Black Widow was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ace agent. Qin Xiao knew she would not show up at this bar for no reason.
But as long as she was not here for him, Qin Xiao was not afraid of trouble.
Setting aside her importance to the plot, with that angelic face and devilish figure before him, there was no reason to miss this chance, was there?
Several thoughts raced through Qin Xiao's mind in an instant.
When Qin Xiao remained silent for so long, Black Widow parted her red lips and spoke again.
"What's wrong? Do you not understand English, or do you not want to talk to me?"
"Sorry, I was just thinking about how to trick such a beautiful lady into coming back to my apartment and spending a wonderful night with me!"
With that weight off his mind, Qin Xiao smiled faintly, turned, and sat back down.
"That depends on what you've got!"
Black Widow gave him a radiant smile.
"Bartender, a drink to suit this beautiful lady's temperament!"
Qin Xiao snapped his fingers and handed the bartender a hundred-dollar bill.
"Keep the change!"
"Thank you, sir!"
It was rare for the bartender to see such a generous customer, and he bowed slightly to thank Qin Xiao.
"Don't thank me. If your drink doesn't suit these ladies' temperaments, I'll punch your balls into a burrito!"
Qin Xiao had been coming every day lately and always sat at the bar, so he had become quite familiar with the bartender.
The bartender ducked his head, smiled, and hurried off to prepare Black Widow's cocktail.
"A burrito? You're pretty funny, handsome. Bonus points for you."
Black Widow spoke with a smile.
Qin Xiao noticed that Black Widow kept glancing at three burly men at the table farthest inside.
He paid it no mind and instead looked into Black Widow's captivating eyes as he spoke.
"There are plenty more things about me that earn bonus points. You'll have lots of time to discover them."
"The Asians I know are all rather reserved. Very few are like you."
"Then you haven't met enough Asians..."
The two chatted casually.
After about ten minutes, Qin Xiao noticed the men getting up to leave.
Black Widow gave them a seemingly casual glance. "I'm going to the restroom!"
With that excuse, she left the bar counter!
Qin Xiao knew she was going after those three burly men. He did not call her out, merely smiling and gesturing for her to go ahead.
System mission: How could a true gentleman let a girl do the fighting? Help Black Widow subdue those three men and make her remember you. As one of the founding heroes of the Avengers, getting to know her will help with subsequent missions in this world. PS: Even from a man's perspective, how could you let such a beauty slip away so easily? Host, you can do it!
Great! What was supposed to be some easy flirting with a beauty just had to turn into trouble.
But since it was a mission, there would be a reward. He had no choice but to act.
He silently followed Black Widow out the bar's back door.
He found that the three men had almost reached the mouth of the alley.
Black Widow stood in the middle of the alley and said something to the three men.
Qin Xiao could only tell that it was Russian. He had no idea what she said.
But it probably was not anything nice, because as soon as Black Widow finished speaking,
one of the men reached into his jacket for a gun, only to be stopped by another.
The pistol had no suppressor, and they did not want trouble.
Clearly, they did not think much of Black Widow, a lone woman.
As for Qin Xiao, who had just emerged from the bar's back door, they automatically treated the seemingly scrawny Asian as part of the scenery.
Without a word, the three men gave a vicious grin and charged at Black Widow.
Given who Black Widow was, how could she take those three seriously?
She smiled faintly and gave her head that signature tilt of hers before a fight.
She also prepared to pick up speed and charge at the three burly men.
But before she could start running, a dark blur shot past her.
At that moment, Qin Xiao not only had the Super Soldier Serum in his body, but also the boost from the clothes formed by his E-Class Combat Suit.
He also had combat skills on par with the world's finest soldiers.
In a few swift movements, he reached the three men. His right hand shot out and pressed against the face of the man in front.
Without stopping, he used his body's momentum to drive his arm forward, covering the man's face and slamming him backward.
Bang!
The back of the man's head struck the nose of the man behind him dead-on.
Qin Xiao let go and threw an elbow to the side. The last man had no time to stop.
Qin Xiao's elbow smashed into his temple.
He dropped straight to the ground, clean and simple. Qin Xiao then delivered a knife-hand strike each to the two men bent over clutching the back of a head and a nose.
It took less than two seconds to rush past Black Widow and bring down all three men, his movements flowing seamlessly.
Once he was done, a faint smile curled his lips, and he turned around, ready to strike a good-looking pose.
To his surprise, the moment he turned, he almost ran into the dark muzzle of a gun.
"Fuck! What are you doing?"
His attempt to show off was forcibly interrupted, and the gun muzzle nearly gave Qin Xiao a fright.
"Who are you?"
Black Widow's expression was somewhat grave. Those three were no ordinary men. Even she would have needed a few exchanges to take them down.
Yet Qin Xiao had dropped them all before she could even see clearly what had happened.
"A man!"
Qin Xiao raised both hands somewhat helplessly.
"Look, I mean no harm. I just saw you come outside to fight someone. I ought to show a little gentlemanly behavior, right?"
"It's one thing not to buy me a drink, but now you're pointing a gun at my head?"
Qin Xiao spoke with a grin.
Regardless of whether Black Widow intended to kill him, at this distance, he was confident he could dodge even if she fired. Besides, his clothes were impervious to blades and bullets.
Black Widow indeed sensed no hostility from Qin Xiao, but even so, she cautiously took two steps back.
Keeping the gun trained on Qin Xiao's forehead, she said, "Back out first. I'm taking these three men with me."
"Sure!"
Looking at Black Widow, Qin Xiao slowly moved his right foot one step backward.
Just as Black Widow breathed a sigh of relief, Qin Xiao pushed off with his retreating right leg.
He moved in a Z-shaped pattern, slipping out of Black Widow's sights and closing in beside her before she could react.
His right hand had already snatched the miniature pistol from hers.
The Black Widow in the movies was an ordinary person with exceptional combat skills and physical fitness, unlike her genetically modified counterpart in the comics.
Qin Xiao had the Super-Soldier Serum, and his speed and reflexes had already surpassed human limits. With him acting deliberately while she was unprepared, Black Widow naturally fell for it.
He pressed the gun directly against Black Widow's head and forced her against the wall.
"What do you want?"
Black Widow looked at Qin Xiao expressionlessly, while her right hand stealthily inched toward her thigh.
"To punish you for repaying kindness with hostility!"
Qin Xiao smiled faintly and dismantled Black Widow's little pistol in a few quick movements.
(Basic Combat Skills came with the use of common firearms. Whether his shooting was accurate was unknown, but understanding and using them was no problem.)
He tossed the parts onto the ground, holding a cartridge ejected from the pistol.
He lightly tossed it toward the middle of Black Widow's clothing.
It landed squarely between her breasts.
"Did you know Cupid doesn't just use a bow and arrows? Sometimes he plays with pistols, too."
With a chuckle, he ran a hand over Black Widow's slender waist.
Qin Xiao abruptly stepped back, then turned and returned to the bar, laughing loudly.
"That damned bastard!"
Only after Qin Xiao had returned to the bar did Black Widow slowly draw her right hand out from beside her thigh beneath her skirt.
She held a small stun gun.
She had been just about to attack. Whether Qin Xiao had planned it or it had been a coincidence, he had turned and left at the last moment.
Though she was very curious about who Qin Xiao really was, the mission took priority right now. As for Qin Xiao, she could look into him whenever she had a chance later.
With some dislike and some feelings she could not quite describe, Black Widow took out her phone and called people from the agency to clean up.
Qin Xiao did not know what Black Widow was thinking. The main thing was that he had already completed his mission.
On a personal level, he had also left a deep impression on Black Widow. Everything else could wait.
That was enough for today. If he stayed any longer, he would run into S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel.
He was certainly interested in Black Widow, but for now, it was better to keep his distance from S.H.I.E.L.D.
Remembering the sight of that last cartridge slipping into Black Widow's clothes, Qin Xiao felt a surge of heat.
Once inside the bar, he hurried to look for the girl he had been watching for several days, only to discover that she had already left.
"Sigh! Time to go home and sleep!"