After driving for a while, John Wick finally arrived at 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens.
"Boss, it looks like S.H.I.E.L.D. has brought quite a few things for the trade," John Wick said, observing the five vehicles parked in front of the agency from a distance.
Charles glanced through the car window at the vehicles and nodded, saying, "Let's hope what they brought isn't just useless junk."
John Wick drove the car into the agency's garage.
As they entered the agency, all the staff greeted Charles with respect, placing their right hands over their chests and bowing slightly, saying, "Lord Charles!"
Charles nodded in response.
Walking towards the reception desk, Charles noticed Shisui Uchiha nearby and approached him. "When did you arrive?"
"Yesterday."
"Alright, after this, come back to the base with me. There are members of your clan there."
"Yes, Lord Charles."
Charles then continued towards the reception desk. Selene saw him and respectfully said, "Lord Charles!"
Charles nodded and asked, "Where is the guest?"
"Lord, Natasha is in the lounge area."
"Tell her to meet me in the conference room."
"Yes, Lord Charles!"
After speaking, Charles headed towards the conference room.
He opened the conference room door and looked around. It had been a long time since he had conducted business here. The last time was ages ago, with Phil Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D.
He wondered if Coulson had been resurrected; Tony had mentioned that Coulson had died and was quite upset about it for a while.
Charles pondered whether Tony would be angry with Nick Fury for the deception or happy that Coulson was alive—or maybe both—if he ever saw the resurrected Coulson.
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Meanwhile-
Natasha was drinking coffee and reading a magazine. She hadn't encountered any other visitors at the agency, unsure if it was due to poor business or high fees.
At that moment, a staff member approached Natasha and said, "Ma'am, Lord Charles has arrived. He is waiting for you in the conference room."
"Please follow me."
Natasha put down the magazine and followed the staff member to a door. The staff member knocked a few times, waited three seconds, then opened the conference room door.
Natasha saw Charles sitting on the sofa and walked in, each step emphasizing her body curves and beauty.
Charles interrupted her seductive act by saying, "Natasha, you're here to do business with me. Even if you want to spend the night, the price won't drop a bit."
Natasha sat on a single sofa next to Charles, laughing, "You really are a man who doesn't understand romance."
Charles inwardly retorted: It's not that I don't understand romance; I just have no interest in someone who's been used many times.
He remembered that Natasha had been intimate with many Avengers... with Barton, Captain America, Bruce Banner, and others.
Charles even heard that to extract information from Kabuto Yakushi, she has even had intimate relations with him.
Seeing that Charles Doyle was genuinely uninterested in her, Natasha wasted no more time and got straight to the point.
"I have a mission request and need to purchase some items."
Charles perked up at the mention of a mission. After all, there hadn't been much happening recently.
"What's the mission? Give me the details."
Natasha pulled out a tablet, opened a file, and handed it to Charles.
Charles tapped the video file, which displayed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents besieging Black Panther in Brooklyn.
Watching the footage, Charles frowned slightly. He didn't recall S.H.I.E.L.D. ever attacking Black Panther. Something must have happened that he was unaware of.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. hopes you can help us locate the target's base."
"This guy has killed hundreds of our agents. The number of deaths at his hands surpasses even Loki's."
Hearing Natasha's words, Charles was a bit surprised. Loki had killed around 80 people in two days, but Black Panther killing so many was unexpected.
What had happened?
Unbeknownst to Charles, Black Panther had been attacked twice while dealing with the Sand puppet shop.
"This is a superhuman; finding his base won't be easy."
Natasha then said, "We have a batch of personal items from the target's subordinates. Would that be useful to you?"
Charles shook his head and replied, "No, you misunderstand me. I meant this will cost extra!"
Natasha asked, "How about 50 energy blocks?"
Charles chuckled, "I didn't expect you still had energy blocks. That's a bit surprising."
"But 50 isn't enough."
Charles was well aware of Black Panther's hideout. His subordinates had recently attacked that country, bringing back a ton of vibranium for him.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. went up against Wakanda, it would be entertaining to watch. With Wakanda's vibranium and the support of the Panther god, S.H.I.E.L.D. wouldn't stand a chance.
"How much would it take for you to accept the mission?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D. agents can't die in vain; he must pay the price."
Hearing Natasha's serious tone, Charles almost laughed out loud. If it weren't for his years of training, he really might have.
"A hundred energy blocks will do."
Charles didn't set an exorbitant price. Typically, gathering intelligence on someone like Black Panther would cost about fifty energy blocks. He simply doubled it this time.
After considering it briefly, Natasha agreed.
"Let's go with that price."
Charles pressed a button on the table, and soon the conference room door opened.
Selene entered with a blank mission scroll, placed it on the table, and then left.
Charles quickly wrote on the blank scroll, detailing the mission and the agreed-upon reward, then handed it over to Natasha.
After Natasha signed her name on the scroll, she continued, "Besides the mission request, we also need to purchase some supplies."
"S.H.I.E.L.D. needs 5 doses of physical enhancement serum and 4 doses of Felix Felicis."
"The total cost should be 1,200 energy blocks. Adding the mission fee, it's 1,300 energy blocks. Is that correct?"
Hearing the quantity of supplies Natasha wanted to purchase, Charles suspected that this might be the last of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s energy block reserves.
"No problem, that's the price."
Satisfied with the unchanged price, Natasha nodded, "I'll have the energy blocks brought in now."
"Alright, it's a straightforward transaction."
Natasha pressed her earpiece and said, "Bring in all the energy blocks, I'm in the meeting room."
"Roger that!"
With Natasha's signal given, Charles waved his hand and produced five doses of the special physical enhancement serum and four doses of Felix Felicis from his storage space.
"Is there anything else you need?"
Natasha shook her head, "Not for now."
"If I need to purchase more in the future, how can I contact you? Visiting the Agency every time is quite difficult."
Charles took out a white card and snapped his fingers, making a line of gold-embossed text appear on it.
The Immortal god of Ninjas beyond this era,
Supreme Merlin of the Magical World
Charles Doyle
Contact Number: ********
"This is my card. Don't bother me unless you're buying something."
Impressed by Charles's display, Natasha exclaimed, "Wow, cool!"
She took the card and carefully put it in her pocket.
Soon, there was a knock on the meeting room door. It opened, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents walked in carrying thirteen boxes, placing them in front of Charles.
Natasha opened the boxes, revealing the neatly packed energy blocks, one hundred in each, totaling one thousand three hundred.
"One thousand three hundred energy blocks, everything is here."
Charles nodded, "Good, you can take your items."
"As for the mission, I'll have the results for you within a week."
Natasha stepped forward, emptied two boxes, and packed the five doses of the physical enhancement serum in one and the four doses of Felix Felicis in the other.
After packing everything, Natasha stood up to leave.
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