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Chapter 54 Phil Coulson

“Although she’s older than us, apart from having a little superpower, she’s just an innocent little girl. I believe you can handle her!” Li Wei forced an explanation.

What he said wasn't entirely wrong. Without the experience of being controlled by the Purple Man and turned into his exclusive weapon, Jessica Jones is indeed just a "little girl" now.

“Okay, I’ll handle her!” Natasha raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Super strength, super jump? It doesn't seem too difficult to deal with.

After assigning Natasha the task, Levi looked at Yelena.

The little girl immediately straightened her back, ready to receive the order.

“Tony, find her a school and let her go to school!” Levi said to Tony after looking Yelena up and down.

Yelena: ? ? ? ?
No, how did it become going to school for me?

“You’re only 15 years old. What are you going to do if you’re not going to school? This isn’t some institution that exploits child labor,” Li Wei said, noticing the girl’s confusion.

“Okay, I’ll arrange it!” Tony looked at her and nodded seriously. “But before that, it would be better to find her a tutor.”

Yelena quickly looked to her "mother" and "sister" for help.

“Mr. Li and Mr. Stark are right. You are different from us. You still have a chance to return to a normal life. School is where you should be!” Melina nodded and said.

Natasha nodded in agreement, while also showing a hint of envy.

I envy Yelena for having such an opportunity...

Seeing this, Yelena could only accept the reality that she was about to enter the school.

However, despite the apparent helplessness, there was actually a lot of anticipation in their hearts—what would a school for ordinary people be like?

"Alright, let's get started, everyone. Franka, go to the warehouse and get them their equipment and inhibitors!" Levi clapped his hands and then gave the order to Frank.

Frank nodded and then led the two Black Widows to the armory to collect their equipment.

Yelena, on the other hand, became lost in reverie about the campus.

"What about me? Don't I have any missions?" Tony asked in surprise after everyone had left.

“…You don’t have a mission.” Li Wei blinked.

"No, why did you call me here so early in the morning if there's no mission?" Tony's eyes widened.

“You’re one of the founders and investors of the alliance. Shouldn’t the alliance notify you of any missions it has?” Li Wei said, shrugging.

Tony was speechless.

That's what he said, but he felt it was because Li Wei couldn't stand him sleeping a little longer.

"And don't forget about S.H.I.E.L.D., you still have to deal with them. Do you have that much time?" Li Wei raised an eyebrow.

“…You have a point! Then why don’t you open the door and let me go back?” Tony sighed, then beckoned to Yelena, “Come with me, little one!”

Yelena, upon hearing the call, immediately followed.

Levi then opened the door and escorted the two back to Stark Industries.

He himself was also preparing to go to Hell's Kitchen with Frank and the others.

……

Meanwhile, Tony had just returned to the company with Yelena when he called Pepper over, intending to have her arrange Yelena's schooling.

Pepper was not surprised by Yelena's appearance.

Because Pepper already knew about the alliance before Levi and the others returned from Europe, and the alliance was not kept from Pepper.

She even handled the identification of the three generations of Black Widows.

However, after taking over the task of arranging Yelena's schooling, Pepper did not rush to leave, but instead reported something.

“Tony, that Homeland Strategic Defense, Attack and Logistics Agency you mentioned before sent someone. It’s an agent named Coulson. Do you want to see him?” Pepper asked. “Hmm, pretty efficient. Let him come over!” Tony replied without any surprise.

He made such a big fuss in Budapest that the Department of Defense, the FBI, and the CIA were already calling him nonstop before he even returned to the United States.

How could S.H.I.E.L.D. not show up?
However, he was somewhat surprised that things had happened four years earlier than expected, and that it was still Coulson, whom Li Wei had mentioned, who came to his door.

Pepper nodded upon hearing this, then left with Yelena, and also informed Coulson, who was waiting in the reception room.

During this process, Coulson also saw Yelena and couldn't help but take a closer look at the girl.

His agent instincts told him that this girl was unusual.

Then, considering that Tony Stark, as Iron Man, single-handedly dismantled the famous Red House in Budapest.

This led Coulson to a guess.

Indeed, for Coulson, or for S.H.I.E.L.D., the Red Room is quite famous.

Because the two sides are old rivals, and S.H.I.E.L.D. even knows the Red Room better than the three Black Widows who came back with Tony.

The point where the two sides' strengths intersected can be traced back to the time before S.H.I.E.L.D. was established, when Peggy Carter's main adversary, Dottie Underwood, was involved.

Yelena would say that Melina was the first Black Widow because Melina was the first Black Widow after Drekov took control of the Red House.

Given Yelena's age, she can only be traced back to Melina's generation.

As for the Red House from the earlier Soviet era, only Melina knew a little about it, and Natasha didn't know anything about it either—after all, Natasha was only seven years old when the Soviet Union disintegrated.

But in reality, Peggy Carter's old rival, Dottie Underwood, was the first true Black Widow.

However, it was precisely because of their knowledge of the Red Room that S.H.I.E.L.D. knew how difficult the Red Room agents were to deal with.

When the Soviet Union disintegrated, S.H.I.E.L.D. did keep an eye on this old rival.

However, the situation at that time was too chaotic, and after Drekoff took control of the Red House, he adopted a silent approach.

Therefore, S.H.I.E.L.D. has never found any concrete clues about the Red Room—but they did find evidence of arms smuggling between Drekoff and Stark Industries.

However, it is impossible to connect the financial oligarch Drekoff with the Red House.

And now, this troublesome intelligence organization has been dismantled and exposed single-handedly by Tony Stark, a playboy.

This greatly shocked S.H.I.E.L.D.

Unable to contain himself any longer, Blackie had Coulson step forward, hoping to extract some information from Tony.

It seems we'll have to investigate this daughter of Ms. Pepper's later.

Coulson walked into Tony's office as he pondered this.

“Hello, Mr. Stark, I am Agent Coulson, from Strategy…” Coulson began by introducing himself.

"Ah, I know, S.H.I.E.L.D., have a seat!" Tony didn't bother listening to Coulson recite the long and tedious full name, and directly called out the abbreviation of S.H.I.E.L.D.

But to Coulson, this was like a thunderbolt.

Because the name S.H.I.E.L.D. is not an official designation but rather a private abbreviation, they generally do not use it when speaking publicly.

Only close friends and family members would use it privately.

Therefore, it was unknown to outsiders.

But if someone uses this term, it can only mean one thing.

This person already knew about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s existence.

But how could that be?

Coulson didn't understand. The director hadn't told him that Tony Stark knew about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s existence!

(End of this chapter)