Chapter 026: If Science Fails, Use Magic

Black Widow continued, "Boss, boss, where are you? We need to hide. I know a place that can protect us well."

Wang Bo raised an eyebrow. Was she about to come clean?

"Where is this place you're talking about?"

"A very safe place."

"You mean S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Seeing Black Widow still playing coy, Wang Bo cut to the chase. After learning that Julia had been kidnapped, he had no patience left to keep up the act with this woman.

Black Widow was taken aback. "Boss, what is S.H.I.E.L.D.?"

Wang Bo looked baffled. What the hell is S.H.I.E.L.D.? You don't know? Keep acting, then.

But soon, Wang Bo slapped his forehead. He had just remembered that S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn't called that yet; it had that very tongue-twisting name.

"I mean, the Strategic... something... Homeland Defense Bureau, right?"

Forgive him; Wang Bo really couldn't recall S.H.I.E.L.D.'s original name. After all, that name was too convoluted, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was far easier to remember than that Strategic Something Bureau.

"It's the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division," Black Widow corrected.

"Right, that's the one."

"Boss, how do you know that name?" Black Widow's voice was full of surprise. Given Justin Hammer's background, he shouldn't have known that.

"I know more than you think, Natalia Alianovna Romanova. Or should I say, Miss Black Widow."

After Wang Bo revealed her identity, Black Widow fell silent. After a long moment, a man's voice came through. "Who are you? This isn't something Justin Hammer should know."

"Nick Fury, or Coulson?" Wang Bo probed.

After a few minutes of silence on the other end, the voice said, "I'm Nick Fury. So, can you tell me who you are, sir?"

"Justin Hammer," Wang Bo said.

"As far as I know, Justin Hammer doesn't know..."

"How much do you know about Justin Hammer?" Wang Bo interrupted bluntly.

"More than you think," Nick Fury shot back. "So you're definitely not Justin Hammer, are you, sir?"

"Are you so sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure," Nick Fury said.

Wang Bo couldn't help but sigh. The king of spies was indeed hard to fool. "Alright, I admit I'm not Justin Hammer, but in everyone's eyes, I am Justin Hammer. Does that answer satisfy you?"

Nick Fury thought for a moment and said, "You're a Skrull!"

In his understanding, only Skrulls could perfectly disguise themselves as Justin Hammer.

But he remembered that the Skrulls on Earth had already left with Captain Marvel. How could a Skrull be back? And even if one returned, shouldn't they contact him?

Could it be a Skrull left behind back then?

Nick Fury's mind raced with countless thoughts.

"Skrull? Good guess, but I'm not a Skrull. I'm a genuine Earthling." Wang Bo directly refuted Nick Fury's suspicion. Whether the other believed it or not, Wang Bo didn't know.

After all, these spies were always suspicious of this and that.

"The reason I'm telling you all this today is to let you know: stop looking for me. I don't have time to deal with you people right now. Also, you're fired, Natalia—no, Miss Natasha."

Black Widow shrugged indifferently, though Wang Bo couldn't see it.

Just as Nick Fury was about to say something, Wang Bo hung up the phone. Fury's already dark face turned even darker.

Black Widow suppressed a smile and said, "What do we do now, Director?"

Nick Fury said coldly, "Find this guy at all costs. Don't let him fall into the hands of those mysterious people."

"Yes, Director."

...

After hanging up, Wang Bo had Friday connect to the network to search for the whereabouts of his blonde secretary, Julia. He wanted to see who dared to lay a hand on his secretary.

Although he hadn't had any intimate relationship with Julia, she had been implicated because of him.

For that reason alone, Wang Bo couldn't just ignore it.

Earth's network was far inferior to Xandar's. To Friday, it was completely defenseless. Even Tony Stark's JARVIS couldn't compare to Friday in performance.

After all, one was an artificial intelligence.

While the other was a silicon-based life form—fundamentally on a different level.

After Friday connected to the network, she was shocked to find that she couldn't locate Julia through the network, because the group had a computer expert assisting them.

This expert had hacked into the city's cameras and deleted a large amount of footage, irrecoverably.

Even Friday couldn't restore those images.

With the computer expert's help, the group had kidnapped Julia like ghosts, easily leaving without a trace.

No wonder even S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn't found Julia yet.

Wang Bo grew increasingly suspicious that the perpetrators were likely HYDRA. Only that organization could kidnap someone so cleanly.

But Wang Bo had no intention of giving up.

Since technology couldn't find Julia, he would have to rely on magic.

So Wang Bo teleported to Julia's home, found a strand of her hair on the sofa, and performed a small divination spell. This was another spell from the Harry Potter world, very convenient.

Wang Bo had often marveled that while Harry Potter magic was weak in combat, it was comprehensive in other aspects—incredibly useful.

After casting the spell, Wang Bo quickly got the answer... Eastern Europe!

Yes, Julia was now in Eastern Europe, but the exact location required further divination.

Before that, Wang Bo took the hair and teleported to Eastern Europe.

Once there, he performed another divination and obtained a more precise answer.

Sokovia.

That settled it. Confirming that Julia had been taken to Sokovia, Wang Bo was almost certain that HYDRA was behind this.

After all, there was a HYDRA base in Sokovia.

And it was also the site of the final battle between Ultron and the Avengers. To wipe out humanity, Ultron had planned to lift Sokovia into the sky, creating an asteroid impact effect to destroy humanity completely.

The spark that ignited the superhero civil war was the famous Sokovia Accords.