Chapter 30: S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chen Ye, who had just returned to the restaurant and was about to take a break, received a series of prompts from the system.

"Ding."

"Congratulations to the host, George Stacy's favorability has increased."

"..."

"Congratulations host, Police Officer A has successfully added the host as a friend."

"Congratulations host, Officer B has successfully added the host as a friend."

"Congratulations host, Police Officer C..."

"Congratulations host, Hell's Kitchen resident A has successfully added the host as a friend."

"..."

Chen Ye was annoyed by the series of system sounds. "System, can you turn off this system sound?"

"The host has been put into silent mode." The system replied mechanically.

Chen Ye was stunned when he saw the series of friend reminders in his mind.

Why is this prompt different from before? Why is it that someone else added me as a friend? Wasn’t it Chen Ye who took the initiative to add me before? Can I also make friends passively?

So Chen Ye asked: "System, I didn't take the initiative to make friends, how come a group of people became my friends?"

"Host, the system has never said that you can only make friends actively. As long as the person feels that you are his friend, a friend worth making, he will naturally become your friend. Sometimes, making friends is such a simple thing, even just a glance or a gesture can make you friends." The system explained.

"Of course, these passively added friends can only be one-star friends. If the host wants to improve their friendship level, he needs to spend more time with them." The system added.

After listening to this, Chen Ye instantly thought of ten thousand ideas of making friends. If he became a star or a superhero and appeared on TV, wouldn't a lot of people become his friends?

The system seemed to see through Chen Ye's thoughts. "Only those who have met each other are qualified to become friends. It's like you have seen Trump on TV, but you haven't met Trump. You are not qualified to be friends. The reason why the host has a large number of friends this time is because you have done something beneficial to them. The conditions for passive addition are much more difficult than active addition. Please be honest and take the initiative to make friends."

"System, how many friend points do I have now?" Chen Ye wanted to see if the gains this time were enough for a ten-pull streak.

"There are currently 227 friend points, which can be exchanged for two family points."

“Do you want to redeem?”

"No exchange," Chen Ye quickly refused. He could only draw twice. If he drew the "Thank you for your patronage" prize, he would lose a lot. He should accumulate enough for ten consecutive draws before drawing. Chen Ye never believed that a single draw could produce a miracle. That was all because of a dog!

Chen Ye didn't expect that he just wanted to improve the conditions of the Hell's Kitchen Police Station from the bottom of his heart and create a better living environment for the people of Hell's Kitchen. He didn't expect that there would be such a generous reward. It seems that not all people in Hell's Kitchen are heartless.

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On the other side, Natasha, Hawkeye, Coulson and other agents quickly returned to the Trident Building in disgrace. Coulson ordered his men to send the agents for examination, and then took Hawkeye and Natasha to the director's office, in front of Nick Fury.

It was obvious that Nick Fury had been waiting for them for a long time.

"Director Fury, I'm sorry. This mission is all my fault. I underestimated the strength of Chen Ye and his gang." Good guy Coulson took the initiative to take the blame.

"No, Director Fury, I underestimated the enemy. I didn't use my full strength when I saw a blind man. The main responsibility for the failure of this operation lies with me and Coulson and the others," Hawkeye, as the person in charge of the operation, quickly said.

"it's me!"

"it's me!"

Nick Fury looked at the people in front of him making excuses for each other, and saw that people were willing to work for him, and a look of relief appeared on his face.

Then he interrupted, "That's enough. The main responsibility this time is mine, not yours. The most urgent thing is to re-investigate Chen Ye and his gang. Why does Kane have superpowers? Is there something wrong with our intelligence department? Or has he just awakened this ability?"

Nick Fury points out the most important issue of the moment.

"If it's the former, it's fine. If it's the latter, it proves that Chen Ye and his gang may be much stronger than we thought." Natasha's face became serious.

Coulson thought for a long time but still couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "Why is the latter a big problem? Awakening after birth is also completely possible. What does this have to do with Chen Ye and the others? As long as we analyze what kind of superpowers they have and deal with them, the next time will definitely not be like this time."

"According to intelligence, these people have been ordinary people for decades and have no super powers. Less than a month after coming to Chen Ye, they turned into mutants. Isn't that enough to explain the problem? And haven't you noticed that more and more mutants are exposed around Chen Ye?" Natasha explained.

Nick Fury nodded and added: "According to the data, Chen Ye was not a mutant at the beginning, and neither were the siblings around him. This shows that either someone behind Chen Ye has mastered the method of activating superpowers, or Chen Ye has mastered the method of activating superpowers. This means that the number of mutants owned by Chen Ye's forces is far more than just a few of them. Maybe John Wick and others are also mutants."

"When a force controls a group of mutants, or can create countless mutants, I don't need to say more about what this means." Nick Fury's eyes became deep. This means that they have the ability to destroy a country at any time.

If this is true, from another perspective, this Chen Ye is not as simple as shown in the information.

"Of course, all of this is just speculation, so what we need to do now is to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Chen Ye and the forces that Chen Ye may represent."

Coulson on the side said worriedly after hearing this: "But we just promised not to go to Chen Ye's territory. Besides, Hell's Kitchen is extremely xenophobic, so it's difficult to arrange for agents to go in."

"Keep an eye on them first. Don't act rashly until we have more intelligence. If it is confirmed to be true, I will look for external assistance. There are still many mutants in this world who are stronger than them."

Nick Fury made this decision without much hesitation.

"Agent Coulson, I'm giving you a long-term mission. Keep an eye on them 24 hours a day. No matter what means you use, just don't get close to the restaurant. Try not to cause conflict, and focus on gathering intelligence. We only promised him that we won't cause trouble for him, but we didn't say that we can't monitor him!"

"Understood, sir!" Coulson responded and retreated respectfully.