The knock on the door made the room silent. Lupin and the others looked at each other briefly. Fujiko put down the bowl and walked towards the door.
Outside, as the door opened, Colin walked into the room with a kind look on his face.
"Sorry, I was a little late because I had a few words with SHIELD."
Different from their attitude towards S.H.I.E.L.D., although Lupin and others came this time because of his reward, they also took risks to help. They are considered their own people, so there is naturally no need to put on a cold face.
"It's okay, brother Kelin, but I risked turning into a zombie to come here this time, so, did you promise me the potion?"
Fujiko leaned over, with anticipation in his eyes.
Colin looked at her, slightly turned sideways to avoid her approach, and felt a headache for a moment.
The potion of eternal youth that Fujiko Kazumine talked about was not a joke. Although there was no formula, with his current level of potion skills and alchemy knowledge, he could make it after studying it for a while.
But, no matter how easy it is, it still takes time to arrange, and now, where does he find the time to do those things
Seeing Fujiko's expression gradually changing, he said frankly: "It's probably not possible now. At least we have to wait until this matter is over."
When Fujiko heard this, his face turned grim, and Lupin and the others also turned their eyes over.
Colin looked at it, paused, and spoke again: "It's not that I'm stingy or don't trust you, it's mainly because it takes at least half a month to make this potion. Because there was no demand for it before, I don't have the finished product in hand now, but the other conditions I promised can be fulfilled now."
Colin spoke sincerely, and the atmosphere in the room was much more relaxed than when he entered, except that Fujiko looked a little dark.
After a moment, Lupin tried to smooth things over and said, "We'll talk about the reward later. Before that, could you please tell us about the current situation, Master? We were suddenly summoned by you and are still confused."
Lupin was lying on the sofa with his hands spread out, his body relaxed but his eyes extremely serious.
As the world's top thief, he has experienced and faced countless difficulties. Although this trouble is one of the most serious in the past, he still has confidence.
However, there is one thing he cares about very much. Although he is a thief, he never steals things from good people, and he never works for bad people. Otherwise, he would not have so many fans around the world as a thief.
Colin Blake found the problem this time, and to be honest, he had some doubts in his heart.
"That's natural." Facing Lupin's question, Colin answered without any hesitation.
When asking someone for help, one naturally has to inform the other party of the information. Besides, this was not something he did in the first place, so there is no need to cover it up. However, based on some of the information he got from his previous life, he still needs to think about how to explain it.
After thinking for a moment, he organized his words and said, "The reason why I am involved in this matter is related to an action I took when I was just starting out."
As he spoke, he produced a laptop from his backpack, opened it, clicked on a video and said, "You must know that I was just an ordinary person at first, and it was because of an accident that I gained my current power."
"At the beginning, my power was not as strong as it is now. And because of some reasons, I offended some people and forces at that time. In order to prevent the big forces or the government from finding out about my specialness and causing trouble for me, I made some preparations to prevent people from taking action against me."
The zombie plague review video on the laptop has gradually come to an end, and Lupin and others who have come over to watch it also show a look of understanding.
Colin looked at it and continued, "This was originally just a trump card of mine, just in case. But I didn't expect the situation to become more and more exaggerated, and I had to use it to get my friend back from Kingpin. Later, due to some factors, this video was discovered by SHIELD."
"And now, there is another group of forces that has created a virus similar to mine and is spreading it in Manhattan, and I have this handle in the hands of SHIELD."
"Although I am not afraid of falling out with SHIELD or even the United States, I don't want to take the blame for nothing."
"Now I have reached a certain cooperation with SHIELD. I will research the vaccine for this virus for them, and they will find the culprit for me. But to be honest, I don't trust them, so..." Colin shrugged, looked at the four people and said, "I will find you."
"Ha! You actually believe us." Ci Yuan sat on the sofa and blew out a smoke ring.
Before teaming up with Lupin, he was a killer and was more cautious and careful in his considerations. If Lupin had not agreed to Colin's invitation and the reward had not tempted him, he would never have come.
"I can't help it. There are only a few people who are capable of doing this kind of thing. You are the only ones I know and can find in a short time. So to a certain extent, it's not that I trust you, but I can only choose you."
Colin said helplessly that everyone present was a shrewd person and he couldn't fool them with lies. However, he asked Lupin and others for help because he had some understanding and trust in Lupin and his gang through his memories of his past life, but there was no need to explain these.
"What a terrifying virus!" Lupin sighed after watching the video, then turned to Colin and asked tentatively, "But Master, did you really not leak this virus? It seems like a coincidence anyway!"
"No." He said with certainty, and seeing Lupin's unconvincing look, he explained again: "I have thoroughly checked the place used for the demonstration, and there is absolutely no plague leak. Moreover, if it was really my plague, Manhattan would not be so peaceful now, but would have become a city of corpses long ago."
"And the most important point is that although I threatened S.H.I.E.L.D. that I had placed the plague outside, in fact, I did not do so."
Colin's expression was calm, but when Lupin and the other three heard this, their expressions changed slightly.
This was somewhat beyond their expectations, but they couldn't be sure that what Colin said was true.
After a brief thought, Lupin did not dwell on this topic and wanted to report: "Well, at least it is confirmed that the virus is not caused by you, Master. So, what information can you give me?"
Colin said before that he is now cooperating with SHIELD, so there must be some intelligence in the relevant field.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, at least it can give him a direction for investigation.
"Of course, I'm ready."
As he spoke, Colin took out the investigation report that Coulson had given him last night from his backpack.
(End of this chapter)