A retired reincarnator from a certain American film studio

Jack quickly agreed, then turned and left the office.

after awhile.

Jack led Natasha in, followed by Melinda May, who didn't quite fit Luke's aesthetic but did fit the Federation's aesthetic.

"Director Dane."

Natasha smiled and shook hands with Luke: "Long time no see."

Luke shook hands with a smile, listened to Natasha's address, glanced at Jack beside him, and teased Natasha, "I hope that in the near future, you will also call me 'boss'."

Whether it was Jack or Debbie who hooked up with Natasha, or Natasha who lured Jack or Debbie into a relationship.

Anyway, Lu Ke won't lose out.

Because of this powerful figure, Natasha had no choice but to acknowledge him, whether she wanted to or not.

Natasha smiled slightly at Luke's teasing, but instead of responding, she smoothly introduced Melinda May to Luke: "Director Dane, this is May, Melinda May, the Director of Administration of our Los Angeles City."

Melinda May extended her right hand: "Hello, Director Dan, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Lu Ke shook hands: "Director of the Administrative Bureau, I thought Director Mei was the Director of the Operations Bureau."

Melinda May smiled.

She used to be an operative agent.

but……

She changed careers.

If it weren't for Commander Maria Hill transferring her to Los Angeles, she would still be working in the office at Sanfei.

After the introductions, Luke didn't leave the two women hanging. After all, even if he didn't care about Natasha, he had to consider his younger brother Jack's feelings. He invited the two women to sit on the sofa.

After the two women sat down, Natasha told Luke why she had come.

License fee.

The first quarter's four million dollars, which is about a million dollars more than Zart's Department of Homeland Security, allows S.H.I.E.L.D. to use the FBI's name when necessary when carrying out missions in Los Angeles.

Lu Ke leaned back on the sofa, took a sip of the bourbon that Jack had poured for him, looked at the two women, nodded, and said nonchalantly, "Sure, just let Jack know when you need to use his name in the future, provided that this call was made by Natasha, no one else!"

Nick Fury was crippled by him.

But if Natasha can stay in Los Angeles, we absolutely cannot let her go back and have Nick Fury reattach her right arm.

As for borrowing a license plate?

Four million dollars, why not take it?

This year.

Never let money get you into a fight with anyone else.

Although Luke was not short of money, he had a whole bureau of agents under his command, and secretly he also supported those Hydra agents. These subordinates required money to maintain.

The most important thing.

He knew that the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s visit to deliver money was just a pretext. The real purpose of these two people's visit was probably related to his recent meeting with Xu Wenwu at the international airport.

really.

Natasha and Melinda exchanged a glance, not dwelling too much on the usage of Luke's title. After nodding in agreement, they immediately brought up another matter.

"Director Dane."

"what happened?"

Natasha took a still-warm photograph from her bosom and handed it to Luke: "Director Dane, do you recognize the person in this photo?"

Luke reached out and took the photo from Natasha, looked at the person in the photo, and smiled.

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Chapter 316 Aegis, Tahiti, and Ziyuan (First Update!)

The person in the photo was exactly the same as Luke had guessed.

It was Xu Wenwu.

Moreover, the location of this photo is none other than outside Los Angeles International Airport.

If nothing unexpected happens, Natasha should have a few more photos.

And those photos should include not only Xu Wenwu, but also him.

Luke glanced at the photo in his hand, looked at Natasha, and asked thoughtfully, "Why would S.H.I.E.L.D. be interested in Xu Wenwu?"

Natasha heard this.

"So, Director Dane does know him?"

"of course."

Luke returned the photo to Natasha without any hesitation, chuckling as he said, "How could I not recognize him? After all, I killed him not long ago. His clone, the Mandarin, is incredibly difficult to kill."

Speaking of it.

He paused, then looked at Natasha: "By the way, Director Alexander Pierce should have given you the Mandarin's body by now."

Natasha nodded: "Yes, the Mandarin's body is indeed here with us."

Luke chuckled: "So, why is S.H.I.E.L.D. targeting him?"

Natasha was about to speak.

Melinda May, who was standing to the side, spoke first, looking at Luke and saying in a low voice, "Because he is an extremely evil person, even more evil than the already destroyed Hydra."

Luke glanced at Melinda May, who had spoken, and chuckled, "Really? I think he's quite to my liking. So, I guess I'm an extremely wicked person too."

Melinda Mena raised her long, thin eyebrows.

"Director Dan is certainly not."

Natasha quickly interrupted Melinda May, looked at Luke, and changed the subject with a smile: "Director Dane, how did you meet this Xu Wenwu? And your relationship with him seems... to be quite good?"

Luke smiled, leaned back on the sofa, and turned his head to look at Natasha.

"Want to know?"

Could you please clear up our confusion?

"of course can."

Luke's lips curled up as he looked at Natasha: "If you'd like to call me 'boss' too."

Natasha was stunned.

Luke smiled but remained silent as he looked at Natasha.

He wanted to know why S.H.I.E.L.D. had targeted Xu Wenwu.

S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to know the relationship between Luke and Xu Wenwu.

but……

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s interest was clearly greater than Luke's.

After a moment of silence, Natasha met Luke's gaze and smiled.

"Boss."

"Not bad, just a little stiff, but it's okay. You'll get used to it after a few more times."

Lu Ke smiled broadly, commented on Natasha's earlier address, and then, true to his word, pointed to the photo of Xu Wenwu in Natasha's hand: "Xu Wenwu came to challenge me to a fight."

He didn't hide anything and talked about the relationship between Xu Wenwu and him.

Xu Wenwu came to challenge him to a fight, but because Lu Ke had prior knowledge of his son Shangqi's situation, Xu Wenwu could only engage in a verbal duel, not a physical one. After agreeing with Lu Ke on the rule that "when two tigers fight, the harm should not extend to the wife and children," Lu Ke also suggested that Xu Wenwu take his son away first, so that he wouldn't be held responsible if anything happened later.

Lu Ke said with a smile, "I don't need to tell you what happened next, you probably already know. Shang-Chi and his girlfriend Katie went to the international airport. To prevent Xu Wenwu from causing trouble for me inside the airport, I went there specifically. Don't you have photos of me meeting with him?"

Natasha didn't speak, but instead took out three more photos from her bosom.

into the eye.

The photo shows Lu Ke and Xu Wenwu appearing together on screen.

The three photos are taken from different angles, but the photographer's technique is very professional. If someone who doesn't know the situation saw these three photos, they might think that Lu Ke and Xu Wenwu in the photos are allies, rather than mortal enemies.

Luke toyed with the three photos in his hand, a smile playing on his lips. He looked up at Natasha and said, "Who took these photos? The technique is pretty good. Can I get to know them? Natasha, you know, my second anniversary with Rachel is coming up soon, and I'm looking for a photographer."

Natasha smiled, ignoring Luke's comment, and said instead, "So, Director Dane probably doesn't mind us investigating Xu Wenwu, right?"

Luke shrugged and handed the three photos back to Natasha: "Of course I don't mind. If you can kill him before I do, I'll thank you."

His relationship with Xu Wenwu was merely one of adversarial respect, not one of ally respect.

S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to deal with Xu Wenwu.

It's been dealt with.

As Luke just said, if S.H.I.E.L.D. can kill or imprison Xu Wenwu before he settles his rebellious son and daughter and comes to settle scores with him, it would be entirely beneficial for Luke.

Just right.

With S.H.I.E.L.D. keeping Xu Wenwu in check, he doesn't need to worry about outsiders finding out about his plan to go to the East to slay a dragon.

Natasha's purpose in coming here this time, besides giving money to obtain an FBI license, was to test the relationship between Luke and Xu Wenwu.

Now that Lu Ke doesn't mind their investigation of Xu Wenwu, they have achieved their goal of coming here.

Whether Luke is telling the truth or lying.

What S.H.I.E.L.D. wants is for Luke to not obstruct their investigation.

soon.

Having achieved her goal, Natasha and Melinda May, who had been relatively quiet this time, exchanged a glance before getting up to take their leave.

Luke didn't try to stop them, but instead looked at Jack beside him and asked Jack to see the two of them out.

After Jack led Natasha and Melinda May out of the office, Earl walked in from outside: "Director Pierce is on Line 3."

Lu Ke grunted in agreement, got up from the sofa, walked to his desk, and picked up the phone on the table.