"Fury, this is Black Widow. This is my first surveillance report. The target has displayed no abnormalities... well, as long as we ignore the fact that he keeps a tiger in his home, he can be considered ordinarily normal.
"However, the robot handling household chores in the target's home appears far from simple. I've never seen technology like it. When I leave this job, do you need me to bring some souvenirs back to the agency?"
The voice on the other end was decisive, with a trace of urgency. "Denied. I'll repeat myself, Black Widow: that proposal is denied. Back in 1995, Sony confiscated the target's technological assets through underhanded means.
"As a result, those things blew up an entire floor of Sony's United States research center, with more than thirty casualties. Until we determine how the explosives were concealed and detonated, do not touch the target's technological assets."
Sitting on the windowsill of the guest room, Natasha Romanoff was speechless for a moment. "Was that the explosion mentioned in the report? They still haven't found any answers?"
The voice on the other end explained, "All the evidence was blown to pieces. The FBI's procedures were flawed at the time, and they were afraid of getting burned, so they didn't dare reopen the investigation. Sony covered it up as a scandal, while Stark Industries nailed it down as a case of corporate espionage.
"With current technology, doing something like that would be easy. But how he did it nearly ten years ago, and whether he used methods available today, are things we can't verify.
"Because nearly every piece of evidence that could be destroyed was destroyed, and the records are a complete mess. Trying to investigate it now is already too late. Too many people screwed around with this matter.