Lord of Cinder in American Comics

"What conditions?"

The greedy man licked his lips, just as he had when he wore his treasure chest head; his scarlet tongue gave off a chilling feeling.

“The deal is with the five people behind you, not you. Your position is too low to support this deal.”

Hearing the words of the greedy one, the five representatives fell silent. Having reached their level, they could already be considered the most powerful people on Earth.

A transaction, on the other hand, ties them to a potentially fruitless endeavor, and who knows, they might even end up in hell.

In the silent meeting room, the Russian representative pulled out a bottle of vodka from somewhere and started chugging it down.

Seeing this, Zheng Xian emptied the cup in front of him and handed it to the bear.

After pouring Zheng Xian a glass, Mao Xiong downed the rest. He then casually wiped his mouth with his hairy hand and slammed the bottle down on the table.

Zheng Xian also drank it all in one gulp, and like the bear, slammed the cup on the table.

Two loud bangs startled everyone else in the meeting room, who watched as the two had already made their choices.

The Gallic representative said with a wry smile, "Hopefully, we won't regret it later..."

"If this matter isn't resolved, who knows if there will be a future!"

"Yes... I agree! What about you?"

"agree"

"Done it."

"Hurrah!"

The five-person delegation's agreement was relayed by Hill to the greedy.

Having obtained the result, the greedy man changed his previous habits and even took out a whiteboard from his pocket and placed it in front of Hill.

Holding a marker in one hand and with the other empty, the greedy man, sensing something was wrong, snatched the gun from the unfortunate man's hand, disassembled the barrel, and used it as a pointer to tap the whiteboard.

"The Greedy Ones' Classroom is Open! The Popularization of Knowledge about Earth's Events Begins!"

No one took the greedy man's antics as a joke; the implied camera nearby meticulously recorded every detail.

"The story begins in World War II, when Red Skull obtained the Dragon Gem, also known as the Tesseract. After Captain America's final battle with Red Skull, the Tesseract was buried with him beneath the Arctic glaciers."

Howard Stark's men relentlessly searched for Captain America's whereabouts, ultimately finding only the Tesseract. Approximately fifty years later, the Skrulls, hiding on Earth, prompted a Kree traitor to use the Tesseract to develop a light-speed engine.

Carol, the pilot of the original prototype, became a Kree lackey for various reasons. While hunting Skrulls, Carol regained her memories of Earth and then returned to Earth.

Nick Fury found Carol, whose memories had not fully returned, and helped her defeat the Kree fleet while also taking in the Skrulls.

The greedy man, recalling the Captain Marvel storyline, embellished and exaggerated Nick Fury's role in it, and subtly amplified the power of the Kree fleet.

Immersed in the story of the greedy, everyone is shocked by the previous crisis on Earth and furious at Fury for his involvement.

The light-speed engine was created on Earth, a crucial step for humanity's journey into space. However, it was disrupted by various factors. Nick Fury, aware of this, kept it a secret and even kept the blueprints for the light-speed engine hidden in his possession.

No one or nation can resist the allure of space exploration, yet this opportunity was blocked by one person.

After the Kree fleet, Fury was able to conceal everything again, refusing to let the World Security Council know about it.

Now, everyone who hears the greedy man's explanation shares a common thought: 'Is the human crisis really that unimportant to Fury?'

After finishing his story, the Greedy One tapped the whiteboard with the barrel of his gun and asked, "Greedy One's history lesson is over. Does anyone have any questions?"

The five-person think tank worked together to identify any blind spots in the information.

Hill, acting as the microphone, asked, "Where is Carol now? Is she still from Earth?"

"If you think that someone with blue blood, who acts as a savior on other planets and plays god games, can still be a human being on Earth, then you can consider her one!"

The greedy man's answer served as a wake-up call to the five representatives: having acquired power, he went to other planets to do whatever he wanted, change their political landscape, and act as a savior. This was not fundamentally different from Hitler during World War II.

For so many years, Carol has never returned to Earth, or rather, under Fury's cover, Carol has not been exposed to anyone else, which has made the five representatives wary.

Hill continued, "What are the Skrulls and the Kree?"

"The Kree are one of the three great empires in the universe. Any planet that opposes Kree rule will be plundered and destroyed by Ronan, the Kree's wanted criminal."

John Bull's representative stated that they were familiar with this tactic, which had been used since the Age of Exploration. Any place that opposed John Bull would be plundered by pirates, and this practice even evolved into a legal form of privateering.

But that's not the point. The point is that the Kree are one of the three great empires in the universe, and Earth actually destroyed a Kree fleet before.

Earth hasn't even ventured into space yet, and it's already gotten itself into trouble with the most powerful cosmic empire. Nick Fury, Nick Fury, what are you anyway?!

And Carol, who destroyed the fleet, just packed up and left? Off to play her savior game? What is Earth to her? Is she just waiting to become the savior when the Kree come and destroy it?

Besides, Carol is just a weapon created by the Kree. Although it has become more powerful by chance, think about it, which Kree leader doesn't have an even bigger mushroom behind them? They just don't want to use it.

After speaking of the Kree, the Greedy One continued, "The Skrulls are space refugees. They were already able to travel through space when the Kree were still the native inhabitants of the planet. But the Skrulls plan to choose one of the Kree or another group of Kotati on the Kree's home planet."

This selection process angered the Kree, an extremely warlike civilization. So, they wiped out the Kotati, who were not particularly skilled in combat, overnight, and then launched a surprise attack on the Skrulls, resulting in the complete annihilation of the Skrulls who had come to Hala.

During the Skrull Empire's period of slow technological development, the Kree seized the opportunity to rise to power and eventually became the Kree Empire capable of waging war against the Skrull Empire.

Ultimately, the Skrulls were defeated by the Kree and became space refugees. To this day, the Skrulls are still searching for habitable planets.

They can freely change their appearance, impersonate another person, and even copy their memories; the Super Skrulls can even copy the abilities of the person they are impersonating, hence their nickname "Fake Aliens."

The greedy man uttered the above words with a smile, but failed to elicit a laugh from anyone present. The people there began to suspect that the person next to them might be a Skrull in disguise.

The five-person delegation also thought of the green-skinned alien they had captured before, who did indeed have the ability to disguise himself.

With a bad past, they select other ethnic groups, disguise themselves as people from other planets, and attempt to occupy other planets.

This is inextricably linked to Valentine, and Valentine was indeed a Greenskin Skrull.

How could Nick Fury take in someone like this? And even have him occupy some important positions in S.H.I.E.L.D.?

According to the greedy, the Skrulls can also copy other people's memories and abilities? This natural espionage sent chills down everyone's spine.

The five representatives pondered the information, growing increasingly uneasy. They promptly ordered a blockade of the World Security Council and a full-scale genetic testing campaign. Their priority was to confirm their subordinates were indeed human.

The detection began from the inside out, and the outer perimeter was secured by the already airborne space carrier; any person or vehicle attempting to leave would be destroyed.

Now we are facing a crisis on Earth. No one thinks the decision of the five representatives is wrong, and no one has even suggested anything particularly reasonable. Everyone assumes that those who are leaving now are either aliens or traitors.

During the screening process, it was indeed discovered that one of the aircraft had been destroyed by the space carrier in the sky. There were even people on the space carrier who were considering letting the aircraft go.

But everyone was ordered to supervise each other, and they weren't even allowed to go to the toilet until the incident was over.

So someone noticed something was wrong with their companion and stopped him. This led to a fierce battle on the space carrier.

The carrier commander reported to the five representatives on the corpses of the green-skinned Skrulls that his men had brought up, and explained the aircraft that had been destroyed earlier, which made the five representatives' faces darken even more.

Nick Fury's name is now on the kill list of these five representatives' respective countries, and after screening by the World Security Council, it will be announced to the world.

He hindered human development, keeping the vital light-speed engine in his own hands! He colluded with aliens to overthrow the human regime! He and his savior friend destroyed the Kree fleet without reporting it! He inexplicably provoked Earth to become an enemy it couldn't afford to offend!

All of this makes Nick Fury's embezzlement of tens of billions seem like a minor matter. In fact, the five representatives now have no idea who among them is human and who is alien.

It seems necessary to make genetic screening a basic testing method in the future. Anyone whose blood sample is different from that of Earth will be detained and imprisoned.

Everyone, including Hydra's Pierce, had only one thought in their minds: 'Nick Fury has done all sorts of evil!'

Pierce kept his head down, not daring to look at the five representatives, or even to draw their attention to himself. Everyone knew that Nick Fury was his designated successor.

Sure enough, the first person to be tested for genetic information approached Pierce. Only after seeing the red blood flowing from Pierce did the five representatives' expressions improve slightly.

'Once I get out, I'll inform the other smugglers: they can't give Nick Fury a chance to live! Wait, are there any aliens among the other smugglers?'

Pierce, caught in a cycle of doubt and self-doubt, began to ponder how to get the other smugglers to prove their human identity.

Similarly, inside the vault, Hill began to have all his men prove themselves, with a wound that could bleed red blood.

Such actions have only drawn ridicule from the greedy.

"Ask me about this kind of thing. Although I can't locate all aliens, I can still distinguish the ones in front of me!"

Chapter 167: Stark's Deal

Hill completely ignored the advice of the greedy and refused to vet his own people, insisting that he should never rely on others.

After confirming that everyone present was an Earthling, Hill awaited orders from the World Security Council.

Now, the World Security Council, having experienced two invasions by the Greenskins, is in a state of pent-up anger.

The aliens infiltrated the highest command system and even entered a powerful weapon like a space carrier.

Everyone who knew about this news gritted their teeth and gave their subordinates the order to kill Nick Frege without mercy.

Perhaps in the past, some people would have suggested capturing Nick Fury alive in order to obtain the information and items he was hiding.

But things are different now; times have changed. They've all been infiltrated; the human world no longer holds any secrets from these aliens.

As for what Nick Fury possessed, the five representatives can slowly search for it after he dies. They can't escape the Earth; they'll find it eventually.

They could only breathe a sigh of relief after the World Security Council completed its internal screening.

In light of these recent crises, some have suggested establishing a genetic screening system to identify anyone whose genes are contrary to those of Earth.

In later discussions, someone proposed trading the light-speed engine blueprints in the hands of the greedy individuals, but this was rejected by the others.

Just the news about Nick Fury alone has already led to five representatives making a deal; one can only imagine the enormous price that must be paid for such a powerful asset.

John Bull's representative was eager to return to S.H.I.E.L.D. in London. He had been communicating with the John Bull royal family ever since he learned that the first deal between the Greedy Man and Nick Fury came from the League of Gentlemen.

In a short period of time, the London S.H.I.E.L.D. had lost several warehouses of secret items and a large amount of military equipment had disappeared, enough to arm a heavy combat brigade.

By the time Hill received news of the retreat, a considerable amount of time had passed; the greedy ones had even eaten two meals in front of them.

Watching the greedy person pull out tables, chairs, and benches from who-knows-where, even lighting candles, and elegantly sit at the table, draped in a napkin, eating a French feast that would make anyone's mouth water.

The soldiers could only watch helplessly, but thankfully Ash took out emergency food from her backpack and shared it with the others.

Looking at the timestamp on the emergency food, it's from the Imperial Graveyard, which was two years ago.

On one hand, they're surviving on emergency military rations; on the other, they're indulging in a life of luxury and excess. Some people are practically spitting fire as they look at these greedy individuals.

Finally, Hill issued the order to retreat.

"We're retreating."

The soldiers remained on guard, carefully retreating as they withdrew from the vault, while Hill, Stark, and Ash stayed behind to cover their retreat.

Stark stopped at the doorway.

Hill looked at Stark, who seemed hesitant, and asked, "Stark, what's wrong? If you have any ideas, you'd better make sure you can afford the consequences."