A Villain's Basic Training
"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"
"As a villain, you performed terribly."
In an office, Ivan Vanko's Deathstroke stood before David and bluntly said, "I want a cunning and shrewd character, a schemer who survived World War II and was personally commended by Hitler, a supervillain disfigured by Captain America. And what are you playing? A child playing house? All you can do is clumsily imitate characters from TV shows, striking weird poses and uttering shameful lines."
"Oh, I almost forgot, judging from your birth date, you're still a child who hasn't reached puberty yet. Even if you had the technology to build spaceships, you'd still be obsessed with the Star Trek series."
Deathstroke reached out and pressed a spot on the helmet. With a hiss of high-pressure steam, the buckle securing the helmet to his head opened, and Deathstroke removed the helmet from his head, revealing Nick Fury's face.
Without a doubt, this Deathstroke Slade Wilson is a counterfeit.
Nick Fury is 1.9 meters tall (actor's height), and with the thick soles of his shoes, he's not short. His long tenure as director has spared him the need to travel in all kinds of weather for fieldwork, and his once-defined eight-pack abs are now hidden by the special armor... This outfit, at least in appearance, is very close to Deathstroke himself.
Moreover, the bulging muscles that stretched the tight-fitting combat suit were disguised by a simple Mechanical Exoskeleton. It granted Nick Fury extraordinary strength and speed, with the entire weight of the outer armor and fifty percent of Nick Fury's body weight borne by this device. Combined with shock-absorbing and sound-absorbing combat boots, this made him appear incredibly agile. Furthermore, this exoskeleton was directly controlled by his brain. Electrodes attached to the outside of his spine received neural signals and were translated into mechanical commands by a special device. Nick Fury's movements were swift and without any sense of sluggishness, making it easy for him to impersonate an enhanced human.
It was this that intimidated Ivan Vanko.
Furthermore, to better fit the role, Nick Fury had to cover his right eye, but he couldn't see anything with his left eye, so he simply covered both eyes with a blindfold. His vision was entirely provided by a multi-functional camera connected to Mind Transfer Device, which only transmitted images one way. Even though Wei Xiuming intentionally concealed its limitations and removed most of the functions, the finished product was just a very small thing, about the size of a band-aid, hidden by Nick Fury's thick curly hair.
Ivan Vanko was unaware of Nick Fury's gaze for this very reason: it's as if the eyes of Decade are merely ornaments, while the golden thing on his forehead is what allows him to observe the outside world.
David removed the gold ring from his forehead that held his mask in place, casually placing the pure gold object, engraved with a fabricated Germany noble coat of arms, on the desk in front of him. He then removed the purple velvet mask, revealing himself to be Wei Xiuming.
"Acting isn't part of my knowledge. I've done my best to portray that previous image... And Mr. Slade Wilson, even though there's no audience, please don't step out of character. Please address me Baron Zemo."
In the comics, the first Baron Zemo was Hitler's favorite, and the second Baron Zemo was his son, who also had the most screen time. Both father and son had the experience of fighting Captain America and being disfigured by Adhesive X.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe does have a character named Baron Zemo II, but he is not of Germany noble birth. He is a spy from Sokovia, which was destroyed by Ultron and the Avengers. He does not possess the physical abilities and skills of a human being, but he has great perseverance and perfect execution ability.
With unwavering perseverance, he sifted through S.H.I.E.L.D..'s vast database to find what he needed, then flawlessly executed every step of his plan. Finally, he delivered a video to the right person at the right time, thus destroying the Avengers and splitting them in two, achieving his revenge.
Nick Fury removed his blindfold, turned off the Mind Transfer Device, and then covered his blind left eye with a pirate-style black leather eye patch, feeling somewhat disoriented at first.
The multi-functional camera captures more than just images; it also detects infrared thermal radiation and estimates distances. One camera is equivalent to multiple detection devices. Suddenly losing those features made Nick Fury feel like he had lost another eye.
If his blind left eye weren't the key to unlocking numerous security systems, Nick Fury would have gouged it out and had Wei Xiuming fit him with a high-tech prosthetic eye. The feeling of having a completely new set of organs for observing the world was too precious to bear.
"If I had any doubts about you before, that you were a hidden supervillain, outwardly cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D.. and working for humanity's future, but actually running a criminal organization and peddling your schemes, those doubts have now been completely dispelled. You are simply not leader material," Nick Fury said, looking at Wei Xiuming.
Throughout history and across the world, leaders have invariably been masters of public speaking. The ability to stir the emotions of others through language is a fundamental skill. To take a recent example, Mustache was an excellent orator who captivated many with his speeches and gestures, enabling the National Workers' Party to grow stronger until it was declared illegal and dissolved after World War II.
There are also various companies that advocate "wolf culture," where the boss is best at making grand promises and rhetoric that makes employees want to burn themselves out to contribute to the company.
Wei Xiuming clearly lacked this ability; even the lines he used to fool Ivan Vanko were ready-made, blatantly laid out on the table, only the camera angle couldn't capture them.
Even so, when Wei Xiuming was reciting his lines, he didn't pay attention to the flow and started reciting his monologue. Wei Xiuming had to step in to fill in the gaps so that Ivan Vanko wouldn't notice the flaws.
"I am a soldier and a scientist at the same time. It would be too difficult for me to pretend to be someone else." Although he said this, Wei Xiuming had an excited look on his face, clearly finding the experience he had just had very interesting.
This is the second reason why Nick Fury dispelled his suspicions about him: Wei Xiuming wears his heart on his sleeve, his emotions are always on display—you can't tell when he's wearing a gas mask, which can create an air of mystery, but now you can see right through him.
"Was that Iron Man suit you showed Ivan Vanko your design?" Nick Fury asked.
"I drew the blueprints, but the design concept is someone else's. If S.H.I.E.L.D.. wants them, I can give you a copy," Wei Xiuming said nonchalantly. The new decade of the Kamen Rider series is the best at enhancing the basic form with gadgets, so borrowing some ideas is no problem.