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Sometimes, though, things being too easy took the fun out of them.

So Hayato felt that good enough was enough.

Of course, everyone had a different understanding of what "good enough" meant.

During the conversation, the S.H.I.E.L.D. team members probed Hayato through what seemed like ordinary small talk. Hayato understood their intentions perfectly and let them do as they pleased.

For a long time, Hayato had eaten and slept in Konoha Prison, spending his days with Ibiki Morino and Yamanaka Santian. Both were masters of Konoha interrogation. In fact, every ninja had received anti-interrogation training, and their bones were usually harder than those of agents, so interrogators needed considerable skill.

In the Shinobi World, Hayato's barely passable interrogation skills would at least be rated proficient when used against Coulson's team.

In truth, aside from his real origins, which he did not wish to reveal, the only thing Hayato could not expose was his goal—collecting the energy needed to return home. Energy was extremely valuable to most organizations and individuals. If Hayato wanted it, would they simply hand it over?

The answer was no!

Since they would not, conflict was inevitable. That was why Hayato did not want to expose himself just yet.

Through their conversation, the five S.H.I.E.L.D. agents came to nearly identical conclusions about Hayato—

Dangerous!

This was a very dangerous young man.

It was not that they thought Hayato was a bad person. On the contrary, they felt he had principles. He would not attack ordinary people or treat human lives like grass.

The problem was that Hayato had no reverence for the law whatsoever. He acted entirely according to his own heart.

He was the sort of young man who, once angered, would become utterly unrestrained and lawless.

Coulson thought of something. The commotion today had been