7. Parents return(1/2)
If something happened to the child at home, no matter how big a Merlin was, she would not be able to spend time with her girlfriend in another world.
In the early morning of that day, he returned to the mysterious house.
And when he came back, Laura was awake.
However, this girl's behavior was very different from her usual expressionless appearance. She seemed to be frightened.
He hugged Meilin's arms tightly with his hands, his eyes filled with sensitivity and anxiety, and seemed to be back to the state he had just picked up by Meilin.
"The pheromones in her body are somewhat disordered and it may take several days to return to normal."
Xuanlan whispered to Meilin and explained:
"Peromones are factors that affect individual emotions. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be suddenly disordered."
"So I suspect that the dark Wolverine Dyken, who tried to abduct Laura, was a rare, mutational mutant besides inheriting Logan's self-healing and claws."
"His special ability should be to manipulate other people's pheromones."
"Um."
Merlin nodded, he gently stroked Laura's long hair, and he whispered:
"Look at you, you pitiful, I just went out for less than half a day and you were almost abducted."
Laura did not answer, but just held Merlin's wrist tighter.
"It's okay, it's all over."
He patted Laura on the head, then picked up the pocket watch, looked at the time, and he said:
"Riwen and Lorna are not back yet?"
"They went to avenge Laura."
Xuanlan smiled and said:
“The children’s relationship is really good.”
"revenge?"
Merlin curled her lips:
"I think it's almost the same as venting off... Revenge is not like this."
"Call them back, don't let them mess around, their actions have no effect except to alert the snake."
"So, are you going to take over this? Master Merlin."
Xuanlan plucked her hair and asked:
"Are you going to end up in person?"
"What do you think?"
Merlin leaned against the sofa, looking at the burning fireplace at hand, and he whispered:
"My little poor family was bullied and almost abducted. I almost lost a child... and it was just because of a mysterious man hiding behind the scenes, eager to see some tricks of father and daughter fighting each other."
"That makes me very angry, Lan."
Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, and he held Laura and leaned against the sofa in the firelight beside him.
He raised the cane in his hand and carefully looked at the skull of the blessed black devil at the top of the cane. Looking at the black-hearted prince's black eye sockets, he said:
"We have suspected Logan's chaotic life, including the x-weapon plan, etc., which are all manipulated by a pair of black hands behind the scenes... Now it seems that this guess is true."
"Decken is not a big problem, but the mysterious person around him..."
"A mysterious man who can fight off Gugu and his weird claws, Daken kept saying that he was going to take Laura to meet his ancestors..."
"The word 'Ancestor'...is interesting."
Merlin thought for a moment, and he pushed his glasses and said to the girl who was on standby:
"Icarus, send a message to Logan, who is still in Japan, and ask him to find a way to check his family tree and see what time the bloodline of the Hautley family can last."
"In addition, tell him our guess that the mastermind behind all the chaos of his life is probably his true 'ancestor'."
"Maybe that's also a mutant with self-healing factor, and he has lived to this day."
Merlin said:
"Give him a direction and let him not waste time on indifferent things."
“Yeah, the message has been sent.”
Icarus quickly completed Merlin's orders, and Merlin looked down at the sleepy Laura.
His finger flicked, threw a sleeping spell on the girl, and then gently pulled out his hand.
He stood up and said to Xuanlan:
"I'll go and deal with something and will be back soon."
Xuanlan sent Meilin to the door and asked softly:
"Master Merlin, are you going to show the children what is true revenge?"
"No, I'm just going to end this."
Merlin shook his head and said:
"Children should live the life they deserve. Their hands should be kept clean, touching flowers and pastries, and putting their hands into the mud, I'll do it."
He twisted the door handle, pushed open the door, and appeared on the rooftop of the New York Heroes Association.
Meilin looked at the city in front of him, which was still brightly lit in the early morning. He leaned on his cane and reached out to light a cigarette.
It was quiet around him, but anger filled Merlin's heart, making him feel angry.
The revenge roared in his heart, making him want to grab everyone in his hand and twist their heads...
How dare they stick out their hands for those miscellaneous people...
It seems that he has been too gentle and low-key in recent years, so that the darkness of this city has forgotten the lessons of the past and those bloody lessons.
A group of outsiders who ignore the rules are provoking them, and they feel that they have a great advantage.
Merlin has to respond to this provocation.
Just like the stories about "ravens" that were staged in New York before.
But he cannot do it himself. With his rank, he should not intervene in this kind of street gang confrontation, not only because of his style, but also because his every move will attract a lot of attention.
Fortunately, he has enough friends to do it for him.
He bounced his fingers and Icarus quickly sent a message, and a few minutes later a dark shadow appeared on the rooftop behind Merlin.
Wearing a black cloak, darkness gathered around him. When he appeared, he was like a big villain in the comics. "Cloak" Tyron walked out of the shaking darkness.
The ones who appeared with him were Luke Cage, a divine man in pajamas, and Jessica Jones, a female knight who was still rubbing her eyes and seemed not to wake up.
Three of the four founders of the New York Heroes Association came.
The only absent Miss Dagger is still working in Gotham, and the situation there is much worse than that in New York.
In addition to the large-scale demon hunting agents, there must be some powerful heroes to suppress the place.
"I'm sorry to call you here at this time, everyone."
Merlin turned his back to them, and he raised his head and blew a wisp of smoke, he said:
"But just now, something very bad happened in this city we guarded."
"Some thugs tried to attack and hold a 14-year-old child hostage. They drew their swords in the darkness of the night and regarded the city as their hunting ground."
"When we did not notice, some arrogant and arrogant outsiders regarded the city as their own territory, trying to provoke the order of the city..."
"The order that is guarded by us."
"They have penetrated into every neighborhood in New York, and they want to re-show the one they played in their country in New York."
Merlin burned the cigarette butt in his palm. In the shining fire, he turned around and looked at the three people behind him, and he said:
"They have taken action...we, I mean, the guardians of this city, superheroes, have to do something!"
"Boss, just be a little bit more."
Jessica Jones yawned, and she said to Merlin lazily:
"Just tell us who is the target? Where to go? How many kills?"
"Don't be so violent, Jessica."
Merlin said:
"This city has been dusted again, and we need to wipe off the dust and make it clean again."
"I am now sending you an invitation as an official capacity. I invite members of the New York Heroes Association to participate in the cleanup of the "hands-joining" of the criminal forces."
"The specific target information will be delivered to you in a few hours, n.y.p.d. and SHIELD Field Department will cooperate with your actions."
Merlin said to the three heroes behind him:
To be continued...