Marvel: Saint Seiya Starting with the Reality Stone

When Mike returned home from Las Vegas, Heidi was already home.

As usual, Heidi sat cross-legged on the sofa, holding her laptop, watching Mike enter the room.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Does the airplane meal count?

"Of course for you."

As Heidi spoke, she put the computer aside and got up from the sofa: "After all, you're easy to take care of; just give you some food."

Mike looked at Heidi, who was comparing herself to a pet, laughed twice, and then handed her the gift bag.

Heidi took the gift, pulled it out of the bag, opened it, raised an eyebrow, and looked up at Mike: "Playing cards?"

Yes.

The gift he picked out for Heidi in Las Vegas was a beautiful deck of cards.

But these are not ordinary playing cards.

Mike didn't say anything, but simply gestured for Heidi to continue dismantling.

Heidi glanced at Mike, unfolded the deck of cards in her hand, and after seeing the images on them, she realized: "Wanted Playing Cards?"

Yes.

Wanted playing cards: Each card features the portrait of a currently wanted criminal and the crime for which they are wanted.

Mike looked at Heidi and explained, "It suits you quite well, doesn't it?"

Heidi is a law enforcement officer, so giving her a wanted playing card is a way of catering to her tastes.

only……

"If I were really a federal agent, it would be quite suitable."

Heidi smiled and put the playing cards back into the gift box, then looked at Mike: "But I'm a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are responsible for global covert security, not for such trivial matters."

Mike explained, "Hey, you're a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, not me. I have no idea what S.H.I.E.L.D. actually does."

Upon hearing this, Heidi thought for a moment, put the gift bag aside, and then opened her arms to hug Mike in front of her.

"The gift is lovely, I love it, thank you."

"You're welcome."

Mike smiled and hugged Heidi. After letting go, he looked at Heidi and said, "But if you tell me the specifics of your job, maybe next time I can buy a gift that really suits your taste."

Heidi laughed heartily after hearing this, then glanced at Mike and said, "That was a good attempt, but it won't work. It's confidentiality, Mike."

Mike, seeing that he hadn't managed to get any details about Heidi's job, wasn't discouraged. He made a gesture of surrender and said, "Then I'll try my best not to let you find out next time."

Heidi rolled her eyes at Mike and then walked barefoot toward the kitchen.

"Alright, I'll cook you a bowl of ramen. Put your clothes up there and come down."

"it is good."

Mike responded and, seeing Heidi heading towards the kitchen, also picked up his travel bag and headed towards the stairs to the second floor.

He was indeed quite curious about Heidi's specific job duties.

When I learned that Heidi was the team leader of the intelligence analysis group at the S.H.I.E.L.D. New York command center, I became curious.

Because it concerns whether or not he should get involved in the feud between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra.

For example.

If Heidi is specifically in charge of SHIELD's intelligence operations overseas, such as in Africa, a region that has absolutely no connection to Hydra, she is unlikely to face any danger in Hydra's future second wave of operations.

If that's the case, Mike wouldn't get involved in Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. affairs, creating trouble for himself.

However, if the intelligence information Heidi was in charge of was related to Hydra, or if Hydra believed that Heidi's intelligence analysis would expose them, then Hydra would definitely not let Heidi live.

If that's the case, then Mike will definitely get involved.

But Mike wasn't in a hurry.

After all, there are still at least a few months before Hydra's second phase of operations. If he remembers correctly, Hydra's second phase of operations should be next year.

It's only September now, and there are still four months until 2014.

Four months was enough time for him to get the specifics of Heidi's job from her.

soon.

After putting his duffel bag back in his room, Mike turned and went downstairs, then sat on a high stool at the kitchen bar, watching Heidi cook ramen for him.

As he looked at it, he rested his chin on his hand and said, "Seriously, are you sure that if you get married, I can't move in with you?"

Without turning her head, Heidi scooped the ramen noodles out of the pot: "Are you reluctant to part with me, or is it because if I get married, there will be no one to cook for you?"

Mike shrugged.

"Is there a difference?"

"certainly."

Heidi said, turning the ramen she had scooped out to place in front of Mike, and then said, "If it's the former, I'm happy."

Mike raised an eyebrow: "So, would you let me move in with you guys?"

Heidi chuckled.

"No, don't misunderstand. You're my brother, and I love you, but I'm going to spend the rest of my life with my future husband. You don't want to become the source of arguments between my husband and me after you move in, do you?"

"...What if it's the latter?"

"Find a girlfriend!"

Heidi's expression instantly turned serious as she looked at Mike and said, "I don't approve of your lifestyle, but I can understand why you're not planning to find a job. But what about a girlfriend? Have you ever had one since you were a kid? And this time you're going to Las Vegas, the city of romantic encounters. You're not bad-looking either. Didn't you have any stories to tell in Las Vegas?"

Mike looked at Heidi with a suspicious expression: "From what I'm hearing, if I went to Las Vegas this time and even dragged a dancer there to register our marriage, you wouldn't be angry, but happy instead?"

Heidi nodded.

"Of course I'd be happy."

Why?

"Because I no longer need to doubt your orientation."

"..."

Mike stared wide-eyed at Heidi, who was looking at him with a serious expression. Even after closing his mouth, the corners of his lips twitched involuntarily.

You suspect that I am...

"right."

"hiss!"

Mike gasped, instinctively rising from the bar stool, rubbing his forehead, and then couldn't help but look at Heidi: "Excuse me for asking, but where did I get this impression from?"

Heidi shrugged.

"You've never had a girlfriend."

"That's because I haven't met the right person."

"You don't even have any female friends."

"Who said that?"

Mike was speechless as he listened to the evidence Heidi presented: "I have so many female classmates in my alumni group."

Heidi said expressionlessly, "I don't consider any woman in a group chat to be your friend, and you yourself said, 'female classmate, not girlfriend.'"

Mike opened his mouth, then smiled.

The kind of laugh that comes from being so angry.

But the key issue is that he really couldn't refute Heidi's statement, because he did have female classmates, but his contact with those female classmates was only between classmates.

Heidi looked at Mike, who had stopped talking, tilted her head, and remained silent, but her meaning was clear.

She genuinely doubted Mike's sexual orientation.

Just then.

Mike's phone rang.

He took it out and looked at it.

Mary...

wrong.

Skye's.

Mike perked up and immediately turned the phone screen to Heidi.

"look."

"Female friends."

"Female classmates wouldn't call at night, would they?"

"..."