13 Joining as a Mercenary

Austin was little confused. What did Mage mean by coming here, just to say something he couldn't understand? He couldn't figure it out. But still got good news, at least he can learn magic.

As for what She said, I have other guests? who could be? 

But after a while, The doorbell rang, and he opened the door with a strange expression on Nick Fury brought Natasha and Coulson to meet him. Looking at the strange trio outside the door, he sighed and invited them into the house.

He just fetched a bottle of mineral water and threw it to Natasha. That's right, only Natasha has it, this is the privilege of a beautiful woman! Natasha took the water and gave him a strange look, as if she was complaining about what happened last time.

After they were seated, Fury stared closely at Austin with one eye, and the scene became tensed.

"Yesterday's fight had a great impact!" Fury made a big move when he spoke, and went straight to the point.

"Impact?" Austin asked.

"What's the impact? Does the citizens raised any complaints?" he sat lazily on the sofa.

"I'm not joking with you, Austin!" Fury said seriously.

"What you did yesterday has been placed on the desk in the higher officials offices and they want control you if possible , if not destroy you."

"If I hadn't stopped it, then who came to see you now would be a group of soldiers." he intentionally magnified the severity of the problem, constantly testing Austin.

"Don't use your S.H.I.E.L.D. tactics to test me, Nick Fury." Austin waved his hands impatiently, seeing through the tricks of Fury at a glance.

"Excuse me, have I committed any crime?" he sneered disdainfully, and didn't accept the move at all.

"They are still normal soldiers, they can't stop my punch"

"If they are not afraid of death, let them come." He confronted him directly, with a very tough attitude.

Scaring me? The means are too low-level. Seeing that Austin didn't fall into the trap, Fury wasn't angry either.

"Austin, we are here to help you." He changed his routine and continued to fool around: "Joining the Avengers Project can make some people feel at ease."

"I think you're smart, you know who I'm talking about" Fury pointed out, he believed that Austin could know what he was talking about.

Austin snorted coldly and said, "Why should I reassure them?"

"This is not a child's play." Fury said.

"You give them a guarantee, and they will give you the life you want"

Since intimidation is not enough, then use the policy of softness, and Nick Fury is very good at controlling people's hearts.

"This world is far more complicated than you think. When disasters strike in the future, we must stick together!"

"Complicated, a disaster?" He stared coldly at Fury. There were some things he didn't bother to talk about at first, but now he was going to give him a bombshell.

"What's complicated? Is it the Tesseract that's complicated? I don't think you guys have figured out what it is yet!"

"That's really complicated"

He knows that SHIELD is still studying the blue cube, which is not something humans can study thoroughly.

"How do you know about Tesseract !" his pupils shrank suddenly, a sense of crisis and doubt welling up in his heart.

The existence of Tesseract is a secret of S.H.I.E.L.D. How could Austin know this?

"How do I know? The disaster comes from your random research!" Austin laughed.

 "Some things cannot be kept by the earth. If you have it, it will cause disaster."

"You always make trouble for yourself"

"It's always an afterthought. Isn't the existence of the kree enough for you to wake up?"

"Some people always like to show off their abilities. Do you think everything is under your control?"

He uttered a few words one after another, the content of which was frighteningly large.

Nick Fury stared at Austin without saying a word. He couldn't understand why Austin knew so much. It completely exceeded his expectations.

"I will not join S.H.I.E.L.D., nor will I join your's Avengers Project"

"Nick Fury, you don't have to waste your time with me"

"If those people have opinions, let them come to me directly!"

"I don't mind treating them like abomination!"

He said that joining these organizations now will only limit him. If someone finds himself unhappy, let's fight whose fist is harder!

Hearing Austin's determination reply, Fury suddenly sighed, and his tone softened.

"Austin, I don't know where you learned so many secrets from."

"But I still want to tell you that fists can't solve everything!"

"Some things can't be solved simply by fighting."

"Since you don't want to join the Avengers project, how about you consider becoming our external agent?" Fury said, which was also part of his plan.

Now Austin is only 21 years old, so it is inevitable that he will have the conceit and arrogance of young people. Coupled with such power, it is inevitable that he will not admit defeat and be unwilling to be controlled by others!

Austin's idea is very simple, to deal with problems with fists, but in the world of adults, the way of dealing with fists is often just a bad decision. It is impossible to force a young man with sufficient ability. Fury knows this well, so he has prepared two plans.

In fact, Austin also knows that fists can work well in troubled times, but in today's society, life is easy to break. He is young and energetic, but fortunately, his three views are very upright. After pondering for a moment, He gave his answer.

"I don't want to be at the mercy of anyone, Director Fury"

"I can promise to be your external force, as long as I am free."

"If there is any difficulty or need help, You can call me."

"The premise is that you need to pay enough!"

He gave a cooperation plan, which is not controlled by S.H.I.E.L.D., thus avoiding many problems.

Fury thought for a long time, but finally heaved a sigh. Austin was difficult to deal with, completely beyond his imagination. From the moment he entered the door, Austin held the initiative in his hands. Austin's cognition of this world completely exceeded his expectations. The current Austin in his heart is even more difficult to deal with than Tony Stark.

At least Tony didn't know as much as Austin. It seems that character model of Austin needs to be re-established.

"For the time being, that's all we can do..." Fury nodded. As for foreign aid, at least it wasn't useless.

"I still hope you think about it seriously, the earth needs your ability!" He said tactfully

"I will protect the earth in my own way, Director Fury."

"As the sincerity of the first cooperation, I suggest you go back and check how many loopholes there are in your S.H.I.E.L.D."

Austin was about to throw out a message to express his sincerity and show off his strength by the way. ' I know what you know, and I know what you don't know . In this way, you will be more cautious when dealing with my issues in the future! '

"Loophole? What do you mean?" Nick Fury really fell for it.

"Cut off one head and grow two heads." Austin dropped another bomb flatly, and the eyes of fury trembled with one sentence! He bent his upper body forward, staring fixedly at Austin again, a little horrified and unbelievable.

"That's impossible!" The Hydra should have been completely wiped out. What does Austin mean now that there is a Hydra in S.H.I.E.L.D.?

"I don't need to lie to you, just check it out, Director Fury." He just shrugged indifferently.

"Otherwise, S.H.I.E.L.D. will soon become Snake's Shield!"

Fury didn't speak any more, but just took a deep look at Austin, and stretched out his hand to greet Natasha and Coulson to leave the villa. He wants to go back as soon as possible to verify the information, if it is true, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be in danger.

After seeing off Nick Fury and his party, Austin was paralyzed.

Finally, I was able to be quiet for a while, and it was really tiring to fight against the boss more tiring than a fight...And Finally he could play his games. Austin, who had finally took few days for gaming, saw Tony Stark's live broadcast on TV again.

Seeing Stark's suit on TV, he knew in his heart that this was the plot of Iron Man 2. In other words, Tony at this time should have been poisoned by palladium. And it may be more serious than the blood toxin content of the original plot.

Tony's unyielding character made him not let Austin alone become the focus of the public. The frequent use of battle suits to appear in front of everyone has resulted in the deepening of palladium poisoning. After thinking for a while, he got up and prepared to go to Stark's villa.

In broad daylight, flying is too eye-catching, so he chose to drive. Before arriving at Tony's villa, He met Pepper Potts.

"Hey! Pepper, is Tony at home?" Walking to the front of the villa, He asked, "What's wrong with you? Did Tony make you angry?" Austin, who was approaching, keenly noticed that Pepper's face was full of frost at this moment, and she was obviously angry.

"Oh! Austin?" Pepper turned around in surprise, and immediately heard his question.

"That's right! You don't know what he did!" As if she had found someone to confide in, Pepper poured out the cause of the matter like bitter water.

"He gave away our entire collection of modern art! Didn't discuss it with me! Nothing left, all donated"

"Donated to what, donated to the Scouts of the United States?" Pepper said angrily.

"You know Austin! I spent a whole ten years sorting out these things!"

"He didn't even tell me, he just donated it all!"

The angry Pepper stomped her feet! Austin also touched his nose in embarrassment.

"I won't tell you anymore, Austin, I'm going to ask him for clarification now!" After speaking, Pepper walked towards the villa. Seeing this, Austin hurried forward to stop her.

"Hey, Pepper!"

"Tony... how to say that, something happened to Tony recently." He hesitated to tell about Tony's palladium poisoning.

"What's wrong with him? What happened to him?"

"Did he fall in love with another magazine cover model?"

Thinking of the possibility, Pepper even felt a nameless anger.

"Okay, okay, Pepper..." Austin said helplessly.

"You know, Tony has been using that to support his life." Austin stretched out his hand and drew a circle on his chest.

"Ark reactor?" Pepper asked suspiciously.

" yes..."

"That thing saved him, but it was killing him at the same time!" He explained: "The core of the reactor is palladium, and now Tony has been poisoned by palladium."

"I don't think he has a solution till now."

"And if he can't find a new element to replace palladium, maybe his life will enter the countdown."

"So he might..."

"Maybe He is not in good mood and spirit!"

"Oh my god!" After hearing his explanation, Pepper suddenly showed a surprised and worried expression.

"He never told me!" At this moment, she panicked a little. When Austin said that Tony's life was about to enter the countdown, she didn't know where to throw her previous anger.

"No, I want to go in and see him!"

 "Hey! Wait, Pepper!" Austin stopped her again.

"I'm here this time to deal with Tony Palladium poisoning"

"Let me handle it, okay!"

"Can you cure him?" Pepper looked at him with hope and anticipation in her eyes.

"That's right, Pepper, but I need a little help from you!" He said with a smile, "Can you help me prepare hot water and two cups?"

"It's that simple?"

"Yes, you help me prepare, now, I'll go talk to Tony first!"

"Okay, okay. Please, Austin"

Pepper dubiously went upstairs to prepare hot water, she knew she couldn't help in this regard. There is nothing to do, and now that Austin said he has a way, Pepper can only believe in him.

Seeing Pepper leaving, He walked towards the underground workshop, using his super hearing while walking, wanting to hear how Tony is doing now.

"How much of this disgusting thing do I have to drink a day?" Tony Stark picked up a glass of chlorophyll juice with a disgusted face. Palladium poisoning made him feel dizzy and weak now.

After drinking most of it in one gulp, Tony took out a metal instrument the size of a matchbox.

"Detecting Palladium Content"

Tony pressed his fingers to the instrument.

"43% blood toxin, sir"

Sure enough, as he expected, the frequent use of the suit made Tony's current blood toxin level nearly half higher than the original one.

"Continues use of suit has aggravated your condition, sir"

Tony Stark knocked on the table irritably, and was told by Jarvis that the energy was exhausted.

After replacing the new reactor core, Tony looked even more helpless looking at the black spider pattern on his chest.

"Sir!" Jarvis suddenly reminded: "Mr. Austin is here!"