The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 340: Trapped in a cocoon
In the early morning, the sun awakens the city, allowing New York to slowly wake up from its sleep and regain its vitality.

Although Natasha and Zhan Liu were having an affair, they were not in a relationship, so she lived in her own apartment most of the time.

As an ace agent, her life is very regular and healthy. Every morning is the same, and today is no different.

Early in the morning, she woke up in her apartment, and as usual, she washed, made breakfast, went out for a morning run, came back to take a hot bath, and then enjoyed a hearty breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, Natasha put the dishes into the dishwasher, set the timer for washing, and sat at the dressing table to start putting on makeup.

Even though she is a top agent, Natasha is still a woman, so she still needs to put on makeup. Or, it is precisely because of this special job that she needs to put on makeup even more.

If there is any difference between Kingsman agents and ordinary women when it comes to makeup, it is that the agents are more efficient and faster, that's all.

After putting on her makeup, Natasha went out with her handbag, ready to drive to the martial arts gym to work.

However, as soon as she went out, her eyes fixed on a black Mercedes-Benz car not far from the door. The car window was covered with an opaque film, so it was impossible to see who was inside. But Natasha, with her many years of experience as an agent, intuitively felt that the person there was staring at her.

Natasha's expression remained unchanged and her steps did not stop, but her feet were already gathering strength, ready to dodge the impending hail of bullets at any time. At the same time, her hand had already reached into her bag, as if she was searching for her car keys.

The car window slowly lowered. Natasha took a deep breath and was about to launch an attack when she suddenly saw the people in the car. Her body immediately relaxed and a smile appeared on her face.

She swayed to the front of the car and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"

"I have a mission nearby, so I stopped by to say hello." Clint replied with a smile, opening the passenger door.

Natasha sat in and said, "It's been a long time."

Clint glanced at her and started the car, "Okay, we just met at the beginning of the month, outside the martial arts gym."

Natasha laughed, not showing any embarrassment at all. "It's mainly because you showed up so suddenly this time, without even a phone call in advance."

"I understand. We are all veteran agents. There is no harm in being alert." Clint also laughed. He was not offended by Natasha's probing. "I just wanted to do this on a whim. It's not that I need your help with any mission."

"Because of President Rogers?" Natasha obviously didn't believe Clint.

Since Steve Rogers woke up, he has been busy with the presidential campaign and has not had much time to deal with S.H.I.E.L.D. Therefore, the relationship between the two and President Rogers is not that close.

"Well, it is somewhat related." Clint shrugged. "Nick is very suspicious about Captain America. Coupled with Peter's previous incident, he is sure that there must be a big problem within SHIELD, so he asked me to come here to investigate and confirm which people can be trusted. The bad thing is that I am only sure that you are trustworthy. I hope you can help me narrow down the list and reduce some of the workload."

Natasha frowned. "Why? Was my previous report not detailed enough? Or does Nick not believe what Peter said?"

Clint's eyes wavered for a moment, but immediately returned to normal. "You know, he is a very suspicious person."

Natasha smiled bitterly and did not continue the topic.

"That's no problem. I'm happy to help. But my mission has not changed, which is to stay by Zhan Liu's side. This is the highest priority mission. I haven't contacted SHIELD for a long time, so I'm afraid the information is a little outdated. After the previous purge of SHIELD, the identities of those who are still in SHIELD are probably a little questionable."

"If Captain America and Hydra have an internal conflict, then Hydra is likely to tear each other apart and attack the remaining members of S.H.I.E.L.D., so I remind you to pay attention to your own safety recently."

"Thank you, Clint." Natasha grinned silently, "But you haven't participated in many things, so you may not know what the name Zhan Liu represents. As long as I am by Zhan Liu's side, even Hydra will not dare to touch me blatantly."

Clint frowned and said unhappily, "Natasha, this is not like you. I feel like your confidence in Zhan Liu is a little abnormal."

Natasha curled her lips and sighed, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that one person could intimidate a huge organization with force alone."

"Natasha, Nick didn't tell me a lot of information, so I never understood why you trusted Zhan Liu so much and never suspected that he was the head of Hydra."

"Wow, Zhan Liu is a very proud guy. He doesn't bother to lie, or rather, he is so confident of his strength that no one can punish him even if he becomes the biggest villain in the world. So, if he is Hydra, he will not deny it no matter who asks him. He says he is not Hydra, so he is definitely not Hydra."

Clint nodded thoughtfully, "As long as it's not Hydra."

"That may not be the case." Natasha looked at Clint in the rearview mirror with interest. "Although Zhan Liu is not Hydra, he is not a good person either. He has no sense of belonging to this world. He feels that everything and everyone in this world is like playing a game. To describe it in Chinese, it's called playing the human world."

"So, Hydra is also trying to win him over?" Clint and Natasha in the rearview mirror looked at each other and moved their gazes forward again.

"Rather than trying to win him over, it's more like I don't want to be his enemy, that's all!"

"Then given Nick's desire for control, how did you tolerate him until now?"

"You can't afford to offend, you can't tolerate it, it's that simple."

"Based on my understanding of Nick, he would not allow such a powerful fighting force to remain unused. How does he drive Zhan Liu?"

"It cannot be driven. What Zhan Liu does and what he does not do depends entirely on his mood. Nick can't do anything about him."

"He can't be without any needs, right? Doesn't he like some treasures, like the Tesseract from SHIELD?" Clint said meaningfully.

"Of course he has needs, but unfortunately, no one on Earth can give him what he wants. The Cosmic Cube is considered a treasure by both SHIELD and Hydra, but to Zhan Liu, it is no different from a piece of broken stone."

The two chatted as they left the city. The car did not go to the martial arts hall, but got off the main road and onto a small road, and soon drove into a secluded woodland. Clint turned off the engine and got out of the car, walking deep into the woods, where a small villa was hidden among the trees.

"This is where I'm temporarily staying. We can pick out a relatively credible list here. However, this may take you a few days."

"It's okay. It's a good opportunity for me to brush up on my professional skills. Otherwise, I'll become a secretary sooner or later." Natasha followed Clint and strolled forward, her eyes wandering, taking in the surrounding environment.

"Do you need to call Zhan Liu to ask for leave?" "No need. He stays at home a lot. The most he does every day is practice martial arts. Most of the time, if you don't show up in front of him, he won't even think of you."

After entering the villa, Clint asked Natasha to sit down, poured coffee, then took out the long list that he had prepared long ago, put it on the table, and began to screen the people one by one.

Natasha took a sip of coffee and then began to seriously discuss the candidate issue with Clint.

After a while, Natasha threw the list on the table, leaned back on the sofa, and the smile on her face disappeared.

"There's no drug in the coffee, there's no ambush or trap here, and you're not trying to get any more information... It looks like you're just trying to hold me back for a few days, not resorting to violence!"

"What?" Clint was stunned, not knowing where he had been exposed.

"You are not Clint, even though your appearance, speech, manners, and style of doing things are very similar." Natasha stretched out her finger and pointed at Clint, "But the feeling you give me is completely different from Clint. There is a sense of death in you. Moreover, you act too close to me. Although Clint and I are comrades-in-arms, we are not close to this extent."

Clint stared at Natasha blankly for a moment, then sighed, "I can explain, Natasha."

"Do you think I will still believe it?" Natasha slowly stood up and prepared to fight. "I advise you to call out all your reinforcements. Otherwise, you alone are not enough for me to fight."

"Okay, okay, I'll call them over now." Clint waved his hands and retreated hurriedly. He didn't want to be beaten up by Natasha. "I don't want to fight with you, Natasha. Please believe me, we are not enemies!"

Seeing that Natasha had no intention of stopping, Clint hurriedly shouted into the air.

"You all heard it, Natasha has found out. Come here quickly!"

A few seconds later, a rumbling sound was heard outside the villa, and something was flying through the air.

Natasha shuddered, and the magnetic field all over her body began to rotate, ready to fight at any time. Then, she saw two strange armors flying in from outside, landing in the middle of the living room, and the masks opened, revealing two familiar faces.

"Tony Stark, Colonel Rhodes? Why are you guys here?"

Tony took back the Iron Man suit and greeted Natasha with a smile: "Hey, Natasha, don't be nervous, we are not enemies. Sit down and wait for a while, Steve and the others are not that fast."

"Steve? In other words, you and President Rogers are in cahoots?" Natasha obviously misunderstood, but she was also sure that these people were not enemies, so she smiled and sat down again, waiting to see what tricks they would play. Tony's obviously old face and "thin" figure made Natasha particularly interested.

"Uh... not President Rogers, to be exact. When Steve gets here later, let him explain."

After Tony and the other man sat down, Rhode looked at Clint with a grin and said mockingly, "Who swore before that he knew Natasha best and could definitely hold her back for a few days without making any noise?"

Clint rolled his eyes and said sheepishly, "After going through so much, my temperament must have changed!"

After a while, two cars drove into the yard of the villa, and a group of people got out and entered the villa.

Natasha recognized Steve, Professor Hulk, and Thor. Although she didn't know how Hulk and Dr. Banner merged together, and she didn't understand why Thor had a beer belly after not seeing him for a few days, she was very sure that these were those people.

As for Nebula, Rocket and Scott behind the three, although she didn't know them, she could tell at a glance that the first two were aliens, and the last one was most likely one too.

"Wow, is this some new Avengers Alliance that Nick has created? Or should it be called the Star Avengers Alliance?" Natasha's eyes were sparkling with stars and she looked gossipy.

Steve shook his head and said, "We are not from this world. We come from another universe in a parallel world."

"Hey, Steve, Natasha is trying to trick you!" Clint was afraid that Steve would be fooled, so he quickly reminded him.

"Thank you for your kindness, Clint, but since we want to gain Natasha's support, we can't hide this matter from her."

Steve rejected Clint's reminder, didn't hide anything, and told everything directly.

"I know this is all very hard to believe, but please believe me, I am telling the truth."

"I believe you!" Natasha interrupted Steve very decisively, which made Steve a little unbelievable.

"In fact, just looking at your bodies, you will know that you have never practiced magnetic field rotation. As the mainstream power of the earth, even the clones of Hydra will not give up this power system. Therefore, there is only one possibility, that is, you are telling the truth, and you are from a parallel world."

"Huh... Great!" Steve let out a long sigh and smiled. "I was most worried that I wouldn't be able to convince you. If that happens, I'm afraid we'll have to fight you."

"Actually, I don't quite understand. If you want to convince me to join you, why don't you just do this directly? Why do you want to keep me here for a few days?"

"Uh..." Several people looked at each other, and Steve said awkwardly: "In fact, you from the parallel world also came with us. And she is now disguised as you, working at the martial arts gym, trying to find an opportunity to steal the ether particles."

Natasha rolled her eyes and sighed, "You guys are too fanciful. Although I controlled my body shape and didn't change, she doesn't have the power to rotate the magnetic field. Zhan Liu can see it at a glance!"

Steve and the others were shocked, "Oh no! We have to rescue her quickly!"

"No, no need!" Natasha waved her hand. "Don't worry about her. She will be fine."

"Zhan Liu's values ​​are very different from those of ordinary people. He may not care about many things that we care about."

"Based on my understanding of that guy, even if he finds out that the female secretary who infiltrated his life is a fake, he will pretend not to know and then..."

Natasha curled her lips, looking extremely helpless, "...make the fake play real, and come up with a few new tricks with her or something."

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(End of this chapter)