Coulson realized the conversation had wandered off track and hurriedly brought it back around. "Mr. Hao Shuai, you don't seem surprised by the department I work for. Could it be you've heard of us?"
"If you have something to say, just say it! Cut the nonsense." Hao Shuai glanced at Coulson, who was playing dumb, and replied in exasperation.
He was honestly impressed by how easily these agents could lie through their teeth.
As if he'd never heard of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
That was a completely pointless question...
After all, S.H.I.E.L.D.—the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division—had started out as the Strategic Scientific Reserve. Back then, Hao Shuai had joined Dr. Erskine's team researching the Super Serum as an assistant.
He'd also earned the nickname "the Dynamic Duo of the Night" alongside Howard Stark, one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s founding members.
And later, when Hao Shuai came to the Marvel World, he'd only disguised himself when he stole the Pym Particles. At all other times, he'd shown his true face.
Hao Shuai refused to believe S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't have the resources to learn where he'd been and who he was.
What Hao Shuai didn't know was that he was only partly right.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had only become interested in him after he rescued Tony Stark.
Before that, Hao Shuai had never revealed any superhuman abilities, so they'd simply regarded him as a playboy and tycoon like Howard and his son.
And as for Hao Shuai not having aged for decades?
Come on...
This was the Marvel World, where advanced technology was everywhere!
There were plenty of ways to stay young. Take Nick Fury, the one-eyed director: he'd stayed lively and kicking all these years by continually injecting himself with a knockoff Super Serum that slowed aging.
For a major tycoon like Hao Shuai, getting his