The Hydra agents in the vehicle were frightened too. Su Zhou had acted so fast,
They had not even reacted before Su Zhou broke Nick's finger!
And the only reason he had broken that finger was that Director Nick had wanted to say a swear word every American knew!
As far as these Hydra agents remembered, when Su Zhou first joined S.H.I.E.L.D.,
He had been a little slow and wooden, but a few months ago, his personality had suddenly changed.
He would not tolerate the slightest wrongdoing and had pointed a gun straight at his superior.
By a stroke of luck, that had caught Agent Coulson's eye and brought him to the director's side.
He was now HYDRA's only mole at Director Nick's side.
Yet shortly after becoming a mole, he had been shipped off to the Middle East for three months. Less than a day after returning,
He had gone straight to tying Director Nick up. If he had not discovered aliens of unknown identity,
They had no idea how Su Zhou would have answered to his Hydra superiors!
Still, Su Zhou's discovery was important. Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. so thoroughly that it was like a sieve,
Yet this black Nick Fury had still managed to pull off something this big behind their backs!
You had to admit, Su Zhou seemed born to be a mole. Hadn't he just dug up some major intelligence for the organization?!
Inside a secret base built by S.H.I.E.L.D., in an interrogation room with load-bearing walls on all four sides.
After Su Zhou broke seven of Nick Fury's fingers, Nick was tied to a metal chair.
When Coulson saw Nick's strangely shaped hand, he instinctively wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Su Zhou was far too ruthless. People this hard-hearted were rare in S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Gathering his thoughts, Coulson took the initiative and began questioning him.
"Director, can you tell us about the aliens now?"
"What aliens?"
Nick Fury's expression was frighteningly dark now, and beads of sweat covered his head.
Faced with Coulson's questions, he still chose to play dumb. Even with Su Zhou standing before him,
He kept his teeth clenched and refused to reveal anything. The matter of the Skrulls was too big.
Even as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he absolutely could not take the blame for something this huge!
And judging by Su Zhou's behavior just now, he would never accept his cooperation with the Skrulls.
Alien refugees were living on Earth. Even if the Skrulls had committed no actual acts of aggression against Earth,
Su Zhou was right. Without powerful military force backing them up, the Skrulls were a ticking time bomb!
Without Captain Marvel, the Skrulls would have turned Earth into their colony long ago!
Even the Kree, who had hunted them through space, had only been driven back thanks to Captain Marvel!
As long as the Skrulls remained on Earth, Captain Marvel would not stop protecting it!
But he was the only person in all of S.H.I.E.L.D. who knew about Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers.
She was his final trump card, and the entire Earth's final trump card too!
As long as he pressed that pager, wherever Carol was, she would...
Nick: Σ(ŎдŎ|||)
Watching Su Zhou toy with the pager in his hand, Nick Fury felt as though his whole world was about to collapse!
Back then, this pager had been a communications device, but these days, it looked like nothing more than an accessory.
Why would Su Zhou take an accessory like that off him?!
When Su Zhou used [Super Vision], he could even tell what color Nick's underwear was,
Let alone spot this pager with technology far beyond Earth's!
After checking with his eyes and confirming that there were no cameras or listening devices in the interrogation room,
He put the pager into his pocket and lowered his voice beside Coulson's ear.
"Sir, there aren't any cameras in this room. Does that mean I can torture him?"
"NO!"
The moment Coulson heard Su Zhou mention torture, he grew frightened and immediately shouted to stop him.
"Su Zhou, we're a legitimate organization here at S.H.I.E.L.D. You can't keep talking like a villain!"
"But our Director Nick is so tight-lipped. What are we supposed to do without torture?!"
Su Zhou picked up the pliers lying nearby, walked over to Nick, and gripped his chin.
"This guy has so many teeth. Pulling out seventeen or eighteen won't matter."
"You wouldn't dare!"
"Why wouldn't I? Pulling a few teeth won't kill you!"
Now Nick really was getting a little panicked. Su Zhou always did what he said he would.
If he did not want to spend the rest of his life eating with dentures, he had to say something now!
"I'll talk, I'll talk!"
Hearing that Nick Fury was willing to speak, Su Zhou released his chin.
Nick Fury gathered his thoughts. If he wanted to get past Su Zhou,
There was no way around the matter of Carol. The threat of Captain Marvel's overwhelming power
Was the key to keeping the Skrulls in check!
Fortunately, Su Zhou was also one of the candidates for the Avengers Initiative, so some things could be revealed to him.
He had shot a Skrull dead outright, so presumably he was not a Skrull mole.
"During the Second World War, the United States carried out a Super Soldier Program.
"The sole success of that program was Captain America, Steve Rogers.
"Although we lost him a long time ago, he was this world's first superhero."
"Why don't you start with the Big Bang? All this stuff is in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files.
"Captain Coulson is even a fan of Captain Steve. Just talk about the aliens!"
Su Zhou waved the pliers back and forth in front of Nick, looking ready to act if Nick did not get to the point.
"Uh... then let's talk about the aliens. They're refugees from space, the Skrulls.
"They fled to Earth after being hunted by another vast empire in space, the Kree.
"I met them back when I was still a young agent.
"To hunt them down, Kree alien warships had already stationed themselves outside Earth's atmosphere.
"Then a superhero appeared and single-handedly drove back the Kree warships.
"That superhero reached an agreement with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s leadership at the time to let the Skrulls live on Earth.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't have the strength to refuse that superhero at the time, so it could only agree."
Nick spun the story without hesitation. That was his account, and Su Zhou would have to believe it whether he wanted to or not!
He did not even have anyone to check with. Aside from that pager,
There was no way at all to contact Captain Marvel!
Su Zhou stared expressionlessly at the endlessly talking Nick Fury and brought the pliers to his mouth.
"Then can S.H.I.E.L.D. refuse that superhero now?"
"No."
"Then you still let the Skrulls work for S.H.I.E.L.D.?! I'm pulling your teeth out today, no matter what!"