Nick Fury's face seemed to darken even further as Watson rattled off numbers and prices: "If you went into business, I feel like Stark would go bankrupt!"
"That's high praise. Are you guys going to reimburse me for Natasha's car?"
"We used to, but not anymore." Nick Fury, the Director, was on the verge of drawing his gun when he heard that.
"Cheapskate." With that, Watson left the office.
--- Roaring Home
"Laura's speed is truly extraordinary~" Watson said to the person who had driven him back: "Agent Coulson, would you like to come in for a bit?"
"No, I still have a mission." Coulson suddenly looked a little embarrassed and said: "Do you still have any of that potion from last time? You know, the—stamina one, ahem—it was quite effective." Coulson, who was usually thick-skinned, felt his ears turn a little red as he saw Watson's playful expression.
System, disassemble one Intermediate Stamina Potion. Seeing 8 one-hour potions appear in his backpack, Watson took out 6, leaving the rest for Clint.
Seeing Watson place 6 potions on Laura's back seat, Coulson quickly shook his head: "No, buddy, I'm not as rich as you."
Watson looked at Coulson and said: "Don't worry, the favor I want to ask is for Natasha's car, a Chevrolet Corvette C7. Hmm... I want two, a couple's edition~"
Watson suddenly thought of something and turned to say: "Oh, Coulson, I also need to trouble you with something else~ Since I don't need to do business anymore, I want to redecorate the downstairs into a more homely style. Do you have any good recommendations?"
Coulson looked at Watson and said: "Leave the car to me. As for the house, I think there's someone more suitable than me for that, Agent Romanoff. Don't forget, she's a Level 7 Senior Agent~ And she'll be transferred to New York."
"Alright then~"
After seeing Coulson off, Watson turned to look at the empty room.
Hmm—try making a loving dinner? It shouldn't be too hard for me, I'm a hunter!
At least I can roast well-done meat! But—if I want special effects from well-done meat, do I need dragon meat?
Should I pull out Fanged Wyvern 1 and cut off its tail—after much consideration—it's still just a child, I'll let it off.
Watson turned and walked out of the house, skillfully finding Jett on the map and having him drive him to the supermarket.
Should I just ask Jett to be my driver? No, never mind, this kid is a bit too honest—and he'll be able to drive himself around freely soon enough~
This time, there were no robbers, no mutants, etc. In short, it was surprisingly quiet, with no sudden incidents, making Watson wonder if he wasn't the protagonist anymore.
Watson had Jett help him carry large bags of various vegetables, the most important being leg meat, and also a grill and some tools, back home.
After Jett left, Watson looked at the grill on the floor—should I try making well-done meat first?
Let's make it the main course. When I say it, I do it. First, he took everything upstairs and put it away, then took a piece of leg meat downstairs, set up the grill in the backyard.
He took a stove, placed it under the grill, lit the fire, skewered the leg meat, and started turning it—turning it—5 minutes passed, and his leg hair was almost all grilled off!
System, as a hunter, why can't I grill meat?
Ding! Making grilled meat requires Monster Hunter World elemental energy.
Monster Hunter World elemental energy? Watson frowned—then looked at the small stove on the grill, pulled it out, and summoned his Rathalos gauntlets. Wisps of flames began to gather in his hands. Watson carefully controlled the size of the flames. Although the flames from one gauntlet weren't large, far less than when wearing the full armor,
But this was in his own home! It was better to be careful—the moment a burst of flame enveloped the leg meat in his hand, the BBQ BGM suddenly played in his mind!!
The leg meat quickly began to change color, slowly turning golden brown, starting to glisten with oil, and emitting bursts of aroma.
Holy crap—this works too?
In a moment of distraction, the BGM went past its climax. Watson quickly reached for it, but he was a step too late—as the last note ended, the just-golden leg meat suddenly turned a charred black—Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained Burnt Meat × 1!
Burnt Meat: Maintains full stamina for 2 hours!
--- Watson resisted the urge to call Coulson and sell him the meat. He cautiously took a bite.
It seemed... okay. Although a bit burnt, it was passable. He set the burnt meat aside, went upstairs, took two more pieces of leg meat down, skewered them, lit a fire with his left hand, and turned them with his right~
Soon, the familiar BGM played again, and the leg meat's color began to change rapidly. Watson listened carefully to the rhythm, dun dun dun~ dun dun~ dun dun dun~ dun—now!
Watson grabbed the leg meat right before the last note!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle~
Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have obtained Well-Done Meat * 1!
Well-Done Meat: Maintains full energy for 8 hours and grants a 20% physique bonus.
Success, hahaha~ 20% physique bonus? This is a bit overpowered—the entire leg meat shimmered with mouth-watering oil, and even emitted a rich aroma~
And—"This smells too good, doesn't it?"
A big bite.
Ding! You have gained 8 hours of full energy effect and a 20% physique bonus.
Huh? One bite and it works?
Watson looked at the well-done meat in his hand with excitement. After putting it back in his backpack, he quickly picked up another piece of leg meat.
He started paying close attention to the BGM's rhythm—Inside Tony Stark's lab.
Tony, wearing a pair of MK2 boots, was conducting his first test.
"OK, let's begin. Start marking one meter behind." Tony stood in the center of the protective plate and turned to the two robots: "You're in charge of extinguishing fires, and you, filming.—OK, activate manual control. Increase thrust by 10%, liftoff... 3—2—1—"
Whoosh, bang!
"Ugh ah—"
The immense thrust directly slammed Tony into the wall—while our Watson was looking at the one piece he'd bitten into and four whole pieces of well-done meat in his backpack, grinning widely.
Hmm, main course is ready, time for side dishes~
Watson placed the last whole piece of well-done meat on a plate,
Then looked at a pile of ingredients: "Let's start with a soup. How about corn and potato chowder. First... peel and dice the potatoes, dice the onions—"
Sizzle sizzle sizzle~ Watson put butter into the pan and let it melt slowly, suddenly wondering if he could use Monster Hunter's fire element like with the well-done meat?
He definitely had to try it sometime.