Dark at Heart!

Cough, okay.

Seeing the scene was still the same as at the dock where a 'laundry detergent' deal turned into a robbery.

Especially since an invisible superpowered individual was involved, Nick Fury immediately forgot his previous thoughts.

As for when he would remember? That would depend on whether the operator believed in their God or not.

"So, you're saying, the person who triggered this superpower incident."

"Others can see him; his voice can be recorded, but surveillance cameras can't capture him?"

After quickly reviewing the video, Nick Fury summed it up.

"No, that's not right!"

Nick Fury suddenly thought of those mercenaries before. None of them could see the person following them and collecting the bodies.

Hmm?

Could these two people, unrecordable by surveillance, be the same person?

Or could they belong to the same organization but be two different people with the same technology that evades surveillance?

Or maybe

Are these two people from different factions?

Only one possesses a technology unrecorded by surveillance but visible to the naked eye.

And does the other possess technology that is invisible to surveillance and people?

Even so, do these two organizations know of each other's existence? And did the organization with the technology visible to people send someone to investigate the organization with the technology invisible to people?

But then, what kind of organization could escape the global surveillance of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Could it be aliens?

Images of Skrulls and Kree unexpectedly popped into Nick Fury's mind.

Shaking his head, Nick Fury himself wasn't sure if his guess was correct.

Captain Marvel, who visits Earth every decade or so for coffee and to talk about the Kree Empire and other cosmic forces, never brings back technology that surpasses Earth.

According to Captain Marvel, that's not disrupting each life-bearing planet's natural evolutionary process.

Nick Fury secretly sneered.

What nonsense!

If it weren't for not being able to beat her...

.............

True to his reputation as a legendary agent, Nick Fury's leaps in logic were not something ordinary people could keep up with.

"Right, call Agent Coulson, tell him not to approach this dock."

"Not until the battle inside the dock has completely ended!"

"Send a team of explosives experts over after the battle to check the source of those explosives."

"I have a feeling they might end up going there for nothing."

With his mind re-focused, Nick Fury, with a stern face, gave his orders.

Damn!

That's my most capable and handy subordinate, Nick Fury thought, almost having arranged for him to be blown up in a barrel of explosives.

"Also, send these two, um..."

"Send these three people's information to Agent Coulson, let him try to make contact, and then submit a report afterward!"

"Deploy a squad to follow them, implement the Safe Surveillance Protocol!"

"If possible..."

"Capture him!"

After long consideration, Nick Fury commanded!

"Yes!"

Maria Hill nodded, not objecting to Nick Fury's orders.

As the Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., merely a plant by the Security Council, she would only oppose if Nick Fury made a major misjudgment.

Of course, although she's a plant, Deputy Director Maria Hill also has substantial authority. Without capability, how could she be planted there?

"Lastly"

"Send someone to warn the chairman of Oscorp—Norman Osborn!"

"Let him know that just because he's connected with the military doesn't mean he can act without restraint!"

With a stern face, Nick Fury gave the final order.

.............

In fact, S.H.I.E.L.D. monitors all companies worldwide (except for those in ancient Eastern countries).

With S.H.I.E.L.D.'s mandate, they ignore ordinary affairs.

But S.H.I.E.L.D. needs to gather all intelligence!

Whether it's valuable to us or not!

But we must have it!

That's how domineering we are!

This job

Currently done by the head of the Hydra division—H.Y.D.R.A. bureau, former head of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Alexander Pierce, is doing it.

The current director of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Nick Fury, is also doing it!

And she is doing it very successfully!

Thanks to the covert support of Hydra, the global expansion of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been unimaginably smooth.

Of course, the expanded S.H.I.E.L.D. is almost mostly made up of Hydra members, with up to eighty percent now being Hydra!

This is also why S.H.I.E.L.D. would install cameras in a mere smuggling dock.

Because they have sufficient intelligence, Norman Osborn, enraged by the increasingly inflated Kingpin—Wilson Fisk, stole the experimental subjects he needed and even tried to sell them back to him at a high price!

So, Norman Osborn was furious!

A mere underworld mob boss, thinking he could act unrestrainedly just because he had some backing?

Norman Osborn decided to dispatch his family's private military to sabotage the 'laundry detergent' deal between the Kingpin Gang and the Hand and to massacre everyone involved, leaving no survivors!

S.H.I.E.L.D. is fully aware of Norman Osborn's contacts with the military and his research into the Super Soldier Serum.

This is also why, even though Osborn secretly captures migrants and homeless people for experiments, apart from surveillance, S.H.I.E.L.D. does not intervene, and H.Y.D.R.A., even less so!

Because S.H.I.E.L.D. also wants a mature Super Soldier Serum!

Since someone is willing to spend a lot of money on research, why shouldn't S.H.I.E.L.D. reap the benefits?

If S.H.I.E.L.D. has it, it means H.Y.D.R.A. has it too!

.............

And this newly emerged superhuman? Are you saying the dock is full of detonators and bombs?

Regardless of whether it's true or not, Nick Fury is determined to pin this mess on Norman Osborn's head!

After all, in the dock, only Norman Osborn's private army can do such a thing!

As for the superhuman who seems to be planting detonators and explosives but can't be caught on camera?

No!

With sufficient 'evidence,' why bother with more complications?

Me! Nick Fury! My heart is dark! I'm horrible!