Yes, Officer."
"Our people have sent word that Coulson has already set off with the appropriate personnel, and he also took the original search and rescue records for Captain America."
"Looking at Coulson's series of deployments, they should have a considerable degree of confidence."
The Senior Undercover Agent of HYDRA opposite Pierce immediately nodded, responding respectfully.
"Although Nick is always suspicious, he wouldn't easily take action without sufficient confidence."
Pierce then fell into deep thought.
Although he didn't know Nick Fury's source of intelligence, Pierce's understanding of Nick Fury and the actions taken by the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. were enough to explain the situation.
Furthermore, Pierce already held a living example in his hands, which made him even more accepting of such matters.
Since the Winter Soldier could live until now after their modifications, why couldn't Captain America?
So, it seemed very likely that Captain America was indeed alive.
"Officer, do you really believe Captain America is still alive?"
The voice of the Senior Undercover Agent of HYDRA opposite him rang out again, as he began to ask for Pierce's opinion.
"It's not that hard to believe, is it?"
Pierce took off his reading glasses and shrugged indifferently.
As if talking about some trivial matter.
"If Captain America is really still alive, should I…"
At this point, the Senior Undercover Agent made a throat-slitting gesture.
What he meant was already obvious.
A hidden cold glint also flashed in Pierce's eyes.
Captain America was their old nemesis from HYDRA!
He led the Howling Commandos and dealt extremely harsh blows to HYDRA, causing untold losses to HYDRA.
Even their leader, Schmidt, died at the hands of Captain America!
And after Captain America's death, his old lover Carter also went crazy and founded S.H.I.E.L.D. to relentlessly fight HYDRA.
Ultimately, HYDRA was completely wiped out!
It could be said that Captain America was the primary contributor to HYDRA being submerged in the river of history.
HYDRA and Captain America definitely had a blood feud.
However, Pierce quickly returned to normal.
He shook his head calmly: "No, you don't need to do anything, just keep things as they are."
Going after Captain America at this critical juncture would clearly tell Nick Fury that S.H.I.E.L.D. had an undercover Agent, wouldn't it?
Moreover.
Times had changed!
It wasn't seventy years ago anymore!
Given HYDRA's current situation, what big deal would it be if Captain America was really still alive?
He was just a super soldier, what kind of waves could he stir up?
Besides, there was one most important reason: Captain America alive was far more valuable than dead!
Why?
The blood on Captain America's body was simply priceless!
Although HYDRA now had the Winter Soldier, a super soldier, and several other super soldiers were frozen in Siberia.
But for Alexander Pierce, it was simply not enough.
Because these super soldiers were not perfect super soldiers; they were far from reaching Captain America's level.
This was also why HYDRA only awakened the Winter Soldier when performing missions, and kept him frozen the rest of the time.
Even those in Siberia had been frozen for decades without being used.
Nothing else.
These super soldiers all had flaws!
But due to technical limitations, HYDRA had no better solution and could only let it be.
And now?
Hadn't the opportunity to change this situation appeared?
With the technology HYDRA possessed, plus the overall explosion of modern scientific and technological advancement.
If he had Captain America's blood serum sample, Pierce was still very confident that he could replicate Captain America's glory.
So, in the coming time.
Not only Nick Fury, and not just that Playboy Tony Stark.
Even Alexander Pierce began to pay close attention to the dormant Captain America.
The gazes from all sides began to gather in that icy polar region.
Of course.
Coulson, that honest man, knew nothing of all this.
After receiving orders from Nick Fury, he led the appropriate personnel and plunged directly into the vast, boundless ice and snow.
Every day, he led his subordinates, as well as the undercover Agents of HYDRA, to conduct a carpet search and investigation along the old search and rescue records.
No way.
Seventy years ago, this place was a vast ocean!
Over the passage of time, the topography underwent drastic changes, only then becoming land.
This meant that all traces were erased, and all the information S.H.I.E.L.D. had was overturned.
Everything had to start from scratch.
The workload was not ordinary.
But the honest Coulson was still very loyal and reliable; despite being a top Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., he worked tirelessly every day in this polar environment, undertaking exploration work.
Without any complaints.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The biting cold wind blew incessantly, impossible to say if it was a Level 5 or Level 6 wind.
In short, it made the already falling snow blow even more, creating a dazzling, confusing scene.
Even the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. could clearly feel the snowflakes hitting their faces.
Looking out.
The entire World was covered in this vast expanse of white snow, with visibility so low it was appalling.
This undoubtedly added many inconveniences to the work of Coulson's search and rescue team.
However, fortunately, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. were all well-trained Agents with extremely high all-around qualities.
Everyone didn't complain; if there were difficulties, they overcame them and continued to execute the mission.
There was nothing more to say about that.
The only problem was that, precisely because of this extreme weather, all Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., including Coulson, did not know that they had already been discovered.
By whom?
By the wild, cool, and awesome super rich second-generation, super genius Tony Stark, of course.
At this very moment.
Just above Coulson and the other Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., within the vast, boundless snowflakes, an Iron Man Armor was suspended in the air.
Jarvis had already marked and magnified those Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on the ground, projecting them directly before Tony Stark's eyes.
"How can there be so many people?"
"Shouldn't this godforsaken place be empty?"
"This isn't the Base of those research stations either!"
Tony Stark in the Iron Man Armor felt a bit strange.
Like Nick Fury, after learning the bombshell news from the diary that Captain America was still alive, the Playboy also took action.
No matter what, that was Captain America!
Although the always arrogant Tony Stark felt nothing for Captain America, unlike so many others who idolized Captain America.
But since he knew the news that Captain America was still alive, Tony Stark couldn't remain indifferent.
So, after making some preparations, Tony Stark flew his Iron Man Armor to the Arctic Ocean.
He flew to the officially announced crash site of Captain America and conducted a search.
However, Tony Stark hadn't expected that he wouldn't find Captain America, but instead found other people first.
This made Tony Stark feel a bit strange.
Why would these people just happen to appear around Captain America's crash site?
And they were holding equipment, seemingly detecting something!
Could it be that they were also looking for Captain America, just like him?
However, this thought had just flashed through his mind before Tony Stark dismissed it.
Probably not; he only knew Captain America wasn't dead through the diary, how would others know?
According to the diary, Captain America was discovered by a Russian oil team in the future.
Not now at all!
"Officer, there's something in the sky!"
"Look, what's that!"
Because the blizzard was simply too severe, Jarvis only discovered these people after getting close to them.
So, immediately after, they were quickly discovered by those extremely alert Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Accompanied by an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s exclamation, all Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered the Iron Man Armor flying in the sky.
However, it was precisely because of this that the faces of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. were finally scanned by Jarvis.
Tony Stark naturally didn't recognize the other Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but Coulson and Tony Stark had met before, and even "cooperated."
So the Playboy recognized him at a glance.
"Coulson?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D.!"
Tony Stark was quick to figure out the identity of the people on the ground.
At the same time, he became even more curious.
Why would such an international intelligence organization appear in a place like this?
"Iron Man Armor, it's Iron Man!"
"No, it's Destroyer!"
"Stark? Why is he here!"
And at this moment, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finally saw what that thing floating in the heavy snow was.
They were equally astonished.
"Stark? What is he doing here?"
Coulson, more keenly, sensed something; Stark's appearance was truly a bit unusual.
Appearing near Captain America's old crash site during the period when Director Fury ordered him to find Captain America!
Could it be that Stark also knew something?
"Stark, not going to come down and say hello?"
While these thoughts flashed through his mind, Coulson looked up and shouted at Tony Stark.
Whoosh!
Since he had been discovered, Tony Stark no longer acted stealthily.
He descended directly from the sky, landing in front of Coulson.
"Stark, I have to say, I completely didn't expect to meet you in a place like this."
Coulson scanned the cool Iron Man Armor in front of him, exclaiming from the bottom of his heart.
Clang!
Tony Stark's faceplate opened, revealing the Playboy's face to Coulson.
"Is that so? I was just about to say the same thing."
Tony Stark shrugged slightly, "Of course, what I mean by that isn't that we're in sync; in fact, two grown men being in sync is a terrifying and disgusting thing."
"The reason I wanted to say the same thing is because your appearance in this place is a bit strange."
"So what are you doing here, on some secret mission?"
The Playboy didn't bother beating around the bush and directly asked the question in his heart.
"No comment."
Coulson didn't reveal a single piece of information, then stared intently at Tony Stark and pressed, "But I need you to tell me your reason for being here."
"That's really unfair, you won't tell me why you're here, but you want me to tell you what I'm doing here?"
"That's right."
Facing the Playboy's merciless accusation, the honest Coulson directly nodded in admission, and even gave a high-sounding reason, "You have trespassed into our jurisdiction, it's better to honestly confess."
"Is that so?"
Tony Stark being afraid of Coulson's threat would be a miracle; he didn't even blink, "Alright then, I was passing by here."
"Passing by?"
"Yes, I was cruising in Destroyer and didn't expect to run into you guys when I passed by here."
"Cruising? In a place like this?"
"What kind of look is that? Alright, although I don't know what S.H.I.E.L.D.'s benefits are like, how much money can an Agent like you earn? You can't imagine the life of someone like me."
"Stark, I need you to give me a formal and further explanation."
"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."
Whoosh!
Knowing that further entanglement would lead nowhere, Tony Stark didn't say any more nonsense.
After forcibly ending this "awkward chat," he flew away in his Iron Man Armor.
Leaving only the helpless Coulson disheveled in the wind.
He looked up at the direction where the Iron Man Armor disappeared for a few seconds, then pulled out a satellite phone and dialed Nick Fury's number.
"Officer, we've encountered a problem."
Coulson formally reported the encounter with Tony Stark to Nick Fury.
Coulson and his team actually ran into that Playboy?
Nick Fury was still very surprised by this, but at the same time, he sensed an unusual aura.
Why would Tony Stark appear there?
And the timing was so coincidental?
The diary here just spoiled that Captain America was still alive, and you appeared right on cue?
This made it difficult for Nick Fury not to recall Black Widow's previous deduction.
It seemed very likely that Tony Stark was also a diary holder!
Otherwise, there would be no way to explain his presence in the Arctic Ocean.
"I understand."
"Leave Stark's matter to me, you don't need to worry."
"You just continue doing your thing."
After a brief thought, Nick Fury gave Coulson this order.
"Understood, Officer!"
Coulson responded and continued to diligently search for the person in the Arctic Ocean with his subordinates.
As for Tony Stark?
Although this top-secret operation had been stumbled upon by him, since his Officer had said not to worry, Coulson naturally no longer paid attention to it.
He completely put it out of his mind, acting as if the Playboy had never appeared, and went about his business as usual.