Chapter 17:
Facing Nick Fury's recruitment, Alex felt somewhat surprised.
In his understanding, he had never displayed any special abilities in front of Nick Fury. Moreover, he was just a college student who had only recently turned twenty-one.
At first, Alex had only guessed that Nick Fury's purpose in coming was to recruit him as logistics support. He never expected to be asked to go to the front lines to fight aliens. Besides, he really wasn't very willing to participate in frontline battles. Although he possessed many superheroes' abilities, they were ultimately still within the scope of human-level powers. If he encountered Thanos with the six Infinity Stones, Alex had no confidence in confronting him.
Thinking of this, Alex already had the intention to refuse.
Perhaps sensing Alex 's hesitation, Nick Fury didn't want the former to refuse directly, so he continued:
"You can think carefully about whether you want to accept my recruitment. And if you join us, you will receive the full resources of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future. No matter what you want to do later, it will undoubtedly become much easier."
When Alex first came to this universe, he only wanted to rely on his abilities to enjoy life and experience living. However, he always ended up getting involved in various disputes and conflicts due to accidental events. Right now, what Alex wanted most was a peaceful and comfortable life.
But who doesn't have a hero dream?
After thinking it over for a long time, Alex still couldn't convince himself whether to refuse or accept.
Seeing Alex 's hesitation, Nick Fury knew that no matter what, he wouldn't get a definite answer today, so he didn't stay any longer. He called a few agents and drove away in the vehicle loaded with dozens of pounds of drugs.
After handling a day's worth of company affairs, Alex returned home with a slightly tired body.
After more than half a year of hard work, Alex and Wanda had already moved out of the small rental apartment near the school and into the ultra-luxurious apartment at 611 West 56th Street, designed by Álvaro Siza.
He still remembered the first time Wanda came here. The stimulation of suddenly becoming rich overnight left her dazed for an entire week.
Every time she was home alone, she would move lightly and carefully, afraid of accidentally damaging the furniture, looking exactly like an inexperienced "Granny Liu" who had never seen the world.
Sitting alone in the empty and spacious living room, Alex suddenly had the illusion that he was dreaming.
Ever since he transmigrated to this universe, every day of his life had been like a sports car without brakes, spinning non-stop.
No, he couldn't continue like this aimlessly. It was time to make some changes!
Alex suddenly stood up, picked up the landline phone on the coffee table, and dialed a string of numbers.
"Hello."
On the other end of the phone, Nick Fury, after learning that the recruitment had failed, did not give up. Instead, he decided to take some forceful measures.
First, he added Alex to the list of dangerous individuals.
Nick Fury knew that although S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intelligence department had been busy for more than half a year, they still couldn't find much more information about Alex . But since such an outstanding agent was still within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sight, they should try their best to recruit him. Even if they ultimately couldn't walk together, at the very least they shouldn't let him fall into darkness.
At the same time, Nick Fury dispatched agents to monitor Alex 's every move. Facing someone with such enormous power, Nick Fury didn't dare let him move freely.
No matter what, as long as Alex dared to leave the New York city area even half a step, he would immediately receive an arrest warrant from S.H.I.E.L.D.
There was one more crucial point.
Previously, whether it was during Ross's military battle with Hulk or when accepting S.H.I.E.L.D.'s commission to eliminate Kingpin,
During all this time, Alex had always been paying attention to Wanda, who had come from the same orphanage as him.
According to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s investigation, Alex 's background was quite simple.
He had been abandoned at the orphanage gate as a child. After being adopted by the orphanage, he showed no difference from other children, except for his intelligence that far exceeded ordinary people.
He had the body of a child but carried an aura of someone who had experienced many hardships, which made Alex seem out of place with everything around him.
Nick Fury looked at the identity and background information of Alex and Wanda submitted by the agents below and fell into deep thought.
Alex and Wanda had once lived in an orphanage in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Not long after, they were adopted by a family and left the orphanage.
After adopting Alex and Wanda, this family took the two of them away from New York. However, not long afterward, the couple died unexpectedly in a car accident.
According to the file, this family seemed to have some connection with Kingpin's forces. There were even rumors that they were Kingpin's subordinates.
Although the truth was unclear, Nick Fury felt that this case needed to be investigated.
According to the records, among Alex and Wanda's childhood playmates, there was one key figure that S.H.I.E.L.D. had always overlooked — Pietro!
After dinner.
Alex sat on the sofa, holding a laptop and browsing webpages, while Wanda sat opposite him, eating an apple.
"Alex , what are you doing?" Wanda asked. She noticed Alex was reading an article.
"Oh, I'm reading a report," Alex replied casually.
What Alex was reading was the previous incident of Mjolnir falling from the sky in Mexico, as well as the "divine war" that far exceeded current human understanding. The reason he chose to read it at home was very simple.
After rejecting Nick Fury's recruitment, Alex had keenly sensed that many unfamiliar people had appeared near his residence and company.
Although Alex knew very well that these people were sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. to monitor him, he didn't take it to heart.
A segment of memory surfaced in Alex 's mind — it came from the Avengers Chronicle he had read in his previous life.
According to the records inside, the upcoming time period would be a very important turning point.
This year, Loki would lead Thanos' army to descend upon Earth.
Corresponding to the timeline of The Avengers (2012).
Then Alex could take this opportunity to go to the New York Sanctum to find the Ancient One.
Only by finding the Ancient One could he smoothly help Wanda awaken in advance.
Alex absolutely did not want to see Wanda follow the same timeline as in his original universe and be treated as a lab rat.
This was the only thing he could do. Feeling the pressure of time, Alex only felt that his mission had become even heavier.
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