You mean this institution?"
"right."
"No."
Emilia shook her head and said, "I never cared about these things. Before, these matters were all handled by Kraven. I remember that it was about forty years ago that Kraven reported this matter to me. At that time, the Undead Royal Family of the Volturi signed a non-aggression agreement with this organization, so I asked Kraven to follow up. Since then, Kraven has been the one dealing with this organization."
Lake rubbed his chin.
More than forty years ago.
Around 1960s?
It seems that S.H.I.E.L.D. was also established around this time, which means that the European S.H.I.E.L.D. branch had contacted Emilia and the Volturi Undead Royal Family as soon as it was established.
Lake wasn't surprised.
One of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D. is Peggy Carter, the lover of Captain America Steve Rogers, who formed the famous Howling Commandos during World War II.
The Howling Commandos at that time were full of talented people.
As Captain America's lover, it is normal for Peggy Carter to inherit the Howling Commandos. In fact, when S.H.I.E.L.D. began to establish branches in various places, the people in the Howling Commandos helped a lot.
Magician.
wizard.
vampire.
Werewolf.
…
One has to admit that Steve Rogers has a unique charm, otherwise so many people of different races would not have formed the Howling Commandos around him.
Unfortunately, there is only one Steve Rogers. After that, except for Peggy Carter who led the Howling Commandos in the early days, after Peggy Carter stepped down, the members of the Howling Commandos returned to their own homes and lived in seclusion.
SHIELD had a promising future at the beginning, but unfortunately, it failed to seize this promising future.
Lake thought so in his heart.
This explanation makes sense.
but...
This explanation can certainly show that European SHIELD knows Emilia, but it cannot explain why they know him. Moreover, since European SHIELD knows about this matter, why doesn't it go directly to Emilia?
...That's right.
Kraven, who was in charge of the connection with secular institutions, died.
Just then.
The phone in the castle rang.
Lake glanced at the ringing satellite phone in his hand. It was not Lister's number, so he handed it directly to Emilia.
The call is connected.
On the other end of the phone, Cattelan, who had been directly promoted to Prime Minister by Emilia and was currently at the Paris headquarters, said respectfully, "Queen, the Secular Security Council has sent a request through the Volturi family, hoping to meet with the Queen."
Emilia glanced at Lake, who nodded calmly. Emilia said directly, "Let Serena connect."
Cattelan responded.
Hang up the phone.
Next second.
The phone rang again.
Emilia took a look and handed it to Lake: "Yours."
Lake took it, glanced at the number, and answered: "Mr. Lister."
Lister on the other end of the phone said, "I've checked and found out that the information about Mr. Black King was sent from the European SHIELD branch. The source of this document is very interesting."
Lake raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"
Lister hummed, then said, "The document was transmitted via the SHIELD satellite. The source was from SHIELD London, but the starting point for sending it to SHIELD Europe was a cargo ship on the high seas."
Lake blinked.
Get up.
I walked outside the hall and looked up at the sky.
"Alexander Corvinus?"
"Yes and no."
Lister said, "After Mr. Black King gave us this important intelligence, we didn't take immediate action. Instead, we requested that SHIELD Europe conduct a preliminary investigation. However, strangely, our people in the European branch sent a message saying that the European branch hadn't taken any action. The investigation report had already been written and sent to the headquarters."
Lake: "…"
Good job.
Does this sentence mean that Alexander Corvinus has also extended his hand into S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Huh.
etc.
Why should I say that?
Lake blinked and his expression became a little strange.
Alexander of Hydra infiltrates S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
Alexander, a member of the immortal race, infiltrated the European branch of SHIELD.
all right.
Could it be that SHIELD's lifelong enemy is someone called Alexander?
Lake came back to his senses with a slightly strange expression on his face. He shook his head at Lister on the other end of the phone and said, "Mr. Lister, your intelligence work seems too..."
Liszt's expression also looked a little unhappy.
Let me put it this way.
Lister previously thought that they were the only organization lurking in S.H.I.E.L.D., but suddenly, when he received a clue from Lake worth 100 million, he also discovered that there were more than one organization lurking in it.
This is bullshit.
Liszt shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Mr. Black King, our organization is secretly investigating the specific situation. I only learned about it after I made the phone call."
Lake said it was okay and then hung up the phone.
They have been cooperating happily for some time. Hydra has already understood Lake's temper and naturally knows what to say and what not to say.
Moreover, Hydra also considered this matter and finally made the final decision. To be honest, sometimes, honesty will increase mutual trust and lay a good foundation for better cooperation.
This is very interesting.
After hanging up the phone, Lake laughed and shook his head somewhat helplessly.
Budapest SHIELD offices.
Coulson hung up the phone and said to Natasha who was not far away: "Done."
Natasha said, "So soon?"
Coulson nodded, thought about Natasha's SHIELD level, walked directly to his office, closed the door, and then said to Natasha, "After the establishment of the SHIELD branch in Europe, SHIELD Europe signed a non-aggression agreement with the extraordinary beings living here. This was also authorized and recognized by the Security Council at the time."
This time, Emilia's contact hung up.
Therefore, European SHIELD directly contacted the contact person of the Volturi Undead Royal Family in Italy, and then expressed SHIELD's greetings and hoped that the Volturi Undead Royal Family would act as an intermediary to help them contact Emilia.
The purpose of SHIELD is to help ordinary people filter and screen the information they can and cannot know.
The same is true to some extent of the Volturi's undead royal family's philosophy.
They also don't want to have much contact with ordinary people. The more contact, the greater the risk of exposure. Moreover, they have also cooperated with European SHIELD several times. After all, some vampires who break the rules are sometimes found with the help of the European SHIELD system, and then the law enforcement vampires on the royal side will go directly to the destination to capture them.
Therefore, the undead royal family of the Volturi did not object to being the middleman.
Coulson said to Natasha, "The European SHIELD branch just said that they have contacted the new Prime Minister here."
"prime minister?"
"right."
Coulson, feeling somewhat dreamy, said, "With only one of the three elders left, Emilia has become the sole queen of the vampires. Naturally, the Prime Minister is the one who helps the queen handle the affairs of the clan."
Natasha frowned: "This matter..."
Originally there were three people in charge, but now the other two are dead, leaving only one.
This is definitely a case of one's own people harming one's own people.
Coulson shook his head. "We don't know the truth. I'm afraid only Emilia, the newly crowned Vampire Queen, knows the real truth. The European branch has learned from other sources that the previous Prime Minister was secretly colluding with a werewolf. The werewolf wanted to kill the three vampire elders, while the previous Prime Minister wanted to become king himself. In the end, the previous Prime Minister was betrayed by the werewolf, and two vampire elders were killed. When the werewolf attacked Emilia, he was forcefully suppressed by Emilia."
Natasha's eyes flickered. "But, the Black King came here at this time, and then something like this happened, and his woman became the winner in the end. There's obviously something wrong."
Coulson said, "The European branch has very little information about the Black King. As for other matters, there's also very little news. The Black King first appeared thirteen years ago. At that time, Emilia, who was in power, adopted a son and a daughter, claiming they were adopted by her and her lover. For the next thirteen years, the Black King would stay here every year from February to the end of May or June. Thirteen years ago, Emilia even moved out of the suburban manor and into the massive castle in the Kornom Mountains, a VAM asset."
Natasha nodded.
After Coulson finished speaking, he walked over to his desk, picked up a document, looked at Natasha, and said mysteriously, "Do you want to see the most interesting part?"
Natasha looked up at Coulson.
"Lake Edwin, you still remember him."
"certainly!"
Natasha snorted coldly. All the agents who had participated in the New York operation knew very well and were very certain that Maureen Hand was assassinated by the cold-blooded and ruthless Lake Edwin and the mysterious killer Black King.
but...
They have no evidence.
Not at all.
Lake was not the murderer. When the crime happened, Lake was sitting next to them. This is solid evidence that proves that Lake was not the one who did it.
The killer, the Black King, also had no evidence, even though the Black King had just admitted it. But, as the Black King said, even if he admitted it now, it would be useless in court. They had no direct evidence to prove that it was the Black King who fired the shot.
Coulson sighed, looked at the information in his hand, raised a finger and looked at Natasha.
Natasha frowned.
Is this a remarkable discovery?
…