A remote small street in midtown Manhattan, New York, has always been famous for its delicious food. The various kinds of delicious food can satisfy the needs of most foodies in the world. Of course, the price is definitely not within the reach of ordinary people.
The public security here is relatively good, and the unique commercial and financial investment environment makes the population relatively dense. It is now the time to get off work at noon. The benches on the street and the restaurants are full of all kinds of people. These elites have just taken a break after get off work, or the senior executives from a certain company are enjoying their superiority. Life.
However, compared to the crowded situation of other shops, there is an ice cream shop that looks quite different.
Now, there is only one little girl eating a large cup of ice cream in this store. Even if there are a few passers-by who want to enter the store to enjoy the cool summer, they are all rejected by the store owner with a wave of his hand and shake of his head, and are told: Today he will not The small shop has been booked and will no longer accept other customers.
"Hi, hello! Is there anything special about the target?"
On a street bench not far from the shop, three people were sitting. They were Phil Coulson, Melinda, and a S.H.I.E.L.D. side agent. As for the sidekick’s name, Don't mind it too much.
The person who was talking was Colson. At this time, he was holding two unique gold coins in his hands. It was said that they were "exchanged" from the ice cream shop owner. Anyway, the exchange process did not look like it to the shop owner. That's how happy it is.
"Sir, not so far! The target has been eating ice cream from nine o'clock in the morning until now, eh! There are also some snacks. Yes, if I remember correctly, it should be the fourth cup now. ."
the surveillance agent replied. He had just made a calculation in his mind, and combined with the consumption level here, he felt that this little girl had eaten the equivalent of his week's salary in one morning! It seems that this is really a naughty kid from a rich family, and ordinary people really can't afford it!
"By the way, have you also investigated this gold coin?"
Coulson played with the gold coin, but he couldn't figure out what it was. Well, in fact, he obviously didn't recognize any of the patterns or words on it, so he had no choice but to hand them to Melinda, who was looking over with curiosity.
"Yes, the gold coins were scanned when I got them in the morning, and the data model and material analysis have been sent to the intelligence analysis department at the headquarters. However, according to the latest news just received from them: through comparison, these gold coins should It does not belong to any type that has appeared in human history, at least there is no identical or similar one in our SHIELD database. Moreover, even the above words, our language experts have no clue, but they are obviously not fabricated ."
"The most important thing is that after sample testing, they are very old! They even far exceed the history of civilization when humans began to use gold coins. This is obviously impossible! So..., you are still on your own Take a look!" After the agent finished speaking, he handed Coulson a communication tool similar to a tablet computer. On the top and bottom, there was the latest situation just sent back by the intelligence analysis department.
"Okay, maybe we can have a good talk with that little girl. Has she ever lost control of her emotions or been violent?"
Coulson thought for a while and decided to try to have direct contact with the target. This was also the main reason why he and Melinda came here. Looking at the dense crowd around him, he was a little worried. If the contact did not go smoothly and the target was in an uncontrollable situation, it would be great fun.
"No! From the time I received the order to track the target until she entered this store, she has been eating ice cream. There is nothing else! Moreover, even the ice cream is paid for." The agent answered truthfully and looked at To the gold coin Melinda is holding.
"OK! I think I might know what to do!" Colson got up and walked towards the ice cream shop. Melinda frowned and thought about it before quickly following.
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"Wow! The ice cream is so delicious! Tibbers? Do you want some too?"
Annie took a big gulp of a scoop of ice cream. Well, this cup was strawberry flavored. She had already tasted taro flavor, chocolate flavor, and cream flavor! It is said that there are many more types, but Anne is not in a hurry, because she has already paid the shop owner a lot of gold coins, and the shop owner said that all the ice cream in the shop belongs to her today!
This is really good news! Be sure to take a little bit with you when you leave soon, maybe...a hundred cups of ice cream like this will be enough! Delicious food can calm Annie's restless mood, and she doesn't need to think about going home for the time being.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Tibbs, I forgot, you can't eat." Annie looked at Tibbs, who was thrown on the chair next to her, which was her teddy bear.
Yes, it looks like a teddy bear. At least that's what the shop owner thinks. It's normal for a little girl to talk to her toys. Although the little girl is a little older, for the sake of gold coins, who cares?
Children from rich families are really rich! The shopkeeper touched a few gold coins in his pocket. What's abominable is that two of them have just been forcibly confiscated by a law enforcement agency called the Bureau, but the remaining ones are enough for him to exchange for a large amount of money! Maybe they can be sold as antiques? 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?
(Master! The bald man and the female human aunt are here! I noticed them a long time ago! They just talked for a long time with the bad guy outside who has been watching you. He must be a bad guy too! Let me go out and deal with them, right?)
Feeling the spiritual communication from Tibbers, Annie glanced at it, ignored it, and continued to eat her favorite ice cream!
"Kid? Do you mind if your uncle and aunt sit here?"
Annie had just finished talking to Tibbers and was about to eat another big scoop of ice cream when she suddenly found a man and a woman sitting next to her. The woman sat on the empty chair on the left, while the man sat When he got to the chair where Tibbers was sitting on the right, he grabbed her teddy bear and played with it. He also grabbed the two arms of the teddy bear and shook it, making an action that he thought was very interesting...
(Ah! Master! Let me out! I want to eat him! Eat him! Although he looks ugly, you can still eat it if you cut off the head and tail!)
Huh? Anne was a little surprised when she saw this: What is this strange bald man doing? he! How dare he hold Tibbs in his hand and play with him like this? ! You know, Tibbers is a powerful shadow bear! When it gets bigger, it can knock an old dragon to the ground with one claw so that it can't get up for a long time. The shadow flames all over its body can burn everything around it.
Except for Annie, no one has ever dared to catch Tibbers and play with him! Even the great mages in the gray order don’t dare! No mage is stupid enough to let a shadow bear come within ten yards of him, let alone catch it and play with it. Of course, the great mages of the Gray Order all know what Anne's teddy bear is, and they will not seek death like this.
"Uncle, are you a bad person?" Annie felt the emotional fluctuations coming from Tibbers and was a little undecided. 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?" After speaking, Coulson pulled the teddy bear again, made an even more exaggerated action, and made a face at Annie.
"That's it, what a pity!" Anne carefully felt the increasingly strong emotions coming from Tibbers, and decided to ignore Tibbers.
She scooped up another big mouthful of ice cream and put it in her mouth. Because my mother said: You can't let Tibbers out casually, and you can't burn people casually, unless that person is a bad person! Well, this bald-headed monster has a nasty smile. Although he doesn't look like a good person, he doesn't have to be burned down.
"What? What's a pity?"
Colson and Melinda felt a little unable to keep up with this little girl's thinking. However, originally the two of them came to contact the target. Now that they have struck up a conversation, they must continue. Sometimes some important information is often revealed from the other party's inadvertent words. A little girl's careless words. If so, maybe you can get more out of it.
"Tibbers said it hates you. It asked me to let it out and said it would bite your head off!"
Annie took another bite of the ice cream and turned to look at the bald weirdo. She suddenly felt that he was so pitiful. If she hadn't restrained Tibbers, his head would have been bitten off long ago, right?
"Tibbers? Who is Tibbers? Why did he... bite my... um, head off?"
Coulson was a little nervous. If it were an ordinary little girl, Coulson would have thought she was joking and talking crazy. But with this little girl, Coulson thought it would be better to treat her with caution. Melinda's body next to her was tense, as if she might launch an attack at any time, but Coulson used his eyes to signal her to relax first. The contact went smoothly, and the matter was far from reaching the point where she needed to launch an attack.
"What you have is Tibbers!" Annie gave Coulson an annoyed look and asked me who Tibbers was. How annoying! Thinking like this, Annie lowered her head and continued to concentrate on the ice cream in the cup.
"Uh..., this teddy bear is called Tibbers? Haha, you really know how to joke. Teddy bears can't bite."
Coulson breathed a sigh of relief. How could a teddy bear bite someone? Maybe it's because she doesn't like others 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'm not lying to you! Tibbs can really bite you to death! But I won't let him out." Annie thought for a while, reached out and caught Tibbs in her arms, lest they really Tibbers was irritated.
"Haha..." Colson thought it would be better not to dwell on this with the little girl for the time being and to change the subject quickly.
"So, little sister, can you tell me your name? We know each other now, don't we? My name is Colson, Phil Coles! This one next to me is Aunt Melinda."
"Um..., Annie! My name is Annie!" Annie found this weird guy a bit annoying and annoying.
Doesn't he know that it has prevented him from eating ice cream? ! However, since the other party introduced herself, Anne still said her name. She always thought that she was a good and polite girl.
"Nice to meet you! Annie! So, where are your parents? Why is no one with you? You didn't go home last night, right? Maybe we can help you find them, and then they can take you back?"
Colson quickly changed the topic to the little girl's parents. His intuition told him that this was a breakthrough. He could not find out the origin of the little girl. Knowing the names of the little girl's parents, he might be able to find out specific information.
"Can you tell me their names?"
"Is this like this?" Annie tilted her head and thought for a moment. She had been in this strange place for a day and a night. She had clearly activated the coordinate positioning spell, but her parents hadn't come to find her yet. Maybe these two appeared suddenly. Maybe the weirdo who comes here can help?
"My father's name is Gregory Hastur and my mother's name is Amoline!"
Finally got some useful information! Melinda secretly gave Colson a thumbs up and secretly turned on her portable device, intending to record the entire conversation that followed.
"So, what do they do? Where do you live?" Colson was afraid that the little girl wouldn't understand, so he hurriedly gestured, "For example: teachers, lawyers, drivers, etc." But Melinda next to her But he didn't agree with Colson's words. How could the parents of a little girl whose clothes were gorgeous and made with fine workmanship and whose money was worth gold coins be these ordinary people? A certain company, a chaebol's chairman, president or something like that, right?
Annie frowned, teacher? lawyer? driver? What it is? I clearly have the ability to understand languages, so why can't I understand what he means? Are they asking about careers? oh! I remembered!
"My father is a mystical warlock! My mother is a shadow witch! My family lives in the land of voodoo." Annie bit her finger, as if she knew that much! "The voodoo land of Valoran! You must know about it, right?"
"..." Colson and Melinda felt that they must have heard wrong. Mystic Warlock? Shadow witch? Voodoo land? Are these all crazy? But thinking about the scene in the photo of the little girl setting fire to three gangsters, Colson and Melinda subconsciously felt that she 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 spell of proficiency in language was not very effective. It was so difficult to understand the words of the two strange aunties in front of her! "Hmm... Dad is the leader of the Gray Order, and my mother seems to be too... Well, they work in the Gray Order...? By the way! Dad is the most powerful warlock in Valoran! Mom is also the most powerful in Valoran. The miko!"
Gray order? An organization name? It seems like this is important information! This seems understandable, but Valoran? What the hell is this? Does this continent really exist on Earth? Coulson and Melinda suddenly felt that if what this girl named Annie said was true, maybe SHIELD would never be able to easily capture her and lock her in a freezer like it did with mutants in the past. If so, I'm afraid it will definitely cause big trouble!
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