Chapter 72 - The Quinjet (2/2)
Coincidently, the blue eyed blond hair appearance of Golden Boy established his image as an ”all American” white superhero, like Captain America before him.
Golden Boy was a description of Saint's value to the people as much as it was a description of his appearance. But if one day, the public would discover that their ”All American Golden Boy” was actually a Chinese teenager, the reaction of some of his supporters would certainly be a sight to behold…
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On the fifteenth day, according to his agreement with Fury, Saint, went to SHIELD's headquarter in his ”Golden Boy” state. There, Coulson was awaiting him. He led him through a corridor, at the end of which he found a special Jet.
It was different from other Jets, which usually had normal wings that went downwards to the side. This small aircraft was different, with its wings actually bent upwards like those of a bird.
It was the Quinjet!
Saint immediately recognized this jet specific to SHIELD. Besides Wakanda's advanced jets, the Quinjet was the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world. Even the future Avengers aircraft is a special Quinjet built by Tony Stark.
To the fan-boy in Saint, this was an incredibly exciting moment, but the ”oblivious” civilian in him had to keep calm. Therefore, he looked unimpressed to Coulson. Seeing that, the latter couldn't help but say: ”This is a jet unique to SHIELD, the world's first Quinjet. It's a jet fighter capable of taking off and landing vertically.”
”The first? Ha ha!” Saint ruthlessly answered Coulson while pointing at the Quinjet: ”This jet uses the same turbojet engine as your car. Howard Stark, one of your founders, put forward the concept as early as 1943 and provided experimental research results. And now, in 2009, this is what you have made out of his work, and you're being so proud?”
Coulson looked away from Saint, secretly swearing in his heart for the thousandth time that he would never start a non-needed conversation with him again.
The two walked to the door of the Quinjet, and in the pilot-seat, they found Coulson's old partner awaiting them: Melinda May!
Seeing her, Saint was surprised more then when he saw the Quinjet. Immediately, he squinted, staring directly at her, and said in Chinese: ”Wow, you've actually learned how to use KI?!”
”It's thanks to you.” May answered in Mandarin, and thanked Saint dryly with a tone filled with contempt: ”If it wasn't for you letting me sense your Ki, I wouldn't have been able to learn Kunlun's techniques. Thank you very much.”