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Entering the unfamiliar base, many people could be seen bustling about. Since Fenyx wasn't equipped with "Incursio," he drew a few glances but didn't attract too much attention.
Before long, Nick Fury sent someone to welcome Fenyx, and it happened to be a familiar face.
Natasha first sized up Pietro and Wanda with an analytical gaze, and then greeted Fenyx with a bright smile, "Long time no see, Mr. Hailsatz!"
"Long time no see!"
Fenyx replied, bringing the siblings over to her as he introduced them to each other.
"Natasha Romanoff, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most formidable female agent. She's excellent at nagging people and extracting intelligence. Pietro, you should watch your step around her!"
As for why he only warned Pietro, it was because Wanda possessed telepathic abilities. The level of difficulty Natasha would face trying to extract intelligence from her was incredibly high.
Hearing Fenyx's introduction, Natasha didn't mind at all. Instead, she gave him a teasing glance before turning her attention to study the two siblings.
Pietro, however, was a bit dissatisfied with Fenyx underestimating him, and muttered in a low voice, "She doesn't look like anything special."
Fenyx glanced at him, and then introduced the siblings to Natasha as well, "Pietro Maximoff. His ability is super speed, and he can currently reach the speed of sound at his fastest."
"Wanda Maximoff. Her abilities are telepathy and energy manipulation, and she can currently control objects weighing up to five tons at most!"
As one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s top agents, Natasha had executed many missions and encountered plenty of people with superpowers, so she didn't react with much abnormality toward the two.
Moreover, the biggest anomaly on Earth, Fenyx, was standing right in front of her.
After the introductions, Natasha led Fenyx and the siblings to Nick Fury. Standing beside him were Captain America and Hill.
Inside the room, Nick Fury used his single remaining eye to look Pietro and Wanda up and down, then looked at Fenyx and asked, "Only the two of them?"
"Be content with what you get!"
Fenyx gave Nick Fury a disgruntled look, then turned around to instruct the siblings directly, "If this guy asks you to do anything unrelated to dealing with Hydra, feel free to consider refusing him."
"The current Hydra is already enough to keep him busy!"
At this moment, Captain America walked over. After speaking to Fenyx, he looked at the siblings and extended his hand in introduction, "Hello, thank you for coming to help. I'm Steve Rogers!"
"I know, Captain America. I didn't expect you to really be alive!"
Pietro shook Cap's hand, responding with surprise.
Because of the lack of exposure from the Battle of New York, the news of Captain America's 'resurrection' hadn't spread on a massive scale. Coupled with Cap's own desire not to be disturbed, many people had remained skeptical about this information.
Wanda also reached out and shook Cap's hand, while quietly using her ability to sense his thoughts, discovering that he was genuinely welcoming their arrival.
Having delivered the two, Fenyx wasn't in a hurry to leave either. Instead, he inquired about the current situation regarding S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra.
"Their people have occupied the headquarters now, claiming that we are the traitors. They have manipulated and detained a significant portion of S.H.I.E.L.D. members, and some former enemies of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra have taken the opportunity to surface. In short, the situation is getting more and more chaotic."
Listening to Hill's explanation, Fenyx sighed inwardly.
Because Hydra didn't intend to step into the public spotlight as they did in the original storyline, even though they had occupied S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, they didn't dare issue a worldwide wanted notice like before.
Next, Fenyx looked at Cap and asked, "So, have you found Bucky Barnes?"
Cap shook his head, his expression turning a bit somber as he replied, "Pierce doesn't seem to have any intentions of deploying him yet, but Stark is helping to gather intelligence. We should have a lead soon!"
"Oh!"
Fenyx acknowledged, pondering in his mind whether he should call Sitwell over to lend them a hand.
The more chaotic things became, the more potential there was for unexpected variables. Although he didn't want to get involved in the conflict, he didn't want to see the entire world get caught in the crossfire either.
After pondering for a moment, Fenyx didn't rush to a decision. He planned to first check up on the situation on Sitwell's end before making a final choice.
Leaving the base, Fenyx pulled out his phone to contact Sitwell. Since returning from Asgard, the two of them hadn't met once.
At night, at the agreed time and place, Fenyx met Sitwell.
Aside from his head looking a bit rounder, Sitwell looked no different from before Fenyx had left.
Perhaps due to not seeing each other for a long time, Sitwell appeared slightly nervous upon seeing him.
"How have things been lately?"
Looking at the honest and mild-mannered looking Sitwell, Fenyx offered a casual greeting.
Sitwell's mind raced furiously, first overthinking whether there was any hidden meaning behind those words before nervously replying, "Not bad!"
Seeing Sitwell grow increasingly tense, Fenyx felt a bit helpless and simply cut straight to the questions, "What are Pierce's plans for dealing with Nick Fury?"
"He doesn't plan to deal with Nick Fury for the time being!"
Hearing this answer, Fenyx was slightly taken aback and asked in confusion, "Then what does he plan to do?"
"He prepares to secretly transfer S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources first. That way, even if an accident occurs, or if Nick Fury reclaims S.H.I.E.L.D., he can still return to developing in the shadows."
Fenyx felt a bit of admiration for Alexander Pierce's decision. This was clearly an intention to pave a retreat path first before turning back to properly handle Nick Fury.
Then he continued to ask, "Do you know Bucky Barnes' location?"
Sitwell nodded immediately and blurted out an address. He was one of Alexander Pierce's most trusted subordinates and was privy to many secrets; after all, even a task like assassinating Nick Fury had been entrusted to his responsibility, which spoke volumes.
Fenyx memorized the address, and then looked at Sitwell in front of him, feeling a slight twinge of guilt for the first time regarding what he intended to do next.
"Do you have any wishes?"
Hearing Fenyx's question, Sitwell blanked out, his eyes filled with complete confusion, seemingly unsure how to answer.
Noticing Sitwell's hesitation, Fenyx added as if explaining, "Nothing by it, just asking casually."
"My wish..."
Sitwell fell silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "Actually, my wish is to bring complete peace to the world!"
This time it was Fenyx's turn to be stunned. He clearly hadn't expected that as a member of Hydra, Sitwell's wish would actually be this.
"In fact, back then, it was precisely because I felt that this wish couldn't be realized within S.H.I.E.L.D. that I ultimately decided to join Hydra."
A reminiscent expression appeared on Sitwell's face, as if he were recalling his long-lost youth.
"But Hydra can't realize this wish of yours either!"
Fenyx let out a sigh. Truth be told, there were quite a few people like Sitwell in Hydra who were originally loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D. but had jumped ship to Hydra for various reasons.
"With Leader here, it will definitely be achieved!"
While Sitwell answered, he took the opportunity to flatter Fenyx.
Unfortunately, Fenyx was destined to disappoint him.
"To be honest, this wish of yours to bring complete peace to the world is really quite troublesome!" Fenyx said slowly while sighing, "Given the current development of Earth, it will take at least a few hundred more years before it's even possible to achieve!"