looking out from the floor-to-ceiling windows. The street scene of the technological city built by Stark was very beautiful at night, like a neon city.
But there was not much of a leisurely look on Charles's face. He looked worried. Schiller came over and handed him a glass of wine and asked: "What's wrong? Professor, you have been a little frowning since the beginning."
Charles sighed and said, "Do you remember what happened in Wakanda before?"
"Of course, T'Challa was assassinated and was taken to a special dimension by Buster, the panther god he believed in, where time stood still, so he would not die of poison for the time being. Stark is working hard to develop an antidote, but there is progress
A little slow."
"T'Challa was attacked, and the Eric who attacked him was also captured by you. Wakanda is leaderless. Ororo has gone to Wakanda, but the situation is not optimistic."
"What's wrong? Isn't she T'Challa's lover?"
"But she is a mutant." Charles said in a very serious tone: "You also know that Wakanda is a tribal alliance, and the tribe to which T'Challa belongs is the largest tribe in Wakanda, because T'Challa is more enlightened
, so the culture of this tribe is also good, they do not discriminate against anyone."
"But the other major tribes are not so open-minded, especially the tribe to which Eric belongs, which is the second largest tribe in Wakanda. They reject mutants and will expel all the tribes from the territory.
People with the X gene will not even spare their children."
Schiller took a sip of wine and said: "We have discussed this issue before, I'm afraid. The public opinion of mutants cannot be reversed in a short time. This is a long-term project."
"But the problem now is, I'm afraid it will get worse." Charles looked into Schiller's eyes and said: Eric attacked T'Challa. Neither of these two people can lead Wakanda. Storm Ororo
She is T'Challa's lover, but she is not his wife, so she cannot act on behalf of the king."
"But we cannot allow the second largest tribe to become the king of Wakanda, because if Wakanda, which has a good international reputation, also openly opposes mutants, the situation of mutants will be even worse."
Charles turned his wheelchair and left from the floor-to-ceiling window. He said: "Auroro's name is not justified. Many Wakandans dislike her very much. Coupled with the fueling of the second largest tribe, almost most Wakandans dislike her."
The people of Kandar are rejecting mutants."
"Just yesterday, a Wakandan blogger with 2 million followers publicly stated that mutants are invading their country and Ororo is an evil Kenyan witch. She wants to occupy Wakanda in this way...
…”
"All the comments below are telling us stray dogs to get lost, saying that we can never build a country, let alone steal other people's countries..."
Schiller looked at Charles's expression, and he knew that the group of netizens must be scolding them even more fiercely. Even in reality, mutants have a bad reputation. On the Internet, where extreme emotions are amplified, it is simply unbearable.
Enter the eye.
Thinking of this, he admired Charles a little. Even after seeing so many vicious remarks, he did not give up his persistence. Schiller could imagine how angry Charles would be when he saw these remarks, but even with this kind of anger
, and he did not use his ability to harm ordinary people at will.
"And..." Charles sighed again and said, "I must not be the only one who saw these remarks. When Polaris heard the blogger's remarks from Iceman, he almost wanted to rush over and kill him."
"The mutants in the Brotherhood of Mutants are all bad-tempered, especially Eric. I had a hard time convincing Polaris not to tell his father all this, but things started to get worse..."
"Professor, I know you are unwilling to use your abilities at will, but that is only for ordinary people. You can be more flexible when it comes to stopping evil and upholding justice..."
"You want me to use my ability to stop that blogger?"
"No, I mean, in fact, as long as T'Challa is rescued, the situation can be alleviated a lot, and the relationship between T'Challa and Ororo should be good. If they can get married, then the queen of Wakanda
As a mutant, I may be able to win more benefits for mutants internationally."
Charles's smile did not ease. He said: "Of course I have thought about this method, but even for the toxin that Stark can't crack, we don't have a good way. The beast has sent samples of that toxin to the experiment.
He studied the room for two or three days, but came up with nothing. It seemed to be a mysterious power..."
Charles shook his head, obviously feeling that this road would not work, but Schiller said: "No matter what the principle is, as long as you can find its source, there may be a way. In fact, you can use your ability to see that
Are there any clues in Eric's memory?"
"He has admitted that he is a Hydra and almost killed T'Challa. It is not too much to check his memory. Even if we can follow the clues and find more Hydras, it may be possible to prevent other similar tragedies from happening...
…”
Charles thought for a moment and said, "That's not impossible, but I heard that Stark and Steve are competing?"
"Steve is also investigating Eric's origin. I think he will be very happy to cooperate with mutants. After all, there are mutant members in his newly formed Avengers..."
Charles nodded and said: "Indeed, Captain America is a man of noble character. He does not discriminate against mutants at all..."
"Okay, I'll cut off the connection to the Dream Base first, and then go see if there are any clues in Eric's mind. We'll get in touch later."
The next morning, Charles called and said: "Eric's memory shows that he came into contact with a man named Ulysses Crow, and this Crow was not a native of Wakanda.
But an American physicist."
"If nothing else, he should be a member of Hydra. Eric's memory shows that he and Crowe had a deal about vibranium. Eric wanted to store their tribe's vibranium.
Sold to Crow."
"But after that, Eric's memory was a little bit broken. I suspected that Hydra brainwashed him. Obviously, Crowe wanted vibranium but didn't want to pay, so he brainwashed Eric into Hydra.
member."
"Can you find this Crow?"
"Just last night, I have locked his location. He is now in South Korea. I suspect he is in contact with his boss."
Before Schiller could ask, Charles said: "I checked this Crow's memory. During World War II, his father worked for NAZI. I suspect that his father was a member of Hydra and was also his introducer.
"
"Claude is a sonic physicist who is quite prestigious in his professional field, so he is not low in the hierarchy of Hydra. He has a lot of information about Hydra in his mind. I will sort it out later.
, and then send it to Captain America..."
"The toxin on T'Challa's body..."
"Eric's memory shows that the person who gave him the poison and instructed him to assassinate T'Challa was a mysterious man in black robes, but I did not see this behavior in Crowe's memory."
"Perhaps Crowe is Eric's introducer, but he is not necessarily his only boss. It seems that we must have a deeper understanding of Hydra to know what is going on..."
Schiller said while thinking: "Professor, I remember you just said that Crowe has a lot of information about Hydra in his mind..."
"Yes, some are arranged by relevant personnel, and some are based on the location of the base, but there is no critical information."
"Normally, he shouldn't be a leader, but maybe it's enough."
"What do you want to do?" Charles asked on the other end of the phone.
"I have a plan..."
The next day, SHIELD's psychological counseling room was still deserted, and most of the agents would walk around here. But today, a special guest was welcomed here, and that was Grant Ward.
A level 7 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
He walked into the psychological consultation room with a cold face. Schiller seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time. When he saw him walking in, Schiller stood up from behind the table and wanted to shake hands with him, but Grant was expressionless and did not respond.
his movements.
"I think you should be very suspicious now as to why I want to use the emergency contact symbol to contact you. You think this is against the organization's rules, and you don't want to come." Schiller stood in front of Grant, looked into his eyes and said,
Grant did not look directly at him, his face remained expressionless.
"Sit down, Grant, may I call you that?"
"My name is Ward."
"Okay, Mr. Ward, I won't talk nonsense. I am taking a big risk by using the Hydra symbol to contact you. You know, they have been going crazy again recently." Schiller pushed up his glasses.
Cross your fingers and place them on the table.
"Director Pierce is silent." Schiller suddenly said, and at this moment, Grant lowered his gaze on his face. Seeing that Schiller had no intention of joking, his lips moved, but there was still nothing.
explain.
"I know you suspect that I am an investigator of SHIELD, trying to trick you, but in fact, on the contrary, I am a long-term silent person with single-line contact with Director Pierce, and the reason why I am speaking out now is because, Alexander
"Pierce has lost contact."
"He had anticipated this day, so he had placed me in this position just so that I could take over his work after he fell silent."
"I don't need you to talk to me." Schiller looked into Grant's eyes and said seriously: "I just hope that you can contact your superiors immediately to confirm whether Director Pierce is really completely silent. If that is the case, things may be over.
It’s serious…”
"Okay, in the next half hour, I will conduct some psychological diagnosis and treatment with you, and then hand in a report to cover up our conversation. During this process, you don't need to say anything.
You don’t need to do anything, what you do next depends entirely on your judgment.”
After speaking, Schiller lowered his head and began to write the medical record. During this period, he did not ask Grant anything.
After Grant walked out of the counseling room, he did nothing until he entered his safe house in S.H.I.E.L.D. and took out a special cell phone to call his superiors.
Grant Ward is a level 7 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and his boss of Hydra is level 8 agent John Garrett.
He told Garrett what Schiller told him, but to his surprise, Garrett was silent and did not refute him, so Grant asked: "Director Pierce was really silent?"
"In fact, he has been out of contact for more than a week." Garrett's voice came from the other side: "He has never been out of contact for such a long time before, and he is silent on all channels, even the safe channel.
news."
"Well, that Dr. Rodriguez..."
"I need to contact him to be sure. You can leave the rest alone. This is a special period, so you must stay vigilant."
Hearing Garrett's serious voice, Grant also understood that the current situation might be very bad, so he asked: "Is this purge serious?"
Garrett was silent for a while and then said, "I'm afraid this is the most serious incident in history. Keep silent. We'll see you later."
When it was time to get off work that day, Schiller did not leave, but stayed in the office until dark.
Sure enough, just a few minutes after it got dark, there was a knock on the door of his office, and the person who walked in was none other than John Garrett, a level 8 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and a senior member of Hydra.