"How long will it take?" Hearing Dr. Zola's subtext, Malik had to suppress his inner urgency.

"Who knows, it won't be too soon anyway." Dr. Zola on the screen shook his head: "It may take a few weeks, or it may take a few months. If luck is really bad, a year or two is not impossible. "

"..." After a short silence, Malik said in an irresistible tone: "No, I can't wait that long. Dr. Zola, I can only give you three months at most. If you still can't get it by then If you get results, I will send you to see the Red Skull."

"this…"

"Just three months. I'm a man of my word, you know."

"I'll try my best, but Mr. Malik, I really can't promise..."

"That's your business, I just want the result." Turning around, Malik left the last sentence while walking towards the outside of the laboratory: "Remember, it's only three months, not a day more .”

With Freddie Malek gone, the lab was quiet again.

On the screen, Dr. Zola's eyes showed a somewhat tangled look, as if he was thinking about something.

"Well, it seems that we need to reconsider."

While Dr. Zola and Malik were working together to open the portal and take back the hive, Alexander Pierce also faced the biggest crisis in his life.

Someone may ask, didn't Nick Fury go back to S.H.I.E.L.D. for the first time and start the arrest of Alexander Pierce? With his efficiency, there should be no respite for Alexander Pierce. So, why two or three days later, Alexander Pierce has not been caught by him?

It's not that Nick Fury is weak, but because things are a little bit out of luck.

As the previous director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Alexander Pierce made a lot of contributions. In the eyes of the council, he is a very capable tool man. In addition, he is not too old to walk, and he is still in good health... So, after giving up the position of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Alexander Pierce did not retire directly, but was assigned to another position superior.

There are still several titles left on Alexander Pierce. In terms of identity, he is also one of the top officials in the government department.

From Nick Fury's standpoint, there is no need to worry about the titles on Alexander Pierce, and he can be arrested directly. But that doesn't mean he can ignore Alexander Pierce's situation and attack him anytime, anywhere.

When Nick Fury left from the abandoned camp, Alexander Pierce was performing a task assigned by the council. At that time, not only was he not in the SHIELD headquarters, he was not even in the United States at all.

And because the mission was highly classified, Alexander Pierce left without telling anyone. Although Maria Hill, who also belongs to the council, probably knew some inside information, but because the content of the mission itself had nothing to do with S.H.I.E.L.D., she deliberately concealed it and did not inform Nick Fury and all other agents …

All in all, Nick Fury, who rushed back to the headquarters of S.H.I.E.L.D., failed to block him in Alexander Pierce's office as he expected, and arrested him immediately.

Nick Fury didn't know the whereabouts of Alexander Pierce until he contacted Maria Hill, explained the situation to her, and she was responsible for reporting to the council and getting feedback.

But by this time, Alexander Pierce had gotten the news and noticed that something was wrong.

It's not that there is still his internal response in the council. After Maria Hill made a report, the news reached his ears. In fact, before Maria Hill was called to the office by Nick Fury, someone had already secretly sent a message to Alexander Pierce, asking him to raise the alarm.

This person is none other than the bald agent Sitwell who appeared many times in the original plot.

As a member of Hydra, Sitwell's rank in S.H.I.E.L.D. is seventh.

According to the grading rules within S.H.I.E.L.D., all agents are divided into ten levels.

Among them, the first to third-level agents belong to the passer-by level and can only have access to non-confidential information. The fourth level belongs to the public secret level, and can have access to the lowest level of confidential documents. Level 5 agents are ordinary secrets. From the perspective of mission content, although the secrets they come into contact with are slightly deeper than level 4 agents, but according to the type of secrets themselves, they are still those that will not cause much impact after exposure. common secret.

At the sixth and sixth levels, the agents can get access to the real top-secret documents and participate in top-secret tasks.

Further up, the eighth and ninth levels are all top-secret black box levels. To put it simply, each of them is an independent existence, and their identities are only known to the director or other top agents with tenth-level authority, and everyone, including other eighth-level and ninth-level agents, do not know Due to their identities, they have no chance of accessing any intelligence related to the mission.

The seventh level that Sitwell belongs to is precisely an extremely critical watershed.

If the sixth-level agent is a novice who has just been promoted to the 'top secret' level, then the seventh-level agent is an old fritter only a thread away from the 'top secret black box level'. Generally speaking, only good seedlings who have the value of training and are likely to be promoted to the 'top secret black box level' will be promoted to the seventh level.

Why are the sixth and seventh ranks both classified as top-secret, yet there are two separate ranks? The reason is here.

That's a bit of a stretch.

In short, according to the division of S.H.I.E.L.D., Sitwell, who has the status of a seventh-level agent, is also a talent worth cultivating in the eyes of Nick Fury.

In addition, he is not level 8 enough, so he has no access to the 'top secret black box level' information...

Nick Fury divided his attention into two parts when eliminating Hydra members hidden inside S.H.I.E.L.D. Part of it was placed on the agents of the eighth and ninth ranks who had access to more secrets, and the other part fell on the agents of the fourth, fifth and sixth ranks who were responsible for carrying out various combat contents.

Sitwell ~lightnovelpub.net~ on the seventh level happens to be in the small area that Nick Fury didn't particularly pay attention to. In addition, he himself is smart enough and very good at deceiving the world, so until the other Hydra members are almost exposed, he has been hiding well, and his identity has not been revealed.

No, not just not being unmasked. Because many Hydra elements were wiped out, and many positions were vacated in S.H.I.E.L.D., Sitwell, who was not suspected, went a step further and was arranged by Nick Fury to a more important position. Access to more secrets than before.

Like this moment.

The reason why he was able to notify Alexander Pierce in advance was because he had obtained more authority, and then he was lucky enough to be on that floor and witnessed Nick Fury leading a group of people to Alexander Pierce's office scene.

Conversely, if he does not have the identity of a seventh-level agent, or if he does not gain further trust from Nick Fury, he happens to appear on that floor because he needs to collect certain information...

The development of that matter will definitely become another way.

(end of this chapter)