23. Peter. East Africa Tour (Part II)
"Aunt May, I won the lottery, I can travel to East Africa!"
When Peter came home after school that day, he excitedly said to Aunt May, who was making dinner:
"You can also go with me."
"What? Eastern Africa? ”
Aunt May looked back at Peter in surprise, she was still a little confused, and she said:
"Did Eric invite you to Wakanda?"
"No, it's not."
Peter waved the full set of travel tickets in his hand, and he explained to Aunt May:
"I bought a charity voucher with my pocket money the other day, do you remember? Aunt May. ”
"I remember."
Mei said as she cut the vegetables:
"Ben went with you to buy it, and he also bought one, and he won the latest smart machine butler, and the robot will be delivered in a few days. Did you win the lottery too? ”
"Yes, the top prize!"
Peter leaned on the table and spread out the winning certificate.
He looked at the seal of the Onika Consortium under the certificate, and the kid smiled happily.
He said:
"They said they were going to provide me and my classmates with the cost of travel, airfare, and accommodation, everything for free."
"We can also go to the Nigerian grasslands to see lions, wildlife, oh yes, Aunt May, and there is a visit to the Nubani Industrial Park on the last day! Harry was also excited, and he went to his father to borrow a camera and a car. ”
"Really?"
Aunt Mei couldn't be happy.
She put down the knife in her hand, wiped her hands with her apron, and walked out of the kitchen, looking at Peter's certificate and travel package.
Everything looks normal.
But Aunt Mei was a little uneasy in her heart.
After a while, while Peter was watching TV and eating dinner, Aunt May quietly returned to the bedroom.
She picked up her phone and dialed a number.
"Hello? Is it Coulson? ”
Aunt Mei said to the other end of the phone:
"Something happened on Peter's side, it was like this, he won the lottery, and..."
"Oh."
Far away in Raccoon City, Coulson, who is about to go on an urban exploration mission, listens to Aunt May's worries.
He thought for a few seconds and said to Aunt May:
"I'm going to look up the charity event of the Onica consortium, but I don't think it's likely to be dangerous."
"Peter should also go out and see for a long time, he can't be kept at home all the time."
"If you can't rest assured, you can actually go with him."
Coulson Says:
"I'll let Lola protect you."
"You don't need to protect it."
Aunt May said:
"It doesn't seem very far from Wakanda, and Eric should have enough power over there to protect Peter, but I always felt... Alas, he was too far from home this time. ”
"He's 12 years old, May."
Coulson Says:
"From Merlin... It's been too long, and it's not bad for him to take this opportunity to relax. ”
"You have a point."
Aunt May thought for a moment, then she looked back at Peter who was eating through the crack in the door that had not been closed, and said:
"Alright then, I'll go with him."
Two days later, the day of departure arrived.
The Onenika consortium is already one of the largest conglomerates in the world, and this group has made countless amounts of money from its monopoly intelligent machinery industry.
Best of all, it is itself an enterprise controlled by the World Security Council.
It is the official agency used to promote the smart machine program, and it is a company in disguise, but in fact it is a real multinational government department.
It's incredibly fast.
A station wagon provided by the Oneika consortium was parked in front of the school to pick up the children who were about to travel to East Africa.
Aunt May, who was wearing a long dress, stood beside Peter, although she was no longer young, but Aunt May, who paid attention to maintenance, still looked charming.
She stood there, attracting the attention of many men.
Peter, on the other hand, was waving to his best friend.
"Harry, Harry! Come on! ”
On the side of the street in front of him, in a low-key black phantom, Norman Brown, the head of the Osborne consortium and a well-known bioscience tycoon. Osborne looked through the glass at Little Peter waving at them.
He looked at his son Harry again, and he smiled and said:
"Go ahead, your friend is calling you."
"Dad, aren't you against me befriending Peter?"
Harry. Osborne inherited his father's excellent genes and showed talent at a young age.
What's more, he doesn't have the kind of sharp temperament that the rich second generation should have.
He was gentle, gentle, never aggressive.
In a sense, Harry and Peter really looked like the same kind of people, they were both about the same age.
However, unlike Peter, who relied on his grades to get into Imperial High School early, Harry was stuffed into this school by his own father with connections.
"How could I object? Silly boy. ”
Norman patted his son on the shoulder and said:
"I was too you before, kid, I wantonly interfered in your social life, but I realized my mistake and I want you to have real friends now."
Norman glanced at Peter, and a twinkle flashed in his eyes:
"Peter is good, he'll be your good friend."
"Go ahead, get along with him, and I'll pick you up when you get home. But this time I can't go with you, I still have work to do. ”
"I understand, father."
Harry also had a smile on his face, and the young man picked up his school bag, opened the car door, and waved his hand to his father, and said:
"Go ahead, I'll take care of myself."
"Well, goodbye, son."
Norman watched his son run towards Peter, and he waved to Aunt May, who was standing next to Peter, and rolled the window back.
The car quickly disappeared at the intersection.
"My stupid son was lucky for once."
In the speeding car, Norman. Osborne stretched out his hand and shrugged his tie, and said in a pleasant tone:
"Raven is gone, but his legacy remains."
"We can't hope to take it, but as long as we have a little profit, it will be enough for my son to enter that world..."
"Do you think you can do whatever you want when the ravens aren't there? Stupid..."
Norman took a glass of wine, and as he looked at the shaking liquid, he whispered:
"The new order has been established... So many people are guarding it. ”
"Money? What is the money! ”
Norman drank a glass of wine, and a twinkle flashed in his eyes:
"Strength, strength is the most precious thing in the next era!"
"Harry, my silly son, I'm old, but you still have a chance, seize it!"
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"Is she your Aunt May?"
In the station wagon bound for the airport, Harry looked at Aunt May, who was sitting in front of the two of them, listening to a song and closing her eyes, and whispered to Peter, beside him:
"You're not kidding? Oh my God, she looks like your sister..."
"A lot of people say that."
Peter waved his hand indifferently, he focused on the game console in his hand, and said:
"But Aunt Mei is Aunt Mei, and I have a few sisters, we can have a meal together another day."
"Hmm, hmm, I know!"
Harry said with great interest:
"Last time I saw them take you to school, there was a black-haired girl, a green-haired girl, and a girl with a knife! Is that all your sister? ”
"And three more!"
Peter snorted:
"My sister is amazing."
"Peter!"
Icarus's voice rang in Peter's ears.
Little Peter was stunned for a moment, then pretended to yawn, and he handed Harry the game console in his hand, and said:
"I'll sleep for a while, I'm a little sleepy, you play first."
With that, he took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket that had changed their shape and buttoned them up on his face as if he were asleep.
"Sister Icarus?"
Peter did not speak, but with the help of Icarus' neural connection, he could communicate with Icarus in terms of thinking, saying:
"What's the matter?"
"The kids around you."
Icarus projected Harry's identity in front of Peter's eyes, saying:
"His background was not simple, and I now suspect that he was taken by his father, Norman. Osborne sent to approach you, you have to be careful of him. ”
"Huh?"
Peter was amazed and said,
"No, I don't have anything of value on me, but you're the most valuable, Sister Icarus. Besides, Harry wouldn't be that kind of person. ”
"He probably won't, after all, he's a stupid kid like you."
Icarus said in a seductive way:
"But his father wasn't an ordinary man, Norman. Osborne is known for his precision of vision and bold action in his business activities. ”
"He's an opportunist, and the Osborne Group had conversations with S.H.I.E.L.D. when S.H.I.E.L.D. existed."
"He knows about Merlin's existence, and most likely knows about your relationship with Merlin."
"His kid could have gone to a better school, but he came to Imperial High School at the beginning of the school year, and he was in the same class as you... It's such a coincidence. ”
"You can continue to play with him, Peter."
Icarus advised:
"But remember, don't tell him about Merlin, besides, the things that Merlin left behind, those legacies... Be sure to keep it secret. ”
"The things your uncle left behind are very dangerous and you can't touch them, including the people around you."
"Okay."
Little Peter nodded obediently, and said:
"Those things are all in the mystery room, Sister Xuanlan is looking at them, and, Sister Icarus, why don't you let me tell the others the news that you woke up?"
"It's not time yet, Peter."
Icarus was silent for a moment, and then she said to Peter:
"I'm going to do something, something for your uncle."
"Enjoy your journey, Peter, you don't need to worry about these things, everything will be fine."
"Trust me, I'll protect you, just as Merlin protects you."
Icarus's voice faded.
In the world of data, Icarus quietly watched the picture in front of him.
Those images of her and Merlin together...
Just like a person who has lost everything, he can only live with memories.
On another screen, there is also a battle footage that Icarus copied from Edith.
That's Tony. Stark's perspective, from his fight with Batman, to being knocked down by the Batmobile's deformed robots, to everyone being integrated into that changing dimensional mirror.
Icarus saw it.
She sees Tony and Bruce bombard Merlin with the combined robots.
She saw Superman descend from the sky and slam his fist into Merlin's body.
She sees Wonder Woman lassoe the injured Merlin.
She saw Hulk's roar as he went berserk.
She saw those...
Those people were hurting Merlin.
She didn't know where the orange lights came from, and she didn't know that Merlin had arranged the final battle.
She doesn't care...
They hurt him.
Those who were trusted by Merlin betrayed him.
They hurt him, made him weak, like trapped beasts in a corner, and they showed no mercy.
One by one, the red logos were placed by Icarus on the beating images, and in the transformed soul, the cold will emerged.
Merlin is dead...
These betrayers... Why...
"You have always longed for world peace..."
Icarus turned her head to look at the warm images, and she whispered:
"You've always wanted no more chaos in the world..."
"Chaos is caused by them, power leads to challenges, and challenges lead to conflict."
"You always knew that they were the source of the unease, that they weren't supposed to exist."
"Let me do what you didn't finish for you... And the smart machine project you've been promoting, I'll finish it..."
"Merlin..."
"I..."
"I miss you so much..."
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"A safety warning has been issued by the smart tower at the Nubani Industrial Park."
At the base in Raccoon City, Commander Hill projects a letter from the World Security Council in front of the scientists in front of him.
She said:
"George went there to see it, and Dr. Reed, and they found traces of a breach in the smart tower system."
"They're calling all the designers there."
"So, I have a new mission?"
Bruce sitting at the table. Dr. Banner looked at Betty beside him, and he pushed his glasses a little helplessly, and said:
"Are everybody going?"
"Yes, the situation should be very uncertain."
Hill also frowned and looked at the e-mail in front of her, and she said:
"It seems that the locked authority seems to be unlocked, and the World Security Council takes this matter very seriously, so Banner and Betty, you may need to make a trip."
"Well, I can understand."
Dr. Banner somewhat reluctantly explained to his wife:
"Part of the core of the smart tower was designed by me, and after the physical encryption was turned on, the outside world couldn't control it remotely, so I had to go there, Betty."
"I know that too."
Betty shook Banner's hand and said:
"I'm just a little worried, we managed to calm the Hulk down, and the complete loss of control last time has made him a little uncommunicative."
"I don't think it's a good idea for us to leave at this time."
"You can't give your data to Tony. Stark's those? ”
"Tony. Stark is already on his way. ”
Hill glanced at the radar sign next to him, and she said:
"Besides, as you know, the Smart Tower system doesn't have access to the part of the module that Banner wrote without personal permission."
"But because you're in a special situation, I'll ask Steve to come with you."
"He's not enough alone."
Banner touched his heart, and he said to Hill:
"Can you get in touch with Clark? Let him go with me. ”
"I'll give it a try."
Hill Says:
"Clark has been busy with work since he got married, and he basically doesn't contact us anymore, so it's hard to find him, but I happen to know where he's going to go outside of work."
"Drip, Drip"
Hill's computer chime, and she looked back, her expression becoming odd.
"What's wrong?"
Banner asked.
"The Eye of Heaven will... Well, Amanda. Message came from Waller. ”
Hill frowned and said:
"She said she would invite Ms. Diana to come with you."
"Diana?"
Banner touched his chin, and in Betty's glare, he said:
"Diana can indeed suppress Hulk in a very short period of time when both she and Clark are on Hulk's rampage."
"Okay."
Hill tapped a few times on the keyboard, and she said to Banner:
"In two days, you're leaving."