Chaos!

"Ugh~"

Natasha clutched her head and woke groggily, only to find herself out in the middle of nowhere.

I was actually knocked out by an ordinary person. What the hell was with that guy's strength?!

It was not that Natasha was not puzzled. His strength had been nearly comparable to Captain America's.

"No..."

Natasha looked at her completely intact wrist. She remembered it had been broken, so why was there nothing wrong with it now?

She flexed her wrist. It was perfectly fine.

Then she spotted a note. "This is a gift for you. For a certain period of time, you will be immortal! Hahaha, enjoy it. But if Nick finds out that you are nearly immortal, do you think his attitude toward you will change? I'm looking forward to it!"

There was even a smiley face drawn at the end of the note.

Just as Natasha picked up the note, a howl suddenly came from the sky, followed by a loud bang.

A figure crashed down, smashing a small crater into the ground. Under the sunlight, the newcomer gleamed with a metallic sheen.

"Natasha? What happened to you?"

The mask opened, revealing the face of a somewhat charming middle-aged man. He frowned as he spoke.

"Tony, I..."

Natasha had just been about to tell him what had happened when she remembered the words on the note and all the things that had happened while she worked under Nick.

Given Nick's attitude toward supervising superhumans, if what that man said was true, she might end up facing medical examinations every so often...

"I'm fine."

Tony frowned as he listened to Friday's report. Natasha had traces of Love Potion, high-purity Ether, and a mixture of several other drugs in her system.

"Did you run into danger during a mission?"

Tony asked one more question. Natasha shook her head and smiled. "It's fine. The problem has been resolved. The mission is classified!"

"Fine! Go talk to Rogers. Establishing the Superhuman Registration Act will protect both us and the public!"

Tony's mask closed again, and he shot into the sky. He did not particularly want to talk to Natasha, because he knew she did not care whether the act was right or wrong. She would only follow Captain America.

"That demon..." Natasha muttered.

The demon Shen Fei, whom Natasha was thinking about, had already relocated. If it had not been for completing the experiment after learning that S.H.I.E.L.D. had set its sights on them...

They would have moved long ago.

Inside a rundown residence in Queens, New York, Klaw sat across from Shen Fei and let out a breath. "We only enjoyed ourselves for a few days, and now we have to leave again. You injected that woman with Phoenix at the end? Why?"

"For fun..." Shen Fei said with a smile.

"For fun! Do you know how much I'm pricing that stuff at now? Fifty thousand dollars a bottle! You threw away fifty thousand dollars just for fun!"

Klaw found Shen Fei's idea of fun difficult to understand. After letting that woman go, Shen Fei had even injected her with a dose of Phoenix.

Shen Fei merely smiled without speaking. Natasha's abnormality would definitely be noticed by Nick sooner or later. That man was extremely cautious toward superhumans, yet he also exploited them without restraint.

If he discovered Natasha's abnormality, research would be unavoidable.

It would depend on whether Natasha was truly loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Besides, Phoenix's flaw was harmless when used on him, but on anyone else...

Whether they underwent too many experiments or used too much of it...

Natasha herself would eventually notice something was wrong. By then, only a handful of people could solve the problem in her body.

At the very least, it would keep the Avengers occupied for a while.

Seeing Shen Fei's mysterious smile, Klaw stopped asking. "Forget it, as long as you like it. I've already bought up most of Osborn's shares, but two other major buyers are also continuously snapping them up.

Still, I have twenty-one percent of the shares. By my calculations, we're about to become major shareholders.

The share transfer documents have already been sent over. Just sign your name when the time comes."

"Mm. Nobody noticed, right?"

"I had other people make the purchases. This is what I do. Don't worry!"

"Keep expanding our forces during this time. As for Osborn, there are several laboratories we absolutely need to get our hands on: Connors's laboratory and Richard Parker's laboratory!

This concerns the birth of Phoenix 2!"

"Got it. Also, I've found buyers for the Phoenix Potion, but their background is a little unusual."

"Who?"

"Some special organizations that enjoy blowing themselves up. When they heard I had this drug, they wanted me to sell it to them!"

"Over in the oil region?" Shen Fei frowned. People who enjoyed suicide bombings... could they be from the Star Moon Sect?

"Clinton's people!"

"Sell it!" Shen Fei said. It had nothing to do with him. Selling it was fine!

"Alright!"

Klaw had been waiting for Shen Fei's approval. He continued, "As you instructed, I pushed most of the blame onto Eric Killmonger. He should be arrested soon.

The intelligence that woman took away was all provided by you. By the way, is all of it true?"

"Of course!"

"Then can Iron Man and Captain America still be friends?" After learning this intelligence, Klaw had investigated it and found that none of the people mentioned were ordinary.

Why did Shen Fei know this information?

"They don't know about it!"

"Why do this?"

"If they don't descend into chaos... how am I supposed to deal with the Avengers when they're united as one solid block..." Shen Fei shook his head and changed the subject. "Where's Jessica?"

"Jewel is at the law office downstairs!"

Klaw walked to the window and motioned for Shen Fei to look down.

Shen Fei looked down and saw a detective agency.

Jewel should still be lost and confused right now. "How did the investigation go?"

"She drinks herself into a stupor. Every day, she comes here and sleeps..."

"Is there a way to bring her back?"

"No. I had someone try, pretending to be a guy who got rejected while hitting on her and wanted to drag her away by force. She punched him to death!"

When Klaw said this, there was still a trace of fear in his eyes.

"I'll think of something. If there's no way, let's take Osborn Company first and deal with her afterward."

Jessica was somewhat special. What she went through in the original comics was practically from an adults-only comic. Under Purple Man's control, she had endured all kinds of torment.

Even in the series, it had been more or less the same.

Moreover, her own abilities were difficult to control. Before the great upheaval, things had been manageable, but afterward, she found herself even less able to control her powers.

In a daze, she relied on alcohol to distract herself.

Klaw let out a breath. "Brother, being your partner is really exciting. We're either dealing with Hydra, S.H.I.E.L.D., or one superhuman after another!

Oh, right. What are you going to do with the guy downstairs?"

"For a while, there's no need to worry. During this time, just have people keep extracting the raw materials needed for Phoenix 1. He won't die!

When the time is right, we'll see!"

Professor X and Magneto's powers probably had not recovered yet. And with Logan's personality, if he had disappeared for a long time and Professor X had no time, he might not even come looking for him.

So there was no need to worry too much.