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Chapter 497 The most suitable candidate

"We view this as a very serious incident, Chief Stark."

Mr. President himself was sitting in his chair, looking at Tony Stark who was standing across from his desk.

"Or, personally, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say it was a disaster," he said.

"I might agree with you, sir," Tony said deadpan.

Mr. President held his chin and seemed to be in thought for a moment.

"Let me clear it up," he said, "I saw you said in your report that many people, including yourself, superheroes, and high-level people from all walks of life, you have been locked up on alien spaceships before?"

"Yes, sir."

"In other words, for a very long period of time, the operation of many key systems in our world was actually delivered to the hands of alien spies?"

"exactly."

"And now you tell me that you are back, and those aliens have been driven out," Mr. President owed, "and the credit has nothing to do with you, S.H.I.E.L.D., or the Avengers. You said that the one who protected the world is An institution called 'Heavenly Sword'?"

"It is indeed true." Tony nodded and confirmed, "The commander of Tianjian, the Black Knight, detected the signs of alien invasion in time and prepared a set of practical and effective countermeasures. They disintegrated, and all of us trapped were rescued by them."

"Okay." Mr. President did not express his views on these for the time being, but continued, "Leaving aside this part, I see that you also mentioned in the report that the problem has not been resolved yet?"

"Yes. We haven't found an effective solution to decipher the mimicry ability of the Skrulls, which means we can't find them from humans." Tony said, "Mr. Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four still Solutions are being sought, but progress may take a while."

Mr. President frowned: "You might as well tell me directly that you are helpless."

"Yes, sir, I'm at a loss," Tony said quietly. "All along."

"So Chief Stark, tell me...if you can't do anything about world peace, if you can't do your job then why should I put you in this position instead of someone else?"

Tony looked at him blankly: "What you said makes sense, sir. In fact, I'm also thinking about it."

***
Aegis, Helicarrier, thousands of meters high.

"Report, the commander has boarded the ship!"

"Received. The door to the northwest corner has been opened."

Iron Man pierced through the clouds with a golden arc, and landed on the deck of the mothership with a wave of transparent air.Agents on either side of the path saluted him straight up as he crossed the deck and into the corridor.

Maria Hill had already been waiting here.When she saw Iron Man, she folded her arms a little stiffly: "It's better to tell me that you are the deity this time, the aliens have given me a little bit enough recently."

"It's me, Hill." Tony lifted his helmet and paused, "At least I believe I am."

"Well, I think that's enough."

Hill sighed, and led him to start walking inside.

"How's the situation here?" Tony asked. "How many Skrulls did we find?"

"Not many, all of them are irrelevant." Hill sighed softly, "Most Skrulls changed their faces and ran away before their disguised subjects came back. We only caught a few who reacted a little slower. But it doesn't make much sense either.

Isn't there any progress on Richards' side?If Mister Fantastic doesn't give us some help, I don't know how long this ship can fly in the sky. "

"It's still working hard over there, telling everyone to do their jobs well."

Tony shut his mouth, remained silent for a while, and then asked, "If Nick Fury was still around, he wouldn't have let things turn out like this, would he?"

Hill didn't answer directly.But while the two were talking, they had already arrived at the door of the director's office.

Hill silently unlocked the authentication lock and opened the door: "Why don't you ask him directly?"

Tony stood outside the door and looked in, only to see Nick Fury, the former S.H.I.E.L.D. director, sitting upright in that office chair again, just like the last time they met.

Hill and Fury exchanged glances, then withdrew and closed the door behind them.

Tony stood at the door and looked at Fury for a while, until Fury reached out and signaled: "Sit down."

He acted like it was still his office.

Tony ignored it, and just asked straight to the point: "What are you trying to say? If you came here just to tell me that I was a failure and that the whole thing was a disaster, then please forgive me. I said it before."

Fury leaned back in the chair and raised his legs: "Have you gone to chat with Mr. President?"

"Yes."

Fury pondered for a few seconds and asked, "You said you don't want to continue working?"

"Your news is quite well-informed."

"I may no longer have my eyes and ears all over the world, but I still have my own channel." Fury said calmly, "Yes, I know it all."

"That's nothing to talk about." Tony said bluntly, "I thought I could do this well by myself, and I thought becoming the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. would help me better fulfill my duties. Protect the world. But I found out that I was wrong No, I can't do it, I can't do it. This is beyond my powers, I'm just an arrogant, overreaching idiot, so the world pays for it. Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. This is simply a mistake."

Nick Fury rests his elbows on the armrest and rests his chin on his hands.

"So that's what you thought? It's all your fault?"

"Otherwise, who else could it be?" Tony squinted at the white floor tiles in the office, "If you were still here, things wouldn't have come to this point."

"While I'm glad you see it that way," Fury said, "you know, when I was around, Aegis was crawling with Hydra spies. And for a long time, I really didn't aware."

Tony didn't speak.

"Well, it's not bad if you are determined to abdicate." Fury said, "You are actually not suitable for this, Stark. Fortunately, things have not developed to the worst. Now you realize It's not too late. But, have you figured out who should take your place?"

"I don't know, I haven't figured it out yet." Tony shook his head, "But I think you look quite suitable."

Fury shook his head: "My era has passed, and those old guys will not agree with me coming back to this position. And there is nothing wrong with my retirement life, I have no intention of coming back to take charge of Aegis for the time being. It's just that If you think about it, I have an excellent candidate who may be as good as me or better than me."

Tony was taken aback: "Who?"

A better Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. than Fury?Does such a person really exist in the world?
"A guy you are not unfamiliar with." Fury leaned back in the chair, and after a moment of deliberation, he slowly said the name, "Michael Passo."

(End of this chapter)