Chapter 281 A Temporary Conclusion

"Nick Fury ran away?"

At the headquarters of the Men in Black, Anton, upon hearing Z report, showed the same astonished expression as everyone else who had heard the news.

He could imagine Nick Fury adopting various other contingency plans, but he had never expected Fury to choose a method of escape.

"You're saying, he didn't just run by himself, he also took all the Skrulls with him!"

"They have left Earth, destination unknown…"

"Wait, is this a photo of the spaceship taken by a satellite?"

Anton, holding the report in his hands, stared at the cool-looking spaceship, and fell into a silent stupor.

The spaceship had an elegant design, shaped like a sword.

The emblem of S.W.O.R.D. is also a sword.

"According to the confession of Maria Rambeau, the director of S.W.O.R.D. who was captured, all of this was driven by Nick Fury."

Z said, "After the Skrulls information was exposed, Nick Fury knew he couldn't clear things up and simply took all the Skrulls and left Earth."

"This intelligence, even if it comes from the current director of S.W.O.R.D., Maria Rambeau, is not reliable."

Anton spoke and then pondered for a moment.

He didn't know whether Nick Fury had truly left, or if it was just a facade.

The most crucial part was Maria Rambeau statement that Nick Fury had taken all the Skrulls off Earth.

In other words, according to her, there were no Skrulls left on Earth.

No one could prove whether this was true or not.

Just based on a photo of a spaceship?

If the World Security Council really believed from this photo that Nick Fury and all the Skrulls had left Earth, that would be too naive.

Regrettably, what world leaders lack most is naivety.

Moreover, since Skrulls have the ability to shape-shift, once they transform into humans, currently there is no way to detect them.

This means that even if Skrulls were still on Earth, there would be no way to identify them.

"The World Security Council thinks the same."

Z said, "I've received a report from above they have ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to deliver the Skrulls bodies that have been in storage for years to the headquarters of the Men in Black.

The only request from the World Security Council to us is to find a way to break the Skrulls shape-shifting ability as soon as possible.

After that, they plan to start an internal screening, and then from inside out, conduct round after round of checks... It looks like they won't be able to rest easy until they've thoroughly cleaned their ranks."

"Did S.H.I.E.L.D. agree?"

Anton raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, S.H.I.E.L.D. has no choice but to agree. With Nick Fury gone, if S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to stay out of this, they must cooperate fully with our actions to prove that this was all Nick Fury doing, unrelated to the current leadership of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Z said, "Otherwise, the World Security Council will not hesitate to dissolve S.H.I.E.L.D. and give them no further chance.

You know, S.H.I.E.L.D. is different from before they've almost been abandoned by the World Security Council and have no other choice."

"Alright."

Anton nodded, "Once the bodies arrive, I'll have them transferred to the Justice League research facility, and as soon as we have the results, I'll let you know, and you can report to the World Security Council."

Z said, "Alright, I'll arrange it now."

"Also, about the Skrulls, you should take the initiative to cooperate with the World Security Council for a covert investigation, and don't alarm anyone else."

Anton said, "I don't believe Nick Fury truly took all the Skrulls... Of course, maybe he did take some, but there are definitely still Skrulls on this Earth."

"Understood."

Z nodded.

In Anton view, he believed that a secret invasion was highly probable in the current world.

The Skrulls might have split into two factions.

One faction was sympathetic towards humans and willing to cooperate with Nick Fury.

The other faction was likely responsible for the secret invasion, intending to covertly take over Earth using their shape-shifting abilities.

It was uncertain whether Nick Fury had caught onto this or not.

In any case, Anton had no choice but to clean up this mess.

Half a day later.

As expected, the Skrull corpses were transported to New York by a special forces unit sent by the World Security Council.

The use of special forces to transport the bodies was because the World Security Council was genuinely frightened after confirming the existence of the Skrulls and uncovering Nick Fury intentions.

This incident brought them not only anger but also shock.

An alien race capable of freely changing their appearance had been hiding on Earth for over a decade?

What if this race were to grow and initiate a secret invasion? Who would then decide the fate of Earth?

Humans or aliens?

Would these global leaders gradually be replaced by these aliens disguised as humans?

This visibly terrifying consequence made the World Security Council urgently need a method to break the aliens shape-shifting ability and identify them.

It seemed that Anton had exposed this affair, suggesting that Anton, or rather Batman behind him, held more information than the World Security Council.

And since Anton was their leader of the Men in Black organization, the World Security Council was naturally inclined to trust Anton and Batman in the current situation.

For Anton, he was quite confident in developing a technology to break the Skrulls shape-shifting ability.

In the comic story of the secret invasion, a critical moment is when Mister Fantastic, located in outer space, develops a machine that exposes the true forms of the Skrulls.

Following this, Earth superheroes, and even the supervillains, were able to truly discern friend from foe, thereby turning the tide of the entire situation.

And Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, was now under Anton command, a member of the Justice League.

Despite the differences in settings between the movies and comics, Anton was still quite convinced of Mister Fantastic abilities.

"This body is now in your hands."

The commander of the special forces, Hawk, expressed to Anton, "It hard to believe that aliens have been hiding on Earth since the last century, and all these years, we were completely unaware."

"Don't worry, this matter is temporarily concluded."

Anton said, "We will soon develop the technology to reveal the Skrulls true forms, and we won't let the Skrulls ambitions succeed."

Hawk asked, "So, you also think that not all Skrulls have left Earth?"

"That question is meaningless."

Anton said, "If I really believed that the Skrulls could all leave Earth under Nick Fury lead, I wouldn't have reported to the World Security Council that Nick Fury had been harboring aliens for over a decade. Do you understand what I mean?"

"That makes sense."

Hawk remained silent for a moment, then bid his farewell and left.

A moment later.

Reed Richards, along with his three companions, quickly arrived at the headquarters of the Men in Black.

Seeing the green-skinned, oddly-faced Skrull corpse, which resembled humans in limbs but was sealed in a jar filled with formalin, they all showed expressions of shock.

"Is this the Skrull, naturally possessing the ability to shape-shift?"

Mister Fantastic circled the Skrull corpse, his eyes filled with curiosity and a strong desire to investigate.

"Correct, your task is to develop a technology from this corpse that exposes the Skrulls in their true form. This is crucial for the future of human society."

Anton nodded, "Think about it—what if the person next to you has already been replaced by a Skrull? Years later, if Skrulls completely infiltrate human society, you might not even be able to tell whether your friends are really Skrulls in disguise... What a terrifying future that would be."