Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 574 32. Horus of Merlin

Jessica was waiting outside the conference room of the underground base of the 21st Century Bell Telephone Company. The private detective took a glass of water from the water dispenser next to him, leaned against the wall as if no one else was there, and after drinking the glass of water, went to hell. Sticking the cup to the wall furtively, eavesdropping on the movement in the meeting room.

She is not an ordinary person. In the early years, she also encountered the same thing as Matt Murdoch, and was infected by chemical reagents. That incident caused Jessica's family to leave her, and it was a blessing in disguise. Jessica brings an unexpected reinforcement of the physical aspect.

But a disaster is a disaster, and it can always change a person. That accident also created this girl's outlook on life of alcoholism and rebellion.

Of course, meeting the purple man later was another sad story in her sad life.

In short, her perception is stronger than that of ordinary people. With the help of the sound gathering effect of the paper cup, she can hear the movement in the conference room made of soundproof materials. The sound is very weak, but she can barely hear it. Here, a man is being beaten.

The sound of punching to the flesh made Jessica shrink her neck uncontrollably.

A few minutes later, the door of the meeting room was opened from the inside, and Merlin's voice came over:

"Stop eavesdropping and come in, Jessica."

The private detective immediately threw away the paper cup in his hand, and walked quickly into the meeting room with a very submissive attitude. As she expected, the supernatural man Luke Cage had been beaten black and blue, and the invulnerable Defense was useless against Merlin.

Merlin, on the other hand, was unscathed, and his hair didn't even become more disheveled.

He was sitting on a chair, sipping tea with a calm face, while Luke Cage grinned and stroked his cheek, the rebellious temperament on his body was completely knocked out.

But most people with superpowers have confidence in their own abilities, and having confidence in themselves is the first step and a prerequisite for becoming a hero.

Just because they have power, they are more in awe of power than ordinary people.

"Mr. Cage told me about the things he concealed. Some guys who advocate the evolution of biological modification are secretly cooperating with the Ministry of Defense to find suitable prisoners for biological modification in many prisons on this continent."

"The methods are extremely cruel. The survival rate of those who have been transformed is very low. Those guys' hands are covered with blood. Although the victims are not innocent, they can't be allowed to continue to go crazy like this."

Merlin said to Jessica:

"Mr. Cage has already realized the mistake of fighting alone under my 'persuasion', and he is very happy to help us find those lunatics."

"It's a pity that I don't have time to track down the clues attached to him recently, so I leave this matter to you, Jessica, as a private detective, you should be proficient in tracking and secret search, so I hope that you two can work together Cooperate, in the shortest possible time, to find out those bastards who use prisoners to conduct illegal biological experiments."

"I am willing to accept this commission."

Jessica nodded immediately, she didn't want to disobey Merlin, but after a few seconds of thinking, she still asked in a low voice:

"But what about the pay? My apartment rent has been overdue for two months...I mean, I need money."

"One by one of you..."

Merlin couldn't help rubbing his forehead, he said:

"Why are you living so miserable, maybe you should stop drinking? This will allow you to save some money."

"Not every person with super powers can occupy a high position like you and not worry about money, Your Excellency Merlin."

Jessica complained:

"As far as the few capable guys I know, they all have a bad life. On the one hand, we have to hide our abilities from being discovered by the people around us, and on the other hand, we don't want to do some quick money like those criminals." Business'."

"Okay, okay, don't sell it badly. I will notify the finance department to pay you two allowances for this month in advance."

Merlin took out the wallet from his pocket, pulled out a few banknotes and handed them to Jessica, he said:

"This is my personal support for you, as well as the medical expenses paid to Mr. Cage. If I know that you use this money to sell alcohol... then I will find time to 'chat' with you again. In addition , from now on, you should call me 'sir'."

"Okay, sir."

Jessica quickly took the banknotes from Merlin, put them into her pocket, and said to Merlin:

"Then who should we contact? Sir, contact you directly?"

"No, I'm not responsible for cases of this level."

Merlin snapped his fingers and said:

"Someone will come to take you to go through the formalities in a while. Regarding the progress of the case, Coulson will arrange a special informant for you. Let me remind you again, you are now considered official personnel, so no matter what you do, you must Pay attention to the influence and means, and try to be as gentle as possible while ensuring your own safety."

He took out his pocket watch to check the time, then stood up and said to Jessica and Luke Cage:

"The secret field team you two form is code-named 'The Defenders', and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do in this new system... You, Jessica, take care of your image in the future, don't mess yourself up Same as the rebellious girl."

"Okay, I'm leaving, you wait here for a while."

After speaking, he pushed open the door and left the meeting room. A moment later, he entered the mysterious room through the bathroom door.

As usual, Xuan Lan stood at the door, waiting for Mei Lin.

"You see, as I said, if all goes well, I won't need it."

Merlin returned the suitcase containing the Dreadhammer to Xuan Lan, who took it in his hand and said to Merlin with a gentle face:

"This also proves that you don't need this cursed power to solve the troubles in your hands. I still believe that these powers should not be activated. They were sealed for a reason."

"I hope so."

Merlin took off his glasses, he looked at Icarus who no longer responded to him, and said:

"But I've still lost something ... I've lost an assistant, a friend, and that's something I'm sorry about."

"It's not impossible for her to be repaired."

Xuanlan said:

"Anything can be repaired, it's just a matter of time."

Merlin didn't answer, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Xuanlan:

"I need to go to the ice room."

"Hold on."

Xuan Lan quickly put the Dread Hammer back into Merlin's collection room, and then opened the sealed ice room for Merlin. In the deepest part of the ice room, the modified Kree mechanical sentinel was still there, still maintaining the shutdown mode. The state is like a giant steel box.

"Without Icarus, this thing cannot be restarted in omnic mode."

Merlin looked at the mechanical creature covered with ice edges in front of him, he took out a small box from his pocket, and said:

"But luckily, it's not irreparable."

He opened the box, and Xuanlan saw that there were several crystals like crystal shards in the box. Some slightly weird power lingered on the crystals, and that kind of energy reminded Xuanlan of the workshop that was placed in the mysterious house before. The Bumblebee robot reassembled in .

"Is this... Cybertronian fire?"

The housekeeper asked:

"You want to use it to turn 'Hunter' into a real mechanical life?"

"Ah."

Merlin nodded, he walked towards the sentry at the end of the ice room, he said:

"We need it... Its existence is an important deterrent to those stubborn and dangerous spellcasters. I think the mystery room also needs some extra defensive power."

"The power of the strange spiritual body entrenched in the basement is a hidden danger. It is difficult for any flesh and blood life to touch, understand, and resist. But for mechanical life that does not have flesh and blood and a true soul , it's not that dangerous."

Merlin said to Xuanlan:

"Although there is a risk of being corrupted, if those powers break out, this machine will at least give you time to escape."

"I cannot escape, Master."

Xuanlan lowered her head, she said softly:

"Leaving the mysterious house, my existence will soon dissipate."

"I'll find a way."

Merlin reached out and took out a shard of tinder from the box, and placed it on the surface of the large metal mass in front of him. After thinking for a while, he took out another shard and threw it on the surface of the sentinel hunter. He said:

"We will find a way together. The sudden disappearance of Icarus made me realize that I may lose you at any time... I have very few friends, so this is something I don't want to see."

Merlin's words were just out of emotion, but behind him, Xuan Lan looked at him with slightly moved eyes.

In Xuan Lan's long life, it is rare for her to receive such straightforward and frank care.Her first owner, the mysterious Mr. Da Vinci created her, but only regarded her as a tool for auxiliary experiments. After the mysterious house was infected by spirit bodies, he resolutely gave up this place and let Xuan Lan and the house are infiltrated by a spiritual infection.

Meilin released the mysterious house, and also freed Xuanlan from the long-term closure. For Xuanlan, Meilin is not just the master.

As he himself said, they are more like friends, friends who help each other, a step further than the previous relationship between the master and the housekeeper. For a spirit body that is feared by spellcasters, this is a rare treatment .

"click"

A soft sound came from the depths of the ice room, interrupting Xuanlan's thinking.

The housekeeper cast her eyes forward, and saw that the two spark fragments that Merlin placed on the body of the sentinel hunter were rapidly losing their luster. The energy inside them seemed to be shifting rapidly, and the solid crystal became pale and fragile. In the cold temperature of the ice room, the two crystal fragments quickly collapsed from the inside, turning into white powder.

And on the surface of the metal box of the Sentinel Hunter in the shutdown state, streamers of brilliant light flowed in those dents on the body surface, like some kind of liquid flowing on the metal surface, within just a dozen seconds of lingering It quickly penetrated into the interior of Kerry Metal.

"bang"

A muffled loud noise resounded in the ice room, as if an old engine had been started, and a choking black smoke sprayed out from the awakened body of the sentinel hunter, as if a new mechanical life was born When there was a cry.

Under the gazes of Meilin and Xuanlan, the giant metal fast body watch with a height of two people began to split rapidly. Amid the collision sound of internal mechanical modules and gear parts, it appeared in a dazzling and futuristic sense of technology. Gesture, rapid deformation.

It always took a little longer for the first transformation, and a few seconds later, a Sentinel Hunter with a big transformation appeared in the ice chamber.

Thanks to the Kree people's heavy design of the Sentinel's war mode, this machine that Merlin gave life to looks thicker and more stable than ordinary Cybertronians.

Its height is slightly shorter than that of the former sentinel, but it also reaches 7.5 meters. It has thick, black, angular outer armor on the chest and limbs, and square thick armor on the shoulders. There are four The weapon slots are juxtaposed, and the arms still retain the posture of the previously modified sword-shaped gauntlets, which look full of aggressiveness.

The weapon equipped with this sentinel has been separated into three energy cannons that can be hand-held under the modification of the fire seed, and is equipped in the weapon slot behind the sentinel,

Since the sentry of the Cree also has a melee mode, after it is truly mechanized, it is equipped with an extendable mechanical shield on its left arm, and in the weapon slot on the back, there is also a melee shield with a Cree shield. Human-style one-handed spiked hammer.

Its head is very anthropomorphic like other Cybertronians, but compared to other Cybertronians with a movable mouth, the mouth of this robot is a shield-shaped device, with two separate parts on the top of the head. The antenna-like radar branch makes it look silent and reliable.

Its eyes, that is, the information collectors, are long hexagons, and beige light dances in it. There is a trace of bewilderment in the light, probably because it has not adapted to this new life form.

Merlin took out his mobile phone and activated the Cybertronian app. He said to the robot in front of him:

"@%￥@!&*￥#@ (Hello, Hunter.)"

"click"

The hunter lowered his head and looked at Merlin. There were data beating in its eyes. After a while, it moved its huge body, took a step forward, half-kneeled in front of Merlin, and replied in a hoarse, slightly deep voice:

"&*%￥#!%@#! (Hello, Knight Merlin!)"

"Um..."

Merlin nodded, he looked back at Xuanlan, and said:

"It should have a new name...representing new life."

"Call it 'Horus'."

Xuanlan reached out and stroked the monocle on her left eye, she said softly:

"You lost Icarus, you deserve another brave eagle."

"Horus? Sounds good."

Merlin savored the name, he looked back at the black robot in front of him, and said:

"Then, from now on, you will be called 'Horus'."

(End of this chapter)