Later that day.
Following the address Natasha gave her, Reze arrived at a safe house in Midtown Manhattan.
This was a secret base under the name of S.H.I.E.L.D.
There was no one in the house for the time being.
Reze tossed her baseball cap onto the sofa, sat for a while out of boredom, and then, feeling thirsty, stood up and walked to the open kitchen, opening the refrigerator to find a can of ice-cold Cola.
Just as her hand touched the cold metal shell of the Cola can, before she even had time to close the refrigerator door—
Footsteps suddenly echoed from the hallway, accompanied by a man's slightly flippant voice.
"Listen, Coulson, I have to state first, is your S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence network a bit too outdated? This famous flower of mine already has a master, and Pepper has been keeping a very close eye on me lately."
The voice drew closer, every word filled with the kind of excessive self-consciousness that made one want to punch him: "So, there's no need to specially find two young and beautiful female Agents to work with me, trying to use a honey trap to change my attitude toward you guys."
"I am a man of principle; I won't be easily swayed, absolutely not."
"I'm here for official business, not..."
*Click.*
The door was pushed open.
Wearing an expensive custom suit and sunglasses, Tony Stark strode in with a cynical smile on his face.
At the same time, Reze, holding the Cola in one hand and resting the other on the refrigerator door, slowly turned around.
As it happened, Tony also looked over.
Their eyes met... time seemed to freeze at this moment... the smile on Tony's face instantly solidified.
It's you?!
"Hiss—!!"
In that split second, Tony felt like he almost had a heart attack on the spot.
The events from over a month ago seemed to flash before his eyes—
The young girl before him gradually merged with that hateful figure who carried a canvas bag of US dollars in her left hand and dragged the wreckage of his armor in her right.
"Thanks, Mr. Stark. If there's a need, I'll come again."
Recalling Reze's words, where she didn't treat herself as an outsider at all, Tony almost spat out a mouthful of blood in anger... After two seconds of dead silence.
Tony Stark took a step back with an expressionless face.
*Bang!*
As if doubting he had opened the door the right way, he closed it again.
Except the soundproofing of this door wasn't great.
Tony's exasperated, even slightly voice-cracking roar immediately erupted from outside the door.
"Coulson!! What the hell are you doing?!"
Tony's voice sounded like a cat with its fur standing on end.
"You never said the person I'd be cooperating with would be that crazy woman! God, did you do this on purpose? Did I just have a hallucination? Why is that terrorist taking a Cola from a S.H.I.E.L.D. refrigerator?!"
"Also, didn't I tell you guys? Once you find her trail, contact me immediately!"
"And the result? Are you guys actually together? Are you teaming up to play me?!"
Tony was truly panicking.
Ever since his life was threatened at close range by Reze, he would subconsciously twitch every time he saw anything purple.
Agent Phil Coulson's gentle voice sounded from outside the door.
"Calm down, Mr. Stark, please calm down."
"That's a misunderstanding. Miss Reze has already deeply realized her past mistakes, feels very regretful, and has agreed to cooperate with us."
Coulson's tone was so sincere he almost believed himself: "Actually, she's a very kind person, really, and she's an expert in handling these monster disputes. Didn't you see the news from Harlem earlier?"
"Miss Reze even risked her own life for the sake of justice to repel the terrible Abomination."
Don't be fooled by Coulson's honest appearance; he didn't even blush while lying through his teeth.
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