"Looks like I'll need to have a good chat with Stark sometime," Nick Fury decided, sounding both matter-of-fact and pleased. He paused, then added another name, "And maybe Banner too."
Whether it was Stark or Dr. Banner, these were already the top scientists Nick Fury had access to.
They were undoubtedly the best choices to create Vision.
Not to mention, the diary had already revealed that Stark was one of Vision's creators.
"Nick!"
While he was sorting through these important matters, someone contacted Nick Fury through a top-secret channel. It was none other than Talos.
Or rather, Talos, who had become Alexander Pierce.
With Talos's current status, him personally contacting Nick Fury definitely wasn't about something trivial.
"It's dinner time. I booked a table at our usual spot. Fancy a drink?"
"Is it a window seat? You know I'm a bit picky about that."
"Naturally. You can see the landscape garden across the way with a glance."
"Excellent!"
The two of them spoke in a way that seemed perfectly normal, then quickly ended the communication.
Nick Fury didn't waste any time. He put on his awesome trench coat.
He secretly went to a rendezvous point and met up with Talos.
Bang!
Nick Fury directly pushed open the car door.
Talos, who had been waiting to the side, immediately got in and sat down beside Nick Fury.
"It's done."
Without any unnecessary small talk, Talos began to report to Nick Fury, "Even for us Skrulls, this algorithm is crazy enough."
"In other words, Zola can indeed calculate all of Hydra's enemies?"
"Both present and future?"
Nick Fury raised an eyebrow.
That's right, what Talos and Nick Fury were discussing was precisely the Zola algorithm.
After the diary revealed the existence of the incredible artificial intelligence, Arnim Zola, Nick Fury launched a thorough investigation.
With Talos, the biggest Hydra mole, and the real Alexander Pierce secretly imprisoned, Zola was soon discovered.
Furthermore, not just Zola's existence, but also Hydra's ultimate secret plan, the "Zola Project," was uncovered by Nick Fury.
This secret plan was for Zola to calculate the identities of all of Hydra's enemies!
Nick Fury immediately realized that the "Zola Project" was definitely a part of the Insight Project!
After all, the Insight Project aimed to eliminate all of Hydra's enemies and potential enemies at once. The prerequisite for that was to identify these enemies and potential enemies, right?
Previously, including Nick Fury and all the other diary holders, no one understood how Hydra accomplished this.
It was only now that Nick Fury understood.
However, after some consideration, Nick Fury did not order the termination of the Zola Project.
Because Nick Fury felt the plan was still quite valuable.
Nick Fury was very interested in who Hydra's potential enemies actually were.
And of course, the most crucial thing was:
If Zola's algorithm was truly useful, could it also be used to calculate all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s enemies?
Or perhaps calculate other key figures?
Considering all these factors, Nick Fury placed quite a bit of importance on Zola's algorithm.
"That's what the 'Living Dead' said, anyway."
Talos nodded. "The algorithm was completed at ten in the morning. All that's left is my authorization, and Zola will begin the calculations. Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Why not?"
Nick Fury shrugged, then smoothly started the car, leaving behind a cloud of dust before disappearing from sight.
About an hour later.
Nick Fury's car, very discreetly, or rather silently, arrived at an abandoned secret base.
"If I remember correctly, this should be S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first base, right?"
The car door opened, and Nick Fury and Talos got out one after another.
Talos glanced at the deathly silent scene and sighed.
"Not just that, it's also Captain America's birthplace."
"Those guys really knew how to pick a spot."
Nick Fury was exasperated.
Of course, it wasn't where Steve Rogers was actually born, but where Steve Rogers' army camp was located.
It was in this camp that Steve Rogers underwent the military experiment, receiving the super-soldier serum, and transforming into Captain America.
Later, after the Strategic Scientific Reserve was reorganized into S.H.I.E.L.D., this place naturally became S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first base.
For S.H.I.E.L.D., it was a place of great significance.
Before discovering this place, Nick Fury truly hadn't expected that Hydra would actually establish Arnim Zola's data center here.
There was no need for further explanation. Both of them immediately perked up and entered the long-abandoned base.
Clang!
Pushing open the dusty door, they walked through the familiar hall, passing several security checkpoints.
Finally, the two arrived in an underground chamber, and the scene before them suddenly brightened.
A computer room filled with a "nostalgic style" came into view.
Everywhere they looked, there were memory sticks and computer monitors from the last century, as if they had traveled back in time.
"We're standing in Zola's brain. It's a strange feeling," Talos couldn't help but complain.
Then, he quickly tapped a few keys on a keyboard.
He activated Zola.
Soon, all the screens lit up, and a face appeared before Talos and Nick Fury.
The camera on the display screen swiveled, scanning Talos and the other person.
A voice then sounded.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury? Pierce, what's he doing here?"
Zola asked, sounding somewhat surprised.
"Is that so surprising?"
Talos replied with an air of certainty, "Nick is indeed a tough nut to crack, but where there's a will, there's a way. In the end, I cracked this nut."
"This is a huge step forward for us, and your algorithm will lead us to an even more magnificent transformation!"
It had to be said, the Skrulls' talent for imitation was truly impressive.
With that tone and expression, even Pierce's wife wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
"Relax, Doctor Zola, I'm one of you now."
Nick Fury said to Arnim Zola.
Although this matter was beyond Zola's expectations, after all, Pierce had brought him, so Zola didn't think too much about it.
After all, even as an artificial intelligence, he couldn't have predicted that Pierce had been replaced.
"Hail Hydra!"
The screen in front of them immediately played this sound. "Hail Hydra!"
Nick Fury also, without changing his expression, smoothly and fluently shouted this slogan in front of Zola.
"Zola, I've granted Nick Fury all permissions. He will have top-level access to you from now on, understand?"
Talos then issued this command to Zola.
Taking control of a super AI like Zola was one of the primary reasons Nick Fury and Talos had come together.
And it wasn't just about Zola's algorithm.
"Understood."
Zola immediately responded and then asked impatiently, "Can my algorithm go online? I can't wait."
"That's exactly why I'm here."
Talos nodded, "Doctor Zola, let's see what you've got. I'm giving you the official authorization now."
"Okay!"
Zola's avatar responded.
Then, various codes and data flashed across the other computer screens.
The speed was incredibly fast, impossible for the human eye to follow.
Zola had already thrown his computational power into high gear.
"The algorithm is up and running, currently reading data. This process will take about ten minutes."
"After that, seventy-two hours of calculations will follow. Then, all of Hydra's enemies will be exposed!"
Zola's voice sounded again, updating Talos and Nick Fury on the situation.
"Seventy-two hours, huh?"
"We'll be waiting for your good news!"
Talos said this to Zola, then left with Nick Fury.
You've got to hand it to artificial intelligence; their timing is impeccable.
Seventy-two hours, that's exactly what it was. Not a minute more, not a minute less.
Three days later, Nick Fury received the complete list from Talos.
Let's see, who exactly are Hydra's enemies!
With a touch of curiosity, Nick Fury began to examine the list.
Soon, his expression changed: Stephen Strange?
This guy, his surname is "Strange"?
There's such a strange surname in New York?
Seeing this surname, Nick Fury immediately thought of someone: Doctor Strange.
"Wait a minute!"
A gleam flashed in Nick Fury's single eye, and a thin veil in his mind was instantly pierced.
The "Strange" in "Doctor Strange" wasn't necessarily an adjective; it could also be a surname!
He'd been thinking too narrowly.
His mind hadn't opened up!
So, the Doctor Strange mentioned in the diary might very well be a Doctor with the surname Strange!
Then, could that doctor be Stephen Strange from this list?
Nick Fury thought it was possible.
After all, how could an ordinary doctor become an enemy of Hydra?
Nick Fury wasted no time. He immediately used S.H.I.E.L.D.'s authority to access Stephen Strange's files.
He was instantly energized: Doctor Strange?
From the looks of it, isn't that Doctor Strange?
So, has everyone been wrong this whole time?
The Doctor Strange mentioned in the diary, wasn't actually Doctor Strange, but Doctor Strange?
Nick Fury thought this possibility was quite high.
After all, under normal circumstances, how would a doctor be identified as a potential enemy by Hydra?
Doctor Strange was the best explanation!
"So, Doctor Strange, is that you?"
Nick Fury stared at the long face on the screen, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Of course.
Just relying on the fact that he was an enemy of Hydra, it could only show that this Stephen Strange was highly "suspect."
But it couldn't be one hundred percent certain that he was the Doctor Strange mentioned in the diary.
But for Nick Fury, this was already enough.
This Strange was, in any case, already on his high-priority watch list.
"OK, let me see who else is there!"
Having made up his mind, Nick Fury turned his attention back to the list.
Soon, another name caught his eye: Peter Parker.
It wasn't because the name was anything special, but because the person's age was very young, only eleven years old!
What a joke, to be considered an enemy by Hydra at such a young age?
This was clearly still a child!
The first thought that flashed through Nick Fury's mind was that it was absurd.
He even subconsciously thought that Zola might have made a mistake.
Of course, Nick Fury was just grumbling to himself. Considering Zola's level of expertise, making such a mistake was impossible.
So, whatever the reason, Zola identifying an eleven-year-old boy as an enemy couldn't be without cause.
This unremarkable little boy definitely wasn't as simple as he appeared.
Wait a second!
And soon, Nick Fury's mind raced again.
Could it be that this little boy was Spider-Man?
The diary had mentioned Spider-Man multiple times, and he was a high school student!
And in the future!
It all fits!
Perfectly matches!
If you calculated the time, a future high school student would be around this age now, wouldn't they?
So this Peter Parker was actually Spider-Man?
That brat who dared to hang up on him?
Or was he one of the other Young Avengers mentioned in the diary?
No matter what, this Peter Parker shouldn't be an ordinary person.
Like Stephen Strange, Nick Fury, quite logically, added Peter Parker to the high-priority watch list.
"Hill!"
After a brief scan, Nick Fury called Agent Hill over.
He handed her the list provided by Zola.
He wanted Hill to specifically analyze it.
After all, the list was too long, containing hundreds of thousands of people. Nick Fury had only seen the tip of the iceberg.
"Oh, right."
"Stephen Strange, Peter Parker, I want you to assign people to keep an eye on these two."
"Be careful not to alert them."
"Report anything suspicious to me immediately."
Without a doubt, Agent Hill had also started a thorough investigation into Stephen and Peter.
After Agent Hill left, Nick Fury handled some other matters.
When he thought the time was right, he left S.H.I.E.L.D. again.
He arrived at Stark Tower, in front of the playboy himself.
His purpose? Undoubtedly, it was to invite Tony to create Vision.
"The Mind Stone, if it's just used as a 'hypnosis gem', is a waste, isn't it?"
"I think we should really make the most of its value, don't you think?"
Meeting Tony's gaze, Nick Fury spoke meaningfully to the playboy.
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