This appointment came a bit suddenly. However, it is reasonable.
After the battle in New York, the Security Council and S.H.I.E.L.D could not allow Avengers to roam outside without taking any measures.
Leon guessed that it should be the board's agreement with Fury beforehand to do so.
Otherwise, the council bypassed Fury and directly appointed him as the leader of the monitoring team, which really did not take Fury as the director.
That being the case, that is to say, Fury also agreed to this appointment.
Let's not talk about Fury's attitude, what is it like, set up a monitoring team to closely monitor the Avengers…
The purpose and intention of the council in doing so are already very obvious.
On the one hand, it must be to supervise Avengers; on the other hand, it may be to prevent the Fury family from dominating and play a role as a guide.
Avengers, the hero who saved the world, is the product of Fury's will.
For fear that Fury will control the entire team, the board of directors has specially established Leon, who is both an Avenger and an Aegis agent, to divide part of Fury's power.
Although Avengers is nominally affiliated with S.H.I.E.L.D, everyone knows that neither S.H.I.E.L.D nor the Security Council can make the Avengers with extraordinary Ability obey orders.
However, it is still possible to use Leon, the bond between S.H.I.E.L.D and the Avengers, to exert more or less influence on the Avengers team.
In the eyes of the council and others, even if Leon is a super-Ability and a member of the Avengers, his job is always the agent of S.H.I.E.L.D and their subordinates.
Subordinates acted on orders, very normal.
Definitely, this is all wishful thinking of the council.
They thought they could use Leon's chess piece to control or influence Avengers. However, I never thought that Leon, a pawn, was never a safe pawn…
In any case, this promotion is undoubtedly a piece of good news for Leon.
It's definitely good to be promoted.
Being able to form an independent inspection team means that he has finally become a member of the management of S.H.I.E.L.D. Not to mention, up to eight levels of security permissions can give him access to more confidential documents and intelligence.
You know, there are no more than ten agents with level 8 or above security authority in the entire S.H.I.E.L.D composed of hundreds of thousands of people!
Besides, even if Leon is not the executor of the supervision, S.H.I.E.L.D will send someone to supervise the Avengers. In that case, it would be better to do it yourself.
As for how to write the monitoring report, he is not the leader of the team, who has the final say?
Therefore, Leon accepted the appointment without saying a word.
Seeing Leon accepting the appointment, the council, Pierce and others, after instructing him a few words, let Fury take him away.
Leon, who walked out of the meeting room, followed Fury, was waiting for Fury to make a statement. He always has a feeling that Fury must have something to say to himself.
After all, judging from the actions of the board, this is meant to split the trust between Leon and Fury.
For no reason, Fury, who was preyed into the corner, would have no reaction at all.
However, until the two of them entered the elevator again and returned to the floor of the director's office, Fury's mouth did not utter a word or a word.
At the moment when Leon was about to take the elevator to leave, Fury quietly dropped the meaningful words:
"Go ahead!"
These words made Leon frowned and suddenly thought of a certain possibility.
Standing on the fast-falling elevator, through the glass, Leon steadily looked at the sparkling Potomac River, slowly sinking into thought.
. . . . . .
Just as a new officer took office, Leon, who was still the bachelor commander, immediately began to recruit troops for this special monitoring team.
And the first member of the team invited is naturally the same as him, both S.H.I.E.L.D agent and Natasha Romanoff of the Avengers!
As night fell, in a clearing bar called "Lilian" in Queens, Leon was sitting across from Natasha Romanoff, explaining the supervision team…
"Avengers special monitoring team?"
Under the dim light, Natasha Romanoff was red-haired, with red lips slightly open, and doubts written on her face.
"Yes, this is the special team responsible for overseeing Avengers, we…"
Before Leon could finish speaking, Natasha Romanoff interrupted him directly when he raised his hand:
"Wait a minute! How many people are in this group now?"
"With you, there are two people."
After a pause, Leon continued: "I plan to transfer Clint over and serve as a member of the monitoring team…"
Listening to Leon's words, Natasha Romanoff's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a dumbfounded expression, "You mean, the Security Council and Fury, let you and the monitoring team composed of the three Avengers me and Barton, Supervise Avengers' every move?"
Seeing the change in Natasha Romanoff's expression, Leon also tried to suppress the frantically raised corners of his mouth and nodded, "Yes, that's it."
"In other words, we monitor ourselves and then report to them?"
Hearing this, Leon couldn't help spread his hands, shrugged, and smiled: "What can I say?"
Gently picked up the cocktail on the table and took a sip. Natasha Romanoff looked at Leon with interest and joked: "It seems that you, the new idol of S.H.I.E.L.D, are deeply trusted by your superiors…"
Let originally be the Leon of the Avengers, to supervise the entire Avengers, it can only be said that those in the Security Council believe too much in Leon's loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D.
However, it is no wonder that those on the board think so.
After all, Leon's uncle Phil Coulson, as an old minister of S.H.I.E.L.D for many years, his performance and reputation in S.H.I.E.L.D made them feel that this is another man in the Phil Coulson family who is loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D…
However, the two sitting opposite each other knew that Leon was not the kind of person who would blindly follow orders.
The same goes for Natasha Romanoff.
For Natasha Romanoff, S.H.I.E.L.D was just a place to live temporarily in order to repay Leon's kindness.
Loyalty, there is so much. But it's not about being loyal.
Rather than saying that Natasha Romanoff is loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D, it is better to say that Natasha Romanoff is loyal to Leon…
This is why Leon would be the first to talk to Natasha Romanoff about this.
Because, he knows, Natasha Romanoff will definitely understand what exactly this monitoring team exists for!
At this time, Natasha Romanoff picked up the red bloody cocktail again and motioned to Leon:
"A toast for our future double agent life?"
Leon smiled slightly, and also picked up the glass of whiskey on the table and touched it lightly.
"cheers!"
Along with the collision of the two glasses, there was a sound of "clang"…