Chapter 38: The New Driver Arrives
"Entrapment?"
Coulson looked at Nick Fury in complete confusion, not knowing what this old superior of his had done.
"That’s right. Twenty minutes ago, I deliberately lowered someone’s clearance level by half a level to see what you were capable of. I didn’t expect you to catch the gap immediately."
Nick Fury leaned against the table and activated his showing-off mode.
"You hacked into our internal network and read Level Ten classified information. You only have two choices."
"Either you become wanted and get locked up."
"Or..."
"I join you. Isn’t it just being an agent?"
Skye angrily put down her laptop and spoke through gritted teeth.
"No. The second option is to become his driver and bodyguard."
Nick Fury raised his phone and showed Skye a photo of Orion Cross.
"It’s that person?!"
Skye’s pretty face stiffened. Then she looked at Nick Fury in disbelief. "Don’t tell me all the information about this person is real."
"Shh."
Nick Fury placed a finger beside his mouth and pointed at Coulson. "That is Level Ten classified information. You must keep your mouth shut, then use your hacking skills to prevent anyone else from stealing information or eavesdropping on his life."
"Including you?"
Skye curled her lips.
"Including us."
Surprisingly, Nick Fury nodded.
"Phew. Finally home."
Orion Cross buried his head into the brand-new sofa.
He had originally thought that since Nick Fury had prepared everything, he would only need to move in with his bags and begin a leisurely life.
The result?
He had spent the entire afternoon helping Pietro and Wanda handle their school enrollment applications.
At the same time, Orion Cross also discovered that America really was not like China. Without a car, it was practically impossible to move an inch.
"Since everything is handled, I’ll be leaving. Remember to receive that driver lady later. She’ll be here soon."
Hill stood at the door and said goodbye to everyone with a somewhat exhausted expression.
Today had also been a day of suffering for her. A dignified Level Nine agent had turned into a tool, and halfway through, she had even been mistaken by the teachers, along with Orion Cross, as Pietro and Wanda’s parents.
"Speaking of which, aside from a driver, shouldn’t we also be equipped with a chef?"
Pietro pointed at the kitchen and spoke.
The three of them did not seem very good at cooking.
"We can just order delivery..."
Orion Cross answered casually, but stopped halfway through.
It seemed that the delivery industry in America was not very developed. Most places required ordering by phone, and it was expensive, slow, and bad.
He remembered that in his previous life, the online food-ordering rate in China was seventy-four percent, while America’s was a pitiful six percent.
For a brief instant, Orion Cross suddenly had the idea of starting a delivery company, but he rejected it in the next second.
America was vast and sparsely populated, and there was also a habit of tipping. A delivery company would probably go bankrupt before long.
Besides, he had no starting capital right now. What company could he possibly start?
"Money can, why haven’t you gotten into trouble yet?"
Orion Cross picked up a stack of newspapers from the table, looked at the gossip news about Tony Stark on it, and muttered under his breath.
Starting a delivery company or an online shopping company to make money? How could that be faster, steadier, and risk-free compared to directly asking a sucker for it?
"Wanda, the pizza’s ready. Do you want some?"
Pietro opened the oven and took out the frozen pizza they had bought at the supermarket today.
"Mm, I’m coming!"
Ding-dong.
Wanda had only run halfway when the doorbell suddenly rang.
"That should be the female driver. Wanda, help open the door."
Orion Cross flipped through the newspaper and spoke.
"Mm!"
Wanda wore SpongeBob slippers and ran out.
"Hello... uh?"
Under Wanda’s lead, Skye walked into the living room. When she saw Orion Cross sprawled on the sofa reading some mysterious magazine, all her previous nervousness instantly vanished.
This was it?
This was the man recorded in the highest Level Ten classified files of that mysterious national organization, the man suspected of single-handedly wiping out the Olympian pantheon?
No matter how she looked at him now, he seemed like an ordinary person who had just finished a busy day at work.
"You?"
Orion Cross glanced at the newly arrived female driver and could not help freezing.
Wasn’t this Quake, Skye?
"You know me?"
"No."
Orion Cross shook his head. He had only seen that face in the TV series. Naturally, he did not know her in reality.
"Where’s my room?"
Skye gestured at the luggage in her hand and asked.
"Uh..."
Orion Cross turned to look at Pietro and Wanda. "Where do you two want to stay?"
This house had two floors in total. There were two bedrooms on the first floor and four bedrooms on the second floor.
"I’ll stay on the first floor."
"Me too."
Pietro and Wanda exchanged a glance and answered.
Although some time had already passed, that attack still left a shadow over them.
Especially Wanda. If she had not been grabbed back then, she would have already fallen down and gone with her parents.
So for the siblings, the first floor still felt safer.
"Then I’ll take the room on the far left upstairs. Is that okay?"
Skye pointed upstairs and looked at Orion Cross, asking.
"No problem. Then the one on the far right is mine."
Orion Cross helped Skye carry her luggage upstairs, then told everyone which room was his.
As for the two rooms in the middle, they could just remain empty.
Thud.
Just as Orion Cross was about to go downstairs to eat pizza, he suddenly heard the faint sound of something landing on the floor. And the source... seemed to be inside his room.