Chapter 148 The fish start to move
This internal review of S.H.I.E.L.D. has affected all registered agents, but what is very interesting is that the false captain, Crossbones, Black Widow, Maria Hill, Sharon ·The Carter agents were placed in the front batch.
Although their rank in SHIELD is indeed not low, the fact that they all completed the first round of review within three days seems a bit deliberate.
"I think the higher-ups must be trying to get us to do something." Crossbones, as the only person who understands, is responsible for threading the needle.
Hearing this, the fake captain's eyes flickered, and he remembered that on the eve of the internal review three days ago, Nick Fury suddenly appeared in his apartment, handed him a USB flash drive, and told him who Don't believe it.
The false captain asked him back at that time: You already know that Bucky has become the killer of Hydra, why do you still believe me?
Nick Fury replied: Because you are Captain America!
At that moment, the false captain felt a trace of sincerity from the old fox, and also realized that the identity of Captain America had really become the spiritual idol of some old-school figures over the past sixty years.
For example, Phil Coulson's admiration for him was never adulterated.
Faced with a situation where no one could trust him, Nick Fury still chose to place his bet on Captain America.
Because of this identity, American old-school people naturally trust him.
In order to investigate Bucky’s past, and to deserve this trust, the false captain decided to do something.
After several agents met, the fake captain left alone and found an Internet cafe.
As soon as I turned on the computer, I wanted to insert the USB flash drive.
A hand stopped him, Natasha Romanov laughed and said: "You don't think this USB flash drive can be used just by inserting it, do you?"
This USB flash drive was the data that Natasha personally copied from the cruise ship during an operation they took part in not long ago to rescue a hijacked cruise ship.
"Why..." The false captain was confused.
"You are not suitable to be an agent at all." Natasha shook her head and smiled: "You don't know how to hide your thoughts, and you don't know how to get rid of tracking."
Natasha took it U disk, pushed the false captain aside, installed a program on the computer first, and then inserted the U disk into it.
“There is a six-level tracking and positioning program in the USB flash drive. Once we use it, the bureau will know our location.”
"How much time do we have?" The fake captain began to stare outside the Internet cafe.
"About nine minutes."
Natasha started working on the computer.
“But now the bureau has stopped external activities. If we are lucky, we may not be discovered. If we are not lucky, we will face the pursuit of the joint investigation team.”
“We went there before. There is indeed something wrong with that ship!”
Natasha saw the windows that kept popping up in the USB flash drive and frowned: "This USB flash drive is protected by artificial intelligence and is constantly rewriting the program and canceling the instructions I entered."
"You can handle it. "As an old antique, the false captain doesn't really understand.
"The person who developed this thing is a little smarter than me." Natasha emphasized: "Just a little bit!"
At the same time, SHIELD has discovered the tracking program Agent Sitwell, who was activated but had not yet had time to participate in the review, quietly suppressed the matter.
Deliberately delayed for several minutes before reporting to the joint investigation team.
He is the assistant of Alexander Pierce, the bald man with glasses in the movie. In the end, he was grabbed directly from the high-speed car by the Winter Soldier and thrown off the viaduct to his death. "Tracking procedure?"
Anton Vanke is a technical staff and is not responsible for internal personnel investigations, so he stays in the office of the joint investigation team and waits to watch the excitement.
"What kind of tracking program? What classified materials are included in the carrier?"
He also worked for SHIELD for a period of time before.
Naturally, Sitwell would not hide it from the joint investigation team and replied honestly: "A level six program means that the confidentiality level included in the carrier is level six."
"Interesting, it has obviously been suspended from the outside world. There are still people doing things secretly." Anton Vanke watched the excitement and said, "I think they are the remnants of Hydra!"
"Send someone to chase them."
The leader of the British team said: "We cannot use SHIELD manpower this time. Let our own security personnel go out and issue them SHIELD certificates."
"Okay. , It is our duty to fight against Hydra!" Lin Hao said seriously.
As a member of the Divine Spear Bureau, Shen Bing joined the team chasing the fake captain and Natasha, but they were already a step too late.
By the time they arrived at the Internet cafe where the signal was generated, the false captain and Natasha had already rented a second-hand car and headed to New Jersey.
On the way, the false captain drove the car and asked Natasha in the passenger seat: "Why do you want to get involved? Bucky is my friend, so I have to go, but you don't need to."
Natasha's eyes suddenly dimmed, and she was silent for a moment before replying: "I once thought I was doing the right thing by joining SHIELD, but I didn't expect that there was actually Hydra in it. I want to find out whether it was just a A small number of spies, or SHIELD, have long been eroded. "
This is very important to Natasha. In addition to revenge, she also believed that the Red House was anti-human. , doing things that go against simple human values.
She is an impure spy. She has the consciousness to kill, but she also wants to retain a little kindness in her heart.
When the existence of Hydra was completely exposed, Natasha had doubts about the meaning of her existence, and even became world-weary.
So at the last moment, she stopped Hawkeye and chose to jump off the cliff in exchange for the soul gem, perhaps to atone for her sins, or perhaps to make her life a little more meaningful.
Natasha wants to know how many of the things she has done over the years came from orders from SHIELD, and how many of them helped Hydra in disguise.
"Agent is indeed a complicated job." The false captain sighed: "In the past, I didn't need to distinguish between friend and foe on the battlefield, because as long as he shot at me, it meant he was an enemy."
"The arrogance of the strong."
Natasha showed a wry smile: "Only a master like you is willing to give others the chance to fire the first shot. Like us, we are always used to nipping danger in the cradle."
"Yes, so I'm really not suitable to be an agent." The false captain sighed with emotion.
He suddenly remembered the other Steve Rogers, and the scene where the other person slashed with his sword in front of him.
Although I still can’t understand his choice, this straightforward life is more suitable for simple people like them.
After several hours of driving, we finally arrived at Camp Lehigh, New Jersey, in the evening.
Looking at the abandoned military camp, the fake captain was stunned for a moment, turned to ask Natasha: "Are you sure the signal source comes from here?"
Natasha glanced at the phone and nodded in confirmation : "That's right, the signal is sent from here."
The fake captain walked out of the car holding a shield and sighed: "I also walked out from here."
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