"Ever since we destroyed Hydra's Project Insight, we joined forces with the Avengers to investigate, strike at, and eliminate Hydra on a global scale.
Alexander Pierce was intercepted while on the run and ultimately died under an energy weapon barrage.
Killed alongside him was the subordinate who also possessed telekinetic superpowers.
As for the Winter Soldier and Crossbones, they narrowly escaped disaster and are now hiding somewhere unknown.
I also found an 084 item S.H.I.E.L.D. had once lost—the Obelisk. Hydra seems to be researching it.
In short, the whole world has been far from peaceful lately. Terrorist attacks and supernatural incidents have been appearing one after another.
And after S.H.I.E.L.D. was rebuilt, the International Security Council no longer trusted us as much as it used to. Both our authority and funding have fallen off a cliff.
The US Government and military have been doing everything they can to pry the secrets Director Nick Fury hid from me.
Especially that Kree warship. Everyone wants it..."
After a few drinks, Coulson began recounting everything that had happened on Earth since Allen's departure.
More precisely, the enormous pressure coming from every direction had made even breathing feel unbearably heavy.
But for the sake of the subordinates who still supported and believed in him, he could neither retreat nor collapse.
Otherwise, who knew whether those scum from the military and the FBI would arrest these Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who knew too many secrets and torture confessions out of them.
Ever since he had witnessed firsthand how Captain America Steve Rogers had gradually been smeared by the media—from a war hero and symbol of patriotism into an outdated relic, even a lunatic suffering from postwar trauma—Coulson had become utterly disappointed in this country and no longer held any expectations for the government.
In comparison, Tony