Elsewhere.
Steve brought Natasha to the outside of Sam's house.
Looking at the place, Natasha asked, "Why not go to The Continental Hotel?"
"From what I know, no one would dare make a move to kill us there."
"That place is Charlotte's property, and he's made it an absolute forbidden zone. No one can carry out killings inside. Anyone who violates that rule will be hunted down by the entire High Table, even the Ninja."
"I think even Hydra wouldn't be able to do anything there to threaten us."
Steve shook his head. "I don't have any Continental Hotel Gold Coins."
Natasha pulled a handful from her pocket—more than a dozen of them.
"I do. There are even enough for one of us to use the Wax Bath once."
After thinking for a moment, Steve said, "Before the explosion, Zola said they had obtained the power to fight the Ninja."
"I don't know what that power is, but we have to be careful."
"There are too many people there. I'm worried they'll send out whatever power they have that can contend with the Ninja to intercept us. That would be too dangerous."
Natasha, however, did not believe it.
"I don't believe they have the power to contend with the Ninja. If the Ninja were really that easy to deal with, Nick Fury wouldn't have yielded so much back then."
"But you're right to be cautious. Any power that could make Hydra think it can contend with the Ninja—even if it truly isn't a match for Charlotte and the others—should be more than enough to strike at us."
Steve nodded, then stepped forward and knocked on Sam's door.
At that moment, Sam had just finished his running workout. He had returned home and taken some juice from the refrigerator to replenish