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new York.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters building.

Homeland Strategic Defense, Attack and Logistics Agency.

The only value of this department, whose name is so long it makes you want to bite your tongue, is to resolve all the bizarre things that science can't explain.

Monitor those things that threaten Earth, dissect and study them, or simply blast them into dust.

"Chief, you've assigned me work again?"

Black Widow swayed as she pushed open the door. Every time she entered Nick Fury's office, she knew it was never going to be good.

However, for her, who was so bored she was practically growing mushrooms, having a mission was better than just sitting around in the base doing nothing.

Compared to the dark and relentless killing training in the Red Room, S.H.I.E.L.D. is a place with a bit more humanity.

Nick Fury, that one-eyed guy, has always been fairly kind to her.

"This time the trouble is a bit big."

Nick Fury's brows were furrowed, and his face was so dark it looked like it was about to drip water.

Seeing his constipated expression, Black Widow's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition welled up in her mind.

As the king of secret agents, Nick Fury has always remained calm even when faced with a major crisis.

He rarely utters the word "trouble".

If he says he's in trouble, it means the sky is about to fall.

Black Widow abandoned her usual nonchalance, straightened her back a bit, and her expression became serious: "So, what trouble do you want me to deal with? I hope it's not going to be a hand-to-hand fight with aliens."

Nick Fury didn't respond. He opened a drawer, pulled out a thick file folder, and threw it directly in front of Black Widow.

"Mount Everest has collapsed."

"It's half the height of what it was before. There were severe avalanches and landslides at the scene. But the data from our drones indicates that this was definitely not a natural disaster."

Black Widow was stunned.

What is that?

Has Mount Everest collapsed?

It's half the size?!

Isn't this a natural disaster?

She stared at Nick Fury as if he were listening to a terrible joke: "Don't tell me someone chopped the world's highest peak in half?"

"At present, we cannot rule out this possibility." Nick Fury placed his hands on the table, his tone grave. "The residents of the village at the foot of the mountain felt an extremely terrifying surge of power when the incident occurred. It was incredibly domineering."

Seeing the serious glint in Nick Fury's single eye, Black Widow knew he wasn't joking.

With some skepticism, Black Widow opened the file folder.

She glanced at it twice, and her pupils dilated instantly, causing her to gasp.

What the hell is this thing?!

In the photo, the once towering summit of Mount Everest has vanished, the cut as smooth as if it were torn tofu!

This is absolutely man-made!

To be able to split Mount Everest in two with a single blow, that must have been done by a mutant!

And it's at least an Omega-level monster!

This destructive power is absolutely insane!

"Nick, you don't mean you want me to go and kill this mountain-splitting monster, do you?"

Black Widow closed the file and asked a tentative question.

To be honest, Nick Fury would absolutely be capable of sending agents to assassinate mutants—a suicidal and terrible idea.

"I'm not senile yet." Nick Fury leaned back in his chair, his one eye slightly narrowed. "I just want you to take some men to the Himalayas to scout things out. I suspect there's some extremely terrifying organization of superhumans hiding there."

Nick Fury banged on the table, his mind racing with calculations.

"OK."

Since it was just a reconnaissance mission, Black Widow readily agreed.

As long as she's not forced to confront monsters that can split mountains in two with a single strike, running errands and gathering intelligence is her forte.

However, she suddenly remembered something else.

"So they're just abandoning the Cosmic Cube side?"

Black Widow frowned.

Lately, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been focusing all its energy on the Tesseract.

Black Widow has also been following up on the case of the Rubik's Cube's abnormal energy.

The alien energy emanating from that thing was so domineering it was unsettling.

Even more absurdly, the Rubik's Cube attracted two lunatics who claimed to be gods.

One guy with a broken hammer keeps shouting that he's Thor.

Another one, wearing antlers and spouting nonsense, claimed to be the future king of Asgard and boasted that he was the father of all the gods.

Just thinking about those two idiots gave Black Widow a headache.

"Let Steve and the others worry about the Rubik's Cube," Nick Fury said, rubbing his throbbing temples. "You go to the Himalayas right now. The Everest splitting incident is causing too much of a stir. Those old fogies at the World Security Council are calling me every day to put pressure on me; they're driving me crazy."

One problem after another arises; troubles seem to be piling up all at once.

"clear."

Black Widow picked up the documents, swayed in her high heels, turned and walked out of the office, her crisp footsteps fading into the distance.

After confirming that the door was closed, Nick Fury immediately picked up the internal telephone on the table.

"Hill, how's Plan B going?" Nick Fury asked in a deep voice as soon as the call connected.

"Everything is normal and progressing according to schedule," Agent Hill's calm voice came through.

"Speed ​​up, Hill. Something big has happened in the Himalayas."

Nick Fury was very unhappy with the phrase "original plan," and his tone instantly became stern.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Hill clearly felt the pressure, but as a subordinate, all she could do was reply, "Yes, sir."

However, out of concern for the situation, Hill couldn't help but remind him, "Director, developing weapons of mass destruction using the Tesseract is far too risky. If the energy gets out of control, the entire Earth will be wiped out."

Hill's concerns are not unfounded, and this is a problem that has been troubling Nick Fury for a long time.

However, when his subordinate pointed it out to him, he still felt a little displeased.

"Agent Hill, your mission is to speed things up! I'll handle the rest!"

Nick Fury's tone left no room for argument.

"The Earth needs a trump card for self-defense. A mysterious monster has emerged from beyond the Himalayas. Whether it is friend or foe, we are currently completely in the dark."

"Even if the other side is a friend, possessing such terrifying power is a ticking time bomb. We mortals must always have some weapons to counter them..."

Nick Fury stared at the sky outside the window, a cold light flashing in his single eye.

He was pondering how to gain some initiative for ordinary people in the face of these supernatural forces.