"Hmm..."
Barbara let out a soft moan.
As the Monkey Talisman dimmed and the surrounding radiance faded, her body also underwent a transformation...
Only to see———
On her snow-white back, a pair of beautiful wings, resembling ink wash paintings, sprouted, with black and white feathers interlaced but not chaotic.
These wings could disperse into light particles or condense at any time.
Opening or closing them would not cause any strange sensation.
Although the power bestowed by the Monkey Talisman resembled biological mutation, its essence leaned more toward magic.
"Eh?"
Barbara curiously turned her head to examine and gently tried flapping the wings on her back.~
"Did you turn me into a bird person?..."
"…What bird person? Can you call it something nicer, like an Ink Angel or something..."
Ye Li quipped, reaching out to touch the waterproof wings.
"I infused you with the totemic power of the species Mockingbird. So you've become this... Is it just the wings, or do you have other abilities too?"
"Other abilities? My body feels much stronger... and also... ahem..."
Barbara pinched her slender neck with two fingers and cleared her throat.
"Eh——? I think I really can really mimic voices now…"
Just then——
She suddenly spoke in Natasha's voice...
Barbara exclaimed in surprise, "Wow~ this is amazing!"
——This time, it was Jessica's lively voice.
Her playful side emerged, and she wrapped her arms around Ye Li's shoulders, "Guess who I am, Li~"
——A gentle tone, it was Gwen's voice...
The girl clung to him and said coyly, "Not me, not me~"
——Even Cindy's soft pitiful voice appeared...
Then.
She wrapped her slender, python-like legs around his waist, "Master, it's your little kitty~"
——Felicia's seductive voice...
"Alright, alright, stop playing around."
Ye Li stopped Barbara's playful vocal mimicry.
He hadn't expected this kind of ability to manifest...
...With this ability, she could probably outshine top-tier voice actors.
"This ability is amazing, thank you, Li~"
Barbara was having a lot of fun, and thanks to the recent totemic enhancement, her fatigue had vanished.
So.
She suddenly spread her wings——
Her fluffy wings, ignoring the water droplets from the shower, stretched out to their fullest.
Then they slowly folded, enveloping both Ye Li and herself within them....
"Wait... didn't we say... not to use this for now...?"
Ye Li's muffled voice came from within the feathered cocoon.
And then.
Barbara's sly and seductive voice followed.
"It's different~ In Kamar-Taj, you were horizontal, this time you're vertical~"
"Uh... fine then... but whose voice are you mimicking this time? It sounds so serious..."
"It's me, Agent Hill~" Barbara replied in Hill's voice.
Ye Li: "..." (You're seriously talented...)
…..
Peru.
Yactapact.
Incan archaeological excavation site.
Wuennn...
(Sound of a vehicle slowing down...)
A S.H.I.E.L.D. marked jeep slowly came to a stop.
Click.
Agent Ward stepped out of the car, turning his head to observe the surroundings.
"There are tire tracks 40 meters back. I'll check if they belong to our vehicle and make sure no one else is interfering."
"Aren't you being overly cautious~"
Jemma Simmons chuckled.
"There are a lot of monkeys here, like capuchins and yellow-tailed woolly monkeys... Peru has 32 species of monkeys..."
"Oh, and nearly two hundred species of snakes. The venom of the South American bushmaster is quite potent—it contains neurotoxins, can hydrolyze proteins, and even cause hemolysis..."
She was a scientist in Coulson's team, specializing in biology.
"Simmons, I have no interest in your biology lecture..."
Grant Ward said irritably.
"All I know is that last time, during the apartment explosion investigation, that meddling club member pulled a dirty trick that almost got me killed!"
"Ennn..." (Mocking sound)
Jemma Simmons pursed her lips, glanced down at his crotch, and smirked.
"Actually... the South American bushmaster could do the same thing..."
Ward: "???" (You f*ing...)"**
"Whoa! Look at this!"
Leo Fitz shouted from the front.
He was another scientist in Coulson's team, specializing in mechanics.
In front of Leo Fitz stood a small Incan temple ruin.
"Where's the contact for the 084 artifact?"
Coulson approached the ruins with some confusion, "He was supposed to wait for us at the temple entrance. That was the agreement."
"Wait a second!"
Agent Melinda May stopped the approaching team and gestured for silence.
"There are people inside... more than one..."
Click———! (Sound of a gun being cocked)
Hearing this, Grant Ward immediately drew his gun and chambered a round!
A few minutes earlier.
Inside the Incan ruins.
"An unidentified object is embedded in the fossilized rock layer..."
Qin Feng analyzed the unknown mechanical component embedded in the mural.
"So, it's been here for at least 1,500 years? That's a thousand years older than the temple itself... Is it extraterrestrial?"
Peter scanned it with an instrument, "From its shape and craftsmanship, it actually looks like German-made..."
"How can you tell?"
Ned teased his friend with a laugh, "Are you comparing it to your uncle's old German car?"
Peter retorted, "Hey! That was made in the 21st century, it's not an antique!"
"Dun dun——— footsteps approaching~..."
Tang Ren, who controlled the clone soldiers, detected the approaching S.H.I.E.L.D. agents through the sound receiver...
"You notified others?"
Song Yi grabbed the temple guardian's collar and questioned him, "Say, who did you inform?"
"Song... Song Yi, let him go."
Qin Feng stopped him, saying, "It's probably S.H.I.E.L.D., we got our data from them anyway."
....Damn.