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Fury stared intently at Gu Qing for a long while before saying, "So you knew all along."

Gu Qing didn't answer, but just looked at him with a half-smile.

Fury immediately understood.

He took a deep breath and said, "You think you're an outsider, that it doesn't matter how the world changes. To you, both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. are just trading partners."

But is this really the case?

Hydra has attacked you twice already, and while S.H.I.E.L.D. has also overstepped its bounds, it was also trying to protect you.

You are an outsider, yet you live in this world.

The world's environment is inextricably linked to you.

"Yes, that's right."

Gu Qing nodded in agreement, "And then?"

Then?

Then shouldn't you be the one to express your opinion?

You ask me, who do I ask?

Fury blinked, looking somewhat bewildered.

“The living environment is indeed closely related to the residents, but so what?” Gu Qing pouted and said nonchalantly, “If they want to do business with me, then I’ll do business with them; if they want to be my enemy, then I’ll be their enemy.”

"What if someone wants to be your friend?"

"Then let's go straight for the dead end."

"..."

Fury's lips twitched.

He had nothing to say to someone who didn't play by the rules.

"Alright, let's get back to business!"

Fury let out a deep sigh of relief and said, "I hope you can help destroy S.H.I.E.L.D.—S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated. Although everyone except me is a mole, it's highly likely..."

As a global intelligence organization, S.H.I.E.L.D. is aloof and untouchable, yet it has been completely infiltrated... Even if Fury leads S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to take down the infiltrating Hydra, it will eventually be disbanded due to its superiors questioning its professional capabilities.

The best outcome would be for him to be replaced as the bureau chief.

But Fury only knew about the Hydra agents infiltrated within S.H.I.E.L.D.; he knew very little about Hydra outside of S.H.I.E.L.D. And who could guarantee that this newly appointed director wasn't a Hydra agent himself?

Given the recent infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., those in power are certainly not comfortable promoting anyone from within S.H.I.E.L.D., and are instead looking for people from outside.

This would easily hand over S.H.I.E.L.D. to Hydra, so it would be better to just destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. completely.

To save S.H.I.E.L.D., the only option is to have the infiltrated Hydra agents sacrifice themselves in the name of S.H.I.E.L.D., in order to resolve the issue without revealing that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated.

Only in this way can S.H.I.E.L.D. continue to exist.

As long as we escalate the situation and make it more serious, the greater the losses are entirely acceptable. It can also serve as a warning to those in power, prompting them to provide more funding.

"I understand the general idea."

Gu Qing nodded and said, "Playing the villainous BOSS is no problem, but there are so many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and they are scattered in various places to carry out missions. It would be very troublesome to deal with them one by one."

It's troublesome, not difficult...

Fury noticed Gu Qing's words and became increasingly wary of him. But he remained outwardly calm. "You can make a big move... well, a bluff is enough to scare people, you don't need to actually make a big move. As long as you make a big move, I will gather my people to deal with it, and then you can take the opportunity to kill them."

"A bluff, huh..."

Gu Qing's eyes darted around, and an idea already formed in her mind. She immediately smiled, "That's no problem, let's discuss the price!"

Upon hearing this, Fury's face darkened even more.

It's like eating poop.

Paying someone to do something to you seems incredibly stupid... Fury never imagined that he would do something like that himself.

"Can you give me a discount?"

"I'll give you a 10% discount since you're a regular customer."

"Give it a discount."

"It cannot be missing."

After some haggling, the two finally settled on a price.

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Gu Qing wasn't too concerned about money right now; he was just insisting on a price because he didn't want anyone to benefit from it for nothing. So they quickly agreed on a price.

"OK, this matter is settled."

Fury nodded, a satisfied smile appearing on his face, before darkening again. "Now, let's settle the score from last time!"

"What debt?"

Gu Qing blinked, somewhat bewildered.

"You said a god would descend to earth within a month, but I haven't seen it yet. And the Ryougi Shiki you introduced—her condition makes it impossible for her to join S.H.I.E.L.D., which violates the original agreement. And the last person—when do you plan to introduce her to me?"

"Hasn't it fallen yet?"

Gu Qing stroked his chin, pondering, "It should be in the next few days, then that god will fall down."

"OK, what about the other two things?"

"There is no problem with the Ryougi ceremony."

Gu Qing smiled at Fury and said, "I won't introduce you to people I can't recruit; it's just a matter of how difficult it is to recruit them."

"But Ryougi Shiki's situation..."

"That's because you don't know her well enough. If you put in more effort, you should be able to see hope of recruiting her."

He added, "Of course, it's just a glimmer of hope. Getting her to actually join the Avengers isn't that simple."

"How exactly do I do it?"

Gu Qing chuckled and parted his lips slightly: "That's your problem."

"..."

Fury opened his mouth, then closed it.

He took a deep breath to calm his turbulent emotions and continued to ask, "When will you introduce the last person to me?"

"The last one..."

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and sighed, "There's no suitable candidate right now. I'll introduce you to someone when I find someone suitable!"

He naturally has people.

Both Marvel's own superhumans and puppets exist. But he doesn't want to increase the Avengers' power so quickly, as it would be detrimental to his future plans.

Fury opened his mouth, clearly wanting to say something.

But considering that these things can't be forced, she finally took a deep breath and resigned herself to it, "...Alright, I'll definitely introduce you to someone better later."

"Okay, I'll definitely do it next time."

"I hope I'll have good news for you next time I see you."

After Fury finished speaking, he was about to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Gu Qing called out to him.

Friton stopped and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Give me a super soldier serum."

"???"

A series of question marks appeared above Fury's head. "The super soldier serum you're talking about, is it the kind Stephen used?"

"Yes."

"If I had that thing, would I need you to introduce me?"

Fury couldn't help but laugh.

What is all this nonsense?!

“The US military has been secretly researching this thing, and they have quite a few, even incomplete ones,” Gu Qing said calmly. “With your status and resources, you can definitely get your hands on one.”

"Can't you get it?"

"Of course we can get it."

Gu Qing raised an eyebrow and continued, "But if I were to take action, I'm afraid I would be putting myself on the opposite side of the United States. I don't want to lose this potential major client."

Finally, she added, "You wouldn't want me to be on the opposite side, would you?"

"Yes."

Fury readily admitted it, then asked, "What do you need that thing for?"

"You saw Yasuri Nanami just now too."

Gu Qing pointed to the stairs and said, "She has always been frail and sickly, constantly on the verge of death. I need something that can strengthen her body."

"Shouldn't you see a doctor when you're sick?"

Fury frowned. "Even if we wanted to cure her completely, we should have looked for healing items, not enhancement items!"

"If only there were something that could cure her."

Gu Qing couldn't help but sigh, "Zui Qishi's condition is ten thousand times more serious than you can imagine. If it were an ordinary person, they would have died long ago. With the current level of technology, there is basically no possibility of curing her. We can only hope to strengthen her constitution and enhance her resistance to the disease."

"...Is it that serious?"