Chapter 2026 - 2026 Female Capitalist, Watching a Show
2026 Female Capitalist, Watching a Show
After Darcy called the police, she could finally go back inside.
However, the security guards said seriously that there were important experimental results in the factory that could potentially cause bodily harm, so Darcy and the police were refused entry.
The police officers were suspicious for a moment, but in the end didn’t insist on taking Darcy into the factory.
Darcy stared darkly at the two security guards in black suits in front of her. “What’s your name? I’m going to write it down and file a complaint.”
The half-bald security guard said expressionlessly, “Jason Statham, a level 2 security guard with Golden Eagle Defense.”
Watching Darcy take out her phone, he added, “Our company only accepts complaints from clients. My basic salary is 1,000 euros per day.”
Darcy paused, then stuffed the phone back into her pocket and glared at the baldie. “You have balls.” She then turned around and left.
Money was always the problem for most people in the world.
Darcy had a doctorate, but she didn’t have the money to slap the bald security guard in the face, so she could only endure it.
On the other side, Luke was discussing Dr. Jane’s disappearance with Selina. “I found some gamma radiation at the scene.”
Selina asked, “Could it be… that Dr. Banner jumped out and took Dr. Jane away?”
Luke said, “… Although the Hulk has a lot of complaints about Thor, he wouldn’t kidnap women to scare people. I’m talking about — an Infinity Stone.”
“The Tesseract?” Selina subconsciously asked.
Luke shook his head. “The readings are similar, but there’s a clear difference. It should be something we’ve never seen before.”
Selina knew that what Luke had tested before were the Tesseract and Loki’s scepter.
Thor took the former back to Asgard and locked it in the treasure vault, while the latter was stuck in Vision’s head.
“What do we do now?” she asked.
Luke said, “Big Dipper will be there soon. You and Gold Nugget rest first and leave the drones for surveillance.”
“Then how about the sassy girl?” Selina raised her head and looked at Darcy, who was talking to the police again.
Luke said, “Don’t we have security? Just have them continue blocking the way. You’re paying them 1,000 euros a day. If they can’t even guard the door, fire them.”
Selina said, “Evil capitalist…”
Luke said helplessly, “Don’t scold yourself, alright? Especially not in front of me.”
Selina said, “I’m scolding you.”
Luke said, “Aren’t you the one paying, female capitalist?”
Selina: “…”
If this was a few years ago, when Luke was in charge of the PDD, he would’ve been the one to fork out the money.
After Selina took control of the PDD in recent years, however, this operation went from making a net loss to a slight profit.
After throwing away this troublesome matter, Luke had no intention of picking it up again.
Like Jenny with the phone company, Selina was the true ‘master’ of the PDD.
The difference was simply that the PDD was mainly responsible for military force and intelligence-gathering, while Jenny’s company dealt mainly with research and sales.
It wasn’t wrong to say that Selina was a capitalist.
…
An hour later, the Level 3 clone crossed the Atlantic and arrived in London as Big Dipper.
Selina didn’t know that Luke had clones. She didn’t meet Big Dipper in person and simply handed the assignment over on the team channel.
Now that Big Dipper had taken over, Selina could move freely in London.
She also had to set up some androids in various parts of London so that the Bat Squad could provide long-distance support.
Angel and Alice were the only ones in the team who had superpowers, and their real bodies were stronger.
However, the two women had their own things to do now, and rarely went out on missions in person.
Ivan, Damon, Frank and Mindy were in essence still ordinary people.
The little turtles were born with innate strength, and their turtle shells were resistant to attacks, but they weren’t much stronger than the androids.
Also, if it was a false alarm, they wouldn’t have to fly back and forth over the Atlantic.
In comparison, the androids were more practical.
In the afternoon, the surveillance system in the Level 3 clone’s car suddenly beeped.
Looking at the readings, Luke exclaimed, “The Bifrost sent someone over? Hm… Did Thor come to look for his girlfriend?”
Although it was a little melodramatic, this was the most likely reason for why someone from Asgard had come.
Then, another notification rang out. “Dr. Jane has appeared on the fifth floor of the factory. She’s in a semi-conscious state, and her vitals are stable.”
Luke smacked his lips and propped his legs up on the dashboard again. He then adjusted the angle of the virtual screen in the car so that it was easier to look at it while lying down.
Then, he took out cranberry scones and Darjeeling black tea from Space 2 for a true blue English afternoon tea.
The only thing he lacked now was something to pass the time with afternoon tea — like a 1,000-year-old ‘god’ acting out a tearjerker?
It wasn’t that Luke was cold-blooded; since Thor was already here, it was unnecessary for him to ‘protect’ Dr. Jane.
To use a gross analogy, if a patient’s wife came to the hospital, and a nurse had to help him with a bedpan, would the wife be grateful?
On the fifth floor, Dr. Jane woke up and sat up in a daze.
She looked around the empty factory, not knowing why she was lying on the floor.
What were Darcy and the others doing? Shouldn’t they have sent her to the hospital if she was unconscious? Why did they leave her here? Thinking that, Dr. Jane got up and went downstairs.
Darcy, who had been stopped at the entrance, was trying to get past the bald security guard, Jason, again. When she suddenly saw Dr. Jane slowly walk out of the factory, she was pleasantly surprised. “Jane, where did you go?”
The two security guards turned around and looked at each other in surprise.
Delighted, Darcy was about to rush in.
In the end, Jason’s ruthless iron hand blocked her face again, forcing her to stop.
She was angry. “I’m just bringing my friend out.”
Jason’s face was still as deadpan as ever. “Sorry, but my assignment is to block any intruders.”
Before Darcy could flare up, he gestured at his partner. “Help Dr. Jane out.”
The other security guard immediately ran to Dr. Jane. After asking her if she needed help, he gestured for her to leave.
They had accepted a commission to prevent unrelated people from entering and leaving the factory as they pleased — since someone had appeared inside, the person naturally had to be invited out, even if it was the missing person, Dr. Jane.
Finally, Dr. Jane and Darcy met up near the entrance.
Dr. Jane instantly asked why the police were here. She even suspected that Jason, the bald security guard, was from SHIELD.
The SHIELD agent with the smiling face from back then had been just as bald. In the end, he confiscated her information and equipment.
When she heard that they were from a private security firm, she didn’t dwell on it, and instead complained that since Darcy had called the police and drawn their attention, it would be hard for her to do research in the future.
Darcy didn’t dare say that the two security guards had been sent by the owner to guard the entrance, and wouldn’t let them in at all.
She could only change the subject. “Jane, you’ve been missing for five hours. What could I do but call the police?”
Dr. Jane was stunned. “Really?”
At that moment, it suddenly started to rain – in just a few seconds, it turned into a downpour.
The police officers who had yet to leave the factory hurriedly got into their cars and put on their raincoats.
The two women and the two security guards at the entrance looked around with strange expressions. Rain fell five meters away, but there wasn’t a single drop here.
In the car outside, Luke narrowed his eyes and chuckled. “The heavens are very tactful. They know there’s gonna be a show later, and even set the scene with the weather.”