“Keep watching.”
Hearing Hill’s answer, Fury was desperate to know the truth, but as an agent, he had plenty of patience.
He forced himself to remain calm and continued watching the recording.
At this moment, the surveillance footage happened to show the Savage Gang leader loudly questioning something, while the young man responded with two sentences.
Although Fury didn’t understand lip-reading, by combining the Savage Gang leader’s expression with what had happened earlier, he could roughly guess what he was saying.
“What the hell is going on?”
“What did you do?”
And the sinister young man’s answer was:
“Illusion!”
Because it was only two words, and because the sentence was so concise, combined with Hill’s hint from earlier, Fury was able to decipher the words by matching the young man’s tone and mouth movements.
But how was that possible?!
Fury’s eyes widened in disbelief, and even his breathing became rapid.
Indeed, illusions could deceive the five senses.
But they were watching a surveillance recording!
An illusion could fool people, but could it also deceive electronic equipment?
Had Fury misunderstood the lip-reading?
Or was the young man simply lying?
And if neither was true, and the young man’s illusion really could fool electronic equipment, then how were they supposed to subdue him?
S.H.I.E.L.D.
had been established to deal with supernatural phenomena on Earth.
Whenever they discovered a supernatural individual, object, or phenomenon, their first priority was to make contact with it.
After that, they would attempt to recruit, control, contain, or even destroy it.
This young man was a member of the Mafia, meaning he was already part of a criminal organization.
If he had committed other, even more serious crimes, then S.H.I.E.L.D.
would inevitably have to contain or eliminate him.
But S.H.I.E.L.D.
currently didn’t have many super soldiers.
And when it came to people specializing in illusions, they had absolutely none.
In the past, they had relied primarily on equipment when dealing with supernatural events or individuals.
But if this guy could even deceive something as inanimate as electronic equipment, then their other equipment probably wouldn’t be an exception.
So how were they supposed to deal with this young man?
“There are currently three possibilities…”
Hill analyzed from the side.
“First, the young man was lying, and this isn’t an illusion at all.”
“Second, the young man wasn’t lying, but the illusion can’t actually affect electronic equipment.
Instead, it directly affects the people watching the footage.”
“Third, the young man wasn’t lying, and his illusion really can affect even inanimate objects such as electronic equipment.”
“Of course, there’s also the possibility that we misunderstood his lip movements and what he actually said wasn’t ‘illusion.'”
“Overall, those are the possibilities.”
“If we treat him as a hypothetical enemy, I recommend using an extremely long-range sniper.”
“That’s right.
That guy isn’t invincible!”
Hearing Hill’s analysis and recommendation, Fury quickly calmed down.
He sat back down in the director’s chair, leaned against the backrest, and began thinking.
“Bring in the think tank.
Have them analyze this man’s personality based on his facial expressions and micro-movements, then analyze his displayed abilities to determine his weaknesses.”
“Also, I want complete files on all of these people.”
Hearing this, Hill couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
“We don’t have any files on them.”
“What?”
Fury looked at Hill in surprise and asked in confusion, “What do you mean, you don’t have any files?”
“I already investigated them before coming here,” Hill explained.
“But no matter what methods I used, I couldn’t find the slightest bit of information.”
“They’re just like Leon.”
“There’s no trace of their past, and no records can be found anywhere.”
“Not even a trace proving that they ever existed.”
“It’s as if they appeared out of thin air.”
“It’s the same again…”
Fury’s expression became solemn.
Hill still didn’t know about the demons, so she didn’t understand just how serious this was…
No.
The fact that more than three hundred people had no trace of their existence in the past was already an extremely serious matter in itself.
Even if the other side possessed enormous influence and could alter records and documents, there was no way they could eliminate every single person they had ever interacted with.
Nor could they completely erase every trace of their previous lives.
Yet these people had somehow accomplished exactly that.
There was absolutely no information about them.
It was as if they had appeared out of nowhere.
“…Leon and those demons all share the same characteristic.”
Fury thought for a moment before reaching a decision.
“They might know something.
We can start with them.”
But he didn’t say this aloud.
He had already arranged for someone to probe Leon.
Once that investigation was complete, he would decide what to do based on the specific circumstances.
As for those demons, he had also sent Coulson to investigate them.
He would wait for the results before taking action.
“Keep watching!”
Now that he had made his arrangements, Fury continued watching the footage.
The Vongola Family had successfully subdued the Savage Gang.
After the family leader gave some instructions, the gang members dispersed, leaving only the members of the Vongola Family behind.
Then, an hour later…
Another group appeared from the opposite end of the street.
There were roughly six hundred people, all armed with guns.
Led by two men at the front, they marched aggressively toward the Vongola Family.
Among the Vongola members, a core member with short silver hair said a few words to the leader before stepping forward.
Clearly, he was going to face the enemy this time.
“As expected, these core members all possess supernatural abilities.”
Seeing this, Fury became even more convinced of his earlier assumption.
But then the camera shifted.
A vicious-looking middle-aged man standing in the middle of the third row stepped forward.
Two pistols were tucked into his waist.
He completely ignored the silver-haired core member’s shouting, pulled out both guns, and walked toward the enemy without the slightest concern.
“Are the members in the third row also supernatural?”
“Or perhaps everyone who isn’t carrying modern weapons is a supernatural being?”
“Furthermore, the third-row member argued with the second-row member, yet the leader didn’t show any displeasure or reprimand him.”
“The other members also looked completely accustomed to it.
Some of them even started cheering them on…”
Fury narrowed his eyes.
“The internal relationships within this Vongola Family aren’t maintained by interests like those of an ordinary gang.”
“There’s something deeper holding them together.”
From this simple scene, Fury had already analyzed numerous details.
His estimation of the Vongola Family rose another level.
At this moment, the footage changed again.
The right eye of the young man holding the trident suddenly burst into purple flames.
A number appeared in his eye.
The number six began changing.
Then it became one.
Immediately afterward, every Vongola member except the vicious-looking man who had stepped forward began to fade away and disappear.
“The strange eye isn’t a contact lens?”
“What does the burning purple flame represent?”
“And the number in that man’s eye changed.”
“What did six represent?”
“And what does one represent?”
“If there’s a six and a one, then do the numbers in between exist as well?”
“What do these numbers represent?”
For a moment, countless details appeared in Fury’s mind.
At the same time, countless questions emerged.
But he no longer had time to think deeply about them.
Because the two sides had already opened fire.
Because the Vongola members had suddenly disappeared, the members of the Viper Gang and the Gunfire Negotiators were momentarily stunned.
And it was during that brief moment of distraction that the man launched a fierce attack.
One man.
Two guns.
Yet he showed absolutely no fear.
He raised his pistols.
Orange flames suddenly erupted from the weapons.
Then he fired.
While shooting, he advanced forward with a wild, arrogant laugh.
The orange flaming bullets poured out like a curtain of fire, instantly covering the entire street.
“This…”
Fury was completely stunned.
This kind of firepower was comparable to an entire army.
Even the Punisher couldn’t compare.
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