Chapter 532 Is There Anyone Else Who Wants to Go Down Before the Fight Starts?

"...The evidence investigation team found some fibers on the roof and asked us to take a look. Do you want me to notify the response team?"

"No, let's see what it is first."

The elevator going down suddenly stopped. There were few people riding the elevator together, but now three or four people walked in together.

Sensitively aware that the few special service members who came in with Rumlow were a little nervous, Steve couldn't help but frown secretly.

Immediately afterwards, the elevator stopped again, and several tall and strong administrative staff walked in.

"I'm sorry about Fury..."

Rumlow, who behaved most naturally, noticed Steve's caution. In order to dispel the latter's suspicion, Rumlow randomly found a topic.

However, this did not lower Steve's vigilance. On the contrary, a few nervous guys in the elevator were so nervous that sweat appeared on their brows, which completely exposed their purpose.

"You expect them to subdue Steve?"

Leni crossed her arms and looked at the surveillance video in front of her, with a meaningful smile on her face.

"I'm not disparaging Rumlow, I just want to subdue Steve. They alone are not enough."

Pierce narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and his gaze stayed on Leni's face for a moment.

"Rumlow is already the strongest combat force that I can use now. If so many people can't defeat him, then I'm afraid I can only place my hope on you."

Pierskin twitched the corners of his mouth with a smile, and then turned his attention back to the holographic screen.

But he didn't expect his words to make Leni laugh.

"Me? Haha, then I advise you to give up on this idea as soon as possible."

Let yourself deal with Steve?

It's a joke, not to mention whether doing so will affect my plans.

Just talking about one-on-one combat, if you ask the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, the number of people who can truly defeat Steve one-on-one is probably only within a dozen.

What's more, Leni can vaguely feel that she may have become one of the targets of Steve's suspicion.

According to the current situation in which Captain America is besieged on all sides, anyone who takes the initiative to get close to him will most likely become the object of his suspicion.

Especially after Nick Fury's reminder, Steve may have begun to suspect that the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. has been completely corrupted by someone with ulterior motives.

If he were to run out to deal with Captain America at this time, wouldn't it be that Adou's empire was given away for nothing?

"Then you should stop saying some sarcastic words."

Pierce snorted coldly.

Helping and not helping, just waiting for me to feed the benefits into my mouth. If I didn't need to use this little fox in my next plan, would I let the latter go like this?

The perspective returned to the elevator, Steve took a deep breath, and then said the famous line.

"Before we take action, does anyone else want to go down?"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the small elevator was stagnant for a moment, and then the tension rose to its peak in an instant.

Rarely had there been so many burly men gathered in the crowded elevator at this moment, more than half of whom were special service members of the rapid response team A.

Even a fool can guess that something is wrong at this moment, let alone Steve who has been wary for a long time?

Seeing that the matter had been exposed, there was no point in continuing to pretend. The vice-captain of Team A, who was standing in front of Steve, immediately pulled out a stun device from the side of his leg that flashed with a horrifying arc, and turned towards Steve. His neck was stabbed straight away!

"Oh, Rollins is going to take the initiative?"

Staring unblinkingly at the live broadcast on the holographic screen, Leni's eyes flashed with excitement.

"It's a pity that people have already been prepared."

In the picture, Steve faced the enemy's frontal attack and retreated without hesitation. At the same time, he suddenly used his back to push against the special service team member behind him, forcing his intended sneak attack back.

"Step back to avoid the volley and disarm! Hey, Rollins, you didn't hold the stun device securely!"

Ignoring Pierce's darkened expression, Leni simply took out a bucket of popcorn that had been prepared from the void warehouse, and started to talk about this "multiplayer game" of "men on top of men" with relish.

"Malfoy lock it! Lock it!"

"Yes! Put on electromagnetic handcuffs and a few more people! Can you three hold him down?"

"Good kick! No, that guy in a suit next to him is Alion? Why is he so useless! Knocked down with just one elbow?"

At the beginning, Leni's focus was still on a few acquaintances who wanted to forcibly restrain Captain America, but after Captain America's strong counterattack, Leni's composition immediately began to become complicated!

"Good kick! This kick hit the front door!"

"Hey! Now the bridge of Malfoy's nose is probably crooked."

"What a great opportunity! Hiss~ Why did Steve say hello to his face? We really won't see each other again~"

Pierce on the side heard this and said to himself, "Who are you from?"

However, as the saying goes, no funeral is too big for anyone who sees it, so Laini naturally pays attention to whatever is exciting.

Seeing Pierce staring at her, Leni "kindly" handed the popcorn bucket to Pierce's hand.

"Would you like some too?"

How could Pierce want it? He snorted and turned his gaze back.

"If you don't want it, just don't want it. Why are you humming..."

At this moment, Rumlow suddenly kicked Steve's arm, raising Captain America's arm high into the air.

The super strong electromagnet that was forcibly put on his wrist immediately took effect, and the latter's arm was forcibly attached to the steel frame of the elevator!

"Wow! Good kick, Rumlow!"

Laini's eyes lit up when she saw this, and she thought that Rumlow was the one who really had to rely on at the critical moment.

Then Rumlow also pulled out the electric baton, and took advantage of the fact that Captain America's wrist was tied and could not dodge, and hit Captain America's back one after another.

"Hey! Rumlow is taking advantage of someone's misfortune!"

"Kane next to you, come on! Your boss has come on, and you're still watching!"

For a while, the elevator was in chaos, and the office of the Security Council director was also in chaos.

"Hou Lixie! Gahart, you better watch carefully! How can you use that electric baton on your own people!"

"It's over, I'm afraid Ambers is ruined for life..."

After briefly knocking down all the people who could still stand, Steve suddenly stepped on the glass wall of the elevator, and used all his strength to forcibly pull off the electromagnetic handcuffs on his wrist that were firmly attached to the steel frame!

At this time, the only person who could still stand in the elevator, except Captain America himself, was Rumlow.

"Man, I have to make it clear in advance..."

Rumlow took a breath and steadied his breath, staring at Steve who still had some strength left.

"This is not a personal grudge!"

After the voice fell, Rumlow suddenly waved the electric baton and attacked Steve again.

"Verbal diversion is indeed a good way, but..."

Laini smacked her lips, shook her head and sighed that it was useless.

This is indeed the case. No matter how Rumlow's electric shock device shocked Captain America, Captain America, who has a strong physique, can still launch a strong and effective counterattack against Rumlow.

After only a few moves, Rumlow was thrown by Captain America and fell heavily to the ground and fainted.

"It feels like this is a personal grudge."

So far, there is no Hydra agent who can still stand in the elevator.

Pierce's mood at the moment was extremely bad after witnessing everything that happened in the elevator with a livid face.

Although he had long expected that Rumlow and others alone could not solve Captain America, he never thought that this process would be so vulnerable.

Coupled with Lainie's chattering, Pierce was now on the red temperature cordon.

"Enough! Are you done yet!"

After scolding Lainie who was about to continue explaining, Pierce hammered the armrest of the sofa.

Seeing this, Lainie immediately shut her mouth and gave the old guy some face.

There is no other way. His plan still needs this old guy to pave the way for him. It is not impossible to give him some face now.

Taking a deep breath, Pierce glared at the woman who was watching the fun and did not mind the trouble. In the end, he forced himself to suppress his anger.

He could not tear his face with Lainie now. The two sides were now on the same rope. Only cooperation could achieve the greatest benefits.

Seeing Steve on the holographic screen holding a vibranium shield and breaking through the elevator, jumping down from a height of dozens of meters, Pierce sighed helplessly.

"I still underestimated him."

After a moment of silence, Pierce looked at Lainie, who was still a little unsatisfied.

"Do as you thought before. I will persuade the Security Council and you will stabilize those agents."

Lainie chuckled at the words and stood up from the sofa.

"It should have been so long ago. The Insight Plan is our main goal now. As for Captain America, you can leave it to the Winter Soldier."

Looking deeply at the Quinjet taking off outside the French window, Pierce secretly clenched his fists and walked out of the office first.

…

“Everyone, pay attention! Put down your work, this is a level one alert!

Contact the Department of Transportation, turn all the traffic lights in this area to red, and close all the runways at Washington Airport, Dulles Airport, and Reagan International Airport…

Any information about this person, I want you to capture it as soon as possible and report it to me, and all of it!”

In the SHIELD Operations Command Center, Sitwell asked everyone present to issue a city-wide wanted notice for Steve.

However, he did not consider the importance of Captain America in the minds of other SHIELD agents.

Sharon Carter is one of these SHIELD agents.

“Excuse me, if SHIELD orders a manhunt for Captain America, we need to know the reason.”

“Because he lied to us.”

The voice of Alexander Pierce came, attracting everyone to look towards the door.

Pierce, dressed in a neat suit, walked slowly from the door to the center of the crowd, and behind him was Lainie, the only remaining backbone of SHIELD.

"Captain Rogers has important information about Nick Fury's death, but he refuses to provide it."

Sharon couldn't help but cast a suspicious look at Lainie, wanting to get an answer from her.

But Lainie just nodded at her.

"Fury's death is very strange. Steve, the only one who knows the key information, refused to provide clues and tried to use violence to escape the questioning of the Security Council. We had to resort to this last resort."

Pierce looked at Lainie and motioned for her to say something.

"Steve and I are old friends. I believe he has a reason for avoiding questioning. I am also very sad about Fury's death, and I can understand Steve's current mood.

But every country has its own laws, and every family has its own rules. We cannot allow Steve to continue to act arbitrarily just because we trust him. This will only make things worse.

Therefore, I hope everyone can do their part to help find Steve. When he calms down, we can find out the real cause of Fury's death. "

Laini swept her eyes over everyone present, and expressed her trust in Captain America righteously.

She did not choose to stand directly against Captain America like Pierce did, but persuaded everyone present with a third-party attitude to give Captain America, who was stuck in a dead end, another chance.

In other words, one is playing the good cop and the other is playing the bad cop.

Pierce is now a member of the Security Council. Even though he still has one foot on the side of SHIELD, he is still more or less an outsider in the hearts of everyone.

So at this time, Lainie, who is one of them, showed her value.

After understanding their superiors' approach, the agents who were still hesitating just now looked at each other, and then returned to their respective posts.

"Then I'll leave this to you, and I'll go deal with the Security Council. "

Seeing that the two had achieved their goal, Pierce narrowed his eyes and glanced at Lainie, then left the command center with this sentence in a deep voice.

Until Pierce's figure completely disappeared at the end of the corridor, Lainie let go of her momentum and rubbed her eyebrows pretending to be sad.

"That's enough, one by one, they will cause trouble for me..."

Deliberately putting on a talkative look in front of everyone, Lainie pointed at Sitwell and said unhappily:

"Be careful next time, Steve is not a wanted criminal of SHIELD. "

Hitwell glanced at the others, smiled awkwardly, and walked to the water dispenser to get a glass of water for Lainie.

The two of them looked relaxed, and the tense atmosphere in the command center was instantly swept away. The agents who were originally suspicious also completely let down their guard and concentrated on searching for Captain America's traces.

Only Sharon still had some concerns, but seeing that everyone around was busy, she couldn't raise any more questions for a while.

But her hesitant look obviously couldn't escape Lainie's eyes.

Helplessly, Lainie could only sigh and waved to Sharon, motioning her to come to her side.

"Sharon, come here."

Sharon, whose name was called, was stunned for a moment. Seeing that others were looking at her, she had to bite the bullet and walk to Lainie's side.

"Miss Lainie."

"Don't be so polite, we are all old friends, just call me Lainie. "

Laini motioned for the other party to come closer, and then patted Sharon's shoulder in relief.

"I know that what happened during this period of time has hit you hard, and I am also very happy to see you cheer up again, but the work of SHIELD is not like other things. Sometimes we have to act impartially."

Acting? Anyway, she has to continue to play the role of a good boss, and Lainie doesn't mind acting for a while longer.

"Ah? No, no, I can understand."

I didn't expect Laini to say that. Sharon almost didn't follow Laini's thoughts for a while.

"It doesn't matter, don't be so embarrassed. I know that you are actually a fan of Steve like Coulson."

As Laini said, she gave Sharon a subtle look.

"Coulson transferred to the Slingshot Base on his own because he was dissatisfied with our decision, so I can understand your current mood. "

Looking at the agents around her who were listening silently with the corner of her eyes, a fleeting smile appeared on the corner of Lainie's mouth.

She said this on purpose, otherwise, why didn't Coulson, Nick Fury's confidant, show up when such a big thing happened?

Instead, Sitwell stood up to take charge of the situation.

Laini believed that many people thought so at the moment, so she had to explain this matter clearly in front of everyone.

At least, before her plan was truly achieved, she couldn't stand on the opposite side of these people.

"If, I mean if, if you also think this approach is unacceptable, I can specially approve you to hide at the slingshot base for the time being like Coulson, and Skye and the others are also there, so as to avoid these troubles. "

Receiving the message conveyed by Lainie's eyes, Sharon immediately understood, so she hurriedly expressed her "loyalty" to Lainie.

"It doesn't matter, I can understand that this is an inevitable situation, and someone has to stand up to be the villain. "

Sharon acted as if she was touched, just like a simple college graduate.

"I'm glad you understand. Our priority now is to stabilize the situation and not lose our composure. Without Fury, I'm under a lot of pressure."

Glancing at Sitwell who pretended not to hear anything, Lainie narrowed her eyes and simply took a strong medicine.

"And don't look at the old man Pierce's high-sounding appearance just now. He actually wants to take advantage of the opportunity to get involved. How can I let him succeed?"

The agents around were shocked when they heard this, thinking to themselves that they could listen to such gossip?

Then they figured out the key. Now that the position of the director of SHIELD is vacant, the best competitor Coulson has gone to the Slingshot Base to avoid suspicion. Aren't Lainie and Agent Hill the only candidates for the most powerful director in the agency?

Although it is not fair to rush to compete for the position of director just after the death of the former director, it is another matter if Pierce of the Security Council wants to intervene.

"Ahem!"

Suddenly, a cough interrupted everyone's thoughts. It was Sitwell who couldn't stand it anymore and reminded Lainie.

Seeing this, many people in the crowd turned their eyes to Sitwell, thinking that this guy should be considered one of the candidates, although his support rate might be lower.

But seeing that he also looked like he let Lainie do whatever she wanted, everyone thought that this guy might have secretly surrendered to Lainie a long time ago!