I Became a Knockoff Arms Dealer in the Marvel World

However, Carl did not seem inclined to offer her any explanation. After shaping the soft dough in his hands into countless forms, he pulled out a rudimentary communication device from the middle of the large case, which was still unfinished.

It was a button-based telegraph machine. Though it looked quite simple, as long as it was connected to a broadcast signal, it could transmit Morse code.

SHIELD's elite agents always had many strange ways of making various gadgets.

When Sharon Carter saw him take out the telegraph machine, her heart rate suddenly quickened. Her small movements had exposed her!

Carl used telekinesis to gently squeeze, and an invisible force crushed the telegraph machine into pieces.

"I see everything you're trying to do. If you don't want to face some painful consequences, it's best you stay honest.

If you try anything again, I'll have a dozen strong men take turns with you, and I'll record the entire process and send it to your superior.

Let that black egg watch the stunning figure of his own female subordinate up close."

Sharon Carter remained unmoved by Carl's threat. She only "pretended to be shocked" and said, "You even know who our Director is? Where did you get this information?"

Seeing this sly woman, who was constantly trying to extract his words, Carl felt a bit of a headache. Suddenly, he was struck by a playful idea. He had to be released in a month, so why not give her a few false hints and throw SHIELD off his trail?

He paused for a moment, then pretended to speak with great enthusiasm, "You'll never guess where I got the information from, or perhaps you don't even understand the greatness of our organization, Nine."

At this point, Carl acted as if he suddenly realized something and interrupted himself, "You're trying to outsmart me again, aren't you? Almost fell for your little trick. Looks like I really can't stay with you any longer."

"A great organization? How great could it possibly be? You're probably just some lackey for a corporation," Sharon Carter tried to provoke Carl to reveal more information.

But Carl couldn't be bothered to say more. He didn't even glance at Sharon Carter again and turned to leave the number seven cell.

The clue had already been left for her. Offering more hints would only raise her suspicion.

The perfect deception is one where the other person spends immense effort to discover the so-called 'truth' themselves!

Only then will they unwaveringly believe in the accuracy of the so-called truth!

After leaving the cell, Carl, for safety reasons, ordered the bodyguards outside to come in and confiscate all the electronic devices from the number seven cell to prevent the woman from making any other moves.

Meanwhile, Sharon Carter couldn't help but keep thinking about the half-uttered words Carl had just said.

"A nine-letter organization, could it possibly be the evil organization Hydra, which had already been destroyed during World War II?"

Sharon Carter thought that if this information was true, it would be terrifying. But now, being held captive at the Umbrella Corporation, she had no way of transmitting information to the outside world.

She could only suppress her anxious thoughts and quietly wait to see if Carl's promise would come to fruition.

Time passed and it was now August.

The major client in the Middle East had completed the remaining payment for their order, and Carl had successfully earned two hundred billion system points.

He sat in the office at the Hive Base, frowning as he looked at the various technologies available in the secondary marketplace.

He wanted this, he wanted that.

He was suffering from a dilemma of choices.

"If only I had more points, I wouldn't be this indecisive."

Carl sighed, feeling some resentment.

The system was great, but everything was so expensive.

For example, the Silver Superman serum was outrageously priced at ten trillion points.

And don't even mention the more expensive Golden Superman serum, Supreme Superman serum, and Quantum Superman serum.

And that was just the price for a single vial of serum. If he wanted the manufacturing technology for the Superman serum, the price was astronomical.

"Should I save up some points? Eight hundred billion points would be enough to exchange for the Mutant Apocalypse serum. Right now, I can't buy anything worthwhile with these points. The Spider-Man serum wouldn't really enhance me much, so no need to rush."

Carl was thinking it over, slowly accumulating enough points to redeem a high-level serum.

Otherwise, upgrading slowly like this would take far too long.

The fastest way to improve his strength would be through a leap exchange.

For tasks, it was best to proceed step by step, taking things slowly and cautiously.

But system points were precious, and it would be best to use them at the most crucial moments. He needed to save enough points to redeem the Apocalypse serum. Once he had it, Carl could use clones to endlessly revive himself.

After all, one of the Apocalypse mutant abilities was soul transference.

This ability was perfect for Carl, who was afraid of dying.

After careful consideration, Carl reluctantly took his gaze away from the system marketplace.

Since he had decided not to upgrade his strength for now, he needed to consider how to deal with SHIELD.

He had already held Sharon Carter captive for more than half a month.

SHIELD must have realized that Sharon Carter's special task force had suddenly gone silent.

If Carl didn't want to confront SHIELD immediately, he would need to find a way to cover up the situation.

"A few days ago, Tony Stark, Iron Man, was attacked at the Morocco Grand Prix. It seems that the plot for Iron Man 2 is reaching its crucial point, so SHIELD probably won't have time to deal with Umbrella Corporation's affairs for now."

Although SHIELD wouldn't have time to focus on him in the short term, once Tony defeated the main villain and went through his life-or-death trials, the Mark Iron Man armor would have gained a huge upgrade.

If, at that point, Iron Man and SHIELD targeted him together, Carl would truly find it troublesome.

Currently, his personal strength was still relatively weak. If he acted outside, a single ordinary missile could take his life.

That's why Carl was very cautious about facing SHIELD, an organization that didn't play by the rules.

This kind of espionage agency would stop at nothing to achieve its goals—poisoning, long-range sniping, and once they locked onto a target, they'd deploy F-22 fighter jets for large-scale firepower coverage.

Carl wasn't confident he could handle SHIELD's unscrupulous methods.

"This Iron Man armor is really something. Right now, I have no way to deal with it," Carl sighed, feeling more and more troubled about the troublesome Iron Man suit.

Ordinary weapons couldn't even hit the high-speed evasive Iron Man, and his telekinesis was practically useless against the titanium-alloy armor of the Iron Man suit.

"The only problem is that the Iron Man suit technology is quite expensive in the system marketplace. Forget the manufacturing technology, just buying the Mark VII Iron Man suit costs a billion points."

Although he could afford the price, spending a billion points on military weaponry was a poor investment. Carl could earn back ten times that amount in points.

Thus, using system points to buy the Mark VII Iron Man suit wasn't worthwhile.

The Mark VII Iron Man suit would only be somewhat useful to Carl right now. Once he exchanged for the Apocalypse serum, this so-called Iron Man suit would be no different from a toy to him. It would just sit in his collection room.