On the second floor of the Mainland Hotel, in this well-decorated suite, the children sit on the sofa and watch cartoons while the adults sit on the table on the other side, and they are talking.

"This is Agent Hill."

Merlin introduced to Talia, who was sitting opposite him:

"She is Fury's assistant, who is here on behalf of Fury. If you want to work further with S.H.E.L.D., then you can contact Hill in the future. Of course, you may have to meet Fury."

He said:

"It is not that simple thing to persuade Fury to accept your existence. Fury is different from me, he is not a good person to talk to."

"I believe there must be a lot of topics to talk about between Director Fury."

Talia didn't care. The woman with a feminine body was leaning on the chair lazy, she said:

"Our pleasant cooperation with SL.D. has proven this. There are many areas where Assassin League and S.H.E.D. can be used to discuss this topic tonight. I just want to talk about the old friends and introduce my new industry to you."

She looked at Bruce, then at Merlin, and she said:

"You two are one of my few friends. Tell me, what do you think of my mainland hotel?"

Bruce shrugged, he didn't answer.

But from the slightly picky gaze of this super rich man, we can see that Bruce doesn't seem to be very interested in this place.

Meilin glanced at the furnishings around him and said slowly:

"From a hotel perspective, it's not perfect. But, I guess, you're not just really planning to run it as a hotel, are you planning to let the Assassin League change its way and appear in the sun from the shadow of your long-term life? That's not a good idea."

"No, you're just a small part of it."

Talia stood up, took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet next to her, and poured a glass for Bruce, Merlin, and Hill, and she whispered:

“It’s an attempt, Merlin.”

"The Assassin Alliance under my father was very successful. For the past few hundred years, it has been a pivotal force in the dark world, fearing and fearing, but times have changed after all."

"My father's set is no longer applicable in this information age. The death knell raid on Nandalbat proves this, and the ancient heritage is already exhausted in the face of the power of modern science."

Talia picked up the wine glass and raised it to the others. The remaining three people also picked up the wine glasses. After Merlin took a sip of the wine, Talia continued to talk:

"Gotham's defeat, the attack on Nandalbat, the rebellion of several branches"

"The Assassin Alliance suffered heavy damage one after another and almost fell apart. We fell from the peak to the valley. If we hadn't had the help of noble people, we would have been dead in name only."

She glanced at her former lover, and she reached out to put her hand on Bruce's palm. Bruce subconsciously wanted to break free, but in the end, he gently held Talia's hand.

The action made Talia smile. The charming woman turned her head and shrugged at Merlin. She said:

"After my father's death, the dynasty he established had collapsed, and no one could save the fall of tradition. Those of us who survived by chance could only learn from painful mistakes."

"The Assassin League needs a new model to regain its place in the new era."

"Combining with the official is just one part of this new model."

Talia put down her wine glass and she said to Merlin and Hill:

"Whether you want to believe it or not, under my leadership, the Assassin Alliance also follows the ancient Assassin's Way. We exist to protect order and freedom, not to destroy it. We both have a common purpose. This is the basis of our cooperation."

"As for the Mainland Hotel, Merlin said it well. This is a new survival mode that I planned for the Assassin Alliance."

Talia stretched out her hand and clicked on a small black box on the table. The next moment, a blue holographic projection appeared in front of the four people.

It was a rotating model of the earth, with lots of red dots on that map.

"New York's mainland hotel is the first, then London, Rome, Tokyo, Cairo, Casablanca, etc. We will have a large hotel chain around the world, which does not serve ordinary people, and this system will become the new framework of existence for the Assassin Alliance."

"Every hotel will be a place for my assassins to recuperate and provide information feedback, and will become their base of operations, providing them with weapons, living resources, remuneration and various other requirements."

"Once they receive the order, they will come to the hotel to prepare, which means they are about to start the task, and when the task is completed, they will leave the hotel, which means they will return to their lives."

Talia plucked the beautiful long black hair and said to Merlin:

"Facts have proved that a lifestyle of pure heart and weakness is not suitable for this era. Assassins also need to have their own lives and communication. I will not ask them to cut off their ties with society. I want them to truly integrate into this world and into the crowd. Only by being familiar with this society can we better protect it."

"You said the mission."

Agent Hill was not tempted by Talia's statement of "protecting the world", and she calmly asked:

"What mission? Assassination?"

"Assassination is just one part of it, it is more about intelligence collection. At this stage, we have to keep a certain low profile to avoid being targeted by other colleagues."

Talia waved her hand and said without caring:

"The dark world has its own set of rules of conduct. Agent Hill, I know that as a public official, you instinctively hate any crime, but believe me, many times, many jobs that you are not convenient for, we can do for you."

"Bang"

A weird gold coin was bounced up in Talia's hand and eventually fell into Hill's finger, she said to Hill:

"If only one or two such gold coins are needed, those vicious guys will fall into your information network. If we can pay more, we will be happy to help you solve those tricky troubles."

"You asked S.H.E.L.D. to hire assassins?"

Hill said to Talia with a strange expression:

"Improve it, ma'am, your thoughts are a bit too imaginary."

"You mean I'm childish?"

Talia chuckled, she glanced at the silent Merlin, and said to Hill:

"Do you think S.H.E.L.D. can solve all the trouble? Yes, maybe you can, but is there any difference between the bullets fired from your agent's guns and the bullets fired from my assassins?"

"If a criminal is sentenced to death by you, then it is actually meaningless to worry about who will execute it."

"Look, Agent Hill, I will tell you all the secrets of the Mainland Hotel and its operation without any concealment, just to let you convey my description to the Secretary behind you."

Talia said:

"I believe that the Director will make the right judgment."

“It sounds really a big change.”

Merlin didn't care about Italiana and Hill's argument, he said:

"It seems that you are planning to completely transform the Assassin League into another appearance. The ancient tradition has been abandoned. It is hard to say whether it is a good or a bad thing, but I believe that not all members of the Assassin League will adapt to this change, right?"

"yes."

Talia also said with some headache:

"When an organization exists for too long, some internal conscious debates will turn into very bad power separatism, and there are always people who accept traditional growth who are not willing to keep up with the times, but it doesn't matter. Establishing a mainland hotel does not mean that we will usher in division again."

She said:

"Traditional and modernity can coexist. The decline of the previous one may not be a bad thing. At least at this stage, everyone can still abandon conflict and work together to rebuild the organization."

"All right."

Merlin nodded, and he remained silent.

He had no questions to ask, and he was not opposed to the fact that a group of assassins planned to open the door to do business.

Thalia's open and honest expression to S.H.E.L.D. also made Merlin very satisfied. She could have set up a mainland hotel without notifying anyone, but she invited people from S.H.E.L.D., which means that Thalia is willing to enter the big framework set up by S.H.E.L.D.

She is willing to follow the rules.

Merlin welcomes this.

"It seems that Mr. Merlin doesn't object, it's good."

A smile appeared on Talia's face. She glanced at Hill and said nothing, but turned her eyes to Bruce beside her, and she said:

"Bruce tells Merlin about the trouble you have. You are friends and should help each other."

"trouble?"

Merlin looked up and looked at Bruce. Because Hill was present, neither he nor Talia pointed out Bruce's true identity.

He said to Bruce:

"What trouble are you in again? What's going on in the 'business'?"

"right."

Bruce glanced at Hill, nodded, and said softly:

"About the business, not long ago, I received a strange invitation. I don't know how to describe it to you. In short, the other party sent someone to sneak into my manor without disturbing anyone, and placed the invitation letter on the head of my bed."

Bruce said in a stressed tone:

“I was still resting in the bedroom at that time.”

"Um?"

Merlin narrowed her eyes.

Although Bruce is just an ordinary person, he is Lars Al Goul's most proud disciple. He was a hero in Gotham City, and made the criminals timid, which proved his ability to act in the dark.

Merlin knew that Bruce had a very sharp perception, and there were various monitoring equipment hidden in Wayne Manor, but if he could not disturb him and those monitoring equipment, he placed a letter on his bedside, which indirectly proved the strength of those "visitors".

"Tell me about that invitation and, why didn't you tell this earlier?"
To be continued...