The Worry of the Soy Egg

At this time, Nick Fury's bad premonition was getting stronger and stronger! Of course, he didn't really think that these people with powerful abilities were gathering for a party!

"Did something special happen today? Or has something special happened recently?"

Nick Fury asked Hill in a deep voice. He felt that these people must've gathered together for something special! Otherwise it wouldn't make any sense for them to meet!

"Director, we have nothing of note in our records other than the appearance of the two new superheroes! And we are still recovering from the recent counter-espionage operations.

"While the operations had successfully removed a large number of spies, we are currently understaffed as a result, so our intelligence gathering ability has been greatly reduced!

"It is possible that some information slipped under our radar, so we have no context about their gathering!" Hill said, a little uncertain.

"Indeed, the operations exact a heavy toll to our bureau, but it wasn't without results. At the very least, we have regained control on the lower echelon of our bureau!

"However, intelligence gathering must be our utmost priority. After all, intelligence is the core of our operation! A falcon blinded wouldn't be able to survive!

"I expect you to recover our ranks as soon as possible, but with increased scrutiny. We must do better than before; it would be all for nothing of we recruited a fresh batch of enemy spies!"

Nick Fury could not help but think back to the operation a month ago. He had planned it for almost a year to catch all the confirmed Hydra spies in one fell swoop!

Ever since he received news of Li Yue, Nick Fury had thoroughly investigated the detailed information of all of SHIELD's members! He was enraged when he discovered that Li Yue's information was all true!

However, as the king of secret agents, he understood that he could not act rashly. After all, his loyal manpower was not as many as Hydra's spies!

Therefore, after a year of meticulous planning, Nick Fury finally found an opportunity a month ago. Using a special operation as a cover, he gathered most of Hydra's secret agents together, and eliminated them all at once, leaving none alive!

Of course, to prevent massive uproar, they began by eliminating agents in the lower echelon below level 5. This way, they could deprive the higher level secret agents from the low-level intelligence support.

On top of that, they could suppress the information regarding the operations and prevent the higher level secret agents from acting rashly. After all, Nick Fury's direct superior and the former chief of SHIELD was also a member of Hydra!

As for the rest of the Hydra agents, they would have to wait until the situation stabilized before they could eliminate them all!

"You may leave. Remember to keep an eye on them and do your best to find out why they are gathered together. Careful not to alert them—it would be best to keep them unaware!"

Nick Fury finally gave his order after pondering for a while!

"Yes, Director. I will do as you say!"

Hill left to carry out his orders!

...

"Wait!"

Just as Hill was about to leave, Nick Fury seemed to suddenly think of something and called out to her!

"I think it would be hard for regular agents to get information about them. You should tell Natasha and get her to go check them out!"

"But, Director, Stark already knows that Natasha is our agent! Would she able to approach them?"

Hill's voice was skeptical.

"Ahem, we can let Natasha approach the two new superheroes. Or, maybe we can get her close to the Captain and extract information from him!"

Nick Fury coughed and issued an order that Hill found hard to believe!

"Director, it's one thing to approach the new superheroes, but it's not right to do it to the Captain! He is a legendary American hero! We can't do this to him!"

Hill felt that Nick's plan was too much. That was no way to treat a hero that saved the country.

"Natasha knows what to do. And we do all this for the safety of the country and even world!

"If something happened beyond our knowledge, because we don't have information that we could have easily get, we would have betrayed our duty and cause!"

Nick Fury said to Hill with a serious face!

"Alright, I understand. Then I will inform Natasha to prepare for her mission! Director, do you have any other instructions?"

Hill had no choice to obey Nick Fury's serious order. He was still her superior, after all! Although, she still felt that it wasn't right.

"That is all. Dismissed!"

Nick Fury waved his hand at Hill, indicating that there was no further instruction!

Nick picked up his lukewarm coffee after Hill left the room. He still felt uneasy. He felt like something bad was going to happen—or perhaps even already happened!

Nick Fury put down the coffee in his hand and opened a drawer on the desk, which contained the proposal for the Avengers Initiative. He silently looked at it for a long time!

"Those idiots on the council...They haven't even reviewed the plan. It seems that the situation had developed way beyond my expectation! I don't know if this plan is even possible anymore!"

Nick Fury couldn't help but curse those idiots from the council in his heart! He had long since proposed the Avenger Initiative to the council, but they had repeatedly rejected it and refused to support it! Therefore, this plan had never been able to be implemented!

Nick Fury wasn't too anxious at first. He had been waiting for an opportunity, a chance for those special people to shine!

When that moment comes, when their strength are demonstrated in full, the council would surely come around to approve this plan. Then, the Avengers initiative would become a reality!

However, the sudden gathering of those very special people that his plan depended on gave Nick Fury an ominous, sinking feeling!

More than anyone, the involvement of unstable factor Tony Stark is the most concerning part of this gathering!

Stark's involvement was why Nick Fury was so worried. He even told Natasha to approach Steve, the hero who saved the United States, to steal the information!

"Stark, I hope you won't do anything to me!"