Timely Rescue

Meanwhile.

After breakfast, Amador, who had fallen asleep in bed for a morning nap, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.

Then she heard a woman's voice. "Can the people monitoring you hear sound?"

Amador looked toward the voice. The one speaking was Mei, who had already slipped into the room.

"No, but they'll use facial-recognition software to confirm you're a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent."

Mei looked calmly at Amador in front of her and said in an even voice, "Then I don't need to introduce myself."

Amador asked, "Did Coulson send you?"

"No."

"He feels sorry for you. I don't."

"I'm taking you back to S.H.I.E.L.D. You'll get a fair trial, and no one else will be hurt."

As she spoke, Mei walked toward Amador on the bed and reached the bedside.

Amador shook her head. "You don't know anything."

Mei said, "We know you're taking orders from someone."

Amador said calmly, "Then you should know that the moment they see you, only one of us walks out alive."

"They installed an automatic failsafe."

At that, Mei's expression turned a little grave, but she did not say anything more.

Amador continued, "If I don't kill you, they'll kill me."

Mei said calmly, "You should be lying in bed."

At that moment, Amador yanked a pistol out from under her pillow and was about to shoot Mei.

But Mei, known as The Cavalry, reacted even faster. She stepped forward and kicked the pistol out of Amador's hand.

Seeing the pistol get kicked away, Amador immediately lunged forward and grappled with Mei.

Although they were two women, as exceptionally skilled field agents, both of them had powerful combat techniques. For a while, they traded blows back and forth, neither able to gain the upper hand.

"Hah! Ha!"

But as time passed, Mei, known