Clint and Stark watched Mike form hand seals. The former silently memorized Mike's movements, while the latter couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing? Some kind of religious ritual?"
Clint wanted to ask the same thing but found it awkward. When Mike killed the second Agent just now, Clint subconsciously shifted his gun a bit towards Mike.
"So sharp, you actually noticed."
Mike didn't say anything, but Clint felt that Mike was a little more polite to him.
Politeness meant distance.
On the contrary, Stark and Mike, who often mocked and provoked each other, got along like old acquaintances.
Mike focused on forming hand seals and had no time to bother Stark.
However, Stark quickly got his answer. He watched, dumbfounded, as four "Mikes" suddenly appeared next to Mike.
Exactly the same!
Stark's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but poke Mike with his hand.
"Stop it!" × 5!
The five Mikes spoke in unison.
So far, there hasn't been a problem that the Hiding in Mist Technique combined with silent assassination couldn't solve, and in most cases, Zabuza's taijutsu and sword skills were enough.
Therefore, other ninjutsu were basically useless.
Since the Hiding in Mist Technique wasn't needed, and they wanted to quickly eliminate the enemies, the Water Clone Technique was a good choice.
Actually, controlling the range of the Hiding in Mist Technique was very simple; he just didn't bother to explain.
"Another new ability!" Clint was secretly alarmed.
The enemies were divided into six small teams: the main body, four Water clones, plus Clint, which was just right.
Clint felt a bit awkward, as the safe house wasn't safe, and most of the enemies were handled by Mike.
But he didn't have clone jutsu, so what could he do?
Mike flashed out of the monitoring room and began a bloody roll call of the enemies.
Muffled groans and brief screams began to sound simultaneously in different parts of the safe house.
Stark swallowed as he watched Mike appear and disappear like a ghost. Some enemy teams were even wiped out before they realized Mike was there, dying with their eyes wide open.
"Ah!"
Stark saw one of the "Mikes" get shot, and he couldn't help but cry out, extremely worried.
Then he saw the "Mike" suddenly collapse, turning into a puddle of liquid.
"Phew~"
Stark breathed a sigh of relief.
The one who killed the Water clone was one of the enemy's minor leaders, whose combat ability was superior to the others. He had discovered the Water clone in advance, blocked its escape routes with crossfire, and forced it out of hiding with a grenade.
The Water clone only had 10% of the main body's strength, but to be able to kill a Water clone, the enemy indeed had some skill.
However, when the main body and the remaining Water clones arrived, having only some skill was not enough.
Soon, the minor leader's subordinates were all eliminated, and Mike stepped on him.
"Don't expect to get any information from me."
The minor leader's face was distorted, and he forcefully bit down on the cyanide poison hidden in his teeth.
This was clearly the style of old HYDRA.
"Crazy, who wants your information? Overthinking it!"
A moment later, Clint also dealt with his enemies unscathed. His face was so gloomy it looked like it was dripping Water.
Mike smiled faintly and asked, "What, acquaintances?"
Clint didn't intend to hide it and said, "They are S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents stationed in various Middle East countries."
Clint felt the problem was very serious and immediately reported directly to Fury alone.
Fury listened, then was silent for a moment, and then told Clint to make escorting Tony Stark his top priority.
He wasn't a fool; having worked at S.H.I.E.L.D. for so many years, he could somewhat sense something was amiss within S.H.I.E.L.D..
The problem was, the more he investigated, the more he discovered its complexity and seriousness. Until he found a way to completely eradicate the festering sore, Fury did not intend to tip off the enemy.
The safe house was filled with corpses, and the smell of blood was choking, so they simply woke Ethan and left the safe house.
All the cars were indeed destroyed, their tires shot full of holes, and all S.H.I.E.L.D. cars had hidden tracking devices. Now, the people from S.H.I.E.L.D. could not be trusted.
Fortunately, none of them were rigid people. Apart from the safe house, they found a van. After Clint fiddled with it for a while, the car started, carrying the four of them aimlessly around the capital.
As a capital city, most of Kabul was not even as good as an ordinary county town in the Heavenly Dynasty, with dilapidated streets and dispirited citizens.
They found a secluded spot, and the four of them spent several extremely boring hours. No one wanted to talk, nor did they have the energy to. Mike offered the food he had stored in his space.
Until Colonel Rhodey contacted them, saying the private jet was about to arrive.
An hour later, the dilapidated van carrying Tony Stark drove into Bagram Air Base.
After more than ten hours of flying, the plane landed at Fort Drum Army Base.
Having showered and changed into clean clothes, Stark slowly walked off the plane. Pepper was waiting below, and Happy stood expressionlessly in front of the extended Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Stark: "Your eyes are red, missing your missing boss."
Mike slapped his forehead.
It's that same opening line again.
You were rescued almost two months early, can't you come up with something new?
Pepper stepped forward and gently hugged Mike.
"Thank you, Mr. Tang, truly, thank you very much."
"You really don't have to, I just get paid to do my job..."
Mike suspected Pepper was taking the opportunity to wipe her tears on his clothes, but he had no proof.
However, the system prompted that the commission was complete. For the sake of the soul energy and fate energy that floated out, he would endure even if she wiped her nose on him.
"Hey, hey, why are you hugging him? I'm the one who needs a hug."
Pepper then hugged Ethan. She had heard about everything Ethan did for Tony; he was also Stark's savior.
"Thank you..."
"This hug makes me feel that everything I did was worth it, beautiful lady." Ethan was as much of a gentleman as ever.
When it was Clint's turn, Pepper politely shook his hand.
Clint: "..."
Although he hadn't expected it, why was he the only one who got a handshake? Doesn't a married middle-aged man deserve a hug?!
Stark got into the luxurious Rolls-Royce. He waved to Mike, "Get in the car, what are you doing!"
Mike: "So what if it's a Rolls-Royce? I'm going home, I also have a woman waiting for me at home."
Stark: "Does this look like a place with taxis?"
Mike: "Uh..."
The interior of the Rolls-Royce was super spacious, the leather seats were super soft, and with five people including the driver, it wasn't crowded at all.
Happy asked, "Where to, sir?"
Pepper: "Hospital, Happy."
Stark refused: "No, I'm fine. If you don't believe me, ask Ethan, he's a highly skilled Doctor."
Ethan: "It won't worsen for now, but..."
"No buts!" Stark said impatiently, "I've been locked up for over a month. Now I just want to do two things: eat a cheeseburger, and the other thing..."
Before he finished speaking, Mike's eyes lit up, and he pulled out a laptop from his space.
Stark: "..."
Too tired to complain.
Seeing Mike pull out a laptop out of thin air, Pepper was startled.
Stark said helplessly, "This miser wants to short Stark Industries' stock."
Pepper said, "Your return will stimulate the group's stock price to rise, so shorting it might not be..."
Stark rubbed his nose, "That involves the other thing I mentioned. Help me hold a press conference, Pepper."
"Hold a press conference?"
"Yes."
"What exactly will you announce?"
"Drive, let's go eat first." Stark asked Mike what he wanted to eat.
Mike pouted: "I don't want a cheeseburger."
"Then what do you want to eat?"
After thinking for a moment, Mike quickly recited in Chinese: "Steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roasted fancy duck, roasted young chicken, roasted gosling, braised pig, braised duck, soy sauce chicken, cured meat..."
Stark silently pulled out his tablet: "Jarvis, what did he say?"
Jarvis's mechanical voice: "According to the search results, this is a Heavenly Dynasty menu recitation, totaling 204 famous Heavenly Dynasty delicacies."
Stark: "Uh..."
The cheeseburger suddenly didn't sound so appealing.