The surgery went smoothly. Now, he just needs to recover some of his memories through virtual reality, and then he can get back to work.
Fitz and Simmons will be in charge of this task.
"Why are you live-streaming this process to me?"
There was another off-site spectator for this surgery: Nick Fury.
This black braised egg returned to the United Nations building only to find that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Black Box was gone—no need to overthink it, Osborn must have sent someone to take it away.
However, there was nothing he could say. S.H.I.E.L.D. was now an illegal organization; any legal organization could arrest them and seize their tools of the trade—theoretically, even a concerned citizen could apprehend them.
"Because I don't want the Avengers to surround me again for some reason—tell me, why do you all always think I'm doing some kind of evil research?"
"I think this experiment is very evil," Fury said, still being stubborn.
"But it's legal, do you understand? And this is all because you performed a resurrection surgery on Coulson—if I made this public, what do you think the public would think?"
There were at least three points about what Fury did that were very unsettling:
First was desecrating the dead, second was injecting alien blood into humans, and third was memory transplantation technology.
No matter how you looked at it, Osborn was just cleaning up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s mess.
"Dr. Franklin Hall's assessment of you was very apt: you only do experiments and never consider the consequences."
Harry's repeated words made Fury feel a bit embarrassed, but in terms of the outcome, it was indeed true. Regarding the Coulson matter, he often wondered if what he did was right.
Seeing that he had rendered Fury silent, Harry knew it was time to bring up the next matter.
"I want to take over S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assets—I mean the non-HYDRA Agents, like these two." Harry pointed to the photos of Fitz and Simmons.
In this World, S.H.I.E.L.D. was full of talent, especially their S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy.
The entry threshold for researchers at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy required a doctorate from a top-tier institution, and even with such high requirements, they still had many students.
In Harry's view, the Science and Technology Academy was the most valuable one. Coincidentally, this academy had the fewest HYDRA members. As for the other departments training combat students, to be honest, Harry didn't care much.
Moreover, most of those field Agents were HYDRA.
"Then why don't you just take them? What do you think I can still do?"
Harry smiled and pulled up a large amount of incomplete data regarding Aliens from within S.H.I.E.L.D.
Where did the Kree remains come from? This part of the record was full of suspicious points. Others could only guess blindly, but Harry knew clearly.
He directly marked in the file: An alien with mimicry abilities once infiltrated human society and should be hostile to the Kree.
"Agent, stop pretending with me. Or do you think your alien friends can just stay hidden like this? That Osborn will never find them?"
About twenty years ago, a group of alien refugees whose home planet had been destroyed came to Earth without the consent of any nation. These Aliens had the ability to perfectly mimic a person.
This group of Aliens was the enemy of the Kree: the Skrulls.
With the help of Captain Marvel, these Skrulls found a new home and left Earth, but they still maintained contact with Fury.
Harry wasn't sure if there were still Skrulls on Earth, but as soon as he said those words, he confirmed it based on the changes in Fury's Psychic Vision: there were still Skrulls on Earth.
Besides, although S.H.I.E.L.D. was gone, Fury still had old colleagues in S.W.O.R.D. If he didn't stabilize him, it would be troublesome if they later united to test him or pull some other small moves.
"What do you want?" Fury didn't continue to test Harry.
The mere fact that Harry knew about the existence of the Skrulls was enough to convince him.
"I said, I want to take over S.H.I.E.L.D.'s people. You have to help me convince those stubborn ones—don't play tricks. Also, about HYDRA, aren't you curious if they're still around?"
There were still many HYDRA members outside, such as Whitehall, who was also a minor HYDRA leader.
Harry wanted Fury to step forward and do the ideological work with the non-HYDRA S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, lest one day in the future Fury sought out these Agents again and launched a pincer attack on Hammer from both inside and out.
On the other hand, this was also a warning to Fury—not to follow HYDRA's example and develop within Osborn's sphere of influence.
Fury thought for a moment. If HYDRA wasn't completely wiped out and Osborn didn't incorporate these people, they might be captured or recruited by HYDRA.
Their experience working at S.H.I.E.L.D. would become a stain on them.
He had originally wanted to find a suitable person to continue developing S.H.I.E.L.D. and protect Earth, but asking them to rely on passion alone to continue building S.H.I.E.L.D. was a bit too much to ask.
Moreover, it was illegal, and there was no telling when they might collapse.
Even thinking on the bright side, it wouldn't be good if some technologies fell into the hands of criminals.
"Fine, you win, Osborn—I'll help you complete the incorporation process," Fury agreed.
"That's good—you know what to tell Coulson when he wakes up, right? I'll arrange a specific department within Hammer for them to use as a transition."
"I will. And—" Fury paused, his single eye staring intently at Harry.
"Thank you."
This was truly rare; Nick Fury actually thanked him.
Although Harry never thought his actions needed the approval of these people, his mood still improved a lot.
At least it showed that Fury had largely accepted his way of doing things.
"Truly rare. Let's leave it at that, Agent."
Ending the communication, Harry stepped out of the virtual reality pod.
The real him was still in Russia; the one on Hammer was just his prosthetic body. He had long had the idea of making this kind of double.
That prosthetic body was half-mechanical and half-biological tissue. Overall, there were no major issues, but there was still some latency. To solve this problem, he would probably have to approach it from the psychic aspect.
He had been out for quite a long time this time.
After resting for just a few minutes, General Ross's call came again, this time bringing good news.
"The effect of the new weapon is very good, they've agreed—to be honest, I really didn't think this day would come."
The "effect" Ross referred to wasn't the effect on the battlefield, but rather the deterrent power in terms of diplomacy.
A military treaty organization that had already lost much of its significance was now facing its moment of glory—as a dividing point in a major historical process.
On the television, a jaw-dropping news segment was playing:
"Recently, Russia has announced its accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This event will become a historic moment. Let's take a look at the scene of the treaty signing."
For this signing, Norman and some heavyweights also arrived at the scene. Since Harry was handling the HYDRA side of things, Norman had to be present in person for such a major event.
People from both sides held a friendly meeting. As the head of Russia signed the agreement, everyone smiled and shook hands.
"I hope you're not here to pull some move where you trick us into joining, then quit the organization and declare us enemies."
On the photo stage, the other leader smiled at the camera while whispering to Norman.
Norman laughed upon hearing this and leaned his head in slightly, saying, "How could that be? We're allies now."
Thus, the camera captured the friendly scene of the two national leaders conversing cordially—
People all over the World felt as if they were seeing the Sun rise from the east, but this time, it seemed to have actually happened.
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