Nick Fury frowned.
Pierce's tone made him uncomfortable.
"Noah Allen has always been on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s priority watch list.
I've never let down my guard, but this is an internal S.H.I.E.L.D. matter."
Nick Fury spoke.
Pierce's expression remained unchanged.
"For someone who used to be S.H.I.E.L.D.'s director, I think you've forgotten S.H.I.E.L.D.'s principles.
Noah Allen has done more than enough these past few months.
According to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assessment system, he should have been placed under the danger alert protocol long ago.
But tell me, what precautions did you take?
As far as I know, you haven't even managed to plant a spy inside!"
Nick Fury's expression darkened at Pierce's words.
But Pierce was right.
Unlike Tony Stark, whom Natasha had easily approached,
Noah Allen was extremely vigilant.
To this day, no agent had earned Noah Allen's trust.
As for those peripheral agents, what difference would it make no matter how many were sent in?
They simply could not uncover the secrets Noah Allen had hidden.
Noah Allen was far too mysterious.
His extermination of the gangs in Hell's Kitchen had initially been nothing more than a routine S.H.I.E.L.D. alert response.
But what they had observed afterward made Nick Fury realize just how deeply Noah Allen had concealed himself.
Take Tony Stark, for instance. At some point, he had somehow formed an extraordinary friendship with Noah Allen.
Given Noah Allen's background, Nick Fury considered that highly abnormal.
And in his eyes, such abnormality was a threat.
But only a threat.
He had yet to find any evidence that Noah Allen had done anything wrong.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D. was not an organization particularly fond of evidence,
when dealing with capital that had already grown this powerful, it still needed to follow certain rules.
"Director Pierce, let me emphasize this once more. You are no