The Trip to Asgard Was Settled
Xia Yu clicked on the system lottery halfway there. The reward this time was very special: it increased the capacity of Xia Yu's Space Ring tenfold to 200 Cosmic Cube. Xia Yu felt that he could find a way to put two Negasonic Teenage Warheads in there and see who dared to object.
My Points have reached 29,000 again, and I can now upgrade my Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to level nine. But I'm not in a hurry to use it now. I'm with Natasha tonight, and this thing makes too much noise loading up. I'll wait for another opportunity.
Xia Yu flew to Justin Hammer's company to pick up Natasha, Happy was there too. Perfect timing! Xia Yu changed his clothes and had Happy drive them both back. This was New York, after all; Xia Yu didn't want to fly back and scare the Chinatown residents.
Sitting in the car, Xia Yu looked at Natasha in her combat gear Xia Yu suddenly remembered something, asking, "What were you changing clothes in the car just now?"
Natasha nodded frankly, smiling as she looked at Xia Yu without saying a word.
Happy had been listening intently when Xia Yu asked the question, and now he felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly and loudly assured Xia Yu, "The situation was urgent when we arrived, and I was focused on driving, so I didn't see anything."
Still feeling uneasy, he added, "I promise!"
Xia Yu helplessly turned his head away, ignoring him, silently chanting a hundred times in his mind. "Happy, I hope you're impotent for life!"
Back in Chinatown, which they hadn't visited in a long time, Xia Yu led Natasha halfway down the stairs when Xia Yu's expression changed. He said, "Damn it! I hate people visiting late at night, especially when you're here."
"Who is it?" Natasha asked.
Xia Yu said irritably, "Who else could it be? Your boss."
"He's your boss now too." Natasha opened the door.
As soon as I entered, Nick Fury, that Black Nick Fury, was there. I wondered if it was because Xia Yu had teased him about it last time, but this time he was sitting on the sofa with the lights on, watching TV.
The late-night news is broadcasting what happened tonight.
"Your affairs made me fly back from the other side of the world overnight. How did things get so complicated?" Nick Fury said.
"What's it to me!" Xia Yu said irritably.
"It's really none of your business, but shouldn't you be in New Mexico right now looking after that hammer?" Nick Fury said, glancing at Xia Yu.
"Thank goodness I'm back, otherwise tonight would have been a huge mess. Nick, you should be grateful. I'm free labor. Today I flew from the southernmost part of the United States to the West Coast, and then back to the East Coast. I took down dozens of Iron Man Armor and fought a tattooed freak from Siberia. What more do you want from me?" Xia Yu said with a hint of resentment.
"Stop complaining. You guys are having a blast, but I'm the one responsible for writing reports and explaining things to those big shots sitting in their offices." Nick Fury was also annoyed; it seemed like things were getting increasingly complicated lately.
"I'll give you the night off. You still have to go to New Mexico tomorrow. You've already made contact with the All-Father, so you have to be in full charge there." Nick Fury knew that Xia Yu definitely wouldn't be going tonight, so he simply went along with it.
"Then what are you doing here tonight? Aren't you supposed to be Captain America's babysitter? Or is Steve Rogers old enough to be weaned?" Xia Yu asked.
"I took him to the United Kingdom to fulfill a date from over sixty years ago. This mess happened here, so I came to clean up the mess. Also, I'd like to talk to you face-to-face about Asgard; these things are better discussed in person," Nick Fury said.
Xia Yu could only recount the details of Asgard and his conversation with Odin, picking out what he could say and repeating them in detail once more.
After listening, Nick Fury immediately asked, "You mean, the All-Father of the Norse Mythology told you that there would be Ragnarok in Asgard, and you would be there?"
"Yes, I don't know if his claim of being able to see fragments of the future is true or false, but he has no reason to lie to me, right?" Xia Yu said, spreading his hands.
"He also invited you to Asgard. I think you should go there as soon as things are settled in New Mexico. Learn more about the outside world, whether it's Asgard, the Nine Realms, or other planets and civilizations in the universe—the more detailed the better," Nick Fury said earnestly.
Although going to Asgard was indeed part of Xia Yu's plan, Xia Yu still complained to Nick Fury unhappily, "Why don't I get paid? I have the most work, and I even have to travel to other planets for business?"
"Because you seduced S.H.I.E.L.D..'s most beautiful and capable female agent, turning her into your gentle and lovely little girlfriend, I haven't let Natasha go on field missions for a long time. You have to make up for it, Sha." Nick Fury's reasoning was impeccable.
Xia Yu nodded resignedly; he couldn't shirk this responsibility, there was nothing he could do.
Nick Fury then spoke with each of them separately about some details of the evening, nodded, and got up to leave.
Xia Yu thoughtfully escorted Nick Fury to his doorstep and watched Nick walk out of his house.
Xia Yu suddenly said to Nick Fury, who was coming down the stairs, "Nick, has anyone ever told you that disturbing someone's normal sex life will make your penis get shorter and shorter?"
Nick Fury replied without turning his head, "I haven't used it in a long time, and besides, I'm old, it doesn't matter."
Xia Yu closed the door and gave Nick Fury a thumbs-up for his ruthlessness.