Shadow of the Beautiful World

Ward, Ward, help me inform Melinda that there will be a commander's meeting at 4 o'clock this afternoon.

In the underground of the Bell Telephone Company in the 21st century, in Merlin's original office, Coulson was sitting on a chair, processing the documents in his hand, and said to the phone on the table:

By the way, inform Agent Jimmy that Kansas needs a batch of new defensive equipment and some high-tech materials.

Yes, Officer Coulson.

A capable man's voice rang from the phone. It was Coulson's chosen job assistant after serving as the head of the s.d.o.l.d. department.

His name is Grant Ward. Unlike other rookie agents from S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, this young man with strong execution ability was transferred from the European Division. Working under the command of Agent Teller.

Because of Merlin's promotion to the command level, Gartler saw the potential of s.d.o.l.d., a subordinate department directly managed by Merlin, and he believed that letting the capable Ward come here is more promising than letting him stay in the European branch .

So after Gatler had a phone call with Merlin, level 3 field agent Grant Ward was transferred back to New York and became a member of s.d.o.l.d.

He also lived up to Gartler's recommendation letter. This young man showed his excellence in a short period of time, and was admired by Coulson.

There are gossip that Coulson intends to train Agent Ward to serve as the captain of an action team, but Ward's qualifications are a bit shallow in a department like s.d.o.l.d., so it may take a while longer. This excellent field agent, to be promoted.

After all, under Merlin's single-handed management, this department has grown from a small marginal department to a key department under the S.H.I.E.L.D. After spreading its influence to the entire east coast in a short period of time, anyone who knows how to do it can see that the rise of s.d.o.l.d. is inevitable.

But for Coulson himself, life in the past two weeks has not been pleasant.

First of all, his girlfriend, the cellist Miss Audrey, has finished her studies in New York and has returned to her hometown of Portland. The feeling of long-distance relationship is not good, which makes Coulson, who sleeps alone at night, a little irritable .

Secondly, his old boss, Merlin, went to the Trident Building with a wave of his hands and became the deputy director of S.D.O.L.D. in name. Although he still directly manages s.d.o.l.d., he no longer presides over the specific work of this department.

He left all his work to Coulson, and despite the help and sharing of Melinda and Jimmy, Barbie, Trip and Mike, Lincoln and a series of friends, the kind of alien world from all over the East Coast Information about supernatural events still flooded into Coulson's mind, like a flood, which Coulson couldn't stop at all.

During this period of time, he worked overtime every day until late at night, but he could barely grasp the internal system of s.d.o.l.d. It took him a while to get used to it before he got into the details and completely controlled the situation.

Coulson is not Merlin after all, his ability to accept and process information is still slightly higher than that of ordinary people. What Merlin needs to do in 10 minutes, Coulson may need 20 minutes or even longer to complete.

In fact, if the demon hunter's body was not strong enough, I am afraid that Coulson would have been crushed under the heavy work pressure.

He is a responsible person, and he doesn't want to disappoint Chief Merlin who single-handedly promoted him.

Ding ding ding, ding ding ding.

The sound of the mobile phone interrupted Coulson's thoughts of reading the document. He picked up the mobile phone and glanced at it. Well, it was a call from Chief Merlin.

Coulson put the phone to his ear, and as soon as the call was connected, Merlin's calm voice rang out.

Colson, why hasn't the budget for the next quarter been submitted to me? Also, why is there a sudden large-scale food poisoning incident at the ghost base?

Uh, the budget has been prepared, sir, and I'll send it to you right now.

Coulson held the phone between his head and shoulders, and typed on the computer keyboard with both hands. He said to Merlin with some guilt:

As for the food poisoning in the ghost base, it was because of a water pollution accident in the laboratory. I have temporarily closed the water source there and arranged for a personnel change.

Water pollution in the laboratory?

There was a hint of helplessness in Merlin's tone, he said:

Let me take a guess, Moira is running another unplanned experiment?

Uh, yes.

Coulson said:

I'm sorry, sir, I didn't notice the problem in advance.

What does this have to do with you?

Merlin replied:

Even if I can't control Moira's hand, you can control her? Coulson, it's good to admit your mistakes bravely, but don't take the blame for these mistakes that have nothing to do with you.

He said:

Temporarily seal up Moira's laboratory, give her a small warning, and ask her to help Lilian's laboratory as an assistant Uh, forget it, you will handle these, I will not interfere, after all, you Is the leader of the s.d.o.l.d..

But this is a warning, Coulson, you'd better pay more attention to the ghost base. If something happens there, it will be a big problem.

Okay, sir, I'll keep an eye on it.

Coulson replied:

I will arrange a thorough inspection in the next few days to eliminate potential safety hazards in the base.

Well, let's go and do it.

Merlin says:

I believe you can do well.

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone. It seems that Merlin really didn't intend to interfere too much with Coulson's management, and Coulson put down his phone, he sighed:

The more you trust me, the more pressure I have. It seems that being needed is not only a blessing, but also a burden.

What are you complaining about?

The door of Coulson's office was pushed open. Melinda, who was standing at the door, heard Coulson's emotion. She put a stack of documents in front of Coulson's eyes, and she said:

What burden?

No, nothing.

Coulson shook his head, he looked at the documents on the table, he said:

What's this?

It is the application for the establishment of the branch departments in the two regions of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the planning plan of the two departments.

Melinda flicked her short hair and said:

Mr. Merlin asked us to spread our influence to the west coast as quickly as possible, so I plan to establish two more branches there as quickly as possible.

This is going too fast, Melinda.

Coulson looked at the papers on the desk, and he said to Melinda:

Before I really control the situation, I don't plan to expand blindly. It will disperse our already embarrassing human resources. I plan to establish a branch in San Francisco in the first half of next year.

He rested his chin on his hands, looked at Melinda, and said:

I plan to use this group of new recruits, and they still need time to grow.

All right.

Melinda did not refute, she said to Coulson:

You are the boss now, so I will listen to you. Also, how do you plan to arrange Agent McCree?

This question made Coulson hesitate for a moment.

In the current s.d.o.l.d. system, Jesse McCree is a very special person. He has excellent combat skills, excellent intelligence collection capabilities, and good leadership, which can be compared to a senior agent.

But the problem is that there are some problems with McCree's background. In theory, he is still a monitored person in the ghost base. not thinking.

Merlin had originally planned to absorb him into his department, but the sudden promotion put this matter on hold, and now this issue was placed before Coulson's eyes.

He had to make a decision whether to trust McCree or keep him in his current idleman status.

After ten seconds of thinking, Coulson raised his head and said to Melinda:

I plan to absorb him as an official agent and give him an operational team to lead.

Was it the command in the first place?

Melinda frowned and said:

Will this cause controversy? And, it's the same old question, do you think he is trustworthy?

He proved himself, didn't he?

Coulson said:

In the Nordic battlefield and in Sulfur Harbor, he took the lead and was willing to receive training as an agent. I don't have the ability to read people's hearts like Chief Merlin, but I think I can trust him. Let's give him the opportunity he needs. I I have a hunch that he won't let us down. However, your consideration is also reasonable, so let him lead the newly established No. 11 team. Phil Coulson, the new chief of .d.o.l.d., gestured his fingers, He said:

Borrowing what the director said in the previous meeting, it doesn't really matter what he thinks, what matters is his actions.

Well, you convinced me.

Melinda raised her wrist, looked at the time, and said:

Your assistant Ward told me just now that there is a meeting at 4 p.m., right?

Um.

Coulson nodded, he said:

It's a meeting about the rotation of the newly hired agents in various departments, and about the allocation of the four new business jets assigned to us. I also intend to hear about your work experience these days, especially Barbie and the others. , they are different from us in that they don't have much work experience in charge of the whole department.

They did a pretty good job.

Melinda says:

It's been a quiet week in Miami, Atlanta and Philadelphia.

I need to hear them say it themselves.

Coulson laughed and said:

I need to hear their reports. Only they know what problems and troubles they have encountered. But there are still a few hours before 3 p.m., do you want to go to Kansas with me?

A ghost base?

Melinda folded her arms and said helplessly:

I've been there for a while before and it was a pretty boring place.

But it's also a very important place, especially at this moment when the utopian island of mutants is about to appear in front of the public. There must be no problems there.

Coulson stood up, packed his things, and said to Melinda:

Let's go, let's go there together and conduct a surprise inspection to see the real situation there.

Melinda looked at Coulson with a strange expression. She took out her stylish sunglasses from her pocket, put them on her face, and said to Coulson:

After you become leaders, will you all start to like this kind of surprise inspection?

In this way, we can strip away the camouflage and see a more real situation.

Coulson waved his hand disapprovingly, and 20 minutes later, a small plane took off from New York and flew in the direction of Kansas.

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It's really strange.

In the laboratory of the ghost base, Miss Lilian, a base researcher, was watering her beloved flowers and plants, when she heard a slightly surprised exclamation from behind.

Miss Lillian turned her head and looked at Researcher Moira sitting in front of the computer behind her. She flicked her long fiery red hair and asked:

Did something happen?

Someone sent me an email saying they had a job offer for me.

Lady Moira, with her gold spectacles, turned her head to one side and said to Lillian:

You should also know that my reputation has not been very good in the past, but any company or laboratory that is affected by public opinion has stayed away from me. Therefore, I suspect that this email is either a prank or has ulterior motives gone.

Don't be so pessimistic, maybe someone has noticed your talent again.

Lillian put down the water bottle in her hand, and she walked over to Moira to read emails on the computer with the elusive senior.

Although she and Moira are not very good friends, they have worked together for a period of time after all. Ms. Moira also gave her a lot of valuable guidance on her research on leaf greens and plant toxins. This allowed Lillian to maintain a good relationship with Moira, and was even willing to help her clean up the mess after Moira's unplanned experiment turned out to be wrong.

To be honest, if it wasn't for Lilian's help, the large-scale food poisoning situation in the base these days would not have subsided so quickly.

Hey, this company is the umbrella company of Raccoon City.

Lillian looked at the emblem at the bottom of the email. It was a white and red circular logo, divided into 8 points, and the red and white interlaced each occupied 4 squares. It looked like an open red and white umbrella.

It also sent me an email, inviting me to be the director of the drug testing department. If I remember correctly, it should have been a few days ago.

Well, aren't you going to take a look?

Moira said to Lillian:

I am notorious, and I don't expect to be in public for the rest of my life, but you are different, Lillian, you are a real genius in your field of research, and you shouldn't be buried in this little place of obscurity. I think you can Go try it.

never mind.

Lillian shook her head, and the pretty girl said softly:

I always feel that this company is a bit weird, maybe it's just a psychological effect, but after all, I promised Chief Merlin to help him simplify the test, and it's almost finished, so everything will wait until it's finished.

kuang

Before Lillian could finish her sentence, a huge eastward explosion exploded on the ground above their heads, and immediately afterward, harsh sirens sounded throughout the base.

Enemy attack! Enemy attack!

Winston's voice sounded from the communicators all over the base:

The base is under high-intensity energy attack! Enter the highest alert state! Defense program, start!