Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 364 45. Colossus' Personal Request

"Yo, isn't this Mr. Merlin?"

Just as Merlin was talking to his sister and brother-in-law, a somewhat frivolous voice sounded behind him.

Merlin turned around, and saw Tony Stark, who was wearing a red casual suit, sunglasses, and shiny hair. He was holding a slender woman with a superb figure, holding a drink, and standing behind him.

Well, it looks like it's going to make trouble.

"Tony..."

Merlin didn't want to deal with this guy, he stroked little Peter's hair and said:

"How can a playboy like you come to such an occasion?"

"This is a fundraising ceremony, Merlin."

Tony said indifferently:

"And I'm a conscientious businessman, I am enthusiastic about social affairs, and I can make many friends here. Besides, if a cold-blooded guy like you can come, why can't I come?"

"Tony."

There was a hint of warning in Merlin's voice, and he said:

"My family is here, so be careful when you speak."

Seeing the cold light in Merlin's eyes, Tony shrunk his neck subconsciously. He ignored Merlin, raised the wine glass in his hand, and raised his hand to Mei and Ben:

"Look at this radiant and beautiful lady."

Tony didn't hesitate to praise May. He had a gentle attitude and said to May politely:

"You must be the sister of my friend Merlin. I have heard him tell you many times. I heard that you are a person who is enthusiastic about public affairs. What a coincidence, so am I. I am planning to invest in New York City. A welfare home to help those in need."

"Oh, by the way, my name is Tony, Tony Stark, nice to meet you."

"You are too kind, Mr. Stark."

May was a little embarrassed by Tony's blatant compliment, she raised her glass to Tony, revealing the wedding ring on her finger, which made Tony nod slightly regretfully.

He curled his lips at Merlin, and then left with his female companion.

Watching the blunt guy leave, Merlin immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

He didn't want his family to know his identity, which would put them in some unnecessary danger.

"Merlin, I didn't expect you to be friends with Mr. Stark?"

Mei was a little surprised and said:

"He seems to be just like the rumors, a slightly romantic, but very likable playboy."

"Do not."

Merlin denied:

"He's just a wretch and a kid who doesn't grow up."

"Yes, I also think Merlin is right."

Ben chimed in:

"This Mr. Tony is a little glib."

Well, it looks like Ben didn't like the guy trying to hook up with his wife either.

"You two are so boring!"

Mei reached out to take little Peter from Merlin's arms. She gave her husband and younger brother a white look, then turned and walked towards the church, as if planning to rest for a while.

"Speaking of which, who is that guy?"

Merlin stayed where he was, talking to Ben.He accidentally saw a person talking to Father Paul. It was a man with a big bald head who was a little too strong and was still holding a cane. He looked a little arrogant, but the smile on his face was very sincere.

Ben beside Merlin took a sip of his wine and said to Merlin:

"That's Wilson Fisk. It is said that he is a big businessman from out of town. He is planning to invest in the real estate in Hell's Kitchen."

"Invest in a place like Hell's Kitchen?"

Merlin said in surprise:

"Is he out of his mind?"

"No, I heard that Mr. Fisk seems to have been born in Hell's Kitchen, probably because he intends to do something for his hometown."

Ben said a little enviously:

"It's really a homecoming."

"Ah."

Merlin also nodded, he said:

"It's true that someone's trying to change Hell's Kitchen, someone's trying to pull this neighborhood out of the hopeless mess ... that's probably a good thing."

"In short, let us wait and see what kind of career our Mr. Fisk can achieve."

"ah."

A scream sounded from behind Merlin. He turned around and saw Riven and Daisy starting a new round of "battle". Merlin put down his glass and was going to intervene, but was stopped by Ben.

Ben said to Merlin solemnly:

"Don't worry about it. Merlin, the friendship between children is like this. Believe me, Raven and Daisy will become good friends."

"Ok."

Merlin hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't intervene.

But it seems like what Ben said, after the two girls fought back and forth a few times, under the mediation of Charlie and Eric, the two of them also restored peace, and under Merlin's secret attention, Ben ignored Rui Wen, who is 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 hosted by St. Agnes Monastery began. Father Paul delivered a very earnest speech. The priest who is very prestigious in New York announced that the funds raised this time will be used to help Orphans in New York City.

Merlin donated his 2 months' wages, which is out of his heart.

Tony Stark, who is rich and powerful, announced in the eyes of everyone that he would donate 500 million US dollars to St. Matthew's Church for public works, and he also promoted a new product designed by him, Stark Industries.

But even so, Tony wasn't the prettiest kid at the fundraiser.

The very strong businessman Wilson Fisk, who is said to have been born in Hell's Kitchen, donated 2000 million US dollars at one time, and announced that he would set up a Hell's Kitchen Renovation Foundation with St. Matthew's Church. Within a year, turn the most chaotic neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen in New York into a place where kind people can live and work in peace.

This speech, as it should have caused a wave of cheers.

The atmosphere at the scene was very enthusiastic, but it had nothing to do with Merlin. After the fundraising ceremony, he took his family, together with Daisy's parents, to the Mick's Bistro in Queens for a simple but warm meal. Feast.

During the meal, Merlin also saw Daisy put the sliced ​​pizza on Ruiwen's plate, and Ruiwen, who had temporarily lost her magical ability, also clumsily poured orange juice for her new friend.

When she noticed Merlin's gaze watching her, Ruiwen gave him a hard look, then turned her face away, ignoring him.

Well, it seems that there is still a long way to go for him to establish a good relationship with Ruiwen.

However, it is barely a good start.

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In the early morning of the next day, while Merlin was preparing a healthy breakfast for his sister who was still sleeping soundly according to the tutorial he found on his mobile phone, there was a knock on his door.

It was a rhythmic knock on the door, representing the good manners of the knocker.

Merlin put the slices of bread in the toaster, set the time, then walked over, opened the door, and saw a big man standing in front of his door.

"Piot."

Merlin turned to invite him in, and he said:

"Or, should I call you Colossus, which name do you prefer?"

"You can do whatever you want."

Colossus smiled gently. He sat on Merlin's sofa, his huge weight pushed the sofa down a bit, and he even made a sound of being overwhelmed.

"Uh, I'd better take the chair."

Piot smiled awkwardly, took a chair from the side, and sat on the coffee table.

Merlin put the baked bread and prepared healthy breakfast on a plate, and said to Colossus:

"Wait a moment, I'll send breakfast to my sister."

After finishing speaking, he carried the breakfast and walked into Ruiwen's room. After a while, Merlin came out with a sullen face. Obviously, the plan to get closer to Ruiwen by eating breakfast just now failed.

That tsundere girl obviously talked to Elsa and others yesterday, but she just didn't plan to have a good talk with Merlin.

This made him a little depressed.

"This is the information and clues we have sorted out so far, Mr. Merlin."

Colossus opened the file bag in his hand, and handed some files to Merlin. The latter took it in his hand, sat on the sofa, opened it and looked at it. After a while, Merlin's expression became a little weird.

He raised his head and said to Colossus:

"Those missing mutants disappeared without a trace? Every one of them?"

"Ah."

Colossus nodded, he explained:

"When the previous disappearances happened, we went to the scene. There are students in the academy who are good at tracking traces, and the instructor Hank in the academy has the sense of smell and sense like a beast, but we still haven't found anything useful. trace."

"There were no footprints, no traces of fighting, no bloodstains at the scene, as if those mutants disappeared suddenly."

"Have you checked the energy residue?"

Merlin asked:

"Even if there are aliens participating in it, they will leave a certain amount of energy residue. By analyzing that energy, we can judge their identity."

"We checked."

Colossus said:

"There is indeed energy residue there, but it is not any kind we know. I brought the data analysis of those strange energies."

He took out a spectral detection chart from those documents and handed it to Merlin.

"strangeness."

Merlin frowned, looked at the spectrogram in his hand, and said:

"This kind of data...I seem to have seen it before, let me think about it."

Merlin recalled for a moment, he raised his head, and said to Colossus:

"I have indeed seen it, but it involves some secrets of SHIELD, so I can't tell you for the time being. I will go to SHIELD to check first, and if there is news, I will inform you."

"Ah."

Colossus showed a smile on his face, and he said to Merlin:

"It seems that the professor's choice is indeed correct."

"Don't be so optimistic, Piotr."

Merlin says:

"Just confirming the energy residue does not mean that we can follow this clue to investigate. Most of these missing persons are in the northern part of North America. That is to say, we are likely to go to Canada once, and there... is a variant. Fraternity territory."

"I'll be ready, Mr. Merlin."

Colossus said:

"Although I don't like violence, I can fight when necessary."

"Um"

Merlin nodded, he focused on the scattered clues in front of him, and stopped talking.

A few minutes later, Colossus suddenly asked:

"Mr. Merlin, I heard that you have been exposed to demon power?"

"Ok?"

Merlin raised his head and looked at Colossus. He didn't know why Colossus suddenly raised this question.

"I... have encountered some things related to demons."

Under Merlin's questioning gaze, Colossus said sadly:

"I once had a sister."

"once?"

Merlin tasted the word, he looked at Colossus:

"So, something happened to her? And it has something to do with the devil?"

"Yes."

Colossus sighed, and the mutant man full of philosophy whispered:

"My sister and I were born in Siberia. My parents are ordinary people, but my sister and I are both mutants. You should know that when mutants awaken their power, they often bring many uncontrollable dangers."

"Ok, I know."

Merlin nodded and said:

"This is also the reason why people don't like mutants, they are like bombs that will explode at any time."

"Yes."

Colossus nodded sadly, and the big guy said:

"My younger sister awakened earlier than me. When I was 10 years old and she was 6 years old, one night, my sick sister suddenly awakened her abilities. The terrible spiritual energy storm directly tore my house apart, but fortunately there was no harm. to my parents and me."

"My sister was flustered, and my parents were a little bit at a loss, but they didn't dislike my sister because of it. On the contrary, they took the two of us to migrate all the way to more remote places."

"But we still haven't escaped the crisis."

Colossus said:

"I remember very clearly that when my sister was 7 years old, my sister and I came back from fishing in the nearby creek one afternoon, and we saw a fire on our family's farm. I went to my parents, but saw Arriving at their... corpses. Beside the corpses, there is a man in a red and khaki robe... No, that's not a human, it's a demon!"

"I saw the shadow it cast on the ground, it was a ferocious, twisted demon."

"It easily subdued me and my sister, it said, it came for my sister. It took her and left me alone in the flames to die, maybe it was anger, maybe it was fear, whatever , I also awakened my ability at that time and escaped from the flames."

"I've been looking for her all these years."

Colossus raised his head and said to Merlin:

"When I arrived at Xavier Academy for Gifted Boys, I learned that Ms. Ororo is a wizard. I was pleasantly surprised. I thought she could help me find my missing sister, but unfortunately, Ms. Ororo is her. ..”

"She's a white wizard."

Merlin shrugged and said:

"White wizards don't deal with demons and demons, what you need is a black wizard... oh, I see."

Merlin nodded knowingly:

"So, Ororo pushed this trouble to me?"

"What a cunning woman. But the question is, how does she know that I will definitely help?"

(End of this chapter)