If something happened to the child at home, no matter how big a Merlin was, she would not be able to spend time with her girlfriend in another world.
In the early morning of that day, he returned to the mysterious house.
And when he came back, Laura was awake.
However, this girl's behavior was very different from her usual expressionless appearance. She seemed to be frightened.
He hugged Meilin's arms tightly with his hands, his eyes filled with sensitivity and anxiety, and seemed to be back to the state he had just picked up by Meilin.
"The pheromones in her body are somewhat disordered and it may take several days to return to normal."
Xuanlan whispered to Meilin and explained:
"Peromones are factors that affect individual emotions. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be suddenly disordered."
"So I suspect that the dark Wolverine Dyken, who tried to abduct Laura, was a rare, mutational mutant besides inheriting Logan's self-healing and claws."
"His special ability should be to manipulate other people's pheromones."
"Um."
Merlin nodded, he gently stroked Laura's long hair, and he whispered:
"Look at you, you pitiful, I just went out for less than half a day and you were almost abducted."
Laura did not answer, but just held Merlin's wrist tighter.
"It's okay, it's all over."
He patted Laura on the head, then picked up the pocket watch, looked at the time, and he said:
"Riwen and Lorna are not back yet?"
"They went to avenge Laura."
Xuanlan smiled and said:
“The children’s relationship is really good.”
"revenge?"
Merlin curled her lips:
"I think it's almost the same as venting off... Revenge is not like this."
"Call them back, don't let them mess around, their actions have no effect except to alert the snake."
"So, are you going to take over this? Master Merlin."
Xuanlan plucked her hair and asked:
"Are you going to end up in person?"
"What do you think?"
Merlin leaned against the sofa, looking at the burning fireplace at hand, and he whispered:
"My little poor family was bullied and almost abducted. I almost lost a child... and it was just because of a mysterious man hiding behind the scenes, eager to see some tricks of father and daughter fighting each other."
"That makes me very angry, Lan."
Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, and he held Laura and leaned against the sofa in the firelight beside him.
He raised the cane in his hand and carefully looked at the skull of the blessed black devil at the top of the cane. Looking at the black-hearted prince's black eye sockets, he said:
"We have suspected Logan's chaotic life, including the x-weapon plan, etc., which are all manipulated by a pair of black hands behind the scenes... Now it seems that this guess is true."
"Decken is not a big problem, but the mysterious person around him..."
"A mysterious man who can fight off Gugu and his weird claws, Daken kept saying that he was going to take Laura to meet his ancestors..."
"The word 'Ancestor'...is interesting."
Merlin thought for a moment, and he pushed his glasses and said to the girl who was on standby:
"Icarus, send a message to Logan, who is still in Japan, and ask him to find a way to check his family tree and see what time the bloodline of the Hautley family can last."
"In addition, tell him our guess that the mastermind behind all the chaos of his life is probably his true 'ancestor'."
"Maybe that's also a mutant with self-healing factor, and he has lived to this day."
Merlin said:
"Give him a direction and let him not waste time on indifferent things."
“Yeah, the message has been sent.”
Icarus quickly completed Merlin's orders, and Merlin looked down at the sleepy Laura.
His finger flicked, threw a sleeping spell on the girl, and then gently pulled out his hand.
He stood up and said to Xuanlan:
"I'll go and deal with something and will be back soon."
Xuanlan sent Meilin to the door and asked softly:
"Master Merlin, are you going to show the children what is true revenge?"
"No, I'm just going to end this."
Merlin shook his head and said:
"Children should live the life they deserve. Their hands should be kept clean, touching flowers and pastries, and putting their hands into the mud, I'll do it."
He twisted the door handle, pushed open the door, and appeared on the rooftop of the New York Heroes Association.
Meilin looked at the city in front of him, which was still brightly lit in the early morning. He leaned on his cane and reached out to light a cigarette.
It was quiet around him, but anger filled Merlin's heart, making him feel angry.
The revenge roared in his heart, making him want to grab everyone in his hand and twist their heads...
How dare they stick out their hands for those miscellaneous people...
It seems that he has been too gentle and low-key in recent years, so that the darkness of this city has forgotten the lessons of the past and those bloody lessons.
A group of outsiders who ignore the rules are provoking them, and they feel that they have a great advantage.
Merlin has to respond to this provocation.
Just like the stories about "ravens" that were staged in New York before.
But he cannot do it himself. With his rank, he should not intervene in this kind of street gang confrontation, not only because of his style, but also because his every move will attract a lot of attention.
Fortunately, he has enough friends to do it for him.
He bounced his fingers and Icarus quickly sent a message, and a few minutes later a dark shadow appeared on the rooftop behind Merlin.
Wearing a black cloak, darkness gathered around him. When he appeared, he was like a big villain in the comics. "Cloak" Tyron walked out of the shaking darkness.
The ones who appeared with him were Luke Cage, a divine man in pajamas, and Jessica Jones, a female knight who was still rubbing her eyes and seemed not to wake up.
Three of the four founders of the New York Heroes Association came.
The only absent Miss Dagger is still working in Gotham, and the situation there is much worse than that in New York.
In addition to the large-scale demon hunting agents, there must be some powerful heroes to suppress the place.
"I'm sorry to call you here at this time, everyone."
Merlin turned his back to them, and he raised his head and blew a wisp of smoke, he said:
"But just now, something very bad happened in this city we guarded."
"Some thugs tried to attack and hold a 14-year-old child hostage. They drew their swords in the darkness of the night and regarded the city as their hunting ground."
"When we did not notice, some arrogant and arrogant outsiders regarded the city as their own territory, trying to provoke the order of the city..."
"The order that is guarded by us."
"They have penetrated into every neighborhood in New York, and they want to re-show the one they played in their country in New York."
Merlin burned the cigarette butt in his palm. In the shining fire, he turned around and looked at the three people behind him, and he said:
"They have taken action...we, I mean, the guardians of this city, superheroes, have to do something!"
"Boss, just be a little bit more."
Jessica Jones yawned, and she said to Merlin lazily:
"Just tell us who is the target? Where to go? How many kills?"
"Don't be so violent, Jessica."
Merlin said:
"This city has been dusted again, and we need to wipe off the dust and make it clean again."
"I am now sending you an invitation as an official capacity. I invite members of the New York Heroes Association to participate in the cleanup of the "hands-joining" of the criminal forces."
"The specific target information will be delivered to you in a few hours, n.y.p.d. and SHIELD Field Department will cooperate with your actions."
Merlin said to the three heroes behind him:
"The mission goal is to completely eradicate all the strongholds of the Joint Council in New York. I mean, since those people with chaos and madness are here, don't think about leaving."
"The mission starts at 8 a.m., you can go back and take a rest first."
"Okay, sir."
The three nodded, but as they left, Luke Cage suddenly turned around and asked:
"Sir, I have a question, is the purpose of the cleanup operation of the Handicraft Association a simple expulsion? Or..."
“Uploaded!”
Merlin's voice became colder, he said:
"Everyone from the top to the grassroots level of that organization, everyone in this city... catch it if you can, but if they dare to resist, then..."
"I understand."
Jessica next to Cage responded, and she pushed her boyfriend who seemed to be planning to continue asking.
Dragging him to disappear into the dark door with its cloak open.
Women are always more sensitive than men, and Jessica feels the cold air emitted by the superior.
Although Merlin has been saying this in a business tone, Jessica knows that things are definitely not that simple...
How could a mere hand-in-hand group directly attract the attention of Deputy Director of SHIELD?
There is a huge difference between the ranks of the two...
Well, it must be those guys who were dying to do something that made the superiors very angry. Chief Merlin was just unable to do it himself due to his identity, so he stole the Heroes Association's hands.
The best thing is that this matter itself cannot be faulted...
It is natural for heroes to beat bad guys, and the members of the association will never have any doubts.
"I heard that Chief Merlin is still a very scrupulous person."
When Jessica returned to her bedroom, she thought:
"If the Hand-to-Work Association really messes with him, then he will definitely not just send the Heroes Association..."
"Oh, those fools who messed with the wrong person are in trouble, but what does this have to do with us superheroes who are executing justice?"
"Who told them to be bad guys... I really have no future!"
And on the rooftop of the Heroes Association, after the three of them left, Merlin still stood there.
His anger was hard to calm down, but he couldn't show it in front of the children, so he stood there and smoked another cigarette.
As the smoke rises, Icarus said to Merlin:
"You didn't control your emotions, Merlin, when the female knight Jessica left just now, she looked at you with a weird look. That woman with bad living habits but very smart must have guessed the whole story."
"Just guess it, it's not a big deal."
Meilin took a deep breath of smoke, and in this lonely night, he said:
"I'm just an ordinary person, and I can't act all the time..."
"Are you really going to arrest them all?"
Icarus asked again:
"From the news from Tucker, the Handicraft Association seems to be planning to carry out a large-scale operation in New York. The ancient organization born in Japan has almost transferred most of its manpower to North America..."
"Not only New York, but other cities are also in sight."
"It is difficult to arrest them completely, and it takes a lot of resources to detain them. According to some information about the Handsome Association recorded in the database, any real members of that organization seem to have to sign a strange contract. They are no longer saved, so it is better to..."
"What's worse?"
Merlin asked:
"Kill them all? Icarus...Is this what you want to say?"
"I just said what you said, Merlin, you hate more than anyone else about these organizations that only bring about destruction and chaos."
Icarus retorted:
"You actually have this idea, but it's just some humanitarian thinking and universal principles that you can't say, I'll just say it for you."
"You're welcome."
"Okay, you're so sharp-tongued."
Merlin shrugged, and he let out a long sigh, he said:
"Yes, I wish each of them would die, but it would be a horrifying massacre...my duty wouldn't allow me to do such a thing."
"Swish"
A contact number was projected onto the lens in front of Merlin, and Icarus whispered:
"So, someone can do it for you... aren't the 'friends' just prepared for this moment?"
Merlin looked at the phone number, and he seemed to be hesitating, engaging in a fierce ideological struggle.
After a moment, he nodded indifferently, and then called.
"Hey? Merlin? Why did you call me at this time? Do you feel lonely and plan to ask me out for a drink?"
As hoarse as ever, life sounded in Merlin's ears, and the lens in front of him also projected the back of a woman sitting in yoga meditation in the dark night.
It is really hard to imagine that she is already a mother of a child.
“Talia…”
Merlin said:
"I'm going to post a reward in the Assassin League."
"Well, so you contacted me as a guest today? It's so disappointing."
Talia, who was meditating, opened her arms and posed in a strange position. She said in a business tone without looking back:
"Tell me, whose head do you want?"
“Hands and Party…”
Merlin closed his eyes and said:
“Everyone…”
"Well, this is a big order."
Talia's tone did not change much, she said:
"The ancient organization has some connection with us. My father conquered them, but the lunatics worshiped things in the dark too much, so my father gave up on them..."
"A group of sad dark believers, but they are not easy to deal with. To complete your order, I have to use the most elite power of the Assassin League, and there will be losses..."
“In other words, your requirements are expensive.”
"So, how much do you want?"
Merlin asked.
Talia let out a heart-provoking chuckle in the darkness, and she said:
"No, we don't talk about money... You led me on the path of assassin, and I haven't thanked you yet."
"I only have a small request. My son has had some emotional disputes recently. He is very distressed. Young people are like this..."
"Riwen is also a good girl. If she is my daughter-in-law in the future, I will be very satisfied."
"Merlin, don't interfere with the children's affairs..."
A few minutes later, Merlin whispered "um" and this was his answer. Talia's tone became joyful. She stroked the sneaker sword on her left arm and said softly:
"That's what you want!"
"Assassin League takes your reward, all members of the Assassin Association..."
Chapter completed!