Casual greetings and forging good karma are just polite formalities on the surface.
The Wild Pack was a mercenary group, and whether there were missions to take and money to be made was all Silver Sable cared about.
Su Quan nodded indignantly. "My influence here is just starting out, and some things make you grit your teeth when you endure them for a moment, and grow angrier the more you think about it after taking a step back. I truly need help."
Silver Sable's eyes lit up slightly as she pointed toward the members of the Wild Pack by the door.
"Our Wild Pack has the best reputation and the highest mission completion rate in Madripoor! For your first mission, I can give you a twenty percent discount!"
"Money is not an issue, as long as you can complete the mission."
"Go ahead and name it! What do you need us to do?"
Silver Sable looked confident, showing no trace of someone who had not received a mission in a long time.
Yes, although Silver Sable was called Silver Sable and the Wild Pack possessed decent strength, they had indeed not received a mission in quite a while.
Otherwise, why would Silver Sable have brought the Wild Pack to actively seek him out and pitch themselves to him?
A mercenary group with truly good management would never mobilize its entire roster upon a first meeting like she did.
Su Quan twitched the corners of his mouth with a half-smile, as if mentioning a trivial matter. "It's very simple. Wipe out The Hand."
"No proble—what? The target you want to deal with is The Hand!"
Silver Sable, who had just been about to agree, had her expression instantly collapse upon hearing the name of The Hand.
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Su Quan acted as though he didn't see Silver Sable's flushed, pretty face, earnestly egging her on.
"That's right. As long as you can wipe out The Hand for me, name your price for the commission."
I dare name the price, but I don't dare take the mission.
That was The Hand!
How could she and the strength of the Wild Pack possibly wipe out the powerful and numerous members of The Hand?
They were simply not in the same weight class!
"Fifty million US dollars!"
"I am willing to pay you fifty million US dollars, and in cash!"
Silver Sable's face flushed even more, turning that kind of blushing red beneath her pale skin.
Fifty million US dollars—this was the mission with the highest commission since the founding of the Wild Pack.
Pity she couldn't take it.
Quietly steadying her emotions, Silver Sable shook her head with regret and said, "Our Wild Pack does not take any mercenary missions targeting large organizations and factions."
Quite rational, then.
These members of the Wild Pack looked decent in quality, but when it came to dealing with large organizations or powerful individuals, they simply didn't measure up.
As for Silver Sable herself—
Although she was called the Valkyrie of Sokovia, possessed exceptional strength, agility, and reflexes, was proficient in various hand-to-hand combat styles and melee weapons, and had extraordinary marksmanship.
Still, she was at most on par with Natasha or Bucky.
If she and the Wild Pack accepted the mission to wipe out The Hand, Su Quan could get ready to attend his own funeral banquet.
The Silver Sable in the comics did indeed have an impressive track record.
She fought to a draw with The Punisher.
She teamed up with Spider-Man to combat Rhino, Beetle, Hydro-Man, Boomerang, and Speed Demon.
She captured Viper and Baron Strucker of Hydra alive.
She took down Hammerhead in a few moves, kicked away Mockingbird, confronted Doom, and worked with the Wild Pack to resolve Venom.
The Wild Pack of this period included Sandman (the villain from Spider-Man) and Battlestar (the partner of US Agent in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier).
Moreover, she had hit moving targets hundreds of meters away using a handgun.
That exaggerated degree was on par with Daredevil swatting away bullets with his billy clubs and Kingpin being able to lift a car.
In Marvel, not a single ordinary person who made their debut was truly an ordinary person.
Therefore, as an ordinary person, she had even done something delightful: she broke the fourth wall and Silver Sable fought the editor!
The fourth wall had its own internal grievances; far too many people beat it up.
"You can change to another mission, like protecting your safety!"
Silver Sable was unwilling to let such a rare opportunity slip away just like that. Eliminating The Hand for you wouldn't work, but she could protect you from being eliminated by The Hand, right?
"This protection you speak of—is it the kind of close-up protection?" Su Quan asked with a smile.
Silver Sable sneered. "Close-up protection? Heh, you've got some nerve."
Su Quan shrugged. "I just feel that you can't protect me, even with close-up protection."
This was looking down on her strength. Silver Sable said with an ugly expression, "You can try."
"I've already tried."
Tried? What do you mean tried? You—
Just as Silver Sable was about to press the question, she suddenly felt a hand grab her shoulder. Her years of habitual vigilance seemed to have failed entirely, causing her fur to stand on end instantly.
Someone was behind her, yet she hadn't sensed a thing!
"Who is it!"
Silver Sable grabbed the hand on her shoulder, intending to get up and execute a side kick, but the person behind her had already moved around to her front.
"How is it you! Weren't you just sitting across from me—"
Looking at Su Quan, whose wrist she had grabbed, Silver Sable gazed in disbelief at the other Su Quan who had just been speaking with her.
He was still there!
There were actually two Su Quans?
Twins?
Right at that moment, the Su Quan she was looking at gradually grew illusory and vanished.
An illusion?!
"See? You can't even get close to my body, so how can you protect me?"
Su Quan sat back down in the seat he had occupied just a moment ago.
Silver Sable blinked, her eyes drifting somewhat as she said, "I suddenly remembered that water is still boiling back at our base. You—you can think it over some more, and we'll be leaving first."
With that, without waiting for Su Quan's reply, Silver Sable walked quickly toward the door, calling for the members of the Wild Pack to prepare to leave.
Yet they didn't seem to hear—
No, it should be said they acted as though they hadn't seen what had happened at all.
They were still clustered around the tavern table by the door, whispering quietly, occasionally casting those onlookers' gazes toward the bar counter as if watching some juicy gossip.
"I said we're leaving!"
Silver Sable reached out and slapped the person closest to her, but her palm eerily passed right through the person's body, striking empty air.
Terror gripped Silver Sable's heart, but her outward demeanor remained very calm. After trying a few times with no results, she directly drew the handgun from her waist and turned to aim it at Su Quan.
"What did you do to them!"
"Wrong!"
Su Quan shook his head, bringing his index and middle fingers together and waving them gently.
In an instant, Silver Sable's gun was violently jerked from her hand, eerily suspended in midair as it aimed right at her.
Click!
The safety disengaged automatically.
"It's not what I did to them, but what I'm doing to you!"
Su Quan raised his wine glass in a distant toast.
"Don't worry, I bear no malice. What kind of bad intentions could I possibly have? I just wanted to apologize to you. Will you—kneel down to listen?"
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Kneel down to listen?
You're apologizing to me, and you actually want me to kneel down to listen?!
Without changing her expression, Silver Sable slowly bent her knees, lowered her torso gradually, and brought her arm naturally and lightly close to her side—
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