Steve replied with a bitter smile, "You know, I can't even use a smartphone right now."
Natasha smiled even more happily. "You even use a paper notebook to keep track of things. You really are nostalgic. Wait, I asked you about kissing before. Don't tell me you still remember the girl who kissed you for the first time? "
Steve: "… Let's not talk about that. We're still friends."
Natasha was speechless. She shook her head with a smile and sighed inwardly. That was right.
After chatting for a while, they returned to the main topic and began to discuss what to do next.
Tony had changed his voice to provide remote support, the Everything Merchant had appeared, and the Bat Squad hadn't been seen so far, which made them understand that there probably wouldn't be any outside help in this incident.
In recent months, under Nick Fury's arrangements, the two of them had carried out many missions against Hydra.
They were already mentally prepared for this situation.
Nick Fury's warning also made them understand that it would be difficult for them to get support on the surface this time, whether it was from the authorities or superheroes.
That was because Hydra itself was S.H.I.E.L.D., or even part of the American authorities. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to live so well under Nick Fury's nose.
Under such circumstances, any interference from any faction would turn this matter into a battle of integrity.
When that happened, it was still unknown whether the authorities would clean up Hydra, or whether Hydra would take the opportunity to do so, triggering even greater chaos.
Luke and Selina didn't have any expectations for the integrity of the politicians.
Who knew who was really in the dark about Hydra's business dealings, who was half-hearted, and who was a hardcore supporter of Hydra?
It was impossible to clean up all of them.
It was like putting 70% of Americans in prison if all the people smoking weed in the United States were arrested. That was simply unrealistic.
This was also the reason why Luke had never confronted the American authorities head-on.
Directly smashing a muddy pit with brute force would only make one stink.
On the other hand, if one were to be gentler and dig some when they had nothing to do, they could use it as fertilizer for their fields and control the muddy pit to expand infinitely.
If they killed to their heart's content as some of the more straightforward people said, wouldn't Hydra be overjoyed? How could there be such idiotic people in the world who would voluntarily help them accomplish their great cause?
The terrorists were the best example.
Who knew how many crimes had been committed under their name, allowing various capital groups to profit like crazy?
Those who died because of this were basically ordinary civilians.
Capital groups, on the other hand, could continue to indulge in debauchery and live a carefree life.
…
Suddenly, Natasha's phone rang.
She took it out and saw that it was a spam advertisement message.
After carefully memorizing the data of this spam message, she used her other phone to open F2F, entered a few keywords, and found a user page.
He opened a certain blog, which was an article introducing the scenery of the special economic zone.
Looking at the article that wasn't too long, he found a few letters from the key positions, converted them into numbers using a certain method, and obtained a set of coordinates.
She opened the map function of F2F and quickly found the coordinates. She tapped on it and said to Steve, "Let's go. Someone is waiting for us here."
Steve picked up the shield covered by the optical camouflage cloak, got up, and asked, "Who's there?"
Natasha activated the nano armor on her face and turned into a plain-looking young woman. "It could be a trap, but it could also be a 'dead person'."
Steve also activated his face armor and transformed into an ordinary-looking middle-aged man.
Hearing this, he paused. "You mean …?"
"Nikfuri." Natasha shrugged. "In any case, this secret contact will only be activated after he's' dead. '"
Steve smiled bitterly. "Well, it seems that the director is indeed a 'beauty'."
…
Luke didn't continue to follow Steve and Selina, because there was no need.
Could they go missing after wearing his equipment?
The bat squad was taking turns to rest.
Luke set an example and was the first to rest.
In any case, he only needed two hours of sleep to be refreshed on the spot.
With him taking the lead, there was no need for the others to hold on.
The underage kids, in particular, were already chatting aimlessly. It was clear that their excitement was gone after a few hours.
It would be a waste of time if they didn't get some rest.
It was getting late.
Countless pieces of news flowed through the dark side of the world, and more and more people began to pay attention to what had happened in the special economic zone during the day.
Nikfuri was dead.
For most people in this world, this piece of news didn't exist.
In fact, few ordinary people knew that S.H.I.E.L.D. had changed directors so many times.
But for the upper echelons and the dark side of the world, this news was shocking enough.
The man who controlled the most powerful secret agent organization on Earth was dead, just like that.
Many people had examined his body and confirmed that it was really cold.
Although there had been a small scene during his death, it was comical for the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. to be killed by a few ordinary guns.
If this guy had died so easily, he would have been burned to ashes by a bunch of superhumans and mercenaries over the past decade or so, and his ashes would have been scattered into the sewers of the special economic zone.
There was no doubt that Nikfuri was hated that much.
The director of S.H.I.E.L.D., who wasn't hated by thousands of people, wasn't a good scapegoat.
The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. had died before he could hand over power smoothly. There were too many implications and opportunities.
The people who were scheming didn't just come from the outside, but also from within S.H.I.E.L.D.
Even Hydra couldn't take down a behemoth like S.H.I.E.L.D.
It was just like how Stark Industries had been purged, and there were hundreds of forces behind its shareholders.
In S.H.I.E.L.D., Nikfuri and Hydra were just the two biggest "factions," which weren't on the same page yet.
Apart from the two factions, there were also all kinds of other forces with different intentions.
The European branch often drifted between the United States and the European Union.
The South American branch was located in a chaotic area, and was known to be a treasure trove of money. Its relationship with the headquarters was more like that of a big boss behind the scenes and a white glove.
The African branch was quite small, but it was far away. It was also rich in resources and prone to war, similar to South America.
Because of China, the Asian branch was in a special situation and didn't have much to do with the headquarters.
Nikfuri had gotten off to a terrible start when he took over, and he was able to maintain it for more than a decade. Those who thought that he was useless were naive.
Now that this fierce man, who was vicious in every way, was dead, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that people's hearts were wavering.
Without this super paranoid butler, a lot of people were already calculating how many resources and benefits they would take from S.H.I.E.L.D.
The director had to "die" in order to escape and completely shift the blame. He couldn't use the identity of "Nikfuri" anymore.
But the tycoon definitely knew that he was still alive, so Nikfuri simply sent a lot of resources to Tony in advance, both as hush money and as a favor.
The resources that were very difficult to take away allowed various forces to enter the fray, and the situation became even more chaotic.
The three main parties involved, whether it was Luke, Nikfuri, or Hydra, weren't sure what would happen tomorrow.
But they were all looking forward to tomorrow indefinitely.
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