The Biggest Traitor to Humanity, Nick Fury (First Update, Please Subscribe!!!)

Five days later.

Five black SUVs belonging to the Department of Homeland Security drove out of Arlington County, then headed straight toward the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue at a steady speed.

In the third vehicle.

Hermione, sitting in the passenger seat, still looked at Lake in confusion as he drove personally and had sent the accompanying driver to another vehicle. She frowned and asked, "If you want to take it, does it really have to be this troublesome?"

Lake said, "This is called procedural justice."

Taking it without informing anyone—anyone could tell that S.H.I.E.L.D. would definitely make a huge fuss over it. S.H.I.E.L.D. would never learn to lend a helping hand in someone's hour of need, but taking advantage of the situation was certainly their specialty.

Hermione said, "I asked Aunt Peggy about it. She said that back in the eighties, the Space Stone really did go missing once, after the doctor who took part in the Tesseract energy experiment died."

Back in the eighties, Peggy Carter had technically stepped down, but just like Alexander Pierce now, she had still served as a special consultant to S.H.I.E.L.D. for a while.

The events of Captain Marvel had taken place in 1986. The investigation had been led by Nick Fury, who had been Alexander Pierce's protégé at the time, and the subsequent report had also been filed by Nick Fury.

"Aunt Peggy still remembered that report. According to Nick Fury, the Tesseract had gone missing."

"Heh."

The corners of Lake's mouth lifted as he looked at Hermione. "So, certain races are inherently rotten. No amount of education can change that."

Hermione shook her head. "That was simply the way things were in that era."

Lake gave two cold laughs. "Is that so? If I get the chance, I'd like to see