Itachi Uchiha looked down at the ancient Egyptian structure below, still wearing his usual impassive expression, showing no emotion on his face.
"By observing their exploration, we'll know if there's anything worthwhile here."
"If there's something valuable, we'll take it directly."
"If not, then we'll go to London. I heard they discovered a huge underground tomb there. Hopefully, we'll find something different."
The two then entered the village below without arousing any suspicion from Nick Morton and Ferrell.
Meanwhile, as Ferrell reported, the intelligence was relayed to Coulson, who was currently in New York conducting the 084 item trade with the ninjas.
Coulson temporarily halted the trade and stepped out to take a call.
Meanwhile, Charles looked at the crystal skull, realizing that it was not a rechargeable item and most likely the skull of the extraterrestrial.
Thinking about the extraterrestrial's spaceship, Charles considered whether it was necessary to find the Golden City.
On one hand, he could obtain some gold to increase his cash reserves. On the other hand, he could acquire the extraterrestrial spaceship.
With Red Queen, his artificial intelligence, Charles wasn't worried about being unable to operate the spaceship. He could just have Red Queen pilot it.
If Red Queen couldn't handle it, he could collaborate with Tony Stark or seek help from Asgard.
As for the extraterrestrial, Charles recalled the content of the movie and didn't perceive them as exceptionally powerful. The ability to disintegrate a woman with energy seemed more like a display of technology rather than innate strength.
After some thought, Charles believed that dispatching his ninja subordinates to acquire the spaceship wouldn't be too difficult.
As Coulson finished his call and returned, he looked at the ninjas in the room with an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I just received a call and had to deal with something."
"I wonder if any of you ninjas are interested in other 084 items."
With Coulson's words, both Pakura and Kimimaro shook their heads, indicating that they had no interest in the remaining items.
They had already acquired what Lord Charles needed, and the remaining items didn't appeal to them.
Seeing that no one else spoke up, Coulson prepared to conclude the 084 item trade. However, Charles spoke up.
"Coulson, I've prepared quite a few things for this trade. Going back empty-handed isn't my style. I'm interested in that crystal skull."
"What price are you willing to sell it to me for?"
Hearing Charles's interest in the crystal skull, Coulson smiled, "Mr. Charles, as you know, it's the key to unlocking the Golden Kingdom..."
Before Coulson could finish, Charles interrupted, "Agent Coulson, if this treasure really exists and is easy to find, I believe SHIELD would have excavated it long ago, rather than waiting until today to bring it out for trade."
"Moreover, there's no guarantee of the treasure's authenticity."
"The quality of the items that you offered is very poor. I chose this skull only because I didn't want to leave empty-handed. If you're expecting a lion's share, then there's no point in negotiating."
Hearing Charles's words, Coulson thought for a moment. Indeed, Charles's side didn't purchase anything during this trade.
Although they made an offer once, they immediately gave up when the price was raised. Coulson wasn't very sure if Charles was bluffing, but he felt that it was probably not the case.
After some consideration, Coulson thought about the list Charles provided and said, "How about one dose of Compound Potion and one dose of Felix Felicis Potion?"
"Exchanging two potions for a treasure key shouldn't be a loss for you."
Looking at Colson's asking price, Charles thought for a moment and said, "Choose one of the two potions. I can give you another wax bath quota at most."
Upon hearing that only one potion could be chosen between Compound Potion and Felix Felicis Potion, Coulson pondered the effects of both. Finally, he said, " Felix Felicis Potion plus one wax bath slot."
Charles nodded and then took out a sealed scroll, from which he retrieved a small crystal vial containing the Felix Felicis Potion, enough for only one use.
He handed the Felix Felicis Potion to Coulson and said, "I'll inform the Continental hotel. SHIELD will have one free wax bath slot, just confirm it with a phone call."
As for why he didn't offer ten gold coins plus $100,000, the usefulness of the ten mainland hotel coins wasn't limited to wax baths; they could also be used to request hotel shelter.
After Coulson confirmed the usage requirements for the Felix Felicis Potion, he handed the crystal skull to Charles Doyle.
With Charles's trade completed, the 084 item trade officially came to an end.
The three parties bid farewell and left. As they were leaving, Charles once again said to Coulson, "Coulson, if you want to trade items, you better improve the quality of the 084 items next time."
"Otherwise, there's no need for us to come back for such items."
Coulson smiled apologetically, "Certainly, I'll prepare better items for the next trade."
Charles nodded and then left the SHIELD base with Kakashi Hatake and John Wick.
After sending off all the ninjas, Coulson returned to the room and asked Kabuto, "Did you notice how they chose their items?"
Kabuto shook his head, "I'm sorry, I didn't notice how they made their choices."
"I've also inspected these items, but I didn't find anything unusual. Perhaps they chose based on the item descriptions."
Hearing Kabuto's words, Coulson thought for a moment and then nodded. He couldn't recall anything unusual in the trading process just now.
Afterward, Coulson instructed the SHIELD agents to return the remaining 084 items to the base. The ninja tools and Felix Felicis Potion obtained from this trade needed to be brought back to headquarters as well.
Although the ninja tools would ultimately be handed over to Kabuto for use, they still needed to go through the process of being brought back to headquarters and stored.
Apart from that, Coulson also had a great interest in the ancient temple reported by Ferrell. He wondered if that place had the ability to teleport to the ninja world.
After reporting the results of this trade, he planned to bring Kabuto and investigate the situation in Afghanistan.
After all, Kabuto had experience using a teleportation array once. If it was indeed the place they were looking for, Kabuto would be more likely to detect the teleportation array.
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