The HYDRA Agent, dressed like a Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent, who stood at the front of the doorway, took out his identification.
"Ms. Stacy, Federal Bureau of Investigation."
"Uh-huh."
Gwen stood at the door, glancing at the identification the HYDRA Agent presented.
"Is there something I can help you with?"
"A suspect believed to be endangering national security has run into this room. Can you hand her over?"
"No!"
...
The leading HYDRA Agent fell silent, looking at Gwen, who had refused without a second thought.
Normally.
When dealing with ordinary citizens who were less than cooperative, they would usually resort to heavy-handed tactics.
After all, citizens who didn't cooperate were no longer ordinary citizens.
They had to use heavy force.
If words failed to persuade, they were also skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
But...
This was not a normal situation, and Gwen was not an ordinary citizen.
The White ash from Wakanda still hadn't been completely cleaned up.
The souls of an entire race were still drifting there.
So!
After several rounds of self-reassurance, the leading HYDRA Agent's face once again broke into a smile. He said to Gwen, who was standing at the door, "Ms. Stacy, we have no intention of making an enemy of you. All we want is the wanted criminal. We hope you can hand her over, and we will leave immediately, without delay."
Gwen was unmoved and continued to shake her head.
"I'll say it again, I don't have the person you're looking for here."
"Motherf*cker!"
The second HYDRA Agent, standing to the left of the leading HYDRA Agent, immediately became enraged upon hearing this. He flared up on the spot, pointing at the clearly visible bloodstains on Gwen's home clothes.
"Are you kidding us? Do you really think we don't dare to rush in? Motherf*cker, you… "
"Slap!"
Before he could finish, and before Gwen's expression could change, the leading HYDRA Agent swiftly backhanded the HYDRA Agent who was cursing while pointing at Gwen's clothes.
The force was so great that it instantly knocked out two of the male Agent's teeth, and at the same time, it made this HYDRA Agent spin in circles on the spot.
Gwen was also startled, watching the HYDRA Agent whose teeth had flown out and who was spinning in circles.
"My apologies!"
After angrily hitting his colleague, the leading HYDRA Agent once again put on a smile and looked at Gwen, "My companion didn't know your identity. I apologize on his behalf."
Gwen recovered, looking at the HYDRA Agent before her, who was all smiles and very humble. She took a deep breath internally.
"I don't have any special identity. All I know is that I don't have the person you're looking for here."
"Ms. Stacy, we saw the fugitive enter this room with our own eyes. Her car is still on the lawn."
The leading Agent said, pointing at the bullet-riddled car Sharon had just driven and parked on the lawn in front of the house.
Gwen glanced in the direction he was pointing.
"I don't know whose car this is. Anyway, I don't have the person you're looking for inside my house."
...
The HYDRA Agent standing on the right side was also displeased by this. His voice was low, and he spoke with a warning tone, "Ms. Stacy, you should know why we are speaking to you so politely right now."
Gwen heard this, looked at the third HYDRA Agent who spoke, and chuckled, "Of course I know. But do you know? If you really want to come in, you can. Go ahead."
As Gwen spoke, she directly cleared a path.
The path leading into the house instantly opened.
However...
The three HYDRA Agents standing at the door hesitated, looking at the path Gwen had cleared.
Because Gwen had said one more thing.
...But remember, I did not invite you into the house. You are forcing your way in. Please remember this, because when my fiancé returns, I will tell him that while he was not home, three Agents, who I don't even know are Federal Agents, ignored my warnings and broke into our home."
As soon as these words were spoken.
The expressions on the faces of the HYDRA trio, who had initially felt a hint of joy when Gwen cleared the way, instantly froze.
Indeed.
They were truly afraid of Hawk.
Gwen took in the expressions of the three HYDRA Agents—one playing the bad cop, one playing the good cop, and one playing the mediator—and thought to herself.
The three HYDRA Agents' expressions were stiff, and they all looked at each other.
Gwen saw this, shrugged, and prepared to close the door.
But...
Just as she was about to close the door, the HYDRA Agent with the clear slap mark on his face and missing teeth, who was playing the bad cop, said sharply, "Ms. Stacy, don't think we wouldn't dare."
Gwen heard this and stopped closing the door again.
The HYDRA Agent playing the good cop also said in a deep voice, "Ms. Stacy, this is your last warning. Hand her over. We have no intention of being your enemy, but that doesn't mean we will back down if you oppose us."
There was no such logic.
Before joining HYDRA, he was always submissive.
After joining HYDRA, he thought he could finally be aggressive. If he continued to be submissive, wouldn't becoming a HYDRA Agent be for nothing?
Gwen raised an eyebrow, looking at this HYDRA Agent playing the good cop.
The next second.
The leading HYDRA Agent, playing the mediator, had already taken a step forward and reprimanded his companion, who was playing the good cop, "Shut up!"
Gwen was now completely certain.
These three HYDRA Agents were playing a good cop, a bad cop, and a mediator.
After realizing this, Gwen was thoroughly amused.
But at the same time, she became curious about something.
Gwen's gaze fell on the face of the leading HYDRA Agent, who was playing the mediator.
"I'm very curious, if my fiancé were home right now, would you still dare to knock on our door, appear at our doorstep, and then, in front of my fiancé, use a threatening tone to demand that I hand over the person you're looking for?"
"Nonsense, of course not."
The leading HYDRA Agent answered this question in his mind without thinking, but he did not speak the answer aloud.
After all, if he were to say that, it would somewhat elevate others' morale and diminish his own prestige.
But...
Say he would dare?
Sorry, he really wouldn't dare.
If he had dared, they wouldn't have slammed on their brakes and not dared to chase Sharon Carter into Palm Street after seeing her drive into it.
It was well known.
Palm Street had a terrifying demon lord who could, at the very least, wipe out a family, and at most, an entire clan.
So, after stopping their car, the three of them immediately reported to their superiors.
The result...
After learning that Sharon Carter had run into Palm Street, their superiors immediately scolded them, then told them to either bring Sharon Carter back immediately, kill Sharon Carter immediately, or for the three of them to commit suicide.
But that wasn't the main point.
The main point was that their superiors also told them not to provoke the Demon Lord's Chains while apprehending or killing Sharon Carter.
As for how to bring back or kill Sharon Carter without provoking the Demon Lord's Chains, their superiors didn't say, only telling the three of them to exercise their subjective initiative.
Because if the operation failed, HYDRA would not acknowledge the three of them.
Good heavens.
After listening to their superiors' instructions, the three of them immediately exclaimed, "Good heavens!"
But...
Yell as they might, the task still had to be done. After all, a local official is better than a distant one. Offending the Demon Lord might lead to death, but if they didn't follow the organization's orders, they would still die.
And they would definitely die a terrible death.
This was it.
The three of them huddled in the car and discussed a plan, which, in simple terms, was a combination of coaxing, intimidation, and threats.
One person would play the mediator, coaxing.
One person would play the good cop, intimidating.
And the other person would play the bad cop, threatening.
With this three-pronged approach, perhaps, maybe, it was possible that Gwen, whom their organization code-named the Demon Lord's Chains, would obediently hand over the Sharon Carter they wanted.
After all, according to the information, Gwen was only nineteen years old.
So...
They went for it.
And now, hearing Gwen's words, they were completely stumped.
It was clear.
Gwen was not intimidated by them; on the contrary, she seemed to have turned the tables, looking at the HYDRA trio at the door with interest, "It seems you wouldn't dare to come here if Hawk were home. But I need to remind you, Hawk has only temporarily left New York City; he hasn't left for good."
One sentence.
Hawk had only temporarily left; he wasn't dead.
A dead demon lord might not be frightening, but a temporarily absent demon lord, especially one who had already proven that offending him could lead to, at the very least, the destruction of a family, and at most, an entire clan, if he returned and found out about this, only God knew what would happen.
Gwen said this, then changed the subject, speaking to the HYDRA trio in front of her, "If you leave now, I will pretend this never happened. Otherwise, when my fiancé returns, I will definitely tell him about this, and I will not intercede for you. You should know how terrifying my fiancé is. I tell you, he eats people whole."
When Gwen spoke of Hawk eating people whole, her expression was very familiar.
As if she had witnessed it firsthand.
She had intended to use this method to quickly send these three away.
The result...
The HYDRA Agent playing the good cop heard Gwen's words and seemed to sense her urgency to get rid of them. He sneered, looking at Gwen, "But your fiancé isn't in New York City right now, is he?"
It was still the same point.
If they didn't capture or kill Sharon Carter today, they would die today.
So, after the good cop HYDRA also started playing the bad cop, the smile on the face of the Agent who was originally playing the mediator also disappeared. He looked at Gwen, "Ms. Stacy, move aside, or else…"
Before he could finish.
A voice, with a faint tone, sounded from behind them.
"Or else what!"
...
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