"Yo, isn't this Mr. Merlin?"
Just as Merlin was talking to his sister and brother-in-law, a somewhat frivolous voice rang behind him.
Merlin turned around and saw Tony Stark, wearing a red casual suit, sunglasses and combed hair, holding the slender waist of a woman with a great figure, standing behind him with wine.
Well, he looks like he is planning to make trouble.
"Tony"
Merlin didn't want to deal with this guy, he stroked little Peter's hair while saying:
"How could a playboy like you come to such an occasion?"
“This is a fundraising ceremony, Merlin.”
Tony said without hesitation:
"And I am a conscientious businessman, I am enthusiastic about social affairs, and I can make many friends here. Besides, even a cold-blooded guy like you can come, why can't I come?"
"Tony."
Merlin's voice was filled with a warning, he said:
"My family is here, be careful when speaking."
Seeing the cold light emitted in Merlin's eyes, Tony subconsciously shrank his neck. He ignored Merlin, raised the wine glass in his hand, and raised it to Mei and Ben:
"Look at this radiant and beautiful lady."
Tony was not hesitant to praise Mei. He said to Mei with a gentle attitude and polite attitude:
"You must be the sister of my friend Merlin. I have heard him talk about you many times. I heard that you are a person who is enthusiastic about public affairs. What a coincidence, so too. I am planning to invest in several welfare institutions in New York City to help those in need."
"Oh, by the way, my name is Tony, Tony Stark, and I'm glad to see you."
"You are so kind, Mr. Stark."
May was a little embarrassed for Tony's explicit compliment. She raised her wine glass to Tony and exposed the wedding ring on her finger, which made Tony nod slightly regretfully.
He curled his lips to Merlin and left with his female companion.
Merlin immediately breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the unspoken guy leave.
He doesn't want his family to know who he is, which will bring them some unnecessary dangers.
"Merlin, didn't expect you to be friends with Mr. Stark?"
Mei said in surprise:
"He seems to be a slightly romantic but very likable playboy as rumored."
"No."
Merlin denied:
"He's just a guy who deserves a beating and a child who never grows up."
"Yes, I think Merlin is right."
Ben said on the side:
"Mr. Tony, he feels a little slick."
Well, it seems Ben has no good feelings for the guy who is trying to hook up with his wife.
"You two are so boring!"
Mei reached out to take the little Peter in Meilin's arms. She gave her husband and brother a blank look, then turned around and walked towards the church, as if she was planning to take a break.
"Speaking of this, who is that guy?"
Merlin stayed in place and talked to Ben. He accidentally saw a man talking to Father Paul, a big bald head with a slightly overly strong body and a cane-boiled look, but the smile on his face was very sincere.
Ben beside Merlin took a sip of wine and said to Merlin:
"That's Wilson Fisker, who is said to be a big businessman from another place, is preparing to invest in the property of Hell's Kitchen."
“Invest in this broken place in Hell Kitchen?”
Merlin said in surprise:
"Has he lost his heart?"
"No, I heard that Mr. Fisk seemed to be born in Hell's Kitchen, maybe because he was going to do something for his hometown."
Ben said a little enviously:
"It's really a return home in glory."
"Um."
Merlin nodded, and he said:
"Indeed, it's a good thing that some people try to change Hell's Kitchen, and some people try to pull the neighborhood out of hopeless chaos."
"Anyway, let's wait and see what kind of career our Mr. Fisker can do."
"ah."
A scream sounded behind Merlin. He turned around and saw Riven and Daisy start a new round of "war". Merlin put down her wine glass and planned to intervene, but was stopped by Ben.
This serious man said to Merlin:
"Don't worry. Merlin, this is how the friendship between children is. Believe me, Riven and Daisy will become good friends."
"All right."
Merlin hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't interfere.
However, it seems that as I said, after the two girls fought back and forth a few times, under the mediation of Charlie and Eric, they also restored peace. With Merlin's secret attention, Riven, who had ignored anyone, also talked to Daisy for the first time.
I don't know what the two little girls are talking about.
Soon, the fundraising ceremony chaired by St. Agnes Abbey began, and Father Paul gave a very sincere speech. The priest, who was very famous throughout New York, announced that the funds raised this time would be used to help orphans in New York City.
Merlin donated his two months of salary, which is his intention.
The wealthy Tony Stark announced in the eyes of the crowd that he would donate $5 million to St. Matthew's Church for public utilities, and also promoted the new products of Stark Industry designed by him.
But even so, Tony was not the most beautiful guy at the fundraising ceremony.
The very strong businessman Wilson Fisker, who is said to be born in Hell's Kitchen, donated $20 million at one time and announced that he would set up a Hell's Kitchen Renovation Foundation with St. Matthew's Church. He claimed that he would turn New York's most chaotic Hell's Kitchen neighborhood into a place where kind people can live and work in peace and contentment within a few years.
This speech deserved to be aroused a wave of cheers.
The atmosphere was very warm, but it had nothing to do with Merlin. After the fundraising ceremony, he took the family and Daisy's parents to the Mick House in Queens for a simple but warm meal.
While eating, Merlin also saw Daisy put the cut pizza on Riven's plate, and Riven, who had temporarily lost her magical ability, was also clumsy and poured orange juice for her new friends.
When he noticed Merlin's observation of her gaze, Riven glared at him fiercely, then turned his face away and ignored him.
Well, it seems that he still has a long way to go to establish a good relationship with Riven.
However, now it's a good start.
The next morning, Meilin was knocking on his door when he was preparing a healthy breakfast for his sister who was still sleeping.
It was a very rhythmic knocking sound, representing the good etiquette of the knocker.
Merlin put the slices of bread in the toaster, set the time, then walked over and opened the door and saw a big guy standing in front of his door.
“皮奥特.”
梅林侧过身体,邀请他进来,他说:
"Or, should I call you Steels, which title do you prefer?"
“随便你,都可以的.”
Steelis smiled gently, and he sat on Merlin's sofa. The huge weight pressed the sofa downward and made a sound of overwhelming pressure.
“呃,我还是坐椅子吧.”
Piot smiled awkwardly, took a chair from the side and sat on the side of the coffee table.
Merlin said to Steels while putting the toasted bread and prepared healthy breakfast on a plate:
"You wait a moment, I'll deliver breakfast to my sister."
After saying that, he carried the breakfast and walked into Riven's room. After a while, Merlin walked out with a calm face. Obviously, the plan to try to get close to Riven with him by using breakfast was a failure.
The arrogant girl had spoken to Elsa and others yesterday, but she just didn't plan to talk to Merlin.
这让他有些郁闷.
"This is the information and clues we have compiled so far, Mr. Merlin."
Steelers opened the file package in his hand and handed some of the files to Merlin. The latter took it in his hand, sat on the sofa, opened it and looked at it. After a moment, Merlin's expression became a little weird.
他抬起头,对钢力士说:
"Those missing mutants disappeared quietly? Every one is?"
"Um."
钢力士点了点头,他解释到:
"We went to see the scene when the previous disappearances occurred. There were students in the academy who were good at tracking traces. The instructor Hank in the academy had the sense of smell and senses like a beast, but we still did not find any useful traces."
"There are no footprints on the scene, no signs of fighting, no blood, just as if the mutants suddenly disappeared."
“你们检查过能量残留吗?”
Merlin asked:
"Even if there are aliens involved, they will leave a certain energy residue. By analyzing those energy, they can determine their identity."
“我们检查过.”
钢力士说:
“There is indeed energy residue there, but it’s not anything we know, and I bring data analysis of those weird energy.”
He took out a spectral detection map from the files and handed it to Merlin.
"strangeness."
Merlin frowned and looked at the spectrum in his hand, he said:
"I seem to have seen this kind of data before, let me think about it."
Merlin recalled for a moment, and he raised his head and said to Steelers:
"I did see it, but it involves some secrets from SHIELD, so I can't tell you for the time being. I will go to SHIELD to verify it first, and if there is any news, I will notify you."
"Um."
A smile appeared on the face of Steelers, and he said to Merlin:
“看来教授的选择果然是正确的.”
“别这么乐观,皮奥特.”
Merlin said:
"Just confirming the energy residue does not mean that we can follow this clue to investigate. Most of these missing people are in northern North America, which means that we are likely to go to Canada once, and that is the territory of the Mutant Brotherhood." : :
"I will be ready, Mr. Merlin."
Steelers said:
"Although I don't like violence, I can fight when necessary."
"Um"
Merlin nodded, focusing on the clues in front of him and stopped talking.
A few minutes later, Steelers suddenly asked:
"Mr. Merlin, I heard that you have ever been exposed to demonic power?"
"Um?"
Merlin looked up at Steelers, not knowing why Steelers suddenly raised this question.
"I've encountered some things related to demons."
As Merlin asked, Steelers spoke in a little sadly:
"I once had a sister."
"once?"
Merlin tasted the word, and he looked at the Steels:
"So, something happened to her? And it's related to the demon?"
"Yes."
Steelers sighed, and the mutant, full of philosophical aura, whispered:
"My sister and I were born in Siberia. My parents were both ordinary people, but my sister and I were both mutants. You should know that when mutants awaken their power, they often bring a lot of uncontrollable dangers."
"Yeah, I know."
Merlin nodded and said:
"This is also the reason why people don't like mutants, just like bombs that explode at any time around them."
"Yes."
Steelers nodded sadly, and the big guy said:
"My sister woke up earlier than me. When I was 10 and she was 6 years old, one night, my sick sister suddenly woke up her abilities. The terrible psychic storm directly shattered my house, but fortunately it did not hurt my parents and me."
"My sister is very panicked, and my parents are a little helpless, but they did not dislike my sister because of this. On the contrary, they took us all the way to a more remote place."
"But we still couldn't escape the crisis."
Steelers said:
"I remember very clearly that when my sister was 7 years old, one afternoon, my sister and I came back from a nearby river and saw a fire ignited at my farm. I went to find my parents, but I saw their bodies. Next to the body, there was a man wearing a robe with red and yellow interwoven colors. No, that was not a human, it was a demon!"
"I saw the shadow it cast on the ground, a hideous, twisted demon."
"It easily subdued my sister and me. It said that it came for my sister. It took her away and left me alone in the flames to die. Maybe it was anger, maybe it was fear. In short, I also awakened my ability at that time and escaped from the sea of ​​fire."
"I've been looking for her for the years."
Steelers raised his head and said to Merlin:
"When I arrived at Xavier Talented Youth Academy, I learned that Ms. Ororo was a wizard. I was very surprised at that time. I thought she could help me find my missing sister, but unfortunately, Ms. Ororo she."
"She is a white wizard."
Merlin shrugged, and he said:
"White wizards don't deal with demons and demons. What you need is a dark wizard, I understand."
Merlin nodded in a clear way:
"So, Ororo pushed this trouble to me?"
Chapter completed!