The Extraordinary Life of a Certain American Comic...

"Achoo!"

"God bless you."

After leaving the Sentinel Special Operations Bureau with Locke, Natasha, who had gotten into the car, looked at Locke who had sneezed and asked, "Got a cold?"

Locke closed the car door, started the engine, and then pinched his nose.

"No, it just suddenly started to itch."

"Someone's got their eye on you?"

"Then I hope it's a beautiful woman."

"..."

Natasha rolled her eyes at Locke.

Locke chuckled, released the handbrake, and floored the accelerator, heading towards the apartment address of Vanessa, the black woman Blade had saved that day.

Vanessa, the Black woman, also doesn't live in Manhattan, but in a neighborhood in Queens.

Just as Locke drove across Queens, about ten minutes away from Vanessa's apartment,...

Debbie brought bad news.

"Boss, the vampires have found them."

"What?"

"Wait a minute, boss, another group has appeared. They're humans, but not ours. They're fighting the vampires."

"..."

Locke exchanged a glance with Natasha, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Hold on tight."

"Varied……"

Before Natasha could respond, Locke had already floored the accelerator, and the Audi A8 beneath him shot off like a black lightning bolt, silencing Natasha's words.

soon.

When Locke was only one block away from the black woman's apartment, the sound of gunfire from the apartment reached his ears.

"Shit!"

"Fire! Fire!"

"Fuck!"

Below the rooftop of the Black Girl's apartment building, vampires and combatants who appeared out of nowhere were locked in a fierce battle.

call out!

An arrow was shot out and caught in the hand of a vampire.

The vampire looked at the arrow in his hand, then grinned at the man in black who had shot it, trying to put on a mocking smile.

next second.

The arrow exploded.

boom!

The close-range explosion shattered the vampire's head into pieces.

Upon receiving the order, Hawkeye Patton rushed from New Mexico and landed right in front of the battle. With a cold expression, he took out three more arrows and nocked them on his bow.

The arrow shot out rapidly, piercing the heads of three vampires.

at the same time.

A black Audi A8 appeared in the sight of the combatants and vampires, accompanied by the sound of its engine.

Before the car had even come to a complete stop, Locke and Natasha opened the car doors one after the other and stepped out.

After drifting in place, the Audi A8 smoothly pulled into a parking space on the side of the road.

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang!"

"what!"

A vampire screamed in agony, then burst into flames and turned to ashes.

"Shit!"

"It's the Sentinel Special Operations Bureau."

"Walk."

"It's almost dawn, hurry up."

The lead vampire's eyes narrowed when he saw the ultraviolet bullets appear. He then shouted to the surrounding vampires before grabbing the unconscious Vanessa and running away without looking back.

The other vampires, seeing the ultraviolet bullets appear, all scattered in all directions as if their butts were on fire.

Vampires are extremely fast.

If they want to run, ordinary people have no chance to stop them.

Locke can.

but……

He watched the dozen or so vampires flee and thought to himself, "What a pity."

"Barton?"

"Natasha?"

Natasha, who had just arrived, and Hawkeye, who had also just landed, exchanged a glance and both exclaimed in surprise.

However, Hawkeye concealed his surprise when he saw Locke appear with Natasha.

He had already heard about what was happening in New York City when he arrived.

The Sentinel & Secret Service set a trap.

Natasha... betrayed us.

Hawkeye put down his bow and arrow and looked at Locke, who was putting away his sidearm.

Locke Underwood.

Clinton Patton.

Locke exchanged glances with Hawkeye, then turned his gaze to Blade, who had been protected by several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

However, it wouldn't be accurate to say that they had been protecting her the whole time.

To be precise, they were the ones who had been holding Blade back, afraid that he would be kidnapped by the vampires if he went up there.

Locke looked at Blade, whose face had been completely blackened, but now showed signs of paleness, and raised an eyebrow: "You're injured."

Just as he was about to go up and check, Hawkeye appeared in a flash and blocked his way.

Locke looked at Hawkeye again.

"Agent Underwood, this is a matter for S.H.I.E.L.D."

"..."

Locke smiled upon hearing this: "We are partners and allies."

Hawkeye glanced at Natasha, then shook his head at Locke.

"No longer."

"Um?"

"Our director has officially terminated the cooperative relationship between the two bureaus."

Hawkeye looked at Locke and said seriously, "Vampires are within the jurisdiction of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Locke smiled upon hearing this: "But not yet."

Hawkeye smiled too.

"But it's still ours now, so there's no need to trouble your Sentinel Special Operations Bureau."

"No room for negotiation?"

"Did the Sentinel Secret Service consult with us before they betrayed us?"

"……All right."

"Take care and don't bother seeing me off."

"Need not."

Locke smiled as he spoke, tucked the gun back into his waistband, straightened his clothes, and then turned to leave.

no way.

Everyone saw the vampire clearly just now; he can't just lie and say that it wasn't a vampire, but just a mutant that looked like one.

Uh……

That's one way to put it.

But if they say that, it can only prove one thing: their Sentinel Special Operations Bureau has failed in its duties.

After all, it wasn't just one vampire, but more than a dozen.

If those weren't vampires but mutants, then good heavens, under the jurisdiction of your Sentinel Special Operations Bureau, there are still a dozen or so mutants brazenly running away.

and so……

No need.

In any case, even if S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't relinquish jurisdiction over all supernatural beings this time, they're definitely going to relinquish jurisdiction over vampires.

Locke was too lazy to cause any more trouble at this crucial juncture.

After all, the only way to get blame is to shift the blame.

There's no reason to take the blame yourself.

but!

Just as Locke turned to leave, Blade, whose face was somewhat pale, called out to him, "Wait a minute."

Locke stopped and turned to look at Blade.

Hawkeye's expression changed, and he looked at Blade.

Just as he was about to speak, Blade spoke first to Locke.

"The warehouse address was leaked from your side, wasn't it?"

"..."

Locke frowned upon hearing Blade's words.

Blade said in a deep voice, "Before you came to my place, the vampires had no idea where I lived, and neither did S.H.I.E.L.D. But after you came, the vampires came knocking on my door."

Locke: "..."