Chapter 36 Coins

2010 5 Month 21 Day.

Russia.

"Take it."

Under a roof, a man walked up to Ivan Vanko. He looked around like a timid mouse.

Ivan nodded and the man left immediately.

Ivan opened the paper envelope and found two tickets and a notebook.

One ticket had a beautiful painting of a racing car and the words "Monaco Grand Prix" written on it; the other was an airplane ticket; and the booklet was the household registration booklet.

Ivan smiled, put it in his pocket, and left with his hands in his pockets.

Nearby, the man from before stood on a corner, his face showing no gender identity.

He, perhaps should be called she.

He took out his phone and said, "Everything is done. Next we just have to wait. I believe our protagonist will appear. After all, he was quite prominent in the "Abomination" incident."

"Well, we'll go back tomorrow."

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Ling Zhan's home.

Since the Chinatown building had not been repaired yet, Ling Zhan continued to stay at home. He still had enough money.

He visited his uncle's house these days.

Fortunately, the government will provide subsidies, so the old man is not too anxious now.

He was very happy to see Ling Zhan and Li Xing coming to see him and showed off his good cooking skills.

Of course, he also asked Ling Zhan to take this opportunity to study. Since he missed the exam in April, he should wait for the next one.

In order to have a better life, the uncle asked him to take the December exam.

"Uncle, I got today's newspaper."

"Okay, it's good for young people to read more news."

Ling Zhan picked up the newspaper and looked through it. One unusual thing was a direction.

"Recently, there have been a number of cases at the amusement park near Central Park, involving both men and women. The police are still investigating..."

Ling Zhan soon saw a message that Li Xing had just finished washing the dishes.

"how?"

"look."

"Do you doubt the existence of Hora?"

"I can't help it. There are no priests in the New York Fan Dog Institute right now. I basically just try my luck wherever I see something wrong. Otherwise, I have to patrol again. What's more, there are also Brooklyn and Queens."

"That's true."

"Your arrival will be of great help to me in tracking down and dealing with Hola, but the news about Hola still needs to be put into operation by the Foreign Dog Institute. Otherwise, it will be a case of blind cats catching dead mice every time."

"Understood, we'll go investigate later."

"Go at night. The chances are higher at night."

"Ok!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Ah, ah, ah, let's talk about studying again."

The old man suddenly interrupted and scared Ling Zhan.

"Okay, you guys chat slowly."

The old man is very happy to see this situation.

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night.

"Want to play a game? If you win, you get a prize. If you lose, you get punished."

Under a street light, a man in a suit called out to a man.

The smile of the man in the suit, coupled with his funny movements, would make anyone who saw it laugh.

"Oh?"

“No money, free to play.”

"Forget it, this little game doesn't take much time, come on."

"Then let's play guess where the coin is hidden?"

The man in the suit took out a small folding table from behind him and placed two airtight boxes on it.

The coin was put in, and the man in the suit switched the box with extremely fast hands.

"Boom!"

"Come on, pick one."

The man in the suit made a gesture of invitation.

"It's the same with your hands."

The man muttered as he made his choice, picking the box on the right.

"Well, let's see the answer..."

The suit man's smile became a little strange compared to before.

"Clang, the answer is no!"

"Okay, I'm leaving."

"Wait, I told you that you have to accept the punishment if you lose."

"It's not a big punishment anyway, so it's unnecessary."

"People should be honest and accept the punishment honestly~ hehehe."

The man in the suit laughed out loud and produced coins out of thin air from his sleeves.

In front of the man, she bit the coin and half of it was gone.

"Oh!"

The man seemed to have been stabbed by something, his whole body went limp and he had no strength left.

"Hahahahahaha, the punishment is your soul. It belongs to me!"

The man in the suit watched the man fall down and become motionless.

The man in the suit fiddled with the coin for a few times and it returned to its original state.

The man in the suit snorted, collected his things and left.

The man lay on the ground with lifeless eyes, and even a mouse waded past him, but there was no movement.

"Haha, everything is going according to my direction."

A man wrapped in black looked at the dead man and nodded.

"It all depends on how you solve it, Golden Knight. I'm looking forward to your approach."

The man in black dismembered the man and inserted his pieces into the five holes he had just made by throwing rocks.

"Humph, looks like I'll have to find someone else to do it next time."

The man in black didn't bother to deal with the bloodstains and just walked over them, leaving no footprints.

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The next day. (22nd)

"I was late last night, damn it."

Ling Zhan sat on the chair and hammered the table (HP-1).

"The body was dismembered and the evil spirit removed."

Li Xing's complexion looked as bad as Ling Zhan's, and a little pale.

It seemed that both of them felt uncomfortable in their stomachs last night.

"We can't let that guy go!"

"Today we will visit the crime scenes in various places."

Zaruba interrupted, "Hey, remember to be fully prepared and not leave any traces."

"Yes, I understand."

"I'll get ready right now."

On TV:

"It's unbelievable that the genie is out of the bottle and he's still acting like a headless chicken, treating Iron Man like a toy."

The congressman who had cursed before continued with a smile on his face: "Mr. Stark swore at the hearing that the Iron Man suit would not appear anywhere, at least in the next 5 to 10 years...but we saw the Iron Man suit in Monaco..."

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Monaco.

There was an attack on a prison in Monaco and some people were rescued.

During this period, a small number of prisoners tried to escape from prison, but all of them were caught, except for one person.

Ivan Vanko!

A space, white everywhere, and a private plane.

A round table, a flower basket, a steak, a dessert, a glass of liquor, and a glass of red wine.

One car, one person.

The car door opened, and a prison officer took Ivan, who had his head covered, out of the car and took off his hood.

Ivan saw a man sitting on a chair in front of a round table.

"Hey, here he comes."

The man stood up, his face full of joy.

"Welcome, hello, my name is Justin Hammer."

Seeing that Ivan was still handcuffed, he frowned slightly and pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Untie the handcuffs on my friend."

"Forgive me, I'm your fan."

Hammer turned to explain to Ivan, and continued to wave at the police officer, indicating that he could leave.

"He's not an animal. He's not dangerous. He's my friend."

Soon, there were only four people left in the entire inner room.

Two attendants, Hammer and Ivan.

The two began to chat while eating.

"Let's talk business. I can see that you wanted to kill Tony Stark. I was so happy when you showed up on the racetrack that day like a god sent from heaven and caught him off guard."

Hammer took a bite and continued, "Oh, confident Stark, he thought everything was under his control!"

At first, Ivan was afraid of the wrong environment and did not dare to do anything. But when he realized that the person in front of him was so polite, he knew that he must have something to ask of him.

Ivan also ate with big mouthfuls to fill his stomach first. After all, it was not his money that was being drawn, and there was a turning point in his affairs!

"Your appearance is like conveying a message to me, and I will definitely listen to it, so I don't want you to be sent away in vain. I have a suggestion, yes, a suggestion. We can first erase Tony Stark's achievements, and then... kill him. How about it?"

Ivan seemed to be thinking about something, and he also looked at Hammer with his eyes rolled up.

"We can cooperate. I have resources and you have technology. I can provide you with resources, be your backer, and be your investor. Not only can your talent be displayed, but I can also profit from it."

Ivan smiled, and he looked very happy.

"a good person."

Seeing Ivan agreed, Hammer said happily: "Okay, buddy."

The two officially started their last meal in Monaco.

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It's late at night, but people are still not quiet.

"Want to play a game? If you win, you get a prize. If you lose, you get punished."

"Okay, let's give it a try."

The man in the suit appeared again under a street lamp.

Standing in front of the man in the suit is a beautiful lady.

"call!"

The man in the suit first performed a magic trick and then asked the lady to guess.