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The day after completing the bounty ranked match, Darian received a message from Nick Fury and was immediately teleported to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
Upon entering the Director's office, Darian saw Nick Fury, and Coulson beside him.
"Officer, what can I do for you?" Darian asked.
Previously, Nick Fury had only notified him to come over, without revealing any information, which was quite mysterious.
Nick Fury looked at Darian and said in a deep voice, "Our search team discovered the remains of a crashed plane in the Arctic Circle, and inside, they found an old relic. He has now been transported to the New York branch, and your mission is to guard him until he awakens."
Saying that, Fury handed a file to Darian.
Darian took the file and realized that the old relic Nick Fury mentioned was actually a person.
Moreover, this person's identity was not simple; he was the U.S. idol from nearly seventy years ago, Captain America, Steve Rogers, who had been injected with the original Super Soldier Serum!
[NPC Nick Fury has issued you a new mission]
[Mission: Guard Captain America]
[Objective: Guard the unconscious Steve Rogers until he awakens]
[Reward: EXP +1000, S.H.I.E.L.D. Reputation +20, Random Item * 2]
According to the information, Captain America was HYDRA's number one enemy back then.
At that time, Steve, as Captain America, led the Howling Commandos, repeatedly inflicting heavy blows on HYDRA's operations, and ultimately, in a crucial operation, he defeated HYDRA's leader, Red Skull, and destroyed HYDRA Headquarters.
However, he himself mysteriously disappeared after that operation.
Unexpectedly, nearly seventy years later, S.H.I.E.L.D. actually found the frozen Captain America in the Arctic ice!
Not only that, after precise biological testing by the biological department, this old ice pop still had faint vital signs remaining in his body.
And after the thawing procedure was completed, he even showed signs of imminent awakening!
"Well, a person frozen for seventy years thawing and coming back to life, this kind of absurd setting, is quite consistent with this game's usual style."
Darian was already used to this.
After all, in this game World, no matter how unbelievable things are, they don't seem strange.
However, entrusting HYDRA's number one enemy to a HYDRA spy to guard, how does that feel a bit strange?
"Oh right, there's one more thing."
After Nick Fury finished giving the mission, his expression seemed a bit odd.
"Some time ago, our search team also found the long-missing Bruce Banner and his girlfriend Betty Ross in neighboring Iceland."
"But their situation doesn't seem too good. What exactly did you do to them?"
The day Bruce escaped from General Ross, he fled with Betty all the way to Iceland, running for their lives, unable to stop!
If Bruce hadn't transformed into Hulk due to tachycardia along the way, greatly shortening the time to reach Iceland, the two might not have arrived until next year.
Fortunately, S.H.I.E.L.D. had a reconnaissance team on a mission near the Arctic Circle at the time, and they located the two shortly after they arrived in Iceland.
When the reconnaissance team found the two, they saw Bruce, who had transformed back into human form, and Betty huddled together, shivering in the ice and snow, hungry and cold. Their appearance was truly unbearable!
Darian scratched his head: "I didn't do anything much, just helped them fulfill a wish."
Nick Fury's mouth twitched slightly.
A wish, he said, it almost became their last wish.
With this experience, it's estimated that both of them will have a psychological shadow of Iceland for the rest of their lives.
After Darian left, Coulson, who had been a background figure, finally spoke: "Director, is it really okay to entrust this to Darian? Captain America's existence and the thawing project are classified as Level Eight or above. His clearance level is far from sufficient to access them."
Nick Fury calmly said, "Don't worry, Coulson, Darian is a trustworthy Agent."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but recall when Darian voluntarily applied to undergo S.H.I.E.L.D.'s security tests.
From psychological evaluations to stress interrogations, Darian scored almost perfectly in all categories, constantly professing his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D., and even withstood the extremely difficult test of truth serum, which is a rare feat in the entire S.H.I.E.L.D.
It was based on Darian's extraordinary resilience and loyalty that Nick Fury prematurely terminated the subsequent testing phases.
Including the most common honey trap.
Because he deeply believed that an Agent who could keep secrets under truth serum possessed an unshakeable will, like steel, and could never be corrupted by mere sexual temptation!
Nick Fury had absolute confidence in Darian!
Because of this, he felt at ease entrusting so many important missions to Darian.
On one hand, he valued Darian's strength, and on the other, he trusted his loyalty.
It is truly a great fortune for S.H.I.E.L.D. to have an Agent with such strength and loyalty as Darian!
Nick Fury couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Darian quickly arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s New York branch.
In addition to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters located in D.C., S.H.I.E.L.D. has branches in several important cities across the United States, making it convenient for Agents to carry out missions nationwide.
Darian also heard that S.H.I.E.L.D. has an even more special mobile branch, an air-sea-land amphibious Sky Carrier, capable of flying globally.
However, this strategic-level equipment is usually only activated for global surveillance, emergency operations, or large-scale evacuation missions, and Darian has never seen it in person.
After strict identity verification, Darian was guided to a highly confidential area.
Here, a meticulously arranged temporary scene was set up, a hospital room simulated in the style of the 1940s.
Even the medical staff responsible for caring for Steve were dressed in 1940s attire, and the radio was even playing live sports broadcasts from that era. It can be said that the details were meticulously done.
Darian would call it Steve's World!
Of course, all these designs were to prevent Steve from becoming agitated after waking up. A suitable background was created to help him relax his guard, making it easier for S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel to gradually explain the current situation to him.
After all, telling someone right away that they time-traveled and it's seventy years later would confuse anyone.
Steve isn't a certain online reader; he doesn't have such good acceptance.
At this moment, Steve was lying quietly on the hospital bed.
Although he had been unfrozen, he was still in a deep coma.
[NPC: Steve Rogers]
[Codename: Captain America]
[Affection: 0]
[Evaluation: Marvel's 50/50, U.S. Ass, Swear Word Management Master, Hail HYDRA (Captain America special, highly effective against HYDRA)]
[Status: Comatose]
"..."
Seeing Steve's evaluation, Darian was truly a bit speechless.
How did HYDRA's number one enemy start shouting "Hail HYDRA"?
Could it be that Steve's true identity wasn't Captain America, but Captain Hydra?