Chapter 396: Hawkeye's Decision
Not long ago, the southwest branch of S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha was preparing for an attack on the Ten Rings with Hawkeye
"Natasha, I didn't expect you to find happiness in such a situation, haha, I really want to bless you"
Hawkeye said to Natasha with a smile as she wiped her bow and arrows.
Hearing Hawkeye's words, Natasha glanced at it, her eyes were very soft at this time, as if Hawkeye's words reminded her of something to be happy about
"You didn't expect a lot more than that, Barton, and even me, when Poppy and I, and you, the three of us attacked Dante together in Atlanta, I didn't expect us to be what we are today."
As she spoke, her eyes flashed with remembrance, and at that time, she had been beaten half to death by Dante with pure martial arts
That was the main reason why Dante made an impression on Natasha, because in such a long life, Natasha rarely saw anyone who could defeat her by martial arts alone.
"You're right, Natasha, I can't imagine that just a few months have passed, Dante has become as powerful as he is now, I didn't expect that the arrows I used to put on him can be called an honor now, haha, I almost turned the demon hunter into a hedgehog, can you believe it"
Barton added, laughing as he spoke, for he could not have forgotten the few brief encounters he had with Dante, and that his arrows had caused him a lot of trouble when they first met
But after a few months, with all due respect, he felt that his arrows might not be qualified to tickle Dante
Thinking like this, Barton picked up his longbow a little lonely, the cleaning of the bow had been done, he was holding the bow and looking at it carefully, he looked at it, and sharply pulled the bow and took aim
The strong bowstring was fully drawn by Barton, and his left hand was as steady as Mount Tai, and he had practiced this for more than two hours a day for decades
"Natasha, do you feel like the world has changed"
Suddenly, Barton, who was training, asked Natasha, who was adjusting the electric shocker on the side, and Barton's words made Natasha stunned, and she looked at Barton suspiciously
"Man, what's wrong with you, you never spoke when you were training with a bow, or did I work at Dante's house for more than half a month, and this time was actually so long that you were already old and began to think about it"
Natasha said, while looking at Barton on the training ground in the distance with concern, although Barton had his back to Natasha, but the tacit understanding from his comrades who had been fighting together for more than ten years made him feel Natasha's gaze
"Of course not"
He said without looking back.
"It's just that I'm a little tired, Natasha, I don't know what the point of me working like this is, no matter how hard I try, I will never be the opponent of those enemies, and those who are really strong, qualified to deal with them will never be me"
Barton said, his words were lonely and lonely, although his personality was recognized by S.H.I.E.L.D. as optimists, but when he got married, these thoughts and troubles finally found him.
"Whether it's Dante, or the devil, and many others, whether it's Lord Man, or Odin, I can't deal with them, because I'm definitely not their opponent, but even if it's an ordinary person, Natasha, even if it's a Jinji, a gangster from New York, I don't even have the qualifications to deal with it, and I may not even be able to beat Jinji's subordinates, that is, the mutant called Bullseye"
As Barton spoke, his words became more and more common, and he could see that these words had indeed been held in his heart for a long time
"I don't know what the point of a person like me is, I'm proud of my archery, but my archery skills don't even have the qualifications to make those people look at me, so I still have the qualifications to take on the responsibility I have now?"
"Ha, Barton, I can see that you're in menopause now, right, man"
As soon as Barton finished speaking, Natasha quickly replied that with her years of experience in psychology, Barton's current mentality is very bad, very bad
"What should I do if you think so, man, I should have married a long time ago and raised my children at home."
"That's different, Natasha, you know what I mean, I mean, I've got a family, I've got people and a couple of kids, but my job keeps them living in tension, I"
"You want to retire, Barton"
Just as Barton was in the middle of speaking, Natasha interrupted him, and after that, Natasha jumped to her feet and slowly walked to Hawkeye
"Patton, you can say these things to me, but you must not be heard by anyone else in S.H.I.E.L.D., such thoughts are dangerous in such an organization, you know"
"I know, but I don't really think I'm worth anything, I thought, if I apply seriously, maybe I can safely quit my job and go home to live with my daughter and sons, I'm not a competent superhero, but maybe I can be a competent father and husband"
As he spoke, he finished his bow training for the first time, folding his bow and inserting it into the card slot on his back.
"I'm just a mortal, you're right, people like me, S.H.I.E.L.D. won't be lacking, there are many agents here who are stronger than me, not to mention the god who imprisoned himself in the undersea prison"
"But that's not a reason for you to want to quit, if Nick knows what you think, he will distrust you because of this, and finally let you die on a battlefield that doesn't necessarily need you, but is dangerous enough, bastard, S.H.I.E.L.D. won't lack a ninth-level agent's pension, Patton, calm down"
As she spoke, Natasha grabbed Barton's collar violently, and she stared at Barton's eyes fiercely, and under Natasha's blazing eyes, Barton began to dodge for the first time
"Sorry"
He whispered as he dodged.
"I know, I know what you said, but I really want to quit, Natasha, we're friends, I need your help"
"Help"
Natasha laughed angrily instead
"Just when we were about to act, you actually wanted to quit, and you actually thought that I would help you, why do you think that"
"I need your help, Natasha, I'm serious about saying that I'm getting enough of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s faithless and senseless killings, Nick has preached our ideas to me more than once, but it seems to me that what I'm experiencing is completely different from what he said"
Barton said as he let go of Natasha's hand.
"Also, don't hold me, let's sit down and have a good talk, I haven't had a good rest for too long, I'm tired, both because of the non-stop fighting, and because of the lack of faith in these battles"
He explained to Natasha, and then he sat down in his chair, which was a training room that only high-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agents could use, and no one else would come in and disturb either Natasha and Hawkeye when they were training inside.
When Hawkeye sat down, Natasha easily saw Hawkeye's exhaustion, and looked at her old friend, Natasha suddenly regretted it
"If only I hadn't dragged you into this line of work, Barton, maybe you're really not fit here, your heart is softer than you and I thought"
Looking at Barton at this time, Natasha said in a low voice, and as soon as he finished speaking, Hawkeye laughed instead
"Haha, you remember that, right, I was in a circus at the time, and I was a clown who showed arrows, and I would always go for the apples on their heads or in their hands."
"That's right, haha, I remember that you always like to flirt with the people you play with, you like to put arrows next to them, you like to let your arrows stick to their skin, it will make them pee out with fear, I remember before you came to S.H.I.E.L.D., that female partner of yours was scared to pee once, your arrows even cut through her tight clothes and stuck to her armpits, she probably thought she was dead"
"Haha, that's right, I looked down on myself at that time, but now that I think about it, maybe I've always been a circus clown and it would be good, that kind of clown can at least make the audience laugh, but what I'm doing now is just laughing at the enemies I can't deal with at all."
He said helplessly, and then he smiled bitterly at Natasha, and this kind of Barton made Natasha silent, and after a long time, Natasha finally spoke.
"Barton, how do you need me to help you?"
"Ha, you've decided, in fact, you don't have to worry, I'm just talking, I'm just going to leave for the time being, but actually, I haven't made up my mind yet, maybe I can save some more money in S.H.I.E.L.D., right"
"Hey"
Natasha was upset with Barton's joke, and she patted Barton the shoulder.
"Seriously, Patton, we're down to business, what help you need, how can I help you, you're my best friend in S.H.I.E.L.D., I hope you get out of this quagmire safely"
Speaking of this, Natasha's eyes were sincere and serious, and looking at Natasha like this, Barton was moved in his heart.
"Well, Natasha, I'll tell you what I think, if I mean if, if you can persuade Dante to help me, I think he's qualified to shelter me, don't you think?"
"What"
As soon as Barton finished speaking, Natasha almost jumped
"What the hell are you thinking, Barton, are you going to turn against Nick Fury?"
"No, no, no, of course not, it's just"
Barton fell silent, he turned his head to look out the window, the sunset outside the window was as beautiful as ever, but the world under the sunset was completely different from before
"S.H.I.E.L.D. has changed"
Faced with such a sunset, Barton sighed and said, his expression was distant and desolate, and he silently raised his hand
"I don't know when it began, Natasha, the S.H.I.E.L.D. I know has changed, you've been doing your own missions all these years, of course you can't feel the change in this agency, but I can, I've always been fighting with ordinary agents, I can see those damn things"
He said, and at this time, he even gritted his teeth.
"When I first joined here, you and I both knew that S.H.I.E.L.D. was completely different from now, Natasha, we were far less domineering back then, in recent years, I have participated in too many massacres of mutants and Inhumans by S.H.I.E.L.D., I have experienced too many wars created by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s reckless fight against evil, I have seen S.H.I.E.L.D. forcibly seize too many so-called dangerous items, and even, I have seen them hunt down a father holding a little girl, just because the father's child is the so-called dangerous goods in their mouths”
"Bang"
With that, Barton slapped the table violently
"I don't know when we became like this, I don't know about that, but I can feel as if there is a big hand constantly moving us, our behavior is becoming more and more presumptuous, our functions are becoming more and more complex, and our attitude is becoming more and more domineering"
He stood up excitedly, and then he looked at Natasha seriously
"Anyway, Natasha, you've found the right one now, and you're qualified to ignore S.H.I.E.L.D. to a certain extent, so leave like this, my friend, this is no longer the S.H.I.E.L.D. you know, God knows when we became what we are now, but I really can't accept the current job"
"Then leave, after this operation, Barton, I will ask Dante for help, and I think Dante will agree, he appreciates your archery"
Looking at Barton, who was becoming more and more disappointed with S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha finally decided to help, because she knew that it was difficult for Barton with such a mentality to continue to live in S.H.I.E.L.D., even if others didn't know his mentality, his mentality would make him die in the mission
After getting Natasha's affirmation, Barton let out a long sigh.
"So I'm relieved, Natasha, I hope my good luck in the past few decades can last after this mission, this time the enemy is really troublesome, Lord Man is an old guy who has been lurking in the world for nearly eighty years, such a guy may have some kind of hole cards, I wish we can come back and drink together"
"That's right, I wish we could come back and drink together"
Natasha laughed heartily, and she high-fived Barton before she continued
"And after that, I'm going to investigate what you're saying, if any black hand really can reach into S.H.I.E.L.D., it's so terrible that I can't imagine what the consequences will be"
"Let's go together, whether I can retire as I wish or not, I have lived here for a long time, this is half of my home, and when this battle is over, I want to check the changes in S.H.I.E.L.D., I can guarantee that the current S.H.I.E.L.D. has really changed too much from the past"
"That's right, together, maybe we can ask Dante for help, he has a lot of great friends, like Wolverine, and Ghost Rider, and of course, Constantine, that's a bastard, but he's also a bastard with some skills."
"Of course, we won't refuse that help, and I think we can still get in touch with the captain, and I think he'll join us as long as the captain is half as good as he is in the comics."
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