My surname is Stark, who changed my job to become a female big gun?

Chapter 581 What are these two grown men talking about here?
Back at the upper level of the castle base, the fighting around the entire base had stopped. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, many Hydra soldiers who had not yet died surrendered one after another. They were also imprisoned together with a large group of scientific researchers under Baron Strucker by Skye and others, and were prepared to wait for the SHIELD people to arrive and hand them over to them for imprisonment.

However, Wanda and Pietro, a brother and sister, are an exception. They are not among the prisoners held by S.H.I.E.L.D.

In addition to Lainie's instructions, this was actually a helpless move in a sense.

After all, among the people present, no one has the ability to detain someone safely without endangering his life.

Not even Lainie.

So instead of making the relationship more strained, it is better to take the initiative to show goodwill, which can also pave the way for future recruitment.

Besides, isn't this a good opportunity for the new SHIELD to show off its skills?
"Hmm? Those two people are..."

Scanning her eyes from the many imprisoned Hydra researchers, Lainie immediately noticed two of them who stood out from the crowd.

They were a man and woman. Lainie looked very familiar with them. The reason why they stood out from the crowd was that they were not as dejected as the other imprisoned researchers. Instead, they became very excited when they saw Lainie appear.

"Miss Lainie! Miss Lainie! It's us! Benjamin and Claire! Remember us?"

Listening to what the two people were shouting, combined with the familiar faces of the people who came, Lainie was stunned for a while before she remembered who the couple were.

Aren’t they the unreliable pair of thieves who were arrested by Skye and Simmons when they were taking the agent level assessment?

Remember that these two people were later recruited by Sitwell and joined S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Internal Research and Development Department, responsible for assisting in the research of Chitauri weapons. Why are they coming to Sokovia now?
Lainie thought about it for a while, and then she remembered that the person in charge of researching Chitauri weapons at SHIELD was Strucker, who was the immediate superior of these two people. So it was no surprise that the two of them appeared here.

But now looking at the couple's dirty appearance, Lainie could imagine what kind of miserable life this pair of once famous thieves were going through under Stark's command.

"Clint, let them out. I know them. They are not bad people."

Considering that they had some friendship in the past, Lainie simply did not make things difficult for the two of them and asked Clint to open the cell door and let the two of them out first.

Upon hearing this, Clint glanced at Steve beside him. Seeing that the other party did not say anything to stop him, he let the two out.

Lainie didn't think anything of it. She just smiled at Steve and walked forward to see what these two people were up to that made them so eager to see her.

After all, I had just ordered the two to be released, but I didn't say that they shouldn't be locked up in another cell. There were plenty of cells in this castle anyway.

"Thank God I finally see you, Miss Lainie. I thought we were going to be sunk into the Atlantic Ocean with those guys."

As soon as he came out, Benjamin started to thank God with a look of relief, and began to mutter about how they would be blindfolded, put in sacks, and then thrown into the Atlantic Ocean to feed sharks...

Hearing this, the researchers who were imprisoned in the cell behind him were terrified, and then they rushed to the door and shouted at Miss Lanie to let them go.

"Be quiet! What are you yelling about? If you keep making more noise, I'll throw you into the sea!"

Annoyed by the noise of these guys, Lainie simply took out her hand cannon and hit one of them hard on the head, knocking him unconscious on the spot. Only then did these guys quiet down.

Are you kidding? They are S.H.I.E.L.D., not the ruthless Hydra. How could they do something like putting someone in a sack and throwing them into the sea to feed the fish?

Besides, even if they really wanted to do that, how could SHIELD let these people know?

As if she could see that Miss Lainie was in a bad mood, Claire, who also survived the incident, immediately held her husband's head to stop him from talking nonsense.

"I'm sorry, Miss Lainie, Xiao Ben has watched too many gangster movies, please don't mind it..."

Claire pulled her husband Benjamin to apologize several times. Seeing that Lainie did not continue to vent her anger on them, she felt slightly relieved.

Then, Lainie saw the woman wink at her, as if she wanted to talk to her alone about something.

As for this woman named Claire, Lainie's impression of her was that she was very cunning and good at playing tricks, which could be seen when Skye and others captured the couple.

But I haven't had much contact with him since then, and I don't know him very well.

Seeing Claire's behavior, Lainie couldn't figure out what she was up to.

However, Lainie was not worried that this woman would play any tricks on her, so she simply motioned for the two of them to come to the side and talk in private.

"Ms. Lainie, we are not actually Hydra. We joined them because..."

After following Lainie to the side, the smart Claire didn't keep the secret any longer and simply explained why she and her husband were here.

It turns out that these two thieves, who had enjoyed a good life within S.H.I.E.L.D. in the past, did not join Hydra on their own initiative. They became Baron Strucker's subordinates out of helplessness.

The reason for this is that apart from their ability to operate Chitauri weapons, the two of them really have no other outstanding abilities in the bureau.

Without the original Chitauri weapons research and development department, they would not even be qualified to go out on field work. In order to prevent SHIELD from realizing that they were actually useless and kicking them out.

The couple decided to cling to the Chitauri weapons research and development department, that is, to get in touch with Baron Strucker, the head of this department.

As for what happened later, Strucker saw that the couple were still useful, so he tricked them into joining Hydra, which allowed them to keep the good job of "Special Weapons Consultant" of S.H.I.E.L.D.

But unexpectedly, before they could enjoy their good days, the Hydra members of the Trident headquarters openly defected, forcing the couple to hide from place to place with Strucker, which led to their current miserable state.

There was no expression on Lainie's face after hearing this, but she felt in her heart that what the other party said was only 70% credible, and saying that she was 30% credible was just praising her.

But Lainie didn't expose it. She was waiting for what would happen next.

"...After that, we met a woman in this castle base. Her name is Brent. She said she knew us and that we had joined S.H.I.E.L.D. thanks to you."

When Lainie heard the name Brent, her expression changed, and there was a hint of surprise in her gaze towards Claire.

"Have you met Brent?"

Seeing that the person she recommended was useful, Claire couldn't help but feel happy, and then quickly nodded in agreement.

"Yes, and just last night, she suddenly found us and told us that she was actually your insider, Miss Lainie, who was planted inside Hydra. She also said that you will capture this place soon, and asked us to wait for you to come so that she can give it to you."

As she spoke, Claire looked around, then reached into her chest and pulled out something that looked like a USB flash drive and handed it to Lainie.

"This is……?"

Lainie held the USB flash drive that still had a hint of woman's body temperature, and the remaining doubts in her heart disappeared.

Claire knew what she had just said. Just as she said, the woman named Brant was indeed a nail she had planted inside Hydra in advance.

After the Insight incident happened, Lainie simply sent a message to Europe by arranging for Brandt, a desperate soldier whose identity had not yet been exposed in Hydra.

With the help of the old woman Carter, he successfully infiltrated the group of the immortal John Garrett and became his own insider.

But later, Lainie didn't expect that Brent would be sent to Stark by Garrett.

If it weren't for a contact not long ago, after this raid, Lanie would have to remove this nail buried inside Hydra herself.

"Because it concerns you, Miss Lainie, and S.H.I.E.L.D., we didn't dare to check what's inside privately. Ever since I got it, I have kept it in my chest until now..."

Claire looked into Lainie's eyes with a sincere expression, and it seemed that she was not lying.

"You really didn't see it?"

Lainie narrowed her eyes and stared at the couple, trying to read anything unusual on their faces.

"How is that possible? We got the iron rice bowl at SHIELD thanks to your kindness. How dare we do such a stupid thing?"

Claire looked terrified, and Benjamin beside her nodded innocently. "Yes, we dare not ruin your plan. Besides, we know that Hydra is not a good thing. Baron Strucker is just making empty promises all day long. We have been away from SHIELD for so long, and we have not gained any benefits from him at all..."

Benjamin, whose thinking was somewhat off the mark, talked more and more outrageously, and was about to criticize Baron Stark. Claire slapped him on the ribs several times before he stopped talking.

Seeing this, Lainie could only grin awkwardly, pretending that she didn't hear anything, and put the USB drive into the void.

"Okay, I know about your situation. I will explain it to Coulson later. If it is verified later, SHIELD will give you a lighter punishment."

After saying that, Lainie was about to turn around and leave.

"Ah? Still need to check?"

Benjamin muttered with some resentment, causing Claire beside him to hit him with the stick again.

"What? We haven't done anything to harm others. What do we have to be afraid of? Why don't you thank Miss Lainie?"

"Huh? Oh, thank you Miss Lainie."

……

Ignoring the two people behind her who were pretending to be grateful, after dealing with the pair of thieves, Lainie returned to the Avengers members.

As soon as he got closer, he saw Clint and others in a tense confrontation with the twins.

"Uncle, don't you see what kind of person you are? I can knock you over with just one hand!"

"You little brat, don't think you're so great just because you can run fast. I have to teach you a lesson today!"

"Oh, come on? Do you think I'm afraid of you? I'm too lazy to use my second hand to beat you up!"

"Hey! Don't stop me! I'll teach him a lesson on behalf of his dead parents!"

For a moment, everyone in the hall was in chaos. Natasha and Wanda were stopping two angry men who were about to fight. Captain Steve stood between the two and acted as a peacemaker, constantly persuading them.

On the other hand, Tony, the guy who loves to watch the fun, actually helped Clint draw out the black knife Dark Moon on his back, pretending to be helping out and wanted to pass the black knife to the other party.

That scene was such a mess!
But Lainie could see clearly that although Tony pretended to help pass the knife, he had no intention of passing the knife at all. He was just trying to cheer and calm Pietro down.

"That's enough! Stop messing around!"

Lainie was really fed up with the noise these guys made, so she immediately scolded them.

"What are you two grown men talking about here? If you really have what it takes, go out and fight with real weapons. Whoever loses will die here. What's the point of just talking nonsense?"

After scolding the two men for a few words, when they calmed down, Lenny signaled Steve and Natasha to separate them, and she walked to Tony and snatched the black knife from his hand.

"You better calm down and stop making trouble!"

After scolding the three people involved one by one, Lainie didn't care what the cause of the incident was, and simply turned her attention to the twin sister Wanda.

After all, it's easy to imagine that the reason why the two of them were arguing with each other was probably because of Pietro's sneak attack on Clint before.

"We are done with your brother's matter. I don't want it to cause any more conflicts between us."

What Lainie meant was that the matter was over and you shouldn't mention it again and we won't pursue it any further.

Her attitude seems to be that she is relying on her numbers to bully others, but since Lainie is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the head of the Avengers, she has to do this, otherwise where is her authority?

Wanda frowned and said nothing when she heard this, her face full of displeasure, but she did not say anything to object.

It's not that she is weak and doesn't dare to break up with Lainie, but because she has her own plans at the moment.

Seeing that the other party did not object, Lainie felt a little relieved and took out two bottles of water from the void and handed them to the two as a sign of friendship.

Seeing this, the latter glanced at the two bottles of water, pondered for a moment, and then took them, but did not drink them. Instead, he put them on the table beside him.

Pietro originally wanted to say "Who wants the things you give him", but was stopped in time by his sister Wanda. In the end, he just turned his face away with anger and no longer looked at the Avengers.

The farce made the atmosphere in the hall quite awkward, and Steve had to act as a peacemaker to ease the atmosphere.

"Well, we've gotten to know each other through fighting, so let's just let this matter pass. If you two need any help from the Avengers in the future, you can contact us at any time. Here are my personal contact information..."

As he spoke, Steve reached into his battle robe and took out the small notebook he always carried with him, tore off a page, wrote his phone number on it, and handed it to Wanda.

"If you need any help, you can always call me at this number and I will try to help you solve it."

It was obvious that Steve also wanted to recruit these two twins with super powers.

"He's right. If you have any financial difficulties, please contact us. Stark Technology is ready to provide you with assistance at any time."

Tony next to him naturally would not be willing to fall behind.

But to Pietro's ears, his words sounded like he was showing off the huge war profits he had made over the years.

"Who wants your money, Stark..."

But Tony didn't care about this murmur. He was willing to help sincerely and it had nothing to do with anything else.

Things were much simpler after that. After this commotion, everyone had a preliminary understanding of the twins' personalities.

The elder brother Pietro is young, impulsive and has a rather reckless personality.

My younger sister Wanda is calm and sophisticated. She appears to be calm on the surface, but no one can guess what she is thinking in her heart.

Fortunately, both of them have good hearts. Even before they had super powers, they would try their best to help other poor people. Now that they have super powers, I think they will not do anything harmful to others.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce her to you two. She is Skye, and Pietro also met her just now."

As if she just remembered the important matter, Lainie pulled Skye, who was watching the fun, over and introduced them to the two of them:

"The reason why I introduced her to you is because she is actually the same as you. She also successfully acquired superpowers due to some opportunities. Before that, she was just an ordinary person..."

Lainie gave the siblings a general account of Skye's past, without going into detail about the obelisk.

It's just that Skye, who is also an orphan, had been searching for news of her parents, and was then spotted by her and joined S.H.I.E.L.D. Later, by chance, she obtained something called an obelisk, and in the process of studying its material, Skye accidentally gained super powers.

"My name is Skye, AKA Shockwave. You've seen my abilities before. Do you want me to show them again?"

Skye said this facing Pietro, but her eyes were now fixed on Wanda beside her.

Because ever since Lainie pulled her over, this sister has been staring at her with those eyes that emit a strange red light.

"No need, I've seen it."

Wanda replied without changing her expression, and then she removed the ability covering her eyes.

As she said, Wanda had already seen through everything.

(End of this chapter)