A remote street in Midtown Manhattan, New York, has always been famous for its food, and a variety of cuisines can satisfy the needs of most foodies in the world.

The public security here is relatively good, and the unique commercial and financial investment environment makes the population relatively dense. It's noon, and the street benches and restaurants are full of all kinds of people, these elites who have just taken a break from work, or the executives from a certain company are enjoying their superior Youwo life.

However, compared to the crowding of other shops, there is an ice cream shop that is more different.

Now, there is only one little girl in this store who is immersed in eating a big glass of ice cream, and even if there are a few pedestrians who want to enter the store to enjoy the cool summer day, they are all waved and shook their heads and refused, and are told that his small shop has been chartered today and will no longer accept other customers.

"Hi there! Is there anything special about the target? ”

On a bench not far from the shop, there were three people sitting at this time, they were Phil Coulson, Melinda, and a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, as for the name of the dragon or something, you don't mind too much.

It was Coulson who was talking, and at this time, he was holding two unique gold coins in his hand, which were said to have been "exchanged" from the ice cream shopkeeper, and anyway, the process of exchange did not seem so pleasant.

"Sir, so far, no! The target has been eating ice cream since nine in the morning until now, well! There are also some small snacks. That's right, if I'm not mistaken, it's the fourth cup now. ”

The agent in charge of surveillance replied. He secretly calculated an account in his heart just now, and combined with the consumption level here, he felt that this little girl ate the equivalent of a week's salary in one morning! It seems that this is really a bear child of a rich family, and ordinary people really can't afford to raise it!

"By the way, you've also investigated this gold coin?"

Coulson played with the gold coins, and he couldn't see what it was about. Well, in fact, he obviously didn't know any of the patterns and words on it, so he had to reluctantly hand them to Melinda, who was a little curious and looked at them.

"Yes, it had already been scanned when I got the gold coins in the morning, and the data model and material analysis had been transmitted to the Intelligence Analysis Department at headquarters. However, according to the latest news I just received from them: through comparison, these gold coins should not belong to any kind of human history, at least not the same or similar in our S.H.I.E.L.D. database. Moreover, even the text on it is clueless to our linguists, but they are clearly not fabricated. ”

"The most important thing is that the samples are very old! It is even far beyond the history of civilization when humans began to use gold coins, which is obviously impossible! So...... you better see for yourself! After the agent finished speaking, he handed Coulson a tablet-like communication tool, with an update from the intelligence analysis department just sent back.

"Well, maybe we can have a good talk with that little girl. Has she ever been emotionally uncontrollable or violent? ”

Coulson thought about it and decided to try to make direct contact with the target, which was the main reason why he and Melinda were here. Looking at the dense crowd around him, he was a little worried, in case the contact did not go smoothly and the target was out of control, then the fun would be great.

"Nope! From the time I was ordered to follow the target until she entered the shop, she had been eating ice cream and nothing else! Moreover, even the ice cream is paid. The agent replied truthfully, and looked at Melinda's gold coin.

“OK！ I thought, maybe I know what to do! Coulson took possession and walked towards the ice cream shop, Melinda frowned and thought about it and hurriedly followed.

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"Wow! The ice cream was so delicious! Tibbs? Would you like to come some too? ”

Anne gulped down a scoop of ice cream, well, this cup was strawberry flavored, she had already eaten taro, chocolate, cream! It is said that there are many, many more varieties, but Anne is not in a hurry, because she has already paid the shopkeeper a large handful of gold coins, and the shopkeeper says that all the ice cream in the shop belongs to her today!

That's great news! When you leave for a while, be sure to pack and take a little bit, probably...... A hundred such cups of ice cream are about the same! Something delicious can wipe Ping Anni's restless mood, go home or something, you don't have to think about it for a while.

"Oh! I'm sorry, Tibbs, I forgot, you can't eat. Anne looked at Tibbs, who she had left in the chair next to her, it was her teddy bear.

That's right, it looks like a teddy bear from the outside. At least that's what the shopkeeper thought, it's normal for a little girl to talk to her toys, although this little girl is a little older, but for the sake of the gold coins, who cares?

The children of the local tyrant family are really rich! The shopkeeper touched a few gold coins in his pocket. The damn thing is that he was just forcibly taken away by a law enforcement department called the Bureau, but the rest is enough for him to exchange a large sum of money! Maybe it can be sold as an antique? However, the only thing he is a little worried about now is: will the little girl's parents send him a lawyer's letter when they find out?

(O master!) That bald head and a female human aunt are over! I've noticed them a long time ago! They've just been muttering to the villain outside who has been watching you for a long time, and they must be the badass too! Let me go out and clean them up, right? ）

Sensing the heart-to-heart communication from Tibbs, Anne glanced at it, ignored it, and continued to eat her favorite ice cream!

"Little friend? Mind if your aunt and uncle sit here? ”

Anne had just finished talking to Tibbs, and was about to eat another big spoonful of ice cream, when she suddenly noticed a man and a woman sitting next to her, the woman was sitting on the empty chair on the left, and the man was sitting on the chair on the right, and grabbed her teddy bear in his hand and played with it, and grabbed both of the teddy bear's arms and shook it, making a gesture that he thought was funny...

(Ahh Master! Let me out! I'm going to eat him! Eat him! Although he looks ugly, he can still eat it by pinching his head and removing his tail! ）

Hey? Anne was a little surprised to see this: what is this weird man who looks a little bald doing? He! How dare he take Tibbs in his hands and play like this?! You know, Tibbs is a mighty shadow bear! When it grows larger, it can slap an old dragon to the ground with one claw, so that it can't get up for a long time, and the shadow flames all over its body can burn everything around it.

Except for Anne, no one has ever dared to catch Tibbs in his hands and play! The archmages in the gray order don't dare! No mage was stupid enough to let a Shadow Bear come within ten yards of him, let alone catch it in his hand. Of course, the archmages of the Grey Order knew what Annie's teddy bear was, and they wouldn't do that.

"Uncle, are you a bad person?" Anne felt the mood swings coming from Tibbs, and couldn't make up her mind, she looked at the bald monster and asked cutely with an ice cream spoon in her mouth.

"Oh! Of course not, does uncle look like a bad guy? As he spoke, Coulson pulled the teddy bear again, made a more exaggerated gesture, and grimaced at Anne.

"That's a pity!" Anne felt the growing emotion coming from Tiebus and decided to ignore Tibbs.

She scooped up another large mouthful of ice cream and put it in her mouth. Because my mother said: You can't just let Tiebs out, and you can't just burn people, unless that person is a bad person! Well, this bald monster laughed and smuggled, and although he didn't look like a good person, it didn't reach the point where it had to be burned.

"What? What a pity? ”

Coulson and Melinda felt a little out of their way to the little girl's thinking. However, the two of them were originally here to contact the target, and now that they have talked, they must continue, sometimes some important information is often revealed from the other party's casual language, and a little girl's brainless words may be able to get more from it.

"Tiebs said it hated you, and it told me to let it out, saying it was going to bite your head off in one bite!"

Anne took another bite of ice cream, turned her head to look at the bald monster, and suddenly felt that he was so pitiful, if he hadn't restrained Tibbs, he would have been bitten off his head a long time ago, right?

"Tibbs? Who is Tibbs? He... Why bite off my... Uh, head? ”

Coulson is a little off, if it was an ordinary little girl, Coulson must think she was joking and talking crazy, but for this little girl, Coulson felt that it was better to be cautious. Melinda's body next to her was already tense, as if she might attack at any moment, but Coulson motioned with her eyes to relax first, and the contact was relatively smooth, and things were far from developing to the point where she needed to attack.

"You've got Tiebs in your hands!" Anne gave Coulson a roll of her eyes angrily, took Tiebs and asked me who is Tibbs? It's annoying! With that in mind, Anne lowered her head and continued to concentrate on the ice cream in the cup.

"Uh..., this teddy bear is called Tibbs? Haha, you're really kidding, teddy bears don't bite. ”

Coulson breathed a sigh of relief, how could a teddy bear bite? Maybe it's because she doesn't like people touching her toys, just like she never lets others touch her car? But having said that, he carefully put down the girl's toy, not wanting to overstimulate her.

"I didn't lie to you! Tibbs can really bite you to death! But I'm not going to let it out. Anne thought for a moment, and reached out and grabbed Tibbes into her arms, lest they really irritate Tibbs.

"Haha..." Coulson felt that it was better not to worry about these things with the little girl for the time being, and to change the topic quickly.

"So, little sister, can you tell me your name? We've known each other now, haven't we? My name is Coulson, Phil Coles! The one next to me is Aunt Melinda. ”

"Uh-huh..., Annie! My name is Annie! "Anne thought this weird wreak was a little annoying, a little annoying.

Didn't he know that he was already in the way of eating ice cream?! However, since the other party introduced herself, Anne still said her name, and she always thought that she was a good girl who knew how to be polite.

"Nice to meet you! Annie! So, what about your mom and dad? Why is no one with you? You didn't come home last night, did you? Maybe we can help you find them, and then they'll take you back? ”

Coulson quickly shifted the topic to the little girl's parents, and his intuition told him that this was a breakthrough, and that he couldn't find out the origin of the little girl, and that if he knew the names of the little girl's parents, he might be able to find out the specific information.

"Can you tell me their names?"

"Is that so?" Anne tilted her head and thought about it, she had been in this strange place for a day and a night, and she had obviously activated the coordinate positioning spell, but her parents had not come to find her, maybe these two strange people who suddenly appeared could help?

"My dad's name is Gregory Hasta, and my mom is Amoline!"

Finally got useful information! Melinda secretly gave Coulson a thumbs up and secretly turned on her device, intending to record the rest of the conversation in its entirety.

"So, what do they do? Where do you live? Coulson was afraid that the little girl would not understand, so he hurriedly gestured, "For example: teacher, lawyer, driver, etc." However, Melinda next to her disagreed with Coulson's words, how could the parents of a little girl who was gorgeously dressed and finely made, and who was a gold coin be these ordinary people? So-and-so company, the chairman of the chaebol, the president or something, right?

Anne frowned, teacher? Lawyer? Driver? What's that? I obviously have a spell that knows the language in my body, why can't I understand what he means? Are they asking about careers? Oh! Come to think of it!

"My dad is a mystic! Mom is a shadow witch! My family lives in a voodoo land. Anne bit her finger, as if that was all she knew! Valoran's land of voodoo! You must know, right? ”

"......" Coulson and Melinda think they must have misheard, Mystic? Shadow Shrine Maiden? Voodoo lands? Are these all ghosts? But thinking about the scene of setting fire to the three thugs in the photo of this little girl, Coulson Melinda and the two subconsciously felt that what she said seemed to be telling the truth?

"Okay, let's put it another way, what unit do they work in?" Melinda took over and asked.

"Going to work?" Anne suddenly felt that the effect of the spell that knew the language was not very good, and the words of the two strange aunts in front of her were so difficult to understand! "Hmm... Dad is the leader of the gray order, and mom seems to be too..., well, they are in the gray order... Work? That's right! Dad is the most powerful warlock in the Valoran continent! Mom is also the most powerful witch in the Valoran Continent! ”

Grey Order? An organization name? Looks like this is important information! This seems understandable, but the Valoran continent? What the hell is this? Is there really such a continent on Earth? Coulson and Melinda suddenly felt that if what this girl named Annie said was true, maybe S.H.I.E.L.D. would definitely not be able to arrest her and put her in a freezer as easily as they had done with mutants in the past, in that case, they would definitely get into big trouble!

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