Li Chengfeng looked at Skye, who was laughing, and couldn't help but glance at Coulson.
What Skye said was not wrong; the Federal Bureau of Investigation's communications department was indeed a bit useless.
In the field of hacking technology, they were led around like dogs by the Rising Tide, and this was with the absolute advantage of equipment!
This matter can be handed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy later; it's time to focus on absorbing and cultivating a group of talented hackers like Skye.
"But you must think about that person. We admit that we do want to recruit him... but only to recruit him into our ranks; we don't intend to do anything to him."
Li Chengfeng pressed his hands on the table, leaning his upper body forward, their faces only a few centimeters apart.
They could both feel each other's warm breath.
"But what about others? You know those organizations keen on bringing the existing World into chaos; they will want to use him! And after using him? They will even dissect him." Li Chengfeng stared intently into Skye's eyes. "At best, they might just slice him up for research; at worst, they might even slice him up to taste him."
"...The Centipede Project, this project briefly appeared on the online job market and disappeared immediately after enough people were found. Later, I traced it back to the MAC access point, and the location was the building where the explosion occurred." A hint of struggle flashed in Skye's eyes, but she ultimately chose to reveal the information she had obtained.
Because Skye was not an overly stubborn person; on the contrary, she was extremely intelligent, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to call the wind and summon the rain in the hacking World.
After hearing Li Chengfeng's words, she quickly realized the seriousness of the problem.
Although the government organizations led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation were monsters that devoured the truth of the World in her eyes, they were, after all, aimed at maintaining order.
The evil organizations hidden in the dark corners, however, had a purely destructive purpose.
Li Chengfeng looked at this soft-hearted hacker girl with interest, and couldn't help but tease:
"Let me see, hacking into the Federal Bureau of Investigation, even personally going undercover in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and also tracking Superheroes online... You wouldn't still be loitering under Tony Stark's bearded building, hoping for a romantic encounter with Iron Man, would you?"
At this point, Li Chengfeng showed a malicious smile: "You wouldn't be a stalker of Superheroes, would you?"
"How can you slander my innocence without reason! I just... I only did it once." Skye said with wide eyes, "I'm just curious... How can a hacker girl's actions be called stalking!"
Then came a series of incomprehensible words, such as "I'm really not interested in Iron Man" and "Did you really say you don't have a girlfriend just now?" For a moment, the interrogation room was filled with cheerful air.
But after the laughter, Coulson knew that continuing to waste time with Skye would yield no results.
The first mission of the Special Emergency Team should ideally not have any problems.
Thinking of this, he rolled his eyes, and the cunning of a middle-aged man instantly surged in his heart.
Coulson took a gun out of his suit pocket...
A gun-shaped syringe.
He placed it in front of Skye, introducing it in a calm yet eerie tone.
"This is a QNB-T16. You might not know it by its code, but this is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's latest super-powerful truth serum. Even a person with the strongest willpower will reveal how many times they wet the bed as a child. But the effect only lasts for one hour, which is neither long nor short."
Li Chengfeng immediately knew that Coulson, this kind-faced but dark-hearted middle-aged man, wanted him to cooperate.
Originally, this job belonged to Grant Ward, but now it would probably fall to him.
If this truth serum were real, Li Chengfeng would never cooperate, even if it meant killing Coulson.
But...
This truth serum was purely made up by Coulson, just to fool Skye, this little fangirl.
"You don't need to worry at all; we will release you as soon as we get all the information."
Li Chengfeng pretended to comfort Skye while slightly raising his right hand, signaling Coulson to act quickly.
And the kind-faced but dark-hearted actor Coulson, of course, received the signal and unhesitatingly jabbed the gun-shaped syringe.
He patted Li Chengfeng's triceps and then lowered his voice, saying:
"It's just a little saline."
Seeing Li Chengfeng nod imperceptibly, he immediately raised his voice: "Agent Li Chengfeng, does it hurt?"
"Of course it doesn't hurt, but sudden attacks really scare people to death..."
Li Chengfeng was halfway through his complaint when he smoothly changed his words.
"Alright, it does hurt a little, but I swear it's really just a little bit. It's just that I usually pretend not to care about pain in front of pretty girls. You know, it makes you look more like a tough guy... What the heck! Coulson, does this thing work so fast?"
Li Chengfeng's last sentence was actually a reminder to Coulson that he could exit; the rest was up to him to perform.
A man doesn't have to be drunk to make you cry with his acting.
"Didn't you not trust the Federal Bureau of Investigation, thinking we were monsters that devoured the truth of the World? Now, you can ask him any question. I mean 'any'."
After saying that, Coulson walked out of the interrogation room.
Before leaving, he also gave Skye a "you know what I mean" look.
And at this moment, Skye was indeed hooked, approaching Li Chengfeng with a smile, her eyes full of amusement and a hint of cunning.
Unlike the Skye who had just considered herself a warrior of the free World, she now resembled a little girl who had found a new toy.
Skye didn't speak immediately but slowly took off her thin jacket, leaving only a light gray sports vest on her upper body.
Then she sat down directly next to Li Chengfeng, even deliberately turning slightly sideways, increasing their contact area.
"Agent Li, are you... nervous?"
"Nervous? How funny. You are indeed very beautiful, but as a man who can effortlessly manage three women and be Aquaman, how could I be nervous when facing a young girl like you? My favorite will always be older women."
"You like older women? Really? Am I not mature enough?" Skye ran her fingers through her hair. "If you're not nervous, then why do I feel you trembling slightly?"
"Oh, that. I'm just imagining what would happen if this scene were seen by those three women... to be precise, two women and a goddess. I might have to temporarily die for about a month before I can revive."
"What? Revive!?" Skye immediately became excited after hearing Li Chengfeng's words. Unlike her forced seductive posture, she was genuinely excited. "So, besides being able to open portals, you can also revive? Oh my God! Aren't you a Superhero?"
"Superhero? I'm just a Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent with special abilities." Li Chengfeng scoffed, "Although I highly respect those heroic deeds, I really don't understand why they choose to wear tight battle suits? It's one thing that my Green Lantern transformation can't be changed, but what are those people who make their own battle suits thinking?"
This was definitely Li Chengfeng taking the opportunity to complain.
"Then... besides creating portals and revival ability, do you have other abilities?" When it came to superpowers, Skye immediately opened the floodgates. "I've researched many true and false Superheroes, but most of them only have one ability. An existence like you with multiple abilities is truly too rare."
"Other abilities?"
Li Chengfeng first transformed into a diamond form, then activated his Green Lantern transformation, then used heat vision to carve Skye's name on the table, and finally used Necromancy to summon a heavy and mighty skeleton warrior out of thin air.
As Li Chengfeng displayed more and more abilities, Skye's gaze towards Li Chengfeng became increasingly eager.
If this were in a comic, Skye's pupils would probably have turned into hearts.
And she said she wasn't a Superhero fanatic!
Heh, a woman who says one thing and means another!
...
Mei and Coulson stood in front of the monitor, watching Li Chengfeng and Skye interact.
"It's hard to imagine that a young Agent like Li Chengfeng could instantly reach a consensus with an old fox like you, with absolutely no bottom line." Looking at the smiling Coulson, Melinda May complained, "I finally understand why Fury would let you two form an almost completely independent team. It seems you three are simply the same kind of person."
"Regarding your compliment, I neither admit nor deny it." Coulson still maintained his gentle middle-aged man image. "However, I must record this part. I believe Agent Ada Wong and Agent Harley Quinn will be very interested."
Coulson clearly held a grudge against Li Chengfeng for exposing his pretense of dating his ex-girlfriend in the North Pole!
"Come on, Phil, the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation now knows that Agent Li Chengfeng's relationship with Agent Ada Wong and Agent Harley Quinn is in a delicate balance. You wouldn't want to break that balance, would you?"
"Balance is meant to be broken, isn't it?" Coulson smiled brightly, then returned to seriousness. "What did Fitz and Simmons find in the debris left at the scene?"
Melinda May raised her eyebrows towards Coulson's back, and Coulson turned around, just in time to see Fitz and Simmons walk out of the laboratory.
"We have some bad news."
"This explosion was caused by a Centipede-type intravenous filter. After analyzing the components of its contents, we found that it contained all currently known supernatural energies, including but not limited to Extremis, Gamma energy, Super Soldier Serum, and various alien substances."
Coulson's expression hardened. He had initially thought it was at most a targeted attack, merely involving the Rising Tide and an unknown Superhero.
But he never expected...
What was erased by this explosion was the real focus.
"But from the state it exhibited, this is a mixture with Extremis as the main body; it can be seen as a patchwork version of Extremis."
Everyone looked towards the sound.
It was Li Chengfeng, who had just finished his truth serum performance...
And Skye, whose cheeks were flushed and who thought she had gained a lot of Federal Bureau of Investigation insider information.