As an agency directly under the World Security Council, jointly established by the five superpowers, S.H.I.E.L.D. possesses enormous authority.
Especially for other countries below the five superpowers, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s power is almost above those countries' own law enforcement agencies.
As for the internal affairs of the five superpowers?
That's a digression.
After the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents entered the license plate number into the system for retrieval, relevant information was quickly retrieved one by one.
The owner of the license plate, the owner's driving information.
In less than a few seconds, Gwen Stacy's photo appeared magnificently on the S.H.I.E.L.D. screen.
"Send it to Natasha."
"Yes."
"Ding-dong!"
Natasha heard her phone ringing and glanced at the photo that had just been sent.
It caught her eye.
The photo of the sweetly smiling Gwen instantly appeared in her eyes.
"Director, it's her."
"Hmm."
Nick Fury nodded indifferently.
"Search her network, find any information about someone named Hawk."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent began the search almost simultaneously with Nick Fury's words.
But Hawk's social media accounts were missing.
Hawk's social media photos were missing.
Hawk's driving information was also missing.
Apart from the relevant text descriptions, there was no other information.
Nick Fury frowned slightly.
"Did we get the wrong person?"
"Probably not."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent quickly turned to Nick Fury: "According to our search through Gwen Stacy's network, the only person we can connect to is Hawk. Hawk, male, seventeen years old, a twelfth-year student at Midtown High School, just like Gwen Stacy.
According to the social media accounts of other Midtown High School students, this Hawk and Gwen Stacy are suspected of being in a relationship."
Nick Fury's tone was low.
"No photo of him?"
"...No."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, fearing he might have overlooked something, searched again before confirming, "Director, this Hawk doesn't have any social media accounts online.
Logically, he's seventeen this year and should have a driver's license, but there's no record of him in the New York DMV system."
Good heavens.
What an atypical high school student.
Nick Fury thought to himself in amazement.
The next second,he smiled.
"Has Gwen Stacy's information been confirmed?"
"Confirmed. Gwen Stacy, born May 21, 1995. Father: George Stacy, NYPD..."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent immediately retrieved Gwen Stacy's detailed information.
But before he could finish his report, he was interrupted.
Nick Fury didn't wait for the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to finish speaking before issuing the order.
"Notify the New York S.H.I.E.L.D. operations center, and have them..."
"Wait!"
Just as Nick Fury was about to order the New York S.H.I.E.L.D. to move out, Maria Hill, who had just realized what was happening, interrupted him.
She frowned at Nick Fury, who was issuing orders like firing a gun without thinking, and asked, "Director, what are you doing?"
Nick Fury looked at Maria Hill.
"He needs to be monitored."
"We don't even have any information about him right now."
"So we're sending people now..."
"No."
"What?"
"I disagree."
Maria Hill met Nick Fury's single eye and said in a deep voice, "I don't agree to such a rash action before we have a clear understanding of Hawk's information."
What a joke!
This person was capable of killing the Hulk. To rush in without any careful investigation—what were they trying to do?
Were they trying to provoke such a powerful enemy for S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Although Hawk had killed the Hulk...
But Maria Hill believed this was controllable, if Natasha's report was true.
The other party killed Hulk for revenge.
Therefore, not killing Natasha and Bruce Banner meant they had principles.
Having principles was good.
Having principles meant having a bottom line, and having a bottom line meant they might not be on the side of justice, but at least they were neutral.
If they followed Nick Fury's suggestion and recklessly charged in, wouldn't that be asking for trouble and creating a powerful enemy?
Therefore Maria Hill firmly disagreed with Nick Fury's view.
"We should investigate first, then send agents to make contact."
"Contact?"
Nick Fury's one eye flashed.
"Hill, he killed Hulk, our Hulk! This is provocation! Based on this alone, we must strictly control him!"
Saying this,Nick Fury looked at the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents again.
"Notification…"
"I said no!"
Maria Hill looked expressionlessly at the SHIELD agents who had stood up and were facing them not far away, and said in a deep voice, "I am now the Deputy Director of SHIELD and the SHIELD Operations Commander. Without my order, all actions against Hawk are prohibited."
The SHIELD agents looked at each other, then seemed to think of something, and responded one after another,
"Yes."
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"Director Fury,"
Maria Hill said sternly, turning to Nick Fury beside her, "Don't forget, your ban hasn't been lifted by the Security Council. Until then, all decisions regarding S.H.I.E.L.D. are my responsibility."
Yes.
Nick Fury was under house arrest by the Security Council.
The reason was simple.
Who told Nick Fury to disobey the orders of the World Security Council? Did he really think that disobeying the will of the five superpowers would come without consequences?
The decision to launch nuclear missiles during the Battle of New York earlier this year was a joint resolution of the Security Council, initially entrusted to S.H.I.E.L.D. for execution.
But what happened?
S.H.I.E.L.D., under the control of the Security Council, and its director at that, led the way in violating this resolution, even personally shooting down a S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet.
Good heavens.
The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. shot down a S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet.
What was he trying to do?
Rebellion?
So, even if the final outcome was good, in the eyes of the Security Council, Nick Fury was blatantly rebellious.
There's a saying: "
Loyalty that isn't absolute is absolute disloyalty."
The Security Council's initial decision was to expel Nick Fury outright, to make an example of him and send a message to S.H.I.E.L.D. that S.H.I.E.L.D. belongs to the Security Council, not the other way around.
However, someone pleaded for leniency.
After all, Nick Fury's close friend Alexander Pierce was one of the five members of the Security Council.
To prevent Fury's expulsion, Pierce pleaded with the other four members, ultimately deciding to suspend all of Fury's clearance to operate, with Deputy Director and Operations Commander Maria Hill acting as acting Director during this period.
As for when Fury's clearance will be suspended well,that depends on the outcome!
To date, the Security Council hasn't unfrozen Fury's clearance, so although he's still the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he's essentially a figurehead, a mere decoration.
He can still participate in all S.H.I.E.L.D. affairs, but he can only observe and speak; he has no authority to make any decisions.
Nick Fury, upon hearing Maria Hill's words, also realized what she meant.
However Nick Fury said in a low voice, "You're showing our weakness to the enemy."
Maria Hill frowned slightly, and just as she was about to speak, a surveillance photo suddenly appeared on the large screen.
The SHIELD agent was also taken aback, instinctively glancing at the source of the information, then his eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Maria Hill.
"Sir."
"Speak…"
Maria Hill turned her head and noticed the surveillance photo on the large screen: "Where did you find this?"
"Just uploaded to the network. It's from New York University's list of scholarship recipients for next year, and Hawke is one of them. I put this photo into the system and found it."
"Where is this?"
"Quantico!"
The SHIELD agent said, his hands moving as if dancing.
With the appearance of this first photo, more photos were quickly retrieved.
One after another, photos of Hawke's figure appearing in the surveillance footage of Quantico were projected onto the large screen.
At the same time…
Natasha, who had been keeping quiet during the argument between Nick Fury and the S.H.I.E.L.D. commander, confirmed the identity: "Sir, identity confirmed."
Maria Hill frowned slightly as she looked at the photo of Hawke wearing a hat found on the large screen from the Quantico town surveillance system.
"When is this?"
"July 5th."
"..."
Maria Hill frowned again upon hearing the date, then seemed to realize something.
If she remembered correctly, something major had happened in Quantico that day.
Chaos erupted at the Quantico military base.
Sure enough.
The information was confirmed.
Surveillance showed that Hawke appeared on camera during the daytime of the chaos at the Quantico military base, but was not captured on camera again after the chaos began.
When he reappeared, his registration information was in Maryland.
So if nothing unexpected happened, the unrest at the Quantico military base was likely related to Hawke.
Upon receiving this information, Nick Fury looked at Maria Hill: "A murderer who disregards the military, provoked us, and killed dozens of soldiers that night—commander, you still insist on making contact?"
Maria Hill looked at Nick Fury, expressionless: "If Director Fury disagrees with my decision, you can appeal to the Security Council."
With that, Maria Hill ignored Nick Fury and ordered the agents on duty, "Continue."
"Yes, sir."
" ..."
Nick Fury 's one eye flashed, and he turned and left the operations command center. The next moment.
Back in his office, Nick Fury took out his phone, found the number of the friend he had called to check on during the chaos at the base, and dialed.
A rampage at Quantico military base. The brazen murder of members of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Avengers.
This was no ordinary crime.
A heavy hand was needed.
In short.
Hawke had to be brought under control! Under his supervision! ...
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