After the Eredar Twins finished speaking with Coulson and the others, they immediately left the base. Before departing, they made a point of handing everything over clearly to Talbot, saying that they had obtained useful intelligence from this conversation and were heading elsewhere to continue hunting down S.H.I.E.L.D.'s remnants.
With that, they turned and left. The Black Badge Division withdrew completely, leaving not a single person behind!
Talbot did not suspect anything. He was even rather pleased with himself. That department that refused to listen to him had finally left, so from now on, he would be the one calling the shots here. He could also claim sole credit for successfully capturing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most renowned agent.
But when Talbot contacted the Eredar Twins again, it was already noon the next day. "Coulson and his men... escaped."
Talbot was clearly suppressing immense fury. He ground his teeth so hard that the two female demons could hear the creaking over the phone. The sisters exchanged smiles, then deliberately asked in surprise, "Escaped? How could they have escaped under your tight security?!"
"Who knows? We suddenly passed out. When we woke up, they were gone."
"Heh... We handed them over to you, and yet you let them escape as soon as we left." Saloras sneered, immediately washing her hands clean of all responsibility.
"..." Talbot fell silent. Since he had wanted to claim the credit alone, he had to bear the responsibility alone as well. There was no way to make them answer for this. Shift the blame? What a joke! They were a Department of Defense partner company with deep political influence. He should be thanking their ancestors for not dumping all the blame on him, let alone hoping to pin responsibility on them. That was pure wishful thinking.
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