"But!"
Fury's single eye seemed to penetrate the screen.
"I want all research data. And, without my permission, you are not allowed to conduct any invasive experiments on that'seed'."
"Of course."
William showed a professional, convincing smile.
"Pleasure working with you, Director."
The communication was cut off.
William let out a long sigh of relief.
The crisis was temporarily averted.
"You used his body to make a deal."
A cold voice came from the side.
Luke Cage stood up, his tall figure bringing immense pressure.
His eyes were bloodshot, staring intently at William.
"You treated him as a bargaining chip."
Danny Rand also stood up, and although he didn't speak, the expression on his face was equally filled with anger and incomprehension.
The smile on William's face instantly vanished.
He turned around, looking at the two, his expression more serious than ever before.
"Bargaining chip? No."
"I am defending his dignity."
"What do you want to do? Bury him? And then let the whole World believe that Daredevil went crazy, became a murderer, and finally committed suicide out of guilt?"
"Or, let S.H.I.E.L.D. take him away, lay him on an autopsy table, sliced and studied like a frozen piece of pork, and finally all his secrets are recorded and become a top-secret file?"
William's voice grew heavier with each sentence.
"I am fighting for a hero's ending for him! An ending that will let all of Hell's Kitchen remember him not as a tyrant, but as a Guardian!"
"I am protecting his last, and most important thing—his reputation!"
"Once we deal with that damned'seed' in his body, I will give him the most dignified funeral in all of New York. By then, he will be remembered as a hero by everyone."
William looked at the two silent strong men in front of him.
"Now, tell me, do you want him to die like a coward, or like a hero?"
Luke Cage's fist clenched and then relaxed.
He had to admit, William was right.
While they were immersed in grief, this businessman, whom they had never quite trusted, was protecting Matt's last remains in the calmest, cruelest, and most effective way.
"Thank you."
Danny Rand said in a low voice.
Luke didn't speak, but his tense body relaxed.
William nodded.
Done.
He turned to Tony, about to say something witty to lighten the mood.
"Boss."
At the other end of the lab, Dr. Connors' voice suddenly rang out, with a hint of confusion and surprise.
"You'd better come and see."
William's heart tightened, and he immediately walked over.
Tony, Luke, and Danny also followed.
Dr. Connors pointed to two side-by-side biological monitors.
One was connected to Matt's body, and the other was connected to Elektra's body.
On Matt's monitor, the energy waveform representing the "dark seed" was rising and falling at an extremely slow but steady frequency.
Like a heart.
And on Elektra's monitor, a nearly dissipated wisp of energy representing "black sky" miraculously produced a faint, synchronous response with each pulsation of the "seed."
"This..." Tony's brows furrowed tightly, "Energy resonance?"
"No, it's more complex than that." Dr. Connors adjusted his glasses, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism, "Look at this."
He pulled up another data stream.
"With each resonance, the'seed's' energy structure undergoes extremely subtle changes..."
"And the energy within Ms. Elektra's body is also slowly being... absorbed and assimilated by the'seed' during this process."
Dr. Connors reached a conclusion that sent shivers down everyone's spines.
"They are not resonating."
"They are like two independent programs, transmitting data packets to each other via a wireless network, performing... updates."
The entire lab was deathly silent.
Everyone's gaze involuntarily fell on the two cold bodies lying side by side on the metal table.
They were dead.
But some connection between them continued.
In a way that no one could understand.
William looked at this scene, and an absurd thought uncontrollably popped into his mind.
Isn't this just the underworld version of WeChat chat?
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