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Seeing that Steve was indeed fine, everyone finally untied him.
Noticing that the shield was still covered with a cloth, Coulson curiously reached out to lift it, but Steve hastily stopped him.
He had only just cleared his name and did not want to be suspected of being some Hydra Captain at this moment because of the emblem on his shield.
Just then, Hill said with a solemn expression, "We just received an urgent message. At the same time we were attacked, S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters was also attacked. Without exception, the attackers were all S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents."
"They are extremely familiar with S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters' defense systems and facility deployments, and have caused varying degrees of damage and system paralysis."
Saying this, Hill paused, her voice slightly hesitant: "And the one leading this group of attackers is Director Fury."
Everyone: "???"
What the heck?
The Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. personally led S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents to attack S.H.I.E.L.D.!?
This World is too crazy!
"Director Fury is doing this on purpose. He wants to divert our attention and combat power to cover Loki's subsequent actions. Loki must be carrying out his real plan elsewhere right now!"
Steve quickly reacted, seeing through Director Fury's plan.
Hill said with a serious tone, "But we cannot ignore it either. Director Fury holds the highest authority in S.H.I.E.L.D."
"He can deploy S.H.I.E.L.D.'s large strategic weapons, as well as some special weapons known only to him. If he succeeds, the danger would be no less than Loki."
Hill was certainly not exaggerating.
As a member of S.H.I.E.L.D., even Darian had no idea how many things the organization had hidden.
Given Director Fury's personality, he would not be surprised if he had a few nuclear bombs stored at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters as backup.
Steve frowned, making an immediate decision: "In that case, let's split up. Darian and I will go to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters to stop Director Fury's plan."
"The others will remain here, waiting to confirm the location of the Tesseract, and at the same time, deal with Loki's further plans."
[Main Storyline Triggered! New Mission Unlocked!]
[Mission: Long Live S.H.I.E.L.D.!]
[Objective: Stop Director Fury's plan to invade S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, capture Director Fury, and protect S.H.I.E.L.D.!]
[Mission Rewards: Experience +1500, S.H.I.E.L.D. Reputation +30, Random Item * 2]
[The next main storyline mission will be unlocked upon completion!]
This mission had so many questionable points that Darian didn't know where to begin complaining.
The situation was urgent, and everyone agreed to Steve's arrangement without much thought; even Tony didn't object.
Steve planned to take a Quinjet with Darian to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, but Darian refused.
"You come later. I'll go back first to see what's going on."
Without another word, Darian opened his game map and clicked on S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters to teleport.
Under Steve's incredible gaze, his figure instantly vanished from where he stood.
In a blink of an eye, Darian returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
He found that it was already in chaos, with piercing alarms continuously blaring, and several S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents in uniform lying on the ground in the corridors, clearly having been through intense conflict.
Darian turned a few corners and saw a dozen S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents exchanging fire, seemingly indistinguishable in their allegiances.
He scanned the information of these Agents and then discovered that one team was under mind control.
The other group, surprisingly, were almost all HYDRA spies hidden within S.H.I.E.L.D., and they were desperately resisting these controlled attackers.
What's going on?
Are we, HYDRA, being invaded by S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Behind them, Darian also saw his HYDRA superior, Alexander Pierce.
"Expelliarmus!"
Without thinking, Darian pulled out a powerful magnet from his game inventory and activated it towards one of the controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents.
The gun in the opponent's hand instantly flew off, firmly adhering to the powerful magnet.
Before the others around could react, the gun in another Agent's hand was also pulled away.
Seeing their comrades' weapons being pulled away one by one, the remaining Agents reacted quickly, immediately gripping their guns tightly, and then... were pulled, person and gun, towards Darian.
Agent: "..."
Darian directly raised his hand and delivered a heavy punch; the opponent fell to the ground, instantly falling into a baby-like sleep.
The uncontrolled side also took the opportunity to knock down the attackers who had lost their weapons.
"Agent Darian, you're finally here."
Seeing Darian's arrival, Pierce immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Darian came before Pierce and asked curiously, "Officer, what's happening here?"
"It's Director Fury."
Pierce said with a serious expression, "He led a fully armed team to invade S.H.I.E.L.D., preparing to activate large strategic weapons to bomb various locations in America, as well as S.H.I.E.L.D."
"In short, Director Fury is very dangerous right now, and we must stop his evil plan and protect S.H.I.E.L.D.'s safety!"
Darian: "..."
Officer, did you and Director Fury swap scripts?
Why does that sound so out of place coming from you?
Actually, it's no wonder Pierce reacted this way.
At this moment, Director Fury, under mind control, had completely turned evil. His actions were even more deranged than those of HYDRA. He was actually going to help an alien conquer Earth, even at the cost of eliminating all obstacles, including S.H.I.E.L.D.
How could Pierce agree to that?
In his opinion, S.H.I.E.L.D. had long been HYDRA's property.
What right do you, a Bald Egg, have to destroy the S.H.I.E.L.D. that we, HYDRA, have painstakingly built?
And so, to protect S.H.I.E.L.D., they, HYDRA, chose to fight to the end, vowing to resist Director Fury's invasion to the death!
"I understand. So, where is Director Fury now?"
Darian looked at the red dots on the map, unable to distinguish which one was Director Fury.
Pierce said in a deep voice, "He is heading to the highest floor of Headquarters. There, his authority can forcibly activate the strategic weapons arsenal. However, you are too late; I have already dispatched special personnel to apprehend Director Fury."
Darian became anxious upon hearing this.
If Director Fury was captured by someone else first, wouldn't his mission fail?
Without hesitation, he turned and headed to the command center on the highest floor of S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
Along the way, Darian encountered many S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents under mind control attempting to block him, but he swiftly and cleanly knocked them all down.
As soon as he arrived at the command center, Darian saw Director Fury and his group of controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents.
However, they seemed to be in a fierce battle with others at the moment.
And their opponent was only one person.
This person was wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent's uniform, a hat, and a mask, appearing extremely mysterious.
[NPC: James Barnes]
[Codename: Winter Soldier]
[Affection: 0]
[Comment: Man with a prosthetic limb, Captain America's close friend Bucky, HYDRA's ace enforcer. Blackened, he's ten times stronger; whitewashed, he's three points weaker.]
[Status: Brainwashed, obeying Pierce's orders]
Clearly, this was the special personnel Pierce had mentioned.
Darian was a bit surprised.
This person was actually Bucky, Steve's friend whom he had been thinking about constantly.
He heard that the other party had fallen off a cliff and gone missing long ago. He didn't expect him to have become HYDRA's enforcer, and from his status, he was also brainwashed.
Steve's good friend becoming HYDRA—just thinking about it was exciting!