169. Chapter 76
Chapter 76 is both a gift and a revenge
After returning from X Academy, Daniel is a little saddened to find that his son seems to be estranged from him.
Little Lux didn't laugh or make trouble for a long time.
Even if he took out his once favorite pink steel armor to play with, his cute little face maintained a precocious expression of 'Daniel, you go away, I don't want to play with you now' from beginning to end.
This made Daniel feel a little embarrassed and a little worried.
Then, something even more embarrassing happened.
After school one day, little Lux actually went to Natasha to ask for the Samoyed, because he wanted to sign up for a pet fair held by the school.
"I want to take it with me to the 'Best Chemistry for the Master' competition."
"I think we should win the championship because Leo (yes, he also named the dog) always understood what I said," said Lukes. β
Natasha's eyes drifted for a second, and then she promised him to go and ask the dog owner for him.
If the dog owner agrees, bring the Samoyed and accompany the child to the race.
She then told Daniel about it, but when she relayed it, she ignored Lukes Jr.'s 'ambitions' for the title.
She simply told Daniel that 'Lukes wants that Samoyed and goes with him to the pet fair'.
When Daniel was still a little hesitant to fulfill his son's wish.
Tony can't stand the hard days of 'lovers turning into dogs and being forced to go vegetarian every day'.
So, he called directly and asked the staff to buy seven or eight blue-eyed Samoyeds with the best pedigree and the most expensive to come back.
"Look, that's it!" He said triumphantly, "Pick one for your son." β
Daniel smiled helplessly, but in fact, he didn't want to go to any pet exhibition, it was too embarrassing.
Therefore, he carefully selected a puppy that most resembled his Animagus form, and personally sent it to Lux.
However, Samoyed, who has been lively and active since he was a child, has a reputation as the deputy director of the Demolition and Relocation Office......
How could he be as well-behaved and sensible as Daniel, plus empathetic?
What's more, Lux and this new puppy have never gotten along at all.
That's it, what kind of 'main pet tacit understanding competition' did you go to?
The result can be imagined.
In short, little Lukes, who swore to his classmates before the game that he would definitely win the championship, was very indescribable in the process of participating in the competition.
For example, ask it to shake hands, and it runs to pee; Tell it to stand up and make a move, and it will scream and chase its tail in circles; Screaming at it, it stupidly threw the child to the ground and washed its face with saliva......
Otherwise, knock down the parasol; Jumping on the table, biting the host's speech with a 'smile' on his face, running wildly at the game site, the owner who slipped almost ran out of breath, etc.
In the end, the organizing committee gave little Lux a consolation prize with a small bag of beef jerky for the dogs.
Because the way a child is angry and crying is so pitiful.
Lux's self-esteem was shattered.
He returned to the mansion crying, threw the little bag of beef jerky on Daniel's body, pointed at him and Natasha, and shouted, 'You two liars, don't pay any attention to you anymore!' β
Behind him, the Samoyed was still unconscious, with its mouth wide open and 'smiling'.
The adults looked at each other, completely confused about what there was to be angry about.
Natasha shrugged her shoulders helplessly: "I really don't know how to take children, it's more difficult than performing a mission." β
"What's wrong with him?" Daniel asked with a blank look on his face.
Then, he opened the bag of beef jerky, took a bite, there was no seasoning, it was original, it tasted good, and stuffed a piece into Tony's mouth.
Tony chewed on the beef jerky in his mouth and replied with an expert look: "It's probably puberty, children will have such a day...... Hmm, it's delicious, what brand? β
Clint looked at him speechlessly: "Lux is only in the first grade, and puberty came too early, right?" β
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In short, Lux has been preoccupied lately.
Well, the situation has escalated significantly.
In order to please his son, Daniel decided not to work anymore and took his son to the playground to play.
Tony once again said generously: "I can charter the playground for a day, you can play whatever you want, whatever you want." β
Daniel said directly: Hello local tyrants, goodbye local tyrants.
Then, he took his son to play by himself.
As a result, the two fathers and sons were unlucky enough to encounter Doctor Octopus robbing the bank and were chased to the playground by Spider-Man.
Seriously, it's not easy for the people of New York to live, and every now and then they have to be affected by the fighting.
Daniel and Lux happened to be on the roller coaster at the time.
As a result, the two fathers and sons were unluckily blocked.
Luckily, the two of them sat there fairly normally compared to the head-down passengers.
It's just a little bit higher than the ground.
This damn tofu scum machine, wriefully swinging around in the fight between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus, is a little scary......
'When did I TM become an accident physique!' β
Daniel was so angry that Lukes' eyes were red with fright, but he just couldn't cry, and there was screaming all around.
Although Spider-Man fixed the machine and track with spider silk in time to ensure that this thing would not collapse.
However, the Doctor Octopus clearly did not think much about the safety of people's lives.
While Spider-Man was busy fixing the roller coaster to prevent passengers from falling, he directly waved the tentacles behind him and wantonly destroyed the playground facilities.
When Spider-Man had to save people first, he tried to defeat Spider-Man while taking advantage of the fire later.
"Daniel......" Lukes cried out without crying, "I'm scared...... We won't be thrown to our deaths. β
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Daniel smiled and comforted him by saying, "When Spider-Man is done, we'll go home," while quickly thinking about which method is safest to get out of the current situation.
Later, when reminiscing about the day, Daniel felt that he could actually come up with a hundred less thrilling ways to ensure that the two of them landed smoothly.
But when the roller coaster collapses and Lux falls.
He didn't have time to think about anything at all, so he directly used a very stupid method, the phantom appeared below, took his body to give Lux a bottom, and then, was directly pressed by the child and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Daniel, you don't want to die...... Don't leave me...... You can't do that, you can't all leave me...... You can't all leave me......"
The child's frightened face was as white as paper, and he was crying as if he was about to die, and he desperately tried to wipe the blood from his lips, but accidentally wiped Daniel's face.
Daniel wasn't really fine.
Although wizards belong to the legal system, most of the time, magic flows in their bodies, protecting wizards from physical damage, and in a certain sense, they are much stronger than ordinary people.
So, at that moment, he was just spitting blood because of the gravitational acceleration and excessive impact when Lux smashed on his body.
But being unconsciously wiped by Lukes like this, it was a bloody face, and it looked quite scary.
However, Daniel didn't realize that he was wiped with blood on Lukes' face, and teased Lukes with a smile: "I'm fine, it's you who have something to do, Baby Lukes, you really should lose weight!" β
Immediately afterwards, the Avengers rushed out to rescue the people and assist Spider-Man in sending Doctor Octopus back to prison.
Tony was so frightened by Daniel's bloody face that he almost went into cardiac arrest, and when he got closer, he realized that he was okay.
Lux seemed to be really frightened, he snuggled up next to Daniel, and even when he slept at night, he had to hold Daniel's hand.
Tony was dissatisfied.
He muttered behind his back, "This kid is too timid!" Even if you look good, do you have a personality like a little girl? β
Then, while he was being trained by Black Widow Natasha, he had a hard over-the-shoulder takedown.
Daniel felt very sorry for Lukes.
Especially considering that all of Lukes' relatives had died because of the Skovia incident, he was even more reluctant to let the child show such a panicked expression.
So, he slept with Lux for days on end......
The father and son finally became close again, or rather, closer than before.
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Until one day, Lux went to school.
Natasha accompanies Daniel to sort out some of the recent Avengers missions in order to deal with inquiries from certain government departments.
Halfway through tidying up, Daniel's phone suddenly rang.
When he picked up the phone, he was quite happy, calling the name 'Heinrich'.
Although Natasha has never heard of this name, I have to say that in the style of Daniel's friends all over the world, it is normal to have one or two people that she does not know.
But when she heard Daniel say, 'I'm going downstairs to meet a friend,' she was a little curious.
If it is an ordinary friend, you should not know Daniel's identity as an Avenger, most people in the outside world only think that he is a group of Stark Industries, so they usually do not come to the Avengers Mansion to find him;
If it's an 'ordinary friend'...... Natasha's sensitivity as an agent for many years made her subconsciously want to understand, which side of the person who came, mutant? Sorcerer? Or are you some kind of person with special abilities that you don't know?
So, when Daniel went downstairs, she looked down through the window.
A man who looked Sven, but was very perceptive, looked up almost the moment she looked over, the eyes behind the lenses did not know what to look in, but Natasha knew that he saw herself.
She subconsciously became vigilant.
Daniel, on the other hand, was just as confused.
He always thought that his relationship with 'Heinrich' belonged to the friendship between parents.
But this friend actually came to the Avengers Mansion to find him, and called him to go down to meet him.
It's so weird.
The man who called himself 'Heinrich' still looked like that, and smiled politely.
He handed Daniel a box in his hand: "Gift." β
"Huh?" Daniel looked dazed, and he just wanted to refuse.
But the 'Heinrich' suddenly said meaningfully: "If you believe me, you better accept this gift." β
Daniel was stunned, but with intuition, he still took the box: "Heinrich, you ......"
"I'm not going to answer any of your questions. Because, I'm just here to give a gift, by the way. β
He pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said in a light tone, "The gift has been delivered." The words I want to preach are......"
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It's a bit of a strange thing. Natasha thought.
Especially when Daniel said goodbye to the 'Heinrich' and returned to the mansion, the annoyed expression on his face was really rare for him who was always happy.
He also asked Natasha to check a box and, after making sure it was safe, opened it.
Natasha was standing by the whole time.
The first thing she caught glimpse was a note on it, written on a note paper in a fluent, neat, and faintly sharp font: [Gift, also revenge.] ]
Then, here's it: a red old-fashioned notebook and a videotape.