107 Agent Coulson
He brought the two homeless siblings back to the office and greeted him as soon as he entered the shift.[][]..[]
"Mr. Eric, Agent Phil has been waiting for you for more than an hour." The guard smiled friendly to the two innocent faces behind him, and then reminded: "It's not good to let people wait for a long time."
"You're right, Ban." Eric nodded. "I'll go and meet this respectable gentleman now."
At Eric's instructions, Ban took Maximov and his brothers to find the students to help with the resettlement, while Eric came to the reception room alone, where John and Alison were accompanying the guests. They chatted casually, and the agent kept his duty to the guests and did not take advantage of the opportunity to spy on the students when the instructor was away. John's mouth was also very strict, but Alison was curious and kept pestering people to ask about their work.
Eric stood outside the door for a minute before pushing open the door of the reception room, and the guest and host met.
"Hello, the guardian of the country." Eric reached out his hand and greeted the guest with a smile. His voice was neither tight nor slow, and his tone was sincere and friendly.
Colson is a restrained and yet ruthless person, with a sense of stability and peace as a family man. When the master returned, he stood up and shook hands and chatted. Although Eric's attitude was enthusiastic, Colson was used to being cold-eyed, and he regarded this as a superficial article for the time being.
"Hello, sir." He laughed at himself. "I'm just an agent and can't be called a guardian."
"Huh?" Eric looked quite surprised. "I thought you were a group of people who were willing to contribute. Do you actually don't like your job?"
Colson was a little embarrassed: "Well, that's right, I mean I'm happy to give my country."
"I understand how you feel." Eric saw the agent's embarrassment and smiled and comforted him: "This society is not fair. I am not referring to its discrimination here, but a differential treatment rooted in the hearts of human beings, which is one of our worst natures."
"What do you mean?" Colson relaxed. He was a little curious.
"It's like judging people by appearance." Eric asked the gentleman to sit down and talk casually. "When people stand in front of two people and choose one of them as their best friend for life, most of them will choose the one who is dressed well, and put the other one who is not astonishingly beautiful aside and ignore it. Of course, they can justify their behavior and say how good a person who values themselves is, but when they do, they lose the opportunity to understand a person's heart - such as mutants, such as agents."
"It makes sense," Colson agreed. "People often want to end the conversation when they hear my career. In fact, we have no malice. We are just working for the country."
"That's because they are shallow. Just like many people like to watch robberies on TV or the end of the world in movies, it seems that they can put themselves in and enjoy a moment of scenery, but the length of TV or movies is often short. They can't see the frustration of the former when he walked out of the bank gate and found that he was surrounded by police, nor can they guess the horror of a zombie hidden behind each door. Fortunately, there is no one here who is easily confused by the surface, so when I hear the news of your visit, I let everything go and rush back. Now if there is any order, please speak up, if there is anything I can do, you will see that I am happy to serve."
Eric's attitude was indifferent. Although Agent Colson knew that this was a kind of polite remark, he couldn't help but feel a little favor, so the two of them started a happy conversation.
The Land Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Bureau, referred to as Aegis, is an official military operation organization similar to F-force and Cia. It is a special force specially formed by the US government to contact and manage superpower heroes in view of the increasing number of extraordinary humans. The current commander is Maria Hill, and the director is Nick Fury, both of whom are senior agents. As Congress passed the Peace Act, Aegis also decided to contact representatives of the Mutant Academy. If possible, invite Eric to meet in person when he thinks it is appropriate. At that time, Director Fury himself will be welcomed.
"This is a great idea. Can I take one or two students to go there?" Eric smiled and responded with a positive response. "You know Phil, they are lively children, and if it's convenient, I hope to take them to the world."
Colson was overjoyed, that was one of the purposes of ASCHEN.
As a department that contacts extraordinary humans, ASUS has unknown innate shortcomings. It is surprisingly lacking in high-end power, and without power, it will not be respected. This is an invisible iron rule in the world of capable people. Because of insufficient high-end combat power, it is a headache whether it is performing tasks or communicating with other goals. Nick Fury is very eager to get support from the Mutant Academy. Now Eric takes the initiative to propose that it is better.
As for inviting Eric himself to join ASHIELD, they have not yet formed a resolution. In fact, there are different opinions on this in the game. Eric is not an ordinary person with power. ASHIELD has made a detailed analysis of his words and deeds, believing that this risk is greater than gain. After a person with the same spirit and strength joins in, he is likely to be turned against him without checks and balances. But mutant students are different, even if they have no experience and lack of strength, it doesn't matter. Their age determines that they have enough room for growth, and ASHIELD will be able to exert influence in these future superhuman growth periods--they not only want to get a group of hired warriors, but also have a group of their own strength.
Eric and Colson both understood this, but neither of them made it clear. With the intention of cooperating between the two sides, the atmosphere of the conversation became more harmonious, and they quickly reached a preliminary consensus that the college will communicate regularly with ASCHE, and cooperate as uniformly as possible on matters about mutants, and cooperate with each other with an understanding attitude. This result made both parties very satisfied.
After seeing off Colson, Eric came to the students. Originally, because another Magneto escaped, Eric planned to send them back to the academy for a while. Since the trouble was temporarily solved, they could continue to stay as they wished.
Most of the students were not sure about the inside story, but Eric did not mention it, and they were happy to pretend not to know and were diligently arranging residences for the newly joined siblings.
Among the guests from the other side of the ocean, the younger brother Pitro is cheerful and handsome, and the older sister Wanda looks like a gentle and shy woman. Although they are a few years older, it doesn't seem difficult to get along with each other. The boys pulled their younger brother to listen to him talk about the bumpy past and gestured at the same time. The girls also surrounded their sister and took care of her like defending the weak princess. Soon they integrated into this small group.
After being relieved of her vigilance, Pitro became more enthusiastic and lively, while Wanda seemed to put down a layer of disguise to protect herself. Her amazing beauty gradually emanated and attracted everyone. Inadvertently, she seemed to sense something, looking out from afar. At the end of the corridor, a man looked at him with a smile, his deep eyes unconsciously.
After attending the celebration dinner to welcome the brother and brother, Eric came to the Hudson River for a while, then looked for a gray-brown wooden bench on the dark cliff on the river bank to sit down. Soon after, a squirrel who had slipped to the lawn for food came over. It held up the pine cones with its two claws and nibbled it, its fluffy tail stood up, trembling slightly in the soft evening breeze, until a small thing with a slight silver light approached, and then scared it away from Eric.
This little silver thing was the one that escaped from Dume's apartment. After avoiding Lanther's pursuit, it followed its sense of Eric and went north, crossing the road and river, and finally returned to its creator. After coming to the master, its silver body flashed and jumped to Eric's hand.
Eric held it and connected his spirit with the weak soul magnetic field. Soon everything that happened to Dum was revealed before him. He was not happy or worried about Lanse's changes. It was just a chess piece that could be thrown at random. Although it might produce great benefits in the future, it would not have any impact if it had bad development. Compared to Dum, Lanse was the one who could not get rid of his control. As long as his body was still shaped by himself and his soul was still dominated by the former Air Force captain, there would be no change.
He has some ways to make him surrender, but it just depends on whether he is willing to do it or not.
Eric stroked the ring on his left finger, and an invisible wave quietly emanated from him as the center. Soon the office building a mile away began to respond. A deep force continued to descend from the magnetic world, obeying his will, and came to the little thing's body. It fell quietly and trembled slightly for a while. Suddenly, a silver light flashed, turning from the semi-solidified form into a ray of shimmer, crossing the wide river and drifting towards the west side of the city with the invisible night wind.
This lonely soul is given a chance, and it will return to its familiar steel body, silently accompany its uninformed relatives on the lawn of its home, and when future dangers come, it will stand up to defend its wife and daughter.
Since Lanse chose to obey another voice in his heart and respond to his kindness with arrogance, he would be in pain.
He would understand that the cruelest punishment in the world is not physical pain, but being replaced by another self and always becoming a wandering passerby.
Eric slowly opened his eyes, and his huge power disappeared like a tide. In the quiet darkness by the river, his golden eyes flashed and disappeared. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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