“Hello, Captain. And you too, Agent Phil.” I greeted Captain America and Agent Phil Coulson as I saw them upon entering the lobby.

Everyone was here in the lobby from students to the teachers. The only outsiders were Captain America and Agent Phil. They were likely here because of the mission.

“Nice to meet you again, Peter. It has been a while since we saw each other.” Captain said, greeting me.

Although Captain often came to the X-Mansion nowadays to meet with Mr. Logan in an attempt to restore his memory, I could not meet him till now because I was busy researching the Chitauri tech with Mr. Stark and the others.

“How is the research going, Peter?” Agent Phil asked about the research.

“It is going as well as it can, Agent Phil. You will likely receive a progress report soon.” I answered.

“By the way, has there been any progress regarding your memories, Mr. Logan?” I asked, concerned about him.

“Unfortunately, there has been no progress. I am still drawing a blank.” Mr. Logan answered sadly.

“I believe it is time for us to talk about the mission.” Agent Phil said, drawing my attention to why I had been called.

“Sure! What's the mission?” I asked.

“You should know by now that SHIELD is continuously trying to obtain the Chitauri tech which has gone missing after the invasion.” Agent Phil said.

“Yeah! I have heard about it. From what I know, even Mr. Logan had to participate one time along with Captain to retrieve the stolen Chitauri tech.” I answered.

“Our agents were actually pursuing a group which had bought some Chitauri weapons in the black market when we found something shocking about the group. They had a captured mutant.” Agent Phil told us the shocking fact and give us a picture as a proof.

In the picture, we could see a young man in his early 20s with feathered wings unfurled from his back in what was clearly a fighting ring.

“How can they be so brutal?” Kitty said furiously, hating the kidnappers already.

“Where is this picture from, Agent Phil?” I asked.

“It is from an illegal fighting ring in Maccau. It can be clearly seen that the owner of this fighting ring is either a risk taker or a madman since he actually dared to make a captured mutant fight in the fighting ring. That is why they have likely bought the Chitauri guns so as to increase the security.” Agent Phil explained everything SHIELD had learnt so far.

“How much have you found about this mutant?” Professor Xavier asked.

“Nearly everything. His name is Warren Warrington III, son of Warren Warrington II, the owner of Warrington Enterprises. His father had registered a case about him going missing but had not revealed that he was a mutant.” Agent Phil said, revealing what they had found about the captured mutant.

“So, our mission this time to retrieve the Chitauri weapons and Warren Warrington, right?” Mr. Logan asked Agent Phil.

“Yes. Also, if possible, you should capture the owner of this illegal fighting club. Here are her details.” Agent Phil said, opening a file before us.

On the first page of the file was a picture which showed Warren fighting against a woman of Asian desent in her early 20s. There was another picture which showed the woman kicking at Warren’s face. For some reason, she seemed familiar to me.

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“This is Xu Xialing, the owner of the illegal fighting club. Given her young age, no one would have believed her to be the owner. It was fortunate that she is a martial arts enthusiast and also fights sometimes in the fighting ring which allowed us to find her identity.” Agent Phil explained the woman’s identity.

“Wait a minute! This case just got a lot more complicated.” I said as I realised who she was. When Master Ying Nan had asked me to find her, I had never expected to find her as an honor of a freaking illegal fighting club.

“But how can this be possible, Peter? You have never even been to Maccau in your entire life.” Emma questioned, not understanding how I could recognise Xu Xialing.

As an answer to her question, I merely took out a picture from my spatial bracelet. On the picture was a young Xu Xialing playing with the rest of her family.

This was the last picture the sorcerers had managed to take of her before her mother's death. Afterwards, she escaped the Ten Rings due to her mother's death and the sorcerers had been unable to find any trace of her since then.

“This Xu Xialing is actually the daughter of Xu Wenwu, the leader of the Ten Rings.” I revealed her identity.

“The same leader of the Ten Rings who Mandarin had copied. The one whose picture even the SHIELD could not procure.” Agent Phil asked seriously.

“Yes, the same one.” I confirmed.

“But that still doesn't explain why you know of her, Peter?” Professor Xavier questioned.

“Because I know of her from her mother's side. Her mother Ying Li was from Ta Lo.” I explained.

“Is this Ta Lo somehow related to Kamar Taj?” Agent Phil asked since he didn't know about Ta Lo.

“You can say so. Ta Lo is a secret society of mystic martial artists. However, they are even more reclusive compared to Kamar Taj since they basically never come out of Ta Lo.

About 25 to 30 years ago, Xu Wenwu had managed to find Ta Lo and wanted to learn their secrets. He didn't manage to learn them but he managed to seduce Ying Li who left with him. They later had two children, Shang Chi and Xialing.

I know about this matter because Ying Li’s sister Ying Nan is my master in martial arts. She had requested me to look for her sister's children since they had escaped from the Ten Rings after their mother's death.”

“Well, it seems that this case has become much more complicated.” Agent Phil said with a sigh once he learnt about the whole matter.

“We will discuss what should be done with Xu Xialing once we have caught her. There is no need to discuss this matter now when the mission has not even been started.” Professor Xavier said, putting an end to this discussion for now.

“So, who will join on this mission? Our agents will be just outside the fighting club but we will only interfere once you have extracted Warren and found where the Chitauri weapons are.” Agent Phil said, explaining the plan.

“I would like to join in this mission.” Captain America said, volunteering for the mission.

“We would be thankful if you participate, Captain.” Agent Phil said, thanking Captain.

“Since Steve is going, I will also participate in this mission.” Mr. Logan said, also volunteering.

“Very well. Your experience would definitely be of help in this mission.” Professor Xavier said.

“Since Albion is related to this mission, he will be going. Kurt and Kitty, you will be in charge of the extraction.” Professor Xavier said, assigning roles.

“We will do our best.” Kurt and Kitty said.

“As for a psychic, I believe Jean should go this time since Emma had gone during Bobby’s mission.” Professor Xavier said further, assigning Jean since Emma had participated in the last mission.

“I will do my best.” Jean said, ready to do her best.

“I believe that all of you should be more than enough since stealth is important in this mission. Now, go and get ready.” Professor Xavier ordered.

“Captain!” I suddenly addressed Captain America.

“What is it, Peter?” Captain asked.

“I noticed that you have no other weapon than your shield. As such, I would like for you to take these Shock Gauntlets.” I said, showing him a now remodified Dragon Claws.

Since I was not going to use the Dragon Claws anymore, I decided to modify it before giving it as a gift to Captain.

They now looked much plainer than before since their scaly design had been removed. I had also removed the lightning resistance enchantments and added wind attribute enchantments to enhance their offensive ability.

“Are you sure that you want to give them to Captain, Peter?” Emma asked since she knew how much time I had spent on them.

“Yeah! It was your first personal weapon you had created.” Kitty said in support.

“Ever since I had created these gauntlets, there have been very few instances where I had to use them. And after the upgrade to my powers, I have no use for them. As such, I have decided to give them to Captain who would have more use for them.” I explained the reason why I was giving these gauntlets to Captain.

Captain seemed quiet hesitant to take the gauntlets especially after hearing how much I had worked on them. But he took them after contemplating my words for a few minutes.

“I will make sure to use these gauntlets well.” Captain said seriously.