Chapter 975: The Test
Inside one of the Triskelion's enormous Conference Rooms, all the surviving Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had been gathered.
When Alvin entered the Conference Room, he saw Dr. Yinsen and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own medical team working to save the wounded.
The Agents were behaving with remarkable poise and experience. Nurses tended to the lightly wounded, while others waited quietly.
Dr. Yinsen and several experienced doctors consulted on the seriously wounded, then settled on a surgical plan.
Alvin didn't know why they weren't going to a hospital. Maybe the troops surrounding the building were stopping them, or maybe they felt they needed answers...
Steve seemed to notice the strange look on Alvin's face. With a heavy expression, he said, "They're waiting. Waiting for you to clear their names!
A lot of people joined S.H.I.E.L.D. because they believed in its ideals, but we shattered those ideals."
As he spoke, Steve glanced around, then said helplessly, "But this is already the best way to handle this, and the way that will result in the fewest casualties.
Alvin, you need to help those innocent Agents escape responsibility for things they shouldn't have to bear..."
Alvin felt conflicted. He patted Steve on the shoulder, then said, "Actually, before now, I was more in favor of Church's old way of doing things.
When they joined this line of work, they should've prepared for the worst possible future.
Thinking about what Nick Fury, Natasha, and Coulson once told me—that some necessary sacrifices were unavoidable for the greater good...
Well, if we want to wipe out Hydra completely, then it's time for these Agents to make a sacrifice..."
Looking at the trust in Steve's eyes, Alvin sighed helplessly and said, "Too bad I can't do it...
Going against your principles and making innocent people shoulder responsibility that