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Chapter 81 S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Reckless Acts
"Who told you that dragon bone can cure cancer?" Levi asked Tony, his lips twitching.

Levi was somewhat surprised that Tony recruited Bullseye but didn't become Bullseye's North Star himself, instead directly bringing Bullseye's North Star into the fold. However, he didn't have any objections.

After all, as the founder of the alliance, Tony had the right to invite people.

Moreover, Li Wei had also read the information he found about Dr. Mercer, and he was indeed a truly good person.

And the league does indeed need such a psychologist, especially an elder like Dr. Mercer who is skilled in child psychology.

After all, there are quite a few minors in the league now, and among the adults, only Melina has a lot of experience in taking care of children, but whether she can really take good care of a child is questionable.

Although Frank had children before, his wife basically took care of them, so it would be quite a challenge for him to take care of the children on his own.

Although Li Wei recruited these children with a certain degree of ulterior motive, he still hoped that they could grow up healthily.

After all, only when they grow up healthy can they better contribute to the league, right?
Therefore, Dr. Mercer's involvement is a good thing.

But what are Tony's thoughts on treating cancer?

“Didn’t you say that Harold, the president of the RAND Corporation, was saved from cancer by the Hand?” Tony countered.

“Of course it’s different. Harold died and was resurrected. Think about it, if the Hand could heal Harold, why would they make him die again?” Levi said helplessly. “Besides, even if we didn’t have the Hand’s secret techniques, the resurrected person’s soul would be controlled by the Black Void, and Mercer wouldn’t be the same person anymore.”

Of course, Livi, who possesses the resurrection spell, can also perform a similar operation.

But it's unnecessary to expose his resurrection ability just because of a stranger, even if that person is a good person.

There are so many good people in this world!
"What should we do then?" Tony frowned upon hearing this.

"You guarantee you can cure him?" Li Wei asked.

“No, not at all,” Tony shook his head. He was just offering the option, but he didn’t guarantee that he could cure the other person.

"That's good. If it's just about prolonging life through treatment, that should be possible," Li Wei nodded.

The main treatments for cancer are chemotherapy and surgery. The biggest fear is that the body cannot withstand it. However, if Li Wei uses a healing potion and a troll blood potion that can continuously restore life, the patient will be able to recover.

Although it may not be possible to completely cure him, it should be possible to keep him alive for a few more years.

“That’s the only way.” Tony nodded. He had also discovered when he was researching Mercer that the other party’s financial situation was not very good.

Clearly, his long-term support for numerous children with mental health issues has led to financial difficulties for him.

Therefore, according to Li Wei, Mercer died a year after being diagnosed with cancer in the original timeline, which was very likely due to a lack of money for proper treatment.

After all, medical care is still very expensive in the United States.

Although middle-class individuals like Mercer have health insurance, general health insurance can only cover the most basic treatments in public hospitals.

But things are different now. Tony may lack many things, but he has plenty of money.

Just then, Tony's phone rang.

Tony took out his phone and saw it was Peggy Carter.

"Hello, Ms. Carter, is there something you need?" Tony didn't hide it from Levi and answered the video call directly.

“It’s nothing major, it’s just that S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to talk to us, so they’re asking what you think,” Carter said to Tony.

"Then let's talk. When?" He wasn't surprised that S.H.I.E.L.D. would invite Tony to negotiate.

Previously, S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't pay attention to the Hand, but now that they have, it's easy for them to uncover the Hand's secrets.

So it wasn't long before they learned of the existence of the dragon bones.

Given the nature of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, how could they possibly let go of something that could extend lifespan?
Taking advantage of the deaths of several police officers and special agents at the flour mill, and the subsequent incident of the Rand Group's merchant ships smuggling flour, the entire Hell's Kitchen was sealed off.

Countless agents and police officers thoroughly razed this small area to the ground. This time, not only the Hand, but all the gangs entrenched in Hell's Kitchen, and even various criminals such as thugs, were almost all wiped out in one fell swoop.

After all, the police might still talk to these gangsters about the law and evidence.

But S.H.I.E.L.D. won't.

Not to mention Hydra behind S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, this is good news for ordinary residents living in Hell's Kitchen.

During this process, S.H.I.E.L.D. did indeed discover several dragon bones in a secret Hand base.

But that's it.

After all, compared to Peggy Carter, before S.H.I.E.L.D. intervened, she had already led her people to clear out the Hand's headquarters and obtained most of the dragon bones, which should belong to Madam Gao.

The items that S.H.I.E.L.D. obtained were discovered in a temporary safe house belonging to the Hand.

At the time, the Hand was conducting a dark ritual in an attempt to resurrect Murakami, who had been killed by Carter, using the dragon bone.

As a result, they were all wiped out, and even Murakami's body was taken by S.H.I.E.L.D. for research.

However, it's clear that neither S.H.I.E.L.D. nor Hydra behind them are satisfied with such a small amount of dragon bone.

Since the Hand attaches so much importance to Hell's Kitchen, it means that there must be even more dragon bones in Hell's Kitchen.

However, S.H.I.E.L.D. did not capture the other fingers, so they did not know the exact location of the dragon bone.

In addition, the Carter Group had already completed the acquisition of the Hell's Kitchen site from the RAND Corporation.

S.H.I.E.L.D. can close Hell's Kitchen in the short term without any problem, but a prolonged closure is definitely not feasible.

Therefore, they had no choice but to extend an olive branch to the Carter Group and the Stark Group behind it.

The Stark Industries' ability to transfer funds from overseas to the Carter Industries might be able to deceive other financial groups and even a single government, but it's unlikely to be able to hide it from a global intelligence agency like S.H.I.E.L.D.

Besides, the purpose of doing this before was simply to prevent the Hand from targeting Tony or Pepper.

But the situation has now changed.

Tony and Pepper both drank the Titan Elixir, gaining superhuman physiques.

Those little Karamis from the Hand are no longer a significant threat to Tony and his companion.

Not to mention that the Hand has been hit by Carter several times, and S.H.I.E.L.D. has carried out several purges of the Hand after entering the game.

Nowadays, apart from Mrs. Gosling, who ran away quickly, and the other three fingers that did not appear in New York, the Hand has been completely cleared out of New York.

So whether it's exposed or not doesn't matter anymore.

“Tomorrow afternoon, at Carter’s Building!” Carter replied. “Oh, and there’s one more thing.”

“What?” Tony asked.

“My inside source informed me that the Black Sky you mentioned before has fallen into the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D., and has been designated as 084 and is being studied!” Carter said.

Has the Black Sky fallen into the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
And S.H.I.E.L.D. is still researching it?

Levi and Tony exchanged bewildered glances.

S.H.I.E.L.D., they're really asking for trouble...

(End of this chapter)