Chapter 104: Rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D.?

After the hearing, Tony successfully obtained permission to privately own armored weapons.

But he didn't relax.

Instead, I am getting busier.

Every day's schedule is packed.

At least ten times busier than when he was a playboy.

First of all, the sky fortress transformation plan that he had planned long ago officially began.

He paid the black men a high hourly wage to help with the renovation.

It can be said that the Sky Fortress now changes every day.

At the same time, he also actively participated in the operation to hunt down Hydra.

As long as there is a clue about a Hydra base, he will be at the forefront.

Of course, the so-called clues.

In fact, Leon used his super hearing to lock onto all the Hydras and handed them over to the Men in Black, asking them to deal with them according to the list.

Then Tony would follow suit.

After a few days, only three small and medium-sized Hydra bases were still surviving.

They tried to use lead to block Superman's prying eyes, but unfortunately Superman also had super hearing to use.

Tony's road to revenge has almost come to an end.

What he is more concerned about now is the matter of S.H.I.E.L.D.

After the Hydra incident.

Nick Fury and his cronies were imprisoned by the Security Council.

By the time the surveillance period ends, it will be difficult for them to have another chance to reorganize S.H.I.E.L.D.

So Nick Fury finally gave up.

He chose the only person he could still barely trust.

—Tony Stark

He strongly recommended Tony to be the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

And vouch for him with his past qualifications.

Just to prevent S.H.I.E.L.D. from disbanding.

Fortunately, most of the newly appointed Security Council members agree that the world still needs organizations like SHIELD.

They took into account Tony's background, the changes he had undergone after the attack in Afghanistan, his extraordinary talent and world-renowned reputation.

Finally agreed to Nick Fury's recommendation.

Just a week ago.

The entire Security Council extended an olive branch to Tony.

Ask him if he is willing to rebuild a new S.H.I.E.L.D. like Howard did.

Of course, no Hydra members can get mixed up this time.

And in order to allow Tony to make the most rational decision.

He was granted temporary authority and was allowed to review past confidential files within S.H.I.E.L.D.

After reading the information for several days in a row.

Tony then realized that SHIELD was indeed necessary for its existence.

People with extraordinary abilities, global abnormal events, ancient high-energy relics... too many things he had never heard of before were recorded.

New anomalies are emerging on Earth every day.

What SHIELD agents have been doing is to restrain, limit and contain these abnormal conditions.

Tony had to admit that the fact that most ordinary people in the world were able to maintain normal cognition and life in the past was indeed due to the contribution of SHIELD.

But under the leadership of Nick Fury and Hydra, S.H.I.E.L.D. has also done a lot of stupid things.

So, should he be the director or not?

This is what has been bothering Tony the most in recent days.

After weighing the pros and cons for a few days, Tony finally decided to find Leon.

……

"What are you writing about? A trip to the Himalayas?"

When Tony found Leon, he was drawing a three-dimensional mountain map.

"Pretty much. There's an area there that I can't see through. There are some mages living there. I plan to visit them in a few days."

Leon put down his paintbrush, "Of course, it could also be to go to school."

"Mage? There are mages in this world? Why is there no relevant record in SHIELD?"

Tony took the map and looked at it.

"Is it possible that you guessed wrong?"

"After all, there are many possibilities for things you can't see through. For example, could it be a lead-plated military base instead of a wizard's gathering place?"

"From what I've heard, after the Hydra incident, all confidential things in the world began to be added with lead."

"There's even a Japanese TV station that's launching a new program to explore what people are starting to use lead to store in their homes."

"You would never have thought that a family found a stack of Superman fan magazines kept in a lead box under their daughter's bed when they went to search for her while she was away!!"

Tony doubled up with laughter when he talked about fanzines.

He patted Leon's back hard: "Your super vision is no longer useful Leon!"

"Because the owner of those fan magazines definitely doesn't want you to know what she's reading!"

Leon's face darkened: "You came to me this time just to talk about this?"

"Ahem, I'm not, hahaha, it's just that Superman's fanzine is really interesting, you know, Leon."

Tony laughed his ass off.

"The international lead price has tripled because of you. You have promoted the development of an industry!"

In the DC world, Superman's abilities still need to be tested by all parties before we can roughly guess.

But at Marvel, once you open a comic, everyone can understand him as well as Superman himself.

As a result, lead is now sold out all over the world.

People don't need to know whether the real Superman is different from the one in the comics. In short, just guess based on the comics.

Leon took the map back from Tony: "If you keep talking about these nonsense, I will throw you out."

He decided to find some time to develop a telekinetic ability. Next time he encountered lead, he would use telekinesis to spread it out and scan it, and what stood out was a surprise.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Actually, I came to you because of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Tony briefly outlined the problem that was troubling him.

"I think SHIELD still needs to continue to exist."

"And when I reorganize SHIELD, I can work with your men in black."

"You guys mainly deal with extraterrestrial crises, while SHIELD handles internal threats. What do you think of this idea?"

Leon squinted at Tony and said, "Are you sure you're the one leading SHIELD to solve the internal threat? Come on, you're obviously the biggest internal threat to the Earth."

"Prejudice! You are prejudiced!" Tony jumped up and down, "The last time the helicarrier crashed was just an accident!"

"But accidents always happen no matter what you do." Leon complained, "And you've already made up your mind, why are you asking me?"

"I always felt a little uneasy before I told you, but now I feel better. I feel relieved after I told you."

Tony said that he had found someone to back him up, so he could go ahead and do it.

Leon looked at him with disdain: "You wish, I can't possibly help S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Then it won't be called SHIELD, it'll be called... The Avengers!"

Tony remembered the name he had seen in Nick Fury's file.

Avengers is a good name.

His act of destroying Hydra is what an avenger does!

When the outside world knows that there is such a group of people who will avenge the world.

I believe that before doing anything evil, they will think twice.

"Avengers...it's up to you. If you want me to help you, I will agree if you let me study the Cosmic Cube in the SHIELD base for a hundred years." Leon put forward the conditions.

"The Cosmic Cube, I remember it was mentioned in the Level 10 confidential file..." Tony recalled with a frown.

At this moment, the electronic ring on Leon's wrist suddenly sounded a prompt.

He flipped his wrist and an image of Natasha was projected into the air.

"Leon... we found some documents, you'd better come and take a look." Natasha's face was more serious than ever.

……

Hydra's Siberian base.

Above the frozen ground, Leon and Tony flew over and entered the base.

Natasha took the two to the base's control room.

Various old instruments are displayed here, covered with dust and have been out of use for a long time.

Natasha pulled out a box of videotapes with yellowed and faded labels and inserted one into the machine.

A snowflake flashed across the black screen of the old monitor.

A video from who knows how many years ago began to play.