"Funny thing, that." He keeps any sign of satisfaction out of his voice. This isn't finished yet. "You'd think some people would have been suspicious of a raid like that right after a new player entered the game. Except that it turns out one of the disappointed parties, one Robert Laurent, was a dual agent with INTERPOL, and called them in when he didn't get the winning bid."

Laurent's cover may have blown to hell and back again as a result, but that's not Fury's problem. Besides, they'd given him enough of a warning that he was able to get out before he got burned.