Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
102. SHIELD Act

"This ... Director ..."

Hill looked embarrassed and hesitant.

“I know from the way you reacted that you didn't find anything else, right?”

Furry replied while sighing coldly.

“I'm still too tolerant of you so far. Phantom Kid has become more active recently, which means you need to have more information to predict its movements.”

“But you still don't know his identity! There's not even an estimate of the location of his hideout? ”

Hill closed his eyes and once again received a wave of Fury's verbal baptism. Since the SHIELD Bureau listed the Phantom Kid as a seventh-level file, Hill has often been scolded by Fury.

Although his mouth was closed, Hill only had one thought on his mind at the moment, which was: after he found out who the Phantom Kid was, he had to beat up the bastard who had caused all these headaches.

And Nick Fury…

Well, he is now the director of SHIELD, while Hill is the representative. Only the secretary general was above the two.

No matter how loud Fury nagged, Hill could only listen obediently.

But this is not important, because both, current director Fury and Secretary General Pierce, are old scum who have lived for more than half a century now. It won't be long enough until they leave.

On the other hand, Hill was very young. Sooner or later, he will be a director. And when that happened, it was her turn to sit on the chair comfortably and scold someone…

At that time, he would also wear a thick black raincoat in the summer, and then sit in the office, enjoying the cold air emitted by the AC…

The thoughts in his mind drifted further and further, although his expression remained firm. He didn't take down a word of Fury's nagging.

The facts have proven that, whether it is an ordinary person or an elite agent, there is not much difference in responding to a scolding.

If there was a big difference, it should be that ordinary people had not undergone micro-expression training, so that their disorder would be easily noticed, which would lead to more serious consequences…

"I'm so disappointed in you, Hill."

It is unknown how long it will take. Fury finally sprayed enough saliva. Maybe he was so thirsty that his mouth was dry.

Furry picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.

"I'm sorry sir."

At this moment, Hill regained his senses in an instant, and said to Furry with a sad expression on his face.

Seeing one of his most valuable subordinates, regretting with a sincere attitude and not showing an impatient expression on his face, Fury immediately felt relieved.

Back then, when he was working under Pierce, he was often scolded like this, but Fury himself did not have a good temperament. Every time Pierce scolded him, he showed extremely impatient emotions.

Confrontation with boss?

One cannot say that it will happen often, but one should expect a lot each year.

On several occasions, Pierce even cut half a year of his salary, as a result of which he could not afford enough food. Only God knows how painful it is! He still has not forgotten these memories to this day.

But since a new budget approved by the World Security Council each year is issued, no one knows how much Nick earns as payment…

According to Fury's style back then, when Pierce resigned as director and turned Fury into secretary general, it was a blessing for the latter.

With Fury's own words, Pierce would never allow the man who opposed him to inherit his position.

“Phantom Kid could not be found. What about the super-powered individual who ultimately saved him?”

Hill was silent for two seconds before adding.

“At first, what is known is that the holder of this ability was allegedly a woman, and possibly a lover or assistant of Kid.”

“Our botanists found after taking samples and researching tree roots that they were very young and, theoretically, impossible for them to grow so thick.”

“So, besides being able to control the plants, she might also have the ability to lay eggs quickly, and we cannot judge whether she can only control the trees, or all the plants.”

Fury pondered for a moment, and said: “If you can't accurately assess the situation, face the worst case scenario. If Phantom Kid's assistant could control all kinds of plants, and could quickly spawn them.”.

A scene had automatically come to Furry's mind: in the city, trees towered from the ground, flowers and thorns grew haphazardly, at every corner.

Pedestrians on the street are pierced by rapidly growing branches, and tall buildings are pierced by giant trees.

Cities have become ruins, humans have become nutrients, and the earth has become a paradise for plants!

"No, this person is too dangerous and must be tightly controlled!"

Fury is struck with cold sweat by his own imagination.

“Not only the threat on earth, but also Thor, who appeared in New Mexico last time..Mankind was never alone in the universe, and this threat is near!”.

“Tesseract research should be accelerated. Maybe it's time to urge Dr. Selvig to move immediately, but before that..”.

Furry stopped thinking and turned to Hill.

“Hill, since there is no way to track the Phantom Kid's movements from the surveillance record, then go and contact him directly!”

After a pause, Fury shook his head again, and said, “No, Phantom Kid is not the same as the superhuman we met before. Simple contact is destined to be useless, so just take him back! ”

“Romanov is still lurking on Stark's side. He can't be assigned for now. You call Coulson and Barton back and ask them to bring ten level 5 agents or higher to Stark Expo to sneak in two days. It's only there that Phantom Kid can be found.”

“However, there are too many citizens at the Expo, and the purpose of SHIELD is always to be invisible to people.”.

Hill hesitated.

"Don't worry, Hill, Barton, and Coulson will take care of it."

Fury is confident.

"Yes sir."

On the other hand, New York University has fallen into a boiling state. 

As we all know, young people tend not to stand with all kinds of events that are trending.

News similar to Tony's declaration of war on the Phantom Kid would clearly hit the entire campus.

No student should refrain from this topic, Iron Man vs. Phantom Kid, no matter which professor is in the class.

As a result, in the middle of today's classes, countless professors stopped breaking down. New York University was forced to suspend classes for three days and resume classes after the turmoil completely eased.

The same situation is happening in major schools in New York, especially in elite schools.

After all, not-so-good schools tend not to have too many bright students who can be disciplined based on their grades, but at prestigious universities…

Students who could argue with the professor were everywhere. So, what will a few days of class do?