Things about living in Marvel

Chapter 24 Questioning
In the bustling area of ​​New York, most of the buildings are relatively tall buildings. However, in this steel jungle, there is an exception.This is a manor-style building full of Central European style.

"He agrees to see you, please follow me." A waiter dressed in a traditional European court said to the two people waiting in the hall.

"This feeling is like traveling through time." Captain America, who was carrying a buckler, sighed in a low voice, "Thank you."

Following the waiter, Steve and Zhao came to a room inside the manor.

"Your Majesty, I brought them here." The waiter bowed in a very respectful manner.

"Okay, you go down." The man in the green cloak on the seat waved his hand to signal the attendants to step back.

After seeing the waiter exit and close the door, he slowly raised his head, revealing a face with a metal mask.

"Then, what's the point of not knowing that you two have come to my territory?" The man's tone was very flat, but with an air of contempt for all beings.

"We're not here to fight you, Doom." The captain said first, "We're just here to ask some questions."

"Of course." Doom leaned back on the chair and said indifferently, "If it weren't for me knowing that you are not hostile, Tony Stark would have been able to prepare a funeral speech for his old friend."

However, Doom's words did not arouse the captain and Zhao's protest or rebuttal, and the two just looked at the man on the throne in silence.

"Okay, as the king of a country, I don't have much time to chat with you, not to mention, we can't talk about any good friendship." Dum sat up straight, "Avengers, explain your purpose. "

"Modok." Zhao stepped forward, "How much do you know about his plan?"

"Modoc?" Doom rested his chin on his left hand. "Do you think Mordoc will use his plan and ask me to advise him?"

"No." Zhao replied, "On the contrary, I suspect that you are hiring Mordok to do something."

"Oh?" After hearing Zhao's answer, Doom asked in a curious and interested tone, "Where did you draw this conclusion from?"

"Modok's action is beyond his ability, and he cannot do it alone." Zhao replied, "There are very few people who can do this, and you happen to be one of them."

"I can take your words as a compliment." Dum smiled, "But I think, with the IQ of the seventh smartest person in the world, you should be able to tell the difference between being able to do it, and actually doing it. Big difference."

"Reed." Zhao continued, and then he noticed that Dum's eyes became serious, "Modok's targets are all Reed's technical achievements, and Reed just happened to lose contact completely."

He paused, and then said: "In this world, the person who knows Reed the most and has the deepest grievances with Reed is you, so I believe that if Mordoke is really planning something, he will definitely choose Cooperate with you."

"Interesting inference." Doom leaned back in his chair, "but you made two very basic mistakes. First, Doom, you don't need a partner; second, if I'm going to deal with Reed, I Will do it myself."

The two stared at each other in silence.

Finally, Dum took the lead in breaking the deadlock.

"If that's what you're after, all I can say is that I'm very disappointed. You're just relying on baseless speculation. Do you want to accuse the King of Latvinia? If you can't come up with any more substantive evidence evidence, I am afraid I can only ask you to leave my embassy."

"In this case, I think our conversation will come to an end." Zhao didn't care much about Dum's threat, "Then, we will leave."

……

"Our preparations were too inadequate. We blindly questioned Dum without evidence." After leaving the embassy, ​​the captain shook his head. "I'm afraid it will not be so easy for Dum to see us next time."

Zhao looked at the captain with a confused expression: "We have already got all the information, why do we still have to talk to Doom? If we come again next time, it may be an international dispute. After all, arresting a king is not a trivial matter."

"We all know?" The captain was also confused, "What do we know?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Zhao blinked, "He was involved."

"But he didn't say anything?" The captain said he couldn't understand at all.

"Although he didn't say anything, he actually said everything." Zhao Tanshou, "First of all, we all know that Dum is a very proud person. Although he is a bad person, his arrogance makes him even disdain Lied to us. So, what he said is true."

"He said that he would not cooperate, so he is the real mastermind behind the scenes. He should use Modoc to achieve his own purpose. Of course, Modoc should have his own ideas. Generally speaking, it is possible It’s mutual use, but according to my guess, Dum’s position should be stronger in this mutual use relationship.” Zhao began to explain, “In addition, he said that if he deals with Reed, he will do it himself, then It shows that Reid and the others are not in any danger now, and what is happening now is probably just the first step in Dum's plan."

"This..." The captain hesitated for a moment, "Could it be that you are thinking too much? Or maybe Doom really wasn't involved."

"Do you think that if Mordoc is really stealing Reed's works everywhere, and Reed mysteriously disappeared, Doom will really sit here and chat with us so peacefully?" Zhao said in a very playful way. Said in a tone, "So, from the moment Dum sat there chatting with us, he was actually exposed."

"Will Doom's ideas be so easy to see through?" The captain was still a little skeptical, after all, even Tony Stark himself was often defeated by an old and cunning person like Doom.

"He didn't try to cover it up at all," Zhao replied. "This is indeed a big doubt, it's almost like Doom is telling us, 'I have a problem, check me, and you can find out the truth'. "

"Then should we temporarily suspend the investigation of Doom? After all, he is likely to mislead us now." The captain suggested thoughtfully.

"Stop? Why?" Zhao was surprised by the captain's thoughts, "If Doom didn't know anything about it, why would he mislead us? Do you think Doom would be enthusiastic about helping Mordok as a cover? So since he's not innocent and he's involved, why don't we go after him? Should we drop such an important lead? Now that we know he's involved, even misleading can be a valuable lead, especially With us being so passive."

The captain was stunned, Zhao's logic was perfectly fine, since he already knew there was a problem, he should definitely investigate, but for some reason, he seemed to feel that there was something wrong with this logic...

……

Inside the embassy, ​​Dum looked at the captain and Zhao projected in his palm with great interest, and listened to their conversation completely.

"Seventh in the world?" He smiled softly, "It's worthy of the name."

He turned off the projection, stood up, walked to a computer, and chuckled softly: "This is getting more and more interesting."

(End of this chapter)