Hurry Up and Collect the Debt at His Door

"Is that all it takes?"

Even after Stephanie left the room, Fisk and Madam Gao still looked utterly bewildered.

Fisk felt as though everything happening before him was fake. Securing his assets before the Federal Bureau of Investigation was no small matter in his eyes, yet Evenson and the others had not gone to any great lengths. They had merely exchanged a few words and declared it settled. They had not even bothered to warn him not to name them if something went wrong. That showed just how certain they were.

"With the Malik family stepping in, what do you still have to worry about?" Evenson was not concerned in the slightest. Hydra had spent so many years lurking in the shadows and painstakingly building itself up. This was precisely the golden age when they were beginning to bear fruit across the board.

Pierce and the others had already gained complete control of S.H.I.E.L.D. They only needed to wait for the right moment to step into the light. Gideon Malick, meanwhile, had focused his main efforts on the business and political worlds. Not only in the United States, but in many countries, he wielded extraordinary influence. Countless high-ranking officials who appeared glamorous and powerful on the surface were secretly dependents he had cultivated. Even within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, supposedly dedicated to law and justice, no one knew how many lackeys and henchmen he had planted.

So there was no need for Stephanie to personally call and arrange it. He only had to casually reveal some intention or offer the slightest hint, and protecting the assets of a black-market boss would be effortless.

"The Malik family holds a noble status. With their eldest legitimate daughter personally helping us this time, there can be no mistake." Madam Gao hurriedly spoke