Chapter XXIII Mr. Minister of Energy

"Are you kidding? S.H.I.E.L.D. has someone to keep me safe? ”

Looking at the blonde beauty who came to the Avengers Tower in New York with Harpy Hogan to pick her up and Pepper to the airport, Belle felt that there must be a conspiracy here.

"It can also be seen as a way to ensure that in most cases, you don't have to use your own abilities to keep others safe." The blonde beauty smiled and held out her hand, "Hello, I'm Sharon Carter." ”

With a smile on her face, Belle shook Sharon's hand, and decided that this was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fake public interest and helping Captain America find a girlfriend. It's just that the black technology pearl necklace that Tony gave her was already on her neck, and she didn't get any interesting news through this handshake.

Tony didn't hide anything from the fact that he had taken a tube of Belle's blood, and he really didn't get anything out of that blood. However, through the information provided by Doctor Strange, he made the assumption that the technology developed for the gem on Vision's forehead and Wanda Maximov's psychic abilities would be as effective as Belle. As it turns out, Iron Man, who represents Marvel's most advanced productivity, guessed right again.

"Your Tony is amazing." Belle whispered to Pepper.

On the way to the airport, the four of them chatted with Sharon, and Belle got a rough idea of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attitude towards her. After all, in the previous actions against the McConville family, she openly exposed her ability to secretly infiltrate and manipulate thoughts in front of the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D., and if S.H.I.E.L.D. put her on the first-level watch list, it would not be easy for her to live in the future.

However, relying on Captain America and Iron Man as a guarantor, Belle currently lives in the Avengers Building, and the great Tony has developed key props for Belle's abilities, plus S.H.I.E.L.D. is indeed short of manpower, so at present, S.H.I.E.L.D. does not take this French girl too seriously.

This was good news, allowing her to get along with the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent without any scruples. After relaxing, she has begun to imagine what the inner world of the American spiritual icon will be like after two generations of agent Carter fell in love with Captain America.

She also regretted that Vanessa couldn't come together, otherwise this car would have gathered the official girlfriends of Iron Man, Captain America and Deadpool, the three big-name Marvel characters. Their men got together and made a combination called the Avengers, so these heroes have to worry about the heroes in the process of saving the world There is a combination of three long and two short girls, so they might as well be called desperate housewives.

By the time the group arrived at the airport, Tony, Captain Rogers, and Peter were already waiting for them on a private jet.

I have to say that this group of people are all good at assisting, and everyone is very tacitly sitting in the back of the cabin, leaving enough privacy space for the two separate seats in the front row. Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter sat down after a look of affection that even Peter could tell.

Not long after takeoff, there was a strange silence on the plane.

"Shall we play a game of periodic table solitaire?" Peter proposed, "How about I name an element, and then the next person needs to name a new element, the first letter of which is the last letter of the element I say?" ”

Tony, Pepper, and Harpy all looked at him with a retarded look, thinking "This kid shouldn't have been beaten up by Captain America in training?"

"The design of this game is not very reasonable," Belle thought for a moment, and then said, "Of the 118 elements confirmed to be found so far, there are 83 elements ending in 'm', but only seven of them start with 'm'. Would it be better to change it to the name of the Elemental Discoverer? ”

"That's right," Peter patted his head, "good idea, you can get started." ”

β€œMadam Curie。” Belle said without thinking. (Marie Curie, polonium and radium were discovered)

"Ah, e, the easiest is the hardest." Peter frowned, thought about it for a moment, and said, "The first thing that comes to my mind is Eugene-Antole Demarcay, but it's too boring, because there is no finder starting with y, so to take care of your emotions, I'll say Edwin M. McMillian." (The former discovered europium, the latter discovered neptunium)

The two of them just had a good time.

After a few seconds, Harpy was the first to lose his eyes and pretended to go to the bathroom. Pepper whispers to Tony to sit in a different position, while glad Tony isn't a nerd.

"Remember to remind me to introduce these two weirdos to Fitz and Simmons at S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tony said, "or it's easy for people like them to lose friends." ”

New York is not far from Washington, and it only takes 80 minutes for a civilian airliner to fly, and Tony's private jet is not used for an hour. However, this little time is like a century for Harpy.

Captain America and Agent Carter have been chatting awkwardly, exchanging the development and evolution of American society from World War II to the present. Pepper unilaterally lectured Tony carefully and patiently, telling him to restrain his bastard air a little and not to do anything out of the ordinary in Washington. What is rare is that the sharp-tongued Tony is completely powerless to refute, and Pepper can shut him up with a single look. Peter and Belle were tired of playing the Chemical Element Discoverer Solitaire game in less than five minutes (which was no fun in the first place), followed by a seven-card twenty-four, a combination of English, French, and Spanish Scrabble, and so on.

Happi was the only one who had been hiding in his phone and scrolling Twitter, retweeting more than a dozen tweets with the central idea of "being kind to singles". At the same time, he completely ignores the fact that only Tony and Pepper are in a real relationship on the entire plane, and everyone else, including the pilot, is single.

Anyway, the moment the cabin door opened, Harpy couldn't wait to rush off the plane, and very recklessly bumped into the Minister of Energy Louis Williams, who came to greet them, although the latter was also considered to be in good health, but Harpy himself was very considerable, and he was quite fast at the time, which directly knocked Minister Williams out.

"Minister Williams!"

Harpy was shocked and hurriedly picked up poor Williams.

Williams is young and strong, and this is really nothing to him at this moment. In addition, as the Minister of Energy, he has a very close relationship with the Stark Group, which holds the Ark Reactor technology, and he is also an acquaintance with Harpy, so he didn't care, but said mockingly: "Looking at your momentum just now, I thought it was Hulk coming, and it scared me to death." ”

After Harpy, the rest of the people also got off the plane in turn, and after hearing about the accident, Tony threatened to fire him for the 2333rd time.

"Oh, that's not going to work, Tony," Williams excused Harpy, "and besides him, do you expect to find another man so reliable who can put up with you bastard?" ”

Tony Stark is by no means someone who won't talk back after being complained about.

"Seeing that you were sent to pick me up at the airport, it seems that you didn't mess around well with the president," Tony said, hugging Williams, "If the president fires your squid one day, come and be my driver." How much do you get paid now? I'll give you double when the time comes. ”

After greeting Tony, Williams put away his playful appearance, straightened his clothes, walked up to Captain America, and shook his hand vigorously.

"It's an honor to meet you, Captain, you've always been my idol."

Captain America has heard this sentence countless times, but he responds very seriously every time and returns it with a sincere smile.

Then, Williams hugged Pepper again and whispered in her ear, "Do me a favor, don't let Tony talk nonsense in front of the president at the prom, please." ”

The rest of the people weren't familiar faces, so Pepper took the initiative to introduce them.

"Sharon Carter, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, is in charge of keeping us safe."

Williams shook her hand, then smiled and said, "Keeping Iron Man and Captain America safe?" It's a good job, like the commander of the Mongolian Navy. ”

"These two are Peter Parker and Belle de Taifler-Pique, selected from Stark Group's Young Talent Development Program."

Peter politely held out his hand, and as a result, Williams gave him a warm hug directly.

"Peter, I saw you when you were a baby, and your parents were my friends. You're so good now, and you live up to them. ”

Peter paused for a moment, forgetting to say thank you.

Williams didn't mind either, and looked at Belle with a very complicated look in his eyes.

"You inherited your father's surname, but I must say that you look more like your mother."

This time, not only Peter was stunned, but everyone was stunned. Neither S.H.I.E.L.D. NOR THE AVENGERS have been able to find anyone related to Belle, and apart from the two very ordinary guardians, even Belle herself does not know that her parents have other acquaintances or friends. I didn't expect one to pop up here.

"Do you know her parents?" Tony Stark asked in surprise.

"We have a relationship similar to that of a pen pal, and I've only met them once, shortly after you were born."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Belle again.

"The communication with your parents almost changed my perception of the world and made me start to doubt the authenticity of science and knowledge, and I always doubted myself and everything during that time. Unexpectedly, this skeptical attitude helped me find a foothold in Washington, after all, the most suspicious people in the world are the people in Congress and the White House. ”

Everyone didn't speak, just looked at Williams quietly.

"Let's all get in the car, I've booked a place in the restaurant, we can talk while eating."