Three days later, above the Indian Ocean, fifty kilometers from the Lemuria Star.
"Li Chengfeng, you young man of twenty-five! You come to deceive! You come to ambush! Me, this old comrade of over sixty! Do you think it's appropriate to only inform me, the Director, after the plan has fully unfolded? It's not appropriate!"
"Ah haha, I just thought you'd definitely understand my intentions! It seems my importance in your heart is just so-so!"
Li Chengfeng sat with his legs crossed, looking at the dark clouds in the night sky, skillfully spitting out the words to CPU Nick Fury.
"Stop changing the subject!"
"Ahem, you want to hear the truth?" Li Chengfeng chuckled, "Isn't it all because you, as Director, are constantly monitored by that damn World Security Council? I'm truly impressed, why is it only your America General Bureau that bothers with this World Security Council? Our Tao Lao Da never gives a damn about those idiotic politicians."
"This was Alexander Pierce's decision. He believes the Federal Bureau of Investigation also needs to be supervised."
"But he's HYDRA! If there's no accident, the last internal strife in the Federal Bureau of Investigation was orchestrated by him. Think about it, isn't it from that time that the America General Bureau started to be restrained?"
"…It really was him?" Nick Fury muttered, then immediately raised his voice, "In short, after this is over, you must give me a reasonable explanation!"
"Alright, alright, don't forget to act in front of Alexander Pierce, I'm hanging up."
Li Chengfeng didn't wait for the phrase "motherfucker" to come out of the receiver before directly hanging up the video call.
Then, after checking the time, he set the autopilot and climbed out of the soundproof cockpit.
His expression also changed from the mischievous smile he had during the video call with Nick Fury to one of urgent matter.
He saw that everyone in the cabin looked even more serious than him, barely holding back their laughter.
The entire combat team of Agents didn't dare to make a sound, not even daring to breathe.
Because two individuals, referred to as "Captain," were staring at each other.
Steve Rogers looked at Captain Carter with an expression of disbelief.
And while Captain Carter was relatively more reserved, her pupils were also shaking wildly.
Both had lost their respective partners, and their reunion, apart from shock, seemed to lack any deeper emotion.
After all…
It wasn't the person they truly missed.
Skye felt extremely uncomfortable in this strange atmosphere. Her old habit of feeling awkward for others had resurfaced.
Seeing Li Chengfeng come out, she quickly leaned over.
"Didn't you play a bit too hard this time? Is it really okay to let the two Captains meet directly? Captain Carter is one thing, but Steve just managed to accept that he had been asleep for half a century…"
"Relax, if he couldn't even accept something like that, he wouldn't have become Captain America." Li Chengfeng smiled, "His inner strength is a hundred times greater than you imagine."
However, the atmosphere couldn't continue like this, after all, it was a work setting.
"Clap, clap, clap."
Li Chengfeng stood up and clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention to him.
"I am Federal Bureau of Investigation Level 7 Agent Li Chengfeng, and also the overall commander of this Lemuria Star rescue operation."
"Skye, please synchronize the mission information for everyone."
Skye nodded, took out her personal terminal and operated it for a moment, then a series of data appeared on the large screen.
"The Lemuria Star, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's satellite launch vessel, is currently occupied by a pirate team of forty-eight people."
"They are equipped with sophisticated automatic weapons, and six targets are equipped with individual grenade launchers."
"The leader is George Batroc, a World-class mercenary. I won't go into too much detail about his criminal record; in short, he's a ruthless and bloodthirsty individual."
"The pirates boarded the ship ninety-three minutes ago, at which time the ship was launching its last satellite."
Steve Rogers looked at the information on the large screen and asked Skye:
"Skye, how much are these pirates demanding?"
"One point five billion dollars… but this is a Federal Bureau of Investigation ship."
"So this time, we're cleaning up Nick Fury's mess again?"
Steve Rogers shook his head somewhat helplessly, then looked at the hostage list and suddenly frowned.
"Sitwell? Isn't he the Agent in charge of the Human Resources Department? What is he doing on a launch vessel?"
Li Chengfeng was startled, Sitwell?
Although he was indeed on this ship in the original story, but…
Wasn't that bastard killed by Grant Ward?
What does this mean? Grant Ward lied to him?
Impossible. Given Grant Ward's caution as a scumbag, it's absolutely impossible.
The cost of deceiving Li Chengfeng was simply too high, so high that he definitely couldn't afford it, nor did he want to.
So killing Sitwell was the most concise, efficient, and…
Safe option.
However, Sitwell's death hadn't been discovered these past few days, so this new "Sitwell" must have been replaced immediately after he was killed, so the outside World hadn't noticed anything unusual.
But who is this?
It couldn't be Mystique; the Mutants were already on their side.
Skrulls?
Or some Agents capable of disguise?
It seems that after boarding the ship, he must go and meet this "Sitwell."
Thinking of this, Li Chengfeng immediately began to arrange the operation:
"Captain Rogers and Captain Carter, you two will clear the deck of pirates from both sides of the Lemuria Star, respectively. Everyone else will parachute to the stern, infiltrate, and rescue the hostages! Skye, prepare for backup, hack into and shut down the Lemuria Star's security system."
"As for me, I'll go directly inside to shut down the engine and then clear the entrances and exits to pave the way for the rescue team. If you all understand, prepare to commence action!"
After assigning the tasks, the transport plane had already arrived above the Lemuria Star.
The Agent leading the combat formation walked over, extended a hand to Li Chengfeng, and said, "Agent Li Chengfeng, I'm leading this elite combat formation."
"And you are?"
"Level Nine Agent Maria Hill." The other party removed the mask covering her face, revealing a neat, ear-length bob. "Speaking of which, this is our first time meeting, isn't it?"
"I've heard much about you." Li Chengfeng happily shook Maria Hill's hand. "Your figure and appearance are no less impressive than a certain goddess from Asgard, are they?"
"I'll take that as a compliment."
Maria Hill had a very good impression of Li Chengfeng; otherwise, she wouldn't have taken command of this combat formation.
"Then I'll leave the rescue team under your command later."
"As you command."
"I'm a Level Seven Agent... You're Level Nine, you don't need to be so polite with me."
Li Chengfeng looked a bit awkward.
After all, a Level Nine Agent is basically second only to Nick Fury; if you had to say, they are his superior.
"Don't joke around. Who in the Federal Bureau of Investigation would truly regard you as a Level Seven Agent now? If anyone really thinks that, their head must have been kicked by a donkey."
Maria Hill waved her hand.
What a joke, who doesn't know now that Li Chengfeng is a top combatant not just in the America General Bureau, but throughout the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The identity of a Level Seven Agent is even a smokescreen for external purposes.
"Thank you for the compliment."
After Li Chengfeng finished exchanging pleasantries with Maria Hill, they officially reached the jump point.
"Alright, let's move."
At Li Chengfeng's command, the first to act were the two Captains.
Just like in the original work, from a height of several hundred meters, these two couldn't be bothered with parachutes.
They leaped directly, startling the Agents of the elite combat formation.
"Don't mind them, they never really liked parachutes."
Li Chengfeng said to the Agents with a smile.
Don't these two Captains ever consider the worldview of ordinary Agents?
"Rescue team, delay your jump, stagger the deck clearing time."
Li Chengfeng stood at the cabin door, giving another instruction to the rescue team Agents, then leaned back directly and jumped out of the transport plane.
Everyone was startled, but then heard a faint, undulating oath.
"Scorching hot blood, crimson rage,
Taken from uncooled bones.
Deep hatred boils the heart and lungs,
Forging your path to the netherworld!"
Red Lantern transformation!
After watching Li Chengfeng transform into a red light and fly towards the Lemuria Star, Skye pouted and grumbled, "You're clearly the one who least cares about the Agents' worldview!"
...
"Have you seen Li? I haven't been able to contact him since earlier."
"I can't contact him either, but with his abilities, nothing could have happened to him."
Steve Rogers and Captain Carter met in the middle of the deck.
And just as the two Captains were talking, a figure suddenly flashed out from behind them, and a ferocious and sharp whip kick directly attacked the back of Steve Rogers's head.
The force and speed were aimed at a fatal blow.
And this person was George Batroc, the notorious mercenary who had never been caught.
Now, all the surveillance footage on the entire Lemuria Star had been replaced with home appliance commercials and Crayon Shin-chan.
Seeing such a scene, even if George Batroc was foolish, he knew the Lemuria Star had been infiltrated.
Accompanied by Crayon Shin-chan's song "Elephant~ Elephant~" on the screen, fewer and fewer people in the communicator responded to his commands.
He knew he had to act.
And when he arrived on the deck, he happened to see Steve Rogers and Captain Carter talking.
George Batroc, an experienced mercenary whose top priority was killing, naturally chose to preemptively strike in secret, aiming for Steve Rogers, who was wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. combat uniform.
Good plan...
Next time, don't plan anymore.
Oh right, there won't be a next time.
The moment George Batroc launched his sneak attack, he was met with countermeasures from the two Super Soldiers.
Then came a brutal two-on-one beating.
"Do, do you dare to fight me one-on-one?" George Batroc lay on the ground, barely alive, but still stubborn. "You only know how to rely on numbers, and that shield."
"Bah! When I was fighting, your parents weren't even fertilized eggs yet! A one-on-one fight on the battlefield? Go fight your mother!"
Steve Rogers blurted out a string of national curses, interspersed with a few German swear words.
Captain Carter cast a look of approval at Steve Rogers.
Exactly! Which old soldier doesn't curse?
They just maintain a persona in daily life, but on the battlefield, you curse however you want!
Then the two walked towards a locked door nearby, which was the central control room of the entire Lemuria Star.
"Crack!"
Captain Carter's hand went up with the shield and came down, directly snapping off the doorknob, and she pushed the door open.
Then the two Captains ran smack into Li Chengfeng, who was bent over, copying intelligence.
"Oops, looks like this is a bit awkward."
"Captain, do you believe me if I say I was slacking off...?"