Chapter 542 The Show Begins!

"Miss Leni is really a young lady~"

After several people came to the SHIELD Security Council meeting hall and rejected the outsiders, Director Pierre took the lead in complimenting them with smiles.

However, Leni was not interested in this guy's eccentricity at all. She just thought it was him praising her and still maintained the smile on her face.

Then he took out a bottle of champagne that had been prepared from the void and poured a glass for everyone present one by one.

"Director Pierre is so complimentary. I am also taking orders at a critical moment. The Bureau is now leaderless, and Mr. Pierce is now at a loss for resources. I have no choice but to step forward and take over the banner of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Leni's response was neither humble nor arrogant. She showed her modesty and attitude, and at the same time she pulled Pierce out to block her gun.

For a moment, Pierre really couldn't find any angle to target.

"Leni is right. SHIELD's current situation cannot allow any more mistakes. Fury's incident has already made us quite passive. We must not make any more mistakes in the next Insight Plan!"

Pierce on the side also knew how to find opportunities to find opportunities. Seeing Leni bring the topic to him, he simply put the insight plan on the table, eliminating the need for flattery.

"Well, Director Pierce is right..."

Director Hua Guo, who had met Leni once before, was the first to reach out and take the champagne from Leni.

"By the way, what's the result of Nick Fury's investigation?"

"With some clues, we can now confirm that the person who killed Nick Fury was the legendary Winter Soldier."

Pierce turned to look at Leni and motioned for her to explain to everyone.

"Yesterday afternoon, we received a missing report from Agent Sitwell, and after a thorough investigation, we found that the person who took away Agent Sitwell was none other than Steve Rogers and his team."

Leni waved her hand to summon the holographic projection, displaying information about the Winter Soldier in front of everyone.

"According to satellite images and surveillance videos from various surveillance cameras, after Steve and his team took away Agent Sitwell, the Winter Soldier focused on them and attacked their car on the elevated road, ultimately causing Sitwell to The agent fell off the viaduct, and now his life or death is unknown..."

Leni told several directors one by one how Steve and others were attacked by the Winter Soldier, what kind of commotion they caused, and how Steve and others were arrested and escaped in the end.

It didn't matter whether these people had read the news reports before, anyway, she said everything she could say in front of everyone.

Of course, Leni did not explain Sitwell's subsequent whereabouts, only that he was seriously injured and had been taken away for treatment by emergency personnel.

Naturally, the directors didn't care about the true whereabouts of a level 7 agent. On the surface, they thanked God for being lucky enough to survive and then skipped the topic.

Focus on why Steve and others were able to escape under the eyes of Rumlow and other rapid reaction troops.

"This is indeed our problem. Someone has sneaked into the rapid reaction force and secretly helped them..."

Leni didn't hide it, although most people in the bureau didn't know that Rumlow and the others actually planned to kill Steve and others secretly.

But now that everyone has been lost, there is no point in hiding it or not.

Anyway, Rumlow's accusation of failing to do things will definitely be confirmed.

However, Director Holly, who had been silent next to him, suddenly became keenly aware that the look Leni had just looked at him was somewhat meaningful.

Although Leni's unexplained look just came and went quickly, Director Holly didn't think it was his illusion.

She was really very familiar with Leni. Others might not realize the meaning of the other person's look just now, but she could.

This made Director Holly feel nervous, secretly thinking that he was afraid that his secret had been exposed.

"Oh? So, there is still someone in the Bureau who has contact with Captain America?"

Upon hearing this, Pierre was the first to jump out.

Although this guy didn't say it explicitly, everyone present could tell that he suspected that Leni was secretly helping Captain America.

This is not an unreasonable suspicion.

After all, before this, the Security Council had expressed its intention to control Steve Rogers of the American team.

He also repeatedly emphasized that Captain America's current behavior is very suspicious, and it is suspected that he contains key information about whether Nick Fury has betrayed S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, at that time, apart from Pierce, the first person in the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. to speak out for Steve Rogers was Leni.

Combined with the previous operations, Leni repeatedly refused to assist the rapid reaction force in carrying out a blanket manhunt for Steve and others, using the excuse that she was too busy to maintain the normal operation of the bureau.

The Security Council couldn't help but wonder whether Leni was doing this to avoid suspicion, or whether she was secretly helping Captain America and the others.

Otherwise, why do Rumlow and the others come back disappointed every time they go to hunt down Captain America and others?

"Yes, and I already have a target of suspicion..."

Leni looked at several directors present one by one, and stayed on Director Holly for half a second without any trace, and then said meaningfully:

"And she should still be in the bureau now."

Buzz!

Director Holly's heart suddenly sank, and his heart beat a little faster unconsciously.

But the expression on his face remained unchanged. Instead, he moved a half step closer to Pierce, and then spoke with interest:

"Who is it?"

Laini smiled brightly when she heard the words, slowly put down the wine glass in her hand, and watched Director Holly slowly utter a name.

"Agent... Maria Hill."

When this name came out, the faces of all the directors changed, but then they were relieved quickly.

"If I remember correctly, hasn't this Agent Hill been transferred to Europe?"

Director Ivanov also put down the tasteless ice wine in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and his expression was thoughtful.

According to the report submitted by SHIELD before, after dealing with Nick Fury's funeral, Agent Maria Hill submitted a transfer application to the bureau after Coulson.

Taking the initiative to transfer away from the power center of Washington and go to Europe alone, it can be said that she hid farther than Coulson.

However, Lainie now said that Agent Hill is still in the bureau, which means...

"Yes, but just this morning, we confirmed the news from Europe that Agent Maria Hill has not appeared since the day after arriving at the London branch..."

Laini waved her hand and summoned a detailed report submitted by the European branch, which indeed stated that Agent Maria Hill was missing.

And what is intriguing is that the person in charge of submitting this report is Agent John Gatler.

Noticing the signature at the end of the report, Director Pierre almost got angry.

He thought to himself that it was no wonder that this guy didn't dare to confront Lainie, the crazy woman, head-on. It turned out that this guy had already turned against her and had been playing with him before!

If Pierre hadn't had a strong psychological endurance that he had cultivated over the years, he would probably have died on the spot.

You know, in order to support John Gatler, he spent a lot of money and face.

As a result, now it's good, this is all calculated by others!

Director Pierre was getting angrier and angrier the more he thought about it. The skin at the corners of his eyes began to twitch. He almost couldn't help but point at Lainie's nose and curse her.

But in the end, because of his face and because it was not glorious to tell others about this matter, Director Pierre could only accept his fate and swallow this loss.

At the same time, he cursed secretly in his heart, thinking: Wait, after this matter is over, he will definitely make John Garrett, the damn guy, pay for it when he goes back!

"Where is she now?"

Secretly preparing to take action, Director Holly continued to ask along the thread, and at the same time approached Pierce again without leaving a trace.

"She is now..."

Just as Lainie was about to speak with a playful look on her face, a familiar voice suddenly echoed throughout the Trident headquarters.

"Attention all SHIELD agents! I'm Steve Rogers..."

...

At the same time, in the control room of the tower of Trident headquarters, Steve, who successfully recruited the staff in the tower with his handsome face, stood in front of the microphone and began his "protagonist speech".

"You should have heard a lot about me in the past few days. Some people have received orders to hunt me down. Now you should know the truth..."

Steve Rogers' firm and magnetic voice spread throughout the SHIELD headquarters through the radio and reached the ears of everyone in the bureau.

For a while, everyone looked at each other, most of them were puzzled, why did Captain America's voice suddenly appear in the bureau, didn't he go to find the murderer?

Could it be that Nick Fury's death has already been resolved?

Of course, some people were also nervous and subconsciously began to look for familiar people around them.

"SHIELD has changed. It has been taken over by Hydra. Alexander Pierce is their leader, and even Lainie Stark is their accomplice!"

The whole audience was shocked by the two names mentioned by Steve Rogers!

Alexander Pierce is fine, but Lainie Stark is also one?

The people who also heard these words included several directors of the Security Council. For a moment, they all looked at Pierce and the others in astonishment.

Lainie raised her lips slightly and moved her steps slightly. She seemed to be harmless, but in fact, she had already come to the position closest to the door of the conference hall.

The first person to realize that something was wrong was Ivanov, the Russian director. He wanted to go to the door as soon as possible.

However, just after taking half a step, he found that Lainie's position had blocked the only exit for them to leave the conference hall.

Seeing this scene, Director Ivanov's face became completely gloomy.

"Besides them, there are Rumlow and the Rapid Response Force, the Insight Project Team, and even..."

Steve's voice continued, but when several directors saw that Pierce and the others had no intention of refutation, they knew in their hearts that this was the fact!

"I don't know how many of them there are, but they must be here at the moment, and I know you may not believe what I said.

But this is the truth, this is the fact.

They sent people to kill Nick Fury in an attempt to completely erode the entire SHIELD from the inside.

The truth of the Insight Project is not to maintain world peace, but to find people who may hinder Hydra and kill them all at once!

This naturally includes me and most of you.

Whether it is men, women, old people, or children, they will eliminate anyone who may threaten them in the future at once.

At once, millions of people will be killed...”

Steve's voice was full of suppressed emotions. All the agents could feel the sincerity and anger from it just by listening.

"They may be hiding next to all of you, and they will succeed soon. As long as SHIELD is completely controlled by them, we will never be able to save the situation.

But we still have a chance now, and things are far from the worst!

As long as we can stop them, stop them from taking off the aerospace carrier, and stop them from starting the insight system, everything will be in time!

I know it will be difficult.

I also know that the cost of doing so is high!

But past examples tell us that this has always been the case..."

Steve paused for a moment, and then everyone called out in a resounding voice:

"Now, I am willing to pay this price for this, even if it's just me...

But I believe it won't be just me! "

...

Pa pa pa!

Sudden applause suddenly rang in the ears of several directors, calling their minds back to reality from Steve Rogers' powerful speech just now.

"It's a very inspiring speech, but he may have overestimated his appeal."

Pierce clapped his hands nonchalantly, as if he didn't care whether Steve could hear his applause at this moment.

Then Pierce folded his hands in front of his chest, raised his chin and gave Lainie a look.

"Find his location and let the Winter Soldier deal with him."

Lai Ni nodded after receiving the order, and immediately took out her mobile phone from the void, quickly pressed a few times, and sent a message.

The rest of the directors present immediately understood when they heard it.

It turns out that the Winter Soldier mentioned by these two damn guys just now is actually their Hydra people!

"You two damn liars! "

Director Ivanov cursed in a deep voice with a sullen face, but facing the biggest threat of Leni, he did not dare to overstep the mark.

"Liar? How did you get this from?"

Pierce sneered and took a sip of the wine glass with great pride.

"I have explained to you the significance of the Insight Plan from the beginning. Haven't you agreed to this?"

Director Pierre's face turned red when he heard this. He could no longer suppress his anger and cursed:

"Bullshit! You are killing people!"

"No, no, no, of course not. I am helping you to create a truly peaceful and stable world. As long as we completely kill the buds of crime, there will be no more crime in this world..."

Wow!

Before Pierce finished his theory, a glass of cold wine was suddenly splashed on his face.

"Daydreaming! "

The Chinese director dropped the empty wine glass in his hand, and walked away without paying any attention to Lainie's obstruction.

However, just as he walked to Lainie's side, a team of rapid response team members with live ammunition suddenly rushed into the conference room.

The leader was the deputy captain of Team A, Jack Rollins.

As a last resort, the Chinese director had to stop and stare blankly at the special forces surrounding them.

Seeing this, Pierce smiled slightly, waved his hand and summoned a holographic projection.

"Now, please do as I say, use your Security Council authority, and grant our new director of SHIELD the highest authority. "