Although the threat posed by the Cheritas has been eliminated, the matter is far from over, Manhattan has been reduced to ruins at this time, and the follow-up rescue is also very urgent.

Countless Chirita weapons on the ground were scattered on the streets, and they were quietly taken away by many well-intentioned people.

And Loki, who is the culprit of the whole thing, and he also has the problem of the Cosmic Cube and the Soul Scepter.

Of course, these things are not about Ling Xiao, after the return of the gods and demons who have absorbed enough alien metals, Ling Xiao left directly with Jenny.

There are also many people who left silently, although it is said that they are a little forced to do so, but the nuclear bomb attack of S.H.I.E.L.D. still makes many people feel uneasy, and they realize that as long as a large number of superpowers come together, it will give the official a chance to annihilate in one fell swoop, so everyone silently agreed that they would try their best to avoid such incidents in the future.

All of this was clearly reflected at a private dinner hosted by Tony Stark.

Stark has more than a dozen private residences in the United States, including three in New York, the most well-known being the famous Stark Tower. In addition, in Flushing, Stark has a 300-square-meter private apartment, which is a temporary residence next to Stark Exposition.

Today's dinner was held in Stark's private villa on Long Island, one of the most famous affluent districts in all of New York, with an upscale golf club nearby and only a 30-minute drive from Manhattan. Of course, this is without blocking.

This villa in Stark, which is spread over nearly 1 acre, has evergreen plants surrounding the entire building, spanning the entire neighborhood adjacent to the trail. The villa is built in the grand Tudor style and has 7 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, 5 full bathrooms and 2 bathrooms.

There are also many details that highlight the architectural sophistication in the house, such as elegant Western-style furniture, bright large areas of pure wool carpets, and exquisite lighting.

This kind of villa was left to him by Stark's father, and he lived here with his father and mother when he was a child, but when he grew up, he moved to Los Angeles and rarely came here, only when he and Pepper needed a private space to be alone, he would come here for a while.

In the spacious garden, a dozen people were scattered here and there, and Rogers, Barton, and Thor chatted and drank while turning the fat beef on the grill with great interest; Closer to the living room, Stark, Dr. Banner, Mr. Fantastic, and the Beast are having a heated discussion, but when you get closer to them, you will find that you don't understand what they are saying.

Natasha sat in a bamboo chair, smiling and talking to Spider-Man and Harry Osborne. And in the hallway, Thunderbolt and Colonel James Roddy were talking about something interesting with their glasses, and looking at the looks on their faces, it was clear that their topic must be inseparable from women.

On the edge of the pool, Ling Xiao was holding Jenny and laughing at the sparkling pool in front of him, and from time to time there was a burst of laughter like silver bells.

The people who came to this banquet today were all superpowers who participated in yesterday's battle in Manhattan, and there were no outsiders other than that, not even Stark's girlfriend Pepper was not involved.

You can see the impact of yesterday's nuclear bomb attack from these people at the scene, the Fantastic Four only came Mr. Fantastic and Thunderbolt, these two people would definitely survive even if they faced the nuclear bomb attack head-on, and the X-Men only came Beast and Jenny, and the others did not show up at all.

As for the middle-aged Chinese man who assisted Spider-Man and Harry Osborne on South Street yesterday, he didn't show up at all, and although Stark had invited him sincerely, he was politely refused.

Therefore, Ling Xiao also knew the identity of the middle-aged Chinese, his name was Shangqi, he was the son of the head of the New York branch of the Green Gang, and his strength was very high.

The atmosphere of the banquet was relaxed, chatting with each other, occasionally grabbing two slices of roast meat from the grill and serving two glasses of champagne, after a life-and-death battle, it was indeed necessary to relax, but this atmosphere became vanished after the two expected people appeared at the door.

These two people are Nick Fury and Hill, Fury is still wearing an old blindfold and a black trench coat, Hill has not changed much, this is a banquet, but she is still wearing the usual blue uniform of S.H.I.E.L.D.

For the appearance of these two people, the atmosphere of the whole banquet couldn't help but stagnate, even if Ling Xiao knew in advance that there would be a nuclear bomb attack, but when he really faced a scene, he was still a little uneasy in his heart, and naturally he would not give the two of them a good look at this time.

Nick Fury had foreseen the scene in front of him, and he knew that he had to give a clear explanation about yesterday's missile attack, otherwise S.H.I.E.L.D. had reached a tacit understanding and good relationship with all the superpowers for a long time, and it would be gone, after all, no one wants their allies to stab themselves in the back at a critical moment, especially those with such a criminal record.

However, in this matter, Nick Fury is really very wronged, obviously the people of the World Security Council passed him and gave orders to the subordinates, but in the end it was he who took the blame, so he had to rush to Stark's villa on Long Island to explain to everyone after dealing with the affairs in Manhattan.

Although Stark was also full of displeasure, he still believed Nick Fury's explanation, after all, if Fury hadn't informed him in time, I'm afraid he wouldn't have had time to send a nuclear bomb into the space gate, and he also blew up the ship of the Chirita people, so in this matter, he needs help.

The first person Fury found was Thor, and he talked to Thor not only about the nuclear bomb, but also about Loki, the Cosmic Rubik's Cube and the Psychic Scepter, and even some diplomatic matters, which Fury and Thor needed to talk about well.

Stark takes Fury and Thor to the living room, and the three of them deliberate in detail, while on the other side, Natasha, Hill, and Barton all start to act, talking to everyone at the banquet, explaining about the nuclear bomb, and apologizing.

Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, Ling Xiao let go of Jenny's little hand, who had been playing, turned around, nodded at Hill who came over, and greeted, "Hello, Miss Hill!" ”

"Hello, Ling, Miss Pereira!" Hill nodded very politely, then stared at Ling Xiao and asked, "Ling, where are you going next?" ”

"Where to go? Me? Ling Xiao didn't know what Hill meant by asking this, he blinked his eyes and said, "Of course I'm going back to Los Angeles!" ”

"I see." Ciel smiled slightly, turned to look at Jenny, and asked, "What about you, Miss Pereira, are you also back to the Mutant Academy?" ”

"Hmm!" Jenny nodded, of course she was going back to the Mutant Academy, in fact, if it weren't for the special relationship between her and Ling Xiao, Wolverine and Stormgirl wouldn't have let her go at tonight's banquet at all.

Looking at this beautiful red-haired and blue-eyed beauty, Jenny could tell that she had known Ling Xiao for quite some time, but even if this woman was beautiful, she could feel that Ling Xiao was not interested in her, and even had some respect for her.

Jenny felt right, Ling Xiao really didn't want to have too much contact with Ciel, it wouldn't take a year or two for S.H.I.E.L.D. to disintegrate, and when it disintegrated, a large number of top-secret documents were leaked, and Ling Xiao didn't want things related to him to be known by too many people.

"Ling!" Hill sat down opposite the two of them, looked at them and said sincerely: "I'm really sorry for what happened yesterday, although we didn't order the nuclear bomb to be launched yesterday, but the plane took off from the space carrier after all, and we have unshirkable responsibility for that incident." ”

(End of chapter)