Text 8. Little Thief Stealing - Thanks to Brother Taipal, the Head of Xinshou Village, for the Silver Alliance【1/10】

Ten minutes later, Merlin walked out of this small town in southern Wales.

At midnight, Merlin's expression was a bit complicated, and his mood at this time was also very complicated.

He is doubting himself.

This is normal. When anyone realizes that his life may be arranged in advance, he will subconsciously doubt it.

In those seemingly real memories, the laughter, sadness, happiness, and sorrow that are within reach may just be the scenes that other people want you to see and think of.

In such a life, how much experience is true?

The answer to this question may not be so easy to accept.

It's like who would have thought that Ms. Peggy Carter, who was regarded as the "King of Agents" of the previous era, would plan to personally destroy the organization she built after she retired.

Who would have known that Fury, treacherous and ghostly, was actually a pawn used by Ms. Peggy Carter to attract the attention of Hydra.

Should this news be told to Fury?

"What a headache."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief. He reached for his wand and said:

"Let's focus on what's in front of us first, and find Daisy first."

In the early morning of the next day, after waking up from the bizarre nightmare, Merlin finished washing, changed his clothes, and then opened the door. Head towards St. Agnes' Abbey, a few blocks away.

Although Eric had graduated from the school attached to the monastery a few years ago and went to MIT to go to university, after Eric left, Merlin still maintained the frequency of going to St. Matthew's Church once a week .

It wasn't for confession, and he didn't convert to the faith. It was just a habit he developed during that period of recuperation. He would sit alone at the back of the church, thinking about some questions that he couldn't get answers to.

Another reason is that after knowing that the Sisters of Divine Grace behind St. Matthew's Church is an industry under the League of Assassins, Merlin made an agreement with Talia. If Talia finds out any news about Hydra, They will contact Merlin through some members of the League of Assassins in St. Matthew's Church.

There were indeed hidden members of the Assassin Alliance in this church and the attached monastery, but Merlin did not deliberately look for them.

This is an unnecessary thing.

As long as Thalia's mind is still clear, she will not cause some troubles on the territory of S.H.I.E.L.D. Now the League of Assassins is in a stance of surviving with a broken tail. Thalia needs Merlin's help to reunite in North America. Arrange the 'eyes and ears'.

In this case, she wouldn't be stupid enough to fool Merlin with fake news.

"Yo, Merlin."

When Merlin walked into the church, Father Paul, who was preparing for this week's mass, waved to him. The priest seemed to be in a good state of mind, with his usual gentle expression on his face.

Merlin walked up to him, without exchanging pleasantries or saying hello, but said straightforwardly:

"Father, I need you to help me find a child. She used to live in the St. Agnes Orphanage."

"Oh? Who is it?"

The priest did not refuse the request. Although he didn't know Merlin's occupation, he knew that Merlin was a kind person, which can be seen from his adoption of Eric and little Matt. Even after Eric went to college, Merlin would go to the orphanage to see those children from time to time and bring them some fruit and food.

"Ada."

Merlin says:

"In March 1991, the little girl who was placed at the gate of the orphanage, I remember that for a while, everyone said that she was plagued by bad luck."

"Oh, that kid, I have an impression."

The priest made the sign of the cross on his chest, and he said to Merlin:

"The child was adopted by different families, but every family that adopted her will encounter some unfortunate things. Over time, no one is willing to adopt her. Until last year, an old couple adopted little Ada. If I If I remember correctly, they should live in New York, on the Long Island side."

"oh?"

Merlin blinked his eyes, and he asked:

"That couple, didn't they encounter bad luck?"

"I haven't heard of this."

The priest replied suspiciously:

"I haven't heard from Ada since she was adopted, but the child sent back a few photos. You can wait, I'll get them for you."

"Well, I'll just wait here."

Merlin rubbed his swollen forehead. He sat on the chair at the end of the church, and soon fell into deep thought.

He received too much information yesterday, and he urgently needs to analyze it carefully.

From 1992 to 1994, other organizations such as the Ministry of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the CIA launched a plan to suppress and split the Strategic Science Corps, which was originally promoted by Ms. Carter behind the scenes.

But the tenacious Fury led Merlin and his group, gritted their teeth and survived the most difficult period. They successfully reversed the situation and put the career of S.H.I.E.L.D. on the right track.

It also allowed the Hydra elements who should have lost their hiding places to find a new big tree and continue to gather in this increasingly prosperous tree.

Ms. Carter's venture failed, or rather, unforeseen events forced Ms. Carter to revise her plans.

This incident really makes people feel ridiculous.

But the information revealed behind this incident makes people unable to laugh.

Merlin squinted his eyes, the thoughts in his mind were running fast.

"The situation at that time was what I experienced personally. At that time, Fury alone could not resist the combined forces of those departments. There were many fluke factors in our victory, or in other words, those Hydra elements who were unwilling to fail They sensed the threat, and they helped us in the dark."

He rubbed his forehead, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes:

"So, among the people who helped Fury and us at that time, there must be Hydra elements. Well, this is a new direction, and it is worth continuing to investigate."

"Then from whom?"

Merlin moved his fingers, one figure after another flashed in his mind, and after a while, he determined the target.

"At that time, in the World Security Council, those congressmen who absolutely supported the reconstruction of S.H.I.E.L.D. even including Chief Alexander Pierce, and the agents who followed Fury at that time, and the agents on the European branch were still there. There were Fury's 'friends' in other departments, and they were all suspect. "

Thinking of this, a helpless smile flashed across Merlin's face. He raised his head, looked at the reliefs of angels and myths on the dome of the church, and said in a low voice:

"Does this count as revenge for kindness?"

"What are you talking about? Merlin."

Father Paul's voice sounded behind Merlin. He was holding a photo frame in his hand. When Merlin raised his head, the priest handed the photo frame to Merlin.

Merlin took the photo frame, and he casually said to the priest:

"Nothing, Father. Also, I want to thank you for your help."

"May I ask, is there anything you can do to find this kid?"

The priest asked with some concern:

"I know you are a public official, did little Ada make some mistake?"

"No, don't think about it, Father."

Merlin said to the priest in a gentle voice:

"I just accidentally met a woman who was probably little Ida's mother, and she asked me to help her find her daughter"

"Oh, I see."

The priest breathed a sigh of relief immediately, he sent Merlin to the entrance of the church, and said to Merlin:

"If you need help, Merlin, I can mobilize the church members to help you find little Ada."

"No, Father."

Merlin smiled and said:

"I have my own way, you go and get busy, I will respect the child's opinion on the matter of little Ada and her mother."

"That's good."

The priest waved to Merlin, then walked back into the church.

Merlin picked up the photo frame in his hand. Inside was a black-haired little girl in a white dress, standing in front of a fountain, hugged by a kind old lady, waving at the camera, looking very happy.

At such a young age, the child had a beautiful appearance, and her eyes were very similar to Jiaying's.

This should indeed be Jiaying's lost child for 10 years.

Well, she should be 11 years old this year. And it seems that she gets along very well with the old couple who adopted her. Perhaps, her current life is also quite beautiful.

A child's smile is always contagious. Merlin reached out to take the photo out of the frame, and there was a gentle smile on his face.

But ten minutes later, Merlin stood in front of a slightly old house on Long Island, his expression was ugly.

The house in front of him was already empty, and from the neighbors on both sides of the house, Merlin heard that the old couple who adopted Ada had died in the vampire war that broke out last year.

as for little ada

People around here haven't seen her for several months.

"Is it such a coincidence?"

Merlin sensed the strangeness behind this incident.

For an adopted child like Ada, once there is a problem with the foster family, she will usually be sent back to the orphanage, which is St. Agnes's side. But the problem is that Father Paul also said that since Ada was adopted, he has never heard of Ada.

This proves that little Ida was not sent back after the old couple's bad luck.

Something happened to her, or she was kidnapped.

Merlin never forgot that Jiaying told him that there was a person with serious violent tendencies who had been looking for little Ada.

A few minutes later, Merlin turned around. He looked at the happy and sunny smile of the little girl in the photo in his hand. His expression was not very good-looking. He took out his mobile phone, pressed the number, and prepared to call Hill to mobilize some resources of S.H.I.E.L.D. to search for Ada's whereabouts.

But the next moment, Merlin dismissed this idea.

At present, the cooperation between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Yiren is still kept secret in a small area, but if he makes this phone call, it will be known to everyone.

In the present circumstances, this is clearly inappropriate.

Merlin thought for a while, and then called another person. The way to find someone is not the only way to use official power.

"Tuck? I want you to do me a favor and get your 'friends' in NYC to get moving and find me a girl named Ida, she's 11 years old, I'll send you a picture of her later. "

"Don't worry, I know your rules, I won't let you do it for nothing."

In the afternoon of the next day, on the edge of Hell's Kitchen, Tucker, a black man who already had his own power, hurriedly drove his pickup truck to his own warehouse.

Several of his subordinates were waiting for him there.

"You said you found her? Where is the girl now?"

Tucker asked with a bossy attitude.

"Here she is, boss."

A thin guy like a stick said to Tucker flatteringly:

"We locked her in the warehouse. This little girl is very courageous. She has been stealing things from the Russian gangster's territory for a while, but she missed and was chased by several people and ran to our territory. As soon as we succeeded Hiding her here, those Slavs dare not come here."

"well done!"

Satisfied, Tucker took out a wad of money from his pocket and readily threw it to his subordinates.

"Go and play, I'll take over."

The wad of money was more than 5,000 yuan, which made the horse boys very happy, and they made a small windfall.

However, they didn't know that in order to find Ada in the fastest time, Merlin asked Tucker to offer a reward of 30,000 US dollars.

In other words, Tucker, a black-hearted boy, cheated 80% of his subordinates' profits with a single move.

"The money came so easily."

Tucker hummed, walked to the side of the warehouse, carefully opened the lock of the warehouse, and saw a dirty-looking little girl in shabby clothes lying on the other side of the warehouse, holding a small knife, Attempting to cut open the outer shell of this container.

"Hi, you're supposed to be Ada?"

Tucker took out his mobile phone, carefully distinguishing between the girl in front of him and the photo Merlin gave him. Well, they are almost exactly the same except that they are a little thinner.

While calling Merlin, he pretended to be kind and said to Ada:

"Don't be afraid, we are not bad people. We are good people, yes, we are all here to help you. You should go to have a meal, come with me, I will take you to dinner, and someone will pick you up in a while. "

Tucker smiled all over his face, trying to make himself look kinder.

But Ada curled up in the corner of the container with a terrified expression. She looked at Tucker, and she screamed:

"Let me go!"

"He's coming! He's going to kill you! There's a monster after me!"

"Please, let me go, it's better for both of us."

"monster?"

Tucker is not an ignorant person. He was the one who discovered the traces of the Death Eaters when the fire dragon made a scene in New York. He knew that there were indeed monsters in this world.

But he couldn't afford to offend Merlin, so he could only comfort him:

"I have a great friend who will protect you. Come with me now, little girl, you look like you need a break, you look hungry, don't you?"

"Let's go have dinner with Uncle Tucker first."

PS:

Thanks to Mr. Taipal for the silver. Happiness came so suddenly that I was a little caught off guard. The main reason is that I just finished adding updates, and there are too few manuscripts on hand, so I can only guarantee a minimum of 10 updates as a thank you. I will write hard today and post as many as I can. Thanks again, big brother. In addition, the other brothers will add updates until the 10th of next month. I don’t know how much I can save.

Thank you so much everyone! I love you all, thank you!

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