057: Departure to New York (2)
New York is undoubtedly an indispensable city in the Marvel universe, people can't avoid it when discussing Marvel, New York is not only the heart of the cultural economy of the United States, but also staged, many famous Marvel events, countless legendary superheroes were born in this city.
The headquarters of the famous Stark Industries also stands in the center of the city.
And the most popular good neighbor Spider-Man is from Queens, New York, and now his news is playing in the square, Spider-Man seems to have become one of the signboards of Queens and even New York.
At this time, on the busy street, a large pickup truck stopped in front of the traffic light at the intersection.
"This is New York's Spider-Man"
Lorna, who was in the back seat of the big pickup truck, supported her chin with her hands, and silently added a sentence in her heart. I really envy him, he can become a superhero, we obviously look the same.
"New York is a professor's second home."
Rojo remembered his professor's experience.
"It's true, it's been more than ten years, and I never thought I'd ever come back to New York, never thought I'd live in the water tower for the rest of my life."
Professor Charles leaned his head against the window, wearing a mask, and staring out the window with cloudy eyes.
The city carries too much of the past, the first city he moved to the United States was New York, he made his fortune in the city, he made a name for himself in the city, founded Xavier Genius Academy in this city, founded the X-Men, his whole life was condensed in this bustling city, in this most glorious moment, but also in this notoriety.
"The world is unpredictable, and we're back now."
Logan drove the car, looking at the zebra crossing in front of the car, all kinds of people, the familiar architectural style and square on the side of the road, there was a kind of strangeness in the world, a little unreal.
He retracted his gaze and asked Rojo, "What's next?" ”
"Everyone is tired, so let's find a place to rest and eat, and then Lorna and I will contact the people at the shelter."
Rojo turned to look at Lorna.
"Marcos told me before that the shelter is in Manhattan, and we can go there to rest, so it's easy to move."
Marcos in Lona's mouth. Diaz is a friend who has mentioned it a few times before.
According to Lorna's information, they stayed at a relatively secluded hotel in Manhattan.
In this way, if they find shelter, they can move at any time, but fortunately, no matter how prosperous the city, there are areas with less people, which is a good thing for them, and more people will cause unnecessary trouble.
It's that the security of this place is not satisfactory, near Hell's Kitchen, compared to the slums of Santa Fe, a little better, but at least they don't have to go to Hell's Kitchen to live, the environment of that place is even worse, passing through the streets there, you can see a lot of stagnant water and garbage on the road, and the ditches have long been blocked, because the drainage system has long been in disrepair, broken, and the government departments have no plans to repair it, so the stagnant water is black and smelly, and the hotel is a few streets away, and you can also smell the smell of the stinky ditch over there.
In particular, today is a sunny day after the rain, the deep sky overhead is cloudless, and the stinky gutters only emit a strong stench under the sun, and there are flies circling.
"Where are we going to find someone?"
Rojo and Lorna are in charge of finding contact and food, while Laura and Uncle Wolf stay in the hotel to rest, mainly because Uncle Wolf is too ostentatious and should not go out often.
"Come to think of it, I said before I said that the hostess of the shelter was in a tavern with a special star pattern on his arm, but he didn't say which tavern"
Lorna recalled.
"Are you sure? There are quite a few pubs in Manhattan. ”
Rojo turned on his phone and searched for the login information alone, there were four taverns, including some taverns, all of which had no login information.
"In the shelter in Nevada, there is a person, he came to the shelter in New York in advance, there will be no mistake, big deal, let's spend more time looking for it."
Lorna was not knocked down by the searched interface, she walked so far, just to get together with her friends, and now that she is in Queens, how can she retreat.
"Well, it doesn't seem like there's a better way now, so let's start with this."
Rojo navigated the nearest tavern, and the two of them quickly came to the first tavern a few blocks away, unfortunately, there were no special signs in the tavern, and he didn't feel any special mental fluctuations, and there were ordinary people and gangsters waiting inside.
"Next."
"Still not."
"The next one is at the intersection not far away."
"They don't look like it, they shouldn't."
I searched two taverns in a row, but I couldn't find a receptionist with a star pattern, and the security guard at the door of one of them didn't let them in, on the grounds that they were under twenty-one, but it didn't bother Lorna, she went straight through the small window of the storage room, but unfortunately there was still no clue.
"You can't be mistaken, right?"
On the sidewalk, Rojo took a sip of mineral water and asked.
"No way, I have a good memory, and I told me at the time of the meal that the receptionist has always been in the tavern, and he is not a mutant, so there is no need to worry about exposure."
Lorna said.
"Not a mutant?"
Rojo was a little surprised, ordinary people who are willing to help mutants are rare these days, what charm does the owner of the shelter have to attract him?
"Hmm."
Lorna nodded.
"We're not looking for a tavern this time, we're looking for those small workshops."
Rojo opened the navigation again, and changed his mind, that guy is an ordinary person, and the identity of the mutant must be very sensitive, and it is impossible to receive it in the tavern, so it must be as hidden as possible.
Lorna glanced at the sun and pursed her dry lips, "Rojo, why don't we go get an ice cream first, and then go ahead and look for it." ”
"No problem."
Rojo was also a little thirsty and agreed without hesitation.
"There's a convenience store over there."
Lorna's bright face showed a happy smile.
However, the corners of her mouth quickly fell, because before they could enter the convenience store, they saw a masked man in long sleeves, armed with a gun, rushing out with a bag of money.
"Zero-dollar purchase."
Rojo raised his eyebrows, it was sunny in broad daylight, and he was wearing long sleeves, gloves, and a hood, and he had already thought of who was inside.
"Get out of the way!"
The masked man pushed through the crowd and fled in the direction of Rojo and Lorna, who were right behind them in an alley.
"Oh."
Rojo and Lorna glanced at each other, each taking a half step back to the sides, and the masked man rushed into the alley with his head buried in this, but he didn't notice that under his feet, a slender leg stopped in the middle of the road.
Bang!
The masked man lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, Lorna faintly withdrew her legs, frowning, "Rubbish." ”
Obviously has hands and feet, and has a good identity, but he actually went to rob.
"Chick, you've messed with the wrong person!"
The masked man stood up in embarrassment, clutching his gun.
"Calm down, we don't want to get into trouble, and I saw it clearly when I touched her foot first."
Rojo raised his hand to signal calm, and at the same time concentrated, ready to use telepathy to make the masked man obediently put down the gun, yesterday after experiencing the professor's brainwave wash, his telepathy has also improved, and now people can subconsciously make some simple movements.
"Two, get out of the way, give it to me!"
Suddenly, someone shouted above his head, and when he looked up, he saw that a red-blue figure swung out a circle in mid-air, flipped a few times, and swooped directly into the masked man, and he couldn't control the whole person, and rolled on the ground a few times together.
"My back!"
[PS: There will be an update later!] 】
(End of chapter)