Zhou Cheng naturally didn't know that Tony Stark's mansion had been "invaded" by the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Although he had seen the movie and knew this plot.
But no matter what, he couldn't guess when this incident actually happened, could he?
After all, this scene was, in the end, just an Easter egg in the movie "Iron Man."
Many people didn't even know about it.
As for him being targeted by Nick Fury, and even being listed as an Avengers candidate by Nick Fury.
Zhou Cheng was even less likely to know.
Recently, besides regretting his past wrong decisions, he had been paying attention to the trends of some major events and relevant figures in the Marvel World.
This was to determine how much deviation there was between this World and the 199999 Universe.
This was very important to Zhou Cheng, as it directly related to whether his precognitive ability could still be used.
If the deviation wasn't significant, everything would be fine, but if the deviation was truly too great, Zhou Cheng would really have to consider what to do.
Fortunately, apart from Obadiah being arrested early and Tony Stark announcing himself as the Destroyer, other things hadn't changed much.
Just yesterday, Stark Group also issued an official statement, announcing the reopening of the Stark Expo.
This was also consistent with Zhou Cheng's impression of the timeline.
The opening ceremony of the Stark Expo, wasn't that the beginning of the second "Iron Man" movie?
According to the plot.
After the Stark Expo began, there would be classic scenes like the "show-stopping hearing," "racetrack battle with Whiplash," "palladium poisoning death crisis," and "Iron Man Armor group K."
He just didn't know if they would play out one by one as he remembered?
These questions would await Zhou Cheng's verification, one by one.
However, before that, Zhou Cheng was caught off guard by another matter.
Creak!
As usual, Zhou Cheng, after eating at an outside restaurant, returned home as if nothing had happened.
But as soon as he pushed open the door, before even passing the entryway, he couldn't help but freeze.
What's going on?
There was an extra person in his house?
Zhou Cheng, who was halfway through changing his slippers, immediately looked up.
He looked at the imposing figure sitting on his sofa.
He almost blurted out, "Holy crap."
Eyepatch Nick Fury!
What the heck!
Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury, actually appeared in his house?
What kind of crazy development is this?
Considering Nick Fury's special identity, since he personally came knocking, it couldn't be a small matter no matter what!
Zhou Cheng immediately became alert.
At the same time, his brain quickly started working, trying to clarify a line of thought, and soon he had a natural guess.
Could it be because he had displayed extraordinary power?
This was the only reasonable possibility Zhou Cheng could think of.
However, if that was the case, Zhou Cheng felt a little relieved.
Nick Fury just came uninvited, which was already quite polite.
So it shouldn't be too bad of an outcome.
"Who are you?"
"Why are you in my house?"
Quickly discarding those thoughts, Zhou Cheng deliberately stared at Nick Fury and asked in a cautious and cold tone.
"On the surface, you're an unemployed vagrant who was fired from his company, even considered somewhat hopeless by your neighbors."
"Because you haven't worked for over half a year, and you're idle every day."
"But who would know that such an inconspicuous guy would have another surprising identity?"
Nick Fury said these words in a profound tone, while standing up from Zhou Cheng's sofa.
His bald head, illuminated by the oblique light, reflected a glow, giving him a Saitama-sensei vibe.
And hearing Nick Fury's pretentious display in front of him, Zhou Cheng became even more certain.
It seemed his guess was correct; Nick Fury was indeed here for his extraordinary identity.
His hint was already too obvious.
The "surprising identity" undoubtedly referred to the identity of Satan.
Zhou Cheng was only surprised when he first saw Nick Fury, but now, he was used to it.
No matter what, that was S.H.I.E.L.D.!
They weren't useless.
However, even though he knew what was going on, Zhou Cheng still didn't directly admit it.
He just stared sharply at Nick Fury: "Get straight to the point, don't waste each other's time."
"You don't really think that just because you wear a mask and fly around in the sky, no one knows who you are, do you?"
"Mr. Satan?"
Nick Fury indeed stopped beating around the bush and directly exposed Zhou Cheng's identity.
"Since you know who I am, you still dare to barge in front of me?"
Zhou Cheng deliberately gave Nick Fury a cold smile.
He had to admit, it really made Nick Fury on the other side feel a sharp, indescribable pressure.
After all, the current Zhou Cheng was indeed not an ordinary person; with his many abilities, he was already very, very strong at this stage.
"Yes, that's right, I know you are Satan, but I still did it."
"Because I know much more about you, and more deeply, than you think."
"You're not someone who easily attacks others, so even if I expose you, you won't do anything to me."
"You're not a bad person."
"And that's why I came to you."
Nick Fury spoke confidently and eloquently in front of Zhou Cheng.
This made Zhou Cheng secretly chuckle to himself.
Did Nick Fury think he saw through him?
Little did he know, he was the one who was seen through!
However, Zhou Cheng had no intention of exposing Nick Fury; he just remained silent for a moment, as if he had been seen through.
Then he continued to ask: "You still haven't told me who you are, and why you are here."
"Mr. Satan, I am Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D..";
Since the groundwork was almost done, Nick Fury didn't keep him guessing any longer and stated the purpose of his visit, "I'm here to talk to you about the Avengers."
Zhou Cheng: "..."
Nick Fury actually wanted him to join the Avengers?
Even though he had guessed it early, hearing this answer directly from Nick Fury's mouth still surprised Zhou Cheng.
After all, the Avengers as a group were too important in the Marvel series of movies.
All major events, all story directions, revolved around the Avengers.
Bluntly speaking, the story of Marvel was the story of the Avengers!
The Avengers were the absolute protagonists of the Marvel Universe!
But there was a key problem: not everyone wanted to be the protagonist.
Especially Zhou Cheng, as a transmigrator.
Knowing the Marvel series plot, having the advantage of foresight, and also having a cheat.
Unless he was out of his mind, he would never become an Avenger.
With almost no hesitation, Zhou Cheng made his decision.
Refuse Nick Fury!
Of course.
Although he already had a plan in mind, to avoid revealing himself, Zhou Cheng still cooperated with the current situation and asked the other party: "S.H.I.E.L.D.? What kind of organization is this? And what is the Avengers?"
"Simply put, S.H.I.E.L.D. is an organization employed by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, specifically to deal with extraordinary events that ordinary agencies cannot handle."
"And the Avengers that I plan to form is a special operations team specifically designed to deal with such extraordinary crises..."
Nick Fury began to meticulously explain the relevant issues to Zhou Cheng.
At the same time, he also brought out the same set of arguments he used to trick Tony Stark.
Such as Satan becoming part of a larger Universe, this World not being what ordinary people perceive, the existence of many extraordinary crises, extraordinary individuals, and so on and so forth.
In short, he rattled on and on, and for ordinary people, it was indeed very convincing.
But unfortunately, for a transmigrator like Zhou Cheng, his emotional state remained completely undisturbed.
"Thank you for thinking highly of me, but I refuse."
Zhou Cheng gave a very clear answer, "I am a mercenary, I don't get up early for nothing, any of my actions require money."
"If S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to hire me to deal with something, I can certainly consider it."
"But joining the Avengers or anything like that, forget it."
"Mr. Satan, I'm not asking you for an answer right now, you can take your time to consider."
Seeing Zhou Cheng's firm attitude, Nick Fury didn't press the issue further.
After leaving that remark with Zhou Cheng, he swaggered away leisurely.
As if this wasn't Zhou Cheng's home, but his, Nick Fury's, home.
"Damn it, I've been targeted by Nick Fury!"
When Nick Fury's figure completely disappeared from the living room, Zhou Cheng plopped down on the sofa, his brows furrowing in frustration.
One thing was obvious next.
Even if he explicitly refused to be an Avenger, his life probably wouldn't remain peaceful anymore.
He would probably be under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance at all times, wouldn't he?
Just thinking about it was infuriating.
But how to put it.
In a World like Marvel, unless one was an ordinary person with no special qualities.
Otherwise, they would definitely not be able to hide from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s eyes.
And for Zhou Cheng, with his many powerful abilities, it was impossible for him to choose to live a reclusive life forever just because of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attention, right?
How frustrating would that be?
This was clearly impossible.
So, thinking about it this way, being targeted by S.H.I.E.L.D. seemed to be an unavoidable matter.
"Forget it!"
Zhou Cheng shook his head and quickly accepted it.
So what if he was targeted? Just pretend S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't exist, wouldn't that be fine?
Anyway, he never intended to be some big villain who destroyed the World.
S.H.I.E.L.D., besides watching him, wouldn't do anything concrete.
Just ignore them!
As for Nick Fury's suggestion that he become an Avenger, there was no doubt that Zhou Cheng would never agree.
This stance was unwavering, there was no question about it.
However, it was also an undeniable fact that he had a belly full of complaints to vent.
Zhou Cheng subconsciously had a thought and brought out the diary again.
He poured out all the complaints that were stuck in his throat onto the diary.
...
"Officer, did everything go smoothly?"
Coming downstairs and getting into the car.
Agent Hill, in the driver's seat, casually asked Nick Fury as she buckled her seatbelt.
"Everything is under control."
Nick Fury, with his single eye, slowly and profoundly uttered this sentence.
It wasn't really Nick Fury showing off.
Before the actual negotiation with Satan, Nick Fury wasn't truly certain he would succeed, was he?
"So, what's next for us?"
Agent Hill naturally didn't ask further about her boss's boastful reply, she just quickly started the car.
"Back to headquarters."
"Understood!"
Vroom vroom vroom!
The black "Agent car" started directly.
It quickly merged into the bustling traffic and disappeared from sight.
Upon returning to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and dismissing Agent Hill, Nick Fury went straight back to his office.
It wasn't until this moment that Nick Fury couldn't help but rub his temples.
A bad start!
Both the strong-willed Tony Stark and the clear-cut mercenary Satan had given very unoptimistic feedback.
And Bruce Banner, who was practicing yoga abroad, was also a headache.
He was useless when he wasn't angry and couldn't help much, but when he got angry, he might make things worse!
It seemed this plan still needed to be carefully thought out.
Hmm?
What's going on?
While he was sorting through these matters in his mind, Nick Fury suddenly froze.
His gaze was immediately drawn to a black diary placed on his desk.
Where did this diary come from?
Nick Fury remembered very clearly that there was no such thing on his desk.
And considering this was the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s office, Nick Fury didn't think it was one of his subordinates who accidentally left this thing on his desk.
After all, no one else could enter this office except him!
It couldn't be that someone broke in secretly while Nick Fury was away and secretly placed this diary on his desk, could it?
Obviously, this was impossible.
So, where did this diary come from?
After a brief thought, Nick Fury couldn't figure it out.
So he stopped wasting his brain cells and started pulling up the surveillance footage.
He intended to check exactly what was going on.
However, to Nick Fury's surprise.
He meticulously checked the surveillance from the moment he left until now, and everything was normal!
No one had entered at all.
Not only that, the surveillance was also normal, with no signs of tampering.
So, the problem arose.
The surveillance showed that no one had entered his office, so did this diary just fly in by itself?
Wait a minute!
Before he could figure out what was going on, Nick Fury discovered another even more suspicious detail.
The surveillance footage didn't show the diary at all!
In the surveillance, his desk was empty, nothing was there!
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