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Chapter 158 Blood and the CIA

"Boss, Mr. Dix has arrived!" Josie was enjoying afternoon tea at her estate on Long Island, New York.

Because he has a lot going on in New York lately, such as the establishment of the United Nations headquarters and other special matters, he has been living in New York.

Margot actually wanted to bring her whole family to accompany him.

But because of the Leviathan incident, New York is not very peaceful right now, so Josie didn't let them come over. She just went home every few days, which is only a few hours' flight away anyway.

"Dix, sit down, have something to eat with us," Josie said, inviting Dix to sit down.

"Thank you, boss! Here's what you wanted!" Dix sat down cheerfully and respectfully placed a box on the table.

Although Dix is ​​considered the number one figure in the American underworld, even bigwigs like the mayor of New York City and senators have to give him some face.

However, he still maintained a proper attitude, keeping his position very low in front of Josie and never overstepping his bounds.

Because he knows very well why he has gotten to where he is today.

"Well done, didn't you run into any trouble?" Josie opened the box and saw a small blue metal ball lying quietly inside.

This is a stolen piece from Howard Stark's collection, which the Strategic Scientific Corps only recently recovered.

"No, this so-called Strategic Science Legion is much more lax in its defenses than I imagined. Haha, I just bribed the pipeline company, and it was easy to send someone in to sneak in and get the stuff. And this is supposed to be an intelligence department? Unbelievable!" Dix couldn't help but laugh loudly. "But it's also thanks to Ms. Carter's intelligence on the Strategic Science Legion."

He was obviously joking; Peggy Carter would never give him inside information about the Strategic Scientific Corps.

However, given the cooperation between the two parties, and to avoid interference from the Strategic Scientific Corps, wouldn't it be unreasonable for you, Peggy Carter, to provide information on the personnel of the Strategic Scientific Corps' New York branch?

For the Mafia, once they have basic personnel information, there are many, many things they can do.

It was easy to get what Josie wanted.

"That's good. Make sure to clean up the mess properly. This is related to your long-term control over the American underworld," Josie said with a smile, hefting the small ball in her hand.

"Oh? That's powerful? But isn't this thing used to cut off the city's power? What good is it to me?" Dix was puzzled by Josie's words.

According to the intelligence he received, this small ball is a strategic weapon.

Although it has no actual destructive power, it can cut off the power supply to the entire city.

That's right, this thing is a super electromagnetic pulse bomb.

It must be said that Howard Stark was indeed a super brilliant scientist; what he created was basically something that could be considered groundbreaking.

“Hehe, if it were an authentic product, its function would indeed be to cut off the city’s power supply, but this thing doesn’t!” Josie smiled slightly, and then, under Dix’s tense gaze, pressed the button.

With a clatter, the thing didn't explode; instead, it opened up, and with a blast of cold air, a small test tube containing a crimson liquid popped out.

"This is...blood?" Dix asked in surprise, but he still couldn't connect this vial of blood with his rule over the underworld.

“That’s right, this is blood, but not ordinary blood, it’s Captain America’s blood!” Josie said, examining the test tube carefully.

"What? Captain America's blood?" Dick's eyes widened immediately.

Vito, standing not far away, also turned his gaze over. After all, he was also a beneficiary/victim of the replica super soldier serum, so he was naturally quite concerned about related matters.

“That’s right. Captain America’s blood, as the only finished product of the super soldier, although he didn’t want to become a research subject, he couldn’t change the fact that he was an asset of the US government. So before he disappeared, he left behind a batch of blood samples, a total of 12 vials, and Howard Stark, who made the greatest contribution, received one of them.” Josie fiddled with the potion, putting it back into the small ball, and said, “To be honest, it’s only because Captain America sacrificed himself, otherwise, after the war, I estimate he would have become a large blood vial. For the ruling class of the country, compared to a hero, this blood containing infinite possibilities is obviously more valuable. What do you think?”

Dix nodded. He was no longer the petty thug who only knew how to rob. His years in the underworld had taught him a great deal.

"Thank you, Dix. With this, I believe my research institute will soon be able to develop a truly perfect super soldier serum, and you'll get a share then!" Josie promised Dix as she put the item away.

Of course, the research institute he referred to was none other than Yuri's.

Previously, relying solely on Vito's flawed super soldier blood, Yuri combined it with the berserker technology from the Red Alert world to create a highly practical beast-transformation combat agent. Now that he has the genuine super soldier blood, what kind of surprise will he bring to Josie?

Josie is really looking forward to it.

"Thank you, boss. I'm already looking forward to that day!" Dix nodded deeply in gratitude.

Few men can resist the allure of becoming a super soldier.

And as Josie said before, if he becomes a super soldier, he will be able to better control the Mafia in the future.

"By the way, how's the investigation going with Carter lately?" Josie asked, putting her things away.

“She’s still quite wary of me, but judging from some details, she’s not bad. Yesterday she said she was going on a business trip to Europe, but I don’t know exactly where she’s going!” Dix shook his head and said.

“Europe? I see, I understand!” Josie was taken aback for a moment, then her smile widened.

We've basically got what we needed; it's time to close the net.

Two days later, a C69 military transport plane slowly landed at Newburgh Military Airport in New York.

Carter and two other agents from the Strategic Scientific Corps stepped off the plane, accompanied by a bald, middle-aged man in prison garb.

The man's name is Ivchenko, a psychologist for the Russians, and a prisoner whom Carter and his team rescued from a Leviathan prison in Poland.

About a week ago, Carter, relying on intelligence provided by Dix, successfully tracked down another Leviathan agent, Demidov. Although he didn't capture him alive, he found an automatic transmitter and received a message on it.

Carter deciphered the message and found it pointed to the Leviathan base somewhere in Poland.

The Strategic Scientific Corps therefore believed that evidence of Howard Stark's treason might be found there.

Carter, acting as an intermediary, helped the Strategic Scientific Corps contact the Howling Commandos still stationed in Europe, and the two sides cooperated to infiltrate the base.

However, apart from a little girl assassin and some bear guards, the only thing left to be found in the base was Ivchenko, and the Strategic Scientific Corps and the Roaring Commando both lost a member for this.

At this point, Carter had no idea what kind of person Ivchenko was that he had rescued.

But it's okay, as long as Josie knows.

As Carter and his party were about to leave the airport, a large group of men in black surrounded them. The leader was none other than Josh, and next to him was a middle-aged white man in a suit.

“Josh? What are you doing here? And what are you doing…” Carter asked, frowning.

“Excuse me, Carter, but please allow me to introduce myself. I am the Director of the CIA’s Administration Division, and this is the new Director of the CIA, Major General Fletcher!” Josie greeted them and then introduced the people around her.

"Wait, CIA? What's that?" Carter asked, puzzled.

This is not surprising, because during World War II, Roosevelt established the predecessor of the CIA, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

However, with the end of World War II, Truman abolished this department.

However, Truman soon regretted cancelling the OSS, because he found that without the OSS, he was simply unable to handle the various messy intelligence sent from different departments and military intelligence agencies on his own.

This led to the idea of ​​establishing a new agency to coordinate and verify this intelligence, which resulted in the formation of the new Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Previously, Josie had proposed at a board meeting to remove FBI agent Hoover and replace him with one of their own.

However, this proposal was not approved by the council.

So Josie thought of the CIA, which was in a precarious stage, and approached Truman. Through his connections in the Department of Defense, he managed to expedite the establishment of the CIA by a year – the CIA was officially established in 1947.

Josie's idea also received assistance from two allies on the council, Hugh Jones and Alfred Malik.

Ultimately, the first director of the newly established CIA was Major General Fletcher, an acquaintance, while Josh, as a specially appointed advisor to Truman, became the director of the Management Division of the four branches of the CIA—the Management Division, the Intelligence Division, the Operations Division, and the Technology Division.

Its main responsibilities include overseeing the CIA's communications, logistics, security, finance, medical services, personnel, training and education, and data processing.

In other words, the management office is the CIA's chief steward.

Although Major General Fletcher's abilities were average, his greatest strength as a member of the organization was his obedience.

So in reality, Josie, as the head of the management department, was the one in control of the newly established CIA.

During this time, what Josie was secretly busy with was actually the matter of the establishment of the CIA.

The newly established CIA clearly needed a very suitable achievement to establish its position—and what could be more suitable than Leviathan?

So he could only silently apologize to Carter and then snatch this great achievement from the Strategic Scientific Corps.

Chapter 159 The Tumultuous History of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Howard

"I see, so you're going to...?" After listening to Josie's brief introduction of the CIA's responsibilities, Peggy Carter and the two agents from the Strategic Scientific Corps couldn't keep their composure.

Meanwhile, "Ivchenko," who was following behind them, was extremely nervous, his eyes darting around as he tried to find a suitable escape route.

But he was soon disappointed. The CIA field agents present were all elites handpicked by Josie from the military, who had fought in Europe and Asia for at least two years and participated in numerous battles. There was no way he could be given any chance to escape.

“Don’t worry, our target isn’t you, but this Russian friend you brought back. I’m talking about you, Dr. Jonah Finhof. I advise you not to make any rash moves, and don’t show off your little hypnotic tricks here. Otherwise, my subordinates reserve the right to take any action against you. Believe me, you won’t like it.” Josie said, turning her gaze to Finhof, who was cowering behind Carter and the other two.

“Josh, isn’t there some misunderstanding? His name isn’t Jonah Finhof, it’s Ivchenko. He’s a prisoner we rescued from the Leviathan organization.” Carter frowned after hearing what Josh said.

“I know you might not believe it, but I’m sorry, Peggy, I have enough evidence. He is Jonah Finhof. What Ivchenko, what Leviathan prisoners, it was all a trap he set to get you to bring him into the Strategic Scientific Corps. And everything that happened before, including the theft of Howard’s vault, was all his doing!” Josie shrugged.

"Director Kahn, you've said too much!" Director Fletcher reminded him, feigning concern.

However, this was agreed upon before Carter and his team arrived, with Josie playing the good cop and Fletcher playing the bad cop.

"Sorry, Chief!" Josie immediately apologized upon seeing this, then looked at Carter, "Peggy, what do you think..."

"...So, Howard was indeed wronged?" Carter turned to look at Finnhof, who looked somewhat nervous. At this moment, she also realized that there were too many coincidences surrounding the other party's appearance. She then asked Josie.

“That’s right. In fact, before we came, Congress had already released the results of its investigation into Howard Stark, and he was declared innocent.” Josie nodded.

“Alright, you can take him away!” Carter thought for a moment, then smiled and stepped aside.

“Agent Carter!” The other two members of the Strategic Science Legion were clearly somewhat unwilling. After hearing what Josie said, they realized what a huge contribution the person they had brought back was.