Probing (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Hearing his agent's report, Nick Fury said, "Have two of the drones continue patrolling above. One will keep recording the changes in the forest below, and the other will monitor the drone descending to investigate."

"Report each descent in five-hundred-meter increments."

"Yes, sir!"

With Nick Fury's order issued, the agents in charge of operating the drones began working the controls.

"Bird 1 has descended to an altitude of 7,500 meters. No abnormalities detected."

"Bird 1 has descended to an altitude of 7,000 meters. No abnormalities detected."

"Bird 1 has descended to an altitude of 6,500 meters. No abnormalities detected."

As the Bird 1 drone kept descending, nothing unusual happened. Everyone in the command room watched the video on the big screen with complete focus, and even Nick Fury watched with a grave expression.

Bird 1's altitude continued to drop. It soon reached 5,000 meters, and still no problems were found. The drone continued downward—4,500 meters, 4,000 meters, 3,500 meters.

Watching the altitude continue to decrease without the slightest discovery, the drone operator kept guiding the aircraft lower. But just as it dropped to 3,000 meters, Bird 1 slammed straight into Wakanda's shield.

Boom!

The drone instantly disintegrated, turning into a massive fireball. The falling parts were dissolved the moment they touched the shield, leaving no trace behind.

Elsewhere.

Shuri had just finished speaking with her father when the Laboratory's alarm suddenly blared.

T'Chaka looked at Shuri and asked, "What happened?"

Shuri tapped the operating interface, and a blue sphere representing the shield appeared in front of her. A point above the blue sphere turned red. With a wave of both hands, Shuri immediately enlarged the red point's location, and footage of the impact appeared.

A video of a drone constantly descending and then crashing into the shield appeared before them.