Chapter 217: Busy Autumn Days (Part I)

Autumn in New York has arrived. After the heat waves of summer dissipated, the sky began to become bluer, and the wind became cooler. But in this bustling international metropolis, few people have the mood to stop and feel the changes in the weather.

The bustling traffic is more urgent and faster than the morning breeze. After iced coffee went off the market, the hot coffee held in the hands of elite employees in suits and ties, accompanied by their hurried steps, faded in heat just like autumn.

And the busiest of this busy city belongs to the well-known Huaerjie.

This street extends from southern Manhattan to Broadway, once possessing the New York Stock Exchange and the headquarters of various banks, and was incomparably brilliant in the last century.

But developing to today, the symbolic meaning of this street is greater than its actual meaning. It is more like a financial symbol of this country. After experiencing the changes of the times, now no bank has established its headquarters here, and most have moved to the Midtown area with better development prospects.

This street might disappoint tourists from other places, because its total length is very short, and the street is also very narrow. When people pass through it, they feel that the high-rise buildings on both sides are tilting over.

The only thing that can be comforted is to lean against the buildings with somewhat mottled outer walls, imagining the old-fashioned cars of the last century parked on the side of the road, the morning breeze blowing through the street, and the scene of cooling the coffee in hand.

At the corner of the end of Huaerjie, accompanied by the sound of a salute, the banners on the flower baskets shone with golden light in the sun, but the passers-by seemed to be completely unaware, as if there was a barrier between all this bustle and the real world.

"Nice to see you, Dr. Schiller." Loki stood under the steps in front of the main gate, smiling and shaking hands with Schiller.

He was wearing the most common white shirt, with a dark green tie hanging on his chest. Under the sunlight, one could still see small prints. From the watch on his wrist to the leather shoes on his feet, they were all brands loved by stock managers.

If his name wasn't said, almost no one would realize that he wasn't actually a Huaerjie employee, or even an Earthling.

After Schiller let go of Loki's hand, he said: "I really didn't expect that in just over a month, you have already fully adapted to this place."

"Thanks to the recent sluggishness of the stock market, in this month, I haven't had a day of rest, and even coffee has to be drunk within three sips." Loki said with a smile.

Schiller shook his head, looking at Loki, feeling very emotional.

About a month ago, on the eve of the All-Father Odin announcing that he was going to sleep, he threw his youngest son Loki to the Ancient One.

The reason was that Loki ate a lot of energy and needed to digest it. He needed someone to watch him while digesting, and Odin was going to prepare to sleep and couldn't take care of him, so he threw him to the Ancient One for foster care.

And the Ancient One, based on the principle that one sheep is driving, two sheep are also putting, accepted Odin's request.

Then the Ancient One discovered that she was really not the material to bring up children. There were still full-sky big leaks waiting for her to pick up in the universe. Not picking them up was a loss, so she threw Loki to Strange, letting the two of them practice in Kamar-Taj themselves.

Very magically, Loki and Strange could actually talk to each other. Their family backgrounds were a bit similar. Loki had always felt that Odin favored Thor, while Strange's father had always favored his younger brother. The two people's personalities also had many common points. Simply put, their moral bottom lines were relatively similar.

Therefore, after living in Kamar-Taj for a period of time, the two got along quite well, and a wolf and a jackal getting along well, what would happen next could be imagined.

The two opened a gambling table in Kamar-Taj, betting on the outcome of the war between the lords of Hell, and Loki took out the connections he had accumulated before, pulling people from all over the world to gamble online.

The news reached Sakaar. The gambling-loving Grandmaster originally didn't take it seriously. As a gambling saint, he wouldn't look down on this kind of rural-urban fringe level gambling.

Loki heard that he wouldn't participate, and was immediately unhappy. You, Grandmaster, call customer service every day, and now the opening is open and you don't give any face at all. This is too much, right? He rolled up his sleeves and ran to Sakaar.

As the saying goes, once an expert makes a move, you know if there is one. Loki's ability to swindle is not covered. He traveled in Sakaar for two days, and the Grandmaster was swindled into a limp, and he made a not-so-small bet.

Afterward, Strange found the Lord of Hell, Mephisto, and the two jointly conducted a wave of physical fake matches. The Grandmaster almost lost his bottom pants.

The Grandmaster, who never admits defeat in gambling, originally intended to renege on the debt. Strange pulled Dormammu's apostle Mordo to knock on the door of Sakaar. The Grandmaster weighed the gap between himself and Dormammu, gritted his teeth, and paid the debt.

After the debt was collected, Dormammu and Mephisto each took 20%, and the remaining 60% fell into the hands of the two.

Strange and Loki saw how fast the money came, so the two embarked on their telecommunications fraud journey.

Cheating, crooked ways, using all means, after succeeding a few times, the two really got a lot of energy.

Although the moral bottom line of the two was low, their strength level was not high. After the two got the energy, they were eager to deal with it. As a result, because the handling method was improper, it caused an energy explosion, directly blowing a hole in the temple of Kamar-Taj, and even the protective shield was blown out of a hole.

The Ancient One, who found that her house had collapsed after practicing, threw the two out directly. Loki originally wanted to return to Asgard, but Heimdall, who was guarding the Bifrost, was in seclusion to digest, so Loki couldn't return for the time being and could only throw himself at Strange, who was on Earth.

So Strange brought Loki to throw himself at Schiller.

Schiller didn't want to manage this wolf-and-jackal-in-collusion cosmic fraudster duo at all, but Strange secretly stuffed Schiller with a 20% red envelope, and Schiller closed one eye and opened one eye, letting Loki stay in the nursing home to work.

Because Schiller's nursing home was also located in southern Manhattan, which was very close to Huaerjie, soon, Loki discovered that compared to being a doctor, he had more interesting work.

All along, Loki's swindling relied on his talent and didn't have any systematic theoretical knowledge. After colluding with Strange, the two explored some rules, but it still didn't form a system.

Loki, who would pass by the New York Stock Exchange and major banks every day after work from the nursing home, suddenly discovered that it turned out that swindling could also become an industry.

He suddenly discovered that his pattern was still small.

Loki had an advantage. When he wanted to do something, he could learn it. Arrogance could be put down, principles could be flexible, bottom lines could be adjusted. In short, face could be discarded.

He found Strange, and the two conducted another unspeakable conspiracy. Afterward, Loki gloriously became a securities broker and embarked on his Earth enlightenment journey.

Loki was very busy after coming to Earth, and Strange was not idle either. After fighting with Riot, the Sanctum Sanctorum and the commercial street of Greenwich Village were beaten into ruins. Although because S. H. I. E. L. D. organized evacuation in advance, there were no casualties, but the buildings were definitely all destroyed.

Whether Nick solved his autumn funding problem in this war is unknown, but he generously stated that he could find a new building for the Sanctum Sanctorum.

In Strange's original imagination, in the future, his residence should be far away from people, preferably like Kamar-Taj, in some deep mountains and old forests that are difficult for ordinary humans to visit.

But according to the current situation, the Sanctum Sanctorum being ten meters away from Huaerjie could be called a pearl covered in dust, and being a street away belonged to the bone-and-flesh separation of the swindling world.

Thus, the Sanctum Sanctorum became an inseparable part of Huaerjie since ancient times, and the new site was chosen at the corner of Huaerjie and covered up with magic.

Greenwich Village began a vigorous reconstruction, and the relocated Sanctum Sanctorum also handled most of the problems within just one month, preparing to reopen.

On the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, many strange-looking people came, such as a stunt motorcyclist wearing a jacket. When Strange walked up to shake hands with Johnny, he looked him up and down and said with some surprise: "I really didn't expect that after having muscles and skin, you are still quite handsome."

Johnny didn't look like he wanted to come at all. He exuded a perfunctory temperament all over his body. Obviously, this Ghost Rider was forced to work overtime to attend the social engagement again.

Strange had just sent him in when he found that his senior brother Mordo and Red Hulk had also come. He was busy greeting them when he saw Schiller getting off the car in front of the door. He hurriedly let Loki, who was beside him, go to pick up the person.

This led to the scene at the corner of Huaerjie where Loki and Schiller were talking happily.

Steve, who walked into the Sanctum Sanctorum, wore a very spirited suit, but he felt very puzzled, looking up and down at this building and saying: "Why does this place look exactly the same as the stock exchange of my era? Isn't it said that this is the New York stronghold of the Sorcerer Supreme? What does this have to do with mages?"

A receptionist full of smiles greeted him. He looked at the invitation in Steve's hand and said enthusiastically: "Mr. Rogers, right? Welcome. Mr. Strange is busy now. If you don't mind, go to the back and wait for a while. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin soon..."

Steve was full of questions and didn't know where to start, but he still followed the guide inside.

Peter, who had just stepped on the steps, only saw Steve's back. He wanted to chase after him, but was blocked by Strange, who walked over. Strange looked at Peter and said: "Didn't you bring your girlfriend?"

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"Gwen? How could I bring her here?"

"How am I supposed to explain to her that I know Stark, Captain America, and a group of big shots? You know, yesterday she was still worried about whether I could afford to eat..."

Peter and Strange walked to the back together. Strange asked him: "Do you intend to keep hiding it from your girlfriend?"

Peter grabbed his hair in distress and said: "I don't want to do this either, but I really can't find a good time to open my mouth."

"This sounds too absurd. I'm going to tell her that I am Spider-Man, besides school and home, the place I go to most often is the senior laboratory of Stark Tower, I go for a morning run with Captain America every day, and today I came to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, and the first person I met when I entered the door was an alien prince..."

Strange patted Peter on the shoulder and said: "If you really say that, it won't be long before we see you in the mental nursing home."

After Peter also went in, it was the late Stark. He looked at the internal structure of the Sanctum Sanctorum and felt very disappointed. He said to Strange: "You made the Sanctum Sanctorum look like a stock exchange in the 90s of the last century. Is it your unique taste... or your unique taste?"

"Practicality first." Strange said helplessly: "I don't want to be like this either, but if the structure of the stock exchange is not adopted, where should so many business clerks who connect lines stay? On the head of the magic crucible?"

Strange glanced at Stark's chest. Although he couldn't see anything through his clothes, he still asked: "Have you already solved that trouble in your chest?"

"That's right." Stark's tone was very light.

"Because I suddenly discovered that the things I struggled with were completely meaningless, so this morning, I replaced it with a new arc reactor."

Stark said rapidly: "You don't know what I saw. I discovered that the me from before was really too stupid."

At this time, Loki and Schiller also walked over from the door. Schiller took out a pen from beside his pocket and pressed the button. Stark's voice came from inside: "I discovered that the me from before was really too stupid..."

Schiller pressed the button again, and the voice came from inside again: "I discovered that the me from before was really too stupid..."

"Click, I discovered that the me from before was really too stupid..."

Strange hurriedly blocked Stark, who reached out his fist, and said: "Calm down, you don't have a magic reactor now!"

Schiller turned the recording pen and said happily: "A once-in-a-century unexpected harvest. It seems that opportunities are always left to those who are prepared."

Before Stark could scold him, Schiller continued: "Don't worry, I will save it to play at your wedding."

"Seriously." Strange changed the subject and asked Stark: "What on earth did you see?"

Stark pursed his lips, just buried his head and walked forward. Schiller said to Strange behind him: "Although the magic reactor has no power, the important thing has never been that reactor."

"You said it right." Stark walked forward while turning his head and stretching out a finger, saying: "Those meaningless things are not important anymore, what Howard, arc reactor... who cares!"

"Stark has moved forward, friends!"

After speaking, he walked forward quickly, shaking off the two people behind him.

Schiller asked Strange in a low voice: "How is the situation in the universe?"

"Not beyond our expectations."

The impact of Knull serving dishes was not big, but not small.

The reason why this matter is not big is mainly because the definition of demons in the universe is very broad, but there are several basic criteria.

First, these powerful creatures are not evolved from civilization. They are completely different from human races, Aesir, dwarf races, or symbiotes. They survive in the universe in the form of individuals, and there is no society and civilization itself.

The second is that most of them are born from cosmic power. Their birth is not through long evolution, but the awakening of consciousness of certain forces in the universe.

The third is that theoretically, their lifespan is infinite. As long as they are not beaten to death, they can live until they die.

Whether it is Mephisto, Cyttorak, or Dormammu, they all meet these criteria, so they are also members of the demons.

But not every demon that meets these criteria can be as powerful as the three mentioned above. The vast majority of them have a small volume in the universe. The composition of these demons still presents a pyramid shape as a whole, and only a small part can reach the strength of dimensional demons.

Because many demons are not powerful enough, they have no resistance to disasters in the universe, and there are often various natural disasters in the universe, such as a dimension suddenly collapsing, a universe suddenly exploding. After such accidents occur, many demons die in pieces, and the surrounding demons will gather to divide their corpses.

So, this accident of the explosion of Knull's power channel is not uncommon in the universe, but in the past, they were all natural disasters, and this time it was man-made.

Although it was man-made, not many people knew the truth, and the scope of the damage caused was not very large. Although there were many innocent fish affected, it was still within a reasonable range.

So, this matter didn't cause much waves at the multiverse level.

The only thing that can be said to have an impact is that when the Ancient One contacted Eternity through the Eye of Agamotto to discuss retirement, Eternity asked her somewhat confused: "The chaotic power of the universe's origin has been lost very severely recently. Do you have any clues?" ===== CHAPTER 218 =====