After leaving the restaurant, Aaron and Carter Slade headed to the Meeting Room together.
Nick Fury set down his coffee cup and looked at the two of them speechlessly. "The Gate of Hell has opened, and countless demons are wreaking havoc in the human world.
Yet you two are still eating when it's time to eat and sleeping when it's time to sleep. Isn't your mindset a little too good?"
"I'm just an ordinary civilian who hugs pumpkins. Maintaining world peace is a job for superheroes. It has nothing to do with me." Aaron straightened his back without the slightest embarrassment, perfectly embodying the attitude of staying out of anything that did not concern him.
"I took on the responsibility of maintaining world peace over a hundred and fifty years ago." Carter Slade was even more self-righteous. "Back then, forget you—your grandfather and your grandfather's grandfather hadn't even been born yet!"
"I carried the burden of world peace for more than a century. Now that I've finally retired, am I not allowed to get some proper rest?
For dealing with demons now, you should go find Johnny Blaze. He's the Ghost Rider."
Nick Fury was nearly angered into laughter. All he could do was curse, Motherfucker!
One of these two had skin as thick as a wall, while the other was playing the age card. For the moment, he genuinely had no way to handle them.
"When will Geer arrive?" Aaron asked with interest.
"In about twenty minutes. But Ross is coming with him."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Meeting Room doors opened again. Steve led Natasha, Banner, Rhodey, and several other Avengers members inside, looking travel-worn.
"Aaron, why are you here?" Wanda happily hurried over to Aaron and directly claimed the seat beside him, leaving the others