"I-I'm back..."
Zhang Xun stared blankly at the unfamiliar figure standing before Huang Hao and Zhou Tong, seemingly unable to process what he was seeing.
He had deliberately circled around Avengers headquarters, leaving more than enough time. With that man's strength, dealing with two ordinary Intruders should have been effortless.
Even if they truly had some trump card that let them escape disaster, they still should not have been here.
"Who is this?"
Zhang Xun steadied himself and quickly recovered, pointing at Xu Yue with a puzzled expression.
"Brother Zhang, this is a S.H.I.E.L.D. consultant, codenamed 'Mountain.'"
"It was Consultant Mountain who acted just now and saved our lives. Otherwise, the two of us would probably already be dead."
Huang Hao and Zhou Tong did not doubt Zhang Xun. He was an established big shot on their side, and it was precisely because of his deterrence that the hidden expert had not acted until Zhang Xun left.
"What?! A S.H.I.E.L.D. consultant!"
Hearing their words, Zhang Xun was genuinely shocked and blurted it out. Then, with a faint sense of foreboding, he asked, "What do you mean, he saved your lives? With your strength, what danger could you have encountered in such a short time?"
"There really was danger. We must have been targeted by the enemy when we left Avengers headquarters. It was an enemy with extraordinarily powerful stealth abilities, and his strength was likely no weaker than yours, Brother Zhang. If the mountain lord had intervened, we certainly would not have survived."
Zhou Tong spoke with lingering fear.
Zhang Xun forced out a smile.
"Then I truly must thank you, sir. These two are important partners of mine, and any enemy capable of threatening their lives must be exceptionally powerful. I'm sorry to trouble you into driving him off..."