Black Widow had never been trusted. Every member of Congress, military general, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agent knew that.
She was allowed to remain here only because, like Captain America, she was genetically enhanced and highly capable in intelligence work. More importantly, she had defected from the Soviet Union to the United States, making her symbolic value greater than her practical value.
Natasha naturally understood this as well, but she had still remained here peacefully, mainly because of Nick's ridiculous maneuvers.
After Nick hollowed out S.H.I.E.L.D. himself, the people below him were not only untrustworthy but also highly incompetent. And their countries were still alive, so they needed a great deal of intelligence. Besides paying their salaries, Nick had to fabricate piles of useless intelligence to keep them fed.
Natasha, meanwhile, was not trusted either, but she was highly capable. More importantly, the Soviet Union was already dead. Nick had no need to fool her with empty intelligence. He could pay less and get a better employee, so naturally, Nick made full use of her.
Thus, for a long time, Natasha had been Nick's trusted right-hand woman and a pillar of S.H.I.E.L.D. Since joining the Avengers, most of the work involving superheroes had also been handled by this female agent.
It had to be said that she was beautiful, sexy, and skilled at dealing with people. She got along well with everyone in the Avengers.
And what that person had told the Vice President earlier was not wrong either. Natasha was indeed the member of the opposite sex who had the most frequent contact with Schiller.
But the reality was probably entirely different from what they imagined. Natasha mainly dealt with Schiller for two reasons. The first was to notify Schiller that Nick had come up with another brilliant genius idea, or,