Chapter 213 Busy Autumn Days (Part 1)

Autumn has arrived in New York. After the summer heat wave dissipated, the sky began to become bluer and the wind became cooler, but in this bustling international metropolis, few people are in the mood to stop and feel the change in the weather.

The bustling traffic is faster and faster than the morning breeze. After the iced coffee was delisted, the hot coffee held in the hands of the elite employees in suits and leather shoes, accompanied by their hurried footsteps, faded away like autumn.

The busiest place in this busy city is the famous Wall Street.

This street extends from southern Manhattan to Broadway. It once had the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange and various banks. It was extremely glorious in the last century.

But today, the symbolic significance of this street is greater than its practical significance. It is more like a financial symbol of this country. After the changes of the times, no bank has set up its headquarters here. Most of them have moved to the Midtown area with better development prospects.

This street may disappoint foreign tourists because it is very short and the street is very narrow. When people pass through it, they feel that the high-rise buildings on both sides are falling down.

The only consolation was to lean against a building with a mottled exterior wall, imagining the scene of a classic car from the last century parked on the roadside, the morning breeze blowing through the street, cooling the coffee in my hand.

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

"Nice to meet you, Dr. Schiller." Loki stood at the bottom of the steps in front of the gate and shook hands with Schiller with a smile.

He was wearing the most common white shirt with a dark green tie on his chest. In the sunlight, you could see small prints. From the watch on his wrist to the leather shoes on his feet, they were all the favorite brands of stock managers.

If you don't say his name, almost no one would realize that he is not actually a Wall Street employee, or even an earthling.

After Schiller released Loki's hand, he said, "I never thought that you would completely adapt to this place in just over a month."

"Thanks to the recent downturn in the stock market, I didn't have a single day off this month, and even coffee had to be finished within three sips." Loki said with a smile.

Schiller shook his head and looked at Loki, feeling very emotional.

About a month ago, on the eve of Odin, the father of the gods, announcing that he would fall asleep, he threw his youngest son Loki to Ancient One.

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

And Ancient One accepted Odin's request based on the principle that if you drive one sheep, you will also let two sheep go.

Then Ancient One found that she was really not the material to take care of children. There were still a lot of leaks in the universe waiting for her to pick up, and if she didn't pick them up, she would lose money, so she threw Loki to Strange and let the two of them practice on Kamar-Taj by themselves.

It is amazing that Loki and Strange can talk to each other. Their family backgrounds are similar. Loki always thinks that Odin favors Thor, and Strange's father has always favored his younger brother. The two have many similarities in their personalities. In short, their moral bottom lines are similar.

Therefore, after living in Kamar-Taj for a while, the two get along well. A wolf and a wolf get along well, so you can imagine what will happen next.

The two opened a betting on the outcome of the war between the lords of hell. Loki took out the connections he had accumulated before and pulled people all over the world to gamble online.

When the news reached Sakaar, Gao Tianzun, who was keen on gambling, didn't take it seriously. He, who claimed to be a gambling saint, disdained to participate in such a gambling game at the level of urban and rural areas.

When Loki heard that he would not participate, he was immediately unhappy. You, Gao Tianzun, call customer service every day, and now the betting is open, you don't give any face at all. Isn't this too much? He rolled up his sleeves and ran to Sakaar.

As the saying goes, an expert can tell the good from the bad at the first move. Loki's ability to cheat is not to be underestimated. In the original book, Thanos was fooled by him. After two days of traveling on Sakaar, Gao Tianzun was fooled and made a big bet.

After that, Strange found Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, and the two jointly conducted a wave of physical fake matches. Gao Tianzun almost lost his underwear.

Gao Tianzun, who was willing to gamble and never admit defeat, originally planned to default on the debt. Strange took Dormammu's apostle Mordo to knock on the door of Sakaar. Gao Tianzun weighed the gap between himself and Dormammu and gritted his teeth to pay the bill.

After the bill 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 road of telecommunications fraud.

They cheated, deceived, and used crooked ways. After several times, the two really got a lot of energy.

Although they both had low moral standards, their strength was not high either. After getting the energy, they were eager to deal with it. As a result, due to improper handling, the energy exploded, directly blowing a hole in the Kamar-Taj temple and even blowing a hole in the protective shield.

After returning from practice, Ancient One found that his house had collapsed, so he threw the two out. Loki originally wanted to return to Asgard, but Heimdall, who was guarding the Rainbow Bridge, was in seclusion to digest it. Loki could not go back for the time being, so he could only go to Strange on Earth again.

So Strange brought Loki to Schiller.

Schiller didn't want to care about this duo of cosmic scammers who were in cahoots with each other, but Strange secretly gave Schiller a 20% red envelope, and Schiller turned a blind eye and let Loki stay in the sanatorium to work.

Because Schiller's sanatorium is also located in southern Manhattan, it is very close to Wall Street. Soon, Loki found that he had a more interesting job than being a doctor.

All along, Loki relied on his talent to cheat, and he didn't have any systematic theoretical knowledge. After colluding with Strange, the two found some rules, but they were still not systematic.

Every day after get off work at the sanatorium, Loki would pass by the New York Stock Exchange and major banks. He suddenly realized that fraud could become an industry.

He suddenly realized that his vision was still small.

Loki has an advantage. When he is determined to accomplish something, he will not learn it. He can put down his pride, be flexible in his principles, and adjust his bottom line. In general, he can lose face.

He found Strange. After the two of them had another unspeakable conspiracy, Loki gloriously became a securities broker and embarked on his own journey of enlightenment on Earth.

Loki was very busy after coming to Earth, and Strange was not idle either. After fighting with the riots, the Sanctuary of the Holy and the commercial streets of Greenwich Village were reduced to ruins. Although there were no casualties because SHIELD organized the evacuation in advance, the buildings were definitely destroyed.

It is unknown whether Nick solved his autumn funding problem in this war, but he generously said that he could find a new building for the Sanctuary of the Holy.

In Strange's original imagination, in the future, his residence should be far away from human habitation, preferably like Kamar-Taj, in a deep mountain forest that is difficult for ordinary humans to visit.

But according to the current situation, the Sanctum Sanctorum is ten meters away from Wall Street, which can be called a pearl covered in dust, and across a street, it is a separation of flesh and blood in the fraud world.

So, the Sanctum Sanctorum has become an inseparable part of Wall Street since ancient times. The new site was chosen at the corner of Wall Street and covered with magic.

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

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

Johnny didn't seem to want to come at all. He exuded a perfunctory temperament. Obviously, this Ghost Rider was forced to work overtime to attend social events again.

As soon as Strange sent him in, he found that his senior brothers Mordo and Red Tank had also come. He was busy greeting them when he saw Schiller in front of the door getting out of the car. He hurriedly asked Loki beside him to pick them up.

This is how the Wall Street corner appeared, where Loki and Schiller had a happy conversation.

Steve, who walked into the Sanctuary of the Holy of Holies, was wearing a very smart suit, but he was very confused. He looked up and down at the building and said, "Why does this look exactly like the stock exchange of my time? Isn't this the New York base of the Supreme Sorcerer? What does this have to do with the Sorcerer?"

A salesperson in charge of welcoming guests came up with a smile on his face. 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 start soon..."

Steve had a lot of questions in his mind and didn't know where to start, but he still followed the guide in.

Peter, who had just stepped onto the stairs, only saw Steve's back. He wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Strange who came over. Strange looked at Peter and said, "Didn't you bring your girlfriend here?"

"Gwen? How could I bring her here?"

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

Peter and Strange walked to the back together. Strange asked him, "Are you going to keep it a secret from your girlfriend?"

Peter scratched his hair in distress and said, "I don't want to do this, but I really can't find a good time to start."

"This sounds too ridiculous. I want to tell her that I am Spider-Man. In addition to school and home, the place I go most often is the advanced laboratory in Stark Building. I run with Captain America every morning. Today, I also came to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Sanctuary of the Supreme Sorcerer of the Earth. 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, we will see you in the mental hospital soon."

After Peter went in, it was Stark who came late. He looked at the internal structure of the Sanctuary and seemed very disappointed. He said to Strange: "You made the Sanctuary look like the stock exchange in the 1990s. Is it because of your unique taste... or your unique taste?"

"Practicality is the main thing." Strange said helplessly: "I don't want to do this either, but if the structure of the stock exchange is not adopted, where will the salesmen who have to answer the phone 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 solved the problem in your chest?"

"Yes." Stark's tone was very light.

"Because I suddenly realized that the things I was entangled in were completely meaningless, so this morning, I replaced the new Ark reactor."

Stark said quickly: "You don't know what I saw. I found that I was so stupid before."

At this time, Loki and Schiller also walked in front of the door. Schiller took out a pen from his pocket and pressed a button. Stark's voice came from it: "I found that I was so stupid before..."

Schiller pressed the button again, and the voice came from it again: "I found that I was so stupid before..."

"Click, I found that I was so stupid before..."

Strange quickly stopped Stark who stretched out his fist and said: "Calm down, you don't have a magic reactor now!"

Schiller turned the recorder Turning, he said happily: "It's a once-in-a-century unexpected gain. It seems that opportunities always come to those who are prepared."

Before Stark scolded him, Schiller continued: "Don't worry, I will keep it for your wedding."

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

Stark pursed his lips and just walked forward with his head down. Schiller said to Strange from behind: "Although the magic reactor has no power, the reactor is never important."

"You are right." Stark walked forward, turned back and stretched out a finger, saying: "Those meaningless things are not important, what Howard, the Ark reactor... Who cares!"

"Stark is walking forward, friends!"

After that, he walked forward quickly and shook off the two people behind him.

Schiller whispered to Strange: "What is the situation in the universe?"

"As we expected."

The impact of Nar serving the dishes was not big, but not small either.

The main reason why this matter is not a big deal is that the definition of demons in the universe is very broad, but there are several basic principles.

First, these powerful creatures are not evolved from civilization. They are completely different from races such as humans, the Aesir, the dwarves, or symbiotes. They survive in the universe as individuals and do not have society and civilization.

Second, most of them are born from cosmic forces. Their birth is not through a long evolution, but some forces in the universe awaken their consciousness.

Third, in theory, their lifespan is infinite. As long as they are not killed, they can live until death.

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

But not every demon who meets these criteria can be as powerful as the above three. Most of them are not large in size in the universe. The composition of these demons is still pyramid-shaped as a whole, and only a small part can reach the strength of dimensional demons.

Since many demons are not strong enough, they have no power to resist the disasters in the universe, and there are often various natural disasters in the universe, such as the sudden collapse of a dimension or the sudden explosion of a universe. After such accidents, many demons die, and the surrounding demons will gather to divide their bodies.

Therefore, the explosion of the Nar power channel is not uncommon in the universe, but the previous ones were natural disasters, and this time it was a man-made disaster.

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

Therefore, this incident did not cause any big waves at the multiverse level.

The only thing that can be said to have an impact is that when Gu Yi contacted Eternity through the Eye of Agamotto to discuss retirement, Eternity asked her a little confused: "Recently, the chaotic power of the origin of the universe has been lost very badly. Do you have any clues?"