Everyone needs their own space, don't they?" Su Zhan said lightly.
"But your independent time is over. You'd best come back immediately, we have a mission!" Phil Coulson said seriously.
Chapter 0031: Something Not Simple
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Skye's fists, wrapped in bandages, struck the sandbag with a practiced rhythm.
She was drenched in sweat, her vest revealing her good figure.
"My dear, what are you doing?"
Su Zhan walked over and asked Skye curiously.
Skye smiled as she continued punching, saying, "I can't help it. My boyfriend is too amazing, so I have to work hard too!"
Su Zhan smiled and helped her hold the sandbag, saying, "Practicing in isolation isn't a good idea. If you're really serious about this, why not ask Mei for guidance? If she teaches you, you'll get strong very quickly!"
"Mei?"
Skye thought about it and decided to find time to talk to Mei later.
At this moment, the announcement on the plane sounded, and everyone gathered in the conference room.
As soon as they arrived, Phil Coulson walked over, speaking as he approached: "Half an hour ago, a S.H.I.E.L.D. transport vehicle was attacked. It was transporting Red Priority assets on Highway 76 in Stirling City."
"Red Priority?" Skye asked curiously.
Phil Coulson explained, "The asset is a Canadian physicist, Dr. Franklin Hall, and his research." As he spoke, he pulled out a tablet displaying Dr. Hall's information.
"How could it be Dr. Hall!"
Simmons and Fitz exclaimed in surprise and dismay, speaking in unison.
"He was our chemical kinetics tutor in our sophomore year of college."
"Yes, he's so passionate about science, we really admire him. We can save him, right?" Simmons looked at Coulson.
Coulson said, "He's one of ours; we'll do our best."
"Who were the attackers?"
Su Zhan, standing nearby, asked casually.
"Invisible people!"
Coulson said and turned to leave.
The plane landed, and they all walked towards the scene of the incident.
"Dr. Hall is an asset?" Skye was still not quite used to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s terminology.
"He's one of the few scientists S.H.I.E.L.D. has been protecting. These scientists are all people our enemies desperately want to get their hands on, so we hide them and keep them moving," Coulson explained.
"So we were honored he could be our tutor," Simmons said.
"But now he's not in our hands."
"What does Red Priority mean then?" Skye asked again.
"It means the security system should be very…" Coulson hadn't finished his sentence when he saw the car hanging from a nearby tree. "Foolproof!"
Looking at the car hanging in the tree, everyone was speechless.
It seemed that the so-called foolproof… wasn't so foolproof after all!
Upon arriving at the scene, Coulson questioned the injured S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague to understand the situation.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague must have been terrified. According to him, he saw no one at all; the car was automatically flipped, and the other party seemed to know the route, leading him to suspect there was an inside man in S.H.I.E.L.D..
Su Zhan, Skye, and the others looked at the scene. A huge train car lay overturned, looking as if something had lifted it and then thrown it down.
Simmons, wearing special glasses and holding an instrument, seemed to have found something and called out. Everyone gathered around. Jemma Simmons picked up a handful of dirt from the ground and lightly tossed it. A strange thing happened: the dirt formed a small whirlwind, moving without any wind.
"What is this?" Skye asked in surprise.
"I think this electrostatic field scanner activated some… something?" Jemma Simmons said uncertainly.
Just as she spoke, the wind suddenly grew stronger and swept fiercely towards them. Su Zhan instantly released his telekinesis, forming a telekinetic shield that enveloped everyone.
"Can you turn it off? Now!" Coulson shouted in a deep voice.
Jemma Simmons hastily tried to turn it off, but it seemed unsuccessful. The wind grew stronger and stronger, constantly battering the shield.
Seeing that she couldn't turn it off, Su Zhan directly snatched the instrument. "Crack!" With a squeeze of his fingers, the instrument instantly shattered.
At the same time, the wind abruptly stopped.
The dirt immediately fell to the ground, returning to stillness.
"You're welcome!"
Su Zhan deactivated the shield and said lightly to the still shaken group.
"What was that?"
Although Jemma Simmons felt bad about the instrument, she noticed something on the ground. She bent down and picked it up with tweezers. It was a very small circular iron ring, with a very tiny iron ball seemingly suspended inside.
"What is this?" Skye asked curiously.
Coulson took it and looked at it, saying seriously, "Something not simple."
Su Zhan couldn't help but roll his eyes, grumbling, "That's practically a given! Everyone can see that this thing isn't simple without being told!"
Chapter 0032: Predicting the Future
On the plane, in the lab.
Fitz was examining the circular iron ball. Coulson and Mei were quietly discussing the matter of an inside man. Although Mei didn't believe there would be an inside man within S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson still felt they should investigate, at least to clear everyone's suspicions first.
Mei nodded and turned to leave to investigate.
Coulson then said, "Investigate the tire tracks and see if you can find anything!"
"Okay, I'll upload the photos and see…" This was Skye's strong suit. She said she was going to investigate, but then Su Zhan, who was beside her, suddenly spoke up.
"No need, there's no need for that!" Su Zhan said lightly.