Chapter 247 The Threat of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Please order in full!)
It is not an easy task to use the Cosmic Cube to open a portal that is large enough and stable enough.
If it were easy, Loki in the cinematic universe wouldn't have to do so much.
Putting the Cosmic Cube and the portal behind him for the time being, Russell handled today's daily work as chairman.
Just as he was enjoying the massage from the blond and black stockings female secretary Ally and reviewing the submitted documents, the voice of No. 3 suddenly sounded.
"Sir, someone is intruding into the building's security system, and reverse tracking is underway."
After hearing what No. 3 said, Russell moved his eyes away from the documents and motioned for Allie to leave the office.
When the blond female secretary Ai Li left the office with her seductive waist swaying, he said to No. 3: "After the positioning is completed, go to the White Zetsu Warrior to deal with it."
As Zhenglian and Octopus Monster Industries become more and more famous, hackers trying to invade Zhenglian's headquarters and Octopus Monster's headquarters keep popping up like leeks.
Although so far, no hacker or hacker group has successfully broken through the firewall carefully set up by No. 3, but it is somewhat uncomfortable to be constantly being secretly plotted.
At first, Russell didn't pay much attention to these hackers.
However, as more and more hackers invade, he can only make these hackers understand what it means to never pry into secrets that should not be pried into.
"Sir, the other party proactively announced the IP address. The address is the New York branch of SHIELD."
S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Russell frowned slightly.
At this time, instead of looking for the stolen Cosmic Cube, S.H.I.E.L.D. let people invade the security system of the Octopus Headquarters. This doesn't look right in any way.
Just when he was considering whether to ask No. 3 to send a warning to SHIELD, the office phone on his desk suddenly rang.
"Sir, a SHIELD agent named Coulson is looking for you. He said he is the director of SHIELD's New York branch."
Ellie's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Where is he?"
Russell asked.
"Right in front of the office door, he also led a group of soldiers."
"Let him in!"
After saying that, Russell hung up the phone.
Ten seconds later, Colson appeared in front of him with a straight suit and a severely receding hairline.
Appearing with him was a team of heavily armed S.H.I.E.L.D. special forces.
"Director Coulson, what do you mean?"
Russell didn't get up and asked calmly.
"Nothing, I just have something I want to talk to Mr. Bradley about."
Colson showed a professional smile that was faultless and said with a smile.
"Bring a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. special forces to talk to me?"
Russell asked rhetorically.
"No, don't get me wrong, they are only used to protect my personal safety."
Colson said as he came to Russell.
Then, he sat down directly.
After sizing up Coulson and the special forces team behind him, Russell didn't waste time and asked directly: "I wonder what Director Coulson wants to talk to me about?"
"A month ago, the New York branch of S.H.I.E.L.D. was invaded by unknown hackers, who copied some information from the confidential database."
"It wasn't until today that we finally found the hacker."
Colson said calmly.
"What does this have to do with me?"
Russell asked calmly, using his superb acting skills honed over many years as a killer.
"Of course it has something to do with you, because that hacker is your artificial intelligence assistant No. 3!"
Colson said extremely seriously.
"Director Colson, you are a government employee. You should know very well that if you accuse me without evidence of instructing an artificial intelligence assistant to illegally invade an official agency, I can sue you for defamation."
It seemed that he had guessed that Russell would say this early on.
As soon as he finished speaking, Coulson put the tablet in his hand on the table.
"I just got the evidence. Mr. Bradley, if you don't mind, you can take a look."
Colson said with a smile.
Russell did not immediately go to get the tablet Coulson put on the table, but looked at him seriously.
What does he want to do?
Although Coulson appeared confident, Russell didn't think he had any evidence.
If he had evidence, SHIELD would have come to his door long ago, and there was no need to wait until today.
In his opinion, Coulson is now like those police officers who claim they have all the evidence, but actually have no evidence at all.
"Since you said you have evidence, you might as well show it to me directly."
Russell said to Coulson.
"The evidence is in the computer. Since you don't want to open it, let me explain it briefly."
"Mr. Bradley, don't you think there is something wrong with the hacker intrusion just now?"
Colson said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Russell came to his senses.
I see!
SHIELD actually played this trick!
"As expected of a professional organization specializing in investigating intelligence, it is indeed very skilled."
"But you should know that based on the evidence you just obtained, you will not be able to win the case even if you go to court."
Russell still maintained a calm expression and said silently.
"You're right. We really can't win the case based on the evidence we just obtained."
"However, Mr. Bradley, you seem to have forgotten your current identity."
"You are now not only a successful young entrepreneur, you are also a superhero."
Colson said with a smile.
Although Colson behaves very kindly now, Russell increasingly feels that Colson is hypocritical.
Use the superhero fame he already has to counter him, or in other words, use the good reputation established by Zheng Lian to counter him.
Coulson was obviously planning to use some unconventional means.
"I have to say that I am quite surprised that you would choose to use such a method."
"Stop wasting time, tell me directly, what do you want to do?"
Russell didn't plan to continue his intrigue with Colson, so he asked bluntly.
"We've got some troubles, some troubles that we can't solve."
"If you don't mind, I hope you and Zhenglian can provide some help."
Colson said slowly.
"By using threats to ask for help from me and Zhenglian, you don't think I will really be trapped by my reputation, right?"
Russell's tone became rude.
"Of course not, you misunderstood."
"This is not a threat, just a request. If you are willing to help, we can provide you with any information you need as long as it is in our database."
Colson lowered his stance and said kindly.
After seeing Colson's current expression, Russell pretended to be thinking and did not answer Colson immediately.
Although Coulson didn't say it now, you don't need to think about it to know that Coulson is here for the Cosmic Cube.
After more than ten seconds of silence, he slowly said: "Tell me, what kind of help do you want?"
After hearing Russell's answer, a smile appeared on Colson's face.
Then, he asked the special forces team members behind him to leave the office.
When only himself and Russell were left in the office, he said seriously: "Last night, one of our secret bases was invaded by aliens."
"The other party is very powerful, and they also stole an item that is very important to us."
"Because aliens are involved, and the opponent's strength level is not low, we plan to ask some superheroes, including members of the Zhenglian, for help."
"The specific information is already on the computer, you can take a look."
After speaking, Coulson picked up the tablet on the table and handed it to Russell.
This time, Russell did not refuse. He took the tablet and quickly browsed the contents.
There is not much content in the computer, it is divided into two parts.
One part is the basic information of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, and the other part is SHIELD's estimate of the strength of the three generals of Deathblade.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. does not know the specific identities and true strength of the three generals, they still made a fairly detailed report after the initial contact last night.
The largest Black Dwarf is estimated by SHIELD to be as powerful as the Hulk.
According to SHIELD's estimates, the couple General Deathblade and Proxima Centauri are as powerful as ordinary superheroes.
However, what really attracted Russell's attention now was not the information about the Cosmic Cube and the Deathblade General, but a scepter, a scepter that was definitely familiar to him.
Because the vanguard became the three Deathblade Generals, the scepter that was originally supposed to be given to Loki was now given to the Deathblade Generals.
After seeing the scepter in General Deathblade's hand, Russell controlled his expression very well to prevent Coulson from seeing anything.
"You want my help to find the Cosmic Cube?"
Russell turned his attention back to Colson and said slowly.
"Yes, in addition to the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, if conditions permit, we hope to capture these three targets alive."
Capture the three Death Blade Generals alive?
Russell looked at Colson in surprise.
But soon, he knew what SHIELD was planning.
Although SHIELD can initially control the Cosmic Cube to open the portal, it is obvious that they still do not know enough about the Cosmic Cube.
The three generals of the Dead Blade can make the Cosmic Cube actively open the portal, allowing them from outer space to directly come to the earth.
Looking at this point alone, SHIELD has every reason to suspect that the three generals of Deathblade possess information that they are unaware of.
If this information can be obtained from the three Dead Blade Generals, their research on the Cosmic Cube can be greatly accelerated.
"Besides me, what other foreign aid have you found?"
Russell continued to ask.
"Mr. Fantastic Reed and others will also join. In addition to them, there will also be Tony Stark."
After Colson finished speaking, Russell raised his eyebrows.
He was not surprised that SHIELD would seek help from the Fantastic Four.
But SHIELD would find Tony, which he didn't expect.
Tony has not yet become a superhero.
Although Tony has developed the Mark series of steel suits and has updated them to the Mark 6.
But Tony is still just a playboy.
In the movie universe, SHIELD will find Tony because Tony is already well-known as Iron Man and has shown his own superhero style.
"How did you impress Reed and Tony?"
Russell continued to ask.
"They are all very interested in the Cube. We agreed to their conditions. As long as the Cube can be retrieved, the Cube will be given to them for study for a period of time."
Colson said calmly.
"Their reward is the research opportunity of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, and my reward is SHIELD's confidential information. It's a pity that you don't do business!"
On the surface, SHIELD is already very sincere.
But in fact, SHIELD didn't pay much.
Regardless of the research opportunities of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube or confidential information, SHIELD will not lose anything.
In particular, the decision to hand over the Cosmic Cube to Reed and Tony to study for a period of time is an arrangement that can make SHIELD win.
Once Reed and Tony come up with something, SHIELD will definitely use their research results for free without saying a word.
Reed and Tony may make a small profit, but SHIELD will never lose money!
However, the premise of all this is that the Cube can be returned to SHIELD.
"It's all to maintain the security of the world."
Coulson didn't pay attention to Russell's ridicule and said with a smile.
"You know in your heart whether it is to maintain world peace or not."
"Okay, this time, Zheng Lian and I are involved."
Russell said silently.
Although he said this, he had no intention of handing over the Cosmic Cube to S.H.I.E.L.D.
If SHIELD knew that Hydra had offered him a reward to invite him to join the mission, but got nothing in the end, SHIELD would definitely consider this matter carefully.
But it's a pity that SHIELD has no chance to know about this.
In other words, they won't realize how stupid this decision was until it's over.
"Okay, thank you for your support. We will contact you again before taking action."
After saying that, Colson stood up and left the office.
After Coulson left, Russell said to No. 3: "When you invade SHIELD in the future, don't use the same methods you have already used."
"Okay, sir!"
No. 3 quickly replied.
After reminding No. 3, Russell thought quickly.
He does not plan to bring too many people to participate in this operation.
Peter and Gwen were the first to be excluded by him.
Neither of them are particularly strong, and they don't have much time. They both need to maintain their status as students.
After excluding Peter and Gwen, Carla was also excluded by him.
Kara is busy filming a movie now, so there is no need to follow them around the world.
After Kara, Godzilla and Grendel were also excluded by him.
Godzilla and Grendel's combat effectiveness is not low, but this kind of mission is obviously not suitable for them.
After excluding Kara and others, the only remaining candidates are Hulk and Diana.
After thinking about it for a while, he decided to take both of them together.
Since Diana is about to appear as Wonder Woman, let Diana be involved from beginning to end.
After making the decision, he took out his phone, called Diana, and briefly explained the matter to Diana.
After listening to his story, Diana agreed without any hesitation.
After notifying Diana, Russell asked No. 3 to notify Hulk at the Zhenglian headquarters so that Hulk would be ready to go.
After No. 3 informed Hulk, he leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling, with some small expectations in his heart.
The Battle of New York is a good opportunity to obtain the Space Stone and the Mind Stone.
If he is lucky, he will not only get the Space Stone and the Mind Stone at the same time this time, but he will also be able to compete with Thanos, known as the "Mad Titan".
In addition to Thanos, Thor and Loki, who have not appeared so far, may also appear.
If Thor and Loki also appear, then this time the Battle of New York will definitely become the focus of the world's attention.
Because Thor and Loki are not only aliens, but also gods in Norse mythology, their appearance will make humans on earth re-examine various myths handed down from ancient times.