“Sign-in successful.
Reward: +1 Resurrection Coin!”
The first thing Ye Bai received after waking up that morning was the reward from his sign-in system.
“A Resurrection Coin?”
Ye Bai was slightly puzzled.
He could actually get something like this from the sign-in system?
But there was no denying that a Resurrection Coin was an absolutely incredible item.
It essentially gave Ye Bai an extra chance to make a mistake.
It was like having another layer of insurance, giving Ye Bai considerably more confidence about the future.
Soon, Ye Bai got out of bed and headed downstairs to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Not long after Ye Bai left, Hela also opened her eyes.
She looked in the direction Ye Bai had gone, her eyes flickering as she wondered what he was hiding.
“Ye Bai, what exactly are you keeping from me?”
That was what Hela was thinking.
Yes, Hela had already noticed that something about Ye Bai had been unusual lately.
His body was becoming stronger day by day, and Hela could clearly sense it.
She was certain that Ye Bai was keeping something from her.
But Hela herself wasn’t exactly in a position to complain.
Wasn’t she also hiding her own identity from Ye Bai?
Thinking about this gave Hela a headache.
She had originally intended to find an opportunity to come clean with Ye Bai, but every time the moment arrived, she backed down.
Because she was afraid.
She was afraid that once Ye Bai learned her true identity, it would change the relationship between them.
Besides, Hela’s reputation wasn’t exactly good.
She was a true god of slaughter, an executioner whose hands were stained with blood.
Countless races across the universe had been destroyed by Hela.
Would Ye Bai really be willing to accept someone as deeply burdened by sin as her?
Hela had no confidence in that.
That was the fundamental reason she didn’t dare reveal the truth to Ye Bai.
She was afraid that once he learned about her past, he would choose to leave her.
“Sigh.
I’ll tell him when I get another chance.”
Hela sighed to herself and decided to wait a little longer before coming clean with Ye Bai.
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As usual, Ye Bai had nothing much to do that day.
He didn’t need to go out and save the world like a superhero, nor did he have to worry about making a living.
These days, Ye Bai’s biggest task was simply staying by Hela’s side and enjoying life to the fullest.
Some time ago, Ye Bai had even ordered a luxury yacht worth more than eighty million dollars, planning to take Hela out to see the world when he got the chance.
Staying cooped up in the house every day was comfortable, but it lacked a little excitement.
Life was meant to be enjoyed.
There were countless sights he had never seen and countless experiences he had never had.
Just as Ye Bai was planning to take Hela out for a good time in a few days, an unexpected guest arrived.
Nick Fury.
After Coulson and Natasha had both failed to establish a successful relationship with Ye Bai, Nick Fury decided to personally come and talk to him.
The meeting took place at Ye Bai’s estate.
Behind Nick Fury were Coulson and a group of agents dressed in black suits.
“Hello.
My name is Nick Fury, and I’m the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
“I’ve come to talk to you about something, specifically the relationship between us.”
Nick Fury got straight to the point and directly stated his purpose.
At the same time, he casually sat down in front of Ye Bai without the slightest hint of restraint, displaying an extremely forceful attitude.
“There is no relationship between us, and I’m not a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Ye Bai completely ignored Nick Fury and even frowned at his behavior.
Why were people in the Marvel world so full of themselves?
Ye Bai had already told them several times not to provoke him.
Why wouldn’t they listen?
“What I’m about to tell you is very important.
I suggest you listen carefully.”
Nick Fury already knew Ye Bai’s personality and understood that he was someone who hated trouble.
But Nick Fury didn’t care.
Based on the abilities Ye Bai had demonstrated so far, there was still nothing about him that made Nick Fury particularly wary.
Of course, that was because Nick Fury knew nothing about what had happened with Kingpin.
If he knew that Ye Bai could punch through two meters of steel plating with his bare hands, perhaps Nick Fury would have been considerably more sensible.
After hearing Nick Fury’s words, Ye Bai became even more annoyed.
Opening with “I’m doing this for your own good.”
Typical self-important behavior.
Throughout history, people had caused countless disasters under the banner of “doing it for your own good.” This was hardly anything new.
If S.H.I.E.L.D.
hadn’t posed a threat to him, and if Ye Bai himself weren’t a man who enjoyed killing, Nick Fury wouldn’t even have the opportunity to sit here and talk.
Ye Bai would have twisted his neck long ago.
“Just say what you came here to say.
But let me make this clear beforehand.
I’m not going to cooperate with you, and I’m not joining S.H.I.E.L.D.
either.
You can stop wasting your time.”
Ye Bai spoke coldly, showing Nick Fury absolutely no respect.
That was only natural.
Ye Bai now had both strength and money.
He had nothing to gain from Nick Fury, nor did he care about the empty title of being a superhero.
All he wanted was to live a peaceful life at home.
Why would he possibly be interested in S.H.I.E.L.D.?
If S.H.I.E.L.D.
hadn’t shown some restraint and avoided going too far, Ye Bai might have already torn apart the Helicarrier and handed it back to Nick Fury piece by piece.
“Someone is planning to come after you, and it’s someone you can’t deal with.”
Nick Fury could see that Ye Bai was becoming impatient, so he stopped beating around the bush and spoke bluntly.
“Come after me?
Who?”
Hearing this, Ye Bai became slightly more serious.
Someone he couldn’t deal with?
Had one of the Five Great Gods descended to Earth?
Completely unaware that he and Nick Fury were talking about entirely different levels of threats, Ye Bai began wondering which cosmic deity might be visiting Earth to cause him trouble.
Galactus?
Hadn’t Galactus once intended to devour Earth?
Ye Bai couldn’t help taking the matter more seriously.
With his current strength, dealing with Galactus would indeed be somewhat difficult.
“Have you heard of the Brotherhood?”
Nick Fury finally revealed the answer.
The ones targeting Ye Bai were actually the Brotherhood of Mutants.
When Ye Bai heard this, he didn’t show the fear Nick Fury had expected.
Instead, he looked at him with a very strange expression.
It was as though he were saying:
“The Brotherhood of Mutants?
That’s it?”
Yes.
When Ye Bai heard that the Brotherhood of Mutants was planning to come after him, that was genuinely what he thought.
If it had been one of the Five Great Gods, then it would indeed be worth taking seriously with his current strength.
But mere mutants?
Even Magneto, an Alpha-level mutant, was nothing more than a clown jumping around in Ye Bai’s eyes.
As long as Magneto didn’t provoke him, Ye Bai had no interest in interfering with whatever he wanted to do.
But if Magneto dared to cause trouble for him, Ye Bai wouldn’t mind letting Magneto learn what it meant to face a god among men.
“You’re not surprised at all after hearing this?”
Now it was Nick Fury’s turn to be confused.
In an era when superheroes had yet to become commonplace, the Brotherhood of Mutants was absolutely one of the biggest villain organizations in existence.
Many mainstream media outlets even believed that Earth would eventually be destroyed by the Brotherhood.
And Magneto had always regarded the destruction of human civilization as his lifelong objective.