The extraordinary life of a certain American comic.

Chapter 20 The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.
When you are in the world, it all depends on one word.

Don't be a coward!
People who are good are bullied by others, and horses who are good are ridden by others.

Dickon Frost had already parked his carriage. If he didn't accept the challenge, people would think he was afraid.

As a senior agent of the Sentinel Secret Service, how could he be afraid of a shady vampire?
Ah.

What are you thinking about?

After Locke finished speaking, he took out his phone and dialed the number on the business card.

Come.

In a head-on confrontation, whoever is timid is a puppy.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Hey."

There was a low and slightly hoarse voice coming from the other end of the phone. In short, it sounded like the person speaking was a young... villain.

Locke and Brown, who were on speakerphone, looked at each other.

Locke spoke, his tone calm.

"Dickon Frost."

"……Who are you?"

"Ah."

Locke played with the business card in his hand: "You left your business card in four places, do you still need to ask who I am?"

Dickon Frost on the other end of the line reacted.

Located in a high-rise building in Manhattan, New York.

The villain Dickon Frost, who was wearing a gray silk pajamas and looked somewhat evil, pushed away the two vampire maids, one black and one white, who were lying on him. He grabbed the phone with his right hand with a ring on it, walked straight out of the bedroom, and came to the floor-to-ceiling window in the hall.

next second.

The curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows were drawn open to both sides, and the sunlight instantly poured into the large platform.

but……

Dickon Frost, bathed in the sunshine, was unharmed.

Deacon Frost narrowed his eyes, switched the phone to his other hand, and then spun the ring on his hand with one hand: "Mr. Locke Underwood of the Sentinel Secret Service?"

Locke's mouth curled up: "Yes, Frost left his business card, wasn't it just to confirm my identity?"

Dickon Frost laughed.

"of course not."

"Oh."

"I want to make friends with Mr. Underwood."

"hehe."

Locke listened to this and just smiled without saying anything.

Deacon Frost didn't care and said directly: "Since Mr. Underwood knows the existence of the extraordinary world, he should also know the covenant between the extraordinary world and the ordinary world."

Locke raised an eyebrow.

Supernatural-secular covenant!

Natasha said this during the information exchange.

This so-called "supernatural-secular covenant" was not signed by S.H.I.E.L.D., but was signed by the five overlords and the entire supernatural world after World War II.

However, the driving force behind this covenant was one of the founders of SHIELD.

Ms. Peggy Carter.

After all, at that time, Captain America Steve Rogers also had a good reputation in the extraordinary world.

Because Steve Rogers is a true hero.

A true hero will be respected everywhere. Because of love for her, the extraordinary creatures in the lawful camp in the extraordinary world also have some respect for Ms. Peggy Carter.

The content of this covenant is simple.

The extraordinary world recognizes that the world belongs to the five overlords, and the five overlords also recognize that extraordinary creatures have the right to live on Earth and will not take the initiative to break this balance.

Of course.

The covenant stipulates that supernatural beings must also maintain non-interference in the ordinary world.

In the period after the signing of this covenant, it was actually implemented very well.

However, after Ms. Peggy Carter retired and the relationship between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Howling Commandos was completely severed, things began to loosen up.

Especially after the Mutant Freedom Act was introduced in 1973.

Are mutants considered supernatural beings?

You can count it, or you can not count it.

But...some creatures in the extraordinary world who do not belong to the lawful camp feel that the Mutant Freedom Act is a test of their extraordinary race by the ordinary world.

In a word.

If the ordinary world dares to oppress the mutant community today, they will dare to oppress their own community tomorrow.

There are no eggs under the covering nest.

Since the ordinary world has torn up the covenant, it does not count as a breach of contract on their part.

So since then, this so-called covenant has actually existed in name only.

The extraordinary world is in turmoil.

It's hard for S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Sentinel Secret Service is also restless.

This is also the reason why Locke and Brown ignored the mutants and went to capture vampires without any restrictions this time.

the reason is simple.

When senior officials at the Sentinel Secret Service headquarters in Washington learned of this, they felt it was an opportunity.

Restore Sentinel Secret Service to a whole new opportunity for law enforcement.

In fact, when the Sentinelese was first established, it was not originally intended to target only mutants as supernatural beings.

The Sentinel Special Service Bureau back then was established to target the entire supernatural world.

Who said SHIELD is an illegal organization?

No matter whether S.H.I.E.L.D. was jointly created by the five overlords, any agency that has not been approved by Congress is illegal on federal soil.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the Sentinel Special Service to want to obtain the law enforcement power of the entire supernatural world.

Simply put, any supernatural creature, as long as you live on federal land, must be controlled by the Sentinelese Secret Service like mutants.

But SHIELD quit at that time.

Because if the Sentinelese Secret Service were allowed to do this, it would directly conflict with their authority.

As for why the Sentinel Secret Service did not get the desired result at that time, it was actually very simple.

Because SHIELD invited the retired Ms. Peggy Carter to come out.

But that was 1974, and now it is 2011.

Following this incident, the top brass of the Sentinel Secret Service became active again.

I haven't seen you for many years. Are you, SHIELD, so incompetent in dealing with a vampire?

Great.

Your SHIELD may be lame, but our Sentinel Special Service is not lame.

It is a good opportunity for the Sentinel Special Service to re-propose the proposal to expand its business scope.

This is also the reason why, even though there were mutant cases in the past month, the bureau did not hand them over to Locke and Brown.

Just let him go out with Brown to cause trouble.

The louder the waves, the more expensive the fish.

This is not!

The fish is hooked.

When Locke heard Deacon Frost mention the "Supernatural-Mundane Covenant", his mind recalled the conversation he had with his supervisor Walter Hermann a few days ago.

He smiled.

Come back to your senses.

Locke still spoke calmly: "Of course I know about this covenant, but you were the one who started this matter, and our people died."

Yes.

In this incident, no matter what, it was their people who died in the front.

what?
The vampire had fought back in self-defense?

Ah.

What are you thinking about?

They are a formal law enforcement agency, the kind with a search warrant. They will come to your home to investigate you, and all you have to do is cooperate.

Fight back?

You deserve to be killed!

Do you understand the value of a federal charter?

what!
……

(End of this chapter)