I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 173: If you don’t plant the flag, how will others know that you want to be the boss?

Marvel officially mentioned the setting of S.H.I.E. in the comic book "Avengers World", and said through Zheng Xian that S.H.I.E. has 150,000 agents.

However, its real intention is just to introduce the later setting that "S.H.I.E. agents use advanced communication monitoring networks to control the entire country."

A huge number of special agents and a system to monitor national communications...

Haha, the Marvel editorial department's little thoughts have been clearly written down, but some people still want to lick their own wounds.

Unlike the 150,000 agents clearly stated by S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel has never mentioned how many people S.H.I.E.L.D. has in total.

It was only after joining the joint investigation team that Lin Hao finally found out the exact number of agents recorded in the SHIELD files.

Three hundred and thirty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four people!

This is still the number of people registered in the archives. "Black Salted Egg" must have several secret action teams under his control, which are not recorded.

As for the external informants developed by agents at all levels, their numbers were not even counted.

Ever since the Americans took advantage of the situation and upgraded the "Strategic Homeland Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency" to the so-called international SHIELD, this organization has developed rapidly. It not only has branches and bases all over the world, but also has recruited talented agents from all over the world.

The intelligence collected must be selected first by the Americans, and only the unimportant intelligence, which does not threaten themselves or has little benefit, will be shared.

The excuse is: everyone has spent money, so it’s time to enjoy some of the results.

The review of more than 300,000 people would still take two to three years to complete even if five countries sent personnel. However, the establishment of a new organization could not wait that long, so a model of reviewing and organizing at the same time was adopted.

Those who have passed the review will immediately join the newly formed Tianjian Bureau, and of course their positions will be adjusted.

Gideon Malick's men became targets of Hydra that infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and have all been eliminated, but Alexander Pierce's men have transformed themselves and become the backbone of S.W.O.R.D.

When Daniel Whitehall learned that the people he had placed in SHIELD were under strict scrutiny, he immediately understood Pierce's intention and took the initiative to surrender.

Baron Strucker completely sided with Pierce, and Pierce reciprocated by handing over part of the Malik family's assets in Florida to Strucker, allowing him to finally realize his wish of extending his reach into the American mainland.

After making an example of someone else, Pierce's clone and Arnim Zola have become the actual controllers of New Hydra.

After deliberation by the World Security Council, the new international organization S.W.O.R.D. will no longer have its headquarters in any one country, but will use the three aerospace carriers built by S.H.I.E.L.D. during its previous "Project Insight" as its mobile headquarters.

The external agencies of SHIELD that were once distributed in various countries were retained, and their main responsibilities were changed to "monitoring all supernatural phenomena and alien traces." They no longer have the authority to collect routine intelligence in various regions.

February 2010, 2, the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, was the day Director Lin took office.

With the special warfare team led by Saber Zhao Yi, Weather Witch Wu Nana and Shen Bing, Lin Hao, who changed into a neat Tang suit and still wore glasses, took the Shenmao Bureau's own transport plane to arrive at the Tianjian Bureau's headquarters over the Pacific Ocean.

The three aerospace motherships are arranged in a triangle and will patrol the world's high seas at an altitude of 10,000 meters, providing support for any supernatural anomalies discovered by ground branches at any time and defending against attacks from outer space, becoming the first line of defense for the Earth.

According to the design of the "Insight Project", these three spacecraft carriers will be connected to satellites to monitor every move on the earth at all times. However, the territories of the five major countries are not within the monitoring range. Once the camera on the satellite or carrier is aimed at the territories of the five major countries, they will be automatically coded and displayed as blank.

This is a shielding system developed jointly by a joint technical team of five major countries.

Unfortunately, their skills are nothing compared to Lin Hao.

The former Director Lin, now Bureau Chief Lin, can perfectly avoid this shielding system and obtain high-definition and uncensored internal footage.

As for the countries outside the five major powers... Sorry, we can only accept the hegemony system of the five major powers!

The transport plane drove into one of the aerospace carriers that served as the headquarters. In the parking bay, four other deputy directors and Alexander Pierce, the representative of the World Security Council, were waiting there.

"Welcome, Director Lin." Pierce's clone came forward with a polite smile and extended his hand to Lin Hao. Lin Hao smiled at him and shook his hand.

"Let me introduce the other deputy directors to Director Lin." Pierce's clone led Lin Hao to the other four people.

Three men and one woman.

The three men were all acquaintances, having once been members of the Joint Investigation Team: Sergei Markov from Bear Shield, Bernard Moore from MI6, and Karl Steinberg from the External Security Service.

All of them are veteran spies.

The case of the woman was rather special. Her public information actually stated that she was from a private commercial intelligence agency and her name was Valentina De La Fontaine, also known as the "Countess Fontaine" female agent.

"Hello, Director Lin."

Valentina walked forward with a smile and spoke fluent Chinese.

"Please give me more advice in the future."

"Wow, your pronunciation is quite standard." Lin Hao smiled.

"It's okay. After all, we paid a thousand dollars an hour to hire this teacher." Valentina teased.

"Are you giving it to him, or is he giving it to you?" Lin Hao pretended to be curious and analyzed seriously: "If you spend money, you will feel that you are losing out. Some of the pronunciations are not learned correctly."

"I'll introduce you to a few announcers someday who can make sure their pronunciation is correct."

"Okay, I like dealing with young people the most." Valentina restrained her smile.

"I understand. Older people like to eat young grass."

After Lin Hao finished speaking, he ignored Valentina who had lost her smile, walked towards the other three deputy directors, and shook hands with them cordially.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. The phenomenon of seniority in officialdom is even more serious. Although Lin Hao was the elected director, Valentina from the United States automatically occupied the position of "first deputy director" right from the start. Even Sergei Markov from Russia did not take the initiative to compete for it.

Lin Hao had to use practical actions to tell the other three men that he just didn't get along with Americans.

If you are not willing to step forward and stake your claim, how will others know that there is another boss?

"Peaceful development" is also a banner!

What's more, Lin Hao knew the background of this "Countess Fontaine". Behind this woman stood not the American government, but a more substantial consortium.

Even in "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", Valentina Delafontaine, who made her first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, once bluntly stated that she had a source of funds that was not restricted by Congress.

It is obvious that Nick Fury's audacity scared the bosses of the consortium, so they deliberately selected a woman who is equally capable but obedient enough to replace "Black-Boiled Egg".

With the support of the most powerful "big water pipe" on earth, Valentina's style of doing things is naturally unscrupulous.

She looked polite, but actually she wanted to tell the other three countries that she could do everything that the young man Lin Hao could do, and she could also do things that the young man could not do.

Although I am only the "first deputy director", I don't mind taking on the responsibilities of the director. If you have any problems, please feel free to come to me.

Can the big devil give her face?

(End of this chapter)