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26. Conversation on the rooftop

Merlin asked Chas to send the seriously injured Satana back to Blood Street, and he still had something to deal with.

He has seen the current state of Sulphur Port. Dracula's forces have erected a dark tower in the northwest of the city, just like the city of Mordor in the real world, which is impossible to ignore.

The Supreme Family promised that they would contact the rebel forces in the Sulphur Port City. As Merlin, who had no foundation in Sulphur Port, was not convenient to interfere in the city's internal affairs at this time. He knew very well that whether a person had any weight to speak was to rely on the forces behind him.

Obviously, SHIELD, a behemoth outside world, is just an outsider with no deterrence to the alien port of Sulfur.

It's not time for Merlin to speak.

He stood on the street of the city, pushed his glasses, and looked at the city with a chaotic architectural style but a unique exotic feeling. Under the lens, a trace of cold light flashed in his red eyes.

"No hurry, no hurry."

His figure slowly dissipated as the black fog drifted, while his cold voice remained in place.

"In a few more days"

"This unruly city will learn to listen to our voices."



More than ten minutes later, on the rooftop of the New York Trident headquarters, Merlin saw Fury walking towards him with a cup of coffee.

The director has been a little thin recently, probably because of his busy work, and his mental state is also not very good.

"You look like you need a rest, Fury."

Merlin said to his superiors and his friends:

"Maybe you should have a half month off, really leave it all over, and go out and relax."

"sure."

Fury took a sip of hot coffee, he glanced at Merlin and said to his subordinates:

"As long as you are willing to take over the things I have at hand for the time being, Pierce will ask me again these days, when will you get you into the top management of S.H.I.E.L.D. He really looks good at you and plans to let you accept some work of the nature of overall command."

Fury stopped, he said to Merlin:

"He plans to make you a Level 9 agent, and then take over the job of deputy director, and truly become my deputy."

"Can I say I don't have much interest?"

Merlin relaxed his arms, and he took out the iron cigarette box of the already old Sika cigarette from his pocket, took out a cigarette from it, held it in his mouth, and the beating flames ignited the cigarette. As the first wisp of smoke jumped, he said to Fury:

"You know me. I prefer to take on some more work that goes deeper than sitting in the office to read the documents. Always sitting in the office, even if you give me an assistant as good as Hill, it's a waste of your life."

"I told Pierce that way."

Fury took another sip of coffee and said:

"But Pierce's attitude is very firm, you know, what do you think he is, he doesn't like to see talented guys wasting talent."

"Even if you don't want to do more, he will try every means to force you to take on more responsibilities. I mean, the possibility of being targeted by him will no longer exist."

“It sounds like severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.”

Merlin took off the cigarette and sprayed a sip of smoke outside the rooftop. He smiled and said:

"Maybe you can help me push it and let me let go now s.d.o.l.d., I'm still a little worried."

"Are you worried that after you leave, your successor will not be able to stop your department from being silently corrupted in the shadow?"

Fury said:

"In my opinion, you have made the s.d.o.l.d. a piece of iron barrel."

"I'm worried, Fury."

Merlin sat by the rooftop, with his legs hanging from the building hundreds of meters away. He patted the position beside him. Fury shrugged and sat next to him without fear.

The two senior executives of SHIELD were just blowing the cold wind, and they sat in a place where they could fall and fall to pieces at any time and started chatting.

"You and I know that there is still a shadow of Hydra in SHIELD."

Merlin said:

"They just realize the danger and choose to dive, but one day they will start to move again, and even, they have started to move now, but we haven't noticed it yet. I know you have your plans, but I also have mine. I have to promise that I have enough reserves to turn it around before things get to the worst stages."

"Not bad, not bad!"

Fury nodded in admiration and said:

"Now some decision makers should have a sense of crisis."

"Ha, this is all learned from you."

Merlin said to Fury:

"I have been with you for more than ten years. If I can't even think of such a thing, I will be very disappointed with myself."

"Yo, when did the famous Agent Merlin learn to compliment others?"

After Fury finished his last sip of coffee, he pinched the paper cup and threw it to Merlin, who took it in his hand. As the black smoke rolled, the paper cup was quickly burned to ashes and then blew into the air by the wind.

“Praise is not expensive, and it’s practical.”

Merlin casually said:

"This is what you taught me."

"You're really becoming more and more like me, Merlin."

Fury was silent for a moment, and he smiled and said:

"Do you think this is a good thing?"

"Bad things, good things, I don't know."

Merlin said indifferently:

"I know I'm growing up, and that's the best. Before I was 30, I resisted your conspiracy theory. After I was 30, I realized that many things cannot be done in a open and honest way. Everyone knows that conspiracy is not a good thing, but it is often very effective, which is really ironic."

"So, today you came here, actually talking about the conspiracy?"

Fury patted his legs and said:

"Tell me, what's the matter."

"Sulphur Port."

Merlin looked at the small but stretched to the end of his sight and said to Fury:

"That alien city that has been resisting entering the new order, a blind spot within the base of our power, a painting that is becoming perfect, an unbearable stain."

"It's time to solve this problem. I've found an opportunity, an opportunity to solve it openly."

"Well, it sounds great."

Fury rubbed his chin and asked:

"Tell me, I'm listening."

"Dracula, a legendary figure who entered Sulphur Harbor a few months ago, had a big storm there. Now the city is isolated and, worst of all, if it is not handled properly, it will involve New York City above Sulphur Harbor. Millions of human lives are threatened. In this case, the World Security Council will not reject our proposal, let alone Pierce will help."

Merlin briefly introduced the situation to Fury:

"I plan to conduct a 'humanitarian rescue', an armed parade, and a siege. While knocking down dangerous enemies, we extend our power to that city that is not subject to discipline, and solve all the troubles at once!"

"Wait, I have a problem."

Fury asked:

"Will Magic France react to such a big thing? I may have recently received a report about the supernatural ** of S-level. Did the wizards not see it, or were they planning to turn a blind eye? Or, conceal it?"

"I don't know either."

Merlin simply shook his head and said:

"So I'll ask later."

He stopped and continued:

"At the beginning, the two sides started to cooperate, and we helped each other. At that time, we needed to help each other to fight against the chaotic alien world, but now"

Merlin didn't finish his words, and he didn't need to finish them.

Conspiracy Master Fury understands Merlin's meaning very well.

Today, in 2003, a monitoring and interference system from south to north has been successfully established, with nearly 2,000 agents under his command, and have begun to mass produce the s.d.o.l.d of its own demon hunting troops. With the increasing armed strength of S.E.L.D, the Demons and the Demons have fewer and fewer Demons can help Merlin.

In other words, Merlin and his department no longer need this former ally.

Especially when the Magic France Association seems to have begun to get close to the S.H.E.L.D. system, the two parties who have worked well may be about to break up.

"Do you need my help in this 'question'?"

Fury said softly:

"Maybe I can dispatch several special reaction units"

“No, no need.”

Merlin said in a gentle tone:

"They are still friends, Fury, it's not time to draw the sword. What's more, we still have more troublesome things to deal with. Regarding my planned 'siege', I need headquarters support."

"Tell me, how many people are needed?"

Fury had no resistance, he was happy to see his subordinates solve the problem by themselves.

"How many people can we send?"

Merlin asked:

"There are ships, heavy armaments, well, the Air Force will not be of much use in such a situation. That city does not have enough airspace for fighter jets to fly."

"It depends on how large a deterrent you are preparing to take."

Fury glanced at Merlin, and he felt that Merlin was going to play "real" this time.

Just like in 1998, when the British Navy was asked to launch a tactical missile to help him solve the Death Eater's death.

“That’s a city, Fury.”

Merlin said:

"A city that lives in millions of alien species, I don't want to see us fall into the disadvantage of quantity and firepower. Let me ask you, what kind of firepower do we need if we are going to destroy a city like New York now?"

"Without using nuclear weapons, the most convenient way is to fire a powerful tactical missile."

Fury said:

"It takes a fleet."

"Very good, then let's have one."

Merlin said in a relaxed tone:

"Leave me the hidden barriers and semi-plane gates of Sulphur Port. You just need to prepare enough explosives. How to deal with them is the underground city."

"And, we need a ground force."

Merlin said:

"After the battle with a legendary vampire, there must be a mess to be cleaned up. There will be many thugs in the chaotic and war-affected cities, threatening the lives of the peace-loving alien friends. We need to restore order in the shortest time."

"The 15 special reaction units will be on standby from 3pm today."

Fury looked at his watch and said:

"Pierce can also authorize several troops affiliated with the World Security Council, but I think that since it is related to aliens, we should be better off getting ordinary soldiers exposed to these things that should be kept secret."

"Well, I can understand."

Merlin said:

"The Dragoon team can also enter the standby state. In addition, I also know that there are a batch of defense robots we imitated from a.i.m. I heard that the number is quite considerable."

"Well, I'll put them on standby too."

Fury nodded, and he asked:

"What else? What else is needed?"

"Let me think about it"

Merlin rubbed his forehead, and after a moment, he said to Fury:

"I need a fund that will not be suspected, the amount is about 25 million."

"What do you want money?"

Fury said in confusion:

"Your department should still have funds."

"Well, it's used to do something that is not convenient for us to do."

Merlin bounced his finger and said to Fury:

"Talia's Assassin Alliance will also take on some less 'legal' businesses. I roughly calculate it. The heads of the leaders of the power in the Sulphur Port are almost worth so much money."

"Tsk tsk, it's really ruthless to start, Merlin."

Fury said softly:

“Did this learn from me?”

“This is not.”

Merlin said seriously to Fury:

"This is what I understand myself that violence cannot bring peace, violence cannot solve difficult problems, but if we take a step back and the requirements are not that high, then violence can solve the people who cause problems."

"If the person is gone, the problem will be gone."

"But you didn't like to solve problems by assassination before."

Fury said:

"I remember you told me that assassination would only cause more trouble."

"I was young at that time, Fury, and it would be understandable to say something stupid."

Merlin waved his hand and said:

"At that time, I had too shallow understanding of assassins. Now, I have learned a lot of stories about assassins, and I also know the meaning of the existence of assassins."

He wiped his left arm, and there was a sacred silver sleeve sword ready to go, and he whispered:

"If the Sons of Order come to a world full of chaos"

"Then they will inevitably turn that world upside down"

"The realization of order is the most important thing. As for the method to be implemented, it doesn't matter at all."

Merlin and Fury were silent for several seconds at the same time. Merlin took out the pocket watch from his arms. He looked at the time and said to Fury:

"That's all, I'll leave first."
Chapter completed!
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