Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Previously, due to the angle, he could only see the woman's graceful back. Now that she turned her head, Lu Mingfei could finally see her face.

It was a beautiful and charming face. Lu Mingfei compared it in his mind and found that among the people he knew, only Su Xiaoqiang seemed to be slightly better in appearance.

But when it comes to the added charm brought by temperament, Su Xiaoqiang, a high school student, is clearly no match for the women in the ring.

However, what Lu Mingfei cared more about was not her appearance, but her posture on the ring.

Lu Mingfei's combat and firearms instructor was a retired elite Navy SEAL. The combat techniques he taught Lu Mingfei emphasized practical application, and relying on his terrifying learning ability, Lu Mingfei has already surpassed his instructor in this aspect.

From his perspective, the woman standing on the ring appeared relaxed and natural, with every line exuding feminine grace, but in reality, all the points of her body exerting force were always in optimal condition.

This relaxed yet tense stance is a symbol of a skilled fighter.

To achieve this level, one needs years of arduous training in terms of technique alone, to etch the correct power exertion posture into muscle memory and make it instinctive. At the same time, one also needs exceptionally strong mental qualities to maintain almost absolute calmness during preparation.

According to Lu Mingfei's coach, Willie, only combat athletes at the "boxing champion" level can generally reach this level.

Lu Mingfei turned to look at Tony, his gaze strange.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Tony was completely confused by his gaze.

“Tony, you’re something else,” Lu Mingfei said. “Even when you’re looking for a female bodyguard, you have to pick someone this pretty. You truly are America’s, no, the world’s number one playboy.”

“I like this title, but what do you mean by female bodyguard?” Tony asked, a little puzzled.

Lu Mingfei pointed at the woman with long, wine-red hair on the stage: "Isn't she the newly hired female bodyguard?"

As they were talking, Happy had already started fighting with the woman, and as Lu Mingfei had expected, he was taken down in one move.

Happy was clearly underestimating his opponent, and he didn't use much force when he threw a punch. The woman easily grabbed his wrist and then locked Happy in a fierce flying triangle choke. Once this choke technique is mastered, unless there is a power difference like that between an adult and a child, the person locked in the choke has no chance of breaking free.

"Oh my God!" Pepper exclaimed instinctively, clearly not expecting this outcome.

“You’ve misunderstood. I’m preparing to transfer the CEO and Chairman positions to Pepper, who is the notary public, Natalie Northman from the legal department,” Tony said.

"So she's actually an office worker?" Lu Mingfei pointed to Natalie, who had knocked Happy out in a second and was about to step off the ring.

Tony nodded, then turned to Natalie and called out, "Wait, don't come down yet!"

Then, to Natalie and Lu Mingfei's surprise, he put his arm around Lu Mingfei's shoulder and said, "You shouldn't mind having a match with him too, right?"

"What are you doing, Tony?" Lu Mingfei smirked and whispered.

“She snatched my driver and bodyguard away in a second. I’m so embarrassed. Can you help me salvage this?” Tony whispered.

"She's a beauty," Lu Mingfei reminded her.

"Even a beautiful woman can't disrespect me," Tony said.

While Lu Mingfei and Tony were still arguing, Natalie, who was leaving the ring, simply stopped what she was doing, put her arm around the ropes of the ring, and quietly watched the two of them.

Unable to dissuade Tony, Lu Mingfei reluctantly went on stage and pulled Happy up from the ground, saying, "Happy, I'm taking over."

"Be careful, she's very strong." Happy limped off the ring.

“Miss Natalie Northman?” Lu Mingfei looked at her. “Aren’t you wearing boxing gloves?”

“No need,” Natalie stared at Lu Mingfei, her eyes like a clear but unfathomable spring, and extended her hand to him. “You must be Mr. Mingfei Lu? I’ve heard of you.”

"Yes, it's a pleasure to meet you." Lu Mingfei shook hands with her.

The next second, Natasha suddenly tightened her grip on Lu Mingfei's hand, trying to pull him towards her and make him lose his balance.

But the rather awkward thing is...

She couldn't budge it.

The power within Lu Mingfei's body was still dissipating, but even if only a portion remained, its strength was still beyond Natalie's reach.

Of course, this constant decline in strength also led Lu Mingfei to misjudge his own strength, making it impossible for him to judge Natalie's strength by his own standard. Otherwise, he would have realized that Natalie's pull just now was stronger than that of a 200-pound strongman.

This misjudgment of strength is evident not only in his assessment of Natalie's power but also in his own exertion of force.

So, to the astonishment of the three people below the ring, Lu Mingfei delivered three punches in quick succession, striking Natalie in the nose, left eye, and lower abdomen with such speed that Natalie had no time to dodge or defend.

Then Natalie collapsed, trembling.

Chapter 46 Natasha Romanov

In one of Tony's living rooms.

Natalie had an ice pack on her nose, lay back on the sofa, tilted her head back, and placed her hands on her lower abdomen where the pain had not yet subsided.

Lu Mingfei sat on another sofa opposite her, with his knees together, his hands on his knees, sitting upright.

"Couldn't you have gone a little easier? It's just a friendly spar, and she's a beautiful woman!" Tony looked at Lu Mingfei with the same eyes one would give a cold-blooded animal.

Lu Mingfei kept his head down and remained motionless, appearing very obedient.

But it wasn't entirely his fault; at the time, he was still in a state where his power had been unleashed after he was near death.

The power unleashed in this near-death state, while formidable, also has its drawbacks.

After several attempts, Lu Mingfei had roughly figured it out.

First, although he can gain immense power in this state, he cannot precisely control the release of this extra power. Full power output is easy, but he cannot "control" or "continuously exert power stably".

Even when he explored the surrounding environment before crossing over, the area he released his power would suddenly expand in an extremely fierce manner.

Moreover, at that time, with just the slightest thought, the area he used for exploration would condense into a highly destructive area, causing terrifying damage to the surroundings.

Secondly, in this state, some of his emotions and feelings seem to be suppressed.

In detail, all emotions or feelings that "would have a negative impact on the battle" would be greatly suppressed. Even if you think back on the battle afterward, you wouldn't feel much of the killing. It's a bit like playing a game and controlling a character to kill enemies, so it doesn't really affect your mental state.

So when he was in a near-death state for the first time, he wiped out the terrorists at the terrorist base without any psychological burden, and he did not feel any psychological discomfort. The whole process was extremely smooth, and he did not suffer any psychological trauma afterward.

Although most of his power had faded, some remained, so when he attacked Natalie, he had absolutely no concept of "showing mercy".

Of course, he has now returned to normal.

"Um... Miss Natalie, are you alright?" Lu Mingfei asked apologetically.

Natalie lay on the sofa and listened to Lu Mingfei's words. She was silent for a few seconds before removing the ice pack from her nose, looking at Lu Mingfei, and revealing her left eye, which had been covered by the ice pack when she was lying on her back.

Lu Mingfei's lips twitched slightly; he wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

With a bruise around her left eye, Natalie managed a weak smile: "It's alright, Mr. Lu, I'm fine."

"Oh, that's good." Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s just that until the injury on your face heals, you either have to avoid people or face strange looks from others,” Natalie stared at Lu Mingfei and asked quietly, “You probably don’t think it’s a big deal either, right?”

"Hmm..." Lu Mingfei thought seriously for two seconds and tried to offer a solution, "How about... I give you a bottle of concealer, and you can cover it up?"

Not to mention Natalie herself, even Tony, Pepper, and Happy, who were watching, were stunned for a moment.

Natalie then looked at Lu Mingfei with an even more resentful gaze, as if she wanted to pierce his soul. Combined with her face, even with the dark circles under her eyes, she was quite lethal.

Until she started having nosebleeds.

Lu Mingfei's lips twitched violently. He tried to hold back his laughter, but this time he couldn't help it.

Natalie, or rather, Natasha Romanov, who was using the alias "Natalie Northman," felt a sudden jolt in her heart.

As a professional agent, although Lu Mingfei's smile only lasted for a moment, she noticed it very clearly.

How can you still laugh when you're the one who started this?! You better think carefully about who beat me up like this!

At this moment, as one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most outstanding agents, codenamed "Black Widow," and personally ordered by Nick Fury to assess whether Lu Mingfei and Tony were suitable to join the Avengers, she silently added a line to her evaluation of Lu Mingfei, despite having a black eye—

"The target may seem easy to get along with, but his personality may be just as wicked as Tony Stark's, so we need to be careful."

In short, this guy is cunning and wicked.

This is a huge injustice to Lu Mingfei. He was still in a near-death state when he attacked Natalie, but now that he's back to normal, he has virtually no memory of hitting her and naturally feels no remorse.

That's why he couldn't help but laugh.

But Natasha was naturally unaware of all this, so she silently made a mental note of Lu Mingfei.

After acting as a notary and witnessing Tony and Pepper sign the transfer agreement, Natasha prepared to leave.

“Wait,” Tony called after her, “Miss Northman, I would like to invite you to be my new assistant…”

Pepper stepped forward and covered Tony's mouth, then smiled at Natasha and said, "It's nothing, Northman, Miss, you can go back now."

……

In Tony's laboratory.

After seeing off the notary Natalie, Lu Mingfei ate the takeout Jarvis had ordered for him and then had Tony come to the lab with him.

“Tony, there’s something strange about Natalie,” Lu Mingfei said.

"Hmm?" Tony raised an eyebrow.

“Her fighting skills are better than those of retired Navy SEALs. It’s not normal for an administrative officer to have that level of fighting skills,” Lu Mingfei said. “So I think you’d better not make her your new assistant.”

“Well… but I do need a new assistant now that Pepper has a new job,” Tony said, shrugging. “And you’re too late, I’ve already officially hired her as my assistant.”

"When?" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened.

"You were eating breakfast, two deluxe beef burgers and a large Coke. Looks like you have a good appetite," Tony said.

"You moved way too fast!" Lu Mingfei covered his face. "You hired her in the time it takes me to have a meal? But it's okay, you can still fire her now..."

"Why fire her?" Tony retorted. "If she has a problem, shouldn't we keep her so I can find out what's wrong with her?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback—what Tony said seemed to make sense.

Oh well, he's already told Tony about Natalie's suspicious behavior anyway.

Tony is far more capable than him at dealing with suspicious individuals, and he shouldn't need to worry about what Tony is doing. On the contrary, he's now counting on Tony to come up with countermeasures for him.

“I believe you can handle it. Just be careful with Natalie’s matter,” Lu Mingfei said. “I’m here today because there’s something I want to discuss with you.”

"What's up?" Tony grinned mischievously. "Do you have a girl you like and want me to give you some advice?"

He paused, as if realizing something, and added with a serious expression, "Let's make this clear first, if you want me to help you pursue that 'Chen Wenwen,' then forget it!"

"I've already told you, I haven't had any feelings for Chen Wenwen for a long time," Lu Mingfei said helplessly. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would hang myself on one tree forever, and who would desperately try to please her regardless of whether she likes me or not?"

Tony pondered for a few seconds and nodded seriously.