Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 366 Target: S.H.I.E.L.D. (6000+ words)

Inside a S.H.I.E.L.D. hospital in Washington, D.C.

Nick Fury is in the operating room undergoing emergency treatment.

Outside the glass window, Captain America, Black Widow, Hill, and Silvette, four agents of level seven or higher, were waiting anxiously.

Suddenly, a ring of fire appeared out of thin air, and Jerry, Coulson, and Garrett, whose hands were tied, walked out of it.

"Everyone's here. How's Chief Braised Egg?"

Jerry looked at the large group of high-ranking agents standing outside the room and asked Captain America.

Rogers pointed inside the glass window, his brow furrowed:

"He's still undergoing emergency treatment, but his injuries are very serious!"

Although he didn't like many of Nick Fury's actions, he had to admit that he was important, and if he died, the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. would be in trouble.

Moreover, Nick Russo suddenly contacted him in the early hours of the morning to say that there was a mole within S.H.I.E.L.D., and that hadn't been explained clearly yet.

"John Garrett, what's going on with him?"

Hill and the others were surprised to see Level 8 Agent John Garrett being pinned down by Coulson, especially Silverton, whose expression changed the most noticeably.

At that moment, Jerry silently recited the Mantra of Seduction and then looked at Hill and Sylvester in the room.

S.H.I.E.L.D. has countless Hydra spies. Captain America and Black Widow are Avengers, that's for sure, but who knows about Hill and that Sylvester?

"Oh, there really is one!"

They were just being cautious, but they never expected that one of the two was actually a Hydra spy.

"He's the leader of the Clairvoyant organization, a traitor. We just captured him at a base in Asura!"

Coulson replied with a "calm" expression.

Everyone was clearly quite surprised by Coulson's answer.

It's hard to believe that a Level 8 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be the leader of the Clairvoyant organization, which has always been at odds with S.H.I.E.L.D.

"drop"

Just then, on the electrocardiogram machine in the operating room, Nick Fury's electrocardiogram turned into a straight line.

This means that the surgery failed and Nick Fury died.

The unexpected situation in the operating room immediately shifted everyone's attention away from Garrett. Compared to the death of the S.H.I.E.L.D. director, the betrayal of an eighth-level agent seemed less important.

"Jerry, do you have any magic to do that?"

Rogers and many agents all turned their attention to Jerry.

They urgently needed to find Jerry, hoping to see if his miraculous healing magic could bring Nick Fury back from the brink of death.

Jerry shook his head, feigning helplessness:

"If he were only injured, I might have some solutions, but as you can see, he's dead, so there's nothing I can do."

In fact, given Jerry's current skill level, as long as his soul wasn't directly sucked into hell, he could be saved with his magic and the various potions he concocted.

The reason for this answer is that Nick Fury is not dead at all; his soul has not left his body. Moreover, based on reading Hill's thoughts just now, he also knows that Nick Fury is just faking his death.

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces showed expressions of sadness.

However, some people are genuinely sad, such as Captain America, Coulson, and Black Widow, while others are faking it, relying entirely on the acting skills of seasoned agents, such as Hill who knew the truth all along, and Hydra spy Sylvester.

Ten minutes later, at the hospital morgue.

Everyone fell silent as they stared at the bureau chief's "corpse," who lay there lifeless.

"I'll call Chairman Pierce and inform him of the director's passing!"

Silverton carefully examined Nick Fury's body and only left the morgue after confirming that he was indeed dead.

No one said anything more upon hearing this.

Alexander Pierce, former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and current chairman of the Security Council, is now the only person with the authority to lead the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. after Nick Fury's confirmed death.

Therefore, it was normal procedure for Silvette to report the information to him.

"Mirror Space!"

The moment Sylvester stepped out of the morgue, Jerry immediately activated the Mirror Dimension, pulling everyone present, including Nick Fury, inside.

While he can't pull the entire Kamataki and the Dark Elf warship into the mirror dimension like the Ancient One did, pulling a few people is still no problem for him.

"Alright, you can wake up now!"

After entering the mirror space, Jerry walked up to Nick Fury to everyone's astonishment and threw a quick healing charm and a resurrection charm at him.

A moment later, Nick Fury's eyelids twitched, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

"Hill, what's going on?"

Seeing that he was in a morgue instead of the planned secret base, and surrounded by Captain America, Black Widow, Coulson, the bound Garrett, and the wizard Jerry, Nick Fury was stunned.

Of course, Nick Fury was stunned, and so were everyone else.

We had just confirmed Nick Fury's death and were in a state of extreme grief when he suddenly came back to life, opened his eyes, and started talking. The fact that we didn't scream in shock shows how strong our mental fortitude is.

Hill was stunned for a long time before stammering back:

"Chief, there's been a slight mishap!"

The original plan was to wait until everyone had left before secretly taking the director to the prepared base and waking him up with a potion. However, Captain America brought in a wizard, who then used magic to wake the director up ahead of schedule.

"Chief Fury, I think you should explain why you pretended to be dead first. Don't worry, I pulled everyone into the mirror space. It's isolated from the real world, so the surveillance and listening devices in the morgue won't work."

Jerry spoke up directly.

Nick Fury's expression shifted, but he finally sighed and said:

"Okay, this all started with the attack on Jerry's house."

Next, Nick Fury recounted everything that had happened.

It turns out that ever since Jerry's family was attacked by Hydra, Nick Fury had secretly begun investigating the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.

Because it was uncertain how many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were actually Hydra spies, he only assigned his most trusted Level 9 agent, Hill, to lead this investigation.

You wouldn't know unless you investigated, and what you found was shocking. All sorts of clues pointed to the possibility that many Hydra spies were hiding within S.H.I.E.L.D., and several high-ranking agents were suspected.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Nick Fury immediately approached Chairman Pierce, wanting to halt the planned "Insight Project."

However, less than a day later, he was fatally attacked on the road. After escaping by sheer luck, he went straight to Captain America's house.

As someone who once wiped out Hydra, Captain America couldn't possibly be a Hydra spy, and given his strength, he could temporarily protect his safety.

To his surprise, he was still caught up by the opponent's expert, who nearly killed him with a single shot.

He knew that as long as he didn't die, the other party would not give up. So he decided to go from the open to the covert, and had Hill inject him with tetrodotoxin B, which Dr. Banner had researched, to fake his death and escape, so that he could investigate and find out what was going on.

"What Insight Project?"

Captain America astutely realized that Nick Fury was assassinated after a crucial Insight project was halted, suggesting that the Hydra spies within S.H.I.E.L.D. were likely trying to prevent the Insight project from being stopped.

Nick Fury sighed:

"This world has far too many criminals, far too much darkness, and alien forces are eyeing us covetously, while the power of S.H.I.E.L.D. is ultimately limited."

To better protect the Earth, we have pooled all our technological resources and invested heavily in building three of the latest generation of space-based aircraft carriers.

Once launched, they can orbit the Earth in suborbital orbit and are equipped with state-of-the-art long-range precision positioning weapons. In conjunction with satellites, they can strike targets and eliminate a thousand enemies per minute.

Those terrorists and criminals don't need to show their faces; satellites can read their DNA. We can nip the threat in the bud—that's Project Insight!

Upon hearing the details of "Project Insight," Captain America immediately frowned, because this action was completely contrary to his values.

"You're holding guns over everyone's heads and calling it protection? Only bad guys need to be monitored. You're turning the whole earth into a prison. How are you any different from Hydra before!"

Nick Fury nodded, and said with a hint of self-deprecation:

"You're right. I was too arrogant. I thought I could control everything, but in reality, I now have a spinal cord injury, a broken sternum, a shattered clavicle, a perforated liver, and oh, my lungs have shrunk."

The fact that S.H.I.E.L.D. was infiltrated by Hydra and that he himself was nearly assassinated finally made him realize that some of his previous actions were not so correct.

"No, I have already used magic to heal most of your injuries. As long as you drink this potion, you should be able to jump around again."

Jerry stepped forward, took out a bottle of high-grade potion he had previously concocted, and tossed it to Nick Fury.

Nick Fury took the potion and drank it down without hesitation:

"Thank you. I'm starting to regret not bringing that magic mirror with me to the second floor."

If he hadn't been so wary of Jerry and kept the magic mirror in a separate room at headquarters, but instead carried it with him, he could have easily used it to summon Jerry's help in the event of an assassination attempt.

"You're welcome. The healing magic just now and the potion now are both chargeable. Remember to settle the bill with the clairvoyant guy after this is all over."

Jerry pointed to Garrett, who was being held down by Coulson.

Actually, he wasn't as angry as Captain America about Nick Fury's Insight Project. After all, even if those three space carriers were to take to the skies, they wouldn't pose any threat to him.

Because he could fly directly up there and shoot down three space carriers.

However, to be honest, from Nick Fury's perspective, it wasn't really a wrong thing to do.

After all, as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's normal for him to want to make S.H.I.E.L.D. as powerful as possible when he knows that there are countless aliens in outer space who are far more powerful than Earth, and that there are also all sorts of messes on Earth.

However, if those who control the three space carriers are always righteous people, then it is indeed a good thing for mankind. Crime on Earth will be greatly reduced, and there will be a stronger means of fighting back against alien invasions.

Unfortunately, as a global organization, not an individual, how can it be guaranteed that the controllers will always uphold the bottom line and prevent problems from arising?

If an evil ruler were to emerge in the future, it would be a catastrophe for humanity on Earth.

From a personal perspective, no one likes having a sword hanging over their head that could take their life at any moment.

Nick Fury wasn't bothered by the wizard's mention of a fee; he was used to it. However, a flicker of surprise returned to his eyes when he saw Garrett.

"I never expected it to be you, Garrett, the Clairvoyant!"

"He's not only clairvoyant, but he also has connections with Baron Wolfgang von Stark of Hydra. I now suspect he's a Hydra agent himself."

Coulson briefly recounted what had happened in Alaska.

"Whether they're Hydra or not, and what Hydra's current situation is, I think we should have the answers by now. Just then, another high-ranking Hydra spy called back!"

Just then, Jerry saw Silverton finish his phone call and walk back into the morgue. He pulled Silverton into the mirror space and then took out two bottles of truth serum.

After reporting Nick Fury's death and Garrett's capture by the wizards and return to Washington to Pierce, Silverton re-entered the morgue, only to find that everyone in the morgue had vanished.

Before he could react and call the special forces members guarding outside to come in, he was pulled into the mirror space.

"What happened? Chief, you're still alive!"

When Silverton saw Nick Fury, wrapped in a white sheet and standing there alive, his pupils contracted in shock.

However, before he could react, Jerry had already forced a bottle of truth serum down his throat.

"Agent Sylvie, are you connected to Hydra?"

"I am a Hydra agent, the headmaster of Hydra Academy, responsible for recruiting agents who graduate from S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy into Hydra."

First it was Sylviet, then Garrett, who had been hypnotizing himself. Under questioning from several top-tier S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, they revealed all the information they knew about Hydra.

The truth left everyone speechless, even Nick Fury, who had remained calm throughout, was so shocked that he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Originally, they believed that Hydra, which had been destroyed, had resurfaced and gradually sent spies to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D., who then rose through the ranks to steal S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence.

However, in reality, two-thirds of the agents within S.H.I.E.L.D. are actually Hydra agents.

All agents who graduate from the S.H.I.E.L.D. academy, except for a few who are deemed unreliable S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists, are mostly recruited into Hydra academies for secondary training before being reassigned.

Since its inception, most of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s missions have actually served Hydra. Many wars have been secretly manipulated by Hydra, and anyone who notices this is immediately assassinated.

For example, Howard Stark, one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Iron Man's father, and the current Nick Fury, who was originally thought to be dead.

The current leader of Hydra is Alexander Pierce, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and now the chairman of the Security Council!

The so-called "Insight Project" is not that simple.

During World War II, Dr. Zola of Hydra was captured by Captain America. Later, when S.H.I.E.L.D. was established, he joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and then secretly contacted the remnants of Hydra to gradually erode S.H.I.E.L.D. from within.

Furthermore, he devoted his life to creating a magical "Zola" algorithm, which can use all the information and big data of a modern person to predict whether they may pose a threat to Hydra in the future.

In Jerry's view, it's a scientific version of prophecy.

If it poses a threat, use the space carrier to shoot it down directly, thus eliminating the threat to Hydra in advance.

"We must stop the space carrier from taking off, otherwise, according to Zola's algorithm, countless innocent people on Earth will be located by satellites and then precisely shot."

"I need you to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D. and replace the positioning systems on three space carriers, like this."

After a moment of silence, having processed the information he had gleaned from the two Hydra spies, Nick Fury habitually began issuing orders.

However, he was interrupted by Rogers before he could finish speaking:

"Not just space carriers, we're going to take down the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.!"

"Defeat S.H.I.E.L.D.? S.H.I.E.L.D. has nothing to do with this; it's Hydra."

Just as Nick Fury was about to defend himself, Rogers interrupted him again:

"S.H.I.E.L.D. is Hydra. It has been completely infiltrated by Hydra. Countless innocent people have lost their lives because of it. You have no control over it. In this operation, neither S.H.I.E.L.D. nor Hydra can be spared!"

For so long after his resurrection, he had been carrying out missions for S.H.I.E.L.D., but in the end, he was serving his arch-enemy Hydra. How could this not enrage him?

"I agree with the captain; I also think that S.H.I.E.L.D. really doesn't need to exist!"

Jerry was the first to agree after Rogers finished speaking.

Without S.H.I.E.L.D., who always likes to meddle, he can do things more freely in the future, which is great.

Moreover, I originally thought this was just helping to take down a terrorist organization and earn a few tens of thousands of red stars to supplement my family's income, but I never expected that it would wipe out the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.

This is definitely another very substantial sum of money for Little Red Star.

After all, according to what the two Hydra spies just said, Hydra has been waging wars, manipulating history, and carrying out the Insight Project over the years, killing hundreds of thousands of people who posed a threat to Hydra. They have done all sorts of bad things.

After this wave is over, plus the previous wave with the Dark Elves, he probably won't have to worry about Little Red Star for a long time.

The key is that it's not troublesome at all. He wasted an entire night yesterday, and today he feels he'll only waste an hour or two at most, which adds up to less than a day, making it a very worthwhile deal.

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

Following Jerry, Black Widow, Coulson, and even Hill, Nick Fury's most trusted confidant, all expressed their agreement.

They joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and risked their lives to complete missions, primarily because they believed in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s noble ideals: to protect the Earth and safeguard ordinary people from harm.

It's not for power, money, or status.

So when they learned that many of the countless missions they had performed might have been for Hydra, they truly felt a sense of shattered faith.

Naturally, they lost faith in S.H.I.E.L.D.

Seeing this, Nick Fury could only sigh helplessly:

"Okay, you have a point, but I still want to say that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s philosophy has always been good, it's just that the methods were wrong, and that was my mistake."

If we can defeat Hydra this time, I will no longer serve as director. I will choose a suitable person to carry on the ideals of S.H.I.E.L.D. and continue to solve problems that ordinary people cannot solve.

Rogers did not object this time.

Jerry clapped his hands:

"Alright, in that case, let's get to the problem quickly!"

After saying that, he directly drew a portal with his hand.

"Where does this lead?"

Coulson found the scene on the other side of the teleportation portal somewhat familiar.

Jerry laughed:

"From Chief Fury's office, let's go directly to headquarters to resolve this issue."

"But we haven't formulated a battle plan yet!"

Nick Fury's face darkened.

As the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he knew better than anyone how many agents and how strong the defenses of the Tri-Wing were. To just walk in like that was far too hasty.

"I've already come up with the battle plan. It's very simple: we go there, capture Pierce alive, wipe out all the Hydra agents who dare to resist, and the rest will be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents."

See? We've regained control of the Tri-Wing Tower!

Jerry replied matter-of-factly.

They were all ordinary people, and they weren't using any world-destroying weapons. In Jerry's opinion, there was really no need to waste time, especially since he had to go back to class.

Upon hearing the blunt and straightforward explanation, everyone's lips twitched involuntarily.

However, not everyone thought Jerry's battle plan was unreliable. At least Coulson, who had just witnessed Jerry's true magical power, was quite confident in the success rate of Jerry's battle plan.

I don't know why, but something just feels off.

Perhaps it was strange that Hydra, which had been so terrifying and secretly controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. for so many years, became so vulnerable in Jerry's mouth.

"There's still an hour until nine o'clock. If you're still hesitating, I'll head over first. But let me make this clear: I can't tell the difference between Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. If I end up blowing up the entire Tri-Wing Tower, don't blame me."

Seeing that everyone was still thinking, Jerry stepped through the portal and appeared in the director's office in the Tri-Wing Building.

Jerry had just stepped through the portal when Coulson followed closely behind:

"Is there something important at nine o'clock? Does Pierce plan to launch three space carriers at nine o'clock?!"

"Oh, no, it's just that I have a biology class at nine o'clock, and I can't be late. I'm a model student at Columbia University."

Jerry's answer left Nick Fury, Hill, Captain America, and Black Widow speechless.

(End of this chapter)