Keep the Lies Coming

Looking at Coulson in front of her, Charlotte smiled and asked, "What do you want to know?"

Seeing that Charlotte was showing signs of cooperating, Coulson took out a notebook and began to write, "Mr. Charlotte, could you please describe the armed forces holding Tony captive, and how Tony was rescued?"

Charlotte looked at the earnest Coulson and chuckled inwardly, "With the camera and recording equipment on you that's been running since you walked in, is it really necessary to take notes with pen and paper?"

He then said, "It's actually very simple. Just find Tony and kill the militants holding Tony."

Charlotte briefly explained the difficulties of rescuing Tony, how much manpower and High Table were consumed, and how the losses were so great that the business didn't make much money.

Meanwhile, Coulson's lips twitched slightly. "Can you be serious if you're trying to fool me? Did it take you more than three days to get from New York to picking up Tony Stark?"

Finally, Charlotte spoke up, "Besides, even without my rescue, I believe Tony could have escaped on his own."

Coulson ignored Charlotte's earlier ramblings and focused on the last sentence, asking, "Mr. Charlotte, what is your basis for believing that Tony Stark can escape on his own?"

Charlotte smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I can't comment on that. It involves our client's trade secrets, and I can't say anything."

"But you can ask Tony Stark for details yourself."

"I've said everything I needed to say. Iruka, you may see the guest out."

Coulson put away his notebook, didn't press the matter further, and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Charlotte."

Coulson was somewhat resigned to his outcome, but he also received some unexpected news. He then got up to say goodbye and leave.

After seeing Coulson off, Charlotte got up and went back to her room.

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On the other side.

The Afghanistan desert.

After Raza fled, she failed to persuade Xu Wenwu, who was busy training his beloved son, but she still brought back a group of her men.

Returning to the outside of the cave where we started.

Raza discovered that the surveillance equipment outside the cave had not been damaged and was still in operation.

However, the weapons and ammunition that were originally stored have disappeared.

Upon reviewing the surveillance footage, Raza saw Charlotte Doyle's figure, as well as the hundred-meter-long giant snake.

As the video continued to play, Raza discovered something that intrigued him. It wasn't a giant snake, nor was it Pekingese capable of chewing through iron gates.

It's not a Iron Man Armor!

In the video, Tony, clad in Iron Man Armor, demonstrates his weapons: small missiles, a flamethrower, and finally, a flight.

After witnessing all of this, Raza began to ponder.

This thing must be the item that Tony Stark made in this cave.

Raza retrieved the videotape showing Tony Stark demonstrating the Mark I's capabilities and then went inside the cave.

After searching through the place where Tony was being held, he finally found the blueprints that he had initially overlooked.

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Time passed day by Tenten.

A week has passed since Phil Coulson visited Charlotte.

Over the past week, Ginny, through a New York City council member supported by the High Table, successfully secured the Rand Enterprises's unfinished project in Hell's Kitchen within a week.

Because of its poor location and the fact that the project had been stalled for more than a decade, Ginny eventually paid $80 million to acquire the building and the land it occupied from the Rand Enterprises.

Charlotte looked at the unfinished building in front of her, Ginny, one of the group members, said, "Boss, this land now belongs to us. What should we do next?"

Looking at the precarious building, Charlotte worried that starting the excavation directly might cause the building above to collapse midway.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Blow up this unfinished building, and then arrange for people to start excavation."

Upon hearing Charlotte's instructions, Ginny replied, "Okay, Boss, I'll contact the demolition company to start demolishing the building."

Charlotte waved her hand and said, "No need for all that trouble, I'll take care of this unfinished building."

"Send a team of messengers in now to see if there are any homeless people living in this unfinished building. If there are, drive them all away."

Upon hearing Charlotte's words, Ginny did not hesitate and immediately dispatched a team to search the building.

As Charlotte expected, people were quickly kicked out, and there were quite a few of them, a total of more than thirty Little Black.

At this moment, a Little Black was kicked out and started cursing, but upon seeing the fully armed High Table Messenger team, he immediately fell silent and ran away in the blink of an eye.

About an hour later, the team returned and reported, "We've checked every part of the building; there's no one lingering there."

Charlotte nodded, and in the next instant, she vanished without a sound.

Less than a minute later, Charlotte Doyle returned to the same spot.

He then ordered, "Everyone, retreat to a distance of 100 meters and maintain order. Do not allow any unauthorized personnel to approach."

"Yes, Lord Charlotte." The 40 armed men immediately dispersed and stood guard a hundred meters away.

At this moment Charlotte said to Ginny beside her, "I'll show you something fun. Open your eyes wide and don't be afraid."

Ginny stared wide-eyed at the unfinished building in front of her, curious about what good it might be.

Before Ginny could answer, Charlotte Hand Seals and shouted, "Art is an Explosion, drink!"

The next second, the Explosive Tags Charlotte had just stuck in various places on the unfinished building and on the load-bearing walls instantly burst into flames.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion suddenly occurred, startling Ginny. Then, the unfinished building in front of her began to collapse, kicking up a cloud of dust.

As the dust settled, the once towering, unfinished building completely disappeared, leaving only a pile of architectural ruins.

Looking at the scene before her, Ginny asked curiously, "Boss, did you just use Explosive Tags?"

Charlotte nodded and said, "How was it? Pretty good, right?"

Looking at the ruins before her, Ginny said seriously, "The effect is perfect. I'll arrange for people to clean up right away, and then we'll start digging immediately."

"However, according to what you said, BOSS, the Dragon Bone are buried deep underground, and it may take a certain amount of time before they can be unearthed."

Charlotte said, "The long time it takes indicates a shortage of manpower. We need to send more people over to handle the initial excavation work, while the later stages will be handled by our existing staff."

Ginny thought of the 60 High Table Envoy under her command and nodded. With these people around, it should be enough for in-depth investigations later on, so she didn't say anything more.

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