A secret base of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Director Fury, how come I haven't seen any of these agents before?"
Sitting in the medical room, which had been converted from a conference room, Coulson looked through the window at the agents coming and going outside, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.
He had been with S.H.I.E.L.D. for decades, an old timer whose Agent level was as high as 8. He couldn't claim to know everyone in S.H.I.E.L.D., but it was too absurd that he had no impression of anyone in an entire base.
Moreover, during the brief period when he temporarily replaced Fury and was in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D, he had reviewed files, and it seemed there was no mention of this overseas base in the records.
Facing Coulson's question, Fury remained calm.
"This base was secretly built by me. The agents inside were also secretly recruited by me. They do not exist in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s public records."
"Coulson, remember, as an elite agent, you must have your own safe house. And I just have a few more safe houses than most."
Coulson remained silent.
The base before him was equipped with various light and heavy weapons, planes, helipads, training rooms, and medical rooms, among other facilities. This was not something that could be explained away as just a safe house.
Seeing Coulson not speak, Fury proactively brought up the main topic, "I heard that Agent Hill discovered and breached several HYDRA secret Bases. Coulson, tell me what was found."
"Alright."
Coulson nodded, organized his thoughts, and then recounted everything.
"In this operation, a total of seven HYDRA secret bases were discovered and destroyed."
"The most important discovery came from a Siberia Base. In that base, Sergeant Barnes, who attacked Howard Stark and his wife, was found, along with five other genetically enhanced soldiers."
"They were named Winter Soldier by HYDRA."
"Does Stark know about this?" Fury suddenly asked.
Coulson's expression was strange. "He knows."
"Sergeant Barnes was found by Tony and Captain Rogers."
"Moreover, Sergeant Barnes and Captain Rogers left Stark's villa in California unharmed afterward."
Fury pondered, ignoring the faint throbbing pain in the back of his head.
"There's something strange about this matter. Sergeant Barnes is not the real killer of Howard and his wife, the real killer is the person behind the scenes."
"This person behind the scenes has now also been abandoned."
"These bases were deliberately thrown out by HYDRA."
"Firstly, to cut off their tails to survive."
"Secondly, they might want to divert our attention."
"Why do you say that, Director Fury?" Coulson asked, puzzled.
Fury explained, "A super-soldier genetic experiment base shouldn't be discovered so easily. Even if it was discovered, a few super-soldiers would be very easy to transfer."
"Unless they were abandoned."
"So what should we do now?" Coulson asked.
"We can only first take the pawns they've thrown out, and then strengthen our internal investigations. HYDRA is not that easy to completely eradicate." Fury said helplessly.
Facing HYDRA's tactic of cutting off their tails to survive, he had no good solution.
For a moment, the room fell silent.
Soon after, Coulson bid farewell and left.
As soon as Coulson left, Carol walked into the room.
"Carol, what's the situation with the Skrull?" Fury forced himself to cheer up and asked.
"Talos is somewhat dissatisfied that I haven't found a habitable planet. But generally, he can still restrain his people." Carol said frankly.
"Mm, you've worked hard, Carol." Fury said politely.
However, his headache only worsened. Carol hadn't obtained any useful information at all.
"Generally able to restrain" means a small portion cannot be restrained.
Who are these small portions of people?
Once the Skrull's shapeshifting talent spreads, it's like fish entering the sea, very difficult to find again.
It seems the Skrull are also getting restless.
Fury worried secretly.
But then, thinking of Lucas still on Earth, his heart relaxed.
But immediately, he worried again.
His wife was also a Skrull.
Would she be annihilated by Lucas along with the others?
If Lucas knew Fury's question, he would definitely answer him. Instead of worrying about his wife being annihilated, Fury should worry about his wife running off with G'iah.
New York, Maximoff Drinks.
Lucas withdrew his gaze from G'iah and Wanda, took out a copy of "The Call of the Wild," and focused on reading.
He had been busy for most of the day, his workload already exceeding the norm, and the rest was entertainment time. And entertainment time always passes quickly.
The next day, after Tony debugged the equipment and sent it to the roof of Lucas Bookstore, Lucas and the others were ready to depart for the Amazing Spider-Man world.
However, the number of people in the team was a few more than originally anticipated.
Lucas, Ghost Gwen, and Amazing Gwen were the original trio.
Wanda, G'iah, and Little Gwen were the three added later.
Bringing Wanda and G'iah was like bringing interns.
The main purpose was to show them how to find dimensions and evaluate whether it was suitable.
Bringing Little Gwen was simply because they were already bringing so many people, one more wouldn't hurt.
As for Little Gwen's safety, Lucas hadn't considered it. A mere Nightmare was not worthy of him considering that question. Chthon would be more like it.
"Are you all ready? If you're ready, let's go." Lucas looked at the group, confirming.
"Ready, Lucas."
Little Gwen carefully checked her backpack, confirming that her summer and winter clothes, snacks, drinks, and homework were all packed, then said seriously.
Seeing this, the others couldn't help but be amused.
"Then let's go."
As his voice fell, golden sparks appeared out of thin air, quickly spinning.
A portal to another world slowly opened.
Lucas's divine power silently surged out, forming a close-fitting protective barrier on the bodies of the few people. Then, he took the lead and walked towards the portal.
Behind the portal was an intact New York. At this moment, the night was enchanting.
"Amazing Gwen, should we go to the place where you died first, or should we go to your home to settle down first?" Lucas asked.
Cloning Amazing Gwen's body required obtaining her living cells. But after such a long time, Amazing Gwen was long dead.
Unless she had preserved them beforehand, to obtain her living cells, they would have to use Time Magic to steal them from the past. And the most cost-effective way was naturally to go back to the time when she had just died.
"I want to go back and see mom first." Amazing Gwen pondered for a moment, then said hesitantly.
"I'm sorry to delay you all for some time. But I really want to see her first."
"It's alright, Amazing Gwen. We, except for Little Gwen, can all understand you."
Except for Little Gwen, a few months ago, the four people here couldn't even make up one mother.
(G'iah's mother also died when she was young.)