Chapter 236 Is It Too Late for Us to Go Back Now?

"Although the specific situation over there is unclear, according to the intelligence analysis reported by the members of the investigation team, Lenny seems to have planned the hotel explosion early in the morning, intending to attract the enemy's attention, so as to facilitate their rescue of the CIA agents."

Coulson repeated the news just confirmed from Fitz to Nick Fury, and also passed it to Stark and the others who were far over the Atlantic Ocean.

"Can you contact Lenny?"

"Not for the time being, but I think Lenny should be able to handle this matter."

Coulson has great confidence in Lenny. Although Lenny's usual style of doing things is always careless, she is particularly reliable when performing tasks.

In Coulson's view, this little trouble is just a piece of cake to solve with Lenny's ability.

"As Agent Coulson said, I also think that Lenny will not do anything unprepared. Tony, let's go back for supplies and rest for the time being."

Rhodey's voice sounded again. His war machine was now thrown far away by Tony's Mark 6. Knowing that he could not catch up no matter how hard he chased, Rhodey simply followed from a distance.

"Colonel Rhodes is right, Stark, worrying makes you confused." Nick Fury's words woke Tony up from his dream, and Tony gradually slowed down his flight speed in silence. "Any further news about the nuclear warhead?" Pretending not to hear, Tony changed the subject abruptly. "No, the military just sent a message not long ago that the location of the special forces team has been determined, and General Ross is sending troops to support them." Nick Fury's mouth curled up slightly, and he did not point out Tony's thoughts, and continued with his topic: "That Lawrence disappeared again, just like when he was in Mexico, without anyone noticing." "Lawrence? The military's insider?" Tony stopped, controlled the Mark 6 armor to float in the air, and looked at the other side of the Mediterranean. "Isn't he in Benghazi? Didn't General Ross catch him?"

Rhodey obviously cares more about the military news than Tony. When he heard that it was about Lawrence, he quickly interrupted:

"With that guy's ability and interpersonal relationships, there is no reason for him to escape General Ross's pursuit, and twice. Someone must be supporting him in secret!"

Nick Fury had guessed it in his heart, but at this time he didn't tell Tony and the others what he was thinking.

"Maybe, but this kind of thing is your military's internal affairs, and it is not convenient for us SHIELD to intervene."

"However, as far as I know, your SHIELD has intervened in military operations more than once or twice."

Rhodey meant something, and his words were all about SHIELD's frequent contact with him recently.

Now there are rumors within the Air Force that he wants to abandon his identity as an Air Force colonel, and even stop training, and wants to join SHIELD.

This makes Rhodey very uncomfortable at the Air Force base recently. If he doesn't train, he is a person who has been helping Tony. How can he abandon the light and join the dark?

Nick Fury just smiled slightly at Rhodey's sarcasm.

"That was just a mission under pressure from above. After all, we are directly dispatched by the Security Council, and it is really not my wish to have some unnecessary friction."

Rhodey smiled contemptuously and did not intend to argue with the chief agent.

Little did he know that the egghead had already completed a deal with General Ross, and "exchanged" Rhodey from Edwards Air Force Base to S.H.I.E.L.D. with a bottle of golden goat milk and $20 million.

In this regard, General Ross, who thought he had made a profit, did not raise too many objections, but only asked to retain Colonel Rhodes' military rank and not restrict Colonel Rhodes when the military needed help.

"James Rhodes is the soul of our Air Force, and his value is naturally immeasurable. If we lose him..."

Nick Fury didn't care at all after hearing this condition. He hoped that Rhodes could continue to stay in the Air Force so that he could continue to maintain his identity as a bridge between Stark and the military.

After some bargaining, General Ross successfully reduced Nick Fury's original offer of 30 million US dollars to 20 million US dollars.

After completing the transaction, Egghead said with tears in his eyes that he would treat this air force hero well. He left General Ross's military base in a hurry without wiping the tears from the corners of his mouth.

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"Ahem~ Lainie, how much C4 explosives did you use? Do you want to blow us all to death in here?"

"Uh...unexpected, unexpected, I didn't expect it to be like this."

Facing Natasha's accusations behind her, Lainie scratched her cheek a little embarrassedly. She really didn't expect the aftermath of the tunnel explosion to be transmitted so far.

When placing the explosives before, she only cared about ensuring that the impact of the explosion could blow open the passage, but forgot to set up an isolation layer. Now the shock wave caused by the explosion almost blew everyone away.

However, even so, everyone still couldn't escape the fate of being covered in dust and smoke from the explosion. At this moment, everyone who raised their heads was covered in dust and looked embarrassed.

The CIA even looked at Lainie with a strange look in their eyes, regretting why they didn't stick to their own ideas and believed in such an unreliable woman.

"Ahem! Is everyone okay? I'm glad you're okay. It's not a big deal. The exit has exploded. Let's hurry up and leave here as soon as possible."

Facing the suspicious and regretful eyes of the crowd, Lainie laughed and forced a change of subject, then ran towards the exit first.

"Has she always been so unreliable?"

Joey, the head of the CIA, turned his head and looked at Natasha. He had seen the close relationship between the two before. As a female agent, he thought Natasha should know each other better.

However, what responded to him was Natasha's ruthless answer:

"I'm not familiar with her."

Seeing Natasha leave quickly after leaving these words, Joey looked a little ugly, but he still patiently turned his eyes to Ward on the side.

"I was temporarily assigned to this mission. The higher-ups told me to listen to her."

Ward's face did not change, his heart did not beat, he wiped off the dust on his head, stood up and quickly chased the two people in front.

Joey finally lost his mind. At this moment, he only had endless regrets in his heart but nowhere to tell them. He stood there for a while, not knowing what to do.

What kind of people did I trust?

Lang, who had been following Joey closely, pulled Joey's arm and asked in a voice that was almost hopeless:

"Boss, is it too late for us to go back now?"

Joey was brought back to his senses by this, turned his head to look at his colleagues and friends, and then looked at the direction they came from, and finally could only sigh sadly.

"Let's go, there is no choice..."