Chapter 74

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The spherical domain instantly contracted, and the stagnant charred corpse and mechanical arm fragments fell down—

—Snap!

Wu—

The car that had stalled restarted.

Ye Li didn't greet Gwen and drove toward the research institute.

"Brother."

Matilda in the passenger seat asked expectantly, "After I get the shot, will I be as amazing as her?"

"Not quite that amazing."

Ye Li didn't want to dampen the young girl’s enthusiasm too much, so he promised, "But, it won't be bad either."

It was, after all, the same type as Captain America’s.

It still had some prestige.

Research Institute Injection Room.

[Injection preparation starting]

[Heart rate normal, blood analysis normal...]

"Brother..."

Matilda held Ye Li’s hand nervously; she was, after all, just a girl in her early teens, and she was still afraid of needles...

"It’s okay, the injection is very fast now."

Ye Li stroked Matilda’s palm, giving her gentle comfort. "After the shot, you can even smoke cigarettes if you want."

??

The researchers on the side had strange expressions; shouldn't one comfort a little girl with something like a lollipop...

"Mm...!"

As the needle pierced in.

Matilda let out a cry of pain, but because she was used to getting beaten up, it wasn't that unbearable.

The power of the serum began to rapidly transform her body, causing her lifespan to increase rapidly...

A few hours later.

Ghost Spider Club, Yoga Room.

"Li, you aren't teasing me, are you?"

Barbara finished her yoga routine, looked Matilda up and down, and asked suspiciously, "You want me to teach her?"

[This girl looks like she’s only in her early teens... is Li... also trying to cultivate agents from a young age?]

Ye Li sought the opinion of the girl he was holding by the hand. "Do you want to learn, Matilda?"

Matilda said with a firm gaze, "Yes! I want to learn how to fight!"

If she could become as amazing as a superhero, she wanted to protect the weak in the slums...

"This isn't just fighting, girl."

Barbara scared Matilda, saying, "These are combat techniques; sometimes, people die."

"Alright, stop scaring her."

Ye Li made the final decision. "Teach her slowly on the road."

"On the road?"

Barbara asked, confused. "Where are we going?"

Ye Li: "Beautiful paradise, New Mexico, my personal bodyguard lady~"

(Zhao Li Zhao)

[New Mexico]

Under the night sky.

Highway gas station.

Whoosh—

A black sedan, a car modified beyond recognition, and a motorcycle pulled over slowly.

"Li, this car of yours is too cool!"

Barbara got off Vinica’s seat happily; she had just tried the self-driving speed, and the feeling was nothing short of thrilling.

"Take it easy, be careful not to get thrown off by Vinica."

The door of the modified car opened.

Ye Li brought Matilda out.

He grabbed the gas nozzle and started feeding engine oil to Vinica.

Vroom vroom vroom—!

Vinica honked her horn; she only liked having Ye Li pump the oil.

"I want to buy some donuts."

Coulson got off his S.H.I.E.L.D. bus, walked over to Ye Li, grabbed a gas nozzle, and chatted. "Mr. Ye, do you want to buy anything?"

Ye Li asked the girl who was looking out at the wilderness, "Matilda, do you want to eat donuts?"

Matilda nodded, then requested, "Can I buy some cigarettes?"

Hearing this, Coulson smiled kindly and lectured the delicate-looking girl. "It’s not good to smoke at such a young age."

Matilda looked at him, feeling that this uncle looked quite kind, especially that balding head...

Ye Li patted the girl’s head and explained to Coulson, "With Matilda’s current constitution, it doesn't matter if she smokes a little."

"Constitution?"

Coulson felt intelligence had been delivered to his doorstep and asked curiously, "What kind of constitution?"

"Do you want to see?"

Ye Li said nonchalantly to the little sister, "Let Agent Coulson see, Matilda."

"Mm."

Matilda took out a coin, but hesitated for a moment, seeming a bit reluctant...

Ye Li smiled. "Don't worry, it’s just a twenty-five-cent coin."

"Okay... Brother, I’ll do my best..."

Matilda didn't hesitate anymore, placed the coin between her slender index finger and thumb, and with a bit of force from both fingers, the coin was easily bent...

"She is also a super-powered individual?"

Coulson wasn't very surprised by Matilda’s performance; he knew Ye Li had many capable people around him.

However, he didn't spare the praise. "No wonder the President would bring her along; she is indeed an excellent child. Perhaps she will be helpful in our collaborative research on that hammer."

Ye Li smiled slightly—

—Bringing Matilda along was not for this reason...

Collaborating with S.H.I.E.L.D. to study the hammer was just a side benefit.

He came to New Mexico mainly to find Jane Foster.

Because he had learned Matilda’s surname, and it really was Foster.

Matilda Foster...

So, is Matilda a relative of the female Thor?

After all, according to the movie universe, the two were played by the same actress...

And now they had the same surname; it was too much of a coincidence.

"Donuts, yogurt, chocolate bars..."

After Ye Li placed some snacks on the checkout counter, he said to the clerk, "Hello, give me some cigarettes too."

"Okay, sir, which brand would you like?"

Based on Ye Li’s looks.

The female clerk introduced them enthusiastically.

"CAMEL?"

"WINSTON?"

"LUCKY STRIKE?"

"Or Marlboro, HILTON, KENT..."

Ye Li didn't smoke and looked down at Matilda.

Matilda looked at the cigarette glass cabinet with her two small hands for a while, then pointed at a brand of ladies’ cigarettes. "Peel~"

Ye Li shrugged at the female clerk. "You heard her, get that pack of Peel."

The female clerk’s eyes became a bit strange, but she still took the pack of Peel and handed it to Matilda.

Just then—

"Hands up! Hurry!"

"Don't play any tricks, or I’ll blow your heads off!"

Two robbers holding shotguns pushed open the glass door and pointed their guns at the clerk and Ye Li’s group.

The robber in the brown jacket pointed his gun at the counter and quickly ordered the clerk, "Empty all the money in the register!"

The other robber in the black jacket took out a bag and slapped it on the counter. "Put it all in this bag! Pack the cigarettes too!"

"Give us this bag too!"

The robber in the brown jacket pointed his gun at Matilda. "Hey, give me the cigarettes in your hand; this isn't something a little girl like you should be smoking."

"Don't point your gun at us."

Ye Li couldn't even be bothered to take action, reminding these two unlucky guys who wanted to "shop for free," "You will regret it."

"What do you want to do?"

The robber turned his gun on him. "I’m warning you! Don't play any tricks with us!"

Over here.

Matilda looked at the muzzle...

In a daze...

A hallucination of a pool of blood flashed before her eyes...

Tan—!

She suddenly lowered her body, her lower leg popped out quickly, and she swept one of the robbers down with a kick!

Immediately after.

Her small brown boots stepped on the ground, and she leaped up.

Matilda grabbed the barrel of the other person’s gun.

With a twist of her small hand, she snatched his shotgun.

She backhanded it toward the back of his head—

—Bang!

The robber, struck in the head by the butt of the gun, fell to the ground cleanly.

Matilda successfully took down two robbers in three seconds.

"What?"

Barbara and Coulson, who had been picking out items, ran over, pulled out their guns, and were stunned... Was she this fierce?

"Wow..."

The female clerk, who still had her hands up, broke the silence. "I should watch fewer movies... otherwise I’ll always have strange dreams..."

Click.

"I haven't smoked this kind before..." Matilda muttered, tearing open the cigarette packaging and pulling one out to hold in her small mouth.

She bit the filter with her silver teeth, looked up at Ye Li, and said vaguely with her pink lips, "Brother... can I borrow a light..."

Ye Li smiled gently. "Well done."

Crackle~

He extended two fingers in front of the girl’s soft lips, blue electric sparks sparked, and he lit the cigarette for her.

It had quite the look of a refined scoundrel seducing a delinquent girl...

The next day.

Puente Antiguo, city limits.

"Why did you ditch Coulson to come here?"

"Aren't we going to the hammer?"

Barbara looked left and right; even with her agent training, she hadn't discovered anything in the short time.

Ye Li, however, walked straight toward an open-hall building. "Trust my intuition, Barbara."

In the hall.

"You tell me."

Erik Selvig tested his assistant. "This isn't just a simple magnetic storm, is it?"

He was an astronomy doctor.

Just a short while ago.

Dr. Erik Selvig, Dr. Jane Foster, and assistant graduate student Darcy Lewis were conducting astronomical observation research in the wilderness when they encountered an incredible astronomical phenomenon suspected to be a magnetic storm... Oh, and there was also an inexplicable drunkard who called himself "Thor."

This guy, who shared the name of the Norse god of thunder, had been taken down by Darcy with a taser, and he was probably still lying in the hospital...

"Look, the lens effect at the edge."

Jane Foster checked the analysis chart on the computer and answered Dr. Selvig, "It’s a characteristic of an Einstein-Rosen bridge."

Darcy Lewis was confused. "What bridge?"

Dr. Selvig looked at her strangely. "Aren't you a science major?"

Darcy adjusted her glasses, a bit embarrassed. "Political science~"

Jane helped her out. "She was the only applicant."

Dr. Selvig also knew his research field was quite niche, so he explained helplessly to Darcy, "An Einstein-Rosen bridge is a possibility, a connection belt between two different space-times..."

"Simply put—" a male voice from outside interjected, "it’s a wormhole."

The person who arrived was Ye Li.

"Hey, Li."

Seeing that in this open-hall building, there was an old man and two pretty girls.

Barbara glanced at Ye Li. "Is your intuition just finding two beauties?"

"Wow~"

Darcy saw the charming Ye Li and became a bit infatuated. "He’s so handsome~"

Ye Li’s gaze, however, was on Jane; her face... it looked like a fusion of the movie universe version and the comic book universe version...

"Who are you?"

Dr. Selvig was a bit vigilant. "Did you take the wrong turn? The hotel is on the west side of the street."

"No wrong turn, I’m looking for you."

Ye Li walked closer, took out his Ghost Spider Club Vice President ID, flashed it in front of Selvig and the others, and then put it away.

Then he started spouting nonsense. "S.H.I.E.L.D. case, honestly report your recent situation."

"..."

Dr. Selvig: "Do you take me for a fool?"

Jane: "That... we didn't see clearly..."