“This is…”
Leon immediately looked toward the screen.
It was a segment of surveillance footage from the bank.
Several masked men were wildly firing at a lion-headed humanoid figure.
A dense barrage of bullets tore through the air, but he effortlessly dodged them before using a sharp blade to cut apart the enemies’ guns.
Of course Leon recognized it, because this was the exact scene of Leomon battling the bank robbers.
However, his face still revealed a look of shock as he pretended to be extremely surprised.
Coulson glanced at him before swiping the screen with his finger and switching to the next video.
This time, it was footage from a traffic surveillance camera outside the bank.
Leomon unleashed a Beast King Fist that blasted the robbers’ vehicle flying into the air, and finally his mighty figure gradually dissipated in the middle of the road.
“Oh my God!” Leon widened his eyes in amazement.
This time, he was not acting.
Well, maybe there was just a tiny bit of artistic exaggeration.
Actually, after Leomon rushed out of the bank to chase the robbers, Leon no longer knew much about what was happening outside.
Fortunately, he had the Digimon System map.
On the map, he could see the green light representing Leomon continuously pursuing the red lights representing the bank robbers.
When the red lights disappeared, it meant Leomon had completed his mission.
Other than that, he had no idea how Leomon subdued the enemies, so seeing the roaring Beast King Fist genuinely surprised him.
“You should have seen him inside the bank back then, right?” Coulson stared into Leon’s eyes as he asked, “Did you notice when he appeared?”
Leon also looked directly into Coulson’s eyes without avoiding his gaze.
At that moment, a storm surged inside his heart.
Damn it…
Leon thought he was about to be exposed, but after calming down and thinking carefully, he realized something.
That day, he had stayed hidden in the blind spots of the bank cameras the entire time.
Although there was a camera on the ATM machine, he had kept his back toward it the whole time, so it would not have captured his face.
Besides, Leomon had been summoned by him, and the place where Leomon appeared was closest to him.
That was why S.H.I.E.L.D.
had come looking for him.
Therefore, Leon needed a reasonable explanation — one that would not make Coulson suspect him.
It was time to begin the real performance!
“I was terrified back then.”
A trace of panic appeared on Leon’s face.
He slowly lowered his head, as if recalling something horrifying, and began speaking with lingering fear.
“I was lying on the ground when suddenly I heard the screams of the robbers.”
“When I looked up, that robber was already lying on the floor.
Then I saw a… ‘person.'”
Coulson listened silently.
He picked up the coffee on the table and took a small sip.
“No, that shouldn’t even count as a ‘person.’ No human could possibly have that kind of strength!”
Leon raised his head again.
His eyes were filled with fear.
“A monster… it had to be a monster!”
“Only a monster could dodge bullets with its body and cut guns apart with a single slash.”
His tone gradually became crazed, as if he had truly been traumatized.
Hearing this, Coulson set down his coffee with a thoughtful expression.
Leon secretly glanced at Coulson.
He knew these words alone were not enough.
If he wanted to clear himself of suspicion, he needed to make S.H.I.E.L.D.
shift their focus away from him.
“Mr.
Coulson, the department you work for is very special, right?”
Leon changed his tone and asked curiously, “Then do you think it’s possible that someone was bitten by a mutated lion and turned into that?”
“Or maybe someone injected themselves with some kind of biochemical serum?”
Leon was not talking nonsense.
After all, in the Marvel world, where superheroes were as common as dogs and supervillains filled the streets, things like this happened all the time.
Not to mention Parker, who got bitten by a spider.
There were people who injected themselves with serum and turned into lizards, people who wore armor and became rhinos, and not to mention those who strapped on a few mechanical tentacles and turned into octopuses…
After the bank robbery ended, he immediately sent people to investigate the files and backgrounds of everyone present.
Because he also suspected that the monster might have once been human.
However, after investigating for a long time, they discovered that no one present was missing.
The monster had seemingly appeared out of nowhere and then vanished into thin air.
That completely stalled their investigation.
Coulson had originally hoped to find some clues from Leon, but now the trail had gone cold.
First Tony Stark disappeared with his fate unknown, and now a lion-headed superhuman had appeared in New York…
What a headache.
Coulson silently sighed.
The little remaining hair on his forehead seemed to fall out by a few more strands.
“Very well, Mr.
Adams.”
He finished the rest of his coffee in one gulp and pulled out a business card from his suit pocket.
“That’s enough for today.
If you discover any new leads in the future, contact me.”
“Of course.
I’ll walk you out.”
Leon knew Coulson was preparing to leave and immediately said so.
Thus, Leon escorted Coulson outside.
Only after he watched the other man get into a black SUV and drive away did he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Whew, I somehow managed to fool him…
Leon wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He understood that S.H.I.E.L.D.
probably would not trouble him for the time being.
But next time he met Coulson, things might not be this easy anymore.
Just as Leon was about to head back inside, the roar of an engine suddenly sounded in the distance.
Vroooom—
It was a blue Maserati speeding down the road straight toward him.
“!”
Just one second before Leon was about to get hit, the Maserati came to a steady stop in front of the coffee shop.
The car door opened, and a tall and beautiful woman stepped out.
“Boss… Boss?!”
Leon looked shocked.
The woman before him was none other than their boss, Eva Farrell.
The last time she came, she had been driving a Porsche.
This time she switched to a Maserati.
Tsk tsk.
Who knew how many luxury cars this rich woman actually owned?
However, Leon felt somewhat puzzled.
Today was not Friday, so why had Eva come to the coffee shop?
“Oh.” Eva noticed the confusion in Leon’s eyes.
“I was shopping nearby earlier and happened to pass by.”
“And also…”
A smile appeared at the corner of Eva’s lips.
“I developed a new coffee flavor and wanted you all to try it.”
In an instant, Leon shuddered from head to toe.
He hurriedly waved his hands.
“Boss, I suddenly remembered that I forgot to turn off the faucet at home.
I need to go back right away!”
Eva: “…”
In the end, Leon still failed to escape Eva’s clutches and could only obediently return to the shop.
He and Donald, two brothers united by suffering, sat in their chairs staring at the two cups of bubbling green coffee before them.
Neither dared to move.
Do you want me to feed it to you myself?” Eva blinked as she threatened them.
Leon and Donald exchanged glances and swallowed nervously.
With no other choice, the two of them picked up the coffee cups on the table.
“Bottoms up, 奥利给!”
Leon clinked cups with Donald before holding his breath and pouring the coffee down his throat.
Donald had no idea what the other man had just shouted.
By the time he reacted, Leon had already finished more than half the cup, so he hurriedly gulped down a large mouthful too.
“How does it taste?” Eva asked expectantly.
Meanwhile, both Leon and Donald’s faces had already turned green.
“Boss… what exactly did you put in this coffee this time?” Donald asked while desperately resisting the urge to vomit.
“Let me think.”
Eva rested her chin on one hand and recalled thoughtfully.
“Grass sauce, matcha powder, green mustard…”
Leon: “!!!”
Beside him, Donald finally could not hold it in anymore and sprinted to the restroom to vomit violently.
Leon also had to drink several glasses of water before finally recovering.
“Oh right, Boss, there’s something I need your help with.”
He looked toward Eva and asked.
“What is it?” Eva sat by the window, casually taking out her laptop as she asked.
“Could you lend me some money?”
“Sure.
How much?” Eva typed on her keyboard without even blinking.
“Not much, not much.
Forty thousand dollars.”
Leon forced a smile onto his face.
At the moment, he only had a little over ten thousand dollars in hand.
That amount still was not enough for buying stocks, so he thought of Eva, this wealthy woman.
For her, such a small amount should not matter, right?
The moment he finished speaking, Eva raised her head and straightened up slightly.
That familiar predatory look once again appeared in her eyes, causing Leon to shiver involuntarily.
“I can lend you the money.”
Eva narrowed her eyes slightly.
“But what do you need that money for?”
“Well…”
Just as Leon was about to say something, Donald also returned from the restroom.
He snorted and said:
“This guy got three—”
“Mmph mmph…”
Before Donald could finish, Leon immediately covered his mouth and said with a grin:
“It’s just some personal business.
Don’t worry, Boss.
I’ll pay you back in three months.”
“If you don’t want to say it, then forget it.”
Eva shrugged and glanced at Donald’s flushed face.
“No need for three months.
Just pay me back whenever you have the money.”
“After all…”
She lowered her head again indifferently.
“I can investigate all your personal information.
If you can’t repay it, then prepare yourself to work for me for the rest of your life.”
Leon: “…”
Why did that sound vaguely wrong coming from a rich woman…
If he really could not pay it back, wouldn’t that basically mean becoming her kept man?
Leon froze for a moment, but soon he forcefully shook those inappropriate fantasies from his mind.
He successfully borrowed money from Eva, which meant he now had a total of fifty thousand dollars in spare cash.
With this money, he could finally go buy Stark Industries stock!