Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 362 Coulson's Modified Memories (5000+ words)

"Jerry, how do we catch up with it?"

Watching the owl in Jerry's hand pick up the parchment letter and disappear into the night with a flap of its wings, Cole realized that they didn't seem to have any means of transportation to catch up with the owl.

Jerry turned around and gave him a malicious smile:

"Gentlemen, would you like to experience the joy of riding a dragon?"

"Riding a dragon?"

Suddenly, everyone remembered the terrifying fire dragon that the wizard rode in the video of the Battle of New York, and a bad feeling arose in their hearts.

A moment later, above downtown Los Angeles, Coulson stood on the back of the fire dragon Norber, feeling the strong wind blowing in his face, and exclaimed to Jerry, who was flying beside him:

"I never imagined I'd one day play a dragon rider. It's a bit scary, but I have to admit, it's pretty cool!"

Fizz, clinging tightly to the dragon's back, muttered a complaint:

"I think this is absolutely insane. I hope it doesn't just throw us off if it gets upset."

After saying that, Fitz shouted loudly to his left with a worried expression:

"Gemma, you have to hurry!"

"I understand, Fitz!"

On the back of the smaller Peruvian venomous dragon Norsa on the left, Gemma hugged the dragon's neck and replied excitedly.

It turned out that because there were a lot of people, Jerry let both Norber and Norsa out. Norber was bigger, so he carried Coulson, Fitz, Grant, and Mike, while Norsa was smaller, so she carried Skye, Gemma, and May.

Jerry used his flight spell to fly to the side and cast an illusion spell on everyone to make them invisible.

After flying for about half an hour, the owl in front suddenly began to descend and landed in a group of wooden houses in the desert area east of Los Angeles.

In the center of this wooden house, a military armed helicopter and seven or eight black cars were parked, and more than a dozen armed thugs could be seen guarding outside the house.

"Huh, what's with the owl and the letter here?"

Just as Lena was pulling Ace out the door, preparing to board a helicopter to downtown Los Angeles, she suddenly saw an owl land in front of her, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

Reaching out, she picked up the owl and pulled the parchment letter from its beak. Lena's pupils immediately contracted.

Because the envelope clearly bore the name "Ace".

"Be careful!"

Lena immediately issued a warning to the soldiers guarding her.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, she discovered that the dozen or so heavily armed guards had been tightly bound by the shadows beneath them in an instant.

Fortunately, four of them were centipede warriors who had been infected with the centipede virus. With a sudden burst of strength, they used their superhuman physical power to violently tear off the shadows from their bodies.

Unfortunately, before she could even feel happy, a strong gust of wind suddenly swept in, and the flying sand forced her to close her eyes temporarily. Then she heard two huge dragon roars.

Dragon's Roar?

When Lena opened her eyes again, she was surrounded by Coulson's squad, and the four powerful centipede warriors had been torn into pieces by the two giant fire dragons and were scattered all around.

What surprised her even more was what happened next, because a young man suddenly floated in the air, stretched out his hand, and put the two ferocious fire dragons into the box.

"Ms. Lena, this is Agent Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D. You are under arrest!"

Meanwhile, at the Tri-Wing Building in Washington, D.C., is the office of the Director of the Security Council.

"Sir, Nick Fury has been making some underhanded moves lately, and I'm worried he might have noticed something."

Level 7 Agent Sitwell adjusted his glasses, a hint of unease creeping into his expression.

Pierce got up, walked to the glass window, and sighed:

"Perhaps it was our attack on the wizard's family last time that aroused his suspicion. This afternoon he came to me and told me that there was a traitor among the high-ranking agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and asked me to convene a Security Council meeting to vote on postponing Project Insight!"

"So, is the plan still going to continue?"

Sitwell said with concern.

Pierce turned around, his eyes sharp as he looked at Sitwell, his tone firm:

"Of course we must continue. All these years of preparation have been for this plan. How can we give up because of this little setback? Since Nick Fury wants to stop us, then we'll take him down!"

"Just a puppet I helped up, does he really think he can turn the world upside down?"

The reason why Nick Fury, a non-Hydra member, was chosen as the next director was because he believed that under Nick Fury's leadership, S.H.I.E.L.D. could grow rapidly.

Indeed, under Nick Fury's management, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s overall strength and scale are now more than ten times larger than before he stepped down.

Hydra, too, was secretly drawing strength from S.H.I.E.L.D., growing even more powerful.

Now that Project Insight is nearing completion, Nick Fury's role is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Furthermore, he has already become aware of Hydra's existence, so it's time to eliminate him and allow Hydra to emerge from the shadows once more.

"I'll handle Nick Fury's matter. You continue with Project Insight. I need those three fully armed space carriers; they need to be ready to launch on schedule!"

"Yes, sir!"

After receiving confirmation, Sitwell quickly left the office.

Pierce then took out a specially made phone, pressed a few buttons, dialed a number, and gave the following command:

"Activate the Termination Plan, send in the Winter Soldier to carry it out, long live Hydra!"

"Long live Hydra!"

A frenzied reply came from the other end of the phone.

On an Airbus aircraft.

Gemma struggled to pick up a piece of chicken with her chopsticks, and after a long effort, she finally managed to get it into her bowl.

"I really can't imagine how you guys manage to pick up food so skillfully using just two sticks!"

As a biology expert, she is usually very dexterous, but today she suffered a Waterloo with a pair of chopsticks.

Mei, sitting next to her, skillfully picked up a bean, put it in her mouth, and replied expressionlessly:

"You're just not used to it yet. Once you get used to using chopsticks, you'll find that they are the most flexible and convenient utensil in the world."

"Actually, I think using it this way is not bad!"

Skye picked up a single chopstick and stabbed it hard into the braised pork on the plate, then started eating it like a skewer.

Jerry watched Skye use chopsticks and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.

"Since you're not good with chopsticks, you can choose to use your own preferred cutlery, like knives and forks, just like Fitz!"

"This is Chinese food, so chopsticks are more appropriate. Using a knife and fork just doesn't feel the same."

Skye clearly had her own ideas.

Gemma echoed this sentiment:

"Imagine you're eating steak at a restaurant, everyone else is using knives and forks, and you're the one using chopsticks to pick up your steak. Doesn't that feel really awkward?"

Fitz, the only one using a knife and fork sitting next to Jerry, silently put down his knife and fork and picked up his chopsticks again.

Jerry shrugged upon seeing this:

"Whatever makes you happy."

After successfully capturing Lena and a group of soldiers from the Clairvoyant organization, Jerry immediately opened a portal and brought everyone back to the Airbus.

Back at the Airbus, Mike took his son to his room, while Coulson and Grant began interrogating Lena and the group of Clairvoyant members.

Because Gemma was hungry, she suggested using the Airbus microwave to heat up the hamburgers stored in the refrigerator. Jerry, who had no interest in hamburgers, used his kitchen magic to create a table full of Chinese food, which led to the scene we see now.

Just as everyone was chatting and eating, Coulson and Grant returned to the living room after the interrogation.

"Oh, this is a feast! Mei, did you make this? I don't remember you cooking!"

"I think you're mocking me. Maybe after we finish eating, we can go down to the training grounds to digest!"

Mei continued picking at her food, replying without looking up.

The last time she ate such authentic Chinese food was several years ago when her father cooked it for her when she went home.

"I'd better not, I don't want to end up with a black eye and a swollen face."

Coulson sat down next to May and picked up the bowl and chopsticks that May had prepared for him in advance.

As a former communications agent, he was no match for Mei, a super fighter known as "Iron Rider." If they went down to train, he would be completely crushed.

"Jerry did it. To be honest, I don't think you've ever seen anything like it!"

Skye recalled the magical scene of Jerry waving his wand and creating delicious dishes with various kitchen utensils in the kitchen, which Gemma only occasionally visited, and her eyes were filled with envy.

If she had this magic before she joined S.H.I.E.L.D., she wouldn't have had to eat bread in the bread truck every day.

"Aren't you getting off-topic, Coulson? How did the interrogation go?"

Seeing that everyone was gradually steer the conversation toward food, Jerry quickly steered the conversation back on track with a single sentence.

Seeing that everyone's attention had turned to him, Coulson skillfully picked up a piece of chicken with his chopsticks and shook his head:

"No one, including Lena, has ever seen the Clairvoyant. They only carry out orders over the phone. And every time they follow the Clairvoyant's orders, the mission is successful. That's why they all believe that the Clairvoyant has the ability to foresee the future."

"Coulson, how do you use chopsticks so skillfully?"

Skye watched Coulson wield his chopsticks with incredible skill, her face full of surprise.

"Oh, Mei and I studied together. We've been partners for over ten years, and we've eaten Chinese food together quite a lot."

Coulson replied casually.

He and May had known each other for a long time; they became S.H.I.E.L.D. agents around the same time, except he was a communications agent and May was an operations specialist.

But because of this, the two are often assigned to carry out missions together, and they are old partners.

Later, Mei killed a psychologically troubled little girl with superpowers while saving someone, leaving her with a deep-seated trauma. She then changed jobs to become a clerk and also got divorced.

He claimed to be dead because of the alien invasion in New York, which also ended his relationship with the female musician he liked. He understood that being a secret agent was not suitable for dating ordinary people, because you never know when you might die, and it would only make the other person sad.

So, after going around in circles, the two have now become partners again.

"See, I told you you were wasting your time. Have you even figured out why they want to arrest you?"

Jerry asked again.

Just now, when Coulson was about to interrogate him, he suggested that they simply use the owl to locate the clairvoyant and then capture him.

However, Coulson insisted on interrogating him first, and if he couldn't find out Qianli's true identity, then he would have to bother him.

Upon hearing Jerry's question, Cole paused, a complex expression immediately appearing on his face:

"I've figured it out. According to them, it's because of the precognitive ability of the clairvoyant that he couldn't see what happened after my death, and he wanted to know how I was resurrected."

They suspect that part of my memory has been erased. That strange machine in their base was designed to forcefully stimulate my brain after kidnapping me, making me remember the erased memories!

Coulson was quite speechless about the information he had obtained through interrogation.

He felt like he was in a terrible situation. Before, Jerry, a wizard, had used magic to delete and alter a part of his memory. Now, it seemed that even his most trusted superior at S.H.I.E.L.D., whom he had always been loyal to, had made some changes to his memory.

Moreover, when he woke up, Nick Fury told him that he was only seriously injured and on the verge of death. He was later rescued and barely survived. He remained unconscious for a long time before waking up.

But Lena told him that, according to the information provided by the Clairvoyant, he had been dead at that time, but now he had come back to life.

So his feelings are really complicated right now.

"Oh, your memory has been erased again? That's terrible!"

Upon hearing Coulson's reply, Jerry instinctively responded with a similar comment.

When Coulson heard the word "again," he really wanted to retort to Jerry, "Wasn't it you, you old codger, who deleted it the first time?" But in the end, he changed his mind and asked:

"Jerry, the director showed you the video of the Tesseract base being invaded back then. Was I really killed in the video?"

"In the video, you were pierced through the heart by several steel bars. Normally, you should have been beyond saving at that time, so none of us doubted your death."

At that time, Coulson's heart had been pierced, and with modern medical technology, he certainly couldn't have been saved.

Later, when he saw that Coulson was alive, he marveled at how advanced S.H.I.E.L.D.'s medical technology was, as they were able to save him from such a serious injury.

However, it seems that's not the case now.

"I'll personally ask the director about this matter after we've dealt with the Thousand-Mile Eyes organization. For now, I'll have to trouble you again!"

Coulson thought for a moment and then spoke to Jerry.

Unable to extract Clairvoyance's true identity from Lena and the others, Coulson could only rely on Jerry to complete the remaining tasks.

In fact, unless there are special circumstances, Coulson doesn't want to rely too much on Jerry, because that's not a good thing for their team.

If they rely on Jerry for everything, and this dependency develops, their ability to complete tasks in future crises will decrease.

Jerry isn't someone who's always available; he can't be called upon for help every time a problem arises.

"A wise choice!"

Jerry took out another owl from the box, then took out a parchment letter, wrote the name "Clairvoyant" on it, and handed it to Fitz, who had already finished eating.

"Just smear your tracking liquid on the letter, then release the owl and follow it!"

The location of the eagle is currently unknown. If it is too far away, given the speed of an owl, it may take a very long time to fly there.

So he had Fitz apply the tracking liquid to the parchment, so everyone could rest in the Airbus while the instruments on the Airbus tracked the owl's location and flew slowly behind it.

"Grant, aren't you going to eat something?"

As Fitz shakily took the owl and went to the lab to apply the tracking fluid as Jerry instructed, Coulson noticed that Grant wasn't sitting down to eat but instead about to leave the hall, and greeted him with some confusion.

Grant turned around and smiled:

"I just bought a chess set a couple of days ago. I'm going to pick it up. We can play a game after dinner. I think it will probably take the owl a while to find the clairvoyant."

"Good idea, but none of you are a match for me in chess!"

Remembering that Grant had indeed bought a new chess set a couple of days ago, Coulson didn't think much of it and turned to Skye to ask:

"Where are Mike and his son Ace?"

"They're in the room, you know. Mike feels a bit guilty about withholding information before!"

Skye replied.

Coulson shook his head:

"We can't blame him. It's because S.H.I.E.L.D. failed to protect his child that this happened. As a father, he didn't really do anything wrong. Besides, I'm fine. Go and call them over for dinner. Ace must be hungry!"

Jerry, who was sitting on the sofa and had just taken out a biology book to read, nodded to himself after hearing Coulson and Skye's conversation.

Among the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., his favorite agent is not Nick Fury, not Black Widow, not Hawkeye, and not Maria Hill, but Coulson.

Unlike other agents who would resolutely carry out orders from their superiors, regardless of whether they were good or bad, and who were extremely rational and even ruthless, Coulson was more humane.

Coulson may not be the most suitable subordinate, but he is more reliable as a friend.

For example, if sacrificing Jerry could save a large number of people, then Nick Fury would not hesitate to sacrifice Jerry, no matter how close they were.

If it were Coulson, he would do his utmost, even at the cost of his life, to save those people without sacrificing Jerry.

In terms of the outcome, Nick Fury's choice was the best, but as Jerry himself, he would definitely prefer Coulson's.

This is also why most Avengers have a good impression of Coulson, but have never really liked Nick Fury.

On the other side, after returning to his room to retrieve his newly purchased chess set, Grant did not immediately leave the room and return to the hall. Instead, he took out a very strange communication device from a small box under his bed and quickly started pressing buttons on it.

A moment later, the screen of the communication device lit up. He briefly edited all the events of the day into text and sent it out. Only after seeing the reply on the device screen did he put it back in the small box, then picked up the chessboard and returned to the hall as if nothing had happened.

There will be another chapter of over 5,000 words later.

(End of this chapter)