Marvel: Starting with the forced creation of villainous characters

Chapter 92 The Assassin's Guild

"The explosion originated from the self-destruction of a secret base 30 meters underground, and the shockwave even reached the entire city of New York."

"According to information obtained by our agents, the culprit is an organization called the Hand, which, according to intelligence, is an organization that possesses supernatural powers."

"But now, this organization has been wiped out, and all five leaders of the Hand have perished. And now we don't even know which force destroyed the Hand."

"This is a serious dereliction of duty by S.H.I.E.L.D. The United States has already held S.H.I.E.L.D. accountable. If we don't find a solution, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget will be cut by at least half next year."

After Nick Fury finished speaking, he sat back down in his chair. This was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fault, so of course it had to be discussed and the blame shared.

"Any other clues? Like the characteristics of the people in that organization, or any traces left at the scene?" Pierce asked quickly.

Pierce was also nervous about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s budget for next year. Although the black guy was corrupt, a large portion of the money was still actually spent on Hydra.

If S.H.I.E.L.D.'s funding is halved, then Hydra's funding will also be halved, or even more.

"No." Nick Fury shook his head.

If he could identify the enemy, he wouldn't be holding a meeting here.

Nick Fury added, "However, according to the investigation, the Hand and the Hammerhead family of Hell's Kitchen had a conflict, but these clues were provided to us by Kingpin, so their authenticity is questionable."

Pierce raised an eyebrow, his face full of disdain, and said, "The Hammerheads? That sounds like a low-level gang."

"The Hammerheads are indeed a criminal family active in Hell's Kitchen, and they've been quite active lately, their influence has grown considerably," Nick Fury said. He added, "By the way, the Hammerheads have even evaded three assassination attempts by the League of Assassins in the past month."

Sharon Carter said with certainty, "The Hammerheads have powerful backers."

Upon seeing this, Pierce stood up and said, "Now that we have leads, let's send people to investigate. I can withstand the pressure from the council for now, but I can only buy S.H.I.E.L.D. half a month at most. We have to give America an explanation for this."

Nick Fury also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Pierce was willing to help him withstand the pressure for a while, all he needed was time.

The pressure from the council can be ignored, but the pressure from America cannot be ignored.

Although S.H.I.E.L.D. is an intelligence agency under the Council of Directors, since he became its director, he has led S.H.I.E.L.D. to align itself with the United States.

S.H.I.E.L.D. now relies mainly on the United States for its livelihood, because the United States is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s biggest financial backer, and if S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to protect the entire world, it must obtain the absolute support of the world's superpower.

Sharon Carter appeared indifferent at the moment, but inside she was already panicking.

"Could this have been caused by that kid?" Sharon Carter wondered, feeling uncertain.

This matter seemed to have nothing to do with Mark, but her intuition told her that Mark was definitely involved.

After the meeting, Sharon Carter brought the meeting minutes to Mark's house.

Mark has been troubled by two things lately. The first is that he hasn't found the assassin organization that killed Hammerhead yet, and the second is that Kingpin is in hiding and he hasn't been able to find where Kingpin is hiding.

Upon meeting Mark, Sharon Carter immediately showed him the minutes of today's meeting.

"The Assassin Guild?" Mark was more concerned that the assassin who killed Hammerhead was actually a member of the Assassin Guild.

He knew about this organization, the League of Assassins, from the movie Wanted, a group of top assassins who could make bullets curve and snipe enemies from eight kilometers away.

Even within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this assassin organization would be a top-tier organization where everyone has Hawkeye-level skills.

Mark was very interested in this organization, mainly because it had a religious belief, and Mark was best at pretending to be a charlatan.

"This has nothing to do with me. I've never been to Hell's Kitchen, and I'm not interested in the Hell's Kitchen gangs," Mark quickly denied three times, distancing himself from Hell's Kitchen.

Sharon Carter must never know that she has connections with the Hammerhead family, because that would be too undignified.

Feeling he had absolved himself of all responsibility, Mark added, "You can ask Jessica and the others. They go to Hell's Kitchen every day to fight criminals. They might know something."

Sharon Cardi nodded, but did not do so, because she knew that Jessica and her team were not yet capable of destroying the entire Hand.

Most importantly, she hadn't heard of any conflict between the Hand and Mindy and her group.

Having not gotten the question she wanted, Sharon Carter asked again, "By the way, what do you think of mutants?"

"What?" Mark looked at her, feigning confusion.

Sharon Carter explained, "The mutants have been quite active lately, and I have a feeling they're about to make a comeback."

Mark shook his head: "I'm not interested in mutants."

Having inherited LeBlanc's legacy, Mark's greatest skills now lie in deception and manipulation.

Sharon Carter, of course, couldn't see any flaws in Mark's face.

The reason she suddenly asked Mark about mutants was because the rise of mutants was too sudden. In her previous life, mutants had clearly disappeared, even vanished from the annals of history.

Mark had known for a while that the X-Men and Essex Corporation were at odds, but he hadn't intervened because Mister Sinister hadn't shown up.

Mark personally saw Sharon Carter off, as the intelligence she provided was extremely timely.

After Sharon Carter left, Mark sat on the sofa and pondered the plot of the wanted poster.

Mark actually admires Sloan quite a bit; the fact that he was able to commercialize a cult is commendable in itself.

After all, making money as an assassin isn't too bad. The main thing is that this old guy doesn't do anything himself; he relies entirely on the "brothers" in the assassin guild.

Recruiting the Assassin League is actually quite simple; all Sloan needs to do is be his lackey.

In the League of Assassins, the orders of the Loom of Fate are absolute divine pronouncements, and Sloan's position in the League of Assassins is similar to that of a pope who conveys divine pronouncements.

As long as the followers of the League of Assassins do not question Sloan as Pope, Sloan will have absolute control over the League of Assassins.

If Sloan were to submit, it would be tantamount to the entire League of Assassins submitting.

Sloan has desires and ambitions, and more importantly, the other party has a weakness, so such a person is the easiest to subdue.

He was even easier to subdue than a hammer.

The headquarters of the Assassin's Guild is easy to find, after all, there are very few retro textile factories these days, let alone a retro textile city with a history of over a thousand years.

Mark gave direct orders to the Shadow Touch members to help them find a thousand-year-old textile factory near Chicago.

Having subordinates makes things much simpler.

All you have to do is open your mouth, and whatever you want will be delivered to you by your subordinates.

This is the pleasure that power brings.

In less than half an hour, Mark received the intelligence from the Shadow Touch.

After determining the location, Mark immediately created two mirror images and then used them to move to Sloan's office.

Mark noticed that these Westerners liked to have mirrors in their offices.

Mark thinks it's a good habit and hopes they will continue to maintain it.

Firefox failed to assassinate Hammerhead three times.

Hammerhead is now too scared to go out, which has prevented Firefox from seizing the opportunity for a fourth assassination attempt.

Kingpin has called him several times, demanding an explanation.

But the problem is he doesn't know how to explain it. After all, Firefox is a top expert in the Assassin's Guild. If she can't do it, then no one else can.

If X hadn't defected, he could have persuaded X to take action, but unfortunately, that guy defected half a month ago.

"Mr. Sloan, it seems the trouble you've encountered is giving you a real headache." A sinister laugh rang out.

Upon hearing the sudden sound, Sloan nervously looked up at Mark, then calmly picked up the pistol from the drawer with his right hand.

"And who are you?" Sloan looked at the guy in front of him with suspicion, who didn't seem like a normal person.

Mark wore Vladimir's vest this time, making him look like an old Western nobleman.

"My name is Vladimir," Mark introduced himself, controlling his clone.

Sloan frowned and thought for a while. After confirming that he had no recollection of the name, he asked coldly, "I don't know you, but you entered my office without permission. For that alone, I can kill you."

"Sloan, don't get so worked up," Mark teased.

"State your purpose, or you can die." Sloan coldly drew his pistol and aimed it at Mark's phantom clone.

Mark controlled his clone and said with unusual sincerity, "I want you to be my dog."

Mark's response was Sloan's relentless shooting.

The phantom clone was instantly destroyed and then disappeared from the spot.

Seeing Mark suddenly disappear, Sloan's expression instantly turned serious. He knew that he had definitely not killed Mark.

"Wow! You're saying I'll get shot as soon as we meet? Is this how you treat your guests?" Another strange laugh came from beside him, while Mark, unharmed, stood in the corner smiling at him.

Sloan looked at Mark, who was unharmed, and took a deep breath.

He knew he had encountered a "ghost".

"Your name is on the loom of fate, but X, knowing this, labeled him a traitor."

"If you don't calm down, I'll have no choice but to find X as my partner. You should know that if the other members of the Assassin's Guild find out about this, you'll only be facing death."

"By then, forget about making a fortune and retiring; whether you'll even survive tonight will be a question."

Sloan, who was about to fire again, stopped and stared at Mark with bloodshot eyes.

This mysterious fellow already knows his biggest hidden secret. What if this elusive guy really is connected to X?

If we cooperate, we'll be the ones who suffer the consequences.