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"Your technique is good, but you don't last long enough," Natasha said provocatively.

Chapter 5 A Greeting from Black Widow

[Friendly reminder: A section was inexplicably deleted from the previous chapter, but it has been added back—it's the last few hundred words. If you read it before May 8th, you can go back and check out the last paragraph.]

“Actually, I’m not like this in bed,” Depp said, lying on the floor with a mouthful of sand in his mouth.

"Oh?" Natasha lowered her waist with superhuman flexibility and whispered in Depp's ear, "So, you're not very good in bed, are you?"

I'm fucking...

"Let him go!" Tony said to Natasha, but pointed his hand cannon at Nick Fury: "You're fired."

Upon hearing this, Natasha released Depp at Nick Fury's signal and said to Tony, "That's not up to you."

Tony ignored Natasha and looked at Nick Fury, saying, "Okay, let's all go to the store and talk together."

After saying that, he knelt down and helped Depp up, and then the four of them walked toward the donut shop.

On the way, Depp sensed Natasha's hostile gaze and gave her a questioning look.

Natasha frowned and pursed her lips. "I clearly cleared the entire area. How did you appear?"

This seemed to hurt her self-esteem.

You might not believe it, but I actually fell from Gotham City... Depp chuckled: "I just happened to be passing by."

Natasha scoffed at this, then gave Depp a "I don't believe you" smile, tapped Depp's chest with her finger, and said, "You'd better be."

Entering Randy's donut shop, we ordered some drinks and donuts, and the four of us found a place to sit down.

Just like in the movies, Nick Fury gently put his arm around Natasha's shoulder and said, "Tony, this is Agent Romanov."

"Take your rough, dirty hands off me!"

"Get those chimpanzee-like claws off me!"

Depp and Tony were both shouting in their hearts at the same time.

Natasha continued, "I'm an undercover agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. When we found out you were sick, Director Fury sent me to monitor you."

Tony nodded noncommittally: "You'd better apologize to me."

Natasha clearly had no interest in apologizing, so Nick Fury explained, "You've been so busy, appointing Pepper as CEO, giving away your assets everywhere, and letting your friend fly away in Iron Man armor..."

The three of them engaged in awkward small talk, completely ignoring Depp.

However, Depp didn't seem angry at all; instead, he was happily eating donuts and drinking beverages on the side.

He had seen this scene four or five times in the movie.

While Nick Fury was furiously berating Tony, Natasha stepped aside and opened the black combination lock box.

He took out a metal syringe, turned around, and injected Tony in the neck.

Tony, startled by the sudden injection, yelled, "Oh shit! Are you guys trying to cut off my kidneys to sell for money?! Can you please stop doing these weird things?!"

“What did she just do to me?” Tony asked, turning to look at him.

“Lithium dioxide is good for you,” Depp said casually, taking a sip of his cola.

Upon hearing Depp's words, the other three all turned around and looked at him with an "How did you know?" expression.

"Um... I guessed, you guys continue." Depp grabbed another avocado-flavored donut.

Nick Fury said helplessly, "He's right, we need you back to work."

He increasingly felt that something was wrong with Depp. Besides his exceptional fighting skills, he also had a feeling that Depp could see right through him, which made the usually shrewd director of S.H.I.E.L.D. very uncomfortable.

Tony said, "Give me two more boxes and I'll be fine."

Natasha retorted, "This stuff isn't an antidote; it can only alleviate your symptoms."

Nick Fury said, "It seems that curing you won't be easy."

Tony's expression gradually turned serious. He was about to say something when Depp interrupted him, saying, "You haven't tried all the element combinations, and this Director Fury seems to have a solution."

"Um... I mean, the strawberry flavor is still better."

Faced with the shocked looks on the three men's faces, Depp had no choice but to continue, "Tony, the abnormality on your neck earlier was clearly palladium poisoning. Although I don't know why this happened to you, judging from your behavior, you've been looking for an element to replace palladium, but with little success."

"And you, Mr. One-Eyed Baldy, your confident expression suggests that you have a different perspective on this matter. Perhaps you have a way to solve Tony's problem."

“I have studied psychology and chemistry, so it’s easy to make this inference from your words and expressions.”

These guys are too slow. He only has seven days of vacation and wants to solve the new element problem as soon as possible so he can go on a comfortable vacation trip.

But he couldn't just tell Tony that the new element was on the expo model left by his father; that would be too suspicious.

Therefore, he could only speed up the plot slightly by using this method of minor spoilers.

Nick Fury looked at Depp skeptically, clearly not entirely convinced: "While I'm not sure if this kid really discovered these things through psychology, I'd say... he's right. Tony, maybe you haven't tried them all yet."

On the way to the villa in Liberty City, Tony, wearing his armor, went ahead, while Nick Fury drove the other two.

Depp looked at Natasha, who was riding in the back row with him, and felt no joy at all.

It's obvious that the only reason this sexy woman sat next to him was to prevent him from doing anything out of line.

Moreover, he was indeed no match for her; after all, the infamous Black Widow was hardly an ordinary human.

Born in 1928, she was old enough to be her own great-grandmother, yet she was still as beautiful and alluring as a young girl.

It's incredibly substantial!

Natasha rested her elbows on the back of the chair, propped her chin on the back of her hand, and stared intently at Depp: "Are you really an expert in psychology?"

"I'm not an expert, I've just watched the movies and read some comics..." Depp said, "Yes."

“So… guess what I’m thinking right now?” Natasha suddenly said in a soft, sweet voice.

This woman is so sweet! Tony, I can't take it anymore.

Depp glanced at the half-zipped zipper on the other man's head, then looked away and started rambling: "I bet you're still thinking about the term 'one-eyed bald man'."

Natasha couldn't help but burst out laughing upon hearing this: "Pfft! You're so funny, haha."

squeak!

A brief but piercing screech of brakes interrupted their conversation, as Nick Fury seemed to be venting his frustration.

Depp glanced at the trunk and said nervously, "Director, please drive carefully. There's a porcelain vase in the trunk that Tony bought for three million!"

“Kid, if you want, I can talk to you alone in a bit,” Nick Fury snapped.

Upon hearing this, Depp quickly waved his hand and said, "Let's forget it, I'm not a Fury fanatic."

Nick Fury slammed his fist on the steering wheel upon hearing this: "Screw puns!"

For the rest of the journey, Depp stopped talking to Natasha, but he always felt that she was watching him.

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In the villa in Liberty City, Nick Fury finally finished his explanation and moved Howard Stark's belongings left at S.H.I.E.L.D. over. Then, Agent Coulson stayed with Depp and Tony.

Depp came out of the kitchen and brought Tony a bowl of steaming hot chayote soup.

"What is this? It tastes pretty good," Tony asked, slurping.

Depp replied, "This is called 'gata soup' in my hometown."

"What a strange name," Tony said between bites. "By the way, I still don't know where you're from. What city is Gotham, anyway?"

Tony had been searching for information about Depp, Gotham, and Bruce Wayne, but unfortunately, he couldn't find anything.

Just like when he investigated Depp, he couldn't find a single piece of information.

Even the bank accounts that Depp provided to Tony could not be found to have any relevant information.

This made him wonder if Gotham was just another name for some mysterious, unknown city.

But Depp clearly didn't want to discuss that issue and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Tony, we should take a look at your father's belongings."

Tony rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, you're right."

Since Depp doesn't want to talk about it, he naturally won't force his friend.

After all, everyone has their own secrets.

Half an hour later, in the studio in Liberty City, a videotape left by Tony's father, Howard Stark, was playing on the projector screen.

Compared to Tony's absent-mindedness, Depp watched more attentively and carefully.

Because he knew that the secret to saving Tony lay in that videotape.

Tony, you're too young to understand.

Upon hearing this, Depp immediately perked up: "We're here! This is it!"

Seeing that Tony wasn't watching the video at all, but instead sneered, Depp immediately used both hands to forcefully turn Tony's head towards the screen.

"Look more closely, uncle."

"Depp, how dare you call me 'uncle'?!"

"Shh, it seems your dad is a good father."

This is the key to the future. I am limited by the technology of this era, but one day you will understand it all, and then you will change the world.

My greatest creation will always be you.

After the video finished playing, Depp saw Tony in front of him with moist, red eyes and clenched teeth.

After watching the video, he suddenly realized that his father loved him deeply and believed that he would become someone who would change the world.

But all these years I've been deeply misunderstanding him.

This made Tony feel guilty.

Now that his life is nearing its end, he finally knows who he most wants to see.

“Depp, I’m going to see someone very important. If you don’t want to stay here alone, you can come with me.”

Depp thought for a moment after hearing this, glanced back at the man in the suit slurping soup outside the studio, and said, "I don't want to stay here alone with Agent Coulson."

Although he didn't want to be a third wheel, Depp felt it was more reliable to stick to the past to prevent the plot from going astray.