Jarvis and Xu Shangqi put their heads together and looked at the huge picture of Ancient One on the front page. She seemed to be running, or flying, with a little girl in her arms. .
"Monster?" Jarvis was the first to pronounce the word. He frowned and looked at the photo of Ancient One. He didn't find anything weird. There weren't even those black patterns on Ancient One's face.
Looking down this line of thought, he saw the date in the newspaper and discovered that it was 11 days ago, which was the 29th day that Gu Yi said she came here, and the day of the accident.
Xu Shangqi went upstairs to call someone, and Wanda and Riley came down to read the newspaper. They also expressed their confusion about the word "monster". In their opinion, there was nothing weird about Gu Yi. The little girl's posture cannot be said to be kidnapping.
"Could it be that Gu Yi can fly and do magic, which has caused people to panic?" Wanda speculated.
"Look here, 'Monster with upright limbs.'" Riley frowned and said, "This description is too strange. Is there anyone who doesn't have four limbs?"
"Those monsters are not." Jarvis was suddenly stunned. He was not a human being, so he could look at this matter from a more objective perspective.
"Do you think I'm a monster?" Jarvis suddenly asked.
"Stop making trouble." Wanda thought he was joking, so she deliberately made a more serious expression and said, "Let's get down to business."
"But what if this is the case." Jarvis stretched out a hand. Under the horrified eyes of Riley and Xu Shangqi, his skin gradually disappeared, revealing a palm full of mechanical structures.
"You are actually..."
Before Xu Shangqi could shout, Riley covered his mouth. Apparently his spider sense had made him anticipate it. He gestured to Wanda at Xu Shangqi, and Xu Shangqi froze in place. He tried hard to hold back his exclamations.
Jarvis looked seriously into Riley's eyes and said: "Since entering this world, you have behaved particularly strangely. I can't understand why you can't control yourself. From this perspective, I think you are also crazy. monster."
"In other words, if we see those monsters as monsters, then the monsters may see us as monsters too. From the perspective of these monsters, walking upright, growing limbs, and having no tentacles or mucus on their bodies is extremely terrifying."
Several people opened their mouths at the same time, shocked by Jarvis's speculation. Jarvis looked at the photo above the report and said: "After the Ancient One came to this world, he may have been attacked by monsters. That’s why she destroyed New York.”
"No, that's not right." Riley denied Jarvis's speculation. He said: "I know the ancient wizards. They are not so irritable and irritable people. Although I also think that people who practice magic will appear a little cold and ruthless. They don't care much about anything, but they rarely go on a killing spree, even against their enemies."
Riley thought for a while and then said: "In other words, they are more inclined to destroy powerful enemies, and have always ignored the weak ones whose attacks cannot shake them at all."
"Maybe it has something to do with that little girl." Wanda pursed her lips and said, "The Supreme Mage will not do anything without a reason, and there is no need for her to kidnap a little girl. There should be something special about that little girl."
Jarvis put down the newspaper, looked at a few people and said, "Let's go to the TV station. There should be more detailed reports there."
The few people didn't waste any time. After discovering the important clues, they immediately packed up their things and arrived at the New York TV station not long after getting in the car.
In the archives here, they found a large number of files about kidnapping cases, but most of them talked about how ferocious the monster was and how pitiful the little girl was. The atmosphere was well exaggerated, but there were not many facts.
"For such a big thing, the FBI must have been dispatched." Riley speculated: "I think that's where the truth will be."
Several people drove to the FBI again. For ordinary people, the base may be a bit difficult to find, but these few are also frequent visitors. In the past, due to strict security measures, few people would go close to the base, but in almost all places After the indigenous people disappeared, a few people entered the base without any effort.
It took a while to retrieve the information, but Jarvis was unique in this area, so they quickly sorted out the context of the matter.
"Jennifer Mavey, this is the name of the little girl. She is 7 years old this year. She has brown pupils and blond hair. Her parents are a pair of lawyers living in Queens. They have a car, a house and insurance, and their family conditions are quite good. good."
"The only problem is that the information says this little girl is a 'disabled person.'"
Several people looked through all the photos in the information, but they couldn't find out where the little girl's disability was.
The video found by Jarvis in the depths of the database further proves this point. The commemorative video of her 7th birthday clearly captured the little girl. Her hands and feet are intact, and her vision, hearing, and language skills are all normal.
Jarvis's surgical knowledge also told him that judging from Jennifer's breathing rate, skin color, and range of limb movements, there should be no congenital heart disease or asthma.
Several people originally thought that she might have a mental illness, but later discovered in a victim evaluation report after the incident that Jennifer's disability was called "horrible" and "unacceptable."
"Ever since Miss Jennifer's accident, she has been locked up in the house by her parents. The reason is that her appearance is too ugly and terrifying, and the terrible mutation makes her frighten the people around her, so the Marveys have been avoiding her. Appear in public.”
Riley read out such a report, but Jarvis found another clue. The FBI's assessment report on the suspect's motive said: "The suspect has the same degree of mutation and disability as Jennifer. This This may be her motive for kidnapping her own kind.”
"So, in the world of monsters, it's abnormal to grow up like us?!" Riley sighed in shock: "The society of monsters is still running, but we were kicked out of the society and became A disabled and mutated monster in their eyes?!"
Several people were a little silent, but they all admitted this, and the files of other cases they discovered later confirmed their speculations, because from the suspects to the victims, they all had bodies covered with mucus and covered with tentacles. monster.
"Why didn't that little girl mutate?" Jarvis asked another question. He pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid we have to go to Jennifer's house and have a look. Here...here is the address."
The group of people drove to Queens and found Mavey's house without much difficulty. Jarvis saw several police cars parked at the door of the house, and the cordon was intact.
After entering the house, Riley was very familiar with the place. The structures of these single-family houses in Queens were all similar, so he quickly found the room of the little girl Jennifer.
The room was nothing special, full of the fantasy and warmth of a children's room. Jarvis concluded: "It seems that although Jennifer's parents locked her up, they did not abuse her. They should still love their daughter very much."
"What is this?" Riley suddenly pulled out a small medical kit. Jarvis hurried over and took a look at the bottles of medicine. He whispered the name of the medicine: "Fluoxetine..."
Then he looked at the note on the medicine box. The dosage written on it was too small, so Jarvis whispered: "Children's depression."
"Jennifer has childhood depression."
Jarvis then rummaged through the medicines in the box and made a judgment: "She probably still has symptoms of mania and insomnia."
Several people came over and stared at the pill box, but Jarvis looked at Xu Shangqi and said, "Do you still remember your speculation? Meng."
"Jennifer didn't turn into a monster because she didn't sleep or dream? But there are so many insomniacs in the world, wouldn't they..."
"Oh, wait." Riley interrupted his thoughts and said: "If these monsters are rational and still live in an orderly society, then at best they will only treat these non-mutated people like Jennifer. , will only treat them as severely disabled and will not kill them."
"I think I can make a rough guess." Jarvis sighed and said, "When Ancient One came to this world, he saw a city full of monsters, so he felt that the world was occupied by monsters."
"But at first, she didn't attack these monsters because there was no need. These monsters were not worth her trouble. When she was flying over New York, she saw Jennifer coming to the yard to bask in the sun."
"If it were you, what would you think if you saw a normal little girl living among a monster?"
"That little girl is a survivor. I have to save her." Wanda said without thinking, "And as soon as possible. Who knows if the monster next to her will eat her directly?"
Jarvis nodded and continued: "Perhaps some of the little girl's movements attracted the attention of Ancient One, which made him think that she was asking for help, so she went down and picked up the little girl and wanted to leave."
"But at this time, the parents who are monsters will not tolerate it when they see their children being taken away. They love their children and cannot allow a monster flying in mid-air to take her away."
"In the eyes of the parents, Gu Yi is a flying and terrifying monster who is about to snatch their child away. But in Gu Yi's eyes, Jennifer's parents who rushed out are monsters with claws and claws trying to attack their children. Therefore, she may... "
"...waved his hand and wiped them out." Wanda's tone deepened.
"Ancient One is feeling guilty about Jennifer." Riley sighed softly and said, "Maybe not long after, Ancient One learned about the situation in the world from Jennifer's mouth."
"The child is very adaptable. If everyone around her turns into a monster, she may feel frightened for a short time, but her parents can still communicate, take care of her, and love her, so she may have already Accept it, the society of monsters tamed this little girl.”
"So, in Jennifer's eyes, even though Ancient One looks the same as her, Ancient One is still a monster who killed her parents. Not only will she not be grateful to Ancient One, she will also hate her. Maybe that's why Ancient One Guilt.”
The room fell silent until several people had digested this cruel fact. Riley asked again: "Then why did Ancient One want to destroy all the monsters in New York? She knew they still lived in a society of order..."
Several people shook their heads, obviously unable to guess what the Supreme Mage was thinking.
In front of the circular Zen window, Stark drank the last sip of tea, looked at Strange and asked:
"If one day, human beings are like ignorant lambs, turned into monsters by the gods, unaware but living normally, what will you do?"
"Destroy them."
Stark's fingers froze.
"I know they may just be unable to resist, but I am still full of anger." Strange's expression was cold to the point of cruelty. He stared into Stark's eyes and said: "The greatness of human beings is that they do not resign themselves to fate because of their weakness. .”
"Every supreme mage endures all the pain and exhausts all his strength just to not kneel down to the gods. This is how we are, and it is best for humans to be like this."
"If they really no longer have the chance to resist and can only take the path chosen by the gods, then at least the Supreme Mage still has the power to give everyone a grand funeral..."
"Just for a slap in the face?"
"No, after you destroy them, go and give God a slap in the face - physically."
Very revengeful
(End of chapter)
