Chapter 1381

Jarvis and Shang-Chi put their heads together, looking at the huge photo of Ancient One on the front page headline. She looked like she should be running, or rather flying, and she was holding a little girl in her arms.

"Monster?" Jarvis read out this word first. He frowned, looking at that photo of Ancient One, and didn't find anything strange. There weren't even those black patterns on Ancient One's face.

And following this line of thought downward, he saw the date of the newspaper and found that this was 11 days ago, which was the 29th day Ancient One said she came here, and also the day the incident happened.

Shang-Chi went upstairs to call people, and Wanda and Riley who came down also leaned over to look at the newspaper. They also expressed confusion about the word "monster." In their view, there was nothing strange about Ancient One, and the posture of her holding the little girl couldn't be called kidnapping either.

"Could it be that Ancient One can fly and use magic, causing people's panic?" Wanda speculated.

"Look here, 'upright four-limbed monster'." Riley frowned and said: "This description is too strange. Who isn't four-limbed?"

"Those monsters aren't." Jarvis suddenly froze for a moment. He wasn't human, so he could look at this matter from a more objective perspective.

"Do you think I'm a monster?" Jarvis suddenly asked.

"Stop messing around." Wanda still thought he was joking, deliberately making a more serious expression and said: "We are talking about serious business."

"But what if it's like this." Jarvis stretched out a hand, and in the terrified eyes of Riley and Shang-Chi, his skin gradually disappeared, revealing a palm full of mechanical structures.

"You are actually a..."

Before Shang-Chi could shout, Riley covered his mouth. Clearly, his spider-sense had made him anticipate it long ago. He signaled Wanda to Shang-Chi. Shang-Chi froze in place, trying hard to hold back his exclamation.

Jarvis looked into Riley's eyes seriously and said: "Since entering this world, you have been particularly strange. I can't understand why you can't control yourselves. From this perspective, I also think you look like monsters who have gone crazy."

"That is to say, if we see that group of monsters as monsters, then monsters seeing us might also see us as monsters. In the eyes of this group of monsters, walking upright, growing four limbs, and having no tentacles or slime on the body is extremely terrifying."

The group opened their mouths wide at the same time, feeling shocked by this speculation of Jarvis. Jarvis looked at that photo on the report and said: "Ancient One might have been attacked by monsters after coming to this world, so she destroyed New York."

"No, that's not right." Riley denied Jarvis's speculation and said: "I know Master Ancient One. They aren't such irritable and grumpy people. Although I also feel that people who practice magic will appear a bit cold and ruthless, not caring much about everything, they rarely kill, even for enemies, it's the same."

Riley thought for a while and said: "Or rather, they are more inclined to eliminate powerful enemies, and for the weak who can't shake them at all, they have always been indifferent."

"It might be related to that little girl." Wanda pursed her lips and said: "The Sorcerer Supreme won't do things without reason, and she has no need to kidnap a little girl. That little girl should have something special."

Jarvis put down the newspaper, looked at the group and said: "Let's go to the TV station, there should be more detailed reports there."

The group didn't delay. After discovering important clues, they immediately packed their things, got into the car, and arrived at the New York TV station not long after.

Here in the file room, they found a large number of case files related to the kidnapping, but most of them were talking about how cruel the monsters were and how pitiful the little girl was. The atmosphere was rendered very well, but there weren't many facts.

"Such a big thing, the FBI must have been dispatched." Riley speculated: "I think that's where the truth of the matter will be."

The group drove to the FBI again. For ordinary people, the base might be a bit hard to find, but these few were also frequent visitors. In the past, because of the strict security measures, almost no one would approach the base, but after almost all the natives disappeared, the group didn't spend much effort to enter the base.

Retrieving the data took a bit of time, but Jarvis was uniquely gifted in this aspect, so they quickly organized the context of the matter.

"Jennifer Marvey, this is the little girl's name. She is 7 years old this year, has brown pupils and golden hair. Her parents are a pair of lawyers living in Queens, with a car, a house, and insurance. The family conditions are quite good."

"The only problem is that the data refers to this little girl as a 'disabled person'."

The group flipped through all the photos in the data, but they couldn't find where this little girl was disabled.

And the video discovered by Jarvis in the depths of the database proved this point even more. The 7th birthday commemorative recording filmed this little girl very clearly. She was physically sound, and her vision, hearing, and language abilities were all normal.

Jarvis's surgical knowledge also told him that judging by Jennifer's breathing frequency, skin color, and the range of limb movement, she shouldn't have congenital heart disease, asthma, or similar diseases either.

The group originally thought that she might have mental illness, but later they found in a victim assessment report after the incident that Jennifer's disability was called "terrifying" and "unacceptable."

"Since Jennifer's incident, she has been locked in the house by her parents because her appearance is too ugly and terrifying. The terrifying mutation will scare people around her, so the Marvey couple has always avoided her appearing in public."

Riley read out such a report, while Jarvis found another clue. The FBI's assessment report on the suspect's motive was written like this: "The suspect has the same degree of mutation and disability as Jennifer, which might be her motive for kidnapping her own kind."

"So, in the world of monsters, growing up like us is what's not normal?!" Riley exclaimed in shock: "The monster society is still operating, while we were kicked out of society and became disabled and mutated monsters in their eyes?!"

The group was silent, but they all admitted this point. And the case files of other cases they discovered later confirmed their speculation even more, because from the suspects to the victims, they were all monsters covered in slime and full of tentacles.

"Why didn't that little girl mutate?" Jarvis raised another question. He pursed his lips and said: "I'm afraid we have to go to Jennifer's house to take a look. Here... here is the address."

The group drove to Queens again and found the Marvey family's house without much effort. Jarvis saw several police cars parked at the entrance of the house, and the cordon was also intact.

After entering the house, Riley was very familiar with this place. The structures of these detached houses in Queens were all about the same, so he quickly found the little girl Jennifer's room.

The room wasn't anything special, full of the dreaminess and warmth of a child's room. Jarvis summarized: "It seems that although Jennifer's parents locked her up, they didn't abuse her. They should still love their daughter very much."

"What is this?" Riley suddenly pulled out a small medical kit. Jarvis hurriedly walked over, looked at the few bottles of medicine in it, and read the names of the drugs lightly: "Fluoxetine..."

Then he looked at the note stuck on the medicine box. The dosage written on it was too small, so Jarvis said softly: "Childhood depression."

"Jennifer has childhood depression."

Then Jarvis flipped through the medicine in the box again and made a judgment: "I'm afraid she also has manic and insomnia symptoms."

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The group leaned over to stare at the medicine box, while Jarvis looked at Shang-Chi and said: "Do you still remember your speculation? Dreams."

"Is it because Jennifer doesn't sleep and doesn't dream that she didn't become a monster? But there are so many insomnia patients in this world, then wouldn't they..."

"Oh, wait." Riley interrupted his train of thought and said: "If these monsters have reason and still live in an orderly society, then they would at most treat these people who haven't mutated like they treated Jennifer, they would only treat them as severely disabled, and wouldn't kill them."

"I think I can guess roughly." Jarvis sighed lightly and said: "When Ancient One came to this world, she saw monsters all over the city, so she felt that this world was occupied by monsters."

"But at first, she didn't attack these monsters because it wasn't necessary. These monsters weren't worth her effort at all. And when she flew over New York, she saw Jennifer who came to the yard to sunbathe."

"If it were you, seeing a little girl living normally among monsters, what would you think?"

"That little girl is a survivor, I have to save her." Wanda said without thinking: "And as soon as possible, who knows if the monsters next to her will eat her directly?"

Jarvis nodded and continued: "Perhaps the little girl's certain actions attracted Ancient One's attention, making Ancient One think she was calling for help, so she went down and picked up the little girl wanting to leave."

"But at this time, Jennifer's parents, who were monsters, saw their child being taken away, so of course they wouldn't tolerate it. They loved their child, and couldn't possibly allow a monster flying in mid-air to snatch her away."

"In the parents' eyes, Ancient One was a terrifying monster who could fly and was about to snatch their child. But in Ancient One's eyes, Jennifer's parents who rushed out were monsters waving their tentacles wanting to attack the child, so she might..."

"... waved her hand and eliminated them." Wanda's tone sank.

"Ancient One feels guilty toward Jennifer." Riley sighed lightly and said: "Perhaps not long after, Ancient One learned about the situation of this world from Jennifer's mouth."

"A child's adaptability is very strong. Everyone around her became a monster. She might feel short-term panic, but her parents could still communicate, would take care of her, and would love her, so she might have accepted reality. The monster society tamed this little girl."

"So, in Jennifer's eyes, even if Ancient One looked the same as her, Ancient One was also a monster who killed her parents. Not only would she not be grateful to Ancient One, she would hate her. Perhaps Ancient One feels guilty precisely because of this."

The room fell silent until the group digested this cruel fact. Riley asked again: "Then why did Ancient One want to eliminate all the monsters in New York? She knew clearly that they were still living in an orderly society..."

The group all shook their heads, clearly unable to speculate on the thoughts of this Sorcerer Supreme.

And in front of the circular meditation window, Stark drank the last sip of tea and looked at Strange, asking:

"If one day, humans were turned into monsters by gods like ignorant lambs, living normally without knowing it, what would you do?"

"Eliminate them."

Stark's fingers froze.

"I know they might 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 humanity lies precisely in not resigning to fate because of weakness."

"Every Sorcerer Supreme bears all the pain and exhausts all power, just to not kneel to the gods. We are like this, and humanity had better be like this too."

"If they indeed no longer have a chance to resist and can only walk the path chosen for them by the gods, then at least the Sorcerer Supreme has the power to give everyone a grand funeral..."

"Just to slap God?"

"No, after eliminating them, go give God a slap—physically."