Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 421 6. Matt's Secret

A few hours later, in the evening, outside the palace, Merlin saw Eric walking out briskly with a bag on his back.

T'Challa, Ororo, and Princess Su Rui were by his side. They chatted and talked without seeing the slightest gap.

The black Royal Ark was docked in the square behind Merlin. The spaceship was ready to take off, and it would send Merlin and Eric back to New York directly.

The speed of this spaceship is much faster than that of an airplane, and it has very advanced instruments, which can perfectly avoid radar monitoring and send guests home all the way.

"Have you really made up your mind?"

When Eric came to the side, Merlin asked:

"You have to know, Eric, if you choose to stay here, you may become king."

"Come on, Merlin."

Eric didn't answer the question directly, he held the bag behind his back and said:

"I've got what I've been looking for, and there's nothing left to linger on here."

Merlin glanced at the backpack in Eric's hand, and he joked:

"Don't tell me, you packed a bag of vibration gold and ran out."

"No, it's not."

Eric patted his bag and said:

"Here are some things my father left in the palace and I brought them all out."

He waved back to T'Challa and Ororo, and said:

"I'm not coming back...well, maybe at T'Challa's wedding and coronation, I'll be back for the ceremony, he's my brother after all."

"Let's go, it's time to go home, Merlin."

Eric turned and walked into the elevator of the Royal Ark without any hesitation. Merlin shrugged and followed him into it.

A moment later, amidst a faint buzzing sound, the black spaceship flew into the air like a light saucer, and as the people below waved goodbye, the spaceship flew into the sky in a flash, and soon Almost disappeared in the clouds.

A few hours later, Merlin and Eric returned to their home in Hell's Kitchen. Merlin opened the door and saw Elsa, Raven, and Lorna eating, and the table was full of food.

This pleased Merlin, who walked into the kitchen, took two sets of cutlery, returned to the table, and joined Eric in the dinner.

"What's with the clothes?"

Elsa glanced at the black robes Merlin and Eric were wearing, and she said:

"Also, didn't you go to the king's house as guests? Didn't the king invite you to eat? Are you so stingy?"

"How about the food over there?"

Merlin picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks, put it into his mouth, chewed, and said vaguely:

"Very rich, but not to my liking."

"I went to see the sunset."

Eric on the other side put a piece of meat on Lorna's plate, then drank the soup, and said to Elsa:

"As a result, I missed dinner...but the sunset was beautiful. On the canyon behind the palace, watching the sunset and the sunset echo each other...that is the most beautiful scenery in the world."

"You guys are really weird."

Elsa snorted and said:

"If I had known you would come back so soon, I would have ordered more dishes. Oh, yes, Merlin, Mei called just now and said that we should go to her house for dinner at noon tomorrow, and celebrate Little Peter's 5th birthday by the way."

"Yeah, I forgot about that."

Merlin patted his forehead and said:

"I haven't prepared a gift yet."

"I have!"

Eric grabbed the backpack from his hand, dug inside, and took out a handful of silver rings. There were as many as 6 or 7. He distributed those rings to everyone at the table as if giving souvenirs ,He said:

"This was given to me by T'Challa before I left. It was made by Zhenjin, and it contains Wakanda technology. It can activate a miniature energy shield, and it can also be used to communicate with each other. It can be recharged as long as it is exposed to the sun."

"Swish"

Before Eric finished speaking, Ruiwen had already found a way to activate the ring. The little girl waved her hand and injected a cloud of magic power into the ring. The next moment, a light blue, hexagonal prism-shaped shield It just appeared beside Ruiwen, and danced in the air with the movement of her fingers, like a projection.

"It's no use."

Ruiwen commented calmly:

"In addition to the interesting communication function, the strength of this energy shield can block up to 20 bullets, or a medium-sized explosion will dissipate, and it is not full coverage, it can only block frontal attacks. But it is still good for ordinary people. of."

"This is a gift, Raven."

Merlin chose a ring carved with an eagle's head from the rings, put it on his little finger, and said to Raven:

"Shouldn't I thank Eric for taking the gift?"

"Thanks for the gift, Eric."

Lorna next to Ruiwen thanked Eric obediently, and Ruiwen reluctantly said thank you softly to Eric.

"Nothing, nothing."

Eric chuckled, wiped Lorna's head, and said to Merlin:

"I'll call Charlie and ask her to come back tomorrow. We'll go to Aunt May's house for dinner at noon. I haven't seen little Peter for a long time."

"correct."

Merlin looked around, and he said to Elsa:

"Where's Matt? Shouldn't he have gone home too? Why didn't you see him?"

"Matt is out!"

While gnawing on the ribs, Lorna said to Merlin:

"He said he was going to church, and Elsa just sent him there and left him something to eat."

"At this time, go to church?"

Merlin stroked the ring on his little finger, and said in a puzzled tone:

"I don't know, Matt still has the habit of going to church at night?"

"Because you're too busy."

Elsa said as she ate:

"The last few times he came back, he went out at night. Seriously, Merlin, you paid so little attention to Matt compared to Raven, Lorna, or even Charlie and Eric. I Sometimes it even feels that he is only in the family, not your adopted son... But, in fact, the real relationship with you in this family is Eric and Matt. You are the official guardian of the two of them .”

"It's not my fault, Elsa."

Merlin retorted:

"The kid is a bit withdrawn, and as you can see, he can take care of himself completely. He is a little too independent, so independent that I don't even know what to say to him."

He glanced at Riven and Lorna, and said:

"Which 14-year-old kid have you ever seen, who has completely planned his life for the next 20 years? Matt did it. I secretly saw his plan last time. He plans to go to Columbia University to study law. And then go back to Hell's Kitchen and be a lawyer... He's even teaching himself some law books now, and I'm getting a headache from reading those books."

"But you should care about him anyway."

Elsa says:

"How about this, you go to him after dinner, and then bring him back, you can talk and cultivate your relationship on the way."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Merlin put down his chopsticks, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, then went back to his room and changed into a gray casual suit. He quickly walked out the door. Find out where Matt is.

But what puzzled Merlin was that Victor was scouting at high altitude, but he didn't see Matt in St. Matthew's Church.

"expand the range."

Merlin gave an order to Victor in his mind, and the raven let out an ugly neigh, then flapped its wings, and rushed towards the streets outside Hell's Kitchen at a faster speed.

A few minutes later, Victor sent back a picture synchronized with its vision.

In the dock warehouse on the edge of Hell's Kitchen, there is a life form that seems to be Matt active, and beside him, there is another person.

Merlin frowned, he dodged and disappeared in place.

On the other side, in the dim warehouse with no lights on, Matt, who was dressed like a training suit, held his guide stick very seriously, as if practicing some kind of fighting technique. Waving the cane in his hand, he moved nimbly with his feet. Amid the howling and breaking wind, the cane was like a poisonous snake looking for food, scurrying back and forth in the air.

Judging from Matt's skillful movements, this is certainly not the first time he has started practicing this blind man's fighting skills.

And beside Matt, in the quiet darkness, an old man wearing a green jacket, sunglasses, holding a guide stick, and a canvas cap on his head stood there like a sculpture.

He's supposed to be blind too, just like Matt.

He turned his face and listened to Matt's pace and the rhythm of waving his cane with his ears. At the moment when Matt's body was about to lose balance due to the rapid rotation, the old man quickly threw the cane in his hand and hit Matt on the waist , maintaining his unbalanced body in a balanced state.

"Control your inner anger!"

The old man stretched out his hand to pick up the cane on the ground, and said in a deep voice:

"Anger is like wildfire. When lit it gives you a burst of power from your body, but if left unchecked, the flame will grow out of control. Power out of control has no value..."

"I'm trying."

Matt stood where he was, breathed a sigh of relief, and said:

"It's hard, I'm learning control."

"Disaster?"

The old man snorted and said:

"As far as your talents are concerned, Matt, this is not difficult at all. Your super senses allow you to perfectly avoid any attack, and there is an undiscovered power in your body. Your speed is very fast, and your strength Moderate, the most important thing is your hearing, for a ninja, it is a treasure bestowed on you by the gods, you must use it well, so as not to let your strength go to waste."

"clap clap"

After the old man finished speaking, crisp applause suddenly resounded in the dimly lit warehouse.

The sudden sound made the old man take a step back vigilantly, and he held the cane in his hand like a knife.

When Matt heard the voice in the darkness, he was a little panicked, and subconsciously wanted to run away, but the next moment, Merlin's voice sounded again:

"Just stand there!"

"If you dare to escape, you will be finished! We will talk about your matter later!"

It was like an order that stopped Matt's escaping footsteps.

As a super-senser, after Merlin appeared, Matt could feel that there was also a strange creature guarding the low sky outside the warehouse.

That should be Victor...

Although Matt couldn't see Victor's appearance, he had lived in Merlin's house for a long time, and he could distinguish the strange cold aura on Victor's body.

"Your rhetoric about power is so good that I can't stop applauding you."

Merlin slowly walked out from the darkness, holding a silver, sharp cross-handed half-sword in his hand, scorching mist wrapped around the blade of the half-handed sword, scorching the surrounding air a little.

Merlin wore very refined glasses, looked at the old man standing in the darkness in front of him, and said:

"But I still have to say, stay away from my kids... you freak!"

"He's no enemy, Merlin."

Matt felt the dangerous energy rolling over Merlin, and he shouted nervously:

"He saved me...I asked him to train me."

"Son, this world is dangerous."

Merlin said unmoved:

"A lot of people who seem to be friends are not necessarily friends. I don't think a Mr. Ninja who is so skilled will accidentally save you. Their blood is cold and they have no feelings. .”

He looked at the old man in the dark, he looked at the gesture of holding a stick in his backhand like a knife, and said:

"Am I right? Uninvited old gentleman."

"If I'm not mistaken...you're from Japan? What's your purpose in approaching Matt?"

The old man didn't speak, but squatted down vigilantly, making a defensive counterattack.

"Do not say?"

Merlin shook his head:

"Very well... I like people who can keep secrets."

The next moment, the tumbling black mist exploded, filling the warehouse in an instant. Amidst the tumbling black mist, Merlin, who was holding a scorching long sword, appeared beside the old man like a ghost. A deadly arc slashed at the old man's head.

"clang"

When the long sword fell, the old man pulled out the straight-edged knife hidden in the cane with his backhand, and moved the blade that Merlin cut off to the other side in a deflected parrying motion.

But Merlin's attack was not resolved. On the contrary, he used the direction in which the long sword slid, and between flipping his wrist, the speed of swinging the blade increased three times in an instant.

Sword dance, start!

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom."

The sound of a series of weapons clashing echoed endlessly in the warehouse like a bell.

But this old man's swordsmanship is very good, he almost completely followed Merlin's movement of swinging the sword, and blocked every sword edge of the sword dance without leaking.

But his strength was not as strong as Merlin's, and he was knocked back a few steps.

At the moment when the sword dance stopped, the old man did not retreat but advanced. He seized the opportunity of Merlin's pause and stabbed the sharp blade in his hand precisely at Merlin's abdomen.

Then, he felt that Merlin raised half of the sword in a strange posture. He held the blade with both hands and raised the weapon above his head. The posture seemed to be bowing.

Dangerous power gathered on Merrill's arm, and the old man's face changed drastically. He quickly raised his sword sideways and retreated quickly, trying to block the sudden blow.

The next moment, Merlin raised the long sword and swung it down like a warhammer.

"Dang bang"

The moment the two blades came into contact, the long sword in the old man's hand was cut off, and he himself was blown away by the huge explosive force, lost his balance, and was restrained by the interlaced black mist while rolling in the air The body, stretched in the air, cannot escape.

"Fu..."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, he moved his sore arm, looked at the bound old man in front of him, and said:

"Rage swordsmanship... Well, it is very useful occasionally, especially when facing your technical stream."

(End of this chapter)