We Contain! We Fail! We Nuke!!!

Indeed!

How could this man, so young and already the head of the Foundation, possibly be as lecherous as the intelligence reports claimed?

Countess Valentina wiped away her pitiful expression, sitting back in her chair with a stony face. "What do you want? I can give you anything I have."

Compared to before, Countess Valentina remained just as proud and ambitious, perhaps only missing her clothes.

"Why not seek help from the Beautiful Country? In ancient terms, they're your suzerain. Your Kangaroo Country is in trouble; shouldn't they extend a helping hand? After all, you've been their lapdog for so long."

Ethan asked curiously.

At the mention of the Beautiful Country, Countess Valentina's face turned ashen, gritting her teeth as she cursed:

"The Beautiful Country just sent their condolences but didn't mention any support. It seems the Beautiful Country suffered a great loss recently in the Arctic and is unwilling to intervene in our Kangaroo Country's affairs."

The Beautiful Country was now averse to handling anomalies.

In the past month, the Beautiful Country had suffered greatly from SCP incidents.

First, New Mexico experienced the worst fire in its history due to an anomaly. The Foundation solved it using weather weapons, but it turned the entire New Mexico into a wasteland.

Now, New Mexico was still in turmoil over independence.

Then New York was devastated by anomalies, its economy set back by over a decade, and the Foundation had to step in to salvage the situation.

After barely managing to detect a new anomaly (Frost Giants), it turned out to be a tough nut. Tens of thousands of soldiers were lost in the Arctic without even a single hair to show for it.

In the past month, the Beautiful Country had seemingly repaid nearly 200 years of good fortune.

Now, hearing that Kangaroo Country was on the brink of collapse due to anomalies, the Beautiful Country dared not intervene.

At this point, Ethan felt a bit of sympathy for the Beautiful Country.

Alright, two seconds have passed, sympathy complete, no more to give.

"Since the Beautiful Country can't protect you, would you consider accepting the Foundation's protection?"

Ethan squinted at the naked woman before him.

This woman, who in the comics pursued power even aligning with Black Egg, in this mixed movie universe, as the de facto ruler of Kangaroo Country, naturally looked down on Black Egg.

In this world, Kangaroo Country was her power base. For her, it was more important than the other three organizations.

Ethan believed this intelligent woman would make a wise choice.

"Alright! Kangaroo Country is willing to accept the Foundation's protection and abandon the Beautiful Country."

Countess Valentina agreed without hesitation.

The Beautiful Country was indeed unreliable. In this increasingly dangerous world, Countess Valentina had come to see this clearly.

The Foundation was far more reliable than the Beautiful Country.

Aligning with the Foundation was already considered a significant upgrade for Kangaroo Country.

"As a cost of receiving the Foundation's protection, Kangaroo Country must provide $100 billion in annual sponsorship to the Foundation."

"This…"

Countess Valentina hesitated. Kangaroo Country's annual revenue was just under $1 trillion, and the Foundation's demand was nearly 1/10 of that.

Previously, Kangaroo Country's annual budget was only about $70 billion.

"I agree!"

Countess Valentina gritted her teeth and nodded.

Seeing her decisive nod, Ethan realized he might have underestimated the situation.

The Beautiful Country's annual military expenditure was close to $400 billion, and if he had mentioned $100 billion, she should be able to accept it.

Ethan continued, "Lastly, I will have the Foundation station troops in Kangaroo Country, and you'll need to cover their expenses."

Upon hearing about more money, Countess Valentina's expression darkened immediately.

"How many troops?"

Countess Valentina asked through gritted teeth.

"Not many! Just a few tens of thousands."

Hearing the number, Countess Valentina secretly sighed in relief.

"The military equipment shouldn't be my responsibility, right?"

Countess Valentina asked anxiously.

"Of course!"

Ethan nodded firmly.

It wasn't due to his conscience, but rather he truly feared using the military equipment provided by Kangaroo Country.

Modern weapons were fine for modern warfare, but using them against anomalies would be disastrous.

The 50,000 troops from Kangaroo Country, which became food for the blood pool, were a bloody lesson!

After extracting a hefty sum from Kangaroo Country, Ethan was about to ease up when he remembered something.

With the woman standing so provocatively before him, wouldn't it seem a bit unmanly if he didn't show some appreciation?

"One last request! You cannot refuse this."

Ethan didn't specify but gave a meaningful look.

Countess Valentina shot Ethan a contemptuous glance and then bent down.

Taking out a satellite phone, Ethan sent a nuclear bomb order to General Ace.

There was no other way. A nuclear explosion was the simplest, fastest, and least costly solution to the predicament.

Ethan didn't want to waste Foundation soldiers' lives for that amount of funding.

"I'm starting to miss SHIELD!"

Thinking about it, Ethan recalled Coulson.

Coulson's recruitment of cannon fodder had slowed down recently; it seemed the SHIELD agent academy was indeed running out of people.

Recently, he needed to think of a way to switch to another faction for exploiting.

Speaking of switching factions.

Ethan looked down thoughtfully at the industrious Countess Valentina.

"What's your position in Hydra?"

Ethan asked, narrowing his eyes.

Countess Valentina froze slightly at the question. She hadn't expected Ethan to know her hidden identity.

"One of the Heads of Hydra!"

After a pause, Countess Valentina answered.

"I think! The other Heads of Hydra would be more than happy to send people to infiltrate our Foundation, just like SHIELD."

Ethan said meaningfully.

"You'll be in charge of commanding those people!"

Countess Valentina shot Ethan a brilliant glare upon hearing this.

She knew very well what kind of life the SHIELD agents under Coulson were living.

To call them cannon fodder was an understatement.

Did Ethan want to drag Hydra into the mix because he thought the cannon fodder wasn't enough?

After the national crisis was resolved, Countess Valentina, now calm, had become much smarter.

"No problem! Hydra's hidden forces are far greater than SHIELD."

Countess Valentina nodded, becoming more industrious.

"Hiss~"

"Be gentler!"

Ethan gasped as he felt a twinge in his jaw.

He just wanted Hydra agents to serve as cannon fodder. Why was this woman so pleased?

Weakening the other Heads' power naturally made Countess Valentina happy.

Within Hydra, who didn't wish to completely unify the massive Hydra?

Countess Valentina was a woman with ambitions!

Setting aside the absurdity on the plane.

The plane was engulfed in fierce artillery fire.

Outside, the firepower was even more intense!

General Ace, after receiving Ethan's order, did not hesitate to press the button to launch the nuclear bomb.

As is well known, nuclear bombs are considered conventional weapons within the Foundation…

If not for safety reasons, launching a nuclear bomb would not even require direct authorization from the President.

A brilliant mushroom cloud slowly rose over Kangaroo Country's land!

Since the monster army had not yet fully entered the city, the city of Nake was not entirely covered by the nuclear blast, affecting at most about 1/4 of the area.

But one thing was certain: after the nuclear explosion, the city would become a no-man's land!

The dazzling light from the explosion was visible even hundreds of kilometers away on a plane.

Touching his slightly sore jaw, Countess Valentina casually complained, "Do you know how much it costs to rebuild a city?"

"As long as the people there are still alive, rebuilding a city is actually a good thing. Besides, that place is too close to the blood pool. It's not suitable for habitation anyway."

Ethan explained.

Even without the nuclear blast, Ethan would have driven out the people because the Foundation's ground-based mechanized defense forces needed to be stationed there.

"I'm just worried about nuclear contamination."

"You don't need to worry about that. The Foundation has technology to minimize the residual radiation from the nuclear bomb and will not affect the land there."

The Foundation, with its advanced technology, had equipment specifically for dealing with nuclear radiation.

After all, as a conventional weapon, it would be quite rude to waste the environment too much, so a certain genius inventor created the Nuclear Radiation Purifier.

Countess Valentina: "…"

Countess Valentina gained a new understanding of the Foundation's terrifying power.

Although a nuclear explosion without radiation would lose much of its deterrent effect, as a conventional weapon, it was undoubtedly more frightening.

What was most terrifying was that this technology for eliminating nuclear radiation was only possessed by the Foundation.

This meant that if Ethan, the head of the Foundation, really went insane and wanted to conquer the entire world.

He could simply use a nuclear bombardment to clear out all human civilization on Earth, then eliminate the radiation afterward.

Countess Valentina thought of Pierce and couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Pierce! How foolish you were to think you could fight him?"

Pierce, the idiot, had been smug about getting a special photo, completely unaware of how much advanced technology the Foundation hid.

"Am I now… considered a senior member of the Foundation?"

Countess Valentina asked alluringly.

"No! I… can give you C-level… B-level administrator access, after all…"

Ethan did not finish his sentence.

Some things were better left unsaid, as being too clear could be detrimental.

Countess Valentina pouted but nodded in resignation.

After all, the Foundation was indeed formidable. Perhaps in this world, only the Foundation could protect her.

In a few days, the conflict in Kangaroo Country had ended, with the Foundational forces taking over the city's various functions, and no more disasters arose.

To the dismay of the People's Party, the country's infrastructure, among other things, had undergone significant changes.

But the most unpleasant thing for them was that their military power had been rendered ineffective.

Despite the billions paid to the Foundation, the People's Party had been left powerless in the Foundation's administrative system.

In the future, they could only watch as the Foundation seized the reins of power.

Only the least powerful power centers could continue to retain their independence.

The first battle ended in the Foundation's favor.

Ethan's plan, carried out with the utmost precision, was also a triumph.

In less than half a year, his vision of cleaning up the anomalies around the world was well underway.

It was at this time that Ethan's cell phone rang.

It was Coulson's call.

"Hey, Ethan! I think I'm finally going to get my revenge!"

The seemingly angry tone made Ethan chuckle.

"Well, good luck. I hope you can bring out some interesting stuff for me."

"Well! I'm just interested in seeing what that thing is worth."

Coulson said with a sly tone.

"Maybe a few more expenses to replenish the Foundation's budget?"

"Well, that's not something I can decide. But…"

Coulson continued, "I'm just warning you in advance. The target this time… is a bit beyond our capabilities. Don't be surprised."

"What is it?" Ethan asked curiously.

"Well, that's a long story. Wait until I've taken over my work!"

"Well, good luck!"

After saying that, Ethan ended the call and resumed his work.

The world was still developing rapidly. Even with Ethan's meticulous planning, various accidents always arose.

The foundation was indeed a tremendous help, but sometimes it also faced its own challenges.

Fortunately, Ethan had taken over the power, and with the support of the Foundation, he was well-prepared to tackle any difficulties that came his way.

To conquer the anomalies, to guard the world's safety, and to achieve his ambitions!

Ethan looked ahead with confidence.

The Foundation was his strongest asset!