Marvel: Saint Seiya Starting with the Reality Stone

"Coulson?"

"Yes, there's another woman, her name is something like Melinda."

Natik's voice came through the phone.

Mike, standing in his backyard, raised an eyebrow as he listened to the answer from Natik, the Inuit friend he had met in Norway.

"You didn't tell them what happened, did you?"

"Of course not."

Natik laughed heartily on the other end of the phone: "You're Natik's friend, they aren't. Natik would never betray his friends."

Mike smiled.

"Thank you, my friend, but if anyone comes looking for you again, you know you can tell them."

Why?

"Because I don't want them to hurt you, my friend, just tell them."

Mike said that, then chatted with Natick for a few more minutes before hanging up.

He did not ask Natik to keep his work in the Arctic a secret.

Again.

Mike never pretends to be weak to take advantage of others, nor does he ever show off in public.

Although Natik didn't actually see anything, since both the battles with Malekith and Thor took place deep within the Arctic ice cap.

Knatik did not betray him.

Because he is Natik's friend.

If Natick is so loyal, Mike will naturally be just as loyal.

Because this time, the inquiry was with S.H.I.E.L.D.

If Mike isn't mistaken, the ones who found Natick should be Phil Coulson and Melinda May, who have been leading a special operations team since the Battle of New York.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

That American TV series.

According to the original storyline, after Thor defeated Malekith, the cleanup was handled by Phil Coulson's team.

In the original storyline, Phil Coulson and his team went to London to clean up the mess, but this time they've moved to the Arctic.

But this is not the point.

The key point is that Phil Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are on the good side, so they wouldn't harm an Inuit living in the Arctic.

But as is widely known.

S.H.I.E.L.D., though pronounced "Shen Dian," is actually written as "Snake Shield."

In a word.

If S.H.I.E.L.D. knows about this, then Hydra must know about it too.

This time, it was Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. who went to see Natick; next time, it might be a Hydra agent.

As the villains, Hydra has no moral bottom line.

and so……

Mike told Natick that if anyone ever asked him about the Arctic again, he should tell them the truth and not hide anything from him.

Meanwhile, Natick also told Mike on the phone why Phil Coulson and others had come looking for him.

They found Natik by conducting local investigations and discovering that only Natik had ventured deep into the Arctic ice cap at the end of March, a place no one else dared to go.

When Natick was shown Mike's photo, he didn't say he didn't recognize him.

He told Phil Coulson and the others that he met Mike, who was lost on the ice cap, while hunting. He then invited Mike into his igloo, and after they left the ice cap, the two of them went hunting and fishing at sea together.

Mike told him to leave, but when he left the igloo, he heard a huge roar coming from deep within the ice cap, and he didn't say a word about it.

Then there is no more.

Natick had planned to call Mike and tell him about it when he returned to town to sell his catch today.

Unexpectedly, Mike called first.

When Mike left Norway, he and Natick exchanged phone numbers.

After he returned to New York City and reactivated his number, the two of them would contact each other by phone at least once a month, if not frequently.

natural!

In Natick's mind, Mike was a friend, while Phil Coulson and the others who came to see him yesterday were just outsiders who couldn't even speak their language.

Is it better to help a friend who speaks your own language, or to help a stranger who can't even understand your own speech?

This is not a choice for Natik.

In the following days, Mike maintained his usual routine since returning to New York City, and called Natick almost every day.

but……

Calm and peaceful, nothing happened.

Natick said that after Phil Coulson and others came to ask him once, no one came to him again, and the other members of the town's tribe did not see any strangers appear.

Mike was somewhat surprised by this.

After all, since S.H.I.E.L.D. has intervened because of the Arctic incident, Hydra, not to be outdone, should also show up to investigate.

But the Hydra did not appear.

Is it because Hydra considers the Arctic incident far less important than their current second wave of struggle?

...That's true.

After all, it's only been a few months since their second phase of operations began, and at this point, Hydra should be focusing all their energy on this goal.

Mike thought to himself that he had found a reasonable excuse for Hydra.

However, Hydra was about to launch its second major offensive, so it didn't have time to investigate the Arctic.

What about S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Have they given up too?

at last!

One evening a week later, Mike, who was having dinner in the dining room, noticed Heidi across from him eating her salad while looking at her phone as usual and asked her about it.

"Heidi".

"Um."

"What happened to that Arctic thing you asked me about last time?"

"..."

Heidi looked up at Mike, a hint of helplessness in her expression: "You know I can't tell you this, it's a secret. If you hadn't happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, you wouldn't know my real job until now."

She didn't know what was happening in the Arctic at first. It wasn't until the day her cast was removed and the commander told her there was an emergency and she needed to go back that she learned about the situation in the Arctic.

Mike laughed and said, "I'm just curious. How about this, you tell me some things that aren't confidential, okay? That way, I can satisfy my curiosity without you violating the confidentiality agreement."

Heidi glanced at Mike speechlessly, but did not refuse.

She put down her phone, looked up, and pretended to think.

after awhile.

Heidi then turned her gaze back to Mike: "The case is closed."

Mike raised an eyebrow.

"Is it settled?"

"Hmm, it's now classified as 0-8-4."

"What is this?"

"unknown."

Heidi explained, "You've probably heard of the first thing marked 0-8-4, which refers to items or people of unknown origin."

Mike blinked, his eyes brimming with curiosity.

Heidi smiled slightly.

「雷神索尔的锤子，那一次的代号就是0-8-4来着，之后所有未知的东西都会被标注为0-8-4！」

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