In the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier conference room.
At this moment, Fury stared at his subordinates with a grim expression.
He had just been bickering with the Military over the ownership of the Dark Elves' warship.
Yet, these people came back to report that the Helicarrier wreckage had been lost right under everyone's noses?
"This is simply unheard of! Lawless!"
An enraged Fury slammed the table, sending the report documents flying a few centimeters.
Although the report stated that there was a larger quantity of remaining warship wreckage.
The most crucial parts, such as the warship's bridge control cabin, energy equipment, operating system, shield generator, and so on, were all included in the stolen section.
In other words, even if S.H.I.E.L.D. continued to study the remaining wreckage, the benefits gained would be significantly reduced.
"Barton, you had close contact with the thief. Tell me your thoughts!"
Clint, who had been fiddling with his fingers, immediately sat up straight upon hearing this, recalling and analyzing as he spoke.
"The target is confirmed to be female, about 1.6 meters tall. Although she was heavily wrapped up and deliberately lowered her voice, I could tell she shouldn't be over 20 years old."
"Oh, right, I suspect the target might have some kind of cross-dressing fetish, or perhaps a rather chuunibyou personality."
"As for the strange method she used, I didn't quite understand it either. It seemed like she could enlarge and shrink things?"
As Hawkeye finished speaking, Fury nodded and looked at Jane and Fitz, who he had also called over from the S.H.I.E.L.D. team's research group.
"What do you two think?"
Simmons and Fitz exchanged glances, both desperately winking at each other.
Clearly, neither wanted to be the first to communicate with Fury, their imposing leader.
Finally, Fitz gave in, took the tablet, and awkwardly scrolled through it, stammering, "Uh, Agent Barton's description might not be entirely accurate. Based on... based on the on-site observations, it should be some kind of highly concentrated compressed particles causing spatial transfer, or a localized quantum state contraction. This phenomenon..."
"Stop! Don't explain the principle, just give me the conclusion!"
Fury, with a headache, sharply cut off Fitz's theoretical analysis, glaring at him fiercely.
Seeing this, Simmons decisively stepped forward, took the tablet, and proactively explained.
"That's right, it's enlargement and shrinkage!"
"In fact, the initial fabrication of a hazardous substance leak from the spaceship also utilized a similar method."
"We later found several broken glass fragments at the scene. The target likely used some kind of shrinking technology to fill these glass spheres with a large amount of ground black and white pigment, then detonated them throughout the spaceship, creating the illusion of a gas leak."
"At the same time, this action also obscured the section of the spaceship wreckage she intended to steal, and then she used shrinking methods to steal the wreckage right under everyone's noses."
After Simmons finished speaking, Fury finally let the two go and spoke to himself.
"Enlargement and shrinkage? Such a method seems only possible for Hank Pym?"
Black Widow Natasha, who was nearby, took over the conversation.
"According to our investigation, Hank Pym has indeed been vacationing in New York recently. However, since Barton said the thief was female..."
"Dr. Hank Pym does have a daughter, but not only does her age not match, she has also been working at Pym Technologies headquarters in California, with a solid alibi!"
Fury: "Does the intelligence indicate anyone else has similar technology? Or is it possible Hank Pym gave the technology to someone else?"
"Unlikely. Currently, Pym Technologies is controlled by his disciple, Darren Cross, who is also developing Pym Particles, but without any results."
"Hank Pym hasn't even left any Pym Particles research data with his daughter, his apprentice, or even in the company. The probability of him giving it to others should be very small."
Hearing this, Fury rubbed his temples, feeling a headache, and could only turn his gaze to Stark and Luca, who were participating in the meeting via video call.
Yes... that's right, Luca was also invited to this meeting about the lost spaceship.
The main reason was that Luca had just recently come into contact with the Dark Elves' spaceship, and his own technology had been recognized, so he was temporarily pulled in.
Of course, another reason was that after the second Battle of New York, Fury had always wanted Luca to be a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D., but Tony had directly pushed back several times.
So, this time, by directly bypassing Tony and inviting Luca to the meeting, it was also a test by this old fox.
However, Luca, in the video projection, was still in his Erha Armor form.
Tony, who knew Luca had also been forcibly pulled in by Fury, was already a bit annoyed, so he naturally wouldn't give Fury any face, saying in a very flippant tone:
"Why are you looking at me? I'm not interested in this kind of petty theft."
"Of course, if this Miss Crow is attractive, I wouldn't mind meeting her privately to chat~"
Seeing Tony's attitude, Fury immediately felt a surge of annoyance.
Of course, what he didn't know was that Luca, who was beside him, was actually even more depressed.
The so-called 'Miss Crow' was naturally Luca's disguise.
Originally, he had already given up on obtaining this 'core component' of the Dark Elves' spaceship.
However, a few days ago, while participating in research in the restricted zone, he noticed that even though the spaceship was fractured and damaged, the main part still emitted a white light that only he could see.
After contact, he found that the 'consumables' needed for the Golden Finger synthesis had simply increased by a few more items.
Coupled with Luca obtaining the [Dehydration Gun], a divine artifact that could compress and carry objects, he naturally set his sights on the spaceship wreckage again.
As for deliberately using the [Transformation Watch] to disguise himself as a female, it was merely to better throw people off the scent.
Even the so-called 'Crow Mask' was entirely because his tattered [Swallowtail Outfit] left his head exposed when invisible, which was too conspicuous, so he just casually made a bird mask so he wouldn't have to perform 'flying head magic' when flying in the sky.
"Metal Knight, what do you think?"
Luca, who was internally complaining about Tony Stark's unreliability, first froze for a moment, then realized that Fury was calling him.
'Metal Knight' was the nickname Luca gave to his 'Erha Armor' identity.
Although he estimated that Fury had probably already found out his true identity by now.
However, both parties tacitly chose to avoid discussing it at this time. Having a codename was better than constantly being called 'Erha, Erha'.
Back to the main topic.
Hearing Fury call his name, Luca's eyes darted around, and he immediately began to analyze wildly.
"Actually, have you ever considered that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s existing data is no longer sufficient to support your analysis?"