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Chapter 142 In S.H.I.E.L.D., hair reveals rank

Having not slept all night, Pietro and Zemo went to work early.

The barbecue with cattle and horses left the two with boundless energy that they had nowhere to expend it, so they could only burn off this excess energy through high-intensity work.

"I will never eat Du Mu's barbecue again!"

The two of them worked together while secretly making a vow.

Of course, they'll still find it appealing next time; that's a universal law.

That very morning, Du Mu also received a message: Stark Industries had offered Sokovia an aid plan, willing to fund the reconstruction of the country's schools, hospitals, and infrastructure, and would also provide advanced related equipment.

It seems that the knife Du Mu stabbed that day worked.

Du Mu naturally accepted such generous offers without hesitation.

However, Du Mu did not personally take charge. Instead, he entrusted the task to Zemo, who was in charge of liaising with Stark Industries. He was also tasked with playing the victim and trying to extract as much funding and equipment as possible from Tony.

Sokovia needs money everywhere right now, and even Du Mu's hundred small goals can't keep up.

Du Mu felt no guilt whatsoever about getting Tony for free.

Furthermore, he wasn't entirely taking advantage of Tony; he could use this opportunity to clear Tony's name and reduce the Sokovians' hostility towards him.

Now that Sokovia's nobility and royalty have become rare, the Sokovians have no more obvious enemies, so they have set their sights on Stark Industries and Tony Stark, their face of the company.

The hatred from the other Sokovians was nothing to worry about, but the hatred from Wanda and Pietro was truly deadly.

Leaving aside Wanda, who controls chaos magic, Pietro alone could easily chop Tony to pieces before he even puts on his Iron Man armor.

As for how to clear his name, it's very simple: just pin all the blame on Stanislav, the dark side of Stark Industries.

By eliminating two major enemies for Tony, this deal was a win for the other party no matter how you look at it.

Du Mu arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters as usual to receive his daily mission.

He had just stepped out of the director's office and was about to send the mission to Team X when he saw Coulson leading a woman of mixed Eastern descent with exquisite modeling skills towards him.

[NPC: Skye (Daisy Johnson)]

Codename: Shockwave Woman

【Favourability: 0】

[Evaluation: One of the world's top hackers, who has repeatedly infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D.'s systems. He infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. to find out his origins. He is also an Inhuman, possessing the ability to generate and manipulate shockwaves.]

If this continues, the S.H.I.E.L.D. system will become like a public toilet, like Hammer Industries, where anyone can come and go as they please.

Du Mu mentally complained, but he was very interested in Skye's other identities, especially the Inhuman identity, which sounded like a special race of mutants.

He stopped and asked, "Coulson, who is this?"

Coulson smiled and introduced, "This is Skye, a new member who was just recruited and is currently in the training phase."

During the training phase, he wasn't even a Level 1 Special Agent; he was a complete newbie.

Du Mu chuckled and said, "As expected of the village chief of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s newbie village, you, a level 8 agent, are actually personally in charge of recruiting new people."

“She’s a new member of my team,” Coulson explained.

Hill tasked him with assembling a rapid response team, and Skye was one of the new members he had recently recruited.

Coulson also introduced Skye: "Skye, this is Du Mu, a Level 7 agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."

“I know him, he’s the Steel Glider.”

Skye stared intently at Du Mu.

Du Mu asked in surprise, "Oh? You've heard my story?"

Skye nodded: "Of course, I'm a former member of the Rising Tide organization. I know a lot of information that S.H.I.E.L.D. has hidden. I also know that you were the one who sent the nuclear bomb into the portal, which saved Manhattan from being blown up by those politicians, but S.H.I.E.L.D. kept it a secret."

The Rising Tide Group is a hacker organization that claims to be a non-profit organization. They use their advanced hacking skills to uncover information hidden by various institutions and make it public.

Simply put, it's a large paparazzi team that specializes in spreading gossip about various organizations.

S.H.I.E.L.D., an intelligence organization that possesses countless secrets, naturally became the main target of the Rising Tide organization. They believed that S.H.I.E.L.D. violated people's right to know and freedom, and had been trying to expose all the secrets that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been hiding.

This philosophy and style of doing things are typical of America!
At this point, Skye lowered her voice and said, "To be honest, I think this is very unfair. You saved the whole of Manhattan, but you don't even get a public recognition."

"Ahem, that was a choice made out of concern for causing public panic."

Coulson couldn't help but interrupt Skye.

If the discussion continues, this new member will probably be shot a dozen times in the back and sentenced to suicide, since Skye is no longer a formal agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and is not protected by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Du Mu had no such worries and looked at Skye with appreciation: "You're absolutely right, newcomer. Your path is widening. Would you be interested in joining my team?"

Coulson: "???"

They poached my people right in front of me, do they really think I don't exist?
Coulson rubbed his temples, trying to reason with him: "Du Mu, Skye is someone I recruited. Besides, with your lone-wolf fighting style, you probably don't need teammates, right?"

"Who said that even the best ADC needs a support to ward? I happen to be looking for a top-notch hacker to assist me, and I think this newcomer is a perfect fit."

Du Mu may not need teammates, but his X team desperately needs them. Having a top-notch hacker in the team can save them a lot of trouble.

Moreover, Skye's Inhuman identity seems worth exploring; it might be a hidden subplot.

"She has not received any systematic training and has no experience in the most basic field operations."

Coulson argued forcefully, explaining that he was unwilling to let go of such a rare talent.

"It's perfect that I can personally mentor her. I have a simple task right now that's perfect for a newbie to practice on."

Du Mu then turned to Skye and said, "If you join my team, I guarantee you'll be promoted from intern to full-time within a week."

This promise made Skye's eyes light up instantly.

It's important to understand that under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s normal procedures, a new recruit would need at least several months of training and assessment to become a full-fledged agent. The conditions offered by Du Mu were undoubtedly a shortcut to rapid promotion.

For interns, what could be more tempting than a quick promotion to a permanent position?
"Can you really guarantee that?" Skye couldn't help but ask for confirmation.

Du Mu smiled and said, "Of course, it only took me a few days, less than a week, to go from being a new employee to a permanent one. With me here, I guarantee I can help you complete the mission quickly."

"Deal! I'll join your team!"

Skye agreed without hesitation.

With a veteran player like Du Mu personally guiding you through the quests, what more could you ask for?

Upon hearing this, Coulson shook his head helplessly but did not refute it.

Although he was also a veteran S.H.I.E.L.D. player, having started even earlier than Du Mu, a hardworking, ordinary player like him, who relied entirely on grinding, was far inferior to Du Mu, the cheater.

He treated daily tasks like dungeons to complete, while Du Mu treated dungeons like daily tasks to play; the two were simply not on the same level.

Therefore, Coulson could not guarantee that leading Skyspeed would lead to a permanent position within a week.

"Du Mu, isn't it a bit much to snatch someone away?" Coulson tried to make a last-ditch effort. A small bottle appeared out of thin air in Du Mu's hand: "Take this hair growth serum. Use it, and you'll have a head of thick, shiny black hair, and you'll never have to worry about being bald again."

Upon hearing this, Coulson's gaze was instantly fixed on the small bottle.

He took the bottle with lightning speed, carefully put it into his suit pocket, and his face immediately brightened with a genuine smile.

"I feel much more at ease knowing Skye is in your team!"

Now that things have come to this, he knows he can't win against Du Mu, so getting this bottle of hair growth serum isn't too bad.

Skye, standing to the side, witnessed the entire scene, her lips twitching slightly.

"Is this how everyone at S.H.I.E.L.D."

Du Mu chuckled and said, "You don't understand. Most of our S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have this problem. They have too many classified missions to handle every day, and the pressure is too great, so naturally they lose more hair."

"The higher the level of the agent, the faster their hair falls out. Agents like Coulson, who are level 8, are still okay. Although their hairline is receding, they can still maintain a decent appearance."

“Like our former director Nick Fury, I heard that he used to have some hair when he was young, but he later became completely bald, which is why he was able to become our director.”

Du Mu patted Skye on the shoulder: "In S.H.I.E.L.D., hair is a sign of rank. If you see an agent with thinning hair in S.H.I.E.L.D., they are basically a senior agent. You should show them some respect."

Skye: Σ(°Д°)

Um, I suddenly don't really want to advance anymore.

Du Mu has taken on a retrieval mission this time.

According to intelligence, a local gang in Los Angeles has somehow acquired the body of a Chitauri soldier and is planning to sell it to a foreign power for a high price.

Their mission was to infiltrate the gang's hideout and either completely destroy the alien corpse or steal it silently.

However, this gang is quite large in the area and has a large number of members. If its whereabouts are exposed, it is very likely to break out into a fierce firefight.

Skye was stunned when she heard the details of the mission.

Are you sure this is a beginner's quest?

Du Mu said matter-of-factly, "Isn't this a newbie mission? There are no aliens, no superpowers, and no supervillains. There are just a few dozen ordinary people holding automatic rifles. I can't think of a simpler tutorial than this."

Skye: "."

S.H.I.E.L.D. is too dangerous, I need to go back to the Rising Tide.

For most S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, this would undoubtedly be a tricky task requiring meticulous planning.

But for Du Mu, such difficulty was nothing.

Du Mu drove the black car he had borrowed from the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to the abandoned factory area on the outskirts of the city with Skye.

"What do we do next?"

Skye peered through the car window at the distant factory, feeling a little nervous.

This was her first field mission, and the fact that it was such a difficult infiltration operation right off the bat made her involuntarily clench her fists.

"It's simple, just follow me."

Du Mu pushed open the car door and swaggered towards the factory.

Seeing this, Skye quickly followed and whispered, "Aren't we afraid of being discovered? Could it be that we already have an undercover agent in this research institute who will come to meet us later?"

Du Mu did not answer, but walked straight to the factory gate.

The two lookouts immediately spotted them, raised their guns, and glared at them menacingly.

"Halt! This is not a place for you."

boom!boom!
Gunshots suddenly rang out!

The two gangsters, with their wild imaginations running wild, were gone before they could even utter a complete line of dialogue.

Du Mu lowered the arm that was holding the Golden Desert Eagle and looked at Skye, who looked completely bewildered.

"See, this way no one will find out. Did you learn it?"

Skye: "."

What can I possibly learn from this?

Before she could react, she saw Du Mu kick open the factory's rusty iron gate.

The loud crash echoed through the empty factory. The gangsters, already alerted by the gunshots outside, all turned to look at the two uninvited guests at the door and raised their weapons in shock and anger.

"Damn it! Kill them!"

However, Du Mu acted faster than they could react, raising the Golden Desert Eagle and pulling the trigger without even aiming.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—!
A continuous barrage of gunfire rang out, each shot accompanied by a gangster falling to the ground.

They didn't even have a chance to fire before being accurately killed by bullets that seemed to come from nowhere.

Because Du Mu made such a big commotion, all the enemies in the factory were activated. The red dots could be clearly seen on the minimap, so there was no need to search for them.

Skye hid behind Du Mu, surrounded by deafening gunshots, and watched helplessly as Du Mu wiped out all the enemies in the factory in less than a minute, faster than she could in an FPS game!
After confirming that all the red dots on the map had disappeared, Du Mu nodded in satisfaction.

He turned to Skye and said, "Our stealth was very successful; no one was able to detect us."

Skye: "."

You call this stealth?!

Afterwards, they successfully located the remains of the Zeta Swiss soldiers and easily completed their mission.

Cutting out the round-trip travel time, the entire operation took less than five minutes!

It really is a speedrun mission!

With the guidance of the expert Du Mu, Skye completed several highly challenging tasks in just three days.

Although she was basically just a freeloader, she still managed to accumulate a lot of mission achievements. After demonstrating her superb hacking skills, she skipped the internship period and was promoted to a first-class agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Of course, this was all because of Du Mu.

Otherwise, given Skye's vague and somewhat sensitive past, S.H.I.E.L.D. would have no chance of including her in the ranks of official agents before thoroughly investigating her background.

Nevertheless, Skye held the badge representing a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, but felt nothing of substance, let alone much joy.

God knows what she went through in those three days!
In stealth missions, Du Mu goes straight for the kill; in intelligence missions, Du Mu kidnaps the target and interrogates them face-to-face; in elimination missions, Du Mu blows up the target and the building with a single RPG!

Fortunately, it was Coulson who received the mission about her and brought her to S.H.I.E.L.D.

If Du Mu had been tasked with this mission, he probably wouldn't have known what was happening before he was suddenly airborne.

(End of this chapter)