American Comics: BOSS Invasion

"So, that's the situation!"

Hill briefly explained what had happened, glanced at Nick Fury's dark face, and pushed the tablet in her hand forward, saying to the Avengers sitting across the conference table, "There's a detailed plan for this operation from last year, and judging from the timestamps, it was sent out a day ago!

However, it only outlines the battle plan and potential impacts, without specifying the personnel involved.

Several key steps also have obvious omissions, which seems intentional.

Unfortunately, the Director's Assistant's permissions have been revoked, and we no longer have the authority to review the follow-up reports for this plan.

If you want to understand the details, we'll probably need to reinvestigate."

Iron Man picked up the tablet, fiddled with it for a few moments, and then with a wave of his hand, a large number of files appeared out of thin air, displaying the entire plan in a virtual image.

Everyone had a copy of the crucial parts in front of them.

Captain America took one look and exclaimed, "Replace the entire city? Is such an extravagant plan even possible?"

Iron Man stroked his chin with interest, "Friday, extract data from the city's surveillance cameras, capture some key information, and verify it!"

"Yes, sir!"

The AI responded, and then a large amount of code data appeared before Iron Man's eyes, with images popping up, overlapping, inverting, or being extracted and reassembled.

Like a jigsaw puzzle, the key time points were pieced together from countless fragments of surveillance camera footage.

The Avengers remained silent, watching intently.

After a few minutes, a New York data model, reconstructed through massive calculations, was presented before everyone.

"Sir, it's confirmed that the city's satellite signal experienced a malfunction, but due to data delays, it's difficult to pinpoint the exact time.

The entire city disappeared for a period, and invisible walls appeared around the perimeter.

From the surface, it appears to be a cloud-like mist with very high resistance, making it impossible to pass through under normal circumstances!"

As she spoke, Friday played a video.

In the video, a speeding car plunged into the white cloud-like mist, as if crashing into a marshmallow-like spring bed.

After a few seconds of stalemate, the entire car was bounced back.

From the angle of the surveillance footage, the Avengers could even clearly see the driver's bewildered expression.

"What... what kind of technology is this?" Iron Man was also puzzled.

"It should be magic, but I've never seen this kind of magic before, and I've never seen such practical large-scale magic in Asgard," Thor said seriously.

Natasha said, "According to the plan, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s actions were fine; they considered almost everything.

Fury, you were too impulsive.

Now is not the best time to turn against S.H.I.E.L.D. We still haven't figured out the extent of Dr. Gro's android technology.

But based on the achievements of the android strike team so far, they're already on par with ordinary superheroes.

In fact, it can be said that without deploying the android strike team, over 80% of supernatural events can be resolved smoothly.

Furthermore, with the massive influx of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents during this time, S.H.I.E.L.D. has completely digested S.H.I.E.L.D.'s gifts. The current S.H.I.E.L.D. is a complete and even more powerful organization than the old S.H.I.E.L.D."

Hawkeye said, "I agree with Nat's idea; now is not the time for conflict!"

Cap said seriously, "Fury, although I don't fully understand your actions, I believe you have your reasons.

During this time, the Avengers' affiliation with S.H.I.E.L.D. has become less and less effective.

The new strike teams formed by S.H.I.E.L.D. can resolve the vast majority of super-powered events, leaving only some of the more difficult cases to be sent to the Avengers.

On the surface, they're relying on the Avengers' power, but in reality, they're just using our name to achieve publicity.

I've carefully studied several special teams within S.H.I.E.L.D. The Death Squad, the Shadow Legion, and the Breaking Faces Squad are all extremely powerful combat units.

Moreover, they have ample personnel and strong combat capabilities, completely capable of replacing the role of the Avengers.

So, in terms of world security, I'm not worried!

What I'm more concerned about is the 'Superhero Registration Act' you mentioned earlier!"

Banner scoffed, "'Superhero Registration Act'? Don't flatter yourself!

The government will at most label you as a super-powered human, and after registration, they'll slap on a label of 'otherness,' monitoring everyone like they're monitoring monsters, and directly eliminating anyone who makes the slightest move.

Trust me, I've seen too much of politicians' fickleness and corruption."

Due to Qi Shan's appearance, the Avengers' development has been affected to some extent.

Besides the original five, they've only added one new member.

That's War Machine, who was sent by the military to give Iron Man an armor set.

Black Panther is still doing his little prince thing; his father hasn't been killed yet, and he doesn't think much of this super-powered human circus.

The big boss in the Ant-Man's rise, was accidentally injured by the Black Hand Gang, and then stepped on by Qi Shan, and the entire company was wiped out.

Hank Pym's threat disappeared, and there was no reason to find Scott Lang to take his place.

It's estimated that the second-generation Ant-Man is still standing in the ice cream shop in a daze.

The current world environment is much more dangerous than the MCU's Captain America: Civil War.

Demons and Ultron mechanical legions emerge endlessly, often bothering superheroes unexpectedly.

Casualties are no longer news.

In this oppressive atmosphere, even super-powered individuals with a sense of justice don't dare to rashly expose their abilities, and even if they can't help but act heroically, they'll be extra careful besides covering their faces.

The decrease in new generation resources is also one of the important reasons for the slow development of the Avengers.

The meeting didn't last long, and everyone directly expressed their thoughts.

Besides some complaints about Nick Fury's impulsive and impatient actions, everyone felt that leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. was the right decision.

After a long while, Nick said, "Since things have come to this, everyone stay put for now!

I'll find someone to inquire about the Registration Act.

Natasha, keep an eye on Mike Qi! He's very suspicious!"

Before he finished speaking, Nick turned and left.

Natasha and Hawkeye exchanged a glance and shrugged helplessly.