"Aunt Mei, I won the prize, I can travel to East Africa!"
After school that day, Peter returned home and excitedly said to Aunt Mei who was making supper:
"You can go with me, too."
"What? East Africa?"
Aunt Mei looked back at Peter in surprise. She was still a little confused about the situation. She said:
"Did Eric invite you to Wakanda?"
"No, no."
Peter waved the full travel ticket in his hand, and he explained to Aunt Mei:
"I used my pocket money to buy a charity roll a few days ago. Do you still remember it? Aunt Mei."
"Remember."
Mei said while cutting the vegetables:
"I bought it with you. He also bought one, but he won the latest smart machine butler. The robot was delivered in a few days. Have you won the prize?"
"Yes, the highest award!"
Peter lay on the table and spread the winning certificate.
He looked at the seal of the Onika Consortium below the certificate, and the child smiled happily.
He said:
"They said they would provide me and my classmates with travel expenses, air tickets, and accommodation, everything is free."
"We can also go to the Nigerian grassland to see lions and wild animals, oh, by the way, Aunt May, and there is a visit to Nubani Industrial Park on the last day! Harry was also very excited, and he went to borrow a camera and a car with his father."
"Yeah?"
Aunt Mei couldn't be happy.
She put down the knife in her hand, wiped her hands with her apron, walked out of the kitchen, and looked at the certificate and travel tickets in Peter's hand.
Everything looks normal.
But Aunt Mei felt a little uneasy.
After a while, while Peter was watching TV for supper, Aunt Mei quietly returned to the bedroom.
She picked up her cell phone and dialed a number.
"Hey? Is it Colson?"
Aunt Mei said to the other end of the phone:
"Something happened to Peter, it's like that. He won the prize, and then..."
"Oh."
Far away in Raccoon City, Colson, who was about to carry out a city exploration mission, finished listening to Aunt Mei’s concerns.
He thought for a few seconds and said to Aunt Mei:
"I'll check the charity event of the Onika Consortium, but I think it might be less dangerous."
"Peter should go out for a walk, and have a long experience. He can't be locked up at home all the time."
"If you can't rest assured, you can actually go with him."
Colson said:
"I will let Lola protect you."
"No need to protect."
Aunt Mei said:
"It doesn't seem to be very far from Wakanda. Eric should have enough ability to protect Peter there, but I always feel...ah, he's too far from home this time."
"He's 12 years old, Mei."
Colson said:
"It's been too long since Merlin, so it's nice to let him take this opportunity to relax."
"What you said makes sense."
Aunt Mei thought for a moment, and she turned around and looked at Peter who was eating in the crack of the door that had never been closed. She said:
"Okay, I'll go with him."
Two days later, the day of departure has arrived.
The Onika Consortium is already one of the largest consortiums in the world. This group has made countless money by relying on the monopoly intelligent machinery industry.
The best part is that it is itself a company controlled by the World Security Council.
It is an agency officially used to promote the intelligent machinery program. It is a disguised company and is actually a real multinational government department.
Its work efficiency is beyond imagination.
A station wagon provided by the Onika consortium was parked at the school gate to pick up and drop off the children who were about to go to East Africa.
Aunt Mei, wearing a long skirt, stood beside Peter. Although she was no longer young, Aunt Mei, who was paying attention to maintenance, still seemed charming.
She stood there, attracting the attention of many men.
Peter was waving to his good friend.
"Harry, Harry! Come on!"
On the side of the street in front of him, in a low-key black phantom, Norman Osborne, the helm of the Osborne Consortium, a famous tycoon in the biological sciences, looked at Peter Little, waving to them through the glass.
He looked at his son Harry again, and he said with a smile:
"Go, your friend is calling you."
"Dad, don't you object to my friend Peter?"
Harry Osborne inherited his father's excellent genes and was a talented person at a young age.
More importantly, he does not have the sharp temperament that rich second generation should have.
He is gentle, treats people gently, and never strong.
In a sense, Harry and Peter are really similar to the same kind of people, and they are about the same age.
However, unlike Peter who was promoted to Imperial High School early on relying on his own grades, Harry was stuffed into this school by his father.
"How could I object? Silly kid."
Norman patted his son on the shoulder and said:
"I was too harsh on you before, kid, I was willing to interfere in your social life, but I realized my mistake. I now hope you have real friends."
Norman glanced at Peter, and a light flashed in his eyes:
"Peter is fine, he will be your good friend."
"Go, get along well with him. When you come home, I will pick you up. But this time I can't go with you, I still have work to do."
"I understand, father."
Harry also had a smile on his face. The young man carried his schoolbag, opened the car door, waved to his father, and said:
"You go and do it, I will take good care of myself."
"Well, goodbye, son."
Norman watched his son run towards Peter, and he waved to Aunt May, who was standing beside Peter, and then rolled up the car window.
The car quickly disappeared at the intersection.
"My stupid son was finally lucky once."
In the galloping car, Norman Osborne reached out and shook his tie, and he said happily:
"The Raven is gone, but the legacy he left behind is still there."
"We can't expect to seize it, but just share it will be enough to get my son into that world..."
"Do you think the raven is gone and can do whatever you want? Stupid..."
Norman picked up a glass of wine, and he looked at the shaking liquid, and he whispered:
"The new order has been established...so many people are guarding it."
"Money? What is money!"
Norman drank the next glass of wine, and a light flashed in his eyes:
"Strength, strength is the most precious thing in the next era!"
"Harry, my stupid son, I'm old, but you still have a chance, seize it!"
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"Is she your Aunt Mei?"
On the station wagon heading to the airport, Harry looked at Aunt Mei who was sitting in front of the two, listening to the song, closing her eyes to rest, and he whispered to Peter beside him:
"Are you kidding? Oh my God, she looks like your sister..."
“A lot of people say that.”
Peter waved his hand indifferently, focusing on the game console in his hand, he said:
"But Aunt Mei is Aunt Mei, and I have a few sisters. We can have a meal together another day."
"Well, um, I know!"
Harry said enthusiastically:
"Last time I saw them sending you to school, including those with black hair, green hair, and a girl with a knife! Are they all your sister?"
"There are three more!"
Peter snorted:
"My sisters are all amazing."
"Peter!"
Icarus's voice rang in Peter's ear.
Little Peter was stunned for a moment, then pretended to yawn, and he handed the game console in his hand to Harry, and he said:
"I'll sleep for a while and I'll be a little sleepy, you can play first."
After saying that, he took out a pair of sunglasses that had changed their appearance from his pocket and buckled them on his face, as if he was asleep.
"Sister Icarus?"
Peter didn't speak, but with Icarus's neural connection, he could communicate with Icarus in thinking, he said:
"Is there anything wrong?"
"The kids around you."
Icarus projected Harry's identity information before Peter's eyes, she said:
"His background is not simple. I now suspect that he was sent by his father, Norman Osborne, to approach you, so be careful of him."
"Um?"
Peter said in surprise:
"No, I don't have any valuable things on me. The most expensive one is you, Sister Icarus. Besides, Harry is not that kind of person."
"He probably won't, after all, he's just as stupid as you."
Icarus said in a temptation:
"But his father was not an ordinary person. Norman Osborne is known for his precise eyes and bold actions in business activities."
"He is a speculative, and when SHIELD was still there, Osborne Group had exchanges with SHIELD."
"He knows Merlin's existence, and is very likely to know your relationship with Merlin."
"His kid could have gone to a better school, but he came to Empire High School at the beginning of school and was in the same class as you... It was a coincidence."
"You can keep playing with him, Peter."
Icarus reminded:
"But remember, don't tell him about Merlin, and in addition, those things and legacy that Merlin left behind...must keep confidential."
"What your uncle left behind is very dangerous. You cannot contact, including those around you, nor can you contact."
"OK."
Little Peter nodded obediently, and he said:
"Those things are all in the mysterious room, Sister Xuanlan is watching them, and Sister Icarus, why don't you let me tell others about your awakening?"
"It's not the time, Peter."
Icarus was silent for a moment, and she said to Peter:
"I have to do something else, do something for your uncle."
"Enjoy your journey, Peter, you don't need to worry about these things, everything will be fine."
"Believe me, I will protect you, just as Merlin protects you."
Icarus's voice faded.
In the world of data, Icarus quietly looked at the picture in front of him.
The scenes of her getting along with Merlin...
Just like a person who has lost everything, he can only live with memories.
On another screen, there is also the combat scene copied by Icarus from Edith.
That's Tony Stark's perspective, from his fight with Batman, to being defeated by a transformed robot in the Batmobile, to everyone being integrated into that changing dimension mirror.
Icarus saw it.
She saw Tony and Bruce bombarding Merlin with a combined robot.
She saw Superman falling from the sky and punching Merlin on his body.
She saw Wonder Woman use a lasso to stuck the injured Merlin.
She saw Hulk's roar when he was crazy.
She saw those...
Those people are hurting Merlin.
She didn't know the source of the orange lights, and she didn't know that the final battle was arranged by Merlin.
She doesn't care...
They hurt him.
Those who were trusted by Merlin betrayed him.
They hurt him and weaken him, like trapped beasts forced into a corner, without any mercy.
One by one, the red logos were placed on those beating scenes by Icarus, and in the transforming soul, the cold will emerged.
Merlin is dead...
These betrayers...why...
"You have always longed for world peace..."
Icarus turned his head to look at the warm scenes, and she whispered:
"You always hope that the world will no longer be in chaos..."
"Currency is caused by them, strength brings challenges, and challenges bring conflict."
"You always knew that they were the source of anxiety, and they shouldn't exist."
"Let me do what you haven't finished for you... and the smart machine plan you have been advancing, I will do it..."
“Merlin…”
"I..."
"I miss you so much..."
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“The smart towers at Nubani Industrial Park have issued a safety warning.”
At the base in Raccoon City, Commander Hill projected a letter from the World Security Council before the scientists.
She said:
"George went there to see it, and Dr. Reid, who discovered the traces of being breached in the intelligent tower system."
“They are calling all the designers to go there.”
"So, I have a new task?"
Dr. Bruce Banner, who was sitting at the table, looked at Betty beside him, and he pushed his glasses helplessly, saying:
"Does everyone go?"
"Yes, the situation should be very unclear."
Hill also frowned and looked at the electronic letter in front of her, and she said:
"It is said that the authority to be locked seems to be unlocked, and the World Security Council attaches great importance to this matter, so Banner and Betty, you may need to go there."
"Well, I can understand."
Dr. Banner explained to his wife helplessly:
"I designed part of the program core of the smart tower. After physical encryption is turned on, the outside world cannot remotely operate it. I have to go there, Betty."
"I know, too."
Betty held Banner's hand, she said:
"I'm just a little worried. We finally calmed Hulk down. The total loss of control last time has made him a little unable to communicate."
"I don't think it's a good choice for us to leave at this time."
"Can't you give your data to Tony Stark and others?"
"Tony Stark has already set out."
Hill glanced at the radar sign beside her and said:
"Besides, you also know that the system of the Smart Tower is not allowed to open the modules written by Banner without personal permission."
"But because your situation is special, I will let Steve go with you."
"He's not enough alone."
Banner touched his heart and said to Hill:
"Can you contact Clark? Let him go with me."
"I'll give it a try."
Hill said:
"Clark has been busy with work since he got married and basically stopped contacting us. It was difficult to find him, but I happened to know where he would go after work."
"Drip, drip"
Hill's computer at hand issued a prompt sound. She looked back and her expression became weird.
"What's wrong?"
Banner asked.
"Sky Eye Will...well, Amanda Waller sent a message."
Hill frowned and said:
"She said she would invite Ms. Diana to accompany you."
"Diana?"
Banner touched his chin, and in Betty's glare, he said:
"Diana can indeed suppress Hulk in a very short time when Hulk went wild, with her and Clark both present."
"OK."
Hill typing on the keyboard a few times, she said to Banner:
Chapter completed!