Chapter 126 Nick Fury’s Plan, New Leader Logan

In the director’s office at the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters building.

“Steve, why did you transfer the task force without permission?!”

Hill sat opposite Steve, staring at him with serious eyes.

She only got the news this morning. In the early hours of the morning, Steve suddenly transferred the task force responsible for guarding all mutants with an emergency order.

And it was for this reason that the team of more than 200 mutants all fled.

This made her extremely angry. After all, once those mutants escaped, it would become extremely difficult to capture them again!

Steve looked up at Hill, whose face was filled with anger, and Nick Fury, who sat in the main seat on the other side with a sullen face and remained silent.

There were only three people in the meeting room, and the atmosphere was unusually cold. Hill’s anger was clearly written on his face, and he was filled with rage at Steve’s act of exceeding his authority.

Steve had anticipated this situation. After all, SHIELD’s intention was very clear, which was to arrest all the mutants and bring them to justice. Those with criminal records should be tried, and those without criminal records should also be controlled.

His act of letting the mutant go without permission undoubtedly touched the bottom line of someone like Hill who adhered to the rules of SHIELD, and a quarrel was inevitable.

“They are not prisoners.”

Steve took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: “Everything they did before was just forced. Strictly speaking, many of them can only be regarded as self-defense.”

Since learning about the dispute between mutants and the government, Steve also understood why Logan and others became so irritable.

After all, many government organizations, such as patrol teams, are aiming to eliminate the mutant race. This kind of situation will provoke serious confrontation among any ethnic group.

In such a situation, the mutants are still able to guard their own territory and not take the initiative to cause trouble. It can be said that they are very restrained.

However, Hill disagreed with Steve.

“They are criminals!”

Hill stared at Steve with his eyes fixed on him, and said in a deep voice, “Logan and Charles’ portraits are still on the wanted list. One of them killed a lot of our task force members, and the other caused a tragedy that shocked the whole country on West Street. We have the right to arrest any of them!”

She didn’t care whether Logan and others’ actions were self-defense or not, she only looked at the law.

According to the law, Logan, Charles, Victor and others are out-and-out criminals!
Hill was extremely dissatisfied with Steve’s behavior. In her eyes, Steve’s actions could even be regarded as harboring a criminal and violating the law!

However, Steve shook his head and said, “The conflict between us and the mutants is very intense right now. Forcibly arresting them will only intensify the conflict!”

He didn’t want to see mutants being treated differently in this way, especially after learning that mutants had sacrificed so much for this country and this world, he was even more unwilling to see these former heroes being treated so unfairly.

After a pause, Steve added, “Besides, my actions are also to protect the task force!”

After hearing this, Hill was stunned, “What do you mean?”

Steve took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “I’m afraid I don’t need to say much about Logan’s strength. Previously, Rumlow brought so many people to capture him, but what was the result? All of them were annihilated. At that time, he was only facing Logan alone. Now they have Victor and other powerful mutants. Do you really think the task force is capable of capturing them all?”

He stared at Hill and said in a deep voice, “If a fight really breaks out, there will only be one outcome. The task force will suffer heavy losses, the mutants will be able to escape, and our slightly relaxed relationship with the mutants will also be completely broken!”

Steve was well aware of Logan’s strength, and he could vaguely sense that he would have no chance of winning if a fight really broke out.

Besides, he didn’t want his relationship with Logan to become so strained, so letting them go would be good for everyone!

“Captain, you don’t have the final say on this matter alone. SHIELD doesn’t need to have any détente with a group of thugs!”

Hill still refused to give in. Unless Logan and the others could be removed from the wanted list, she would never approve of Steve’s approach!

“enough!”

Just when both parties wanted to continue arguing, Fury slammed the table hard and shouted loudly.

After hearing Fury’s words, the two men stopped fighting, but it was obvious that neither of them would give in.

Fury turned slightly and stared at Steve with his only remaining eye. “Steve, I am very disappointed with this incident. I understand your attitude towards mutants, but what Hill said is also right. You shouldn’t let them go. Their grievances can be argued in court. You have no ability to judge their merits and demerits.”

After a pause, Fury added, “As for the matter of mobilizing the task force, I hope you understand that you are the captain of the Avengers, but not an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Although our two organizations have a close relationship, you have no right to mobilize my subordinates. I hope that such things will not happen again in the future.”

He looked at Steve, and although his tone was very serious, it was not aggressive.

He still regards Steve, the Captain America, more as an old friend than a subordinate, but he also hopes that Steve understands that his choice is wrong.

After saying that, he turned to look at Hill, took a deep breath and said, “What Steve said is right. Forcibly arresting Logan and others will only escalate the conflict. We are not an extremist organization like Hydra, so there is no need to be so impulsive. And as Steve said, if a conflict occurs, our agents deployed there really don’t have much chance of winning.”

Listening to Fury’s words, Hill frowned, but still said: “What should we do now? Those mutants will not accept this…”

However, before she could finish her words, Fury interrupted her, “The mutant problem is a historical legacy and it is difficult to solve it in a short period of time. Even if we catch them, it will be useless. There are other mutants scattered all over the world. We can’t catch them all. What is more important for us is to think about how to resolve the contradictions and avoid such a big conflict.”

After that, he sighed and added: “It will take time to solve this problem. They are not welcomed by most people. Only by solving this problem, allowing them to be treated fairly and letting the public accept mutants, can mutants have a normal life and reduce many unnecessary conflicts.”

After he finished speaking, Fury frowned and fell into deep thought.

Steve and Hill also fell into deep thought.

After a moment, Fury had an idea and said, “If you really want to solve this problem, I have a way…”

“any solution?”

Steve suddenly perked up and looked quickly towards Fury.

Fury was silent for a while, looked at Hill, then at Steve, and after confirming that there was no one outside the door, he whispered his plan.

“My thoughts are this…”

Fury spoke for several minutes, during which time he received praise from Steve and Hill.

After finishing speaking, Steve nodded heavily, “This method works!”

Hill frowned and hesitated before saying, “I think it’s still risky to cooperate with a group of thugs, but…if it can completely resolve our fight against mutants, maybe we can make an exception.”

Seeing that neither of them objected, Fury nodded, and then looked at Steve, “Of course, all this is based on the premise that Logan and the others are willing to cooperate. This depends on you, Captain. Find a way to contact Logan and inform him of our plan. If they agree, everything will go much more smoothly.”

Steve nodded heavily, “I will find him as soon as possible. I also believe that Logan will definitely accept this plan. After all, he also hopes to change the relationship between mutants.”

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Canadian Plateau.

This is a vast grassland located in the plateau area. There is no end in sight. The breeze blows, and the tender green grass dances on the lush grassland.

And in the middle of the grassland, there is an abandoned town.

There are many houses full of historical traces in the town. The gaps between the bricks of the streets are covered with grass because no one takes care of them. The walls are also covered with various mosses. It looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, but all kinds of facilities are still complete. There is even a clear well in the middle of the town.

At this time, a lush bonfire was burning in the center of the town.

More than two hundred people gathered in the center of the campfire. The warm flames dispelled the cold temperature. The blazing flames shone on everyone’s faces, but these people did not feel any warmth from the warmth of the flames.

Everyone looked numb, with their heads down and kept silent. The children stared blankly at the bonfire and didn’t say anything. Everyone’s mood had dropped to freezing point. They couldn’t even eat the prepared food. They just sat there blankly. The atmosphere was silent and cold, with only the crackling sound of wood in the flames.

“SHIELD and HYDRA won’t find this place for a while.”

Logan sat cross-legged in front of the campfire, turned his head to look at Lorna and others beside him and said, “At least we can have peace here for a while.”

“Hey, I found this, you should let me introduce it.”

Victor, who was standing by, had an unhappy look on his face, as if he was blaming Logan for stealing his lines.

Logan shrugged speechlessly, “You say.”

Victor snorted, looked at the town, and said with emotion: “This is what I heard when I was a mercenary. At that time, I heard that there was an abandoned town on a plateau somewhere in northern Canada.”

“The reason for the abandonment is that the town is too remote. There is no road, and people have to rely on animal-drawn carts to get in and out. The transportation is very inconvenient, and there is basically no connection with the outside world.”

“It was okay before. People didn’t have too many needs. Just being able to fill their stomachs was enough. But after the Industrial Revolution, the outside world developed electric lights and roads, and life improved. After seeing the development outside, the people here moved out one after another, and eventually it was abandoned.”

Victor kept talking about how he discovered this town. At that time, he had only heard about it and had never come to check it out in person. But now they needed a place to live, so they thought of this place.

The good news is that this place has only been abandoned and not completely destroyed. The houses and other things are still intact, and it is indeed a good habitat.

“Everything here is complete. As long as we clean it well, it can accommodate all of us. Victor, you have done a great job this time.”

Charles looked around and smiled with great satisfaction. The environment here was beautiful. Although it was a plateau, the altitude was not too high. At least there would not be any severe altitude sickness. Even an old man in his nineties like him was hardly affected.

More importantly, the facilities here are very comprehensive, the blue brick floors are well preserved, and there are roads as long as the weeds are removed. The house facilities are also complete, and except that they are a little old, there is almost nothing wrong with them.

Hearing Charles’ compliment, Victor couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows and snorted.

At this time, footsteps were heard behind Logan, and Moira came over, patted Logan on the shoulder, and whispered: “Logan, I want to talk to you.”

Logan nodded and made way for Moira to sit down.

“Everyone is in a low mood right now, and someone needs to stand up and rally people’s hearts.”

She sat next to Logan and looked at everyone, her meaning was very clear.

Hearing this, Logan looked at the people near the campfire, thought for a moment, and nodded.

She knew very well that all the things that had happened were a big blow to both the people in the Maca Shelter and the people in the Moira Shelter.

The people in Maika’s shelter were disappointed by Maika’s betrayal, and some of their faith even collapsed.

The people in Moira’s shelter were more or less hit hard by the destruction of their shelter and being forced to flee.

The mentality of most people is no longer as optimistic as before.

“Logan.”

At this moment, Charles next to him suddenly looked over, reached out and patted the back of Logan’s hand. His eyes were very obvious, signaling him to stand up.

Looking at Charles’ eyes, Logan frowned and subconsciously turned to look at Moira.

He knew very well that now that he stood up, he would have to take on the role of team leader.

It was not so bad for the people in Maca’s shelter before. After all, he had some prestige among them, and he was more influential and organized than Lorna, John and others. After Maca’s betrayal was resolved, it was understandable that he was promoted to the next level.

But at this time, in addition to Luna and others, there were also many people from Moira’s shelter.

If I want to be the leader, maybe I should first ask Moira’s attitude.

Seeing this, Moira smiled and nodded.

After so many things happened, she had long seen clearly that Logan was obviously more suitable to be the leader than herself.

Seeing Moira’s expression, Logan no longer hesitated, stood up, and strode to the campfire.

“Everyone, stop.”

He looked at the people around the campfire with a serious expression and pressed his hands down.

The silent crowd stopped what they were doing and looked at him curiously.

Logan took a deep breath and said, “I understand how you all feel. Macka’s betrayal makes us sad. We all trusted him so much.”

“McKa is indeed so outstanding and admirable. If you take away the hypocrisy and betrayal, he is undoubtedly a qualified leader. The unity of the shelter is inseparable from him. It is he who brings everyone together.”

“This is a fact that none of us can ignore.”

Logan looked at everyone and affirmed Maca’s contribution. After all, without Maca, this shelter would not be able to gather so many people.

If he had no selfish motives, he would indeed be an extremely admirable leader, but he gathered so many people just to betray!

When everyone heard this, they couldn’t help but nod their heads, and the sadness in their hearts increased infinitely at this moment.

Lorna, John, Klaus and others lowered their heads silently. They couldn’t help but think of the past. Sad emotions continued to spread, their hearts were filled with mixed feelings, and their expressions were empty.

Logan looked at the faces of the crowd, sighed, and said in a deep voice: “That’s right, Macka deceived all of us. He colluded with Hydra, but he said that he was doing it for mutants and for the shelter. In fact, he is a selfish person. This is an undeniable fact. It really happened.”

As soon as these words were spoken, hatred instantly filled everyone’s eyes.

Klaus pounded the ground with his fist, his eyes moist.

Maika’s betrayal was like a sharp thorn piercing their hearts. The feeling of being stabbed in the back by the person they trusted the most made everyone grit their teeth.

At this point, he suddenly changed the subject and said, “But everyone, think about it.”

“Are we going to give up our original intention and goal because of Maika?”

“We chose to stay and build the shelter. Why? For Maika. No, for ourselves, for this tribe, so that everything can get better. In fact, it has nothing to do with Maika. He is indeed a guide who brought us all together here, but he took the wrong path along the way.”

“But we don’t, our original intention and goal are still there.”

After the voice fell, everyone was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked straight at Maca, and suddenly they came to their senses.

Yes, they gathered together not because of Maika, but because of the philosophy that Maika talked about.

It was his idea of ​​reviving mutants and building a harmonious and stable mutant society that moved them, and that’s why they followed Maika.

And with this concept, they can still keep working hard even without Macka!

Before, they were all stuck in a dead end, thinking that only with Macka could they have the faith to work hard. In fact, it was not the case. Their common goal had always been there. It didn’t matter whether Macka was there or not, as long as they stuck to this goal and worked hard for it!

“Logan is right, there is no need for us to grieve over a traitor!”

Luna suddenly stood up and looked at everyone excitedly.

Everyone seemed to be encouraged by Luna’s voice and stood up.

“You’re right. We created a safe shelter, not Maca. As long as we work hard, all our goals will be achieved, and this goal cannot be led by Maca alone!”

Marcos pumped his fist and shouted, “We should cheer up!”

Everyone was completely awakened, and they all stood up and shouted, “Yes, we should not lose heart. The glory of mutants depends on us to continue, not on any individual, but on the efforts of all of us!”

For a moment, the depressed mood dissipated, and everyone continued to encourage each other in front of the campfire, and the hope in their eyes was rekindled.

“I think this place is better than the previous farm. We can continue our life here and even make it better than before!” John said as he looked at the town.

Everyone nodded.

Laura also stood up at this time, raised her cute head, and said in a childish voice, “We can raise lambs here. There is so much grass outside and it grows so well. The lambs will definitely enjoy eating it and will surely grow fat and strong!”

“Laura is right. This is a natural grassland. We can be self-sufficient by raising livestock.”

After listening to what the girl said, Logan couldn’t help but raise his thumb to affirm her words.

Laura nodded excitedly.

Lorna said, “However, if we develop here, I think we can restore the previous farm operation mechanism. Although Macka is a bad person, the mechanism he established is indeed very effective.”

After a pause, she added: “And this mechanism can ensure that the shelter receives a certain amount of income to cover the shelter’s expenses.”

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded and enthusiastically joined the discussion.

Some suggested reclaiming land for farming, others suggested raising cattle and making handicrafts.

The cold atmosphere began to become lively during the discussion.

Seeing this, Logan breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time he noticed the reminder on the panel in front of him.

[Prestige +10]

[Prestige +10]

[Prestige +10]

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Looking at the ever-increasing prestige, he was stunned for a moment, but then he couldn’t help but smile, walked out of the crowd, and turned to smoke in the distance.

Charles saw this and came up in his wheelchair. Looking at Logan’s appearance, he smiled and said, “I didn’t expect you to be a good speaker.”

Looking at Charles’s expression, Logan shook his head with a wry smile, “I have said everything I could say in my lifetime.”

After saying this, he looked at the crowd that was getting excited again, his heart filled with satisfaction.

At least everyone became active again.

(End of this chapter)