After Hill ended her call with Nick Fury, she didn't forget about other matters and dialed Coulson—
[Coulson, an unidentified object has been discovered in Miru. Designation 084.]
[Take your operations team to investigate and confirm whether the object is useful or poses a threat…]
Codename 084 does not refer to a single object.
The last time this codename was used, it was for Thor's hammer that fell in New Mexico...
…..
"Hmm… to endure my interrogation for this long, it seems you really didn't leak any important information."
Ye Li put away the torture tools and helped the exhausted female agent up.
"Come on, I'll take you for a bath."
"..."
Barbara stared blankly, silently raised a single weak hand, and gave him the middle finger…
If you wanted me, you could've just said so...
…..
Shhhhhh...
Water droplets from the showerhead continuously fell from above.
Ye Li found the water curtain annoying and used a biological force field to separate part of it—
Splash—!
"Ah!"
The diverted water splashed onto Barbara's face...
"Ennn——!"
She rubbed her eyes and puffed her cheeks like a pufferfish, angrily saying:
"Why are you still teasing me? Are you still mad?"
"I already told you, I didn't gather any important intelligence…"
"You're such a big man, don't be so childish and petty~"
Ye Li rolled his eyes, "It was an accident, okay? Just an accident…"
"I don't care~ I don't care~"
This young and beautiful agent suddenly started acting like a spoiled little girl~
She reached for some shower gel, rubbed her hands together, and created a thick foam of white bubbles—
"Turn around~!"
"For what?"
Ye Li turned around slightly confused—
—and suddenly felt a pair of soft hands pressing against his back, scrubbing vigorously…
Barbara muttered softly.
"That's for always bullying me, I'll scrub you to death… scrub you to death…"
Ye Li: "..."
"Barbara…"
He asked her with his back turned.
"Now that your undercover mission is over, what do you plan to do next… Are you going back to S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
"O-of course…"
Her wet golden hair dripped water, and her hands, which had been massaging him, stopped moving…
"You don't want me to go back...? If I do, would you still want me...?"
"Heh~ To be honest, I'd prefer if you left S.H.I.E.L.D. and joined the club…"
Ye Li turned around and gently hugged her before continuing.
"...But I know, you have friends in the club, and you have friends in S.H.I.E.L.D. The club and S.H.I.E.L.D. are partners now, so I won't interfere with your choice…"
'Actually, I can just poach your S.H.I.E.L.D. friends into the club too…'
"Li… You're so good to me… even though I deceived you for so long…"
Barbara rested her chin on his shoulder, pressing their bodies together—not with desire, but warmth…
Ye Li: "That was before we got together, wasn't it?"
Barbara: "Mm… Ever since we did yoga together that time, I…"
Ye Li teased: "Been slacking off ever since?"
"N-no!" She hugged him tightly and stubbornly denied it.
"Then you were still stealing intel, huh~?"
"N-not that either… Ahh, Li… You're so bad…"
"Heh~ Alright, I'll stop teasing you."
Ye Li gently pushed Barbara away a little.
"Do you want to become stronger, Barbara?"
"Huh?"
She wasn't sure why he asked but nodded.
"Well… Of course, it'd be great to be stronger… Then I wouldn't feel so powerless when trying to save people…"
"Heh~"
Ye Li chuckled and took out a mysterious talisman.
"This will help you grow stronger, turning you into a true superhero—Mockingbird."