Fear stems from the unknown!
Humans fear Death, so they place their hopes in elusive beliefs, hoping to enter Heaven after they die.
But when they learned that another World existed after Death, their spirits instantly sank.
The place humans go after Death is neither Heaven nor Hell, but a place called the Soul Society!
There is no God there, nor are there demons.
There are only Gods of Death!
“Tell me,”
Nick Fury’s face, already dark, grew even darker as his gaze swept across the group of experts one by one.
“Is what he said actually true or false?”
Gathered inside this office surrounded by soundproof glass were the World’s most authoritative experts in psychology, criminology, micro-expressions, and negotiation.
Their sole task was to analyze the ‘Shinigami’s’ psychology and behavior from every angle, and to offer corresponding recommendations and counterstrategies for Fury and Natasha!
But right now…
It was as if a layer of white ash had been smeared across the faces of all the experts.
Looking at each other, this group of the World’s top experts could not utter a single word for a long while.
“Speak!”
Nick Fury snapped, slamming his palm onto the desk as he roared, “What am I paying you for? Talk!”
“Director…”
Seeing Fury lose his temper, one of the braver experts bit the bullet and said, “Based on our analysis, the credibility of what that ‘Shinigami’ said exceeds eighty percent.”
Eighty percent?!
Nick Fury’s cheek twitched violently.
Wasn’t that basically telling him it was a hundred percent?!
At the thought of the massive, thousand-year-old organization standing behind that ‘Shinigami’, Nick Fury felt a chill run down his spine!
*Tap, tap, tap.*
Nick Fury narrowed his eyes, tapping the tabletop rhythmically with his knuckles as he said faintly, “Natasha, try bringing up HYDRA again and see if you can change his mind.”
HYDRA?
Hmph, defeated losers!
Nick Fury sneered in his heart.
It was merely an organization long defeated by S.H.I.E.L.D.
He could say whatever he wanted about them—it wasn’t like they could jump back out, right?
All they needed to do was use an even greater order to suppress that so-called order of the Soul Society!
Gods of Death cannot contact humans without authorization?
Then what if someone made unauthorized contact with Hollows, trying to utilize and modify them to turn them into biological weapons?
In just a matter of seconds, the insidious Nick Fury had already figured out how to trick this ‘Shinigami’ into laying down his life for S.H.I.E.L.D.!
On the other side, some data suddenly popped up on Natasha’s contact lens.
After reviewing the data, Natasha gave an almost imperceptible nod and said, “Sir, we’ve uncovered some information regarding why ‘Hollows’ suddenly appeared in New York.”
“Oh?”
Lord raised an eyebrow slightly.
“Let’s hear it.”
“It’s about HYDRA and the Hollows!”
Natasha said with a grave expression, “According to our investigation, HYDRA is not only aware of the Hollows now, but they are also secretly carrying out an evil plot! One of our Agents was ordered to infiltrate inside HYDRA, sacrificing his life to bring us this intelligence! HYDRA is secretly researching the possibility of transforming humans and Hollows into one another, intending to use this as a foundation to create a large batch of Hollows to incite a war across the entire World!”
As soon as she finished speaking,
Natasha pulled out her portable laptop and laid out a series of related documents!
From photos of HYDRA’s secret experiments to research directions on Hollows, concepts for biological weapon modifications, and so on…
Brilliant, just brilliant.
Such deduction, such prediction!
If Lord hadn’t known the original plot, he would have almost thought Black Widow had sneaked a peek at the script!
Lord was actually a bit impressed by Nick Fury’s sharp maneuvering.
In just a few minutes, S.H.I.E.L.D.
had already forged the documents!
Congratulations to HYDRA for taking yet another fall!
Lord estimated that if Alexander Pierce knew how his subordinate Nick Fury was throwing HYDRA under the bus like this, he would probably cough up blood from rage!
Natasha continued, “As you can see, in order to protect the peace of the World and the future of humanity, we must stop HYDRA!”
“To that end, we urgently hope that Mr. Shinigami can join us to protect the World together, crush the all-evil HYDRA, and foil their wicked schemes!”
Reasonable, well-supported, and convincing!
Had it not been for the inappropriate setting, Lord might even have wanted to applaud them!
“This…”
Lord feigned hesitation for a moment, then grit his teeth sharply and said in a deep voice, “Fine… for the future of humanity and the peace of the World, I agree to cooperate with you. But on the condition that you keep it strictly confidential!”
“No problem!”
Natasha was overjoyed, a look of utter delight beaming in her eyes.
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After exhausting every trick in the book, they had finally tricked and coaxed this arrogant ‘Shinigami’ into joining S.H.I.E.L.D.!
In truth…
While S.H.I.E.L.D.
was happy, Lord was even happier!
Not only had he successfully infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., but he had also reaped an unexpected surprise!
Prompted by Nick Fury earlier, Lord had suddenly thought of a plan.
Things he couldn’t do himself could be done by others!
Such as HYDRA!
Human experimentation, modified Soul experiments, artificial Hollow experiments, and so forth—if these plans were spearheaded by HYDRA, then surely no one would find it strange.
Besides, HYDRA had done plenty of such insane acts during World War II!
Since HYDRA was already infamous anyway, surely Director Pierce wouldn’t mind taking a few more scapegoat blames on his shoulders, right?
This way…
With HYDRA drawing everyone’s attention in the open, Lord could harvest Souls in peace behind the scenes!
Thank you, Director Pierce, for your great contribution!
Thank you, Nick Fury, for your strategic plotting!
“A pleasure working with you.”
Natasha extended her fair hand, looking at him with a warm smile.
Lord also extended his hand, shaking Natasha’s as he said meaningfully, “A pleasure working with you.”
After the two sides reached an agreement, Natasha apologized crisply and departed.
Lord took Nemu to buy more clothes and snacks at the shopping mall.
The two strolled until nightfall before he carried a tired Nemu back home.
Queens, Seireitei Pavilion.
Gently holding the sleeping Nemu, just as Lord was about to push open his front door, he noticed a ‘corpse’ actually lying next to the trash cans nearby!
“Save me!”
The ‘corpse’ squirmed slightly, then raised his head to reveal a classic American tough-guy face.
“It’s you?”
Lord raised an eyebrow, not feeling surprised at all, and said calmly, “So Frank, who did you run into this time? You actually got beaten so badly.”
This famed Punisher of the Marvel Universe—the iron man nicknamed Uncle Punisher—held the legendary record of slaughtering all superheroes and villains in an alternate Universe!
It was hard to imagine such a man lying here on the verge of Death!
“It’s Bullseye!”
Frank said weakly, “He suddenly became a lot stronger… just like a monster!”