No wonder Coulson had deliberately revealed William's identity. He'd been prepared for this all along.
William had thought it strange when he went to work that morning. Why were there so many people? From morning until noon, customers had been streaming in nonstop.
He'd assumed Jonathan had advertised the place. So this had all been Coulson's doing.
That's right. Every customer in the restaurant at that very moment was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had forces all over the world, let alone on home soil in the United States. The agents here had been active in Brooklyn for a long time. Besides carrying out missions, they had to find places to eat every day.
So Coulson had sent them to eat at Jonathan's Pizza Fast Food Restaurant, making business boom lately.
To be honest, the food here was pretty good.
"Impressive." William didn't know what else to say, so he gave Coulson a thumbs-up.
Jonathan felt like his whole world had fallen apart. Business was better? More customers? It had all been fake. Someone else had been behind these illusions of prosperity!
He'd never dreamed that William's true identity was that of an agent. The guy clearly didn't take his job seriously, and he couldn't even flirt with women.
Could that have been an act, too?
Jonathan looked utterly devastated. It took him a long time to recover before he finally said, "All right, what can I do for you?"
William and Coulson exchanged a smile. Lowering his voice, William said, "My true identity is a secret. You can't tell anyone."
"As for my cover identity, I'll still be a deliveryman at this restaurant. I can't promise I'll be able to work every shift, so I may need to take time off. But I hope you'll cooperate with us patiently from