Psychedelic Mushrooms and Historical Coincidences (First Update)

The City of Immortals would not allow a potentially infected dangerous individual to meet Salomon without quarantine, and Salomon himself had no desire to break the rules he had set. Therefore, once he returned to the Helicarrier, he would spend his time reviewing reports and waiting for the engineering team to strengthen the quarantine measures. Accompanying him was an agent from S.H.I.E.L.D.—Barbara's ex-husband, Hunter. Agent Coulson had asked Salomon to give him a ride.

Hunter fidgeted uneasily inside the Assault Transport, because he was carrying out another secret mission.

Everyone around him carried large-caliber firearms, and judging by their ruthless manner, they were quite likely to torture him for information. He believed he would not last two minutes under interrogation, since he had never received counter-interrogation training after joining S.H.I.E.L.D. However, Agent Coulson had already told Salomon everything about Hunter's mission, because it required intelligence support from the City of Immortals. Present-day S.H.I.E.L.D. could no longer gather intelligence as it once had. Salomon had agreed, because the City of Immortals had always been distancing itself from Hydra. As long as the most restless young Hydra faction was wiped out, the Malik family could eliminate the interference and slowly deal with those Hydra families that had climbed to the pinnacle of wealth and power.

Salomon stared intently at Hunter. Hunter grew increasingly nervous, his indistinct London accent forcing its way out.

"Don't worry. I know your mission." Had Hunter not been strapped in by his seat belt, he would have jumped in fright when Salomon spoke. The Arcanist smiled. "Agent Coulson is an old friend of mine, and I'm willing to do him this favor. I just didn't expect Grant Ward to escape again. You people are really terrible at this."

"Tell me about it, mate." Hunter immediately launched into a