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Chapter 208 Nick Fury's Headache

These listening devices and miniature cameras were what Steve just found in his house.

Judging from the location and angle of these listening devices and miniature cameras, it is easy to determine that Steve's every move in this house was under almost comprehensive, no-blind-spot surveillance.

They didn't even spare the most private bathroom.

These were just the ones Steve discovered. He didn't know how many more listening devices and miniature cameras were hidden from him because their locations were too well concealed.

God knows how many listening devices and miniature cameras S.H.I.E.L.D. had hidden in every corner of this house.

The thought that he had been living under someone's surveillance for almost all this time filled even the usually sunny Captain America with extreme dissatisfaction and anger.

Initially, after awakening from his long period of icy confinement, Steve harbored great goodwill towards S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury, who had rescued him from beneath the frozen sea. But now…

These goodwill impressions were quickly worn away by anger and dissatisfaction.

After all, no one likes their privacy to be violated.

Especially this kind of all-round, no-blind-spot invasion.

"Tap tap tap..."

Not long after Steve Rogers placed the listening devices and miniature cameras he had found on the table in front of him.

There was a knock on his door.

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at the same time.

Nick Fury, who had just returned from Alexander Pierce's place, also received a call from Sharon Carter, the agent he had placed next to Steve Rogers to monitor Captain America's every move.

"Chief, the captain discovered we were monitoring him. Just now, after he returned, we searched the house and found a large number of listening devices and miniature cameras. And as time goes on, that number is still increasing..."

As soon as the call connected, Nick Fury heard Agent Sharon's somewhat flustered voice.

"What...?"

Nick Fury, who had finally managed to get Pierce to agree to postpone "Project Insight" and was just breathing a sigh of relief, received another piece of bad news.

Although he was in a bad mood, Nick Fury calmed himself down and had Agent Sharon recount the whole story.

After listening to Carter's report, Nick Fury's face darkened.

Falk.

Everything was fine the day before, so why is Steve suddenly inspecting that house today?

Although the house Captain America is currently living in was arranged by S.H.I.E.L.D. long ago.

All around him, above, below, left, right, front, and back, were agents placed by S.H.I.E.L.D., responsible for monitoring Captain America's every move.

But Steve Rogers had no idea about any of this!

After all, on the surface, Steve found this house himself through a real estate agent with money from S.H.I.E.L.D.

As for those hidden listening devices and miniature cameras, even if he wanted to look for them, he would have searched for them the moment he checked in, instead of suddenly looking for them after sleeping for several days like this.

How exactly did he discover those things?

Did someone secretly tell the captain?

But who could it be?

Of course, dwelling on these things now is pointless.

After a few seconds of silence, a slightly troubled Nick Fury said to Agent Sharon, who sounded flustered and anxious on the other end of the phone, "Calm down, Agent Sharon. We installed the bug in the captain's room simply to better understand him and protect him."

"Although we went a bit too far, I believe the captain will understand us if we sincerely explain and apologize."

"As the captain's neighbor, I'm leaving this task of explaining things to the captain to you!"

"I believe you'll handle it well, Agent Sharon..."

"By the way, if necessary, you can tell the captain your identity."

Nick Fury was somewhat helpless after handing over this troublesome task of explaining to Captain America to Agent Sharon.

But this is also the most suitable solution at present.

Sharon Carter is Peggy Carter's niece.

As long as she reveals her identity, given the captain's past relationship with Ms. Carter, he probably won't make things difficult for Agent Sharon, even if he's angry.

If Sharon reveals her identity, he can easily draw out Ms. Carter and divert Captain America's dissatisfaction with S.H.I.E.L.D.

After all, Ms. Carter was also the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, if that's the case, the meeting time I planned for the captain and Ms. Carter would have to be moved up.

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the other side.

Upon hearing the knock on the door, Steve's muscles tensed instantly beneath his clothes.

After placing his hand on the vibranium shield, Steve slowly asked, "Who?"

"Captain, it's me, Sharon, your neighbor, and also an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Fury asked me to explain something to you..."

Sharon, is she also an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

The thought that the nurse who used to greet him was actually an agent sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. to monitor him made Steve Rogers's impression of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury even worse.

After a moment of silence.

Steve picked up the vibranium shield and cautiously approached the door.

After looking through the peephole and seeing that only Sharon was behind the door, Steve hesitated for a moment before finally opening the door.

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the other side.

After temporarily resolving the Whiplash's pursuit of Tony Stark.

Erin arrived at the basement door and had the little monster open it.

After opening the basement door.

The scene in the basement caused Erin's expression to change.

Tony Stark was found unconscious at the entrance to his basement, with a silver pistol lying on the ground beside him.

Judging by its appearance.

Before he lost consciousness, Tony Stark was likely holding a gun and guarding the basement entrance.

And further inside the basement.

Happy, his back stained with blood, lay sprawled on a clean lab table like a corpse.

If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of his chest, anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was dead.

However, at this moment, Arryn's attention was not on Happy or Tony Stark at all.

Just a touch of your toes.

Erin appeared on Pepper, who was lying unconscious beside the lab table, as swiftly as a gust of wind.

She may have hit her head when she collapsed unconscious, as Pepper had a large bump on her forehead. Even so, she was only holding a bottle of medical alcohol and a roll of gauze in her hand.

Seeing the bump on Pepper's forehead, Erin frowned slightly and immediately communicated with the [Angel's Scepter] in his mind, casting a basic Holy Light Heal on Pepper's forehead.

next second.

A soft, milky-white ball of light condensed in Erin's palm.

After the holy light condensed and took shape, Erin pressed the milky white ball of light down onto Pepper's forehead.

Under the healing power of the holy light, the purplish-red swelling on Pepper's forehead disappeared rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After Pepper's forehead wound was healed.

The remaining holy light power transformed into a gentle, warm current that flowed from Pepper's forehead throughout her entire body.

The warm, holy light energy quickly flowed throughout Pepper's entire body.

Over the years, due to Tony Stark's capriciousness and recklessness, Pepper has often had to work overtime late into the night to deal with all sorts of trivial matters caused by Tony Stark.

This also means that Pepper, who looks exceptionally capable, has always been in a state of sub-health and fatigue.

As that holy light energy circulates, the hidden damage to Pepper's body caused by high-intensity work over the years is being slowly repaired.

After the last ray of holy light dissipates.

Pepper, whose body had suffered some hidden damage that had been significantly repaired, woke up amidst a warm and comforting sensation.

"You're awake, Aunt Pepper!"

Seeing Pepper open her eyes again, Erin breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he helped Pepper to her feet.

With Erin's help, Pepper got up from the cold ground and asked, somewhat confused, "What...what happened to me just now?"

Although she had regained consciousness, Pepper had no recollection of what had just happened.

She only remembered that she had just taken out medical alcohol and bandages from the first aid kit to clean Happy's wounds when everything went black and she fainted.

As for how she fainted, she really had no memory of it at all.

Erin shook his head upon hearing this: "I don't know what happened either. I just dealt with the guy who was chasing you, and when I opened the basement, I found all three of you unconscious."

"You just bumped your head on the ground and got a big, purplish-red bump, didn't you?"

Ok?

Upon hearing this, Pepper's expression changed slightly, and she subconsciously touched her head.

But apart from her own smooth and delicate forehead, she didn't touch the big bag that Erin had mentioned.

Seeing the look of confusion in Aunt Pepper's eyes, Erin chuckled and said.

"Don't worry, I've already healed that big bump on your forehead with holy light."

"Is that so?"

Recalling the warm feeling she had when she first woke up, a look of realization flashed across Pepper's eyes.

I suppose that warm feeling I just experienced was the Holy Light Healing that Erin was talking about!

Having witnessed firsthand how Tony's severe back injury was healed in an instant by Erin, Pepper no longer doubted Erin's healing abilities.

However, this ability is truly amazing!

Pepper shook her head and sighed inwardly, when out of the corner of her eye she caught sight of Happy slumped over the cold lab table, his back covered in blood.

Suddenly remembering that there was an injured Pepper nearby, he immediately grabbed Erin's arm and said, "Erin, Happy also got a whip laceration on his back from that madman's whip. Could you treat him too?"

In response to Aunt Pepper's request.

Arlin shook his head: "I'm sorry, Aunt Pepper, healing you and Tony Stark just now has exhausted my Holy Light energy. If I want to cast Holy Light Healing again, I'll have to wait until tomorrow when my Holy Light energy recovers..."

"Moreover, rather than letting him stay here waiting for my holy light power to recover, it would be better to hurry up and send him to the nearest hospital for treatment."

Although Erin still had one Advanced Holy Light Heal left, she didn't plan to use it on Happy.

Erin just checked. Although Happy's back looks bloody, it's mostly just superficial wounds.

The marks on his back were more like large abrasions than the horrific injuries inflicted by a direct strike from the energy whip.

At most, the area of ​​the abrasion just looks a bit larger.

This kind of injury can be healed with at most a mid-level Holy Light Heal, so using the high-level Holy Light Heal, which can only be refreshed once a month by the Angel's Scepter, would be too wasteful.

Having already used up her basic and intermediate Holy Light Healing abilities today, Ailin didn't want to waste her last life-saving healing ability.

of course.

The main reason is simply that Erin and Happy aren't familiar with each other.

If the injured person were Pepper or Gwen, Erin probably wouldn't have said that.

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"I see!"

After listening to Erin's explanation, Pepper gave Happy an apologetic look.

If Erin hadn't treated the injury on his forehead earlier, he probably could have treated Happy by now!

However, this thought only briefly crossed Pepper's mind.

Pepper didn't say anything, but she was still very touched by Erin's instinctive act of treating her injuries first.

After calming myself down...

Pepper said to Erin, "Now that you've dealt with that madman who was chasing us, all we have to do is wait for the police to arrive."

"I'll bandage Happy's wound first, so he doesn't lose too much blood. Erin, go and wake Tony up."

"Okay, Aunt Pepper!"

As Pepper picked up her tools and bandaged Happy's wound.

Arryn walked over to Tony Stark and called him to a stop.

However, compared to Pepper, Erin's method of waking Tony was not so gentle.

After slapping Tony's face repeatedly without waking him, Erin simply filled a basin with cold water from a nearby tap and poured it directly over Tony Stark's head.

Stimulated by the icy chill, Tony Stark, soaking wet, instantly awoke from his unconsciousness.

(End of this chapter)