Eiffel

Returning to Gotham City, the old butler was shocked to discover that after their trip to Washington D.C., both his master and the alien guest, who he initially thought was just a cute boy but turned out to be a great demon king, had unpleasant expressions. They both returned to their rooms with grim faces. They were currently at a Wayne Family hotel, which had a presidential suite specially built for the heir of the Wayne Family.

"Uh..." the old butler opened his mouth in vain, "I just wanted to say, does anyone want afternoon tea or something... Alright."

The wise old man shrugged self-deprecatingly.

"Crick." Aeo poked his head out.

"Old Alfred, I'd like a plate of fragrant eggplant parmesan with meat sauce! Thanks."

The old butler smiled.

"Yes, young master. I'll have the kitchen prepare it now..."

Aeo gave the old butler a big smile before closing the door.

The Smart Terminal, which had been hiding in Aeo's clothes, flew out, "Master..."

"Shh." Aeo hissed softly. Using his X-ray vision, he located no less than 10 surveillance devices in the spacious and luxurious room.

He approached a pinhole camera and said to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent monitoring it, "That's enough. If there's a next time, don't blame me for terminating our cooperation!"

"Zzzzt~" Melinda and Hill exchanged glances as the screen went black.

Black Widow added, "I told you, this won't work on him. Besides his superhuman strength, he can see through all disguises. Monitoring him is no different than climbing to heaven! Oh no, climbing to heaven isn't a big deal for us anymore. It's no different than landing on Mars!"

"But that's no reason for us to let him go!" Melinda was the most opinionated about the boy in S.H.I.E.L.D. After all, who could easily accept an outcome where all their decade-long efforts ended with 'we're friends'? Moreover, their current relationship couldn't be called friendship... "Natasha, don't forget you're a member of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Before Black Widow could retort, Hill interjected, "It's just a temporary mutually beneficial cooperation. Completely abandoning surveillance is impossible, but perhaps we can try a different approach." She gave the Russian bombshell a comforting look.

"What?" The King of Agents, who had been silent with a stern face, finally spoke.

"We can start by monitoring Bruce," Hill said, turning back with a sharp gaze. "For some reason, this alien guest seems particularly fond of our Gotham City's golden boy. He's more willing to accept 'supervision' from this Batman than to compromise with us, and seems extremely wary of us..."

Nick Fury's single eye flashed with shrewdness. "Is it possible that his Smart Terminal hacked into our system? And learned things it shouldn't have?"

Hill, Melinda, and Black Widow's expressions changed.

"Sir, you don't think so..."

"If that's the case, we need to control this guest who has exceeded all our expectations even more strictly..."

"It's possible..."

Even Phil, who had been watching and analyzing silently, couldn't help but say, "But monitoring Bruce won't be easy either." He looked at his colleagues.

"Ever since the conflict with X-Entity broke out directly in his home last time, his perception of us has been more defensive than cooperative..."

"In such a situation, do we want to continue to destroy the relationship between us and him?" Phil asked, more in opposition than inquiry.

Nick Fury coughed slightly, a hint of awkwardness in his voice. "I was too hasty last time. I underestimated X-Entity's power..."

"But no matter what," the head agent stared fiercely at his subordinates. "Ignoring him is completely unacceptable. We must find a way to discover his weakness, so that we won't be completely defenseless if a conflict with X-Entity breaks out!"

"So, you must find his weakness for me, immediately!"

"...Yes, sir!"

Meanwhile, Aeo, who had disconnected S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance, fiddled with the removed pinhole camera. After some thought, he reopened the door and walked out.

He knocked on Batman's door.

"Hey, Bruce, it's me, Zod."

A moment later, Bruce came to open the door. "What is it... What's this?"

Aeo held up the pinhole camera. "You know, S.H.I.E.L.D."

Bruce's expression changed as well. He pulled out a device and began scanning his bedroom with beeping sounds.

"Damn it, I knew it. No matter what kind of power, it needs a relative balance, otherwise it will get out of control..." he cursed inwardly.

He also found 4 or 5 monitoring devices in his bedroom.

"Enough!" Bruce wasn't angry about S.H.I.E.L.D. monitoring Aeo. He was angry that S.H.I.E.L.D. treated him as if he didn't exist, bypassing him and turning his home into a 'battleground.' Thus, he rarely unleashed his anger.

"I only agreed to cooperate with you, not be your subordinate! Listen, if I find you monitoring me again, don't blame me for tearing up our agreement! S.H.I.E.L.D. is not the only super-organization in this world. If you anger me, I will completely destroy you!"

"Zzzzt~"

Regardless of the speechless Hill and Melinda on the S.H.I.E.L.D. side, even the boy, who knew Bruce's temper was more direct and stubborn, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Wow, I've never seen you so angry before, Bruce."

He chuckled. "It seems you're also very annoyed by others monitoring your personal freedom..."

Bruce glared at him. "Enough. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just want to tell me that S.H.I.E.L.D. is untrustworthy and that I shouldn't tell them all my secrets..."

"But," Batman narrowed his eyes, "in a way, they're not entirely wrong. You do need a certain degree of supervision and assurance!"

Aeo wasn't angry at all, just smiling as he had expected. "I understand."

He winked slyly. "Aren't I planning to make a deal with you?"

"What?" Bruce was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected the boy's words to take such a sharp turn. "What cooperation? You and me? Or..."

"You, and Wayne Enterprises!"

Bruce fell silent.

A week later, Bruce and Aeo arrived at a top-secret base located somewhere in Gotham City.

Looking at the pile of supercomputers, mainframes, and electrical cabinets from Earth surrounding them, Aeo smiled. "Good, now Eiffel's true capabilities can finally be fully unleashed!"

"Eiffel!"

"Yes, Master." The personal terminal, which had followed the Son of Krypton through the universe for over a decade, unleashed its energy. Countless thin black wires plugged into the massive computing library; this was its cover and its computational core.

In no time, buzz, all the mainframes in the basement seemed to come alive.

"Beep beep beep, low-level civilization electronic network detected, synchronizing mainframes..." an electronic voice said.

"Weapon linkage channel detected..."

"Planetary orbital satellite control detected..."

"Communication network detected..."

Bruce's expression changed drastically.