After hearing Russell's words, Nick Fury on the other end of the phone fell silent.

As Russell said, when cleaning up traces near the Statue of Liberty, S.H.I.E.L.D. did find fragments of the Rubik's Cube shell that looked like shards of glass.

Although S.H.I.E.L.D. has not pieced together these fragments into the original cube shape, it can be roughly confirmed that these glass-like fragments are fragments of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube.

"Mr. Bradley, we did find some fragments of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube."

"But the agreement between us is that you will help us capture and retrieve the Cosmic Cube, and we will open the S.H.I.E.L.D. database to you, allowing you to find any information you need."

"Now, the alien who stole the Rubik's Cube died in the hands of you and Miss Prince, and the Rubik's Cube was 'blown up'. Don't you think you want to give me an explanation?"

Nick Fury suppressed the anger in his heart as much as possible and said slowly.

"What is the content of the agreement, I know very well!"

"Yes, according to the agreement, I do need to give you the three aliens and the universe cube."

"But if I remember correctly, I haven't taken anything from the S.H.I.E.L.D. database until now."

"To put it simply, I did not complete the content of the agreement, but I also did not take away the remuneration you gave in advance."

"This time the deal has not been reached, why should I explain it to you!"

Russell completely ignored Nick Fury's displeasure and said unhurriedly.

Since the space gem is in his hands, he will never give it back.

Not to mention that the person who came to ask for the space gem was Nick Fury. Even if Captain Marvel came to ask for it together with Thor, he would never give it.

"Mr. Bradley, how important is the Cosmic Rubik's Cube to S.H.I.E.L.D., you don't need me to tell you. I don't want our relationship that has finally eased up to become full of gunpowder."

Nick Fury was silent for more than ten seconds and continued.

"Are you threatening me?"

Russell raised his eyebrows and asked in a cold tone.

"No, this is not a threat, just a suggestion."

Nick Fury's tone also became extremely serious.

"Suggestion? Hehe, only you S.H.I.E.L.D. will take such words as suggestions!"

"I don't care how important the universe cube is to you."

"You S.H.I.E.L.D. want to threaten me, and I don't care."

"I also have a suggestion for you now. If S.H.I.E.L.D. really wants to go to war with Zhenglian, you'd better make sure that S.H.I.E.L.D. can bear the consequences of going to war with Zhenglian."

After that, Russell hung up the phone without waiting for Nick Fury to speak.

After hanging up the phone, Russell, who was sitting in the boss chair, said to No. 3: "Notify Bakshi, let him tell Pierce that Hydra, if they are not willing to admit Bakshi's leadership position, then directly Let's go to war!"

"Okay, sir!"

The mechanically synthesized voice of No. 3 sounded immediately.

After instructing No. 3, Russell came to the reception area, lay down on the sofa, and received the nourishment of the sun.

The Battle of New York is over, and it's almost time to complete the task of becoming the new owner of Hydra.

He didn't want to see what was essentially a beehive of parasites on Earth.

Parasites or something, the most disgusting!

While basking in the sun, Russell felt the strengthening of the sun to himself, while complaining about the body of the first alien hive in history.

It didn't take long for his beautiful-faced, attractive blond secretary Ellie to walk into the office with stiletto heels and a swaying waist like a water snake.

"Sir, these are the documents that you need to go through."

After hearing Ellie's soft and seductive voice, Russell, who was lying on the sofa, slowly opened his eyes.

Double tail!

As soon as he opened his eyes, Russell found that Ellie, who was originally a big wave, deliberately changed her hairstyle to a double ponytail today.

Not only that, Ellie, who is usually dressed as a professional OL, looks especially youthful today, like a female college student who is still in school.

It's a pity it's not JK ​​style!

Russell's eyes swept around Ellie, thinking with some regret.

Although Ellie didn't know what Russell was thinking now, as a competent female secretary who had played flying chess with Russell, she could roughly see some unhealthy thoughts in Russell's mind.

At the same time, he also saw the fleeting expression of regret on Russell's face.

Besides the double ponytail, what else?

Ellie couldn't help thinking in her heart.

While she was curious about the answer to this question, she knew that now was not a good time to ask.

When Russell sat up to examine the document, Ellie said again: "Sir, there are now many media applications for interviews, do you want to be interviewed by them?"

"It's all pushed."

Russell refused without thinking.

While interviews can further expand visibility and prestige, Russell doesn't want to waste time on these boring interviews.

With all this time, he might as well spend more time with Diana and Carla and others.

Although the reporters sent by the media to interview him were good looking, compared to Diana and Carla and others, those female reporters were barely qualified.

"Okay, sir!"

Ellie answered quickly.

After examining the documents in his hand and signing his name on the documents that were not in question, Russell handed them back to Ellie.

Although she was ready to give Russell a massage or play flying chess, Russell did not speak, and Ellie did not dare to take the initiative to mention it.

Just when Ellie took the document and was about to leave the office, Russell suddenly said, "Try the JK style of Neon Country tomorrow, you don't need to change the double ponytail!"

Although JK style is not suitable for women in the workplace, Ellie nodded immediately and agreed without any hesitation.

When Ellie left the office, Russell lay down again, intending to continue to receive the nourishment of the sun.

Just as he was considering whether to go out for a romantic candlelight dinner with Diana tonight, or go home and have a cozy home dinner with Diana, No. 3's voice suddenly rang.

"Sir, there are hackers invading the database of the headquarters of the group and the headquarters of Zhenglian, do you arrange for the warriors of Bai Jue to deal with it?"

Hacking?

After hearing No. 3's words, Russell immediately thought of the hack that Coulson had arranged.

Is it SHIELD again?

"First track the target's location and see who did it?"

Russell frowned.

"Okay, sir!"

No. 3 was very efficient, and within a few minutes, No. 3's voice sounded again.

"Sir, the hacker's location is locked, it's in New York."

"From the perspective of technical means and the proxy server used, it was not done by S.H.I.E.L.D., but by a hacker organization."

Hacking group?

After hearing No. 3's report, Russell's brows furrowed even tighter.

The big incident of aliens invading New York just happened yesterday. Instead of invading government agencies to find confidential information, these hackers came to invade the databases of Octopus Headquarters and Zhenglian Headquarters. No matter how you look at it, there is something wrong.

Although Zhenglian was in the limelight yesterday, and Diana also appeared in front of the world as Wonder Woman, but from the perspective of mining confidential information, why should the Octopus Monster headquarters and Zhenglian be ranked behind the official institutions?

If nothing else, the helicarrier of S.H.I.E.L.D. alone is enough to attract the interest of most hackers.

Aircraft carriers or something, people have seen a lot.

But the aircraft carrier that can fly, currently only S.H.I.E.L.D. has.

"Look at which hacker organization did it. If it's a hacker organization with no background, send a few white warriors over to warn them and make them less curious."

"If you don't listen to persuasion, let them shut up physically."

Russell said to No. 3.

"Okay, sir!"

After instructing No. 3, Russell closed his eyes again.

However, within a few minutes, the voice of No. 3 rang again.

"Sir, the identity of the other party has been confirmed, it is the Rising Tide Organization!"

Rising Tide Organization?

Although Russell is not in the hacker circle, he is no stranger to the Rising Tide group.

He had even previously commissioned Rising Tide to organize a mission.

It's just that Rising Tide's organizational skills are not as good as others. Not only did they fail to investigate Hydra, but they were counter-invaded by Hydra.

In addition to having dealt with the Rising Tide Organization, Russell is no stranger to the Rising Tide Organization, and because the shock girl Daisy is a former member of the Rising Tide Organization.

Of course, the current shock girl is not called Daisy, but Skye.

Not only the name has not been changed, but Skye has not yet experienced the superpower awakening of the Terrigan Mist. She is just a female hacker with good hacking skills but no actual combat power.

"Don't send Bai Jue warriors over first, just warn them on the Internet."

"Also, investigate the female hacker named Skye in the Rising Tide."

After thinking for a few seconds, Russell decided to temporarily release the tide to organize a horse.

"Okay, sir!"

After being interrupted by the "sunbathing" process one after another, Russell had no plans to continue, and got up and went to the viewing balcony outside the office.

After looking at the surrounding buildings and high-rise buildings destroyed by Qitarui warriors and vanguard guards, he exerted the ability to fly and flew towards the headquarters of Zhenglian.

Zhenglian Headquarters.

A room with a suspended cloak.

The Levitical Cloak did not participate in the Battle of New York yesterday. It stayed on the Helicarrier until all the Chitauri warriors and vanguards were eliminated, and had no chance to shoot.

However, for the hovering cloak, it doesn't matter at all whether there is a chance to participate in combat.

As a magic cloak, it has no interest in so-called achievements and prestige.

After coming to the room, Russell saw the suspended cloak that was addicted to the game and couldn't extricate himself.

After saying hello to the suspension cloak, he picked up the gamepad and played the multiplayer mode with the suspension cloak.

Time passed little by little.

When night fell, Russell left the headquarters of Zhenglian and began to return to the apartment where he lived.

However, just as he was flying towards the apartment, his phone suddenly rang.

Tony's call!

After seeing the name displayed on the screen, Russell did not answer the phone immediately.

It wasn't until he landed on the balcony of the apartment that he pressed the switch to build.

"Why are you answering the phone so late, are you busy playing games with your beautiful girlfriend?"

Tony's indecent voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Don't talk nonsense, just tell me, what's the matter with me?"

Russell asked bluntly.

After hearing his words, Tony put away his unreasonable attitude, and said in a very serious tone: "I received some news from S.H.I.E.L.D. that the universe cube exploded. Is this true?"

Russell was not surprised that Tony could receive this news from S.H.I.E.L.D.

After thinking for a few seconds, he slowly said, "Yes, the universe cube is indeed broken!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tony immediately said: "Didn't you consider closing the portal in a softer way? The universe cube is the key to finding infinite energy."

"The situation is urgent, and only a more violent method can be used."

"But don't worry, although the Cosmic Rubik's Cube is destroyed, the contents are still there."

Russell didn't intend to hide the space gem from Tony.

He needs Tony's brilliant brain to study the space gem.

"What's inside?"

Tony asked suspiciously.

"The Cosmic Rubik's Cube is just a shell, and the real source of energy is the space gem inside."

"The space gem is in my hands now. When the opportunity is right, I will let you study the space gem."

Russell said calmly.

"Space gem, it's interesting!"

"I knew that you wouldn't destroy the universe Rubik's Cube so easily, a treasure with such a powerful force, you would definitely not destroy it casually."

Tony said with a smile.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, do you have anything else, if not, then hang up first."

"Then you should be busy first, and I will contact you when necessary."

After speaking, Tony hung up the phone.

After finishing the call with Tony, Russell walked into the living room of the apartment and hugged Diana, who was lying on the living room sofa.

After seeing the house clothes that Diana was wearing, he decisively gave up his plan to go to a candlelight dinner outside, and prepared a warm home dinner with Diana.

After dinner, he and Diana played an endless game of flying chess.

The next day ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ 2pm.

The meeting room of the Octopus headquarters.

After having lunch with Diana in the apartment, Russell and Diana came to the Octopus headquarters to prepare for the next press conference.

Although this kind of press conference with new members joining Zhenglian has been held several times, this press conference, both in terms of scale and the number of reporters present, far exceeds any previous one.

Russell did not let Diana wear Wonder Woman's armor to the press conference, but let Diana wear normal clothes to the press conference.

"Gentlemen and ladies, let's welcome the newest member of Zhenglian, Miss Diana Prince, Wonder Woman with the warmest applause!"

After speaking, Russell took the lead in applauding and directed the eyes of the reporters present to the door next to the conference room.

The door was slowly opened. Even in casual clothes, Diana, who was still unable to hide her noble temperament, walked into the conference room with great gestures under the light of the flash, and came to Russell's room.