Taking Bullying Too Far

Five days later, at Jack's home, Jack, who had not left the house for five days, held his waist as he walked into the bathroom. Looking at his weakened little Jack, he grinned.

Awesome!

Unprecedentedly awesome!

He felt like a bee chasing nectar that had stumbled upon a flower hiding years' worth of aged honey.

One was tireless, while the other burned like fire.

But happiness was destined to be short-lived.

He had wasted five days on this. It was time to start doing bad things, or when settlement day arrived nine days later, he would be saddled with a debuff.

After leaving the bathroom, Jack saw Jenny asleep on the bed with her eyes closed. He got dressed and headed out.

When he returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Jack had been absent for five days and came back reeking of perfume, earning several wolf whistles from Marian.

"Not bad. So this was what you took a few days off to do."

Marian was quite happy that Jack finally had some private life. At the very least, it proved he was not a robot who only knew how to carry out missions.

Since he was deliberately planning to do bad things, Jack wore a broad smile. He glanced around, then whispered to Marian, "Want to guess who it was?"

Marian had not wanted to ask who the woman was, but Jack's smug display piqued her interest.

It was enough to show that once the woman's identity was revealed, she would definitely be shocked.

So Marian began guessing.

"The owner of the Sexy Beauty Café near our headquarters?"

"Wrong! There's absolutely nothing between us. I just don't know why she likes me so much. Too bad I'm not interested in her!"

Jack said this with complete seriousness. Having transmigrated into the Marvel Universe, if he did not flirt with female superheroes, was he supposed to flirt with ordinary women?

Wouldn't that be like traveling back to the Three Kingdoms era and, instead of courting Diao Chan or the two Qiaos, insisting on having some epic love story with Erhua from next door?

Wouldn't that be complete nonsense?

If Pierce had not at least counted as a villain, Jack might not even have wanted to touch Jenny.

He had standards too!

After mentioning the owner of the Sexy Beauty Cafe, Marian named several female S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, as well as Ward...

"Stop, stop, stop! My orientation is normal! Ward admires me because of that hammer. There is nothing going on between us!"

Unable to guess the woman's true identity, Marian rolled her eyes. She teased, "What, was it porn? Are you trying to prove that you're a normal person instead of some Terminator who traveled here from the future?"

"So you sprayed yourself with perfume to pretend you have an X life too?"

Jack said, "What the hell kind of Terminator... Other than Ultron and Vision, what other robot in this universe could bring about the end of the world...?"

Seeing that Marian's patience had nearly run out, Jack stopped playing coy. He leaned close to her ear and, in an extremely low voice, said the name Jenny Pierce.

At first, Marian did not realize anything was wrong. But when she saw Jack wiggling his brows, she found the clue in that surname.

The next second, Marian's body trembled. She stared at Jack in disbelief and asked in astonishment, "Y-you... You're sleeping with former Director Pierce's daughter?!"

Marian's uncontrolled voice rose to about fifty decibels, causing agents passing through the hallway to stop in their tracks and collectively look at Jack with knowing expressions.

Some even came over to pat Jack on the shoulder, giving him a thumbs-up and a look that said, 'Bro, you're incredible.'

Since Jack had intended to let this matter leak, he covered his face with a look of despair. "Marian, why can't you keep your mouth shut..."

Realizing she had caused a huge mess, Marian immediately shouted at everyone in the hallway, "What I just said is now classified as Level Five confidential information! Anyone who dares spread it will be violating S.H.I.E.L.D.'s confidentiality regulations!"

"The hallway cameras have recorded all your faces. If this news comes from someone who wasn't present, every one of you will be..."

Before Marian could finish her threat, Jack covered her mouth with one hand.

He wanted to use her mouth to spread the matter outside. If she classified it as Level Five confidential information, how was it supposed to spread?

If he did not make this matter explode into a huge scandal, how could Ruthless Jack do bad things?

After dragging Marian back to his office, everyone in the hallway wore extremely colorful expressions.

Jack, the Level Six Agent who had recently been making waves, was actually sleeping with former Director Pierce's daughter?

Even in a highly serious intelligence organization like S.H.I.E.L.D., everyone's gossiping instincts began to stir.

Before long, the news began spreading through S.H.I.E.L.D.'s internal work chat groups.

Within two hours, all of S.H.I.E.L.D., including agents in the field, knew that Jack had hooked up with former Director Pierce's daughter.

Meanwhile, in Garrett's office, Garrett, who had always presented himself as calm and composed, was frantically pounding on his desk.

"That Jack! That little bastard!!! I never thought he had this move up his sleeve!!!"

"First he stole my adopted son's girl!"

"Then he hooked up with Jenny Pierce!!!"

"That little bastard wants to seize power! Has he gone mad!!!"

"He thinks that as some young punk who has only been in the organization for a few years, with a few years of dirty work and Pierce's daughter, he can become Hydra's boss!!!"

"I, Garrett, am the first one who refuses to accept that!!!"

Ward sat on the sofa drinking from a bottle. Watching his adoptive father lose control like this, he could not help sighing. Sure enough, there were still many problems with human modification.

His adoptive father was usually so steady, yet he was furious to this extent now. It had to be the mechanical modifications' fault.

Still, Garrett was his adoptive father, and Ward was full of filial affection toward him. He set down his drink and walked over to stop Garrett from pounding the desk like a madman.

"Alright, alright, Garrett, stop for a moment. Right now, you look like some brat whose date got stolen at prom. Not mature at all."

"Not mature?" Garrett abruptly raised his head and slammed another fist onto the desk. "Do you know what being immature means!"

"Failure is immaturity!"

"Immaturity is failure!"

"Jack has already made his stance clear!"

"He wants that position!"

"I've bled and sweated for the organization for decades!"

"I want that position too!"

"Tell me, then, how am I supposed to be mature?"

"Smile and generously hand the position over to him?"

After roaring at Ward, Garrett slammed his fist onto the desk again. Since Jack wanted to open the curtain on this struggle for power and profit, then he would grant him his wish!

You want to take the position, do you!

I'll show you just how much influence I, Garrett, have within Hydra!

He would make Jack, this wet-behind-the-ears youngster, understand!

There were some things a woman could never help you obtain!