CHAPTER 150

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By the end of the week, I had leveled my [Technomancy] enough to have another conversation with Arnim Zola, it had been hard, not gonna lie.

Pretty sure my toaster is sentient now.

But beyond that.

I had to use it day and night, for hours to no end.

But, the payoff was more than enough to encourage me.

I mean, with [Technomancy] I could hack, replicate and communicate with computers and weapons alike, which would prove in the future to be a very good skill.

"Alright, time to wake up," I chuckled, turning the PC where Arnim was currently sleeping on.

<You again>

I smiled at his fast response, the pc had barely turned on, and he was already making conversation.

"Well, I missed you," I smiled, using [Technomancy] on him.

<You missed m-… what… what is happening?!> From calm, to panic, just how I liked seeing my Hydra agents.

[Technomancy - Hacking 1%]

<I… it hurts! Why does it hurt!?>

Oh, so forcing my entry into something hurts if the technology is sentient enough, good to know.

[Technomancy - Hacking 19%]

<I… stop it! I will talk! Whatever it is you are doing, we can discuss it!>

Yeah, no.

[Technomancy - Hacking 24%]

<Ah!! THIS SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE I AM NOT ORGANIC WHY DO I FEEL SUCH PAIN!>

"Please do avoid the screaming," I sighed.

[Technomancy - Hacking 39%]

<I beg of you, stop!>

So much for Hydra until the end, it shows how much of a roach they all were.

[Technomancy - Hacking 97%]

Wow, that was a big jump, I wonder if the percentage is related to the will of the machine while hacking, it would make sense considering he was already giving up because of the pain.

<Please!>

[Technomancy - Hacking 100%]

[Technomancy - Hacking Complete]

Here goes nothing.

"What did SHIELD wanted with you?" I asked, looking at the PC.

<Shield wanted my knowledge, and what I represented, a leap in technology> Eventually the PC replied, using the same voice as Arnim, but it sounded off like there was no Arnim left. <They also wanted to see if they could replicate you>

I blinked, "What?" I asked, after a moment.

<Your DNA is impossible to mold like other genetic materials, so they tried to modify my main directive to help them out, it didn't work>

"Was Fury aware of this," I muttered in a low tone.

<Data inconclusive, but what I know suggests he is most likely unaware of this project, for the most part, I was under the eyes of the council, Fury's bosses.>

"I see," I chuckled in a dry tone.

I already knew the council was looking for ways to chain me, the day I killed Stryker, I found that out with one of the files he had given me, I didn't mind really, contingency plans were to be expected when dealing with secret organizations, but trying to clone me, to weaponize me in such infuriating way, that's where I drew the line.

The question now was, how much Fury knew, was he aware they were trying to use my DNA as a weapon or was he in the dark.

I needed to know, and now.

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Angry, I opened a portal to Fury's house, finding my target on his bed, reading a magazine.

"You can knock you know that," Fury muttered.

"Fury," I muttered, using [Technomancy] to detect any recording devices or such in the vicinity, finding no less than forty around, before I destroyed them with a pulse. "Did you know the council is trying to clone me? Or decode my DNA to give others powers?"

Fury looked at me, blinking in mild shock.

So, I decided to use [True Observe] on him.

[Nicholas Joseph Fury - LV 29

Current Thought: He's worried you consider him a threat, and wants to speak up, but the mics around his house are always listening.]

"I destroyed every mic in the house," I said, looking at him, "So talk,"

"I did," Fury nodded after a moment.

I growled, "Fury! What in the hell?!"

"Look, I knew, but I wasn't informed like I knew about Arnim but wasn't informed either, the council considers my relationship with you a liability and therefore are acting behind my back quite a lot, the Arnim thing was something I figured out and confronted the council, not because of you, but because of the implications this brought, they shrug my concerns off, and continued keeping the information I had about their little project off my hands,"

"And you never thought to tell me?" I replied in a dry tone.

"I… Look motherfucker, I wanted to, but I had mics everywhere, even up my ass, so I decided to deal with it on my own, at the time, you had shit to do, and I was capable of handling the situation," Fury replied with a sigh.

"You were protecting the council," I replied in realization.

"Yes, in a way I was," Fury chuckled, "You would've killed them, and sadly, I need them, without them, there is no SHIELD to run, so I decided to take a less aggressive approach by ruining their plans one at a time,"

I blinked, "What?"

"I discovered the cloning thing soon after I discovered the Arnim situation, from there it was a matter of sending a few of my agents to… disrupt their experiments, not that I needed to, your DNA is impossible to work with, so seeing as your DNA was good at defending itself, I moved my attention to their other plans," Fury sighed.

"What plans?" I asked.

"Nothing they have enacted yet mind you, but a few of them included using your daughters as handles for you," Fury replied, his tone getting thicker. "Others included… stealing a more malleable part of your DNA….

"What?" I muttered.

"Your semen," Fury sighed, "They concluded if they can't clone you, they can use your… seed, to make a warrior for them,"

"I'm gonna kill them," I muttered.

"I can't stop you if you decide to do so, but hear my plan out first," Fury replied.

"What plan?" I asked, barely holding my shit together.

"I want to replace the council, one by one, I already have a few plans in motion, putting my own my men on their seats, giving me free reigns over SHIELD," Fury elaborated.

I sighed, "And you want me to wait while they plan things like using my daughters or my dick to kill me,"

"Well… not exactly," Fury grinned, "When I started this little shadow war of mine with the council, I was well aware you would find out eventually, it was, after all, a matter of time before your freaky ass power figured out there was on Hydra agent left, so I waited,"

"You wanted me to find out," I muttered, using [True Observe] to confirm his claim, and he was right, perhaps I had been too hard on him… who knows.

"Yes, because… I want you to brainwash the council into retiring with your magic and put my agents on their spots," Fury smirked.

Wait… since that day, Fury had been playing this shit since the Wakanda incident.