"Hello, Grand Duke of Dawn." Margaret Peggy Carter replied in an extremely official tone.
Tang Xiao, who already knew her previous résumé very well, naturally understood that this showed a certain resistance toward him. But that was perfectly normal. In his current state, all those fundamentally upright people reacted this way when they first arrived.
For example, Rory Swann and Zerakas had both been rather resistant when they first sensed his Dark Side Force. Later, however, on the one hand, the stage offered here was indeed vast enough—something they had once found impossible to reach. On the other hand, the unrelenting pressure from the Galactic Republic left them with little time to think about anything else.
Yet although the Galactic Empire had now been established, it had signed a Peace Accord with the Duchy of Dawn. With less external pressure, certain internal contradictions would gradually emerge. That was also why Tang Xiao had acted immediately and begun restructuring the Intelligence Department.
"What plans do you have for the position I'm about to give you?" Tang Xiao asked.
"The National Security Bureau? Yes, it's certainly a position I can handle. But I'll need some time to better understand the circumstances of this nation. After all... you know..." Peggy Carter gave a wry smile, patting the army-green, Blue Star 1960s-style military uniform she wore before pointing at a spacecraft that had just taken off outside the window.
"No matter the era, intelligence and security work face much the same situation. You needn't underestimate yourself. Technological development will instead bring us more conveniences. I believe that if you could establish something like S.H.I.E.L.D. in the environment of the 1960s, then now, with resources countless times greater than before, you can certainly do even better." Tang Xiao smiled.
Peggy Carter shook her head. "I