Causes and Consequences, Black Egg's Plan

Lin Feng brought the young woman back to the villa and thoughtfully poured her a cup of hot cocoa.

Professor Lupin the werewolf had said that eating chocolate could ease fear and nervousness.

Though he had no idea whether that was actually true...

"My name is Lin Feng. What about you?" Lin Feng asked. Only then did he take a proper look at the young woman and unexpectedly realize that she resembled someone from a movie he had watched before.

It seemed to be called Fantastic Four—the Invisible Woman named Susan.

Except the woman before him was even prettier and more captivating than the Invisible Woman from Fantastic Four.

Mm... and her bust was a lot bigger too...

"Ah! My name is Susan!"

"Susan Carter. I'm a reporter." The young woman accepted the hot cocoa and thanked him. Having just experienced flying through the air, she had yet to calm down.

Hearing the name Susan, Lin Feng visibly froze. He looked at Susan in confusion and asked, "You don't happen to have a brother named Reed, do you?"

"Who's that?" Susan replied doubtfully. "I don't have a brother, but I do have a younger sister. She's five this year."

Susan sipped her hot cocoa as she answered Lin Feng's questions. Every so often, she glanced at him before lowering her head again.

The lighting had been too dim earlier for her to see clearly. Only now did Susan realize that the person who had saved her was a sunny-looking young man.

His muscles had soft yet powerful lines, while his black eyes gave off a sense of depth and brightness.

He even seemed younger than her.

"What are you looking at?" Seeing Susan nodding her head like a pecking chick, Lin Feng could not help asking.

"Ah, sorry!" Caught in the act, Susan felt a little embarrassed.

"I was just curious. I've never seen anyone who could fly! Are you a Mutant?"

Faced with Susan's question, Lin Feng was somewhat speechless. Why did everyone think he was a Mutant?

"I'm not a Mutant! Mutants aren't the only ones with superpowers."

"Then are you from China?" The hot cocoa had completely restored Susan to normal. Lin Feng's black hair and black eyes reminded her of that ancient and mysterious Eastern country.

As she recalled, only a few Eastern countries had such pure black hair and eyes.

"What? Isn't it obvious?" Lin Feng teased, pinching the fringe over his forehead. His black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin all marked his identity.

Well... the beauty was speechless. Her lifesaver really was not good at conversation...

What was that term her girlfriends were talking about the other day?

Right! Straight man! This powerful Eastern man was probably one of those, Susan grumbled inwardly.

Watching Susan get teased into speechlessness, Lin Feng laughed.

He poured himself a cup of hot cocoa as well. With Superman's physique, he was no longer afraid of gaining weight. He could eat whatever he wanted.

"Let's talk about you, little reporter." To keep the atmosphere from growing awkward, Lin Feng decided to find out what exactly this female reporter had done.

"I'm curious what you photographed."

"I'm not a little reporter!" Hearing Lin Feng tease her, Susan could not help rolling her eyes in mock anger. Then she slowly told him what had happened.

Susan had just graduated from college. Influenced by her reporter parents, she had entered society with the goal of becoming CBB Television Station's top female anchor.

Three months earlier, Stark Industries had announced a ban on weapon sales, triggering a storm of underground trading.

Through her investigation, Susan discovered that some Gray Street members had prepared a large batch of Stark Industries weapons for sale, including terrifying weapons like missiles. She immediately smelled a major scoop.

Wanting to make a name for herself as quickly as possible, Susan acted on impulse and secretly went to film a Gray Street transaction without telling the television station.

However, Susan had overestimated her tracking abilities and underestimated the other side's counter-surveillance capabilities.

No ordinary reporter could afford to provoke any of Gray Street's members.

Hell's Kitchen's rats had not expected a reporter so unafraid of death to dare gather so-called evidence in their territory. They immediately ordered Susan dealt with on the spot.

Yet Susan seemed to possess a natural talent for escaping. She was as slippery as a loach, and Gray Street's members failed to catch her despite several attempts.

The buyers angrily put up a twenty-thousand-dollar bounty for her life.

Now Gray Street's thugs had work to do. Whoever took her life first would receive the twenty-thousand-dollar reward!

The clever Susan fled for three days straight. Exhausted from running for her life, her vigilance greatly weakened, and she was finally surrounded by several rats.

If Lin Feng had not appeared today, Susan's life would likely have become twenty thousand dollars.

After hearing Susan's account, Lin Feng could not help looking at her twice more.

Good lord, this reporter was insanely brave!

I'll call you a true heroine!

"You really are brave!" Lin Feng praised, giving her a thumbs-up.

"Don't joke around, Mr. Lin!" Susan looked as though she wanted to cry but had no tears.

"I don't even know what to do next. God knows how much I regret this!" Susan's eyes reddened slightly.

As she spoke of her sorrow, two tears rolled down her cheeks.

She was still young. A bright future lay ahead of her.

She did not want to die young so soon. Her mother would be devastated!

"Just call me Lin." Lin Feng spoke casually.

"Since this involves Stark Industries weapons, maybe I can offer a little help!" Lin Feng's words gave Susan hope.

Since it was somewhat connected to Tony Stark, Lin Feng did not mind lending a hand.

Upon hearing that, Susan threw herself around Lin Feng's arm. Her reddened eyes stared fixedly at him as she anxiously asked, "Really? Lin, can you really help me?!"

Susan knew that an extraordinary person like Lin Feng surely had a way to help her.

Even if he could not make Hell's Kitchen revoke the bounty on her, he should at least be able to keep her alive!

At that moment, she was like a drowning person clutching desperately at even a single straw.

"Yes, really! Let go first!" Lin Feng, caught off guard by the sudden attack, could only exclaim in shock.

Was this reporter really that well-endowed?! What did she eat to grow like that? Damn, even Superman could not withstand an assault like this!

"S-Sorry..." Susan also realized that something was wrong and let go with a blush. Her earlier actions had simply been instinctive, like grasping a lifesaving straw.

Seeing Susan release him, Lin Feng sighed in relief before continuing, "Tony Stark and I are on pretty good terms. He has a press conference tomorrow."

"I'll talk to him about this afterward!"

"You can stay here for the next couple of days. Pick any guest room on the first floor."

"There's food in the refrigerator too. If you're hungry, make something yourself!"

"Oh, right! Can you cook? If not, just order takeout."

Lin Feng asked.

"I can!" Susan nodded. She had gotten full marks in home economics.

"Then that's settled. Now go pick a room, wash up, and get some sleep, little reporter!" Lin Feng raised his brows. He needed sleep too.

He had originally planned to make something to eat, but after listening to her story for so long, he felt like he had spent all that time eating gossip and no longer wanted anything else.

"From now on, don't go filming evidence of Gray Street transactions. This isn't something you can handle!"

After finishing his instructions, Lin Feng gave her a stern warning. He could save her the first time, and the second time.

But if it happened too often, there would eventually be a time when he could not keep an eye on her. And if he missed her even once, she would truly be finished.

"I know! And I already told you, I'm not a little reporter!" Susan retorted.

"You only just graduated! How are you not a little reporter?" Lin Feng looked at Susan disdainfully, making her blush furiously.

"Straight man!" Susan stomped her foot angrily and went to choose a room.

Lin Feng scoffed and began clearing the cups from the table. A little reporter, how laughable.

"Lin!" Susan called out.

Lin Feng turned toward her voice and saw that Susan, having chosen a room, was peeking out at him with only her little head exposed.

"What now?"

"Thank you!"

Bang!

After saying that, Susan quickly shut the door.

Lin Feng shook his head, a smile curling at his lips. This was the first time he had saved someone, not counting that guy Tony. It felt pretty good.

After cleaning up and taking a shower, Lin Feng went to sleep. He needed to get up early tomorrow to witness an iconic scene.

Lin Feng went to sleep on his side.

Black Egg, however, worked overtime with dark circles under his eyes.

Looking at the report on his desk and the video on the conference screen, Black Egg's face seemed to grow even darker.

Coulson stood beside him, also wearing two dark circles under his eyes. The two silently watched the screen together.

On the screen was the footage of Lin Feng sending Obadiah flying with a single punch.

"At least ten tons of force, perhaps even dozens of tons. That punch..." Coulson said.

Even Captain America, whom he admired, did not possess that kind of strength!

"And he can fly!"

"I can see that, Coulson!" Black Egg pointed at his single eye.

Lin Feng's appearance was another completely unexpected development for Black Egg.

Tony Stark's situation alone had already given him a terrible headache these past few days. He had never found an opportunity to speak with Tony Stark, and now Lin Feng had suddenly appeared as well.

He seemed to be friends with Tony Stark.

Hopefully this black-haired kid won't be too difficult to handle. Black Egg calculated inwardly.

"Doesn't Tony Stark have a press conference tomorrow morning? Will he be there?" Black Egg asked Coulson.

"Based on the information we intercepted, Lin Feng has already received a call from JARVIS. There's a high probability that he'll go."

Hearing that, Black Egg nodded and ordered, "Take two people with you tomorrow. Approach Lin Feng after the conference and probe him."

"I need to know whether he can become part of the plan."

"And! Raise Lin Feng's clearance level. That's all for now..."