Three days later, at the FBI Headquarters.
The operations conference room.
Fury and Professor X, the black and white duo, were there to receive a visit from A.R.G.U.S.
Sitting opposite the duo was Amanda Waller, whom Fury had met not long ago.
Behind her were still her two capable subordinates, Deathstroke and Punisher.
"Alright, Waller, I've already made it clear to you about what happened at Area 51 last time. You don't have permission…"
"Fury, I'm not here for that damned alien outside Area 51."
Fury was interrupted by Amanda Waller halfway through his sentence.
He couldn't help but frown.
She wasn't here for Malekith, the Dark Elf? Then what was it for?
Although Fury never liked Amanda Waller's way of doing things, he had to admit she was an absolute pragmatist who never did anything meaningless.
"Is there a problem that your A.R.G.U.S. can't solve yourselves? To actually come to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for help?" Fury exhaled a long breath, then his single eye sharpened. "Could it be that you have a problem similar to the Aether Particle?"
"No, the Aether Particle is unique," Amanda Waller shook her head. "I came to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to seek cooperation for the safety of the entire America."
Since Amanda Waller had spoken to this extent, Fury could only suppress the doubts in his heart and listen to what was going on.
"…Tell me in detail."
"Phew, Fury, do you still remember the Raccoon City incident back then?"
As Amanda Waller spoke those words, Fury's thoughts were transported back seven years.
That was his third year as the Headquarters director.
It was also the first year of the Resident Evil outbreak in Raccoon City.
Initially, it was just the local police department receiving reports of wild Beast attacks around Raccoon City.
Since there were indeed large areas of primeval forest around Raccoon City, the presence of wild Beasts was not surprising.
But the consequences, everyone knew…
It was actually the t-virus spreading, with zombies everywhere.
By the time the local police department and the U.S. authorities realized something was wrong and urgently sought help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was already too late.
Ultimately, with the Bureau's utmost efforts, only a dozen survivors were rescued.
That was an entire city!
And Ada Wong was one of the survivors rescued.
At that time, Ada Wong was not yet a Level 4 elite Agent of the Bureau, but rather a mercenary who could be hired by any party.
From the beginning, Fury saw her potential, so he offered to recruit her after she recovered from her injuries.
He had expected some back and forth, but unexpectedly, the beautiful and mysterious Ada Wong accepted the recruitment without hesitation.
She then became the Bureau's expert in dealing with biochemical terrorist incidents, and only stopped handling those cases after becoming Dante's adjutant.
"Of course, Raccoon City, that was a city with a population of over a hundred thousand…" Fury shook his head. "But after all these years, Raccoon City has long since been rebuilt, and although its population isn't what it used to be, it's still thriving… If I had listened to you back then and directly used nuclear weapons to level Raccoon City, it would still be a dead land even now!"
Once upon a time, Fury and Amanda Waller had quite a bit of cooperation, and even because of their similar skin color, they were considered good friends.
But it was on the issue of how to handle the aftermath of Raccoon City that the two had a huge disagreement.
Amanda Waller believed it should be leveled directly with nuclear bombs.
Fury, on the other hand, believed that it should be a sweeping clearance by organized military forces after taking proper protective measures.
Ultimately, Fury, due to the Bureau's special nature, suppressed and vetoed Amanda Waller's proposal.
But precisely because this proposal was vetoed, the U.S. military, with the cooperation of Bureau Agents, entered Raccoon City and actually succeeded in rescuing hundreds of survivors from various parts of the city!
This result also caused Amanda Waller, who proposed the nuclear bomb leveling method, to suffer the consequences, leading to her being sidelined and transferred to Area 51.
"I'm not here to argue with you about who was right or wrong back then," Amanda Waller calmly shook her head, showing no sign of being upset about having lost on this matter. "Ever since I was transferred to Area 51 and established A.R.G.U.S., I've been keeping an eye on Raccoon City…"
"Now, some new situations have emerged in Raccoon City…"
Upon hearing this, Fury's breathing hitched.
"There's another biochemical terrorist incident in Raccoon City?"
"If there are no surprises… yes, but it shouldn't be the t-virus, because after preliminary investigation, there have been no zombies or BOWs mutated by the t-virus."
The implication being…
It could be a new virus.
"What exactly is the situation?"
Fury asked in a deep voice.
"The people in Raccoon City are currently in a very strange state. They are no different from normal people during the day, but once night falls, their personalities become irritable, prone to anger, and they desperately crave love and affection. If they don't get emotional satisfaction, they start to brutally kill each other… But no matter how severely they are injured, they won't die, and they will return to their original state by day, forgetting what happened at night."
"Because I said they desperately crave love and affection, they will enthusiastically invite strangers to join their families…" Amanda Waller frowned, then took out a set of statistics. "Approximately twenty thousand outsiders are trapped in Raccoon City."
Professor X said nothing, but seeing Fury's troubled expression, he could only pat his shoulder.
"Fury, it's time to deploy the Team."
"Currently, it seems they must be sent out… Who is on standby at the special Team Base now?"
"Coulson Team: Deadpool, Green Arrow, and Coulson are on standby; Star Team: Dante, Ada Wong, and Harley Quinn are on standby."
Fury nodded.
Actually, he just wanted to know if Dante was available.
Then he directly took out his Director-specific personal terminal and video-called Dante.
"Yo! What's up, bro! How come you have time to video call me? Is it a mission… Harley, trust me, your legs are about as long as Ada's, you can really pull off her boots!"
"What the hell are you doing at the Base, you idiot!"
"Uh, giving the Team members some fashion advice?"
"Never mind, it's urgent, come to the operations conference room with everyone on standby at the Base."
After saying that, he hung up the video call.
Five minutes later, facing Amanda Waller's ghost-like gaze, a portal appeared out of thin air in the operations conference room.
Dante and Coulson led all the standby members into the operations conference room.
Glancing at Amanda Waller, who couldn't close her mouth, Dante smiled at Fury:
"Got a guest today? Looks like it's a big deal."
(To be continued.)