Chapter 74: The Disappearing Six
The Atlantic breeze made New York City look a little cold in late autumn, and the sky was darkened early, and there were not many pedestrians on the streets, but they were because of the bad weather rather than the bad law and order.
Since New York City has Spider-Man and Daredevil, the law and order situation has improved somewhat, but it is not obvious, because criminals know that even if they are hit by these two superheroes, at most they will be beaten and sent to prison, which is still a situation that only occurs when encountering Daredevil, and when encountering Spider-Man, sometimes even injuries will not appear, which is safer than being caught by the police.
It wasn't until one day, a superhero wearing a skull mask appeared here, and slaughtered an entire building of bandits with the punisher, which made these guys who regarded going to prison as a vacation to restrain them.
Now, ordinary guys don't dare to rob at night with guns blatantly, and some small shop owners are slowly daring to delay the closing time.
Lao Zhang is one of them, as a second-generation immigrant, Lao Zhang is a native of the United States Chinese, but unfortunately, no matter how hard he tries, Americans still look at him with colored eyes, so in that era, as a college student, he could only inherit the family's grocery store and die here.
Time has smoothed out the edges and corners of Lao Zhang, and the hardships of life have also made him admit his fate, and he has lived in this shop.
"Hey, old man, take out all the money in the cash box." Three hooded men walked into the grocery store, and Lao Zhang noticed that something was wrong, but before he could press the alarm button, the man in charge took out a pistol and pointed it at him.
"I'll take the money, don't hurt me." Lao Zhang hurriedly raised his hand and signaled that he did not call the police, although today's income is not guaranteed, but it is more important to save his life.
"Hurry up, old guy, don't be sluggish, are you waiting for superheroes, haha, tell you, we are superheroes." The trio laughed and took off their hoods, wearing the toy masks of Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Necrocants.
Hearing this, seeing their masks, Lao Zhang's hand to take out the money stopped, and he looked at the three little gangsters, "Compared to them, you are not even as good as the bedbugs on the side of the road." ”
"Old fellow, you're tired of it!" The muzzle of the black hole was on Lao Zhang's head, but he seemed very calm.
This scene appeared a month ago, it was an evening, he was about to lock when he was put on the head by a pistol, two black men pushed him into the store, business that day was not very good, there was no money in the cash cabinet, which also made the two guys angry, just when the boy with the gun was about to shoot, the dead whisperer rushed in to save him, although the white bone mask looked scary, but it was a good young man, from his every move can be seen his youthful blood, and a little frizz and jealousy.
"If it weren't for these superheroes, maybe I would have died a month ago, and since they helped me live for an extra month, then I won't allow garbage like you to slander them." Lao Zhang suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the mask of the person opposite, and pulled it down fiercely, under the mask was a pale face, not very old but with a look of anger, Lao Zhang sighed secretly, he is also a young man, why is the gap so big.
It's because that kid has superpowers, maybe, but Lao Zhang feels that what really determines people's code of conduct is not ability, but that upright heart.
The young man in front of him began to be annoyed and angry because he was seen by Lao Zhang, coupled with the ridicule of his companions, his trembling fingers could pull the trigger at any time, Lao Zhang looked at him calmly, at this moment he seemed to feel that he had returned to his youth, full of enthusiasm for the world, and unwilling to bow his head to any evil forces.
"Aging Curse!" The familiar voice sounded in Lao Zhang's ears, exactly the same as that night, the three robbers collapsed to the ground, and the superhero wearing the horror mask walked in again.
"Dead Whisperer?!"
"Hey, hello, old gentleman, don't you mind if I help you dispose of these three pieces of garbage."
Seeing that the Dead Whisperer grabbed the clothes of the three and walked out, Lao Zhang suddenly stopped him, "The Dead Whisperer, they are still children, and their crimes are not to death, so hand them over to the police." ”
The Dead Whisperer looked back at Lao Zhang, and then looked down at the three guys with pleading expressions, "Okay, I haven't done much evil in you, and there are no lives in your hands, so I'll spare your lives today." ”
Before the three of them could be happy, the Dead Whisperer continued: "But I won't call the police for you, since you are so willing to squander your youth, then I will help you take back a little." ”
"Siphon of life!" Three red and white ripples were transmitted from the chests of the three men to the palms of the Dead Whisperers, who watched in horror as they remembered the origin of the title Dead Whisperers.
"This is ten years of life, if you are serious about getting a job and taking good care of it, maybe it is only a tenth of your life, if you smoke marijuana like you do now, maybe tomorrow you will find your body in a corner somewhere, the road is under your own feet, think for yourself how you want to go. By the way, I've planted something on you, and if anything happens to this old gentleman, I'll make it grow right away, and think for yourself what it is. ”
The Dead Talker threw the three of them on the side of the road and was about to leave, but Lao Zhang stopped him again, he turned around and caught a can of things that Lao Zhang threw to him, "Hey, Dead Whisperer, it's cold, let's have a hot coffee." ”
"Thank you." The Dead Whisperer waved at Lao Zhang and quickly disappeared around the corner.
"Kane, how's it going?" Tony's voice rings through the headphones.
"Three little thieves, it has nothing to do with those six." Kane replied with a sip of hot coffee.
"Kane, to be honest, is it true that you just said that you absorbed their ten years of life?" Peter's voice also sounded in the headphones, and the two of them, as well as Morina and Colick, were scattered in New York City, so that they could delay as soon as they found the demon six, and buy time to wait for the assembly, so their headphones were always on, and everyone could hear what they said.
"Please, that's just to scare them, those three little thieves haven't killed anyone yet, such a warning is enough, as for the little soul power that was sucked away, they just need to eat something and rest for a few days to make it up." Kane wasn't a killer, the three boys were still a little saved, and the threat of losing their lives was much worse than going to jail, and he believed they could make the right choice.
"Speaking of which, it's been three days, why hasn't there been any movement from those six?" Kane couldn't help but ask, too.
Tony said in his headset, "Come back to base, I think we need to have a meeting to discuss it." ”
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