An old man with gray hair and a black suit sat at the other end of the conference table, looking at the people in the lunatic asylum across the table with a somewhat scrutinizing gaze.
"Are you telling us that aliens are already on their way?"
The old man's name is Zidane Wright, an old man who has joined the club of the most powerful people on Earth. In addition to his regular position, he has recently been given a special responsibility, which is to supervise and treat special agents.
Responsible for the actions and details of Division Nine.
Li Changcheng's incident made them realize that Secret Service Branch 9 had too many privileges and too much freedom before, so that no one discovered the leaks at the top and the addiction. This made the superiors repeatedly consider and delay the selection of the new director.
The law was finalized, and a special regulatory department was set up to handle the details.
Also because there was no director, this meeting was attended by several senior officials from the Ninth Division at the same time.
"To be precise, the description of them in the intelligence we received is that of gods, something that may be beyond our imagination." Minister Shi Jinqiang said, "There are signs that we may not be able to cope with it with our current methods."
"And the reason why you believe this..." Zidane did not hide his annoyance and questioning attitude, "is it all because of the one-sided words of an alien you call the 'Ancient One'?"
"She explained a lot of details, many of which can already be found in relevant clues from the ruins we are currently excavating."
It was Professor Miyazaki who spoke this time.
"Based on what she told us, we conducted a large number of comparisons from the excavated ruins and verified the authenticity of most of the content. There are indeed many proofs in the ruins and antiquities related to the ancients, especially the infection-related evidence.
Traces of the existence of 'gods' other than the Ancient One.
There are also some other records and clues that we have never thought about in that direction in the past. But now we look back at those old clues from the new perspective guided by the ancient one, and we do find that they are consistent with what she told us.
.
So yes, I think the alien gods it talks about are very likely to actually exist."
"But there is no sign that that is a threat to us," Zidane said.
"Yes, we only managed to prove that these things do exist, but the only thing that shows that they may threaten the Earth Star... is only the one-sided words of the ancient one, and the fact that the infection source is indeed awakening on a large scale in the past year.
."
"And then just because of this unfounded possibility, you made a huge request for resources, even more exaggerated than what your Special Service Branch 9 has received before." Zidane frowned, "Have you read the application yourself? Miyazaki
Professor? Do you know what the combined resources you are asking for are worth?"
"In terms of protecting this planet from foreign invasion, we have done our best to protect it."
"It's just that you think there might be enemies, but maybe it's just a conspiracy theory, or maybe you use this as an excuse to deceive us into investing more money." Zidane said bluntly, "But I need to emphasize again that after we have already
Under the premise of investing such a large amount of funds, the performance of the nine offices so far..."
"Not good enough, we know." Professor Miyazaki shrugged, "But I must also emphasize that the ancient ones we have faced so far... they are just ancient Earth star creatures that have touched extraordinary seeds.
, but even so we have all seen what they can do.
If the source that gives them power really emerges..."
Zidane wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by the middle-aged man sitting next to him.
"I think Professor Miyazaki is indeed right. We do need to consider the possibility of invasion."
Chai Pingdong is also a member of this temporary supervision team.
Compared with his colleague Zidane, his tone and attitude were relatively mild, but he still pointed out the problem unceremoniously.
"But it is true that the performance of Secret Service 9 so far is unsatisfactory. The plan you proposed can be considered, but it still needs to be evaluated and reviewed."
Zidane continued unceremoniously: "Before this, I think there should be other more urgent problems in the Nine Branches before the unfounded extraterrestrial problems. But so far we have not received a report on the relevant progress."
"We have sent a team to check the address mentioned by the captured Ancient One, but its companion is no longer there. But we did find evidence that three Ancient Ones had stayed at the scene."
The person who answered this time was Operations Minister Hercules, his voice was dull but powerful.
"We are still searching for their specific whereabouts. The captured ancient man explained the action patterns of the three companions. It should not take long..."
"No, of course this part is also important, but that's not what I'm talking about." Zidane interrupted him and said coldly, "You know what I am referring to."
As he spoke, he glanced at the assistant at the side of the conference room. The assistant operated the terminal in his hand twice, and a projection screen suddenly appeared in the middle of the conference table, showing a clear image.
A pair of divided pictures, the frozen shots are Batman in action, the Spider-Man duo in ace aerial combat, Batwing doing stunts with anti-physics movements, Iron Man pushing the giant wheel, and the Ancient One in aerial combat
The steel army.
Obviously this was all information prepared in advance, and he came prepared.
"A mysterious force is on the rise. A group of masked illegal organizations with super technology and extraordinary power are operating under our noses." Zidane said sharply, "Their origins, identities, and purposes...
.These should originally be your responsibilities and your tasks.
But what do you know now? Nothing. Is this the answer you spend huge amounts of money on?"
To a certain extent, there is nothing wrong with this.
I'm used to it here in the lunatic asylum. It feels quite comfortable to have people coming in and out all day long. I even know how to change positions when taking pictures of my butt. But it's different for other people.
A group of guys with unparalleled abilities and even more unparalleled skills, completely unknown forces, come and go as easily as they want in the territory that originally belonged to them like their own back garden. Unless they have been trained in place, they will still have to resist even if they are just going through the motions.
Meaning meaning.
"The other party's capabilities and technology are superior to ours, and they cannot be traced and located." The speaker was Director Shi of the Equipment Department, who was also the first person to destroy the asylum. "And all the current signs indicate that they are not hostile. So far, they have behaved
Very friendly.
Of course, we have never given up our willingness to negotiate and understand, but it must be based on friendship. Because as we know, their strength is immeasurable. If we act too aggressively and cross the line..."
"They have invaded our territory, our world, and are wielding extremely dangerous weapons in our world.
Tell me, Minister Shi, if a new neighbor moved into your community and you knew nothing about him, and you happened to know that there was a nuclear bomb buried in his basement that could explode at any time... what would you do?
Do?"
"It is necessary to understand the situation, but Minister Shi's point of view is also reasonable." Chai Pingdong said on the side, "If they are friendly, we'd better keep it like this..."
But Zidane was still answering his own questions.
"No, this is when you contact the authorities to make sure your neighbor's nuclear weapons are under control so you can sleep peacefully - and that's exactly what I want.
Do you want more resources? Yes, but there is a condition.
I needed to know who they were, without masks, without tricks, without concealment, where they came from and what they were planning.
Only this way...
...!!?"
He only spoke half of what he said, and swallowed the other half, his eyes widening with an expression of "I'm in a trough."
Almost everyone else in the conference room had the same reaction when they saw what they saw.
In front of all of them, in the center of the conference table, a phantom emerged out of thin air. The light was unnaturally distorted, like transparent waves rolling through the space, followed by a red and gold steel body that seemed to be refreshed out of thin air.
appeared in front of everyone.
Iron Man Armor Mark XVI, Codename Nightclub, the stealth armor of the Iron Man series.
He stood in the middle of the room, looking through the cold steel mask at the old man behind the table in front of him with his mouth wide open in shock.
"I heard that someone wants to see me?"
A mechanized sound that sounded a bit cold and weird came from the speaker under the steel helmet.