[Zhongyingmei] She is such a sand sculpture netizen

After being in the office for so long, Joanna didn't even have a cup of hot water in front of her.If at the beginning she naively thought that the EQ of these agents was not very high, now she is fully awake.

Seeing that Joanna's attitude had changed, Rodriguez smiled and continued to ask, "Did you go to Arkham Hospital in Gotham the day before yesterday?"

"Yes."

"The intelligence said that you were visiting an old friend who was arrested, but unfortunately, you encountered a prison robbery incident."

"Yes."

"And you went with Captain America."

Joanna didn't answer.She stared at Rodriguez with wide eyes.

So... the Special Operations Department is not here for her?Was it for...Steve?

But, isn't Steve already joining S.H.I.E.L.D.?Isn't he a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and involved in many activities?Could it be that the last time she saw Steve in uniform walking side by side with the agent in the lobby was fake?

Why does the Special Operations Department deal with its own people?

Joanna frowned in confusion.Did not answer Rodriguez's words.

Rodriguez twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, that perfunctory expression was not even a "smile": "Miss Rickman, what I want to know is, did you ask Captain America to find you at that time?" ?”

After going around in a circle, how do you feel that you still have to ask her responsibility?

"Sir, the captain at that time..."

"We're asking Ms. Rickman to help us sort out the truth. It's not you, Mr. Rumlow." Rodriguez's voice sank, and he gave Rumlow a gloomy look. "Your opinion, It was fully published 10 minutes ago."

Joanna glanced at Rumlow, feeling that she might have a big fall today.

Cooperate?Still don't cooperate?

Who knows what this Rodriguez wants to know from her?Is it going to target Steve?Or through Steve to pick up Nick?But no matter how you look at it, she is just a gadget with some use value in this process, and she is the one who is pushed out to die in the first wave at a critical moment.Steve was better off and probably died in the second wave.

Joanna took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Sir, do you want to know what happened to Captain America that day?"

"Yes."

"I'm sorry, but I don't have the authority to disclose it." Joanna straightened her back and put on a look of resignation.

"No authority? Are you saying you can't report to me about Captain America?"

"No, what I mean is that I don't have the authority to report everything to you. I can only report to Ms. Wilson during the eight-hour working hours. As for the eight hours, I don't need to report to anyone." Joe Anna paused, then added, "I don't want to report to others either."

Rodriguez's expression turned cold: "I'm asking you to cooperate with the Special Operations Department."

Joanna nodded: "Before I entered the headquarters, I specifically read the contract. I am only obliged to cooperate with other departments in cases involving public relations. As far as I know, there have been no public relations problems in the past two days, so I can not To answer your question."

Rodriguez looked at Joanna for a while, then laughed: "Are you sure you want to fight me?"

"I'm sorry if it made you feel that way, but I didn't mean to make things difficult for anyone."

"Patric..."

Rodriguez was interrupted by a knock on the door.Before he could react, the door was pushed open.Natasha with red hair came straight in: "I heard that Joanna Rickman is here?"

Behind Natasha, Ethan Hunt followed in: "Sorry Mr. Rodriguez, Agent Romanov..."

"Okay, I know." Rodriguez sent Ethan out with a dissatisfied expression, "Agent Romanov, I hope you still remember the basic manners."

"Of course, why do you think I'm knocking on the door?" Natasha smiled brightly at Rodriguez, who had a bad face. "First of all, work is important. Fury wants to find Rickman. Right now."

"Rickman is assisting our investigation."

"Investigation? What can she help with a small handyman in the public relations department? Mr. Rodriguez, don't make such jokes. Even if you really don't like Fury, you can't afford to compete with him on such a trivial matter. .Honestly, I wouldn't want to do this for Fury if I could. Fury is mad at this idiot for tweeting weird things."

Rodriguez didn't believe Natasha's words at all: "He will get angry because of such a trivial matter?"

"You know him. He's never free. After all, the staff in the public relations department are not as disciplined as the agents of the special operations department. It's normal to make trouble." Natasha smiled very gently at Rodriguez , "Can I take her away? I don't want to waste all my time on her."

Rodriguez didn't speak, just looked at Natasha quietly.

"If you don't object, you just acquiesce. Thank you very much for your understanding and support. I believe that Miss Rickman will report directly to your office after she has dealt with her troubles." Natasha patted Joanna shoulder, "Let's go, don't dawdle."

Joanna stood up immediately when she heard this.I don't know if it was because of nervousness, but she actually felt that her knees were a little weak.Seeing this, Natasha on the side grabbed her arm at the right time, half-carrying her outside like a chicken.

Natasha's pace was fast.But she didn't feel nervous at all. She dragged Joanna halfway, but she got out of the big boss's sense of resoluteness.Joanna felt that Rodriguez's gaze was like a needle in her back.It wasn't until after walking the long corridor and entering the elevator that Joanna felt relieved and relieved.

Natasha raised her head slightly, staring at the floor light: "What did you say?"

"what?"

"Rodriguez, what did you say?"

Joanna didn't have a good impression of Natasha, but after thinking about it, only she and Barton joined the Avengers in the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.Doesn't this also mean that she and Steve are on the same front?

"He asked me if Steve went to Gotham the day before yesterday." After thinking about this, Joanna answered without any psychological burden.

Natasha let out a long breath, and couldn't tell if it was a sigh or something else: "I didn't ask you what he said. I asked, what did you say."

Joanna thought for a while: "Yes. That's right. Sorry, I have no right to disclose."

Natasha looked at Joanna: "Are you kidding me?"

"There is a long list after that, explaining why I don't have the right to disclose. I don't remember what I said specifically, anyway... I didn't cooperate with him in his work, and it is estimated that my death is not far away."

Natasha sighed, this time it was an undisguised sigh of complete abandonment: "Are you sure you didn't reveal anything about Gotham?"

"It seems that there is nothing to reveal. Steve and I didn't do anything shameful in Gotham." Joanna was a little upset, and pouted, "But the other party knows that Steve went to Gotham, I'm not sure how much more they know. Why should you care? Am I in trouble? Or is... Steve in trouble?"

The elevator stopped at the floor where the director's office was located, and Natasha stepped out of the elevator first: "Let's go to Fury and talk about it in detail."

Natasha led Joanna straight to Nick's office.The two pushed the door open, and Joanna saw Nick standing silently in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the magnificent landscape outside.The director's office was on a higher floor than the public relations department, and Joanna had to admit that the view from here was much better.If there are any benefits to being the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Joanna thinks this beautiful scenery can be one of them.

Nick turned his head, looked at Joanna beside Natasha, and said in a rather apologetic tone: "I have always avoided involving you. But unfortunately, Rickman, I have to ask your wishes now .Would you like to join the Avengers?"

Joanna was stunned, the kind who couldn't recover.

Join the Avengers?she?A regular guy who has trouble unscrewing bottle caps from time to time?

Is this the latest joke?

What happened next is like the most tedious chapter in the State of the Union address.He knew it was very important, but his eyes swept over it, but he couldn't even read half of the words, let alone understand the deep meaning behind those words.Joanna just remembers answering all of Nick's questions about Rodriguez.Nick also explained it to Joanna, but Joanna couldn't figure it out. In the end, Natasha couldn't stand it anymore. She summed it up succinctly: "In short, the other party wants to hold Nick's handle. And the United States Cap and the Avengers are the best targets."

"Why is the captain involved? Isn't he working for the Special Operations Department?"

Natasha shrugged: "The captain is special. When he was recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D., he made an exception and gave him the right to refuse the mission."

"I've never heard of such a thing." Joanna frowned.

"You also know what the captain is. Even if he has this right, he will not use it to pick and choose. Although he has privileges, it is just an insurance mechanism for him. So far, he Never used it."

"Doesn't this just show that he is willing to work for the Special Operations Department?"

"No, it just means that he was willing to join S.H.I.E.L.D. under Fury's persuasion. Rodriguez never trusted Fury's people. Me, Barton, Captain, Coulson, Maria...he didn't trust any of them. .”

The situation Natasha explained, in Joanna's opinion, was simply not good.Steve's kind of sweetheart pie, meeting such a narrow-minded and suspicious boss, will suffer a lot.

"Joanna." Nick's voice pulled back Joanna's thoughts, "The captain rushed to Gotham on the way back from the mission the day before yesterday."

Joanna's heart skipped a beat, and an indescribable sense of panic seized her instantly.

"It's not a serious matter not to report back to S.H.I.E.L.D. immediately." Sensing Joanna's uneasiness, Nick comforted her.

"But Rodriguez is now chasing Steve about where he was that day."

"He didn't want to ask about the captain's whereabouts." Nick's expression was solemn, "he wanted to prove that the captain was called away by Stark. In this way, my original intention of establishing the Avengers will be questioned again by the International Security Committee .”