Shadow of the Beautiful World

I'm an old man, Fury.

In the bedroom of the ward at Pierce's home, Alexander Pierce, who was awakened from a restless sleep, held a cup of hot tea and looked at Fury standing in front of the hospital bed in a somewhat dispirited state.

The old man yawned and said to Fury with a tired face:

I am used to going to bed at 10 o'clock every night, especially now that I am injured. The doctor told me not to stay up late. In fact, if I miss this time, then I will be in pain in the second half of the night. You have to be considerate of me, Fury.

I know, Pierce.

With an unapologetic look on Fury's face, he said to Pierce:

But this time it's the real big deal.

What's up?

Pierce took a sip of hot tea, rubbed his forehead, and said:

Is there another problem with the mutants?

No, it's not, it's about the Ministry of Defense, their Seventh District...

Fury was about to take out the USB flash drive Merlin gave him, but when he put his fingers into his pocket, he suddenly felt the hexagonal detector Merlin gave him was slightly vibrating in his pocket.

This stopped Fury from taking out the USB flash drive.

He looked left and right at everything in Pierce's ward, and after a moment, Fury's eyes fell on an old antique radio by the window sill.

It is a very simple ore radio, which is something that only true nostalgic music fans will collect, but few people know that this very old and simple ore radio, in a certain period of time, is often A listening device used by spies.

In the era when Pierce was active, this kind of thing was still in use, and Pierce put it in his bedroom, probably out of nostalgia for the past.

What happened to that Seventh District?

Pierce saw that Fury was silent, and the old man who was woken up had a strong aura of getting up, and he asked:

Say, Fury! Didn't we send an agent to look at it last time? There's nothing wrong there.

No, there's a big problem there, Pierce.

Fury said something casually. He pretended to approach the window sill unintentionally. The closer he got to the black ore radio, the faster the frequency of the detector in Fury's pocket beat.

This made Fury sure that there must be something wrong with the Pierce collection in front of him.

He turned his head and gave Pierce a wink.

Although Pierce is in a high position now, and he has not been involved in secret service operations since a long time ago, he is still a very keen person. After seeing Fury's wink, Pierce was slightly stunned for a moment, and then his face turned pale. Say as usual:

Oh? What's the problem there? Tell me.

We found traces of the Decepticons there...

Fury turned around, quietly grabbed the pistol in the holster on his waist, and then opened the safety, he said:

They think they're well hidden, they're playing us for fools, but in reality, they don't know, we've found out.

At this moment, Fury turned around abruptly, aimed the pistol in Pierce's ore radio collection, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Bang, bang, bang

Three shots shattered the rest of Pierce's collection on the windowsill, but the black ore radio was left unscathed by the sparks of the bullets.

To be precise, this collectible grew two legs and ran away.

Under the surprised gazes of Fury and Pierce, the black radio quickly changed its shape, and in the blink of an eye, it became a fist-sized robot with sophisticated mechanical modules all over its body, and even equipped with small arms. , as Fury's muzzle moved, it let out a sharp and ear-piercing sonic scream, and jumped off the window sill nimbly, bypassing Fury's block, and rushed towards Pierce.

Damn it! Stop it, Fury!

The old man Pierce is also a person who has seen the world, he was not in a hurry because of the surprise attack of this little steel devil, he threw out the teacup in his hand while cursing.

Snapped

The exquisite ceramic teacup hit the floor, and the hot tea splashed all over the robot that was rushing towards him, but it didn't stop the running, screaming robot.

The guy wielded an ultra-small ray gun in his left hand, and continuously shot out thin rays to prevent Fury from approaching. A razor-like blade popped out from the other hand, and he jumped onto Pierce's hospital bed with agility. , brandishing the blade and rushing towards Pierce's head.

Obviously, this disguised Cybertronian is definitely not just eavesdropping on the conversation between Pierce and Fury, it is hiding here, or for a more sinister purpose.

It came for assassination.

If Fury hadn't noticed its existence in advance, I'm afraid that after Fury left, it would be the time when Pierce died in the hospital bed.

Seeing the oddly shaped silver robot rushing towards him, Pierce burst out with a strong desire to survive at the critical moment. He grabbed the things at hand and slapped the damn robot in front of him fiercely.

Snapped

The desk lamp in Pierce's hand hit the body of the robot that jumped into the air. In the scorching fragments from the explosion of the desk lamp, the little steel devil was smashed to the other side of the room, and the little robot was thrown out of the air when it flew out. The knife in his hand almost wiped Pierce's face and nailed it to the wall next to Pierce's head.

Snapped

The noise and gunshots in the house also alarmed the protectors outside the door. The guards around Pierce rushed into the room. Under Pierce's scolding, the agents rushed to the little robot in the corner.

It has nowhere to escape.

Damn it!

Pierce, who was lying on the bed, felt his back was soaked. Although he had experienced a real war of bullets and bullets in his young life, he was old after all.

He looked at the small flying knife nailed to the side, which was almost completely sunk into the wall. He couldn't help touching the bloody wound on his cheek, he felt like he was alive after a catastrophe.

Let's have one.

Fury took out a cigar from Pierce's laser-cut bedside table and handed it to the terrified old man. The latter didn't refuse, put the cigar in his mouth, and let Fury light it for him.

Fu...

Pierce let out a breath of smoke, and his mood calmed down a little. He looked at the irritable little robot being picked up from the corner by the agents with pliers, and he said to Fury:

What's that?

That's what I came to you tonight to tell you.

Holding the gun, Fury walked over to the screaming little silver robot fixed on the wall by two iron clamps. He looked at the slender, sharp, and seemingly technological gadget, and said:

The Decepticons of Cybertron, some warmongers who want to find their leader on the earth. Merlin told me that these guys have been hiding on the earth and have cooperated with some corrupt elements of the Ministry of Defense. Now it seems that They're not just working together, Pierce.

They cooperated, which I can understand.

Pierce said:

But it, this brat, why did it assassinate me? I have no conflict with them.

I guess, you were implicated by us, Pierce.

Fury turned to Pierce and said:

A few hours ago, the scientists under Merlin tracked the whereabouts of the Decepticons, but they were counterattacked by these guys. Under no alternative, Merlin asked the scientists to remotely blow up the base where the Decepticons cooperated with the Ministry of Defense. I also got evidence of the cooperation between the Decepticons and the Ministry of Defense. Those Decepticons may want revenge, and those scum who cooperate with aliens don’t want their scandals to be exposed. They want to start in advance and get rid of everyone who will know their secrets people.

Pierce, you are the chairman who firmly supports S.H.I.E.L.D. In order not to let you interfere with the current situation, they sent an alien killer to monitor you or kill you. Anyway, they can't find out what happened.

Fury shrugged and said:

These are all my guesses, but I think the truth is more or less the same.

As soon as Fury's words fell, a huge explosion sounded outside Pierce's manor. Fury walked to the window. After a while, he turned back and said to Pierce:

My car got blown up...Look, they're not going to let me go. Time to move, Pierce, those guys ain't gonna let it go.

Then go!

Pierce was also a decisive person. He waved his hand, and a strong agent immediately walked to the bedside, carrying Pierce, who was handicapped, behind his back, and another agent put a pajamas on Pierce.

The director glanced at the robot fixed on the wall, and he said to Fury:

Take that, too.

Need not.

Fury walked up to the assassination robot. He raised his gun and fired 5 times without looking at it. Then he picked up the robot's metal head and scattered parts from the wreckage on the ground. He pointed at Pierce. explain:

The best thing about meeting these bastards is that you don't have to hold them back, as long as the database and the processor are still there, the memory in their head will not disappear.

There should be a secret escape in your room, right?

Um.

Pointing to the bookcase, Pierce said:

There, let's go, it's really noisy tonight.

The old man turned his head and looked at the burning manor outside the field, and said with a sinking face:

Also, tell Merlin...

Let him do it! All the results...I will bear it for him!

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Pierce was assassinated? Did the Decepticons do it?

On the other side, in the depths of the Middle East desert, Merlin stood on a sand dune. In the icy night wind, he looked at the expression of Fury on the Icarus lens with a surprised face. He asked:

Is the old man all right?

Pierce is fine. Although he insisted on not saying anything, I know that he was a little frightened. After all, he is old.

Fury said to Merlin:

It's not just Pierce, I just got the news that just now, the headquarters of the Trident was also invaded by suspected assassination robots. There were no casualties, but our database encryption module was cracked... They are looking for the lost Information, Merlin.

Well, it seems that my meeting with you still didn't hide from those robots that can monitor the whole world.

Merlin rubbed his chin, he said:

Don't worry that the secrets in our database will be leaked. I have told George that he will do his best to protect those important information from being stolen, but you'd better find a few more people to help, find some people who are good at data processing and defense people.

I've already found it.

Fury said:

Dr. Reed Richards, Dr. Lex Luke, and some well-known data experts have accepted Pierce's invitation and will come to help us deal with the global data crisis brought about by the Decepticons. However, these Smart people can only be responsible for the logistics, Merlin, to deal with those tyrannical robots, I guess you and your friends have to take action.

We're already lurking in front of their base where Tinder and Mike Chuang are located.

Merlin replied:

We're about to rush in...

Hey, look there, Merlin, we're in big trouble.

Arcie, who was lying next to Merlin, reached out and patted Merlin's back, pointing to the sky, Merlin raised his head, and saw a dozen meteorites falling from the dark sky like flaming meteors, like a damn meteor shower .

Merlin and his three Cybertron friends stood up from the desert. The scorching meteors falling to the ground illuminated the entire sky, stretching their figures in the dark night. Now, there was no need for camouflage.

In the pale light of those clusters of falling meteors, Merlin could vaguely see the complicated and huge mechanical body like the flying over the mountain and the bumblebee.

Obviously, it was not a real meteor, but another batch of mechanical life that fell into the earth at this critical moment. There is no doubt that they also came from Cybertron.

Shet!

Merlin looked at the dozens of meteors that fell into the depths of the desert, and he cursed without emotion.

What's wrong?

Fury on the other end of the communicator asked:

What happened?

The Decepticons have summoned the Decepticons...

Merlin moved his fingers, and he said:

I mean, they summoned their accomplices from outer space... Their actions are really decisive.

Now how to do?

Arcie glanced at the silent Merlin beside her, and Miss Steel said:

They have summoned many accomplices. It is very difficult to win against us head-on. Do you have any countermeasures?

Um.

Merlin pushed his glasses, he said:

They won't let us retreat so easily. It's too late to run now. Why don't you take this opportunity to let me see the strength of the Decepticons. But our numbers are at a disadvantage. Even if we finally break through, we need one A strong responder, well, it seems that we also have to contact our friends.

Give me a few seconds.

A few seconds later, the communication on Icarus' lens was connected at this moment. Merlin cleared his throat and said:

Clark...have you been busy recently?

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