Granting Abilities

Chapter 122: Granting Abilities

"S.H.I.E.L.D… Strategic Chief Consultant?"

The people in the second-floor reception room were all stunned when they heard that, and strange expressions appeared on their faces.

The Symbol of Peace, a top-tier combatant, serving as the department’s chief consultant? That was even more absurd than Logan being a nanny!

Most importantly, even Fury did not know that the newly established S.H.I.E.L.D. had such a position.

"Didn’t you ask me to hold a title? Strategic Chief Consultant is a decent public-facing position. Whenever the department has major decisions to make, I can join the discussion if I have time." Kyle confirmed it, his own thoughts and plans already taking shape.

S.H.I.E.L.D. In the Marvel Earth, it was a mysterious "high-end" organization that dealt with supernatural phenomena and maintained world peace.

Trying to fight Alien Invasions and even evil gods with ordinary agents and weapons had doomed it to a thankless, exhausting role.

Moreover, at its core, it had originally been founded by the remnants of Hydra as their largest hidden nest in the world. Its routine operations to eradicate Hydra were a classic case of a thief crying thief.

It was not until after the twenty-first century, when Nick Fury became S.H.I.E.L.D.’s later director and formed history’s first Superhero force—the Avengers—that its value truly became apparent.

Kyle had no intention of stepping into S.H.I.E.L.D.’s muddy waters. Even if the new department was clean for now, its long history and large membership meant it would inevitably be infiltrated and corrupted by Hydra again someday.

That was also the original reason he had founded the Karl family. Only power held completely in his own hands could truly count as cards and a foundation!

"Do as you wish. Having your name attached to S.H.I.E.L.D., even in a nominal position, is already better than all the resources the president can offer." Fury spoke with a helpless hint of a headache.

"Let me make this clear first. If I discover in the future that S.H.I.E.L.D. is using a false name to do evil things like Hydra, then just as I can lend my name to help establish it, I can also crush and abolish it." Kyle spoke calmly, but the dominance and coldness in his words made the entire reception room fall silent!

Howard confidently raised his wineglass and took a sip. Joseph withdrew his gaze with awe and wariness, while Fury hurriedly wiped the cold sweat seeping from his forehead.

No one dared question the truth of Kyle’s words, because those who had questioned him were now nothing but bones beneath the soil of battlefield graves, with wild grass nearly growing over them.

The Symbol of Peace. No matter how radiant that God-tier Hero title sounded, it could not conceal the fact that it had been earned during humanity’s dark and bloody era of World War II, bought with countless soldiers’ lives and terrifying feats that destroyed homes and nations!

Or rather, it was fortunate that everyone in the reception room was an old acquaintance. Otherwise, even if the new president and General Chester had come, Kyle would not have given them any face or dealt with them as pleasantly as he did now.

Fury immediately swore as though issuing a military pledge. "Kyle, I guarantee you this: as long as I am here, S.H.I.E.L.D. will never do anything that betrays the purpose for which it was founded!"

"That’s good." Kyle nodded calmly.

S.H.I.E.L.D. was a double-edged sword. Used poorly, it would become a source of disaster; used well, it could be an exceptionally useful force operating in the open.

Many matters that the Karl family could not conveniently intervene in could be handled openly and boldly through S.H.I.E.L.D., which was recognized by the United Nations Security Council.

"Forget about Logan and Yutong. But with S.H.I.E.L.D. just being established, it really does need elite personnel powerful enough to hold the fort." After pondering for a moment, Kyle made up his mind and said, "I have a suitable candidate."

"Who?" Fury quickly pressed.

"Don’t rush. You’ve met the person before, but they’re elsewhere right now." Kyle thought for a moment, opened a small notebook that had long been gathering dust, and swept his gaze across the others. "Use your intelligence networks and get me every piece of information on the Soviet Red Room tonight."

"The Soviet Red Room, that rumored Super Agent organization?" Joseph was shocked. Seeming to realize something, he said even more incredulously, "Wait, are you going after them?"

The moment Fury heard that, he quickly understood and explained, "You don’t know? During World War II, the Soviet Red Room sent female agents to infiltrate a battleship and launch a surprise attack on Kyle."

"They ambushed you? What were they thinking?" Howard could not help laughing.

Of all people to ambush, they had chosen Kyle, that demonic God of Slaughter—where were their brains?

"Don’t worry. I’ve always been reasonable. I won’t act against them without cause; I’m just going over to collect a little debt." Kyle smiled faintly, and that statement stunned everyone present once again.

Here was a joke: "Kyle is reasonable."

As night deepened, Howard, Joseph, and Fury each said their farewells. After they left the estate, the second floor of the building sank back into prolonged silence.

Kyle sat silently against the sofa. Outside the reception room, a large pillow floated over like a magical carpet, carrying Yutong, who had changed into pink pajamas, to sit beside him.

"How was it?" Kyle asked, patting Yutong’s little head.

"None of the three guests from earlier harbored any ill intent toward you, Boss," Yutong replied through telepathy.

"That’s enough. You don’t need to keep peering into their thoughts in the future. They’re all friends we can trust." Kyle shook his head. He had never actively asked Yutong to do such things, yet she had secretly persisted in doing so.

Just as he had said before, Yutong was his blade. For his sake, she could eliminate every potential enemy with ulterior motives, including members of the Karl family.

"Sometimes, the human heart is complicated and ever-changing. If you keep prying into and staring directly at other people’s thoughts, it’ll be hard for you to make real friends," Kyle advised Yutong.

"I don’t need friends. Having you, Boss, is enough." This time, Yutong did not communicate through her ability. Instead, she spoke in a soft, childish voice, resolute and unwavering.

Kyle laughed speechlessly. Looking at Yutong beside him, he drew a blue Ability Card from Card Space—

Super Agent, which had been stored away all this time and had yet to be used on any member of the family.

"Do you remember what I told you when I took you out of the underground laboratory? Lifespan and strength—this is what you deserve." Holding the card that no one else could see, Kyle pressed it against Yutong’s forehead. Beneath the blue radiance, the granted Ability Card sank into the girl’s body.

'Super Agent granted successfully!'

'The cardholder cannot use the granted card's ability for three days!'

'No Ability Card can be granted to this organism again!'

Yutong fainted onto the pillow. The Super Agent Ability Card skipped the stages of serum formulation and injection, physical training, and recovery, rapidly altering her genes to strengthen her body.

As an inferior version of Kyle’s Super Soldier ability, Super Agent likewise brought comprehensive physical enhancement: immense changes to strength, speed, stamina, resistance to impact, metabolism, and the aging of the human body.

Born with a mutant ability that enhanced her mind, and now further strengthened by a complete physical mutation, Yutong was unquestionably among the Karl family’s strongest members—second only to Kyle and Kyle in his Venom symbiote state!

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