Before leaving, he had to settle his affairs... well, unfinished business... No matter how he phrased it, it sounded ambiguous. Anyway, that was what he meant.
And this matter concerned one person—a woman, Victoria Hand. This former Senior Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. had remained in custody ever since being brought here. It had also taken time to secure her immunity from the US government, and only recently had everything finally been settled.
So the only issue now was turning this capable S.H.I.E.L.D. agent into an Umbrella Corporation agent. But the Eredar Twins had been far too busy lately to train her personally, so Evenson had no choice but to handle it himself.
"Evenson Richter, long time no see." After Hand was brought in, she saw Evenson seated behind the desk. She was somewhat surprised, though none of it showed on her face. "And I didn't expect to meet you here. You're serving the Black Badge Division now."
"Umbrella Corporation. This is Umbrella Corporation. Haven't you heard the name? Never mind. But is that all you wanted to say? To the person who saved your life?" Evenson spread his hands with a smile. "You still don't know? Everyone on that plane transporting Garrett died. Ward did it. He's Hydra."
"What? Is that true?" Hand was finally visibly moved by the news.
"Of course it's true." Evenson nodded, then smiled. "It seems S.H.I.E.L.D. was even more riddled with holes than we thought. Oh, fortunately, you took my advice and didn't hand the weapons over to Ward. Otherwise, the agents I sent could only have fished your corpse out of the sea."
"You knew Ward was a traitor all along..." Hand's expression turned cold again, but the anger in her voice was unmistakably restrained. "Yet you didn't tell anyone."
"You understand S.H.I.E.L.D.-level management very