Another Business Trip
"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"
The experts' findings were soon sent to Nick Fury, and several life science experts reached the same conclusion: Captain America's thawing was entirely feasible.
After all, they used this "hibernation" method to imprison many Mutant criminals, and the corresponding thawing technology was very mature.
However, experts are more concerned about Captain America's mental health than his physical condition.
After all, nearly seventy years have passed since they fell asleep, and the people and things they knew have either passed away or changed. Society is changing rapidly these days. Even if you were disconnected from society for just five years, you would find the world to be extremely unfamiliar. So their concerns are not without reason.
If Captain America wakes up and can't accept what happened to him, and takes his own life, then they would be held accountable—after all, veterans often have various psychological problems, and it's common for them to go to extremes due to battlefield syndrome.
Nick Fury was quite thorough in his considerations. In addition to Captain America's own issues, he was also worried that someone outside might try to sabotage him after learning that Captain America was still alive.
After all, only the dead can be deified. Over the years, the United States military has done everything in its power to exaggerate Captain America's achievements during World War II, praising him to the point that he is unparalleled in the world and that there has only ever been and will ever be such a saint.
It's as if the turning point of World War II wasn't the Battle of Stalingrad, but Captain America's involvement in the war, and that it wasn't CCP soldiers who planted the flag on the Germany, but Captain America's Howling Commandos.
Of course, the United States military doesn't work for free. Just like Captain America initially promoted himself in various places, selling war tickets as Super Soldier to raise funds for the United States to wage war; after the war, he established Captain America as a moral benchmark, still for money. The revenue from various merchandise featuring Captain America's image every year is astronomical.
Now that the originally "dead" Captain America Steve Rogers, has come back to life, there will definitely be people who use him to their advantage. For example, what if they demand endorsement fees from the past few decades under the guise of image licensing?
That money ended up in some people's pockets; taking it out now is like cutting off their flesh.
Therefore, they would rather the hero remain dead, as a substantial bounty would attract various forces to attack Captain America, and they would only need to take a small portion of it compared to the amount that would have to be paid to Captain America.
"What are those experts planning?" Nick Fury asked Coulson.
"They plan to build a small studio at the location where Captain America was thawed, decorated in the style of his era, and then broadcast a segment based on the most famous baseball game of the time," Coulson explained the experts' plans. "Oh, and they also want Agent 13 to wear a uniform from the Strategic Scientific Corps era, as the first person Captain America sees after waking up—they've done some research on Captain America's relationship with Ms. Carter. Peggy Carter."
Agent 13, named Sharon Carter, is Peggy Carter's niece, and the two look quite alike.
To Nick Fury's surprise, a group of experts specializing in these kinds of gossip about men and women were quite adept at it.
"Tell them their plan didn't work out." Nick Fury paused for a moment, then said, "Tell Captain America his time is over, and his war ended with our final victory."
Although it was somewhat cruel, it was more acceptable to him than deceiving Captain America.
"Yes, sir... I hope I can participate in this Captain America defreezing operation and welcome him to the future." Coulson said with some excitement, like a struggling writer who joins an author group and finds that the author of the first web novel he ever read is also in the group—that feeling of excitement mixed with a bit of helplessness.
"No, you have another mission."
Nick Fury pulled a tablet from his desk, unlocked it, and started fiddling with it. "You need to go on a business trip."
"Sir, is it Africa or Asia this time?" Coulson smiled wryly, realizing he had lost his chance to meet his idol face-to-face, but he still began to understand his mission.
I should have taken a proper vacation after I got injured. Instead, I'm so busy now. I just got back from the Arctic and haven't even been there for two days before I have to go off to who knows where.
"We have someone else in Africa, so you don't need to go abroad this time. The address is in New Mexico." With that, Nick Fury brought up what he wanted on the tablet and handed it to Coulson.
The long journey had made Coulson's hairline recede even further as he took the tablet with both hands. On it was a photograph of a huge crater, resembling a meteorite impact crater, with a hammer in the very center of the crater.
The following photos are all about this hammer. The photographer got close and took pictures of the hammer from all angles, including the top, bottom, and sides. The images are clear, capturing even the smallest details.
What followed was a series of data and analysis reports, such as isotope detection, energy Spectrum, radiation levels, etc., all of which indicated that the hammer was not made of earthly materials, and the texture on the hammer's surface was not found in the database. This was clearly a product of an extraterrestrial civilization.
"Remember those USB Drive that Doctor Death sold?" Nick Fury said.
Upon hearing this, Coulson felt the wound on his body, caused by a stray bullet from one of his own men, throb again. Although it had healed, the sight of Doctor Death's rampage still lingered in his mind. "I remember, sir, Doctor Death called it the Gaia Memory."
"Yes, besides the one sold to George Carl that gave him the speed boost, we tracked down another of his clients... After exiting this folder, click the one next to it." Directing Coulson to open the folder, Nick Fury continued, "The target first appeared on the night Hulk and Abomination clashed on Fifth Avenue. He possesses extremely high physical abilities, capable of moving at supersonic speeds, and has very high physical strength; ordinary firearms cannot effectively harm him."
The tablet computer displayed photos of corpses, seemingly victims of heavy fire. Their bodies were scattered and broken, none intact, and each corpse wore an expression of terror.
The most peculiar thing is that there was no blood on the ground, as if these people were killed elsewhere, drained of their blood, and then moved here. However, judging from the situation in the photos, this is the primary crime scene.
"We don't yet know the name of the second Gaia Memory, but its internal codename is 'Bat,' or 'Vampire Bat.'"