Screech~~!
Boom!
Amid the bursts of ear-piercing brake noise, a black supercar soon came to a steady stop beside the curb of the community.
Then,
A glamorous woman in a black one-piece leather suit emerged from the driver's seat and slammed her car door shut. A belt was fastened around her waist, with a gun holster and various combat accessories attached to it, while a multitool covered one of her hands.
"..."
"..."
An armed civilian in such attire quickly drew the attention of many nearby neighbors and pedestrians. However, when they saw the car's logo—a ferocious iron bear-head emblem—they seemed to realize something and shifted their gazes away, returning to their own business.
From the black sports car bearing that emblem as its logo, they knew it must belong to one of Earth's Keepers—the Bear Shield Bureau, an organization that had gradually taken over many of the United Nations' functions and assumed the role of the world's police. Such personnel and vehicles were common on Earth nowadays, so there was no need for them to be overly surprised.
"House number 0309..."
"That's definitely it!"
After looking at the slightly crooked house number, then at the two small trees in the other party's yard that had been stripped nearly bare, as well as the neighbor's large tree whose overly luxuriant branches had reached over and suffered the same fate, the woman removed the sunglasses from the bridge of her nose. She tucked them into the taut fabric over her full chest, then swayed her graceful waist and walked straight into the house's yard.
That was right!
Today, Black Widow Natasha Romanoff, one of the Bear Shield Bureau's senior members, Director Nick Fury's capable subordinate, and a member and elite agent of the Avengers, had driven alone to this wealthy community