[Comprehensive] The Last Assassin
Chapter 24
When Shen Qiong came back again, Tony was rounding up McDonald's take-out paper bags and throwing them into the trash can in the corner of the living room.
He caught a glimpse of Shen Qiong out of the corner of his eye, turned the chair around, threw the phone in his hand and said, "I think you are overqualified."
Shen Qiong remained calm: "Nonsense, this is a Templar mobile phone, there must be tens of thousands of Trojan horses and firewalls in it."
"If you mean the Trojan horse and the firewall, you mean its fingerprint lock." Tony taunted, but after a pause, he still moved a little so that Shen Qiong could come over and clearly see the fully transparent glass he placed on the table. computer.
Tony clicked on Ranmallock's completely analyzed mobile phone, and lazily said: "Jarvis, holographic projection."
"Yes, sir."
In the next moment, Shen Qiong felt the magic brought by technology.
Tens of thousands of codes and information were suddenly magnified, and three-dimensionally appeared around her. Everything she thought could only be seen on the screen was clearly displayed in front of her eyes at this moment, and she was within reach.No, not only within reach, these lights and shadows can really be manipulated with your hands.
——Shen Qiong knew that Tony Stark was a genius, but it was only at this moment, seeing this technology that surpassed the times, that she understood more and more the meaning of "the greatest wealth of Stark Industries is the genius of Tony Stark" significance.
He's really... amazing.
Out of the corner of Tony's eyes, he saw Shen Qiong's expression of admiration, the corner of his mouth raised, and he tapped his finger lightly, and the code that was still scrolling stopped immediately, allowing him to reach out and pick a section, and after processing, re-cast the voice.
Shen Qiong listened carefully and recognized the voice of Lan Maloch.
Lan Maloch sounded a little anxious, he said urgently: "Mordred will kill me, he can do it! I want the North American branch, but you should also ensure my safety!"
Then there was a voice that seemed to be processed, and the male voice said vaguely: "Of course, of course, Lan Maloch, you know that we will always stand on the same line. The order cannot be handed over to Mordred, so he and His title is the same, he will be a traitor, and we cannot hand over the 'Holy Water' to him."
Lan Maloch clicked lightly, and said angrily: "I don't care about your internal strife, I only know that the Templars took your order in! I don't care whether the 'Twelve Knights of the Round Table' are dead or alive, I just want you Keep your promise."
The male voice said: "Don't worry, the North American branch is yours, and Mordred will get nothing."
"...whether it's 'Holy Water' or a 'Piece of Eden'."
The call came to an abrupt end here, Shen Qiong subconsciously looked at Tony, but the genius shook his head regretfully.
"The other party has a high awareness of security. I have hacked into all the systems, and I can only capture this recorded call." Tony reached out and picked out another photo from countless messages: "But the 'Bernard you mentioned' ’, based on his call information and mobile phone Internet records, I probably locked a few people.”
"Thinking about this call, I finally guessed that this so-called 'Bernard' should be the person whose phone had 'shark' on it."
Tony put a Wikipedia profile in front of Shen Qiong: "The archbishop of Trinity Church in Boston, a visiting professor of a famous university seminary."
Tony pointed at the old man in a red robe with a loving face in the photo and twitched his lips: "Famous people, everyone knows 'compassion to the world', and was even affectionately called 'God' by the Pope in Rome. messenger'."
"Wow, I can't believe he's also a Templar, and his code name is 'Shark'."
Tony seemed very interested in the dirt under the theologian's red robe, but Shen Qiong cared more about other things.
"What about Mordred?"
"About the famous Knight of the Round Table who killed King Arthur—" he regretted deeply, "he seemed careful enough that Lan Maloch didn't seem to have seen his real face, and the only few times they communicated were through emails. I looked it up based on the email address, and it was a fake base station, worthless."
Shen Qiong frowned, her assassin's intuition told him that this mysterious Mordred was probably the Templar she had met twice before, she didn't think an ordinary Templar could play tricks on her, or twice.
In addition, she was very concerned about the black cross embroidered on the sleeve that was exposed after he killed the bar owner when she first met the Templar.
The symbol of the Templars should be a red cross.What exactly does the black cross represent?Could it be that in the long years, just like the Templars and the Holy See cooperated to obtain the status of "Paladins" in the past, did the Templars annex other organizations in the later years?
Is this organization the "religion" to which the "Twelve Knights of the Round Table" belonged?
Shen Qiong found that the situation in North America was more complicated than she thought.
The Brotherhood is gone, and the composition of the Templars does not seem to be simple.The knight commander named "Mordred" is even more mysterious. For the first time, she has doubts about herself-can she really track down the whereabouts of the Pieces of Eden with her own strength?
However, when her eyes fell on Tony, those scruples were quickly dispelled.
No, she is not alone.
Shen Qiong asked: "Do you know about the 'religion' mentioned by Lamalot?"
Tony frowned and recalled for a long time, his fingers tapped the table irregularly, and it took a long while before he said, "I'm not sure."
Shen Qiong: "?"
Tony glanced at Shen Qiong, stretched out his foot, and transferred himself to another computer. His fingers quickly tapped on the virtual keyboard, and a large amount of data quickly appeared in the air like snowflakes, layer upon layer, almost To bury Shen Qiong.
Shen Qiong looked dazedly at the pile of picture and video materials in front of her, thinking that she should start with the most recent materials first.
—and she saw the werewolf.
Tony Stark said in a serious voice: "In the Middle Ages, people were superstitious about vampires and witches, and even launched barbaric actions such as digging up graves, cremating corpses, burning corpses, and burning witches. But there are also voices saying that these magical creatures do exist in our world. biology."
"Such as mutants—a group of people with supernatural powers that has been widely recognized now, they are considered by the academic circles to be the true face of werewolves, vampires, and witches."
"Thousands of years have passed since the battle between humans and these creatures. The Templars obviously focused on assassins, but never paid attention to these. The Exorcism Holy Order was born against this background."
"They use the black cross as the symbol, use the legendary Holy Grail to extend their lives and strengthen their bodies, and form twelve knights of the round table to fight against dark creatures—from thousands of years until now."
An ominous premonition floated in Shen Qiong's heart: "You mean..."
"The maintenance of any organization needs financial support. Now people don't believe in werewolves and vampires, and the decline of the order is inevitable." Tony Stark changed the subject, "But you think the Templars will let go The church of the 'Holy Grail'? You must know that the 'Holy Grail' is full of the taste of 'Pieces of Eden'."
Shen Qiong affirmed: "So you suspect that the Templars have merged with the sect."
"It's just a guess, I have no evidence." Tony tapped the table faster, "At least at that press conference, I didn't see the Holy Grail, nor did I see the logo of the sect."
"It's nothing, according to your guess, even if the Templars merged with the order - after all, their mission has been to kill since ancient times - even if they are annexed, I am afraid that they can only continue to be used as blades by the Templars in the dark. "
Shen Qiong was thoughtful: "This can also explain why Mordred can't get the North American branch after removing the Assassins."
"If he was born as a Knight of the Order of the Twelve Round Table——in terms of status, he is not as good as Lan Maloch."
If Mordred was really a member of the order, it would explain why he let her go twice.
It is the Templars who are the enemies of the Assassins, not the Knights of the Round Table from the order.
"But if that guess turns out to be true—" Tony peered at her closely, "you're not just dealing with Templars."
"There is also the Holy Grail, and the holy grail's output, which can greatly prolong a person's lifespan and strengthen the mysterious black water of the individual's body."
"These two enemies, no matter which one they are, are enough to make people daunting, but what you are going to face is two parallel groups."
Tony Stark's evaluation was very sharp. When Shen Qiong knew that the Templars might be more terrifying and powerful than the materials she had read, a cold emotion also appeared in her mind.But this coldness was quickly washed away by her warm blood.She turned her head to look at Tony, and said softly, "But you don't need an assassin who wants to back down."
Tony Stark was silent, he opened his mouth, and wanted to say, "I didn't expect that there was an exorcist Holy Order among the Templars. If you want to give up, I think it's a wise choice not to do it." But he didn't even Before he could utter any letters, Shen Qiong had already answered for him.
Shen Qiong said: "And I will not back down."
The young assassin carefully considered the pros and cons of winning, and finally smiled at Tony: "Life is short, you have to give it a go, and you won't regret it later."
"I thought, am I not alone?"
Tony took a deep look at her, and then said: "I will sort out Bernard's information for you. If you want to continue to pursue news about the Exorcist Order and the Templars, I think Bernard has enough information. clues."
"Judging from Lanmaloch's attitude, Bernard's status in the organization is not low, and he is probably a great mentor or something." Tony didn't care much, "Anyway, do you believe in God?"
Shen Qiong froze for a while before replying: "I believe in Marxism-Leninism."
Tony Stark: "???"
He pointed to himself: "You said this in front of capitalists?"
Shen Qiong had an aggrieved face: "You asked me what I believe in."
Tony wanted to say that what I was asking was whether you believe in God or not.But there is no need to talk to her anymore at this time, Tony decided to put it more simply: "It's not easy to catch Bernard, although he doesn't hide, he is very eye-catching-this is another sense It's hard to get started."
"I suggest you observe him for a while first, so as to confirm whether we have found the right person."
Shen Qiong nodded: "What you said makes sense, it seems that you have a solution?"
Tony hooked his lips and smiled: "Of course, who do you think I am?"
He looked Shen Qiong up and down, nodded and said: "Your appearance doesn't seem to be a big problem, and donating a building should be able to squeeze you in."
Shen Qiong was very confused: "Where is it going?"
"Harvard Divinity School." Tony was very perfunctory. After a while, he narrowed his eyes and stared at Shen Qiong as if remembering something, and said, "You should know how to be a student, right?"
Shen Qiong: "..."
She's going manic!
Be reasonable!Looking for information about Lan Mallouk to stay at the Xavier Talent School, and now looking for information about Bernard to go to school again! ?
However, in the end she just nodded in humiliation: "Yes."
Isn't it just drinking, clubbing and falling in love?It's like who doesn't know how to go to college.
Shen Qiong snorted.
"Oh, by the way, if you want to go to school, you may have to help me with one thing first."
"What else?"
Shen Qiong said innocently: "I'm here on a tourist visa, which only lasts for one month, and it's about to expire. If you don't change my visa for me, I'm afraid black households won't be allowed to go to school, right?"
Tony: "..."
He couldn't believe it: "You are an assassin, but you are actually a criminal?"
Shen Qiong spoke plausibly: "Who told you that assassins can no longer be criminals?"
Tony found that what the other party said had some truth, and he thought he was probably crazy.
Jarvis said at the right time: "Sir, I think Agent Coulson can help Miss Frye solve this problem."
"I don't want to owe S.H.I.E.L.D.!" Tony gritted his teeth, "Using money to manage the embassy and changing a student visa is nothing more than a big deal."
Shen Qiong rested her chin and watched Tony talking to his AI butler, and suddenly the corners of her mouth curled up.
She really doesn't feel scared.Because she knew Tony Stark would help her, they were grasshoppers on a rope.
The feeling of having a companion turned out to be like this—Shen Qiong suddenly understood the meaning of Charles Xavier's hope that she would restrain her killing heart and see the world from a more peaceful perspective.
If she had killed Tony Stark—she would have destroyed her most reliable ally, and the future of the Brotherhood.
As Charles said, she will regret it for the rest of her life.
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"Swords don't need to think, but people do." The assassin stroked Shen Qiong's soft head, and said to her meaningfully, "Assassins are people first, and then assassins. Don't understand? It's okay, it's been a long time, You'll see what I mean."
At this moment, Shen Qiong finally understood what Henry Fry wanted to tell her.
Your sword should only be drawn for what you believe in.
Assassins are not killers.
But before that...
Shen Qiong suddenly said: "By the way, actually I have a third thing to ask you."
Tony was getting used to it, he didn't respond and asked, "What is it? Lack of money or lack of equipment?"
If it wasn't for the inappropriate occasion, Shen Qiong would have wanted to praise Tony, "You really understand me".She coughed lightly, and took out the steel armor Tony had stuffed in the travel bag and hidden under the buffet table on the second floor from her bag.
She put on the Hidden Blade again, moved her fingers, and the lightsaber suddenly came out of its sheath.She pursed her lips and said in distaste: "Well, can the light be dimmed, it's too bright."
The veins on Tony's majestic forehead twitched: "Do you want the speed of plasma light without light?"
"No, I'm used to the temperature of metal." Shen Qiong fiddled with the new Hidden Blade, "I'm not used to the energy beam, it's too bright, and it's too easy to expose myself."
She tactfully said: "You know, in our business, it's best not to attract the attention of others."
——Then why didn't you think of keeping a low profile when you jumped off the stairs?
Tony Stark stared at Shen Qiong, looked at his disliked weapon, finally lifted his lips, and commented: "The ignorant."
Shen Qiong said unhappily: "You took the light bulb to assassinate?"
Tony Stark: "..."
Tony said angrily: "The lightsaber is the most powerful, have you never seen Star Wars? Do you know how much effort I have wasted to install this thing for you?"
Shen Qiong said frankly: "I only know that you installed a [-]-watt lamp for me."
Tony: "...are you an old antique who lived in the last century?"
"Thank you for your evaluation. I just found out that I have an uncle who is a survivor of the last century." Shen Qiong passed by and straightened her face, "Mr. Stark, this is my request to you. You have suitable metals here that can Help me forge a Hidden Blade as sharp as a plasma beam?"
Tony was very indifferent: "There is no such metal element."
Shen Qiong: "..."
Tony squinted his eyes and sneered: "But I still have a lot of materials to cut iron and steel." He paused, but still couldn't help mocking, "Anyway, for a medieval resident who is obsessed with cold weapons like you , this is enough, right?"
The issue of weapons can be resolved, Shen Qiong pretends that she has not heard anything.
Treat your technicians with generosity and gentleness, and show all the gentlemanly demeanor.
This is the family motto of the Fry family.
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Steve Rogers turned down Natasha.
Captain America said seriously: "You know Natasha, I fought side by side with Henry, so I can't make any decisions for his daughter."
"You may know the League of Assassins better than I do, but I must know the Assassins better than you."
In Steve Rogers' memory, the young Henry Frye stood on the watchtower filled with cold wind with a straight face. He could always easily judge the enemy's direction. The bayonet in his hand was even more terrifying to the enemy than bullets. .This young man was wearing a white robe, with bright red ribbons fluttering in the Siberian cold wind—as if he would transform into an eagle at any moment and kill the enemies completely.
And Steve saw the same shadow of an eagle from Shen Qiong's body.
"They yearn for freedom and advocate freedom. Rights can never impress them. They pursue the cheapest and most expensive things in the world." Steve sighed, "Believe me, even if Joan is willing to cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. It is definitely not the kind of 'cooperation' you want."
"At least she won't follow your orders."
Natasha said cunningly: "How do you know what kind of 'cooperation' I want? You should at least let us meet."
Steve Rogers was not good at dealing with agents like Natasha Romanoff, so he could only compromise.
So when Shen Qiong and Tony Stark finally reached an agreement on the issue of "whether to pay $[-] or $[-] to replace the weapon", after returning home, what they saw was sitting in the living room as if Natasha watching the TV show.
Shen Qiong felt familiar, she searched her memory, and she was surprised: "A beautiful sister who can dance!"
When Natasha heard this, her kind smile was almost unstoppable, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.
Shen Qiong's appearance made her remember deeply, and it was not so easy to forget, so she raised an eyebrow at Shen Qiong, and replied: "Tony's girlfriend?"
"I'm not, Stark and I are partners." Shen Qiong explained, although her intuition told him that Natasha hadn't misunderstood, she said calmly: "As Mr. Stark's Secretary, I don't think you came to see me?"
Steve shook his hand holding the teacup and almost spilled lemonade. He looked at Shen Qiong in confusion, then at Natasha, and asked uncertainly, "You guys know each other? And it's related to Tony Stark? "
Shen Qiong said: "Uh... no, actually I ran into them when I was buying juice."
This lie is not clever, but because the eyes of the liar are clear, and the words are forceful—even if the black widow cannot be fooled, it is enough to prevaricate Captain America who feels guilty for her.
At least in front of Natasha, Steve couldn't ask: "Will Natasha and Stark go to the juice shop?" Such an overly aggressive question.
He was also nervous about what Natasha was about to say.
Steve said: "Joan, this is my friend, she has something to discuss with you."
Shen Qiong took the water handed by the young man, sat down opposite Natasha, and expressed respect for Steve's request.Maybe it was because she sensed a restrained but still very strong aura from the woman, her expression became a little dignified, waiting for the other party to speak.
"I'm coming for Joan Fry."
The female agent on the other side of the sofa bit the syllable of "Fry".
Shen Qiong went straight to the point: "Who does it represent? Mr. Stark is still the one who was going to treat him?"
Natasha appreciated the assassin's sensitivity, so she said very simply: "On behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D."
A few hours ago, Shen Qiong just heard about this organization from the discussion between Jarvis and Tony Stark. This government agency that Tony called extremely "arrogant", "arrogant" and "misjudgment", these evaluations alone are enough proves its success to some extent.
——Success that can make Iron Man admit his defeat.
So Shen Qiong nodded, expressing that she accepted this identity.
Natasha smiled, and said: "SHIELD used to be a supporter of the Brotherhood. You think that since you have friendship with Tony, you know about Howard Stark funding the Brotherhood. But you must not You know, Howard Stark is one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D., which is why S.H.I.E.L.D. has a good relationship with the Brotherhood."
Shen Qiong was a little indifferent when she heard this, she said: "But when the brotherhood disappeared, you didn't stand up."
"SHIELD is a government agency." Natasha retorted cleverly, "You know, there are many things we can't do according to our own ideas, that's why we funded the Brotherhood."
Shen Qiong didn't want to talk too much on such a topic, so she asked directly: "What does S.H.I.E.L.D. want from me?"
"Cooperation." Natasha said, "SHIELD does not want the Templars to become big, we are willing to help you rebuild the Brotherhood."
There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and Shen Qiong is well aware of this.So she asked, "What's the condition?"
"There is a piece of Eden lost by S.H.I.E.L.D. We hope you can help us find it."
"Only this one?"
"Only need this one."
Shen Qiong fell into silence. She was also looking for the Pieces of Eden herself, but she didn't need the ownership of the Pieces of Eden. in relief.Working with S.H.I.E.L.D. is in her favor and not in any way detrimental.
It is precisely because it is harmless that Shen Qiong feels suspicious.
"It looks tailor-made for me."
"No, I gave up a lot of conditions after meeting you." Natasha took a sip of the lemonade Steve made, her bright red hair made her smile look even more eye-catching, "Fry Miss, for you, I will waste at least an hour of talking when I go back to persuade those congressmen who want to directly control the Brotherhood."
Shen Qiong weighed Natasha's eloquence and asked in confusion, "It takes an hour?"
"Okay, 10 minutes." Natasha shrugged, "But you have to know, I originally planned to indirectly force you to accept the conditions of the 'Command Brotherhood of S.H.I.E.L.D. Judging from the results of the conversation, this condition is difficult to achieve.”
She smiled and said, "You have a good uncle, he persuaded me to give up."
Shen Qiong glanced at Steve quickly, then looked back at Natasha, and said slowly: "You didn't tell the truth, I can't see the sincerity."
Natasha Romanov's life is full of lies and truth handovers, and she herself is used to this way of life, and her half-truth and half-false way of speaking even helped her hide from Tony Stark's eyes.She will choose to say such a reason. On the one hand, she is really concerned about the maintenance of Shen Qiong by the US team, but on the other hand, it is more to help Captain America further ease the relationship between Shen Qiong and him under the established situation. The more Shen Qiong trusts Captain America, the more beneficial it is for S.H.I.E.L.D.
Captain America was always S.H.I.E.L.D.'s super soldier.
But she didn't expect that Shen Qiong was so sensitive.
Is this the assassin's intuition, or does it belong to Joan Frye's ability?
She couldn't help but look at Shen Qiong a few more times, her eyes only fixed on her young face.
"Has anyone ever told you about the color of your eyes?"
Shen Qiong touched her pupils subconsciously: "Is there any? I think green eyes are quite common." Master Worthington also has green eyes?
She asked suspiciously, "You did this because of the color of my eyes?"
Natasha smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Because you look a lot like a friend of mine."
"And I owe him my life."
After sending Natasha Romanoff away, Steve Rogers felt he needed to have a talk with Shen Qiong.
He took out the cake he bought for her from the refrigerator, and after watching her start happily, he asked, "Do you know Sean Worthington?"
Shen Qiong thought about it when she heard the name, and shook her head, but she asked out of politeness: "Who is that?"
"Natasha said that friend who looks a bit like you."
Steve explained casually: "Their family died in the line of duty because of the Pieces of Eden."
Shen Qiong paused slightly while holding the spoon in her mouth, and then she said: "Really? But although I don't know Sean Worthington, I know Warren Kenneth Worthington. Are they related?"
"Probably not..." Steve thought for a while, "The former is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the latter is a billionaire. It should just be a coincidence of surnames. Worthington's surname is not a habit."
Shen Qiong nodded and continued to eat her own cake.
Seeing the carefree appearance of the girl opposite him, Steve hesitated a few times before asking, "When Henry entrusted you to me, did he mention your biological parents..."
Shen Qiong's mouth was full of cakes, she could only raise her head, and use the particle words to vaguely indicate that she was listening: "Huh?"
"The death of your parents seems to be related to the Pieces of Eden. Natasha told me that Agent Worthington's family happened 18 years ago in a small town in the east. Is it possible, or you Hearing this, do you feel—" Captain America is not very good at comforting others, "The Worthington family is likely to be related to your parents, or—"
"This year, unless their children were born when they died, it's impossible. Besides, so many people died for the Pieces of Eden, do you think the only ones buried in different places are the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Shen Qiong put it aside With a clean plate, he was obviously smiling, but there was a bit of sarcasm in his eyes: "The whole fraternity is gone."
Shen Qiong looked at Steve and asked, "Is their child just born?"
Steve was dumbfounded, and said for a while, "No, it's five years old."
Shen Qiong nodded: "Thank you for your kindness uncle, but I am not here to know 'who I am', but to 'I want to find a piece of Eden'."
After she finished speaking, she went to open the refrigerator door.
Steve originally felt a little sorry that he might have accidentally poked the wound in Shen Qiong's heart about his parents.But as soon as she tried to take out the whole remaining cake and eat it, the regret disappeared, and he even had to stop it.
"Joan Fry! Snacks can't be regarded as meals! There is only one piece a day, and then you should go back to your room to rest, and wait for dinner obediently!"
Under pressure, Shen Qiong clicked her tongue and put the cake back unwillingly.
Back at the house, she dialed her cell phone.
After coming to North America for more than a month, she finally has two more contacts.
Shen Qiong's fingers hesitated for a long time on "Worthington" and "Charles", but finally scrupled on the surname and slid towards Charles Xavier.
The fingertips stopped on the name for a long time, until the lit screen went black again, the assassin's fingertips had already stopped in the air, as if they were frozen.
Shen Qiong stared at her finger, as if she wanted to press it down, but in the end she just threw the phone away angrily, and sighed almost silently.
——At this moment, the cell phone, which had already been dark, suddenly vibrated.
Shen Qiong subconsciously grabbed the phone and glanced at the screen. The caller was Charles Xavier.
The moment she saw the name, Shen Qiong almost had to cover her head reflexively!
Is he brain me again!How could I know that I wanted to call him again just now!
Although she thought so in a panic, Shen Qiong's reason told her that Charles Xavier would not do this.He's not that boring.
After the phone rang for 15 seconds, Shen Qiong answered hesitantly.
Her lazy hello was not over yet, and Charles' "Hello" came from the other side of the phone at the same time.
The questioning of the two collided, and then fell into silence at the same time.
Shen Qiong hugged the pillow and crossed her legs. After waiting for a long time, she didn't see the other party talking, so she had to look at the phone strangely, and after confirming the status was still on the phone, she asked, "What's the matter?"
Charles Xavier didn't know how to answer for a while.
When he was checking the call records, he accidentally turned to the contact page, saw "Shen Qiong" on the page, and dialed the phone subconsciously.
But of course he couldn't tell his students that, so Professor Xavier coughed and said seriously, "I saw the news."
Shen Qiong: "Which one?"
"The news of Lan Mallock's death." Charles paused, "I think you should have succeeded. Did you get what you wanted?"
"No." Shen Qiong said, "I have limited mastery of the chess pieces on the surface, and I have to find the next one."
Charles' voice sounded peaceful and gentle, and Shen Qiong could imagine him sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office on the second floor, holding a mobile phone in one hand, and staring at the sunset with blue eyes at the moment, which was stained with red stratus clouds, almost without thinking.
Thinking about those eyes, Shen Qiong added subconsciously for some reason: "Lan Maloch deserved what he deserved. There are a lot of evidence of his crimes in his mobile phone. I have already asked my friend to hand over all these to the police station. He forced fraud and died. Those lands that came here will be returned to their real owners."
Shen Qiong heard Charles' laughter, and he said, "'My friend', this is the best news I heard today."
Charles Xavier asked: "Do I know your new friend?"
"I know. You still advised me not to kill him. Speaking of this, I really want to thank you professor." Shen Qiong said solemnly, "You are right, reckless actions are absolutely not allowed, even assassins should have mercy heart of."
Charles was indeed a little confused: "I stopped?"
Shen Qiong affirmed: "Yes, the first time we met, didn't you tell me not to kill Tony Stark?"
Charles: "..."
Charles took a deep breath: "Joan, I think it may be too early for you to be friends with Mr. Stark."
"Huh? Really? I think it's okay, he's a good guy." Miss Assassin handed out a good guy card without hesitation.
"Since ancient times, assassins who violated the creed have had no good results." Shen Qiong hesitated, but she still mustered up her courage and said, "Thank you for stopping me at that time."
"It's not me that stopped you, but your heart." Charles said softly, "If my tough behavior at the beginning really brought you any benefits, it probably only gave you time to see your heart clearly."
Shen Qiong thought about it for a long time, and said angrily: "I don't understand, why don't we just accept the thanks?"
Charles laughed: "Well, thank you for thanking me."
The corners of Shen Qiong's mouth turned up a little, her eyes stayed on the water glass that Natasha had held up in the living room, and her smile stagnated slightly.
After a long time, she asked, "Professor, do you want to do psychological counseling?"
Charles was stunned: "...I have a doctorate in psychology."
"Very good." Shen Qiong held the phone and said, "Are you accepting psychological counseling?"
Shen Qiong jumped out of the house and sat on the roof of the 20-storey apartment building to vomit bitterness to her teacher.
When hearing "No, there are five years old" from Steve Rogers' words, Shen Qiongyuan was far from the calmness she showed.Instead, she could barely hold the spoon steady at the time.
Henry told her that her parents likely died 18 years ago because of the Pieces of Eden.At that time, she was detected to be about five years old.
A coincidence is a coincidence, and when coincidences follow, we call it fate.
Warren Kenneth Worthington's missing young uncle, Agent Sean Worthington of S.H.I.E.L.D., her parents who died because of the Pieces of Eden, and the green eyes they gave her.
"I lied to my uncle about my age because I didn't want to look into it."
Shen Qiong's voice sounded even a little indifferent: "If it's really a coincidence, it's just an empty joy. If it's not a coincidence, and I'm proven to be Elizabeth Worthington, so what?"
"Put a layer of 'revenge' on my actions, and then force my parents' 'hope' to join S.H.I.E.L.D., or simply sell them the legacy of the assassin?"
"Maybe I was thinking too darkly, but I died 18 years ago, and I am alive now because of Henry."
"What Henry wants is definitely not Elizabeth Worthington."
Shen Qiong poured out all the suspicions, fears and fears since she met Natasha at once, her eyes were even a little red, and she said stiffly: "I don't want to know who my parents are, and I don't want to know where I come from."
"Henry is enough for me."
Shen Qiong calmed down for a long time, and Charles Xavier kept listening quietly without saying a word.
She was dissatisfied and said, "What about your answer? I'm done talking, don't you want to say something?"
Charles asked, "Who are you?"
Shen Qiong didn't react for a while.
Charles asked again: "Who are you?"
Only then did Shen Qiong come to her senses, and she said in a deep voice, "I'm Shen Qiong."
"You already have the answer yourself, root
He caught a glimpse of Shen Qiong out of the corner of his eye, turned the chair around, threw the phone in his hand and said, "I think you are overqualified."
Shen Qiong remained calm: "Nonsense, this is a Templar mobile phone, there must be tens of thousands of Trojan horses and firewalls in it."
"If you mean the Trojan horse and the firewall, you mean its fingerprint lock." Tony taunted, but after a pause, he still moved a little so that Shen Qiong could come over and clearly see the fully transparent glass he placed on the table. computer.
Tony clicked on Ranmallock's completely analyzed mobile phone, and lazily said: "Jarvis, holographic projection."
"Yes, sir."
In the next moment, Shen Qiong felt the magic brought by technology.
Tens of thousands of codes and information were suddenly magnified, and three-dimensionally appeared around her. Everything she thought could only be seen on the screen was clearly displayed in front of her eyes at this moment, and she was within reach.No, not only within reach, these lights and shadows can really be manipulated with your hands.
——Shen Qiong knew that Tony Stark was a genius, but it was only at this moment, seeing this technology that surpassed the times, that she understood more and more the meaning of "the greatest wealth of Stark Industries is the genius of Tony Stark" significance.
He's really... amazing.
Out of the corner of Tony's eyes, he saw Shen Qiong's expression of admiration, the corner of his mouth raised, and he tapped his finger lightly, and the code that was still scrolling stopped immediately, allowing him to reach out and pick a section, and after processing, re-cast the voice.
Shen Qiong listened carefully and recognized the voice of Lan Maloch.
Lan Maloch sounded a little anxious, he said urgently: "Mordred will kill me, he can do it! I want the North American branch, but you should also ensure my safety!"
Then there was a voice that seemed to be processed, and the male voice said vaguely: "Of course, of course, Lan Maloch, you know that we will always stand on the same line. The order cannot be handed over to Mordred, so he and His title is the same, he will be a traitor, and we cannot hand over the 'Holy Water' to him."
Lan Maloch clicked lightly, and said angrily: "I don't care about your internal strife, I only know that the Templars took your order in! I don't care whether the 'Twelve Knights of the Round Table' are dead or alive, I just want you Keep your promise."
The male voice said: "Don't worry, the North American branch is yours, and Mordred will get nothing."
"...whether it's 'Holy Water' or a 'Piece of Eden'."
The call came to an abrupt end here, Shen Qiong subconsciously looked at Tony, but the genius shook his head regretfully.
"The other party has a high awareness of security. I have hacked into all the systems, and I can only capture this recorded call." Tony reached out and picked out another photo from countless messages: "But the 'Bernard you mentioned' ’, based on his call information and mobile phone Internet records, I probably locked a few people.”
"Thinking about this call, I finally guessed that this so-called 'Bernard' should be the person whose phone had 'shark' on it."
Tony put a Wikipedia profile in front of Shen Qiong: "The archbishop of Trinity Church in Boston, a visiting professor of a famous university seminary."
Tony pointed at the old man in a red robe with a loving face in the photo and twitched his lips: "Famous people, everyone knows 'compassion to the world', and was even affectionately called 'God' by the Pope in Rome. messenger'."
"Wow, I can't believe he's also a Templar, and his code name is 'Shark'."
Tony seemed very interested in the dirt under the theologian's red robe, but Shen Qiong cared more about other things.
"What about Mordred?"
"About the famous Knight of the Round Table who killed King Arthur—" he regretted deeply, "he seemed careful enough that Lan Maloch didn't seem to have seen his real face, and the only few times they communicated were through emails. I looked it up based on the email address, and it was a fake base station, worthless."
Shen Qiong frowned, her assassin's intuition told him that this mysterious Mordred was probably the Templar she had met twice before, she didn't think an ordinary Templar could play tricks on her, or twice.
In addition, she was very concerned about the black cross embroidered on the sleeve that was exposed after he killed the bar owner when she first met the Templar.
The symbol of the Templars should be a red cross.What exactly does the black cross represent?Could it be that in the long years, just like the Templars and the Holy See cooperated to obtain the status of "Paladins" in the past, did the Templars annex other organizations in the later years?
Is this organization the "religion" to which the "Twelve Knights of the Round Table" belonged?
Shen Qiong found that the situation in North America was more complicated than she thought.
The Brotherhood is gone, and the composition of the Templars does not seem to be simple.The knight commander named "Mordred" is even more mysterious. For the first time, she has doubts about herself-can she really track down the whereabouts of the Pieces of Eden with her own strength?
However, when her eyes fell on Tony, those scruples were quickly dispelled.
No, she is not alone.
Shen Qiong asked: "Do you know about the 'religion' mentioned by Lamalot?"
Tony frowned and recalled for a long time, his fingers tapped the table irregularly, and it took a long while before he said, "I'm not sure."
Shen Qiong: "?"
Tony glanced at Shen Qiong, stretched out his foot, and transferred himself to another computer. His fingers quickly tapped on the virtual keyboard, and a large amount of data quickly appeared in the air like snowflakes, layer upon layer, almost To bury Shen Qiong.
Shen Qiong looked dazedly at the pile of picture and video materials in front of her, thinking that she should start with the most recent materials first.
—and she saw the werewolf.
Tony Stark said in a serious voice: "In the Middle Ages, people were superstitious about vampires and witches, and even launched barbaric actions such as digging up graves, cremating corpses, burning corpses, and burning witches. But there are also voices saying that these magical creatures do exist in our world. biology."
"Such as mutants—a group of people with supernatural powers that has been widely recognized now, they are considered by the academic circles to be the true face of werewolves, vampires, and witches."
"Thousands of years have passed since the battle between humans and these creatures. The Templars obviously focused on assassins, but never paid attention to these. The Exorcism Holy Order was born against this background."
"They use the black cross as the symbol, use the legendary Holy Grail to extend their lives and strengthen their bodies, and form twelve knights of the round table to fight against dark creatures—from thousands of years until now."
An ominous premonition floated in Shen Qiong's heart: "You mean..."
"The maintenance of any organization needs financial support. Now people don't believe in werewolves and vampires, and the decline of the order is inevitable." Tony Stark changed the subject, "But you think the Templars will let go The church of the 'Holy Grail'? You must know that the 'Holy Grail' is full of the taste of 'Pieces of Eden'."
Shen Qiong affirmed: "So you suspect that the Templars have merged with the sect."
"It's just a guess, I have no evidence." Tony tapped the table faster, "At least at that press conference, I didn't see the Holy Grail, nor did I see the logo of the sect."
"It's nothing, according to your guess, even if the Templars merged with the order - after all, their mission has been to kill since ancient times - even if they are annexed, I am afraid that they can only continue to be used as blades by the Templars in the dark. "
Shen Qiong was thoughtful: "This can also explain why Mordred can't get the North American branch after removing the Assassins."
"If he was born as a Knight of the Order of the Twelve Round Table——in terms of status, he is not as good as Lan Maloch."
If Mordred was really a member of the order, it would explain why he let her go twice.
It is the Templars who are the enemies of the Assassins, not the Knights of the Round Table from the order.
"But if that guess turns out to be true—" Tony peered at her closely, "you're not just dealing with Templars."
"There is also the Holy Grail, and the holy grail's output, which can greatly prolong a person's lifespan and strengthen the mysterious black water of the individual's body."
"These two enemies, no matter which one they are, are enough to make people daunting, but what you are going to face is two parallel groups."
Tony Stark's evaluation was very sharp. When Shen Qiong knew that the Templars might be more terrifying and powerful than the materials she had read, a cold emotion also appeared in her mind.But this coldness was quickly washed away by her warm blood.She turned her head to look at Tony, and said softly, "But you don't need an assassin who wants to back down."
Tony Stark was silent, he opened his mouth, and wanted to say, "I didn't expect that there was an exorcist Holy Order among the Templars. If you want to give up, I think it's a wise choice not to do it." But he didn't even Before he could utter any letters, Shen Qiong had already answered for him.
Shen Qiong said: "And I will not back down."
The young assassin carefully considered the pros and cons of winning, and finally smiled at Tony: "Life is short, you have to give it a go, and you won't regret it later."
"I thought, am I not alone?"
Tony took a deep look at her, and then said: "I will sort out Bernard's information for you. If you want to continue to pursue news about the Exorcist Order and the Templars, I think Bernard has enough information. clues."
"Judging from Lanmaloch's attitude, Bernard's status in the organization is not low, and he is probably a great mentor or something." Tony didn't care much, "Anyway, do you believe in God?"
Shen Qiong froze for a while before replying: "I believe in Marxism-Leninism."
Tony Stark: "???"
He pointed to himself: "You said this in front of capitalists?"
Shen Qiong had an aggrieved face: "You asked me what I believe in."
Tony wanted to say that what I was asking was whether you believe in God or not.But there is no need to talk to her anymore at this time, Tony decided to put it more simply: "It's not easy to catch Bernard, although he doesn't hide, he is very eye-catching-this is another sense It's hard to get started."
"I suggest you observe him for a while first, so as to confirm whether we have found the right person."
Shen Qiong nodded: "What you said makes sense, it seems that you have a solution?"
Tony hooked his lips and smiled: "Of course, who do you think I am?"
He looked Shen Qiong up and down, nodded and said: "Your appearance doesn't seem to be a big problem, and donating a building should be able to squeeze you in."
Shen Qiong was very confused: "Where is it going?"
"Harvard Divinity School." Tony was very perfunctory. After a while, he narrowed his eyes and stared at Shen Qiong as if remembering something, and said, "You should know how to be a student, right?"
Shen Qiong: "..."
She's going manic!
Be reasonable!Looking for information about Lan Mallouk to stay at the Xavier Talent School, and now looking for information about Bernard to go to school again! ?
However, in the end she just nodded in humiliation: "Yes."
Isn't it just drinking, clubbing and falling in love?It's like who doesn't know how to go to college.
Shen Qiong snorted.
"Oh, by the way, if you want to go to school, you may have to help me with one thing first."
"What else?"
Shen Qiong said innocently: "I'm here on a tourist visa, which only lasts for one month, and it's about to expire. If you don't change my visa for me, I'm afraid black households won't be allowed to go to school, right?"
Tony: "..."
He couldn't believe it: "You are an assassin, but you are actually a criminal?"
Shen Qiong spoke plausibly: "Who told you that assassins can no longer be criminals?"
Tony found that what the other party said had some truth, and he thought he was probably crazy.
Jarvis said at the right time: "Sir, I think Agent Coulson can help Miss Frye solve this problem."
"I don't want to owe S.H.I.E.L.D.!" Tony gritted his teeth, "Using money to manage the embassy and changing a student visa is nothing more than a big deal."
Shen Qiong rested her chin and watched Tony talking to his AI butler, and suddenly the corners of her mouth curled up.
She really doesn't feel scared.Because she knew Tony Stark would help her, they were grasshoppers on a rope.
The feeling of having a companion turned out to be like this—Shen Qiong suddenly understood the meaning of Charles Xavier's hope that she would restrain her killing heart and see the world from a more peaceful perspective.
If she had killed Tony Stark—she would have destroyed her most reliable ally, and the future of the Brotherhood.
As Charles said, she will regret it for the rest of her life.
·
"Swords don't need to think, but people do." The assassin stroked Shen Qiong's soft head, and said to her meaningfully, "Assassins are people first, and then assassins. Don't understand? It's okay, it's been a long time, You'll see what I mean."
At this moment, Shen Qiong finally understood what Henry Fry wanted to tell her.
Your sword should only be drawn for what you believe in.
Assassins are not killers.
But before that...
Shen Qiong suddenly said: "By the way, actually I have a third thing to ask you."
Tony was getting used to it, he didn't respond and asked, "What is it? Lack of money or lack of equipment?"
If it wasn't for the inappropriate occasion, Shen Qiong would have wanted to praise Tony, "You really understand me".She coughed lightly, and took out the steel armor Tony had stuffed in the travel bag and hidden under the buffet table on the second floor from her bag.
She put on the Hidden Blade again, moved her fingers, and the lightsaber suddenly came out of its sheath.She pursed her lips and said in distaste: "Well, can the light be dimmed, it's too bright."
The veins on Tony's majestic forehead twitched: "Do you want the speed of plasma light without light?"
"No, I'm used to the temperature of metal." Shen Qiong fiddled with the new Hidden Blade, "I'm not used to the energy beam, it's too bright, and it's too easy to expose myself."
She tactfully said: "You know, in our business, it's best not to attract the attention of others."
——Then why didn't you think of keeping a low profile when you jumped off the stairs?
Tony Stark stared at Shen Qiong, looked at his disliked weapon, finally lifted his lips, and commented: "The ignorant."
Shen Qiong said unhappily: "You took the light bulb to assassinate?"
Tony Stark: "..."
Tony said angrily: "The lightsaber is the most powerful, have you never seen Star Wars? Do you know how much effort I have wasted to install this thing for you?"
Shen Qiong said frankly: "I only know that you installed a [-]-watt lamp for me."
Tony: "...are you an old antique who lived in the last century?"
"Thank you for your evaluation. I just found out that I have an uncle who is a survivor of the last century." Shen Qiong passed by and straightened her face, "Mr. Stark, this is my request to you. You have suitable metals here that can Help me forge a Hidden Blade as sharp as a plasma beam?"
Tony was very indifferent: "There is no such metal element."
Shen Qiong: "..."
Tony squinted his eyes and sneered: "But I still have a lot of materials to cut iron and steel." He paused, but still couldn't help mocking, "Anyway, for a medieval resident who is obsessed with cold weapons like you , this is enough, right?"
The issue of weapons can be resolved, Shen Qiong pretends that she has not heard anything.
Treat your technicians with generosity and gentleness, and show all the gentlemanly demeanor.
This is the family motto of the Fry family.
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Steve Rogers turned down Natasha.
Captain America said seriously: "You know Natasha, I fought side by side with Henry, so I can't make any decisions for his daughter."
"You may know the League of Assassins better than I do, but I must know the Assassins better than you."
In Steve Rogers' memory, the young Henry Frye stood on the watchtower filled with cold wind with a straight face. He could always easily judge the enemy's direction. The bayonet in his hand was even more terrifying to the enemy than bullets. .This young man was wearing a white robe, with bright red ribbons fluttering in the Siberian cold wind—as if he would transform into an eagle at any moment and kill the enemies completely.
And Steve saw the same shadow of an eagle from Shen Qiong's body.
"They yearn for freedom and advocate freedom. Rights can never impress them. They pursue the cheapest and most expensive things in the world." Steve sighed, "Believe me, even if Joan is willing to cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. It is definitely not the kind of 'cooperation' you want."
"At least she won't follow your orders."
Natasha said cunningly: "How do you know what kind of 'cooperation' I want? You should at least let us meet."
Steve Rogers was not good at dealing with agents like Natasha Romanoff, so he could only compromise.
So when Shen Qiong and Tony Stark finally reached an agreement on the issue of "whether to pay $[-] or $[-] to replace the weapon", after returning home, what they saw was sitting in the living room as if Natasha watching the TV show.
Shen Qiong felt familiar, she searched her memory, and she was surprised: "A beautiful sister who can dance!"
When Natasha heard this, her kind smile was almost unstoppable, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.
Shen Qiong's appearance made her remember deeply, and it was not so easy to forget, so she raised an eyebrow at Shen Qiong, and replied: "Tony's girlfriend?"
"I'm not, Stark and I are partners." Shen Qiong explained, although her intuition told him that Natasha hadn't misunderstood, she said calmly: "As Mr. Stark's Secretary, I don't think you came to see me?"
Steve shook his hand holding the teacup and almost spilled lemonade. He looked at Shen Qiong in confusion, then at Natasha, and asked uncertainly, "You guys know each other? And it's related to Tony Stark? "
Shen Qiong said: "Uh... no, actually I ran into them when I was buying juice."
This lie is not clever, but because the eyes of the liar are clear, and the words are forceful—even if the black widow cannot be fooled, it is enough to prevaricate Captain America who feels guilty for her.
At least in front of Natasha, Steve couldn't ask: "Will Natasha and Stark go to the juice shop?" Such an overly aggressive question.
He was also nervous about what Natasha was about to say.
Steve said: "Joan, this is my friend, she has something to discuss with you."
Shen Qiong took the water handed by the young man, sat down opposite Natasha, and expressed respect for Steve's request.Maybe it was because she sensed a restrained but still very strong aura from the woman, her expression became a little dignified, waiting for the other party to speak.
"I'm coming for Joan Fry."
The female agent on the other side of the sofa bit the syllable of "Fry".
Shen Qiong went straight to the point: "Who does it represent? Mr. Stark is still the one who was going to treat him?"
Natasha appreciated the assassin's sensitivity, so she said very simply: "On behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D."
A few hours ago, Shen Qiong just heard about this organization from the discussion between Jarvis and Tony Stark. This government agency that Tony called extremely "arrogant", "arrogant" and "misjudgment", these evaluations alone are enough proves its success to some extent.
——Success that can make Iron Man admit his defeat.
So Shen Qiong nodded, expressing that she accepted this identity.
Natasha smiled, and said: "SHIELD used to be a supporter of the Brotherhood. You think that since you have friendship with Tony, you know about Howard Stark funding the Brotherhood. But you must not You know, Howard Stark is one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D., which is why S.H.I.E.L.D. has a good relationship with the Brotherhood."
Shen Qiong was a little indifferent when she heard this, she said: "But when the brotherhood disappeared, you didn't stand up."
"SHIELD is a government agency." Natasha retorted cleverly, "You know, there are many things we can't do according to our own ideas, that's why we funded the Brotherhood."
Shen Qiong didn't want to talk too much on such a topic, so she asked directly: "What does S.H.I.E.L.D. want from me?"
"Cooperation." Natasha said, "SHIELD does not want the Templars to become big, we are willing to help you rebuild the Brotherhood."
There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and Shen Qiong is well aware of this.So she asked, "What's the condition?"
"There is a piece of Eden lost by S.H.I.E.L.D. We hope you can help us find it."
"Only this one?"
"Only need this one."
Shen Qiong fell into silence. She was also looking for the Pieces of Eden herself, but she didn't need the ownership of the Pieces of Eden. in relief.Working with S.H.I.E.L.D. is in her favor and not in any way detrimental.
It is precisely because it is harmless that Shen Qiong feels suspicious.
"It looks tailor-made for me."
"No, I gave up a lot of conditions after meeting you." Natasha took a sip of the lemonade Steve made, her bright red hair made her smile look even more eye-catching, "Fry Miss, for you, I will waste at least an hour of talking when I go back to persuade those congressmen who want to directly control the Brotherhood."
Shen Qiong weighed Natasha's eloquence and asked in confusion, "It takes an hour?"
"Okay, 10 minutes." Natasha shrugged, "But you have to know, I originally planned to indirectly force you to accept the conditions of the 'Command Brotherhood of S.H.I.E.L.D. Judging from the results of the conversation, this condition is difficult to achieve.”
She smiled and said, "You have a good uncle, he persuaded me to give up."
Shen Qiong glanced at Steve quickly, then looked back at Natasha, and said slowly: "You didn't tell the truth, I can't see the sincerity."
Natasha Romanov's life is full of lies and truth handovers, and she herself is used to this way of life, and her half-truth and half-false way of speaking even helped her hide from Tony Stark's eyes.She will choose to say such a reason. On the one hand, she is really concerned about the maintenance of Shen Qiong by the US team, but on the other hand, it is more to help Captain America further ease the relationship between Shen Qiong and him under the established situation. The more Shen Qiong trusts Captain America, the more beneficial it is for S.H.I.E.L.D.
Captain America was always S.H.I.E.L.D.'s super soldier.
But she didn't expect that Shen Qiong was so sensitive.
Is this the assassin's intuition, or does it belong to Joan Frye's ability?
She couldn't help but look at Shen Qiong a few more times, her eyes only fixed on her young face.
"Has anyone ever told you about the color of your eyes?"
Shen Qiong touched her pupils subconsciously: "Is there any? I think green eyes are quite common." Master Worthington also has green eyes?
She asked suspiciously, "You did this because of the color of my eyes?"
Natasha smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Because you look a lot like a friend of mine."
"And I owe him my life."
After sending Natasha Romanoff away, Steve Rogers felt he needed to have a talk with Shen Qiong.
He took out the cake he bought for her from the refrigerator, and after watching her start happily, he asked, "Do you know Sean Worthington?"
Shen Qiong thought about it when she heard the name, and shook her head, but she asked out of politeness: "Who is that?"
"Natasha said that friend who looks a bit like you."
Steve explained casually: "Their family died in the line of duty because of the Pieces of Eden."
Shen Qiong paused slightly while holding the spoon in her mouth, and then she said: "Really? But although I don't know Sean Worthington, I know Warren Kenneth Worthington. Are they related?"
"Probably not..." Steve thought for a while, "The former is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the latter is a billionaire. It should just be a coincidence of surnames. Worthington's surname is not a habit."
Shen Qiong nodded and continued to eat her own cake.
Seeing the carefree appearance of the girl opposite him, Steve hesitated a few times before asking, "When Henry entrusted you to me, did he mention your biological parents..."
Shen Qiong's mouth was full of cakes, she could only raise her head, and use the particle words to vaguely indicate that she was listening: "Huh?"
"The death of your parents seems to be related to the Pieces of Eden. Natasha told me that Agent Worthington's family happened 18 years ago in a small town in the east. Is it possible, or you Hearing this, do you feel—" Captain America is not very good at comforting others, "The Worthington family is likely to be related to your parents, or—"
"This year, unless their children were born when they died, it's impossible. Besides, so many people died for the Pieces of Eden, do you think the only ones buried in different places are the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Shen Qiong put it aside With a clean plate, he was obviously smiling, but there was a bit of sarcasm in his eyes: "The whole fraternity is gone."
Shen Qiong looked at Steve and asked, "Is their child just born?"
Steve was dumbfounded, and said for a while, "No, it's five years old."
Shen Qiong nodded: "Thank you for your kindness uncle, but I am not here to know 'who I am', but to 'I want to find a piece of Eden'."
After she finished speaking, she went to open the refrigerator door.
Steve originally felt a little sorry that he might have accidentally poked the wound in Shen Qiong's heart about his parents.But as soon as she tried to take out the whole remaining cake and eat it, the regret disappeared, and he even had to stop it.
"Joan Fry! Snacks can't be regarded as meals! There is only one piece a day, and then you should go back to your room to rest, and wait for dinner obediently!"
Under pressure, Shen Qiong clicked her tongue and put the cake back unwillingly.
Back at the house, she dialed her cell phone.
After coming to North America for more than a month, she finally has two more contacts.
Shen Qiong's fingers hesitated for a long time on "Worthington" and "Charles", but finally scrupled on the surname and slid towards Charles Xavier.
The fingertips stopped on the name for a long time, until the lit screen went black again, the assassin's fingertips had already stopped in the air, as if they were frozen.
Shen Qiong stared at her finger, as if she wanted to press it down, but in the end she just threw the phone away angrily, and sighed almost silently.
——At this moment, the cell phone, which had already been dark, suddenly vibrated.
Shen Qiong subconsciously grabbed the phone and glanced at the screen. The caller was Charles Xavier.
The moment she saw the name, Shen Qiong almost had to cover her head reflexively!
Is he brain me again!How could I know that I wanted to call him again just now!
Although she thought so in a panic, Shen Qiong's reason told her that Charles Xavier would not do this.He's not that boring.
After the phone rang for 15 seconds, Shen Qiong answered hesitantly.
Her lazy hello was not over yet, and Charles' "Hello" came from the other side of the phone at the same time.
The questioning of the two collided, and then fell into silence at the same time.
Shen Qiong hugged the pillow and crossed her legs. After waiting for a long time, she didn't see the other party talking, so she had to look at the phone strangely, and after confirming the status was still on the phone, she asked, "What's the matter?"
Charles Xavier didn't know how to answer for a while.
When he was checking the call records, he accidentally turned to the contact page, saw "Shen Qiong" on the page, and dialed the phone subconsciously.
But of course he couldn't tell his students that, so Professor Xavier coughed and said seriously, "I saw the news."
Shen Qiong: "Which one?"
"The news of Lan Mallock's death." Charles paused, "I think you should have succeeded. Did you get what you wanted?"
"No." Shen Qiong said, "I have limited mastery of the chess pieces on the surface, and I have to find the next one."
Charles' voice sounded peaceful and gentle, and Shen Qiong could imagine him sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office on the second floor, holding a mobile phone in one hand, and staring at the sunset with blue eyes at the moment, which was stained with red stratus clouds, almost without thinking.
Thinking about those eyes, Shen Qiong added subconsciously for some reason: "Lan Maloch deserved what he deserved. There are a lot of evidence of his crimes in his mobile phone. I have already asked my friend to hand over all these to the police station. He forced fraud and died. Those lands that came here will be returned to their real owners."
Shen Qiong heard Charles' laughter, and he said, "'My friend', this is the best news I heard today."
Charles Xavier asked: "Do I know your new friend?"
"I know. You still advised me not to kill him. Speaking of this, I really want to thank you professor." Shen Qiong said solemnly, "You are right, reckless actions are absolutely not allowed, even assassins should have mercy heart of."
Charles was indeed a little confused: "I stopped?"
Shen Qiong affirmed: "Yes, the first time we met, didn't you tell me not to kill Tony Stark?"
Charles: "..."
Charles took a deep breath: "Joan, I think it may be too early for you to be friends with Mr. Stark."
"Huh? Really? I think it's okay, he's a good guy." Miss Assassin handed out a good guy card without hesitation.
"Since ancient times, assassins who violated the creed have had no good results." Shen Qiong hesitated, but she still mustered up her courage and said, "Thank you for stopping me at that time."
"It's not me that stopped you, but your heart." Charles said softly, "If my tough behavior at the beginning really brought you any benefits, it probably only gave you time to see your heart clearly."
Shen Qiong thought about it for a long time, and said angrily: "I don't understand, why don't we just accept the thanks?"
Charles laughed: "Well, thank you for thanking me."
The corners of Shen Qiong's mouth turned up a little, her eyes stayed on the water glass that Natasha had held up in the living room, and her smile stagnated slightly.
After a long time, she asked, "Professor, do you want to do psychological counseling?"
Charles was stunned: "...I have a doctorate in psychology."
"Very good." Shen Qiong held the phone and said, "Are you accepting psychological counseling?"
Shen Qiong jumped out of the house and sat on the roof of the 20-storey apartment building to vomit bitterness to her teacher.
When hearing "No, there are five years old" from Steve Rogers' words, Shen Qiongyuan was far from the calmness she showed.Instead, she could barely hold the spoon steady at the time.
Henry told her that her parents likely died 18 years ago because of the Pieces of Eden.At that time, she was detected to be about five years old.
A coincidence is a coincidence, and when coincidences follow, we call it fate.
Warren Kenneth Worthington's missing young uncle, Agent Sean Worthington of S.H.I.E.L.D., her parents who died because of the Pieces of Eden, and the green eyes they gave her.
"I lied to my uncle about my age because I didn't want to look into it."
Shen Qiong's voice sounded even a little indifferent: "If it's really a coincidence, it's just an empty joy. If it's not a coincidence, and I'm proven to be Elizabeth Worthington, so what?"
"Put a layer of 'revenge' on my actions, and then force my parents' 'hope' to join S.H.I.E.L.D., or simply sell them the legacy of the assassin?"
"Maybe I was thinking too darkly, but I died 18 years ago, and I am alive now because of Henry."
"What Henry wants is definitely not Elizabeth Worthington."
Shen Qiong poured out all the suspicions, fears and fears since she met Natasha at once, her eyes were even a little red, and she said stiffly: "I don't want to know who my parents are, and I don't want to know where I come from."
"Henry is enough for me."
Shen Qiong calmed down for a long time, and Charles Xavier kept listening quietly without saying a word.
She was dissatisfied and said, "What about your answer? I'm done talking, don't you want to say something?"
Charles asked, "Who are you?"
Shen Qiong didn't react for a while.
Charles asked again: "Who are you?"
Only then did Shen Qiong come to her senses, and she said in a deep voice, "I'm Shen Qiong."
"You already have the answer yourself, root
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