The afterlife bar is closed tonight, but the interior is still very lively.

This is a celebration banquet to celebrate the victory, and Xiao Shan also carried out several time-space teleportations to send everyone who wanted to participate in the banquet.

When Mason walked into the bar banquet hall, he was greeted by a large crowd of idlers, and the heroic Sister Ka was standing on the table with the king of the party, Togongzi, drinking booze.

They seemed to be competing to see who could drink better, and both of them were already piled up with various bottles at their feet.

Wow, this is a mixture of white and red, which is really a peerless amount of wine.

The Spartans and Asgardians were really good at pleasure, and they were very talented in this area, and these two guys had set the whole party in motion, and around them there were other people who had their own small tables enjoying their drinking moments, and he had brought his fiancée with him.

The Valkyrie of Asgard had already drunk a bunch of ladies, and a flushed-faced Harley was instigating her best friend to have a showdown with Miss Sif for a strong showdown.

Well, a "vegetative person" like Ivy shouldn't get drunk, right?

Mason swept his eyes and soon found that Zakang was shaking his body and helping the drunk Xiaozha to the box, and the man was happy that he was still followed by his "little pet" vampire Count Emilia.

Use your heels to know what this guy is going to do.

But that's people's own love lives, and Mason doesn't want to get involved.

He greeted someone he knew and sat down at Agent S.H.I.E.L.D.'s table, just in time to see Hawkeye with Agent Natasha in his arms and six whistles, and across from him sat the younger versions of Winter Hawkeye and Natasha.

Well, this wave is regarded as a wave of young people against old people, and the glorious achievements of themselves and their own drinking are lit up.

"Where's Fury?"

Mason didn't mention anything about the fourth impact, but asked Agent Hill, who was holding a wine glass next to him:

"Isn't he going to come and share the joy? Or do you hide in a small dark room and continue to plot your own little conspiracy? ”

"He wanted to come."

Agent Hill snorted and said:

"But I'm here to relax, who is going to watch, child? The assassination of the clone during the war made Fury realize that your warnings were not false, and that he himself was frightened and decided not to leave the hideout unless necessary. ”

"That's a bit self-aware."

Mason took a glass of champagne from the tray of the android attendant who brought the drink next to him, and said to Agent Hill:

"I really want to remind him of this, it seems that I don't need to say much now, but Agent Bao Ma should drink less, if something happens tonight, then the boiled egg is probably going to strangle me."

He pushed a glass of juice to Agent Hill beside him, who snorted, put his hand on Mason's shoulder, and whispered:

"What? Your Excellency, Captain, this is lonely and unbearable, planning to do something bad? I've heard before that you have an abnormal attachment to an older lady, and you're planning to develop a sister-brother relationship with me or something?

Sorry, Mason.

I don't really like you little fresh meat, but if I'm drunk enough

Why don't you give me a drink? ”

This joke from the wife made Mason speechless, so he could only get up and say goodbye, and fled with malicious laughter from Agent Hill and the members of the "Royal Sister Group" next to him.

I can't stand it.

These ripe aunts are crazy one by one.

"Sweetheart, where are you going?"

Harley, whose cheeks were flushed with drunkenness, screamed and threw herself at Mason's back, lying on his back like a monkey, and said to him with a sigh of relief:

"I'm a little drunk, go to your office."

"Did you have any 'surprises' in store for me there?"

Mason asked with a straight face, and Harry's eyes widened and he said:

"How do you know?"

"A nasty guy just told me."

The captain remembered Mephisto's words again, made him snort, and felt a little irritated when the pressure rose again, so he grabbed Harley's slender waist and walked into the elevator.

By the time the elevator opened on the fifth floor, Hallie, who had finished her French kiss, had softened into a lump of mud.

Breathless, she rushed into the office with Mason and slammed the door shut, and Quinn, who had been waiting in it, got up from Mason's office chair.

She was still a little weak, and the experience of being crushed to death by Doctor Fate had made this sub-personality's face unusually pale, but at this time, her dress made Mason's throat feel dry.

"Wait!"

He stopped the evil twins when they pounced on him to do something bad to Mason, and the inspection axe was removed from his bag and the strings were played in Mason's hand.

Not to spice things up, but to shield them from prying eyes, Mason wasn't going to put on some kind of drama in the eyes of others.

The sound waves that affect the cosmic frequencies were emitted, disrupting all peeps at Mason, much to the disappointment of Lord Mephisto.

It was as if he had been covered with a cloth in front of him, and he had lost track of the young man, and even the gaze on Harley and Quinn had been distracted.

"Alas, young people nowadays really have the means, I didn't have so many twists and turns when I was young."

The lonely old devil, still dressed in the classic evil costume, sighed, sat down in his chair, picked up the glass that had been poured a third of the way in front of him, and said to the man sitting across from him:

"And that fiery love, romantic, tsk, if I think about it, I can think of my lovers who have long since disappeared in time, and they didn't end very well.

After all, it's never a good thing to be associated with the devil.

But there was always a steady stream of people coming to my door, and I didn't have enough contracts for hell, and sometimes I laughed at the madness of those guys.

It's horrible to be willing to deal with the devil for all sorts of purposes, right? Mr. Fury. ”

"Do you think you mean something, that you're making fun of me for being an idiot?"

Old A, who was across the table from Mephisto, also held a wine glass in his hand, and said in an unkind tone that he was the only one in this office that belonged to him.

The broken head of Radiac, which sat on the edge of the desk, quickly caught Mephisto's attention, and the old devil reached out his finger to touch it, as if feeling the pain and despair of the cosmic conqueror's departure.

After a few seconds, he said:

"No wonder that little guy is not afraid of me, I said, why is he so bold, it turns out that it is because he has executed our level of existence before.

It's the first time that anything is difficult, but once you're at it, it's not difficult anymore.

He was a young and confident hunter, hungry and greedy, baring his fangs at me, shouting provocatively at me, and which, frankly, I was no longer full of confidence this time.

But Sir Fury, or I should call you Old A.

You see, your subordinate Mason has delivered you what you desire, and through Ms. Q you will be able to control the Stars, and I have no intention of interfering with this process, but the forces behind Your Excellency the Swordsman may not allow you to accomplish your goals so easily.

I'm curious, how are you going to deal with your peers who are ready to snatch meat from your mouth? ”

"I have my own plan, so I don't have to worry about it."

Old A held a wine glass, stared at Mephisto in front of him, and said:

"But is what you just said true? You won't interfere with my control over the Stars? You know the consequences, right? Now that the Council Tribunal is in my hands, once I get the hang of the Stars, I will be able to twist the Hope Council into a rope in a very short time.

Is this what you'd like to see? ”

"I've never interfered with your use of the Stellar Society as a bargaining chip in political battles, have I? I'm very open to that. ”

The lonely old devil leaned back in his chair, took a sip of wine into his mouth, and said:

"As long as you don't interfere with my business, I won't interfere with your ideals and twisted lust for power and control, you know? Fury.

To me you're a troubled guy, you're always trying to master things you can't control, which is your Achilles' heel, but that's what keeps you motivated and executive.

I like potential collaborators like this.

But now is not the time for me to bet.

Wait until the fourth shock is over, if Mason can't come up with something eye-catching, then he will be suppressed or destroyed by your own hands.

That's not my problem, I'm just trying to remind you from a bystander's perspective that your control over Q is no longer in place, and she's on Mason's side.

And not just as a collaborator!

But that's not a bad thing.

Love, beautiful love, can always add a bit of weakness and flaws to the indestructible, it is precisely because it is so deadly, it will seem so beautiful. ”

"Thank you for the reminder, Your Excellency Fate, and I'll take care of this matter."

Old A was still expressionless.

However, judging by his posture, he is still full of confidence.

"Okay, okay, you always have all kinds of ways to achieve your goals, and the old devil who is lonely and widowed should not talk much about this kind of thing that you are good at, so as not to annoy people."

Mephisto finished the wine in his hand, put the wine glass on the table, got up and put a business card in front of Fury's eyes, and said:

"Then, I wish you and Lao K all the best in the agreement showdown. But if something goes wrong, you don't have to mess around, you know who to turn to at that point.

I will look forward to the day when you contact me.

So be it, have fun. ”

——

"Huh"

The door to the world was pushed open, and a swirling curtain of light opened the door to the Star Castle, and Mason, who had sorted his clothes, looked back behind him, where Harley and Quinn had fallen asleep on the couch in their hugs after the exhaustion of the pleasure.

The wicked twins were restless even in their sleep, one clutching one by the hair and the other grinding his teeth with the latter's fingers, and it was hard to see how strange they got along.

He covered his girlfriends with blankets and stepped into the light curtain.

In the next moment, he appeared in the corridor on the top floor of the Star Castle, from where he could still hear the commotion outside.

There seems to be some kind of celebratory ritual going on here, and looking down from the hallway windows, you can see some of the pioneers throwing a bonfire in the plaza outside of the Star Castle, and the atmosphere is as enthusiastic as the afterlife bar.

"Warlock, Warlock, you really should reflect on your popularity, why can your death bring so much happiness to everyone?

It seems that the unpopular can also be popular, just when they are leaving. ”

He grinned, turned and pushed open the door to the office behind him, and then saw Ciri busy at her desk, as if she was as busy reviewing documents as she had been before.

But at this time tonight, she still has to work overtime here, and it looks very pitiful to be alone.

"Why don't you go to the bar?"

Mason asks:

"Liana is looking for you all the time, and V also said that I must have a drink with you, is your relationship so good now?"

"I'm going to be busy."

Ciri said without raising his head:

"You're all going to enjoy the victory, but someone has to do the work, right? Just now, the new logistics Grand Mentor was confirmed, and His Excellency Destiny appointed the old wizard Sha Cheng as the new Grand Mentor, and instructed the three mentors to reorganize the A-level system.

As before, there is only one command, which does not interfere with specific operations.

But I guess, its first choice is never Shazam but you? ”

"Well, it just met with me, and although it hasn't fully woken up yet, it's indeed free to move around."

Mason stepped forward, and Ciri handed him a document containing the world coordinates of the existence of the Divine Speed Force, but Mason frowned after looking at it.

He said:

"There is a problem with these values, the accuracy of the coordinates is wrong, it should be that you have reversed the space-time quadrant, and if you jump into it according to this coordinate, you may be sent into a black hole."

"Huh?"

Ciri raised his head, took the document returned by Mason and glanced at it, and immediately sighed and said:

"Okay, I'll change it right away, you wait, I'll leave it to you later."

With that, she got up and got busy in front of a facility with a miniature armillary sphere next to her desk, but under Mason's gaze, the hunter made frequent mistakes, not at all like the posture of a great mentor and the chic temperament that he had before.

"Can you tell me what's wrong with you?"

Mason asks:

"Is it related to me that the state is so bad?"

"It's not! No! ”

Ciri immediately retorted, loud enough to startle Mason, as if he was retorting not Mason's inquiry but announcing something to himself.

This time it became embarrassing, and this reaction was equivalent to not admitting yourself.

She covered her face with her back to Mason, and for a moment she was embarrassed to be able to dig out a new Star Castle on the floor with her toes, which made the captain sigh.

He hesitated, then stepped forward and said to Ciri:

"About that night."

"That's a mistake!"

Ciri said in a hoarse voice:

"Don't think about it!

I just drank too much coffee, I didn't have anything else to do with you before, the situation we are facing now is not optimistic, we have to get serious, get rid of other distractions, we have to get done! ”

Before she could finish her sentence, a pair of arms grabbed her from behind and stopped all her words.

Mason rested his chin on Ciri's shoulder, and he could feel Ciri's entire body tense up, as if he was ready to fight back.

But he did not retreat, but said to her with a weariness that he could not show in front of others:

"The fourth shock was coming, and Mephisto told me it himself just a month later. Healy, you're right, we have to get serious and not be distracted by anything else.

But your current state is clearly not normal, and it puts us in unnecessary risk, so tell me, is it related to me? ”

"I can't say."

The Hunter bit her lip and said:

"I can't be shameless, Hallie won't accept it, she's given everything to you if you do something wrong will break her heart to death."

"What about you?"

Mason said in a dumb voice:

"You know you shouldn't do it but you do it anyway, listen to me, Ciri, I don't hate you and I always feel at ease by your side, our relationship can't get any closer, and I don't want to betray Harley.

But I need you to calm down.

I need my former Hunter to come back and help me.

It's not just about me, it's about you and Hallie and everyone else."

He turned the stiff Heri, looked her in the eye, and said:

"I won't let you die, I promise! I'll figure it out when it's all over, and now, we have to come together. ”

"I want to calm down too, so."

The Hunter stood on tiptoe and bit Mason the lip, and the captain responded like the night's unfinished business continued in the office.

The strings in their hearts tightened, and they stopped before the last step.

She trembled and whispered in Mason's ear:

"Just hold me like that, that's enough, give me a little more time to adjust my mood. Mason, do you say I'm a bad person? ”

"Of course you are."

Mason felt the tremors of Heri in his arms, and he whispered:

"Will the Grand Mentor of the Stars and the soon-to-be A-Class member be good people? But I guess we're not so bad that we can't be helped. ”

(End of chapter)