"Don't say any more, Sheriff Black. As I said, I believe my niece would never do such a thing. Thank you very much for telling me this. That's all for now."
Hanging up the phone, Chen Long sighed helplessly. He wasn't stupid; how could he not understand what Black meant?
Xiao Yu leading a group of ninjas to attack District 13, even though District 13 was later recaptured by Black and his men, had severely embarrassed District 13 and Black's superior, making him a laughingstock among his peers. Therefore, their attitude towards Xiao Yu was particularly extreme.
Chen Long understood all these reasons, but out of kinship, he couldn't let them do such things to Xiao Yu.
Just as Chen Long was caught in a dilemma over Xiao Yu's affairs, the door of the antique shop was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a one-eyed black egg slowly walked in.
Old Man approached and looked at the black egg in front of him, thinking hard, "You're the director of the Bureau of Land Management, that guy named Ni Ni Ni something Fury."
Nick Fury felt a cold sweat upon hearing this and wiped the sweat from his forehead helplessly. "Old sir, my name is Nick Fury. I'm the director of the Department of Homeland Security, Strategic Defense, Attack, and Logistics, not the Bureau of Land Management."
"Ah? Why give yourself such a long name? It's hard to pronounce and remember. It doesn't matter. What are you here for? Are you here to buy antiques from Old Man's shop?"
"I'm sorry, sir. Although your shop indeed has many valuable antiques, and I like them very much, as you know, we who work for the authorities only earn a meager salary each month. It's hard enough to support a family, so I'm really short on cash."
Although Old Man didn't speak, his eyes looking at Nick Fury said it all. Basically, he meant that you look presentable and are a director, but you're a pauper. This "iron rice bowl" isn't that great; selling antiques is more promising than this.
After dealing with Old Man, Nick Fury came to Chen Long and said, "Mr. Chen, I know your niece went missing not long ago. Our S.H.I.E.L.D. has also tried to help search. Now we have confirmed that your niece is in..."
"In Kutor, right?"
Chen Long rubbed his furrowed brows and said, "Director Fury, I know you want to help me, but I can't just watch my niece jump into the fire pit step by step. I can't do it."
After listening to Chen Long's lengthy explanation, Nick Fury took out a file bag from his pocket and handed it to Chen Long. "Mr. Chen, the information you mentioned is outdated. What's inside is the latest firsthand information. I think you should take a look before making a decision."
Taking the file bag, Chen Long quickly opened it and poured everything inside onto the table.
The file bag contained several photos, some clear and some blurry, satellite photos and surveillance camera footage. The content was all the same: a little girl wearing an orange hoodie and blue jeans.
"These photos were taken in a remote town in the state of Monaco, USA. This proves that your niece, Chen Xiao Yu, is no longer in Kutor but has returned to the United States."
Upon hearing Nick Fury's words, Chen Long became agitated.
"No, I'll go and pick up Xiao Yu now."
"Mr. Chen, please wait a moment."
Seeing Chen Long about to leave in a hurry, Nick Fury grabbed him and picked up a photo. "Do you want to see who this person next to Chen Xiao Yu is in this photo?"
Chen Long looked at the blue-haired girl in the photo and tried his best to recall, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember anyone who matched.
"According to reliable sources, this blue-haired little girl is one of Shendu's people."
"Shendu?!"
Nick Fury nodded and said, "That's right. This little girl looks harmless, but she is actually Shendu's minion. Her appearance indicates that Chen Xiao Yu has not escaped Shendu's control. Although we don't know why they are in Monaco, acting rashly might alert them and even endanger Chen Xiao Yu's safety."
Just as Chen Long and Nick Fury were discussing how to rescue Xiao Yu, a pig-like scream came from the back room.
"Ah! This is bad!"
Then, Old Man rushed out from the back room holding a strangely shaped vacuum cleaner.
It was called strangely shaped because, from the outside, it did look like a vacuum cleaner, but it only had the front part of a vacuum cleaner, without the large rear section. Instead, a glass jar, likely from a canned fruit, was taped to the back. A rustic compass was also attached to the neck of the vacuum cleaner.
"Old Man, what's wrong?"
Chen Long was startled by Old Man's sudden commotion.
Old Man ignored him and said, holding the vacuum cleaner, "Old Man's demon tracker is reacting!"
"Demon tracker?" Nick Fury's eyebrows shot up, piqued by Old Man's words.
It was known that the United States had spent a lot of manpower and resources to track Shendu's whereabouts, and had brought in many so-called sorcerers to collaborate with scientists to invent instruments to track Shendu.
The result of massive investment was that the tracker was developed, but not fully.
The compass that was created didn't react to Shendu or demons, but only to dark energy. The user could only estimate Shendu's movements based on the magnitude of the reaction.
However, this method was too unstable. Shendu, as a mobile source of dark energy, had a much higher concentration of dark energy within him than others. But as long as one intended to, finding a few dark sorcerers to act together could create false targets to mislead the tracking.
Moreover, as the dark energy continued to recover and the proportion of dark energy in the world increased, it was possible to evade and conceal one's own emanating dark energy. It would be almost impossible to track Shendu's whereabouts using this method.
S.H.I.E.L.D. also had a large number of tracking compasses, but all the mass-produced trackers were now gathering dust in warehouses.
Nick Fury had originally come today to deliver some information about Chen Long's niece and to strengthen their relationship for the future formation of the Avengers. He didn't expect to receive an unexpected bonus.
"Sir, have you really created a demon tracker that can track Shendu's whereabouts?"
Old Man glanced at Nick Fury and said unhappily, "Are you doubting Old Man? Don't compare Old Man with your amateur sorcerers."
Nick Fury was indeed the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. If it were any other high-ranking US official, they would have been furious to be spoken to like that by an old man pointing a finger at them.