Marvel Infinite Power Chapter 084

With the misunderstanding resolved, Natasha and Coulson felt much more relaxed.

As agents, they knew that what Lu Yi said might not all be true, but the probability of it being true was definitely much higher than it being false, about eighty to ninety percent.

Coupled with their previous joint fight against suspected HYDRA agents, the probability of neither of them being HYDRA was almost 100%.

Why did Lu Yi’s words carry such a high weight, while their mutual trust was so little?

Natasha and Coulson’s judgment criteria were as follows:

First, Lu Yi had a grudge against HYDRA.

If HYDRA truly existed, then the group of people just now were definitely HYDRA. This meant that HYDRA had once coveted Lu Yi’s possessions.

This was hatred!

Given Lu Yi’s nature of not willing to suffer losses, he would definitely seek revenge. Lu Yi exposing HYDRA’s situation might not be a way to use their hands to eliminate all HYDRA agents.

Since there was hatred, Lu Yi naturally could not allow HYDRA agents to appear before him again. Once they appeared, they would inevitably face death. There was almost no doubt about this.

Second, putting aside the hatred, Lu Yi was an outsider who had even obtained information about them.

When are people most authentic?

That’s right, when they are most unguarded.

Lu Yi’s eyes and ears were powerful and undetectable. Neither of them had ever discovered any abnormalities before.

This meant that Lu Yi must have monitored them when they were most unguarded, and at that time, their true nature would be most revealed.

People cannot maintain a state of vigilance 24/7, all year round. There will always be times when they let their guard down. As top agents, they were no exception. At these times, they would show their truest selves.

Coulson knew this, and Natasha knew it too.

As for the third point, it was because they were agents, and top-tier agents at that.

The more top-tier the agent, the more they would lie. Mutual trust could exist, but it would never be their primary reliance. They were always prepared for betrayal and being betrayed.

If mutual trust were truly so important and trustworthy, then HYDRA within S.H.I.E.L.D. should have been discovered long ago, because true trust is built on knowing everything about the other person.

These three points led to Lu Yi’s words carrying far more weight than their mutual trust, and they believed Lu Yi’s words more.

Because they trusted Lu Yi, Coulson said to Lu Yi, “Can you help us identify more people loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.?”

S.H.I.E.L.D. had now become HYDRA’s stronghold. They didn’t know who was loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D. and who was HYDRA. Currently, they could only trust each other and couldn’t carry out any purging.

Wanting two people to deal with HYDRA within S.H.I.E.L.D. was utterly wishful thinking. Perhaps the moment they made a move, the next second, they would be branded as traitors.

A multitude of voices can melt metal!

When enough people agree on something, it becomes the truth.

To better clean up S.H.I.E.L.D.’s internal structure, they needed comrades, people who were equally loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.

“That’s not a problem!” Lu Yi also knew this and did not refuse, but said.

HYDRA was a tightly organized group after all. Without Lu Yi having time to act, relying solely on the two of them to eliminate HYDRA was completely wishful thinking.

Coulson hadn’t expected Lu Yi to think so much. Hearing Lu Yi agree to his request, the joy in his eyes was almost undisguised. He finally saw some light.

“So who is loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.?” After suppressing his excitement, Coulson pressed on.

“First, your director is one of them. You don’t need to doubt that!”

Coulson and Natasha nodded in unison, indicating that it was indeed so.

Although HYDRA had been able to hide within S.H.I.E.L.D. for so long, there must have been some high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. officials providing cover. However, both of them tacitly chose to believe that Nick Fury was not one of them.

On one hand, Nick Fury was very popular, and on the other hand, he shouldn’t be a HYDRA agent.

Because if Nick Fury were a HYDRA agent, they wouldn’t have been ambushed when they found the Darkhold. Instead, they would have found nothing, or perhaps it wouldn’t have even been their turn.

“After that, a woman named Hill is not!”

Hill, Nick Fury’s right-hand woman. It was not surprising that she wasn’t HYDRA. If Nick Fury wasn’t HYDRA, his right-hand woman, as one of his closest people, shouldn’t be either.

“Finally, Hawkeye and Captain America are definitely not!”

Hawkeye was pending!

Captain America was definitely not. Everyone knew he had once destroyed HYDRA, so he wasn’t. Natasha and Coulson both found this very normal.

Lu Yi had finished identifying the people, a total of four.

Four wasn’t many!

But the quality of these four was quite good: two assault specialists, a big boss, and a strategic expert. Working together, they might achieve unexpected results.

Natasha and Coulson couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

“HYDRA is quite powerful after all. How about this, I’ll give you two breakthroughs and one point to note!”

“What breakthroughs?” Natasha quickly asked.

Since Lu Yi said so, it was naturally not without purpose; it must have great use.

“There’s a dedicated liaison within HYDRA in S.H.I.E.L.D. This person can give you a list of HYDRA agents. There’s also a very high-ranking person within HYDRA who can help you quickly dismantle HYDRA. These two are the breakthroughs!”

“And the point to note?”

“Captain America!”

“Captain America? Didn’t you say Captain America was loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.? Why should we pay attention to him? Is there something wrong with him?” Coulson anxiously asked.

This guy was a loyal fan of Captain America and couldn’t help but get agitated as soon as Captain America was mentioned.