Chapter 144 Lurking

After a series of investigations, SHIELD got some important clues and roughly understood what happened in Central Park, especially the information of one of the parties involved.

"Tommy Vercetti, male, 27 years old, former head of the Camorra family of the Italian Mafia, was arrested and imprisoned for wounding with a gun four years ago. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and was released on bail three years later. After being released from prison, he came to New York and now runs a hamburger restaurant called the Krusty Krab. His company also has..."

Looking at the information sent by his subordinates, Nick Fury's face was as gloomy as water, and his dark complexion made it impossible to see the expression on his face.

However, Phil Coulson, who had followed him for many years, could perceive his emotions very well and knew that he was not in a good mood.

"It seems that we have caught a big fish..."

After reading the information over and over again, Nick Fury had to admit that this guy named Tommy Vercetti was really capable.

It took only more than a year for Tommy Vercetti to transform from the original Mafia leader to the current business superstar.

He has many companies under his umbrella, covering many industries, including but not limited to food, medicine, finance, and entertainment.

In addition, the other party also used the cover of the security company to beautify the Vercetti Gang and openly own a powerful armed force.

Not only that, according to the investigation of the agents, Tommy Vercetti is also an excellent investor with a shrewd and unique vision. Since he stepped into the stock market, he has never suffered any losses and has the title of "stock god".

If it was just a success in his career, Nick Fury would not take it so seriously.

The full name of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency.

As the name suggests, S.H.I.E.L.D. will only take action when it comes to major national security events.

A young and wealthy tycoon is not worthy of too much attention from S.H.I.E.L.D.

What really makes Nick Fury pay attention is what Tommy has done during this period.

"Take a look at this. This is the information that the agent below just sent over."

After taking the document from the director, Agent Coulson read it carefully from beginning to end.

He knew some of the content in it, after all, he was also one of the people responsible for the investigation.

But he only knew roughly, and now he looked through it as a whole, and he couldn't help but feel quite shocked.

Defeating the superhero Daredevil, single-handedly destroying the Russian gang, eradicating the conspiracy force Hand, flattening the vampire family that has been passed down for thousands of years, and repelling the mysterious aliens that attacked...

These things, one by one, are all extraordinary.

Now they are all concentrated on one person, and it only took about a year, which is even more extraordinary, making the target person's danger greatly increased.

"This is incredible."

Working in SHIELD for many years, Coulson has also seen many strange people and superpowers.

But it's really the first time he has seen a person like Tommy.

Because of this, he suddenly had an idea.

"Chief Fury, do you want me to take someone to..."

"No way."

Before he could finish his words, Nick Fury shook his head and interrupted him:

"You want to arrest people, yes, but what reason should you use?

Tommy Vercetti did kill a lot of people, but those guys were either gangsters, ninjas who assassinated everywhere, or vampires who killed people.

Putting aside unnecessary prejudices, just from the results, Tommy Vercetti can be called a 'crime killer'.

It's impossible to arrest people for this reason.

Also..."

At this point, Nick Fury He took a sip of the coffee on the table to moisten his throat, and then continued:

"Also, Tommy Vercetti has good interpersonal relationships. He knows many government officials and even has a close relationship with Georgina Bloomberg, the daughter of the current mayor of New York.

The paparazzi once took intimate photos of the two in a restaurant and also took pictures of the two walking into a hotel together.

Of course, we can ignore the official relationship. After all, SHIELD is not a small force and has the support of the United Nations.

But what about social influence? This must be considered, right?"

Coulson knew what the director was referring to.

As a public figure, Tommy Vercetti is keen on charity and has set up a charity fund in his personal name.

In the first half of this year alone, nearly 10 million US dollars in grants have been spent.

Just recently, Tommy Vercetti also went to several eastern states to comfort the people affected by the floods and donated millions of dollars worth of supplies on the spot.

Not only that, the other party also sent its own security team to join the disaster relief operation, and personally took a helicopter to rescue a pregnant woman trapped on the roof.

When Tommy and the pregnant woman touched their fingertips, the accompanying reporter at the scene decisively took a photo, recording the classic scene forever, and then widely circulated it in newspapers and media.

This alone is enough to make SHIELD cautious.

Of course, if it must take action, SHIELD can still do it. The key lies in what price SHIELD is willing to pay.

And judging from the current situation, things are far from the point where they have to do it.

Coulson naturally knows what to do. The reason why he asked that just now is mainly to know what the director thinks.

Now it seems that the director has no intention of taking direct action, and is still preparing to adopt some more "gentle" methods.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Coulson: "Still the same?"

"Yes, it's still the same."

Nick Fury nodded.

The so-called old way is naturally lurking and monitoring.

In simple terms, it is to judge the threat level of Tommy Vercetti through long-term close observation by agents, so as to determine what means to use to deal with it next, or to recruit him and make him their own people in their SHIELD.

"It's a pity that we missed the best opportunity, like the assistant recruitment fair a few days ago, so the opportunity to place people openly may never come again in the future."

Nick Fury sighed as he spoke.

If SHIELD could have discovered Tommy earlier, they could have taken advantage of the other party's last assistant recruitment opportunity to place agents directly next to the target person.

If that were the case, SHIELD would be able to understand Tommy Vercetti's every move most clearly and know many of his secrets.

But now.

We can only start from scratch.

"What candidates do you have?"

Nick Fury did not make a decision directly, and first asked his generals for their opinions.

Without answering in a hurry, Coulson hesitated for a moment and thought carefully in his heart.

As a former mafia boss, Tommy Vercetti must be very sensitive to undercovers and spies.

This requires the lurking agents to be smart enough, have full insight and adaptability, so as to be able to deal with dangers that may come at any time.

Considering Tommy Vercetti's strong combat power, the agents sent this time must also have good skills, at least have a certain ability to protect themselves.

After selecting a large circle from the list of agents, Coulson suddenly had an idea, and a name suddenly popped up in his mind, as well as a blond, blue-eyed, charming face.

"How about Barbara Morse?"

"Barbara Morse... Yeah, good, that's her."

After thinking about who Barbara was, Nick Fury was quite satisfied with this candidate.

Smart, capable, and good at fighting.

Moreover, compared with male agents, female agents are less threatening and easier to be ignored.

There are also some implicit "special" advantages, which are hard to say more.