In the evening, Natasha met Stark in one of Nick's secret safe houses. She looked at Stark from head to toe and then said, "I didn't expect you to be able to escape without any injuries without a mecha.
"
"What do you think I will do? Wear a steel suit and shake fists with them? This is legal bail." Stark adjusted the position of the microscope and said: "If I don't want to go to jail, no one can catch me.
Go in, Pepper has prepared a team of lawyers, you are right, only if I live can I find out the real culprit of Rod's murder."
"You wish you had thought so." Natasha crossed her arms, but did not lean against the wall lazily as before. It was obvious that the current situation made her feel some pressure, she said: "Next, you
What are you going to do? Do you have any ideas for investigation? Is there anything you need me to do?"
"Rhodes' family doesn't want to see me, and I don't have the nerve to see them. Now I choose to take legal measures to fight to the end. They will definitely be very disappointed in me, but the clues they provide are very crucial."
Stark stopped what he was doing, looked at Natasha seriously and said, "If you want to help, go do your job and find a way to ask Rhodes' wife and son who they were that night.
Have you seen anyone suspicious?"
Natasha frowned and said, "You should know that if there are other suspects, Pepper will never allow the police to take you away from Stark Tower. Your legal team will make them look good as soon as possible."
.”
"Are you doubting me?"
"If I had doubted you, I wouldn't have come here to see you. I'm in the same danger as you." Natasha took two steps forward, put her hands on the experimental table and got close to Stark's face and said, "Think about Rhodes' death.
Fa, if you had died in the coffee shop that day, I would have been falsely accused and imprisoned. The murderer obviously wanted to kill two birds with one stone, and we are avoiding giving him this opportunity."
"No matter what, do what you should do." Stark turned around and said with a heavy face: "Use the same skills you used to get information from me to find out what happened that night?"
Natasha took a deep breath, took two steps back and said, "If you need anything, call Coulson. He will provide you with all the conveniences. Nick will also, and save your own life."
, we’ll see you tomorrow.”
Seeing Natasha's back turning around neatly, Stark hesitated for a moment, then pursed his lips and said, "Listen, this is cooperation. Let me see your sincerity. Take the drug confiscated by the FBI's laboratory
Get the evidence back, I need them."
Natasha turned back and said: "That was handed over to the FBI by Rod's family personally, and he trusted them."
"That's just because they have no one else to trust, but they trusted the wrong person. The FBI is useless, at any time." Stark finally walked to the experimental table, looked at Natasha and said: "
This is my only request, if you want things to progress, you'd better do it quickly."
"Every request you make sounds like a threat, Tony. If you could just learn to speak properly, things would be better."
After saying that, Natasha walked towards the door, and before leaving the room, she said: "I will let Coulson try his best to coordinate, but don't expect me to steal them out. That represents the Rhodes family."
Hopefully, the loss of evidence will drive them crazy."
After Natasha left the room, she walked toward the car while talking on the phone. She drove back to SHIELD and told Colson Stark's request.
Of course, Coulson was in a difficult position. No agent in the entire SHIELD was willing to deal with the FBI. Although their scope of responsibilities was above that of the FBI, the leaders of every department in the FBI were difficult to deal with.
, if you want to snatch something from them, you need a strong psychological quality.
No matter what, Natasha decided to help Stark, because if anyone could find clues to the murderer through technical means, it would have to be Iron Man, so she planned to drive to Rhodes' house to see if she could ask questions from the family members.
More useful information.
Just when she walked out of the S.H.I.E.L.D. building again, opened the car door and was about to sit in, Coulson hurriedly chased after her and said: "The director plans to deal with the FBI personally, I will go with you.
"
Natasha got into the driver's seat without saying anything, and the two of them drove all the way to Rhodes' house. Natasha counted the time silently in her mind along the way.
According to Jane Foster, Thor's abnormal state began around four o'clock in the afternoon and improved around five thirty. According to Stark himself, he went to see Rhodes to catch up with old times in the evening, close to the afternoon.
Five o'clock, and the medical examiner determined that Rod's time of death was around three in the morning. According to his son's testimony, Rod began to have abnormalities at 11:30 in the middle of the night.
It takes about two and a half hours to fly from New York to New Mexico at the fastest speed. In other words, if there is only one murderer, he must first attack Thor and then go to find Rhodes, with a gap of about seven hours.
Excluding the preparation time, the time spent on the journey must be less than five hours, which means that the other party can only travel by plane, not by road.
However, S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated the flights between New Jersey and New Mexico during this period and found no suspicious persons. The other parties either had their own flight equipment or had special methods to avoid airport security.
Natasha couldn't weigh the two possibilities for the time being, so she told Coulson her analysis results. Coulson thought for a while and said: "If it's the former, it's either the military or the military who took action.
It's the police. If the other party wants to hide something, we won't be able to find out the movements of the business jet."
"If it's the latter, maybe we can check whether the crew security personnel were bribed, but I don't think there's much hope."
"Nick has sensed that some people don't want him to form the Avengers, right?"
"Yes, and he is highly suspicious of the FBI, so he has to deal with the boss of the laboratory himself. They have made things difficult for each other not once or twice."
Natasha put her hands on the steering wheel and sighed lightly, but she still turned to look at Coulson and said, "Have you brought your ID?"
Coulson reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a pile of IDs, flipping through them and saying, "Which one do you want? CIA? FBI? NYPD?"
"Is there anyone from the Air Force?"
Coulson rummaged around again and finally said: "I only brought a pilot's license, and it's not military."
Natasha took it over, looked at it, and said, "That's enough. Listen, I am Lieutenant Colonel Delina, retired from the U.S. Air Force, and you are my husband, Zahak from the Logistics Support Department. We once
Worked with Rod at different times."
"As for the details, I have heard many anecdotes about him and Rod from Tony before, and this is enough."
Natasha won't say it, but it's actually because she met Rhodes in another universe and knows a lot about his living habits. It's enough to act as a colleague.
Soon the car drove to the door of Colonel Rhodes' house. Natasha stepped forward to ring the doorbell. Coulson made a worried gesture because he thought someone from the FBI and the military must be watching here, and Natasha
He was so famous that he was afraid that Cheng Yaojin would rush out and stop him halfway.
Natasha was very confident in her investigation, because she knew that even if the FBI and the military knew she was coming, they would definitely let her in, because they knew the Black Widow's capabilities better than anyone else, and they wanted to
To sit back and enjoy the results.
If nothing else, Colonel Rhodes's house is now covered with surveillance cameras, and what may be worse than this is that there is another trap for the murderer in front of him.
Natasha turned her head slightly and lowered her voice and said to Coulson: "Think about the secret agent rules. Don't touch anything after entering the room. Just follow my eyes."
The doorbell rang several times, and a haggard-looking Mrs. Rhodes poked her head out of the crack in the door. Seeing that it was a couple who rang the doorbell, she breathed a sigh of relief, slowly opened the door and walked out.
She cautiously did not open the door, but asked through the door: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"We are former comrades of Colonel Rhodes. I am a retired pilot and now work as a civil aviation captain in American Airlines. We met when we were recruits. My husband is still serving in the Air Force's Combat Readiness Material Management Office.
I worked with Colonel Rhodes for a while."
"Oh, my God, please come in." Mrs. Rhodes hurriedly opened the door and said apologetically: "There have been too many police and reporters coming recently. They all want to dig out inside information from me. I can't.
Just be careful."
"You can rest assured that we are definitely not reporters." Natasha sighed and said, "I won't hide it from you. Our old boss, General Burke, who has now retired to Hawaii, wants to know what happened.
What's going on?"
Hearing the familiar name, Mrs. Rhodes' expression relaxed a little. She and the two of them walked towards the door and said, "Is Lieutenant General Burke okay? Rhodes always mentioned him to me before. He is Rhodes."
A noble person who has been promoted."
What Mrs. Rhodes didn't say was that she knew that Rhodes' faction in the military belonged to Lieutenant General Burke. If someone in her faction died, they would definitely take action. Thinking of this, Mrs. Rhodes asked Nata
I believed Sha's intentions a little more.
"Don't worry, madam, we all care about you very much, and the military will definitely pursue this matter to the end, and so will we."
Natasha and Colson walked in, Mrs. Rhodes closed the door, and asked them to sit down on the sofa.
Natasha exchanged a few pleasantries as usual, and then got down to the topic. Because she had previously revealed that she was also here for military investigation, it was not awkward to ask for details at this moment.
But unfortunately, Mrs. Rhodes' performance was no different from the media reports. She only said that Rhodes' death was too strange and she had never heard or seen him have any heart problems before.
But what surprised Natasha was that Mrs. Rhodes didn't actually believe that Stark did it.
The poor lady wiped away tears and said: "I know him, I know James. He is not friends with Tony Stark for money. The two of them are true friends."
"Tony has been to our house several times before. When he was here, he was not as rude as reported by the outside world. He also tutored Hancock with his homework. He also had no reason to kill his friend. This
Someone is definitely sowing discord."
Natasha looked at the lady in shock, but she immediately seized the opportunity and asked: "Is there anyone suspicious?"
Everyone behind the surveillance equipment listened attentively to Mrs. Rhodes' answer.
Mrs. Rhodes was silent for a long time, but finally said: "Two days before James died, I heard him mention that General Ross was organizing an operation to capture the Hulk because General Ross knew that someone wanted to
Recruiting the Hulk, and the Hulk is his."
"My husband has been dissatisfied with this for a long time. He believes that the military should not cause more trouble for this big guy. Someone who is willing to recruit Hulk and appease him is wiping their butt. Ross should not cause trouble."
"He told Tony about this while he was drinking. He hoped that Tony could inform Hulk in advance and let Hulk hide."
Natasha continued her words thoughtfully: "And if Tony Stark is arrested for Rhodes' death, then he will have absolutely no chance to inform Hulk."
"Thank you, madam, this is a very important clue. Let's take our leave now."