Many people probably still remembered how Thanos had invited the wolf into the house and directly arranged for Nick to take a position at the Interstellar Security Council. Unfortunately, during the Multiverse war, a ship the Interstellar Security Council had sent to Bazaar Star lost control, fired its main cannon at the ground, and ultimately destroyed an entire planet. Everyone had fled quickly enough that casualties were not too severe, but that place had been a gathering spot for all sorts of people, so there was no way to suppress the news. To give the many civilizations an explanation, the Interstellar Council could only dismiss Thanos.
As the saying went, when the tiger was away from the mountain, the monkey became king. More accurately, Nick was the tiger. Now, there was not even a decent monkey left on this mountain, and no one in the entire Interstellar Security Council could challenge him. Thus, the first human to gain a firm foothold in the Interstellar Council was not Strange, but Nick Fury.
As for what good things he had done since taking office, not a single one could be named. What contributions he had made to interstellar security? None at all. What progress the department had made under his leadership? It simply did not exist. Yet this very department had swallowed 80 percent of the Security Department's budget, while keeping its books looking immaculate.
And by an extraordinary coincidence, the newly appointed Minister of Security understood neither security nor finance. He did not even look at the accounts, and Nick had simply fooled him.
No one knew how much Nick had taken. They only knew that construction on humanity's second starship in the Solar System was progressing at 320 percent of its original speed. It would probably be ready for a