William took a deep breath.
The expression on his face was calm, steady, and even carried a hint of the fatigue and solemnity of someone who had just saved the World.
"Director, please calm down."
William's voice was deep and magnetic.
"If your people have already entered the scene, you should be grateful that you are only questioning me now, and not organizing a global evacuation."
Fury's single eye narrowed.
"What do you mean?"
"It means we just stopped a catastrophe." William turned sideways, allowing the camera to see the two cold bodies in the lab behind him, and a solemn Tony Stark.
"Daredevil is dead. But not as a fallen Terrorist."
"He sacrificed himself as a hero."
William's tone was resolute.
"With his life, he ended an ancient Loki called 'the Beast' that was trying to descend upon this World. An existence that could turn all of New York, and even the entire World, into its hunting ground."
"Loki?"
Fury's tone was full of suspicion.
"Nick, he's not kidding."
Tony Stark walked over, his exhaustion was not feigned.
"Jarvis recorded the energy fluctuations at the time. The level of that thing far exceeded any opponent we've encountered before."
"Matt Murdock, he was used as a vessel for that thing's arrival. At the last moment, he regained control and chose to end his own life."
Tony's words carried more weight than a hundred explanations from William.
Fury fell silent.
Of course, he didn't believe in any Loki, but in his dictionary, there was an entry for "unknown high-dimensional energy entity."
"So, you took the body away just to give him a grand funeral?"
Fury's tone softened a little, but it was still full of pressure.
"No."
William shook his head, throwing out his real trump card.
"It's because that 'Beast' hasn't completely disappeared."
He turned the camera to Dr. Connors' scanner screen.
The faint, pulsating black energy coiled around Matt's heart was clearly visible to Fury.
"It left behind a seed."
William's voice was filled with a heavy sense of mission "for all humanity."
"A dark seed with an extremely stable energy structure that is slowly absorbing external energy."
"My team is conducting a preliminary analysis. But for this level of threat, I believe S.H.I.E.L.D. has the right to know. In fact, we should cooperate."
"My laboratory has the most advanced biological isolation and energy analysis equipment in the World. Keeping it here for containment and research is the lowest risk option."
"Of course, I welcome S.H.I.E.L.D. to send a 'liaison officer' to supervise our research progress throughout. For safety, for transparency."
William did not deny taking the body, but instead elevated this action to the level of "being responsible for global security."
I'm not hiding evidence.
I'm safekeeping a nuclear bomb that could explode at any moment for you.
Not only can you not punish me, but you also have to thank me.
And even allocate some research funds to me.
Fury's single eye stared intently at William.
This slippery insurance salesman.
If he insisted on taking the body, and something went wrong along the way, who would bear the responsibility?
Moreover, Stark was clearly on his side.
More importantly, that "seed" held unparalleled research value for S.H.I.E.L.D..
"Rodriguez."
Fury's voice returned to its usual coldness.
"I will send someone over. Hill will personally liaise with you."
"Daredevil's official report will be defined as 'heroically sacrificing himself in the fight against an unknown supernatural threat.'"
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