Chapter 79 The Price of the Devil Fruit

This secret research base is very remote.

Nick Fury built it very solid and secret, and only he knew about this secret base. Even the spies of Hydra lurking in SHIELD knew nothing about it.

Tony looked at the various high-tech instruments in the base and said in amazement: "These things are not cheap. I have reason to suspect that all the funds obtained by SHIELD fell into the pocket of Egghead!"

"Haha, you are right." Coulson came to greet them and lowered his voice and said: "I'll tell you secretly, this scientific research base, to be precise, does not belong to SHIELD, but it was indeed built with SHIELD's funds."

He has now been promoted to a superhero, and he is very refreshed. He jokes about Nick Fury with Tony Stark.

"To be honest, I admire the boss too. Although his plan is risky, we have no better choice, and everything he does is for SHIELD!" Coulson knew that Tony Stark did not approve of Nick Fury's development of the Cosmic Cube.

In fact, if it were in the past, Tony would be happy to join this research. That was the Cosmic Cube with infinite energy. How could he not be interested?

But after witnessing the video of the Battle of New York in the quiz game, and knowing that the Cosmic Cube was the reason for attracting alien enemies, Tony naturally felt that Nick Fury's move was too risky for safety reasons.

"I know you all say I'm arrogant behind my back, but in my eyes, Nick Fury is the most arrogant one. He always thinks he can control the situation, but it turns out that he messed everything up!"

Tony Stark didn't give the bald director any face at all, and raised his chin and said, "The development of the Cosmic Cube must be led by me, so it will be safer and more secure!"

"My words don't count, and the boss's words don't count either. You have to convince Dr. Banner first." Coulson winked at him.

Don't look at Dr. Banner's clothes bursting and turning into a big green guy at any time, but he is actually a scientist and a colleague of Tony Stark.

Of course, Tony doesn't think Dr. Banner can compare with himself in professional knowledge, and he snorted coldly, "He is only worthy of being my assistant."

Steve coughed twice, but it turned out that Dr. Banner was wearing a white coat and hurriedly passed by in the corridor not far away, and didn't seem to notice them.

"Coulson, have you fully mastered the power of the devil fruit now? How do you feel?" Steve changed the subject and asked curiously.

His friend, Bucky Barnes, also ate a devil fruit, but it was different from the devil fruit Coulson ate. It seemed that he had no growth potential and was currently undergoing relevant examinations (research) at SHIELD.

Coulson frowned: "Not good. The power of the devil fruit is amazing, but it also has a price. In addition to not being able to touch water, it will also cause other damage."

The frozen fruit he got was much more advanced in all aspects than the Tyrannosaurus fruit that Buggy ate, but the price he paid was not small.

After the last quiz game, he used his freezing ability to save people and experienced the feeling of being admired by superheroes, but he lay at home for several days afterwards.

After undergoing relevant examinations, he learned that his body functions had actually begun to age. In layman's terms, he had paid several years of his life to be a hero!

Later, several experiments were conducted to confirm that every time Coulson used the power of the frozen fruit, he would lose a certain amount of life.

Buggy's research also came to the same conclusion, but Buggy was a modified super soldier, his body activity was stronger than that of ordinary people, and the price of his life was also smaller.

"At the cost of life? No wonder it's called a devil fruit!" Steve looked serious and reminded him, "Then you should try not to use your freezing ability in the future."

Coulson shrugged his shoulders, "There will always be a way."

They all thought that the side effect of the devil fruit was to consume vitality, but this was a misunderstanding. The devil fruit came from One Piece, and the human body in One Piece is more active than normal earthlings.

The devil fruit consumes physical strength. Of course, Coulson's physical fitness cannot be compared with that of humans in One Piece. If he lacks physical strength, he can only squeeze his vitality.

While the three talked, they walked through the busy corridor, but did not go directly to the laboratory, but went to the conference room first.

In the conference room, Natasha, Dr. Banner, Bruce, Clinton Barton and others were already in place. This was obviously another internal meeting of the Avengers.

Natasha waved to Tony, "I watched the live broadcast of the Stark Industrial Expo. Your new toy is very interesting!"

"Haha, of course." Tony Stark sat down next to her.

Nick Fury propped his chin up on his hand, "Now that everyone is here, let's get started. I'm very short on time, so you guys just listen to me quietly first, and wait until I finish before asking questions, ok?"

Except for Tony Stark who sneered at the increasingly arrogant bald director, everyone else said it was okay.

Nick Fury glanced at Tony Stark, picked up the remote control, pressed a few buttons behind him, and a projection screen was immediately projected.

The holographic projection video showed a global map with dense red dots flashing on it.

"Almost all the Hydra spies in SHIELD have been cleared out, but Hydra has grown with the help of SHIELD over the years, and its power has expanded greatly."

"Do you see these red dots? Each red dot represents a secret base of Hydra. What we need to do next is to clean up these bases. Of course, you don't have to do this, at least not for the time being."

After Nick Fury finished speaking, a headshot appeared on the projection screen. He introduced in a deep voice: "Dr. Zola, he was once a scientist under the Red Skull. Because of the Paperclip Project, he infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and secretly developed the power of Hydra. He is the real brain of Hydra!"

"If the quiz game hadn't been exposed, everyone would have thought that Dr. Zola was dead, including me. Not long ago, I investigated Dr. Zola's grave. Guess what I saw?"

Tony shrugged his shoulders, "The coffin is empty? Or maybe it's a fake corpse?"

"There is a corpse in the coffin!" Nick Fury didn't keep it a secret, "And after DNA comparison, the corpse does belong to Dr. Zola!"

Tony and others frowned.

"The question arises, since Dr. Zola's body is lying peacefully in the coffin, why does the quiz game clearly state that he is still - alive?"